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In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] ... Black-and-white bulbul; Black-and-white hawk ...
The genus Tityra was introduced by French ornithologist Louis Pierre Vieillot in 1816, with the black-tailed tityra named as the type species. [2] The genus name comes from "Tityri" – the name given by the Ancient Greeks to the satyrs and other mythological companions of Pan and Bacchus. This is a reference to the boisterous, aggressive ...
The black-and-white shrike-flycatcher (Bias musicus), also known as the black-and-white flycatcher or vanga flycatcher, is a species of passerine bird found in Africa.It was placed with the wattle-eyes and batises in the family Platysteiridae but is now considered to be more closely related to the helmetshrikes and woodshrikes.
Black-throated butcherbird is an alternative common name, as are Break o'day boy and organbird. [17] Leach also called it the black-throated crow shrike, [18] a name used by Gould for subspecies nigrogularis while calling subspecies picatus the pied crow-shrike. [19] ‘Jackeroo’ is a colloquial name from the Musgrave Ranges in Central ...
This black, white and pink bird is quite unmistakable, especially in its erratic flight, which is like that of a giant butterfly. There are three members of its family. The song is a trisyllabic oop-oop-oop, which gives rise to its English and scientific names. Eurasian hoopoe, Upupa epops (A) LC
The waxwings are a group of birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter. Cedar waxwing, Bombycilla cedrorum (A)
This is a list of the bird species recorded in Saint Lucia. The avifauna of Saint Lucia included a total of 197 species according to Bird Checklists of the World as of October 2024. [1] Of them, five are endemic, three have been introduced by humans, and 122 are rare or accidental. There are also two subspecies endemic to the island.
The Grenada dove is the national bird of Grenada. This is a list of the bird species recorded in Grenada. The avifauna of Grenada included a total of 197 species according to Bird Checklists of the World as of July 2022. [1] Of them, one is endemic, six have been introduced by humans, and 127 are rare or accidental.