"Eurasian three-toed woodpecker The three-toed woodpecker (""Picoides tridactylus"") is a medium-sized woodpecker. The adult is in length. It is black on the head, wings and rump, and white from the throat to the belly; the flanks are white with black bars. The back is white with black bars, and the tail is black with the white outer feathers barred with black. The adult male has a yellow cap. In North America, the three-toed woodpecker can be confused with the black-backed woodpecker, which it closely resembles. Identification is easier in Eurasia, where it is the only woodpecker with a yellow cap,"
"Striated pardalote The striated pardalote (""Pardalotus striatus"") is the least colourful and most common of the four pardalote species. Other common names include pickwick, wittachew and chip-chip. It is a very small, short-tailed bird that is more often heard than seen, foraging noisily for lerps and other small creatures in the treetops. Four full species were originally named, and are clearly recognisable in the field. They are now classified as merely well-defined subspecies instead. All five forms have a black cap which may be striated but never spotted, a white wing stripe and a small, conspicuous wing spot—bright red in"
"Both sexes incubate and care for the young. Striated pardalote The striated pardalote (""Pardalotus striatus"") is the least colourful and most common of the four pardalote species. Other common names include pickwick, wittachew and chip-chip. It is a very small, short-tailed bird that is more often heard than seen, foraging noisily for lerps and other small creatures in the treetops. Four full species were originally named, and are clearly recognisable in the field. They are now classified as merely well-defined subspecies instead. All five forms have a black cap which may be striated but never spotted, a white wing stripe"
"plane, whereas the right ear is slightly below the eyes. The orientation of the ear coverts in relation to the face also differs between the ears, with a difference of about 15°. The underparts, including the tarsometatarsal (lower leg) feathers, vary from white to reddish buff among the subspecies, and are either mostly unpatterned or bear a varying number of tiny blackish-brown speckles. It has been found that at least in the continental European populations, females with more spotting are healthier than plainer birds. This does not hold true for European males by contrast, where the spotting varies according to"
"and the manatee, which have only six. Three-toed sloth The three-toed sloths are tree-living mammals from South and Central America. They are the only members of the genus Bradypus and the family Bradypodidae. The four living species of three-toed sloths are the brown-throated sloth, the maned sloth, the pale-throated sloth, and the pygmy three-toed sloth. A study of mitochondrial cytochrome b and 16S rRNA sequences suggests that ""B. torquatus"" diverged from ""B. variegatus"" and ""B. tridactylus"" about 12 million years ago, while the latter two split 5 to 6 million years ago. The diversification of ""B. variegatus"" lineages was estimated"
"Three-toed sloth The three-toed sloths are tree-living mammals from South and Central America. They are the only members of the genus Bradypus and the family Bradypodidae. The four living species of three-toed sloths are the brown-throated sloth, the maned sloth, the pale-throated sloth, and the pygmy three-toed sloth. A study of mitochondrial cytochrome b and 16S rRNA sequences suggests that ""B. torquatus"" diverged from ""B. variegatus"" and ""B. tridactylus"" about 12 million years ago, while the latter two split 5 to 6 million years ago. The diversification of ""B. variegatus"" lineages was estimated to have started 4 to 5 million"
"its family, the three-toed jacamar is short-legged and short-winged. It perches upright, with its tail down and its long, sharply-pointed beak uptilted. It is a medium-sized bird, measuring in length and weighing between ; females average heavier than males. The sexes are similarly plumaged: slaty black with a bronzy-green gloss above, and somewhat paler below. The belly and the center of the breast are white. The adult has a brownish-gray cap and a black throat, and the cap, chin and the sides of the head are finely marked with pale fulvous streaks. Its bill is black, and its feet are"
"Spotted pardalote The spotted pardalote (""Pardalotus punctatus"") is one of the smallest of all Australian birds at in length, and one of the most colourful; it is sometimes known as the diamondbird. Although moderately common in all of the reasonably fertile parts of Australia (the east coast, the south-east, and the south-west corner) it is seldom seen closely enough to enable identification. Three subspecies are recognised. The wet tropics spotted pardalote (subspecies ""militaris"") is found in northeastern Queensland, while the distinctive subspecies, the yellow-rumped pardalote (subspecies ""xanthopyge""), is found in drier inland regions of southern Australia, particularly in semi-arid Mallee"
