British Birds A to Z by Common Name

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British Birds A to Z by Common Name

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Title	Scientific Name	Description
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis
Carrion Crow	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 blunter. Juvenile birds have duller, browner...
Cetti's Warbler	Cettia cetti
Chaffinch	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 United Kingdom. The male has a pink breast and...
Chiffchaff	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 and a thin pale eye ring.
Cirl Bunting	Emberiza cirlus
Coal Tit	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 it was not for the white patch on the nape. While...
Collared Dove	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 band around the back of the neck.
Common Gull	Larus canus
Common Redpoll	Carduelis flammea
Common Scoter	Melanitta nigra
Coot	Fulica atra	Blackish/Sooty grey with a white bill and frontal shield. The legs and lobed toes are a silvery grey colour with the sides of the legs having a yellowish green tinge and just above the joint there is...
Cormorant	Phalacrocorax carbo	The Cormorant is a large conspicuous waterbird that has an almost primitive appearance, with it's long neck making it virtually reptilean looking.
Corn Bunting	Miliaria calandra / Emberiza c.	Stocky body, and stout bill. Dark streaked grey-brown on the top, with buffy-white dark streaked underside. No striking pattern on head, irregularly streaked with dark malar stripe and lower edge...
Corn-Crake	Crex crex
Crane	Grus grus	The Common Crane is one of Europes largest birds. Adults have grey body with black, white and red marking on the neck and head. Cranes fly with their necks stretched out and ltheir legs trailing...
Crested Tit	Lophophanes cristatus	Crested tits are similar to Willow and Marsh Tits but in the U.K. they are only found in the Caleconia Forests of Scotland. They have a relatively large head that is a dirty white colour with a...
Crossbill	Loxia curvirostra	The Crossbill, especially the male has an almost Parrot like appearance and is in fact a heavily built Finch with brick red breast and darker red wings and tail, the female being a grey/green colour...
Cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	The adults usually have a blue/grey head, breast and upperparts with horizontal barring and white spots on the underparts and tips on the tail. The female is red-brown with the eyes and legs being...
Curlew	Numenius arquata	Large wader, with long down curving bill. Uniformly streaked and barred grey brown. distinctive haunting call
Curlew Sandpiper	Calidris ferruginea