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A necklace-like black patch occupies the upper breast, while the lower breast and belly are beige with black spots. Males can be identified by a black (in the eastern part of the species' range) or red (in the western part) mustachial stripe at the base of the beak, while females lack this stripe. The tail is dark on top, transitioning to a ...
The body plumage is white, although it may become brown-stained. Inner secondary plumes are displayed as lacy black "tail" feathers. The upper tail becomes yellow when the bird is breeding. The legs and feet are dark and red skin is visible on the underside of the wing. Immature birds have shorter bills. [18] The head and neck are feathered in ...
The eye rings are white and the bill is yellowish. Red on the bend of the wings with blue tips to the primary and secondary wing feathers. [21] Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay [22] Black-billed amazon (Amazona agilis) 25 cm (10 in) long, mostly green with small patches of red on the wing and sometimes flecked with red on the head, black beak. [23]
The iris is hazel, the cere is pale green, the beak is black with a horn-colored base, and the feet are yellow with black talons. [4] Immature birds are somewhat darker than adults; they may appear nearly black in faint light, particularly individuals who have little white below. The wing lining is conspicuously spotted black-and-white; the ...
It is a white bird with a slender black beak, long black legs and, in the western race, yellow feet. As an aquatic bird, it feeds in shallow water and on land, consuming a variety of small creatures. It breeds colonially, often with other species of water birds, making a platform nest of sticks in a tree, bush or reed bed. A clutch of three to ...
They have white belly, grey neck, and black back plumage with abundant white spots and stripes. The neck has gray spots and the chest is lightly striated with black. Southern yellow-billed hornbills have no plumage pigmentation save for melanin, which can only produce shades of black and white. [2] The eyes are usually yellow, though brown has ...
Northern nutcracker ranges from 32–38 cm in length (from tip of beak to tip of tail) and has a wingspan ranging from 49–53 cm. It is a dark brown, broad-winged, short-tailed corvid. Body plumage is mid-to-dark chocolate brown, heavily spotted with white on face, neck, mantle and underparts.
The bare white eye-rings are surrounded by a narrow rim of white plumage, which continues as a narrow band of white over the forehead. [8] Plumage over the lores is pale blue and the fore-crown is blue. [8] A barred appearance over the back and sides of neck arises from the green feathers having black tips and edges. [8]