"Lesser short-toed lark The lesser short-toed lark (""Alaudala rufescens"") is a small passerine bird found in southern Eurasia and northern Africa. It is a common bird with a very wide range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of ""least concern"". Confusingly, Hume's short-toed lark is also sometimes called the lesser short-toed lark. The Lesser short-toed lark was originally described as belonging to the genus ""Alauda"". The genus name ""Alaudala"" is a diminutive of ""Alauda"", and the specific ""rufescens"" is Latin for ""reddish"", from ""rufus"" ""red"". Alternate names for the lesser short-toed"
"Where this overlap occurs, the three-toed sloth tends to be smaller and more numerous than its relative, being more active in moving through the forest and maintaining more diurnal activity. The brown-throated sloth is the most widespread and common of the three-toed sloths. It is found from Honduras in the north, through Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama into Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia, Brazil and eastern Peru. It is probably not found north of the Amazon Rainforest or east of the Rio Negro, although its similarity to the pale-throated sloth found in these regions has led to some confusion in the"
"Green-backed woodpecker The green-backed woodpecker or little spotted woodpecker (""Campethera cailliautii""), is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is native to large parts of tropical central Africa. It has an extremely wide range and is an uncommon species, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of ""least concern"". The green-backed woodpecker grows to a length of about . The male has a scarlet crown flecked with black and a bright red nape. The female has a blackish crown spotted with white, and a red nape. Both sexes have green"
"whitish grey. The sexes are similar, but juveniles are paler yellow on the breast. Like most members in the group, green-backed camaroptera is insectivorous. The green-backed camaroptera was described by the French ornithologist Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot in 1821 under the binomial name ""Sylvia brachyura"". The type locality is the Cape of Good Hope. The specific epithet ""brachyura"" is from the Ancient Greek ""brakhus"" for ""short"" and ""-ouros"" for ""-tailed"". There are five subspecies: Green-backed camaroptera The green-backed camaroptera (""Camaroptera brachyura""), also known as the bleating camaroptera, is a small bird in the Cisticolidae family. This bird is a resident"
"Spotted linsang The spotted linsang (""Prionodon pardicolor"") is a linsang found throughout much of Southeast Asia. It is widely, though usually sparsely, recorded, and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The spotted linsang resembles the banded linsang in its long, slender body, short limbs, elongated neck and head, and long tail. The ground colour ranges from dusky brown to light buff. Two long stripes extend from behind the ears to the shoulders or beyond, and two shorter stripes run along the neck. Three to four longitudinal rows of spots adorn the back, their size decreasing towards the"
"Green-thighed parrot The green-thighed parrot (""Pionites leucogaster leucogaster"") is a subspecies of White-bellied caique belong into the family Psittacidae The species ""Pionites leucogaster"" (also known as the white-bellied parrot or white-bellied caique in the aviculture business) contains three subspecies including the nominate race, but recent morphological work suggests the species should be split into three. It is found in humid forest and wooded habitats in the Amazon south of the Amazon River in Brazil. It is generally fairly common throughout its range and is easily seen in a wide range of protected areas, such as the Cristalino State Park (near"
"Tricoloured horse Tri-coloured (archaic: ""oddbald"") refers to a horse with three different coat colours in a pinto spotting pattern of large white and dark patches, usually bay (a reddish colour with a black mane and tail) and white. This colouring is also commonly called skewbald (referring to a horse with a spotted coat that is white and any colour other than black). In modern usage in British English, skewbald and piebald (black and white) horses are collectively referred to as ""coloured"", while in North American English, the term ""pinto"" is used to describe the colour pattern. The colour of the"
"Spotted flycatcher The spotted flycatcher (""Muscicapa striata"") is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in most of Europe and western Asia, and is migratory, wintering in Africa and south western Asia. It is declining in parts of its range. This is an undistinguished looking bird with long wings and tail. The adults have grey-brown upperparts and whitish underparts, with a streaked crown and breast, giving rise to the bird's common name. The legs are short and black, and the bill is black and has the broad but pointed shape typical of aerial insectivores. Juveniles"
