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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 ...
The blue finch or yellow-billed blue finch (Rhopospina caerulescens) is a species of small bird.Although it was long classified in the bunting family Emberizidae, [1] [2] or the cardinal family Cardinalidae, [3] more recent molecular studies have shown it fits comfortably in the Thraupini tribe within the family Thraupidae.
The beak is small, conical, and pink for most of the year, but turns bright orange with the spring molt in both sexes. [12] The shape and size of the beak aid in the extraction of seeds from the seed heads of thistles, sunflowers, and other plants. [13] The American goldfinch undergoes a molt in the spring and autumn.
Woodpeckers are small to medium-sized birds with chisel-like beaks, short legs, stiff tails, and long tongues used for capturing insects. Some species have feet with two toes pointing forward and two backward, while several species have only three toes. Many woodpeckers have the habit of tapping noisily on tree trunks with their beaks.
The yellow-faced honeyeater is a medium-small, greyish-brown bird that takes its common name from distinctive yellow stripes on the sides of the head. [16] Yellow feathers form a narrow stripe above the gape, which broadens and curves below the eye to end in a small white patch of feathers on the ear coverts. Above the yellow stripe is a black ...
A grey bird with a distinctive yellow patch behind the eye, yellow-orange bill and feet and a yellow-olive patch on the wing Fledglings utter 85 to 100 'chip' calls in a minute. The noisy miner is a large honeyeater, 24–28 centimetres (9.4–11.0 in) in length, with a wingspan of 36–45 centimetres (14–18 in), and weighing 70–80 grams (2 ...
At this point, the legs, feet, beak, and eye ring become more distinctly yellow. The prebasic moult also begins at this point, with the white head and body feathers being replaced with black ones. [12] The yellow beak and eye rings begin to fade to black within their second year. During the first year, the Yucatan jay has an entirely black head ...
Shrikes are passerine birds known for their habit of catching other birds and small animals and impaling the uneaten portions of their bodies on thorns. A shrike's beak is hooked, like that of a typical bird of prey. Two species have been recorded in New Hampshire. Loggerhead shrike, Lanius ludovicianus (R) (Ex) [6] Northern shrike, Lanius borealis