What sort of bird may be described as 'tic-eyed'
"in both its breeding range and its winter quarters; the present population trend is unknown but the decline may be continuing and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed the bird's conservation status as being ""vulnerable"". Yellow-eyed pigeon The yellow-eyed pigeon or pale-backed pigeon (""Columba eversmanni"") is a member of the family Columbidae (doves and pigeons). It breeds in southern Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, north-east Iran and extreme north-west China. It winters in north-east Pakistan, Jammu and Kashmir and parts of Rajasthan (including Tal Chhapar Sanctuary and Jorbeer, Bikaner). The bird has declined in numbers over"
"Tit (bird) The tits, chickadees, and titmice constitute the Paridae, a large family of small passerine birds which occur mainly in the Northern Hemisphere and Africa. Most were formerly classified in the genus ""Parus"". While commonly referred to as ""tits"" throughout much of the English-speaking world, these birds are called either ""chickadees"" (onomatopoeic, derived from their distinctive ""chick-a dee dee dee"" alarm call) or ""titmice"" in North America. The name titmouse is recorded from the 14th century, composed of the Old English name for the bird, ""mase"" (Proto-Germanic ""*maison"", German ""Meise""), and tit, denoting something small. The former spelling, ""titmose"","
"author Johann Jakob Kaup, and under the ICZN it must therefore be treated by default as masculine, giving the masculine form of the species epithet: ""cinctus"". Grey-headed chickadee The grey-headed chickadee or Siberian tit (""Poecile cinctus"", formerly ""Parus cinctus"") is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread resident breeder throughout subarctic Scandinavia and northern Asia, and also into North America in Alaska and the far northwest of Canada. It is a conifer specialist. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate. Curiously (with respect to its name), the bird has no grey on its"
"Spectacled thrush The spectacled thrush, bare-eyed thrush, or yellow-eyed thrush (""Turdus nudigenis""), is a resident breeding bird in the Lesser Antilles and in South America from Colombia and Venezuela south and east to northern Brazil. In Trinidad and Tobago, this thrush is also known as big-eye grieve. The similar but allopatric Ecuadorian thrush was formerly considered a subspecies of the bare-eyed thrush and named ""T. n. maculirostris""; it is now normally considered as a separate species ""T. maculirostris"". It has a narrower eyering and is only found in forest and woodland in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru. The spectacled thrush"
"note ""."" Brown-throated wattle-eye The brown-throated wattle-eye (""Platysteira cyanea""), also known as the common wattle-eye or scarlet-spectacled wattle-eye, is a small, insectivorous passerine bird. The wattle-eyes were previously classed as a subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, but are now usually separated from that group. This species breeds in west, central and northeast tropical Africa. This common species is found in secondary forest and other woodland areas, including gardens. The eggs are laid in a small neat lichen and cobweb cup low in a tree or bush. The adult brown-throated wattle-eye is a stout bird about long. The"
"considered a species of least concern by the IUCN. Black-tailed tityra The black-tailed tityra (""Tityra cayana"") is a medium-sized passerine bird of tropical South America. The tityras have been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher families (Cotingidae and Tyrannidae) by various authors. But the weight of evidence strongly suggest they and their closest relatives are better separated as Tityridae; the AOU for example advocates this separation. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the black-tailed tityra in his ""Ornithologie"" based on a specimen collected Cayenne in French Guiana. He used the French name"
"Chickadee The chickadees are a group of North American birds in the tit family included in the genus ""Poecile"". Species found in North America are referred to as chickadees, while other species in the genus are called tits. They are small-sized birds overall, usually having the crown of the head and throat patch distinctly darker than the body. They are at least in size. Their name reputedly comes from the fact that their calls make a distinctive ""chick-a-dee-dee-dee"",though their normal call is actually fee-bee, and the famous chick-a-dee-dee-dee is an alarm call. The number of ""dees"" depends on the predator!(sound)."
