"Pipeline. KIBS is frequented from May through October by more than 90 bird species, including many migrating waterfowl. Compared to other Key Habitat Sites in Northern Canada, particularly high densities of Arctic tern, greater white-fronted goose, loon, northern pintail, and sandhill crane frequent the area. Tundra swan concentrate around the outer section of the MBS. A colony of approximately 3000 lesser snow geese have been identified at KIBS, as well as nationally significant numbers of Hudsonian godwit and whimbrel. The short-eared owl, a Species at Risk Act-listed bird, has been records at KIBS, as well as grizzly bear, polar bear"
"of sufficient extent to occur in any one region, it is not dependent on primary forest and will tolerate some degree of habitat alteration. It is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN due to its wide range. White-fronted nunbird The white-fronted nunbird (""Monasa morphoeus"") is a species of near passerine bird in the puffbird family (Bucconidae). It is found in the tropical Americas. This glossy black or gray-black bird with a stout, medium red-orange bill is named for the white face markings on the cere, the base of its bill and on the upper throat. It has black eyes"
"White-fronted chat The white-fronted chat (""Epthianura albifrons"") is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southern Australia. The male has a white face bordered by a black breast band. It is insectivorous. Jardine and P.J.Selby described the white-fronted chat in 1828 as ""Acanthiza albifrons"". Lesson described it in 1844 as ""Fluvicola leucocephala"", and Brehm as ""Cinura torquata"" in 1845. The species is monotypic; that is, no subspecies are recognised. Tasmanian birds were thought to have longer bills but this has not been borne out on further investigation. This species has collected many vernacular names: Gould called"
"White-bridled finch The white-bridled finch (""Melanodera melanodera""), also known as the canary-winged finch or black-throated finch, is a small passerine bird belonging to the genus ""Melanodera"" together with the yellow-bridled finch (""M. xanthogramma""). Formerly placed in the family Emberizidae, it is now considered a tanager. It is found in grassland in southernmost South America. There are two subspecies: ""M. m. melanodera"" in the Falkland Islands and ""M. m. princetoniana"" in southern Argentina and Chile. The male is grey-green above and yellow below with a grey head and upper breast. It has a black throat and mask which are bordered with"
"White-fronted nunbird The white-fronted nunbird (""Monasa morphoeus"") is a species of near passerine bird in the puffbird family (Bucconidae). It is found in the tropical Americas. This glossy black or gray-black bird with a stout, medium red-orange bill is named for the white face markings on the cere, the base of its bill and on the upper throat. It has black eyes and black or gray-black legs. It occurs in Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela; in southern Central America in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. The white-fronted nunbird is found in the southern Amazon Basin, with the"
"is listed globally as ""least concern"". It is generally sedentary, though may be nomadic in more arid parts of its range. White-fronted chat The white-fronted chat (""Epthianura albifrons"") is a species of bird in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae native to southern Australia. The male has a white face bordered by a black breast band. It is insectivorous. Jardine and P.J.Selby described the white-fronted chat in 1828 as ""Acanthiza albifrons"". Lesson described it in 1844 as ""Fluvicola leucocephala"", and Brehm as ""Cinura torquata"" in 1845. The species is monotypic; that is, no subspecies are recognised. Tasmanian birds were thought to have"
"Pink-footed shearwater The pink-footed shearwater (""Ardenna creatopus"") is a species of seabird. The bird is 48 cm in size, with a 109 cm wingspan. It is polymorphic, having both darker and lighter phase populations. Together with the equally light-billed flesh-footed shearwater, it forms the ""Hemipuffinus"" group, a superspecies which may or may not have an Atlantic relative in the great shearwater (Austin, 1996; Austin ""et al."", 2004). These are large shearwaters which are among those that could be separated in the genus ""Ardenna"" (Penhallurick & Wink, 2004). This species is pelagic, occurring in the Pacific Ocean. It predominantly nests on"
"White-fronted bee-eater The white-fronted bee-eater (""Merops bullockoides"") is a species of bee-eater widely distributed in sub-equatorial Africa. They have a distinctive white forehead, a square tail and a bright red patch on their throat. They nest in small colonies, digging holes in cliffs or earthen banks but can usually be seen in low trees waiting for passing insects from which they hunt either by making quick hawking flights or gliding down before hovering briefly to catch insects. This species, like other bee-eaters, is a richly coloured, slender bird, but with a distinctive black mask, white forehead, square tail and a"
"the tail. The white is not visible unless the wings are at least partly open, such as when the birds are alighting, or sometimes in hot weather. The belly is buff in colour. The bill is bluish white with a black tip, and the legs and feet are red. The speckled mousebird can be distinguished from this species by its differently coloured beak, legs and upperparts. The white-backed mousebird is a frugivore which subsists on fruits, berries, leaves, seeds and nectar. It also will feed on the buds of some plants, sometimes to the extent of stripping the branches of"
