"of kittiwake (""Rissa tridactyla"") on the eastern cliffs, while Parslow (2007) records a large colony of lesser black-backed gull (""Larus fuscus"") and a small colony of puffin (""Fratercula arctica""). The Seabird 2000 breeding seabird survey recorded five occupied nests of Manx shearwater (""Puffinus puffinus""). Foreman's Island () is a low-lying island on the south side of St Helen's Pool between Teän and Tresco. It is one of a group of rocks and islets of importance for breeding seabirds. The common froghopper (""Philaenus spumarius"") has been recorded on Foreman's. Men-a-vaur () is to the north-west of St Helen's and consists of"
"Puffbird The puffbirds and their relatives in the near passerine family Bucconidae are tropical tree-dwelling insectivorous birds that are found from South America up to Mexico. Together with their closest relatives, the jacamars, they form a divergent lineage within the order Piciformes, though the two families are sometimes elevated to a separate order Galbuliformes. Lacking the iridescent colours of the jacamars, puffbirds are mainly brown, rufous or grey, with large heads, large eyes, and flattened bills with a hooked tip. Their loose, abundant plumage and short tails makes them look stout and puffy, giving rise to the English name of"
"1766 the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus updated his ""Systema Naturae"" for the twelfth edition he added 240 species that had been previously described by Brisson. One of these was the collared puffbird. Linnaeus included a terse description, coined the binomial name ""Bucco capensis"" and cited Brisson's work. The specific name ""capensis"" denotes the Cape of Good Hope where Linnaeus mistakenly believed the birds occurred. The puffbirds are an insectivorous bird family, related to the jacamars but lacking the iridescent colours of that group. The collared puffbird grows to about in length, and prefers to sit and wait for prey, which"
"Puffin Puffins are any of three small species of alcids (auks) in the bird genus ""Fratercula"" with a brightly coloured beak during the breeding season. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water. They breed in large colonies on coastal cliffs or offshore islands, nesting in crevices among rocks or in burrows in the soil. Two species, the tufted puffin and horned puffin, are found in the North Pacific Ocean, while the Atlantic puffin is found in the North Atlantic Ocean. All puffin species have predominantly black or black and white plumage, a stocky build, and"
"Puff-throated bulbul The puff-throated bulbul (""Alophoixus pallidus"") is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The puff-throated bulbul was originally described in the genus ""Criniger"" until moved to the genus ""Alophoixus"" in 2009. Alternate names for the puff-throated bulbul include the olivaceous bearded-bulbul, olivaceous bulbul and white-throated bulbul. The latter name should not be confused with the species of the same name, ""Alophoixus flaveolus"". Seven subspecies are recognized: The puff-throated bulbul is a large (23 cm long) bulbul with olive upperparts, yellow"
"the family. The species range in size from the rufous-capped nunlet, at and , to the white-necked puffbird, at up to and . Puffbirds get their common name from their fluffy plumage. In Spanish, they have been nicknamed ""bobo"" (""dummy"") from their propensity to sit motionless waiting for prey. American naturalist Thomas Horsfield defined the Bucconidae in 1821. The family was classified as part of the Piciformes by Alexander Wetmore in his work ""A Systematic Classification for the Birds of the World"" (1930, revised in 1951 and 1960). The placement of the combined puffbird and jacamar lineage was in question,"
"are four recognised subspecies: The genus name is from Ancient Greek ""bukanetes"", ""trumpeter"", and the specific ""githagineus"" is Latin from "" Githago"", the corn cockle (from ""gith"", ""coriander"", and ""-ago"" ""resembling""). Temminck believed that the bird's name was derived from that of the plant. Trumpeter finch The trumpeter finch (""Bucanetes githagineus"") is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. This bird breeds in the Canary Islands, across north Africa, and in the Middle East and into central Asia. There is a small European population in southern Spain. Many birds are largely resident, but there is post-breeding dispersal, and"
"located in the understorey. Puff-throated bulbul The puff-throated bulbul (""Alophoixus pallidus"") is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in Southeast Asia. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The puff-throated bulbul was originally described in the genus ""Criniger"" until moved to the genus ""Alophoixus"" in 2009. Alternate names for the puff-throated bulbul include the olivaceous bearded-bulbul, olivaceous bulbul and white-throated bulbul. The latter name should not be confused with the species of the same name, ""Alophoixus flaveolus"". Seven subspecies are recognized: The puff-throated bulbul is a large (23 cm long) bulbul"
