"occasionally six. In England, the government's environmental organisation Natural England offers grants towards implementing measures to conserve this species, under the environmental stewardship scheme. Corn bunting The corn bunting (""Emberiza calandra"") is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. It is usually placed in the genus ""Emberiza"", but some taxonomists place it in the monotypic genus ""Miliaria"". The genus name ""Emberiza"" is from Old German ""Embritz"", a bunting. The specific ""calandra"" is from Ancient Greek ""kalandros"", the calandra lark. This is an unusual bunting because the plumages"
"nest is on the ground. Four to six eggs are laid, which show the hair-like markings characteristic of buntings. Pine bunting The pine bunting (""Emberiza leucocephalos"") is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group most modern authors now separate from the finches, Fringillidae. It lives in Asia. The genus name ""Emberiza"" is from Old German ""Embritz"", a bunting. The specific ""leucocephalos"" is from Ancient Greek ""leukos"", ""whites"", and ""kephalos"", ""headed"". The pine bunting is a robust 16–17.5-centimetre bird, with a thick seed-eater's bill. The male has a white crown and cheeks, and a chestnut forehead and throat,"
"Painted bunting The painted bunting (""Passerina ciris"") is a species of bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae, that is native to North America. The bright plumage of the male only comes in the second year of life; in the first year they can only be distinguished from the female by close inspection. The painted bunting was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his eighteenth-century work ""Systema Naturae"". There are two recognized subspecies of the painted bunting: The male painted bunting is often described as the most beautiful bird in North America and as such has been nicknamed nonpareil, or ""without"
"Giant nuthatch The giant nuthatch (""Sitta magna"") is a species of bird in the family Sittidae. It is the largest species in the genus at , and is largely grey in colour except for a faintly rufous underpart in the female, whose eyestripe is also duller than the male. The bill is much bulkier than other ""Sitta"". Giant nuthatches are found in the mountains of southwestern China and northern Thailand, and may be extinct in Myanmar. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mountain pine forests. In northern Thailand they were found to use ""Pinus kesiya"" stands both for foraging"
"which usually are juveniles from previous clutches. The incubation period is fourteen days and the offspring will leave the nest for the first time at about seventeen or eighteen days. After a little over a month, the nestlings will begin foraging for themselves. Speckled mousebird The speckled mousebird (""Colius striatus"") is the largest species of mousebird, as well as one of the most common. This bird is about 35 cm (14 inches) long, with the tail comprising approximately half the length, and weighs about 57 grams (2 oz). It is well-named, because it is dull-mousy brown in overall color on"
"national bird of Botswana. Kori bustard The kori bustard (""Ardeotis kori"") is the largest flying bird native to Africa. It is a member of the bustard family, which all belong to the order Otidiformes and are restricted in distribution to the Old World. It is one of the four species (ranging from Africa to India to Australia) in the large-bodied genus ""Ardeotis"". In fact, the male kori bustard may be the heaviest living animal capable of flight. This species, like most bustards, is a ground-dwelling bird and an opportunistic omnivore. Male kori bustards, which can be more than twice as"
"Andean condor The Andean condor (""Vultur gryphus"") is a South American bird in the New World vulture family Cathartidae and is the only member of the genus Vultur. Found in the Andes mountains and adjacent Pacific coasts of western South America, the Andean condor is the largest flying bird in the world by combined measurement of weight and wingspan. It has a maximum wingspan of exceeded only by the wingspans of four seabirds and water birds—the roughly maximum of the wandering albatross, southern royal albatross, great white pelican and Dalmatian pelican. It is a large black vulture with a ruff"
"Little bunting The little bunting (""Emberiza pusilla"") is a passerine bird belonging to the bunting and American sparrow family (Emberizidae), a group most modern authors separate from the true finches (Fringillidae). First described by Peter Simon Pallas in 1776, the little bunting is a monotypic species, with no geographical variation across its extensive Eurasian range. The genus name ""Emberiza"" is from Old German ""Embritz"", a bunting. The specific ""pusilla"" is Latin for ""very small"". This is a small bunting, measuring only in length. It has a heavily streaked brown back and white underparts with fine dark streaking. With its chestnut"