"ants and other arthropods at or near the ground; it sometimes follows columns of army ants. It may be located by its bright descending ""jeer-jeer-jeer-jeer-jeer-jeer-jeer-jeer-jeer-jeer-jeer-jeer"" song, which ends with a few ""chew"" notes. White-bellied antbird The white-bellied antbird (""Myrmeciza longipes""), is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Panama to northern Brazil and in Trinidad. It is also called Swainson's antcatcher (usually in historical sources) after William John Swainson, who first described it scientifically. The genus is monotypic. The white-bellied antbird was described by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1825 and given the binomial"
"the tops of trees, foraging and playing. Caique wing feathers produce a distinctive whirring sound in flight. They are highly vocal. Originally ""Pionites"" were classified as two species, the black-headed parrot and white-bellied parrot. However, recent morphological work has indicated that the white-bellied parrot should be split into three species based on plumage and leg coloration. In the past these parrots were often allied with the conures or other South American parakeets. Recent mitochondrial and nuclear DNA work has found ""Pionites"" to be the sister taxon to the ""Deroptyus"" (the genus that contains the red-fan parrot); the two genera occupy"
"mitochondrial DNA sequences published in 2017. Two subspecies are recognised: White-bellied whipbird The white-bellied whipbird (""Psophodes leucogaster""), also called the Mallee whipbird, is a species of bird in the family Psophodidae. It is endemic to southern Australia. The species was formerly considered as a subspecies of ""Psophodes nigrogularis"", the so shared the common name of western whipbird. The ""Clements Checklist"" refers to this species with the common name western whipbird (white-bellied) to distinguish it from ""P. nigrogularis"" (black-throated). The white-bellied whipbird was described by the Australian ornithologists Frank Howe and John Ross in 1933. It was split from the black-throated"
"Pied-winged swallow The pied-winged swallow (""Hirundo leucosoma"") is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It has distinctive steel-blue upperparts with white wing patches. It is native to parts of West Africa. The pied-winged swallow was described by the English ornithologist William Swainson in 1837 who introduced its current binomial name ""Hirundo leucosoma"". The specific epithet combines the Ancient Greek words ""leukos"", ""white"" and ""sōma, sōmatos"", ""body"". The species is monotypic. Evolutionarily, the pied-winged swallow occupies a basal position within the clade of ""Hirundo"" swallows and is most closely related to the pearl-breasted swallow (""Hirundo dimidiata""). The pied-winged swallow"
"White-shouldered fairywren The white-shouldered fairywren (""Malurus alboscapulatus"") is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is found in New Guinea. The white-shouldered fairywren was first described by the German naturalist Adolf Bernhard Meyer in 1874. It is one of eleven species in the genus ""Malurus"" and is most closely related to a pair of Australian species, the red-backed and white-winged fairywrens, with which it makes up a phylogenetic clade. These three species were termed the ""bicoloured wrens"" by ornithologist Richard Schodde, and are notable for their lack of head patterns and ear tufts, and their uniform"
"have also bred on islands in Bass Strait, north of Tasmania. Many of the birds winter in south-eastern Australia, especially juveniles. White-fronted tern The white-fronted tern (""Sterna striata"") is the most common tern of New Zealand. It rarely swims, apart from bathing, despite having webbed feet. The species is protected. White-fronted terns feed in large flocks by plunge diving on shoals of smelt and pilchards which have been driven to the surface by larger fish and are easily caught. Like all terns they fly with their heads and bills pointing down to see their prey. Breeding is between October and"
"especially on the head. Its song is a warbled ""zee-zeree-chereeo"". Yellow-fronted canary The yellow-fronted canary (""Crithagra mozambica""), also called Yellow-eyed Canary, is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is known elsewhere and in aviculture as the green singing finch. The yellow-fronted canary was formerly placed in the genus ""Serinus"", but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the yellow-fronted canary were moved to the resurrected genus ""Crithagra"" Swainson 1827. This bird is a resident breeder in Africa south of"
"Pied stilt The pied stilt (""Himantopus leucocephalus""), also known as the white-headed stilt, is a bird in the family Recurvirostridae. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the black-winged stilt (""H. himantopus""). This shorebird has been recorded in Malaysia, Japan, the Philippines, Brunei, Christmas Island, Indonesia, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Australia, and New Zealand. John Gould described the pied stilt in 1837. Its species name is derived from the Ancient Greek words ""leukos"" ""white"" and ""kephale"" ""head"". ""Pied stilt"" has been designated the official name by the International Ornithologists' Union (IOC). The pied stilt grows to a length of about"
"plumage. The tail is shorter than that of other fairywrens. The bill is black, and the feet and eyes are black or dark brown. The females of ""M.a"" ""alboscapulatus"" and ""M.a"" ""naimii"" bear a pied plumage, with black upperparts contrasting with white shoulders and underparts. The preferred habitats of the white-shouldered fairywren are lowland cleared areas; grassland, village gardens, and cane-grass. White-shouldered fairywren The white-shouldered fairywren (""Malurus alboscapulatus"") is a species of bird in the Australasian wren family, Maluridae. It is found in New Guinea. The white-shouldered fairywren was first described by the German naturalist Adolf Bernhard Meyer in 1874."