"Black-winged kite The black-winged kite (""Elanus caeruleus""), also known as the black-shouldered kite (not to be confused with the closely related Australian species with the same name), is a small diurnal bird of prey in the family Accipitridae best known for its habit of hovering over open grasslands in the manner of the much smaller kestrels. This Eurasian and African species was sometimes combined with the Australian black-shouldered kite (""Elanus axillaris"") and the white-tailed kite (""Elanus leucurus"") of North and South America which together form a superspecies. This kite is distinctive, with long wings; white, grey and black plumage; and"
"Jacobin cuckoo The Jacobin cuckoo, pied cuckoo, or pied crested cuckoo (""Clamator jacobinus"") is a member of the cuckoo order of birds that is found in Africa and Asia. It is partially migratory and in India, it has been considered a harbinger of the monsoon rains due to the timing of its arrival. It has been associated with a bird in Indian mythology and poetry, known as the ""chataka"" (Sanskrit: चातक) represented as a bird with a beak on its head that waits for rains to quench its thirst. The Jacobin cuckoo was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc,"
"Brown-throated wattle-eye The brown-throated wattle-eye (""Platysteira cyanea""), also known as the common wattle-eye or scarlet-spectacled wattle-eye, is a small, insectivorous passerine bird. The wattle-eyes were previously classed as a subfamily of the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae, but are now usually separated from that group. This species breeds in west, central and northeast tropical Africa. This common species is found in secondary forest and other woodland areas, including gardens. The eggs are laid in a small neat lichen and cobweb cup low in a tree or bush. The adult brown-throated wattle-eye is a stout bird about long. The breeding male"
"Black-tailed tityra The black-tailed tityra (""Tityra cayana"") is a medium-sized passerine bird of tropical South America. The tityras have been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher families (Cotingidae and Tyrannidae) by various authors. But the weight of evidence strongly suggest they and their closest relatives are better separated as Tityridae; the AOU for example advocates this separation. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the black-tailed tityra in his ""Ornithologie"" based on a specimen collected Cayenne in French Guiana. He used the French name ""La pie-griesche gris de Cayenne"" and the Latin ""Lanius"
"White-eyed buzzard The white-eyed buzzard (""Butastur teesa"") is a medium-sized hawk, distinct from the true buzzards in the genus ""Buteo"", found in South Asia. Adults have a rufous tail, a distinctive white iris, and a white throat bearing a dark mesial stripe bordered. The head is brown and the median coverts of the upper wing are pale. They lack the typical carpal patches on the underside of the wings seen in true buzzards, but the entire wing lining appears dark in contrast to the flight feathers. They sit upright on perches for prolonged periods and soar on thermals in search"
"Orange-eyed thornbird The orange-eyed thornbird (""Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus"") is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil. It formerly included ""P. ferrugineigula"" as a subspecies, but under the common name red-eyed thornbird. After the two were split, that English name was confusingly used for both species briefly, although it only really is fitting for ""P. ferrugineigula"". To avoid this confusion, ""P. ferrugineigula"" is now generally called the orange-breasted thornbird. Unlike that species, the orange-eyed thornbird has conspicuously bright orange eyes, far less rufous below and on the crown (essentially restricted to the"
"clade including all of tribe Arini and a few other genera; its closest relatives were similar in size to the parakeets in ""Enicognathus"", ""Pyrrhura"", ""Pionites"", and ""Deroptyus"" genera of the clade. In a separate molecular analysis in the same study, ""Rhynchopsitta"" was placed in a clade in which it was sister to ""Pyrrhura"" but not other genera. The thick-billed parrot is a medium-sized, bright green parrot with a large black bill and red forecrown, shoulder and thighs. Adult eyes are amber, while juveniles have brown eyes. The rest of the bird is bright green. Thick-billed parrots show red shoulders and"
"Black-billed sicklebill The black-billed sicklebill (""Drepanornis albertiti""), also known as buff-tailed sicklebill (leading to easy confusion with the hermit hummingbird ""Eutoxeres condamini""), is a species of bird-of-paradise. Widespread throughout its large range, the black-billed sicklebill is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It is listed on Appendix II of CITES. The scientific name commemorates the Italian naturalist Luigi Maria d'Albertis, who discovered this species in 1872. The black-billed sicklebill is medium-sized, about 35 cm long, brown. The male has a bare maroon grey skin around its eye, buff-colored tail, dark-brown iris, yellow mouth and"
"but is solitary at evening roosts. The male has a display flight in which he flies for short distances, vibrating his wings and giving a buzzing ""dik-zeezeezee"" call. Black-faced grassquit The black-faced grassquit (""Tiaris bicolor"") is a small bird. It is recognized as a tanager closely related to Darwins finches. It breeds in the West Indies except Cuba, on Tobago but not Trinidad, and along the northern coasts of Colombia and Venezuela. This is a common bird in long grass or scrub in open or semi-open areas, including roadsides and ricefields. It makes a domed grass nest, lined with finer"
"Bismarck white-eye The Bismarck white-eye or black-headed white-eye (""Zosterops hypoxanthus"") is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea, where it occurs in New Britain, New Ireland and a number of smaller islands. It is sometimes considered to be the same species as the black-fronted white-eye of the mainland of New Guinea. The species is found in forests, forest edges, secondary forest, gardens and plantations, generally in hill and mountain areas and more rarely down to sea level. The species has a black face, dark olive neck, back and"
"Stone-curlew The stone-curlews, also known as dikkops or thick-knees, consist of nine species within the family Burhinidae, and are found throughout the tropical and temperate parts of the world, with two species found in Australia. Despite the group being classified as waders, most species have a preference for arid or semi-arid habitats. They are medium to large birds with strong black or yellow black bills, large yellow eyes—which give them a reptilian appearance—and cryptic plumage. The names ""thick-knee"" and ""stone-curlew"" are both in common use, the preference among authorities for one term or the other varying from year to year."