"Chestnut bunting The chestnut bunting (""Emberiza rutila"") is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae found in eastern Asia. It is a fairly small bunting, 14 to 15 cm in length. The tail is fairly short with little or no white on the outer feathers. Breeding males have bright chestnut-brown upperparts and head. The breast and belly are yellow with streaks on the sides. Non-breeding males are similar but duller with the chestnut partly hidden by pale fringes to the feathers. The female is mostly dull brown with dark streaks above while the underparts are mainly pale yellow. The"
"Bunting (bird) Buntings are a group of Eurasian and African passerine birds of the family Emberizidae. They are seed-eating birds with stubby, conical bills, and are the Old World equivalents of the species known in North America as (American) sparrows. (However, these birds are not closely related to the Old World sparrows which are in the family Passeridae.) Some emberizids are still named ""finches"" rather than ""buntings"". Conversely, there are New World species retaining the name ""bunting"" which are now classed in the family Cardinalidae. Among those are the painted and indigo buntings. In taxonomic order (but see ""Systematics"" section"
"Upland buzzard The upland buzzard (""Buteo hemilasius"") is a species of bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. This is the largest buzzard and the largest member of the ""Buteo"" in the world based on total length and wingspan, though it is roughly equaled in bulk by the North American ferruginous hawk, which is also only marginally smaller going on mean standard measurements. The total length is and wingspan is 143–161 cm (57–64 in). Body mass is known to range from in males, with three averaging , and from in females, with seven averaging . There are both pale and"
"Striolated bunting The striolated bunting (""Emberiza striolata"") is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. It is a resident breeder of dry country from the Canary Islands, east through south-west Asia to north-western India. It breeds in remote wadis (not around human habitation like the related house bunting), usually close to streams, laying two to four eggs in a nest on the ground or in a hole in the ground. Its natural food consists of seeds, or when feeding young, insects. It is 14 cm long, similar"
"Pine bunting The pine bunting (""Emberiza leucocephalos"") is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group most modern authors now separate from the finches, Fringillidae. It lives in Asia. The genus name ""Emberiza"" is from Old German ""Embritz"", a bunting. The specific ""leucocephalos"" is from Ancient Greek ""leukos"", ""whites"", and ""kephalos"", ""headed"". The pine bunting is a robust 16–17.5-centimetre bird, with a thick seed-eater's bill. The male has a white crown and cheeks, and a chestnut forehead and throat, and a heavily streaked brown back. The female is much duller and is more streaked on its undersides. Non-breeding"
"Cinereous bunting The cinereous bunting (""Emberiza cineracea"") is a bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a ""passerine"" family now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. This species was discovered by Hugh Edwin Strickland. It breeds in southern Turkey and southern Iran, and winters around the Red Sea in north-eastern Africa and Yemen. A few isolated populations just about maintain a foothold within European borders, on islands in the Aegean Sea. The cinereous bunting breeds on dry stony mountain slopes. The cinereous bunting is a large (16–17 cm), slim bunting with a long, white-cornered tail. The term ""cinereous"""
"are protected by the U.S. Migratory Bird Act. Painted bunting The painted bunting (""Passerina ciris"") is a species of bird in the cardinal family, Cardinalidae, that is native to North America. The bright plumage of the male only comes in the second year of life; in the first year they can only be distinguished from the female by close inspection. The painted bunting was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in his eighteenth-century work ""Systema Naturae"". There are two recognized subspecies of the painted bunting: The male painted bunting is often described as the most beautiful bird in North America and"
"Denham's bustard Denham's bustard, Stanley bustard or Stanley's bustard (""Neotis denhami"") is a large bird in the bustard family. It breeds in much of Sub-Saharan Africa. It is a species of open ground, including agricultural land, grassland, flood-plains and burnt fynbos. It is resident, but some inland populations move to lower altitudes in winter. The common names for this species refer to the English explorer, Major Dixon Denham, and the English naturalist Edward Smith-Stanley, 13th Earl of Derby. Denham's bustard is the largest species in the genus ""Neotis"", although is smaller than the bustards in the genus ""Ardeotis"" (as well"