"puffins can be caught in a single morning. The name of the English island Lundy is believed to come from the old Norse word for ""puffin island"" (Lundey), however an alternative explanation has been suggested with Lund referring to a copse, or wooded area. The Atlantic puffin is the provincial bird of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. Puffin Puffins are any of three small species of alcids (auks) in the bird genus ""Fratercula"" with a brightly coloured beak during the breeding season. These are pelagic seabirds that feed primarily by diving in the water. They breed in large"
"Collared puffbird The collared puffbird (""Bucco capensis"") is bird in the family Bucconidae that is found across the northern region of South America in the Amazon Basin, southern Colombia and Venezuela, and the Guianas. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the collared puffbird in his ""Ornithologie"" that was based on a specimen collected in French Guiana. He used the French name ""Le barbu"" and the Latin name ""Bucco"". Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not recognised by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. When in"
"Turquoise-throated puffleg The turquoise-throated puffleg (""Eriocnemis godini""), also known as Godin's puffleg, is a species of hummingbird from Ecuador. It is mostly green with blue undertail coverts and white powder-puffs of downy feathers on the legs, and the male has a bluish-purple throat patch. It is only known from a few specimens taken in the nineteenth century and its taxonomic position is unclear. The type of habitat in which the type species was recovered has largely disappeared, and recent surveys trying to find this bird have failed. The International Union for Conservation of Nature believes it may be extinct, but"
"has earned it nicknames such as ""lazy bird"" and ""sleeper"". Collared puffbird The collared puffbird (""Bucco capensis"") is bird in the family Bucconidae that is found across the northern region of South America in the Amazon Basin, southern Colombia and Venezuela, and the Guianas. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the collared puffbird in his ""Ornithologie"" that was based on a specimen collected in French Guiana. He used the French name ""Le barbu"" and the Latin name ""Bucco"". Although Brisson coined Latin names, these do not conform to the binomial system and are not"
"Tufted puffin The tufted puffin (""Fratercula cirrhata""), also known as crested puffin, is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk family (Alcidae) found throughout the North Pacific Ocean. It is one of three species of puffin that make up the genus ""Fratercula"" and is easily recognizable by its thick red bill and yellow tufts. Tufted puffins are around in length with a similar wingspan and weigh about three quarters of a kilogram (1.6 lbs). Birds from the western Pacific population are somewhat larger than those from the eastern Pacific, and male birds tend to be slightly larger than"
"Russet-throated puffbird The russet-throated puffbird (""Hypnelus ruficollis"") is a near-passerine bird which breeds in tropical South America in northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. It is commonly named in Colombia as ""Bobito"", ""Utta"", ""Tol"" and ""Coludo"". The puffbirds are an insectivorous bird family related to the jacamars, but lacking the iridescent colours of that group. The russet-throated puffbird is fairly common in dry scrub and dry forest. It excavates a burrow in an arboreal termite colony and lays three white eggs. The russet-throated puffbird is typically long and weighs . It is a dumpy bird with a large head, a long"
"these changes in the beak size have also altered vocalization in Darwin's finches. Darwin's finches Darwin's finches (also known as the Galápagos finches) are a group of about fifteen species of passerine birds. They are well known for their remarkable diversity in beak form and function. They are often classified as the subfamily Geospizinae or tribe Geospizini. They belong to the tanager family and are not closely related to the true finches. The closest known relative of the Galápagos finches is South-American ""Tiaris obscurus."" They were first collected by Charles Darwin on the Galápagos Islands during the second voyage of"
"the Pacific; the later loss of species was due to major oceanographic changes in the late Pliocene due to closure of the Panamanian Seaway and the onset of severe glacial cycles in the North Atlantic. The puffins are stocky, short-winged and short-tailed birds, with black upper parts and white or brownish-grey underparts. The head has a black cap, the face is mainly white, and the feet are orange-red. The bill appears large and colourful during the breeding season. The colourful outer part of the bill is shed after the breeding season, revealing a smaller and duller true bill beneath. Although"
"Guianan puffbird The Guianan puffbird (""Notharchus macrorhynchos"") is a species of puffbird in the family Bucconidae. It is found in forest and woodland in north-eastern South America (and named after The Guianas), in far eastern Venezuela, north-eastern Brazil, Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana. It formerly included the white-necked puffbird (now ""N. hyperrhynchus"") as a subspecies. The two differ markedly in bill size (""N. hyperrhynchus"" larger-billed than ""N. macrorhynchos""), plumage (among other things, ""N. hyperrhynchus"" has less black to the flanks and more white to the forecrown than ""N. macrorhynchos""), and voice. Consequently, the two were separated by SACC in 2004."