"Red-eyed vireo The red-eyed vireo (""Vireo olivaceus"") is a small American songbird, in length. It is somewhat warbler-like but not closely related to the New World warblers (Parulidae). Common across its vast range, this species is not considered threatened by the IUCN. ""Vireo"" is a Latin word referring to a green migratory bird, perhaps the female golden oriole, possibly the European greenfinch. The specific ""olivaceus"" is New Latin for ""olive-green"", from Latin ""oliva"" ""olive"". Adults are mainly olive-green on the upperparts with white underparts; they have a red iris and a grey crown edged with black. There is a dark"
"Red-tailed tropicbird The red-tailed tropicbird ""(Phaethon rubricauda)"" is a seabird native to tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans. One of three closely related species of tropicbird, it was described by Pieter Boddaert in 1783. Superficially resembling a tern in appearance, it has almost all-white plumage with a black mask and a red bill. The sexes have similar plumage. Adults have red that are about twice their body length, which gives rise to its common name. There are four subspecies recognised, though there is evidence there is a clinal change with smaller birds in the north and larger in the south (and"
"in the Falkland Islands. Fire-eyed diucon The fire-eyed diucon (""Xolmis pyrope"") is a passerine bird of South America belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is usually placed with the monjitas in the genus ""Xolmis"" but was sometimes placed in its own genus ""Pyrope"" in the past. It is 19–21 cm long. The upperparts are mainly plain grey. The underparts are pale grey with white throat and undertail-coverts. The eyes are bright coral-red, for which the bird is named. It is found in central and southern Chile, southwestern Argentina, and Tierra del Fuego. Vagrant birds have occurred just eastwards"
"Black-eyed gecko The black-eyed gecko (""Mokopirirakau kahutarae"") also known as Whitaker's sticky-toed gecko, is an alpine gecko, discovered in 1970, which inhabits high-altitude mountains in three areas of the South Island of New Zealand. It is the highest-altitude lizard species in New Zealand, living up to above sea level. The black-eyed gecko is a medium-sized lizard, olive or grey above and white below, with 6–7 lighter bands across the dorsal surface of its body, and speckled sides. It has very small body scales and narrow tapering toes, which more closely resemble those of an arboreal than a terrestrial gecko. It"
"lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest. Black-chested jay The black-chested jay (""Cyanocorax affinis"") is a species of bird in the family Corvidae. Measuring long, this jay is easily recognized from its distinctive facial pattern and yellow eye. The head, face, and chest are mostly black with violet-blue spots above and below the eye, as well as a violet-blue malar stripe. The underparts are white as is the tip of the tail, while the upperparts and wings are mainly dark violet-blue. It is found in Colombia, northwestern Venezuela, Panama and far eastern Costa Rica. Its natural habitats are subtropical or"
"all were infected with at least one of these parasites. Red-eyed vireo The red-eyed vireo (""Vireo olivaceus"") is a small American songbird, in length. It is somewhat warbler-like but not closely related to the New World warblers (Parulidae). Common across its vast range, this species is not considered threatened by the IUCN. ""Vireo"" is a Latin word referring to a green migratory bird, perhaps the female golden oriole, possibly the European greenfinch. The specific ""olivaceus"" is New Latin for ""olive-green"", from Latin ""oliva"" ""olive"". Adults are mainly olive-green on the upperparts with white underparts; they have a red iris and"
"Fire-eyed diucon The fire-eyed diucon (""Xolmis pyrope"") is a passerine bird of South America belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is usually placed with the monjitas in the genus ""Xolmis"" but was sometimes placed in its own genus ""Pyrope"" in the past. It is 19–21 cm long. The upperparts are mainly plain grey. The underparts are pale grey with white throat and undertail-coverts. The eyes are bright coral-red, for which the bird is named. It is found in central and southern Chile, southwestern Argentina, and Tierra del Fuego. Vagrant birds have occurred just eastwards of Tierra del Fuego"
"and berries. They will store food for later use. The song is usually described as a whistled ""pidi-pidi-pidi-pidi"". They make a variety of different sounds, most having a similar tone quality. Bridled titmouse The bridled titmouse (""Baeolophus wollweberi"") is a small songbird, a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. These birds range from 11.5 – 12.7 cm. (4.5 to 5 in.) long. It is small, crested and gray with a black and white patterned face, a black bib. Its crest is boarded with black and white (sometimes gray) underparts. A standard nest ranges from 5 – 9 eggs colored"
