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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| Calandra Lark |
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Melanocorypha calandra | |
| Canada Goose |
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Branta canadensis | A large goose, with a distinctive black head and neck and large white throat patch. An introduced species from N America, it has successfully spread... |
| Canvasback |
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| Cape May Warbler | |||
| Cape Teal |
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| Cape/South African Shelduck | |||
| Capercaillie |
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Tetrao urogallus | |
| Capped Petrel | |||
| Carrion Crow |
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Corvus corone | Very similar in appearance to rooks, but carrion crows have smoother plumage which has a green and purple iridescence, and the bill is thicker and... |
| Caspian Plover | |||
| Caspian Tern |
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| Cattle Egret |
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Bubulcus ibis | |
| Cedar Waxwing | |||
| Cetti's Warbler |
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Cettia cetti | A small, rather nondescript bird, Cetti's warbler (pronounced chetty) is a skulking bird and can prove very difficult to see. It usually makes its... |
| Chaffinch |
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Fringilla coelebs | A very colourful, alert and chirpy bird, the Chaffinch is a popular bird often found under feeding tables in gardens and parks throughout much of the... |
| Chestnut Munia | |||
| Chestnut Teal |
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| Chestnut-eared Bunting | |||
| Chestnut-flanked White-eye | |||
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | |||
| Chiffchaff |
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Phylloscopus collybita | A tiny bird the size of a blue-tit that have brownish green upper parts and buff underparts. There is a dark stripe through the eye, a pale eyebrow... |
| Chilean Flamingo |
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| Chiloe Wigeon |
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| Chimney Swift | |||
| Chinese Bulbul | |||
| Chinese Grosbeak | |||
| Chough |
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Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax | The Red-Billed Chough is a member of the crow family, distinguished by its glossy black plumage and the red of its legs and elegantly-curved bill. |
| Chukar | |||
| Cinnamon Teal | |||
| Cirl Bunting |
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Emberiza cirlus | The male has a bright yellow head, with a black crown, eyestripe and throat, and a greenish breast band across its otherwise yellow underparts, and a... |
| Citrine Wagtail |
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| Cliff Swallow | |||
| Coal Tit |
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Parus ater | The Coal Tit is a small tit, in fact the smallest European tit, and could be confused with the almost indistinguishable Marsh Tit and Willow Tit if... |
| Cockatiel | |||
| Collared Dove |
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Streptopelia decaocto | The plumage is mostly pale brown/grey but the breast is a pinkish buff colour. Adults are distinguished from juveniles by the narrow black and white... |
| Collared Flycatcher |