"White-faced heron The white-faced heron (""Egretta novaehollandiae"") also known as the white-fronted heron, and incorrectly as the grey heron, or blue crane, is a common bird throughout most of Australasia, including New Guinea, the islands of Torres Strait, Indonesia, New Zealand, and all but the driest areas of Australia. It is a medium-sized heron, pale, slightly bluish-grey, with yellow legs and white facial markings. It can be found almost anywhere near shallow water, fresh or salt, and although it is prompt to depart the scene on long, slow-beating wings if disturbed, it will boldly raid suburban fish ponds. The species"
"White-winged snowfinch The white-winged snowfinch (""Montifringilla nivalis""), or snowfinch, is a small passerine bird. Despite its name, it is a sparrow rather than a true finch. In 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson included a description of the white-winged snowfinch in his ""Ornithologie"" based on a specimen but without specifying where it had been collected. He used the French name ""Le pinçon de neige ou la niverolle"" and the Latin ""Fringilla nivalis"". 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 1766"
"White-bellied antbird The white-bellied antbird (""Myrmeciza longipes""), is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Panama to northern Brazil and in Trinidad. It is also called Swainson's antcatcher (usually in historical sources) after William John Swainson, who first described it scientifically. The genus is monotypic. The white-bellied antbird was described by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1825 and given the binomial name ""Drymophila longipes"". The genus ""Myrmeciza"" was erected by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1841 with the white-bellied antbird as the type species. The genus formerly included more than 20 species."
"Banded whiteface The banded whiteface (""Aphelocephala nigricincta"") is a species of bird in the family Acanthizidae. It is endemic to dryer regions of Australia. The ornithologist Alfred John North described the banded whiteface as ""Xerophila nigricincta"" in 1895, from specimens collected at Missionary Plains, Northern Territory. Harry Church Oberholser pointed out that this genus name was invalid as it had been given to a genus of mollusc, hence it gained its current name ""Aphelocephala nigricincta"" in 1899. The adult banded whiteface is around 10 cm (4 in) long. The upper parts of the body and head are greyish brown. The"
"White-fronted amazon The white-fronted amazon (""Amazona albifrons"") also known as the white-fronted parrot, or by the adopted slang term spectacled amazon parrot, is a Central American species of parrot. Not to be confused with the red-spectacled amazon. They can imitate a range from 30 to 40 different sounds. Like other large parrots, the white-fronted parrot has a long potential life span, usually around 40 years. The white-fronted amazon, at about long, is the smallest of the amazon parrots. This species is named for the bright white patch of feathers on its forehead, although the amount of white varies from individual"
"Yellow-fronted canary The yellow-fronted canary (""Crithagra mozambica""), also called Yellow-eyed Canary, is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is known elsewhere and in aviculture as the green singing finch. The yellow-fronted canary was formerly placed in the genus ""Serinus"", but phylogenetic analysis using mitochondrial and nuclear DNA sequences found that the genus was polyphyletic. The genus was therefore split and a number of species including the yellow-fronted canary were moved to the resurrected genus ""Crithagra"" Swainson 1827. This bird is a resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara Desert. Its habitat is open woodland and cultivation."