"and the song of the nominate subspecies is an evenly spaced sequence of notes ""teet-teet-teet-e-roi-tiit"". There is some geographical variation; the song of Danish birds is shorter, that of the Cyprus subspecies is very short and simple, and the North African version is lower pitched. European birds do not respond to latter two song variants. This species shares much of its range with the common treecreeper. Compared to the short-toed, that bird is whiter below, warmer and more spotted above, and has a whiter supercilium and slightly shorter bill. However, identification by sight may be impossible for poorly-marked birds. Vocal"
"Spotted nutcracker The spotted nutcracker, Eurasian nutcracker, or just nutcracker, (""Nucifraga caryocatactes"") is a passerine bird slightly larger than the Eurasian jay. It has a much larger bill and a slimmer looking head without any crest. The feathering over its body is predominantly a chocolate brown with distinct white spots and streaks. The wings and upper tail are virtually black with a greenish-blue gloss. It is one of three species of nutcracker. The large-spotted nutcracker (""Nucifraga multipunctata""), was formerly considered a subspecies of spotted. The other member of the genus, Clark's nutcracker (""Nucifraga columbiana""), occurs in western North America. The"
"for ""small"". There are seven subspecies: The black noddy has a length of , a wingspan of and a weight of . It has dark plumage and a pale crown. There is a small white crescent under each eye and a white spot above. It has long tapering wings and a truncated tail. The sharply-pointed bill is black as are the feet, which are fully webbed. These birds may have become known as ""noddies"" because of the behaviour of both sexes as they constantly dip their heads during their breeding display. They are very tolerant of humans even to the"
"subspecies (as ""C. b. cinerea"") of the greater short-toed lark. Eight subspecies are recognized: Several subspecies have been named but there is considerable geneflow and the species itself forms part of a larger complex. This is a small pale lark, smaller than the skylark. It is dark-streaked greyish-brown above, and white below, and has a strong pointed bill that is pinkish with a grey culmen. It has a pale supercilium, dark patches on each side of its neck and a dark tail. Some birds in the west of the range have a rufous crown. The sexes are similar. The greater"
"Brown-throated sloth The brown-throated sloth (""Bradypus variegatus"") is a species of three-toed sloth found in the neotropical ecozone. It is the most common of the four species of three-toed sloth, and is found in the forests of South and Central America. The brown-throated sloth is of similar size and build to most other species of three-toed sloths, with both males and females being in total body length. The tail is relatively short, only long. Adults weigh from , with no significant size difference between males and females. Each foot has three fingers, ending in long, curved claws, which are long"
"birds are usually identifiable, since Common has a distinctive song composed of twitters, ripples and a final whistle and a ""shree""' call rarely given by the short-toed; however, both species have been known to sing the other's song. Even in the hand, although the short-toed usually has a longer bill and shorter toes, 5% of birds are not safely identifiable. The brown treecreeper has never been recorded in Europe, but would be difficult to separate from the short-toed treecreeper, which it much resembles in appearance. Its call is more like the common treecreeper's, but a vagrant brown treecreeper might still"
"does not develop wings and is unable to fly. Three subspecies are recognised: The coloring varies across the insect's range, with ""D. b. pictum"" being black with little red, ""D. b. variegatum"" having distinct red markings, and ""D. b. bicolor"" having a purplish or violet sheen to the background black color. Before the discovery of ""Dichroplus silveiraguidoi"" in Uruguay in 1956, ""Dactylotum bicolor"" had the lowest known number of chromosomes among grasshopper species, with seventeen acrocentric chromosomes. It is found in shortgrass prairie, desert grasslands, thinly vegetated areas and alfalfa fields throughout the western Great Plains of the United States"
"conservation status as ""least concern"" because the decline in its numbers is thought to be insufficiently rapid to warrant placing it in a more threatened category. Spotted wood kingfisher The spotted wood kingfisher or spotted kingfisher (""Actenoides lindsayi"") is a species of bird in the family Alcedinidae. It is endemic to the Philippines where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. The spotted wood kingfisher is a colourful bird that can readily be distinguished from other kingfishers in the Philippines. It is about long with spotting above and scalloping beneath. The male has a dark green crown"
"length, though study specimens are often stretched or compressed during taxidermy, and may therefore not reflect the length of a living bird. The weight has not been recorded. The spotted green pigeon appears to have been smaller and slenderer than the Nicobar pigeon, which reaches , and the Kanaka pigeon appears to have been 25% larger than the latter. At in length, the tail is longer than that of the Nicobar pigeon, but the head is smaller in relation. The bill is , and the tarsus measures . Though the wings of the specimen appear to be short and rounded,"
