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Loons are aquatic birds, the size of a large duck, to which they are unrelated. Their plumage is largely gray or black, and they have spear-shaped bills. Loons swim well and fly adequately, but are almost hopeless on land, because their legs are placed towards the rear of the body. Red-throated loon, Gavia stellata; Pacific loon, Gavia pacifica
Indeed it is a great rarity, even in Egypt, only coming there (according to the accounts of the people of Heliopolis) once in five hundred years, when the old phoenix dies. Its size and appearance, if it is like the pictures, are as follow: The plumage is partly red, partly golden, while the general make and size are almost exactly that of the ...
American gray flycatchers are small birds, but larger than most Empidonax flycatchers. A typical adult measures 15 cm (5.9 in) in length, 22 cm (8.7 in) in wingspan, and 12.5 g (0.44 oz) in mass.
Plumage (from Latin pluma 'feather') is a layer of feathers that covers a bird and the pattern, colour, and arrangement of those feathers. The pattern and colours of ...
Geophaps is a small genus of doves.Established by George Robert Gray, it contains three extant species.The plumage and distribution suggests that all species within the genus have formed from a common ancestor and that through adaptive radiation they have varied greatly in size, shape and ecology.
The stripe-billed aracari is 40.5 to 43 cm (16 to 17 in) long including its 11.5 to 12.5 cm (4.5 to 4.9 in) bill. It weighs 175 to 250 g (6.2 to 8.8 oz). Males and females have the same coloration of the bill and plumage but the female's bill is shorter than the male's. The adult's bill has a narrow vertical white line at its base.
Marc Piasecki/WireImage Paris Hilton explained why she didn’t hesitate to defend her son Phoenix after internet trolls criticized the size of his head. “Usually, I wouldn’t even dignify ...
Five populations with small plumage and size differences have been given the status of subspecies: [9] S. s. phoenicophila (Hartert, 1916) – Morocco to northwest Libya; S. s. aegyptiaca (Latham, 1790) – Nile Valley (Egypt) S. s. senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) – southern laughing dove, west Arabia, Socotra Island, Africa south of the Sahara