"The Chickadee (specifically the black-capped chickadee ""Poecile atricapillus"" formerly ""Parus atricapillus"") is the official bird for the states of Massachusetts and Maine. Chickadee The chickadees are a group of North American birds in the tit family included in the genus ""Poecile"". Species found in North America are referred to as chickadees, while other species in the genus are called tits. They are small-sized birds overall, usually having the crown of the head and throat patch distinctly darker than the body. They are at least in size. Their name reputedly comes from the fact that their calls make a distinctive ""chick-a-dee-dee-dee"",though"
"time the willow tit was considered conspecific with the black-capped chickadee of North America due to their very similar appearance. This is seen in an older version of the Peterson Field Guide, ""Birds of Britain and Europe"". Underneath the name it states; ""N Am. Black-Capped Chickadee"" as an alternate name. In fact the willow tit, black-capped chickadee, marsh tit and Carolina chickadee are all very similar to one another in appearance. Willow tit The willow tit (""Poecile montanus"") is a passerine bird in the tit family, Paridae. It is a widespread and common resident breeder throughout temperate and subarctic Europe"
"Blackish cinclodes The blackish cinclodes (""Cinclodes antarcticus"") is a passerine bird of the genus ""Cinclodes"" belonging to the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is native to the southern tip of South America including the Falkland Islands where it is known as the tussac-bird or tussock-bird. It is often very tame and will approach humans closely. It is 18 to 23 cm long. The sexes are similar and their plumage is almost entirely dark brown. The throat is slightly paler with some buff speckling, there is a hint of a pale stripe over the eye and there is a faint reddish-brown bar"
"Crested lark The crested lark (""Galerida cristata"") is a species of lark distinguished from the other 81 species of lark by the crest of feathers that rise up in territorial or courtship displays and when singing. Common to mainland Europe, the birds can also be found in northern Africa and in parts of western Asia and China. It is a non-migratory bird, but can occasionally be found as a vagrant in Great Britain. The crested lark was one of the many species originally described by Linnaeus in his 18th-century work, ""Systema Naturae"". It was classified in the genus ""Alauda"" until"
"Grey-headed chickadee The grey-headed chickadee or Siberian tit (""Poecile cinctus"", formerly ""Parus cinctus"") is a passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. It is a widespread resident breeder throughout subarctic Scandinavia and northern Asia, and also into North America in Alaska and the far northwest of Canada. It is a conifer specialist. It is resident, and most birds do not migrate. Curiously (with respect to its name), the bird has no grey on its head, which is black, white, and brown. It is a fairly large tit, 13.5–14 cm long with a weight of 11–14.3 g. The head is dark"
"Tufted titmouse The tufted titmouse (""Baeolophus bicolor"") is a small songbird from North America, a species in the tit and chickadee family (Paridae). The black-crested titmouse, found from central and southern Texas southwards, was included as a subspecies but is now considered a separate species ""B. atricristatus"". These small birds are approximately 6 inches in length, with a white front, and grey upper body outlined with rust colored flanks. Other characteristics include their black forehead, and the tufted grey crest on their head. The song of the tufted titmouse is usually described as a whistled ""peter-peter-peter"", though this song can"
"throat and frontlet), and the entire tail rufous. The two also have different voices and are locally sympatric in São Paulo without evidence of interbreeding. Orange-eyed thornbird The orange-eyed thornbird (""Phacellodomus erythrophthalmus"") is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is endemic to Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil. It formerly included ""P. ferrugineigula"" as a subspecies, but under the common name red-eyed thornbird. After the two were split, that English name was confusingly used for both species briefly, although it only really is fitting for ""P. ferrugineigula"". To avoid this confusion, ""P. ferrugineigula"" is now generally called the"