"song, given from a high perch, is a jerky ""sweet-sweet-churri-churri-churri"". Red-headed bunting The red-headed bunting (""Emberiza bruniceps"") is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a group now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. It breeds in central Asia. It is migratory, wintering in India and Bangladesh. Its status in western Europe, where it is a potential vagrant, is confused by escapes, especially as this species is more commonly recorded than the closely related black-headed bunting, despite the latter having a more westerly breeding range. Reports in Britain have declined dramatically over recent years, coinciding with"
"Snow bunting The snow bunting (""Plectrophenax nivalis"") is a passerine bird in the family Calcariidae. It is an Arctic specialist, with a circumpolar Arctic breeding range throughout the northern hemisphere. There are small isolated populations on a few high mountain tops south of the Arctic region, including the Cairngorms in central Scotland and the Saint Elias Mountains on the southern Alaska-Yukon border, and also Cape Breton Highlands. The snow bunting is the most northerly recorded passerine in the world. The snow bunting is a sexually dimorphic medium size passerine bird. This passerine is a ground-dwelling species that walks, runs and"
"other buntings, the cinereous bunting feeds principally on seeds. It takes insects especially when feeding its young. Its normal clutch is three eggs. The call is a harsh ""tschrip"", and the song is a hoarse ""zru- zru-zru-zru"". Cinereous bunting The cinereous bunting (""Emberiza cineracea"") is a bird in the bunting family Emberizidae, a ""passerine"" family now separated by most modern authors from the finches, Fringillidae. This species was discovered by Hugh Edwin Strickland. It breeds in southern Turkey and southern Iran, and winters around the Red Sea in north-eastern Africa and Yemen. A few isolated populations just about maintain a"
"Yellow bunting The yellow bunting or Japanese yellow bunting (""Emberiza sulphurata"") is a passerine bird of eastern Asia in the bunting family Emberizidae. It is 14 cm long and has a conical, grey bill, pinkish-brown feet and brown eyes. The male is grey-green above with black streaks on the back. The underparts are yellow-green (brightest on the throat and belly) with streaks on the flanks. It has black lores, a narrow black chin, a pale eye ring and white outer tail feathers. There are two bars on the wing, formed by pale tips to the median and greater wing coverts."
"Condor Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. The name derives from the Quechua ""kuntur"". They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere. They are: Condors are part of the family Cathartidae which contains the New World vultures, whereas the 15 species of Old World vultures are in the family Accipitridae, that also includes hawks, eagles, and kites. The New World and Old World vultures evolved from different ancestors. However, they both are carrion-eaters and have distinctive bare heads. Both condors are very large broad-winged soaring birds,"
"Condor Condor is the common name for two species of New World vultures, each in a monotypic genus. The name derives from the Quechua ""kuntur"". They are the largest flying land birds in the Western Hemisphere. They are: Condors are part of the family Cathartidae which contains the New World vultures, whereas the 15 species of Old World vultures are in the family Accipitridae, that also includes hawks, eagles, and kites. The New World and Old World vultures evolved from different ancestors. However, they both are carrion-eaters and have distinctive bare heads. Both condors are very large broad-winged soaring birds,"
"is frequently poorly documented and many are subject to conjecture and estimation. The largest living bird, a member of the Struthioniformes, is the common ostrich (""Struthio camelus""), from the plains of Africa and Arabia. A large male ostrich can reach a height of and weigh over . A mass of has been cited for the common ostrich but no wild ostriches of this weight have been verified. Eggs laid by the ostrich can weigh and are the largest eggs in the world today. The largest bird in the fossil record may be the extinct elephant birds (""Aepyornis"") of Madagascar, which"
"Birdwing Birdwings are butterflies in the swallowtail family, that belong to the genera ""Trogonoptera"", ""Troides"", and ""Ornithoptera"". Most recent authorities recognise 36 species, however, this is debated, and some authorities include additional genera. Birdwings are named for their exceptional size, angular wings, and birdlike flight. They are native to the Indian subcontinent, mainland and archipelagic Southeast Asia, and Australasia. Included among the birdwings are some of the largest butterflies in the world: the largest, Queen Alexandra's birdwing; the second largest, the Goliath birdwing; the largest butterfly endemic to Australia, the Cairns birdwing; and the largest butterfly in India, the southern"
