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It is a deep black bird, and is named for its conspicuous bright-white forehead-patch feathers that extend forward beyond the bill's base; the female does not have the patch. Besides the black body and white forehead, a distinctive light blue, narrow patch of feathers covers the lower back-upper rump; a further distinctive color of this bird ...
Described by John Gould in 1837, it is a black and white bird 28 to 32 cm (11 to 12.5 in) long with a long hooked bill. Its head and throat are black, making a distinctive hood; the mantle and much of the tail and wings are also black. The neck, underparts and outer wing feathers are white.
Icterids (/ ˈ ɪ k t ər ɪ d /) or New World blackbirds make up a family, the Icteridae (/ ɪ k ˈ t ɛr ɪ d i /), of small to medium-sized, often colorful, New World passerine birds. The family contains 108 species and is divided into 30 genera. Most species have black as a predominant plumage color, often enlivened by yellow, orange, or red.
Black-backed oriole: Icterus abeillei (Lesson, RP, 1839) 42 Baltimore oriole: Icterus galbula (Linnaeus, 1758) 43 Yellow-tailed oriole: Icterus mesomelas (Wagler, 1829) 44 Spot-breasted oriole: Icterus pectoralis (Wagler, 1829) 45 White-edged oriole: Icterus graceannae Cassin, 1867: 46 Campo troupial: Icterus jamacaii (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 47 ...
Its plumage is predominantly black and white. It has a black head and lores, lower back and wings, with white nape, throat and underparts. The wings feathers are edged with white. The rump and base of tail are grey. [9] The eyes are a dark brown, the legs grey and the bill a pale bluish grey tipped with black, [9] with a prominent hook at the ...
The throat is white (in most subspecies), and there is a black bar across the upper breast. Below this, the lower breast is off-white with black scale-like spots [15] which transitions into an off-white colour towards the centre of the abdomen. The eyes, bill and feet of the bird are all a brown colour. [8]
The white-collared blackbird (Turdus albocinctus) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It can be found throughout the Indian subcontinent, ranging across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.
The black stork (Ciconia nigra) is a large bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his Systema Naturae.Measuring on average 95 to 100 cm (37 to 39 in) from beak tip to end of tail with a 145-to-155 cm (57-to-61 in) wingspan, the adult black stork has mainly black plumage, with white underparts, long red legs and a long pointed red beak.