"White-fronted tit The white-fronted tit (""Sittiparus semilarvatus"") is a species of bird in the family Paridae. It is endemic to the Philippines. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The white-fronted tit was formally described by the Italian ornithologist Tommaso Salvadori in 1865 under the binomial name ""Melaniparus semilarvatus"". The species was formerly included in the genus ""Parus"" but was moved to ""Sittiparus"" when ""Parus"" was split into several resurrected genera following the publication of a detailed molecular phylogenetic analysis in 2013. The genus ""Sittiparus"" had originally been erected by the"
"White eared pheasant The white eared pheasant (""Crossoptilon crossoptilon"") is a species of ""eared pheasant"" that get its name because its colouration is white and has the prominent ear tufts of the genus, not because it has white ears. The indigenous people of Himalaya call it ""shagga"", meaning snow fowl. This gregarious bird lives in large flocks, foraging on alpine meadows close to or above the snowline throughout the year. ""C. crossoptilon"" is found in China, Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, and Tibet, where it tends to inhabit mixed forests and can be found around Buddhist monasteries. White eared pheasants tend to"
"White-winged guan The white-winged guan (""Penelope albipennis"") is a bird in the chachalaca, guan and curassow family Cracidae. This species survives in Lambayeque, Cajamarca and Piura, north-west Peru. This is a medium-sized cracid, 70 cm in length, and similar in general appearance to turkeys, with thin necks and small heads. This bird has dark brown plumage with white primaries. It has pale flecking on the neck, upper breast and wing-coverts. It has an extensive, bare red throat and double-lobed dewlap, a blue bill with black tip, and purple facial skin around eye. Its voice is a very deep, hoarse ""och..och...och"","
"and may be laid directly on the ice. Two eggs are laid in April or May; the young leave the nest in June or July. White-winged diuca finch The white-winged diuca finch (""Diuca speculifera""), also called ""the glacier bird"", is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is found in Peru, Bolivia and far northern Chile and Argentina. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, where it favours wet boggy ground. It is one of the few birds that have been recorded as nesting in high altitude glaciers, hence its alternative name ""the glacier bird"". The"
"it be split into eight species. White-browed brush finch The white-browed brush finch (""Arremon torquatus"") is a species of bird in the Passerellidae family. It is found in north-western Argentina, Bolivia, and southern Peru. It is generally common in forest and dense second growth, mainly at altitudes of , but locally it occurs at far lower altitudes. It previously was considered the nominate subspecies of the stripe-headed brush finch. Until recently, the white-browed brush finch was placed in the genus ""Buarremon"". Considerable racial variation existed in the formerly named stripe-headed brush finch, and based on ecology, morphology, song, and molecular"
"an analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences published in 2017. The ""Clements Checklist"" refers to this species with the common name western whipbird (black-throated) to distinguish it from ""P. leucogaster"" (white-bellied). The black-throated whipbird is slim bird some in length. It it is olive green with a black throat and a narrow white cheek-patch edged with black on its face. It has a small crest and a long dark olive-green tail tipped with white, its underparts are a paler olive colour. The bill is black with blackish feet. Juveniles are a duller olive-brown in colour and lack the white cheek stripes"
"Black-headed siskin The black-headed siskin (""Spinus notatus""), also known in Belize as the Jonny Bee, is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest. This species is considered the extant ""father"" of the South American siskin radiation. This bird is one of the extant parental species of one of the Spinus/Carduelis North American radiation which extended to South America after closing of the Isthmus of Panama . The species S. atratus, S. crassirostris,"
"is a buzz-sounding ""chew"". Black rosy finch The black rosy finch, or black rosy-finch, (""Leucosticte atrata"") is a species of passerine bird in the family Fringillidae native to alpine areas above treeline, of the western United States. The black rosy finch was first classified by American ornithologist Robert Ridgway in 1874. This bird has been thought to form a superspecies with the three other rosy finches: grey-crowned rosy finch ""(L. tephrocotis)"" and the brown-capped rosy finch ""(L. australis)"", all of which were classified as the same species as the Asian rosy finch ""(L. arctoa)"" from 1983-1993. Recent mitochondrial DNA evidence"
"as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. White-breasted guineafowl The white-breasted guineafowl (""Agelastes meleagrides"") is a medium-sized, up to 45 cm long, terrestrial bird of the guineafowl family. It has a black plumage with a small, bare, red head, white breast, long, black tail, greenish-brown bill, and greyish feet. The sexes are similar, although the female is slightly smaller than the male. The white-breasted guineafowl is distributed in subtropical West African forests of Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. Its diet consists mainly of seeds, berries, termites, and small animals. Due to ongoing habitat loss and hunting in"