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The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is an African bird of the roller family, Coraciidae. It is widely distributed in Southern and Eastern Africa, and is a vagrant to the southern Arabian Peninsula. [1] It prefers open woodland and savanna, and it is for the most part absent from treeless places. Usually found alone or in pairs, it ...
The male painted bunting is often described as the most beautiful bird in North America and as such has been nicknamed nonpareil, or "without equal". [6] Its colors, dark blue head, green back, red rump, and underparts, make it extremely easy to identify, but it can still be difficult to spot since it often skulks in foliage even when it is singing.
American popular songs featuring this bird include "When the Red, Red Robin (Comes Bob, Bob, Bobbin' Along)", written by Harry M. Woods. [61] Although the comic book superhero Robin was inspired by an N. C. Wyeth illustration of Robin Hood, [62] [63] a later version had his mother nicknaming him Robin because he was born on the first day of ...
In this list of birds by common name, a total of 10,976 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Species marked with a "†" are extinct.
The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula) is a small icterid blackbird common in eastern North America as a migratory breeding bird. It received its name from the resemblance of the male's colors to those on the coat-of-arms of 17th-century Lord Baltimore. Observations of interbreeding between the Baltimore oriole and the western Bullock's oriole ...
Grey-headed kingfisher, by Giles Laurent. Red-chested cuckoo, by Giles Laurent. Slaty-crowned antpitta, by Charlesjsharp. Graceful pitta, by JJ Harrison. Sword-billed hummingbird, by Charlesjsharp. Chestnut-naped antpitta, by Charlesjsharp. Gibson's albatross, by JJ Harrison. Little ringed plover, by Stephan Sprinz.
Lesser sand plover, Anarhynchus mongolus. Snowy plover, on the beach at Vandenberg, CA. Plovers (/ ˈplʌvər / PLUV-ər, [1] also US: / ˈploʊvər / PLOH-vər) [2] are members of a widely distributed group of wading birds of family Charadriidae. The term "plover" applies to all the members of the family, [1] though only about half of them ...
The sanderling is a small plump sandpiper, 18–20 cm (7.1–7.9 in) in length. Its weight ranges from 40–100 g (1.4–3.5 oz). The winter bird is very pale, almost white apart from a dark shoulder patch. This is the source of the specific name, alba, which is the Latin for "white".