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The black-necked stork is a carnivore and its diet includes water-birds such as coots, [50] [51] darters, [52] little grebes, [24] northern shoveller, pheasant-tailed jacana, [33] and a range of aquatic vertebrates including fish, amphibians, reptiles [19] and invertebrates such as crabs and molluscs. [18] They also prey on the eggs and ...
This bird is commonly around 20-30 cm. It is a small and bulky bird with a short, black beak. It has a black head with a white colored strip running towards its back. Tanager finches have a white stomach, which contrasts its rust or light orange body color, and dark brow
The black vulture is a fairly large scavenger, measuring 56–74 cm (22–29 in) in length, with a 1.33–1.67 m (52–66 in) wingspan. [30] Weight for black vultures from North America and the Andes ranges from 1.6 to 3 kg (3.5 to 6.6 lb) but in the smaller vultures of the tropical lowlands it is 1.18–1.94 kg (2.6–4.3 lb).
Juveniles have a browner plumage, which darkens into black as the bird ages Black phoebe (white-winged) The black phoebe is a medium-sized flycatcher, being 16 cm (6.3 in) in length and weighing 15 to 22 g (0.5 to 0.8 oz). [2] It has predominantly black plumage, with white on its belly and undertail coverts. The white forms an inverted "V" in ...
The red-breasted meadowlark is a small icterid, 19 cm (7.5 in) long and weighing 40–48 g (1.4–1.7 oz). Males are larger than females. The male has mainly black plumage, apart from a bright red throat, belly and wing epaulets. This striking "redcoat" plumage gives rise to the specific name militaris and the Trinidadian name "soldier bird ...
In southern Africa, its range overlaps with the white-necked raven. The pied crow is slightly smaller and has a white chest and belly with a black, more delicate beak compared to the black chest and belly of the larger white-necked raven, which also has a white-tipped and weightier beak. [3] It is larger than the black crow.
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.
The belly and under-tail coverts are white, giving the bird the first part of its name "white-bellied". The bill is black in male, pea-green in the female (becoming yellowish during the breeding season). [8] Females also tend to be larger, weighing 225g - 250g, where as males only weighed 170g - 225g.