"the remiges and rectrices (main wing feathers), which are light brown with darker bands. The heart-shaped face is usually bright white, but in some subspecies it is brown. The underparts, including the tarsometatarsal (lower leg) feathers, vary from white to reddish buff among the subspecies, and are either mostly unpatterned or bear a varying number of tiny blackish-brown speckles. It has been found that at least in the continental European populations, females with more spotting are healthier than plainer birds. This does not hold true for European males by contrast, where the spotting varies according to subspecies. The beak varies"
"the base of the lineage leading to Raphinae indicates that the ancestors of the flightless dodo and Rodrigues solitaire were able to fly, and reached the Mascarene Islands by island hopping from south Asia. Latham's 1823 description of the spotted green pigeon from ""A General History of Birds"" (expanded from the one in ""A General Synopsis of Birds"") reads as follows: Most literature addressing the spotted green pigeon simply repeated Latham's descriptions, adding little new information, until Gibbs published a more detailed description in 2001, followed by the museum curator Hein van Grouw in 2014. The surviving specimen measures in"
"Green broadbill The green broadbill (""Calyptomena viridis"") also known as the lesser green broadbill is a small bird in the broadbill family. The bird is about 17 cm long, plumaged in brilliant green with a black ear patch, widely gaped bill, rounded head, short tail and three black bars on each wing. The beak itself is very weak and almost hidden by the crest above it. Both sexes are similar. The female is duller and has no black markings on its ear patch and wing coverts. The green broadbill is distributed in broadleaved evergreen forests of Borneo, Sumatra, and the"
"Green broadbill The green broadbill (""Calyptomena viridis"") also known as the lesser green broadbill is a small bird in the broadbill family. The bird is about 17 cm long, plumaged in brilliant green with a black ear patch, widely gaped bill, rounded head, short tail and three black bars on each wing. The beak itself is very weak and almost hidden by the crest above it. Both sexes are similar. The female is duller and has no black markings on its ear patch and wing coverts. The green broadbill is distributed in broadleaved evergreen forests of Borneo, Sumatra, and the"
"have survived until the 1820s. Spotted green pigeon The spotted green pigeon or Liverpool pigeon (""Caloenas maculata"") is a species of pigeon which is most likely extinct. It was first mentioned and described in 1783 by John Latham, who had seen two specimens of unknown provenance and a drawing depicting the bird. The taxonomic relationships of the bird were long obscure, and early writers suggested many different possibilities, though the idea that it was related to the Nicobar pigeon (""C. nicobarica"") prevailed, and it was therefore placed in the same genus, ""Caloenas"". Today, the species is only known from a"
"ground and in trees and feeds on rodents, frogs and snakes. It was also observed feeding on carcass. Spotted linsang The spotted linsang (""Prionodon pardicolor"") is a linsang found throughout much of Southeast Asia. It is widely, though usually sparsely, recorded, and listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. The spotted linsang resembles the banded linsang in its long, slender body, short limbs, elongated neck and head, and long tail. The ground colour ranges from dusky brown to light buff. Two long stripes extend from behind the ears to the shoulders or beyond, and two shorter stripes run"
"buzzed ""zee-zee-zee-zooo-zeet"" or ""zoo-zee-zoo-zoo-zeet"". The call is a sharp ""tsip"". This bird is vulnerable to nest parasitism by the brown-headed cowbird. Black-throated green warbler The black-throated green warbler (""Setophaga virens"") is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It is long and weighs , and has an olive-green crown, a yellow face with olive markings, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, an olive-green back and pale underparts with black streaks on the flanks. Adult males have a black throat and upper breast; females have a pale throat and black markings on their breast. The breeding habitat of"
"Green-backed twinspot The green-backed twinspot or green twinspot (""Mandingoa nitidula"") is an estrildid finch found in many parts of Sub-Saharan Africa. The IUCN has classified the species as being of least concern. The green-backed twinspot has four sub-species: The green-backed twinspot inhabits lowland moist forests of the tropical region. It may also be found in grassland and shrubland habitats. Males are distinguished from females by their bright red facial feathers. Females have an olive-green face and darker (almost black) beak. The green backed twinspot prefers its privacy in regards to breeding. Males in the breeding season will raise their heads,"