"eggs and nestlings of the chaffinch are taken by a variety of mammalian and avian predators. Its large numbers and huge range mean that chaffinches are classed as of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The chaffinch was described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in 1758 in the 10th edition of his ""Systema Naturae"" under its current binomial name. ""Fringilla"" is the Latin word for a finch, while ""caelebs"" means unmarried or single. Linnaeus remarked that during the Swedish winter, only the female birds migrated south through Belgium to Italy. The English name comes from"
"Rufous hornero The rufous hornero (""Furnarius rufus"") is a medium-sized ovenbird in the family Furnariidae. It occurs in eastern South America, and is the national bird in Argentina. Also known as the red ovenbird, it is common in savannas, second-growth scrub, pastures and agricultural land and is synanthropic. Its range includes southeastern and southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern and central Argentina, extending as far south as northern Patagonia. The species is most closely related to the crested hornero of Paraguay and Argentina. There are four accepted subspecies. The rufous hornero is medium-sized with a square tail and very"
"are not dimorphic in their plumage. It has a rufous brown back and pale buffy brown underparts. Its wings are pale brown except for the flight feathers which are blackish with cinnamon wingbars. Rufous hornero The rufous hornero (""Furnarius rufus"") is a medium-sized ovenbird in the family Furnariidae. It occurs in eastern South America, and is the national bird in Argentina. Also known as the red ovenbird, it is common in savannas, second-growth scrub, pastures and agricultural land and is synanthropic. Its range includes southeastern and southern Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern and central Argentina, extending as far south"
"are preferred, next to tall hedges or woodland. Eurasian bullfinch The Eurasian bullfinch, common bullfinch or bullfinch (""Pyrrhula pyrrhula"") is a small passerine bird in the finch family, Fringillidae. In Anglophone Europe it is known simply as bullfinch, as it is the original bird to bear the name bullfinch. The Eurasian bullfinch was listed in 1758 by Linnaeus in the 10th edition of his ""Systema Naturae"" under the binomial name ""Loxia pyrrhula"". The Latin word ""pyrrhula"" comes from the Greek ""πυρρός"" (a flame-coloured bird, from πυρρός flame coloured, from ""πυρ"" fire : Pyrrha), a 'worm eating bird' that is mentioned"
"included in the group. The name ""Spinus"" was introduced in 1816 by the German naturalist Carl Ludwig Koch. The genus contains 20 species: Spinus (genus) Spinus is a genus of passerine birds in the finch family. It contains the North and South American siskins and goldfinches. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek ""spinos"", a name for a now-unidentifiable bird. All of the species in the genus other than the Tibetan serin were formerly included in the genus ""Carduelis"". They were moved to the resurrected genus ""Spinus"" based on phylogenetic studies of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. The Tibetan"
"Black-backed puffback The black-backed puffback (""Dryoscopus cubla"") is a species of passerine bird in the Malaconotidae family. They are common to fairly common sedentary bushshrikes in various wooded habitats in Africa south of the equator. They restlessly move about singly, in pairs or family groups, and generally frequent tree canopies. Like others of its genus, the males puff out the loose rump and lower back feathers in display, to assume a remarkable ball-like appearance. They draw attention to themselves by their varied repertoire of whistling, clicking and rasping sounds. Their specific name ""cubla"", originated with Francois Levaillant, who derived it"
"Spinus (genus) Spinus is a genus of passerine birds in the finch family. It contains the North and South American siskins and goldfinches. The genus name is from the Ancient Greek ""spinos"", a name for a now-unidentifiable bird. All of the species in the genus other than the Tibetan serin were formerly included in the genus ""Carduelis"". They were moved to the resurrected genus ""Spinus"" based on phylogenetic studies of mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences. The Tibetan serin was formerly placed in the genus ""Serinus"". The Eurasian siskin and the Tibetan serin are the only species from the Old World"
"enough to be vulnerable under the population size criterion. Chilean swallow The Chilean swallow (""Tachycineta leucopyga"") is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It breeds in Chile and Patagonia, migrating north as far as Bolivia, Paraguay, and Rio Grande do Sul. The new genus ""Tachycineta"" was created for this group of swallows by German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1850. The current genus name ""Tachycineta"", is from Ancient Greek ""takhukinetos"", ""moving quickly"", and the specific ""meyeni"" commemorates Prussian botanist and collector Franz Meyen. Some consider the species name to be ""leucopyga"", which is what the species name originally was."