"birds occur in farmland, scrub and woodland edges. Chestnut bunting The chestnut bunting (""Emberiza rutila"") is a passerine bird in the bunting family Emberizidae found in eastern Asia. It is a fairly small bunting, 14 to 15 cm in length. The tail is fairly short with little or no white on the outer feathers. Breeding males have bright chestnut-brown upperparts and head. The breast and belly are yellow with streaks on the sides. Non-breeding males are similar but duller with the chestnut partly hidden by pale fringes to the feathers. The female is mostly dull brown with dark streaks above"
"Kori bustard The kori bustard (""Ardeotis kori"") is the largest flying bird native to Africa. It is a member of the bustard family, which all belong to the order Otidiformes and are restricted in distribution to the Old World. It is one of the four species (ranging from Africa to India to Australia) in the large-bodied genus ""Ardeotis"". In fact, the male kori bustard may be the heaviest living animal capable of flight. This species, like most bustards, is a ground-dwelling bird and an opportunistic omnivore. Male kori bustards, which can be more than twice as heavy as the female,"
"industry. Yellow bunting The yellow bunting or Japanese yellow bunting (""Emberiza sulphurata"") is a passerine bird of eastern Asia in the bunting family Emberizidae. It is 14 cm long and has a conical, grey bill, pinkish-brown feet and brown eyes. The male is grey-green above with black streaks on the back. The underparts are yellow-green (brightest on the throat and belly) with streaks on the flanks. It has black lores, a narrow black chin, a pale eye ring and white outer tail feathers. There are two bars on the wing, formed by pale tips to the median and greater wing"
"bunting species. Snow bunting The snow bunting (""Plectrophenax nivalis"") is a passerine bird in the family Calcariidae. It is an Arctic specialist, with a circumpolar Arctic breeding range throughout the northern hemisphere. There are small isolated populations on a few high mountain tops south of the Arctic region, including the Cairngorms in central Scotland and the Saint Elias Mountains on the southern Alaska-Yukon border, and also Cape Breton Highlands. The snow bunting is the most northerly recorded passerine in the world. The snow bunting is a sexually dimorphic medium size passerine bird. This passerine is a ground-dwelling species that walks,"
"Greater thornbird The greater thornbird (""Phacellodomus ruber"") is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland and heavily degraded former forest. The greater thornbird grows to a length of about . The sexes are similar, the upper parts being brown, with a rather more rufous colour on the crown, wings and tail. The underparts are whitish, the neck sometimes being scaled with a darker colour. The iris is yellow and any superciliary streak is inconspicuous. This thornbird is the largest member of"
"""Batara"" was introduced by the French naturalist René Lesson in 1831. Giant antshrike The giant antshrike (""Batara cinerea"") is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae, belonging to the monotypic genus Batara. It is found in the southern Yungas, western Paraguay and the southern Atlantic Forest. This species is the largest species of antbird, measuring 34 cm long and weighing around 150 g. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest. The giant antshrike was described by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1819 and given"
"Giant antshrike The giant antshrike (""Batara cinerea"") is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae, belonging to the monotypic genus Batara. It is found in the southern Yungas, western Paraguay and the southern Atlantic Forest. This species is the largest species of antbird, measuring 34 cm long and weighing around 150 g. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and heavily degraded former forest. The giant antshrike was described by the French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1819 and given the binomial name ""Thamnphilus cinerea"" (misspelled as Tamnphilus). The current genus"
"red-headed bunting breeds in open scrubby areas including agricultural land. It lays three to five eggs in a nest in a tree or bush. Its natural food consists of seeds, or when feeding young, insects. This bird is 17 cm long, larger than reed bunting, and long-tailed. The breeding male has bright yellow underparts, green upperparts and a brownish-red face and breast. The female is a washed-out version of the male, with paler underparts, a grey-brown back and a greyish head. The juvenile is similar, and both can be difficult to separate from the corresponding plumages of black-headed bunting. The"
"Great thrush The great thrush (""Turdus fuscater"") is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. It is considered as the largest thrush in South America. The great thrush's size distinguishes it from the several other uniform slaty-colored thrushes in its range. It inhabits subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and high-altitude shrubland, but can also make use of degraded forest and urban areas. Seven subspecies are recognized: Adults are 28–30 cm in length and weigh 128-75 g, making the species the largest thrush in South America. It can be"