Wednesday, 15 February 2012
British Birds A to Z by Common Name
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Primary Image | Scientific Name | Description |
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| African Spoonbill |
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A tall white waterbird with long spatulate black bills and long black legs. They fly with necks and legs extended. | |
| African Yellow-billed Duck | Anas undulata | A dabbling duck which is an abundant resident breeder in southern and eastern Africa. These are Mallard-sized, mainly grey, ducks with a dark head... | |
| Aleutian Tern | Sterna aleutica | ||
| Alexandrine Parakeet | |||
| Allen's Gallinule | |||
| Alpine Accentor | Prunella collaris | ||
| Alpine Swift |
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Apus melba | Much larger than common Swift, with a slower wing action. White belly and chin also sets it apart but chin marking can sometimes be hard to see. |
| American Bittern | |||
| American Black Duck |
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| American Black Vulture | |||
| American Coot | . | ||
| American Golden Plover | |||
| American Goldfinch | the male is a vibrant yellow in the summer and an olive color during the winter months, while the female is a dull yellow-brown shade which brightens... | ||
| American Kestrel |
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| American Purple Gallinule | |||
| American Redstart | |||
| American Robin |
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Turdus migratorius | Gray back with red breast. It is white underneath the tail feathers and on the lower belly. The throat is white with black streaks, and males are... |
| American Wigeon |
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Anas americana | The adult males are the easiest to identify, with their white, rather than orange, crowns and a broad green stripe through the eye, tapering to the... |
| Ancient Murrelet | |||
| Aquatic Warbler | Acrocephalus paludicola | ||
| Arctic Redpoll | Carduelis hornemanni | ||
| Arctic Skua |
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Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| Arctic Tern |
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Sterna paradisaea |
Very similar to the Common Tern. Arctic Terns are recognised by very short legs, blood red bill without a black tip and a translucent appearance... |
| Arctic Warbler |
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Phylloscopus borealis | As large as Wood Warblers but much duller, lacking in yellow tones. The neat pale wing-bar is a feature shared only by the Greenish Warbler which is... |
| Argentine Blue-billed Duck | |||
| Ascension Frigatebird | |||
| Asian Desert Warbler | |||
| Audouin's Gull |
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A large gull restricted to the Mediterranean and the western coast of Saharan Africa. The adult resembles a small Herring Gull, the most noticeable... | |
| Australian Shelduck |
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| Australian Shoveler |
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| Avocet |
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Recurvirostra avosetta |
It is quite simple to identify Avocets. The mostly white plumage, marked with sparse black narrow lines, is very distinctive, as are the upturned... |