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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| Baillon's Crake | |||
| Baird's Sandpiper |
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Calidris bairdii | |
| Bald Eagle |
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| Balearic Shearwater |
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| Baltimore Oriole | |||
| Bar-headed Goose |
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| Bar-tailed Godwit |
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Limosa lapponica | |
| Barbary Dove | |||
| Barbary Falcon | |||
| Barbary Partridge | |||
| Barn Owl |
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Tyto alba | This is a pale, long-winged, long-legged owl, 33 |
| Barn Swallow |
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Hirundo rustica | Swallows are slimmer and more elegant than the Martins, a feature exaggerated by the long tail streamers of the adults. The dark throat and, of... |
| Barnacle Goose |
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Branta leucopsis | It is clearly related too but smaller than the Canada Goose with more silvery grey wings and mantle. Identified best by its creamy-white face, black... |
| Barred Warbler |
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Sylvia nisoria | |
| Barrow's Goldeneye |
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Bucephala islandica | Larger than Goldeneye with the head and neck shape differing. Head of the breeding male has a more bluish-purple hue and the white facial patch... |
| Bateleur |
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| Bay-breasted Warbler | Dendroica castanea | ||
| Bean Goose |
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Anser fabalis | |
| Bearded Tit |
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Panurus biarmicus |
Bearded Tit adults have a orange brown plumage with a distinctive long, trailing tail and black and white lines down the wings. Juveniles can be... |
| Bee-eater | |||
| Belted Kingfisher | |||
| Bewick's Swan |
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Cygnus columbianus | Bewicks Sawn is the smallest and has shortest-neck of Europes swans, like the Whooper, Bewicks have an obvious yellow in the beak. Bewick's Swan has... |
| Bimaculated Lark | |||
| Bittern |
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Botaurus stellaris | Stocky, rather bulky, thick-necked heron, generaly golden brown with distinct black margins and black crown. Sexes alike and no seasonal differences... |
| Black Grouse |
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Tetrao tetrix | Male - medium-large grouse with distinctive red eye patch and lyre shaped tail feathers in male. Loud take off noise, and compact in flight. Black... |
| Black Guillemot |
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Cepphus grylle | Smaller than common Guillemot, body plump and pear-shaped. Summer breeding plumage: Body all black with large oval white upperwing patches; underwing... |
| Black Kite |
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Milvus migrans | Black Kite has a more concise shape than a Red Kite and is a darker brown, lacking the red colours and white wing panels. It is more likely to be... |
| Black Lark | |||
| Black Redstart |
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Phoenicurus ochruros | In summer, the male's plumage is striking with grey upperparsts, a sooty black face and breast and a bold white wing patch, with a rusty red rump and... |
| Black Scoter | |||
| Black Stork |
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Ciconia nigra | Black Stork is not quite as big as a White Stork and can be identified by the head, neck and upperparts being completely black. Birds look entirely... |
| Black Swan |
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Cygnus atratus | Their feathers are mainly black in colour but they have a line of white flight feathers on the edges of their wings. These feathers are sometimes on... |
| Black Tern |
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Chlidonias niger | |
| Black-and-white Warbler | |||
| Black-billed Cuckoo | |||
| Black-billed Magpie |