"hamatus"". Black-backed puffback The black-backed puffback (""Dryoscopus cubla"") is a species of passerine bird in the Malaconotidae family. They are common to fairly common sedentary bushshrikes in various wooded habitats in Africa south of the equator. They restlessly move about singly, in pairs or family groups, and generally frequent tree canopies. Like others of its genus, the males puff out the loose rump and lower back feathers in display, to assume a remarkable ball-like appearance. They draw attention to themselves by their varied repertoire of whistling, clicking and rasping sounds. Their specific name ""cubla"", originated with Francois Levaillant, who derived"
"has a thin, whistled ""tseeeeeeeep"" call. Like other puffbirds, this species hunts by a watch-and-wait technique, sitting motionless before darting to catch large insects, spiders, small frogs and lizards. These are taken back to the perch and beaten against it prior to consumption. Despite its size, this species is easily overlooked as it sits motionless in the foliage. White-whiskered puffbird The white-whiskered puffbird (""Malacoptila panamensis"") is a resident breeding bird species from southeastern Mexico to central Ecuador. It is sometimes known as the white-whiskered softwing. This puffbird is found in forests, shady plantations, especially of Theobroma cacao, and old second"
"Chestnut-capped puffbird The chestnut-capped puffbird (""Bucco macrodactylus"") is a species of bird in the family Bucconidae, the puffbirds. It is a small, roundish dark brown bird with a short narrow tail and a dull whitish breast. It is a bright multicolored bird, named for its cap, which is a deep chestnut. A medium orange, narrow collar on the upper back borders the chestnut cap and ends at the side of the neck in a spot. A second collar, similar to that of the collared puffbird, is on the upper breast, wider on the sides, narrow under the throat, and deep"
"Brambling The brambling (""Fringilla montifringilla"") is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It has also been called the cock o' the north and the mountain finch. In 1758 Linnaeus included the species in the 10th edition of his ""Systema Naturae"" under its current binomial name, ""Fringilla montifringilla"". ""Montifringilla"" is from Latin ""mons, montis"" mountain and ""fringilla"" finch. The English name is probably derived from Common West Germanic *""brâma"", meaning bramble or a thorny bush. (Compare Standard German ""Brämling"" with the same meaning.) The brambling is similar in size and shape to a common chaffinch. Breeding-plumaged male bramblings"
"Two subspecies are recognized: Cabanis's greenbul Cabanis's greenbul (""Phyllastrephus cabanisi""), or Cabanis's bulbul is a species of songbird in the bulbul family, Pycnonotidae. It is found in east-central and south-central Africa. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. Cabanis's greenbul was originally described in the genus ""Criniger"". The common name and Latin binomial commemorates the German ornithologist Jean Louis Cabanis. Formerly, some authorities considered the placid greenbul to be a subspecies of Cabanis's greenbul, or Cabanis's greenbul to be a"
"name ""Fringilla citrinella"". The current genus name ""Carduelis"" is the Latin word for the European goldfinch, and the specific epithet ""citrinella"" is the Italian word for a small yellow bird. It is a diminutive of the Latin ""citrinus"" meaning citrine or light greenish-yellow. The Corsican finch (""Carduelis corsicana"") was at one time considered as conspecific with the citril finch but is now treated a separate species. Molecular genetic studies have shown that the citril finch is closely related to the European goldfinch (""Carduelis carduelis""). The citril finch has an overall length of and weighs around . It is greyish above,"
"then flying down to catch insects, lizards and other small prey. The russet-throated puffbird's call is a long series of ""woduk"" notes, often given synchronously by a pair of birds. Russet-throated puffbird The russet-throated puffbird (""Hypnelus ruficollis"") is a near-passerine bird which breeds in tropical South America in northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. It is commonly named in Colombia as ""Bobito"", ""Utta"", ""Tol"" and ""Coludo"". The puffbirds are an insectivorous bird family related to the jacamars, but lacking the iridescent colours of that group. The russet-throated puffbird is fairly common in dry scrub and dry forest. It excavates a burrow"
"puffin is a bird of the colder waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. It breeds on the coasts of north west Europe, the Arctic fringes and eastern North America. More than 90% of the global population is found in Europe (4,770,000–5,780,000 pairs, equalling 9,550,000–11,600,000 adults) and colonies in Iceland alone are home to 60% of the world's Atlantic puffins. The largest colony in the western Atlantic (estimated at more than 260,000 pairs) can be found at the Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, south of St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Other major breeding locations include the north and west coasts of Norway,"