"protected species in Bermuda, where its collection is forbidden. Cittarium pica Cittarium pica, common name the West Indian top shell or magpie shell, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Tegulidae. This species has a large black and white shell. This snail is known as ""wilk"" or ""wilks"" (or sometimes as ""whelks"") in the English-speaking Caribbean islands of the West Indies, where this is a popular food item. The word ""will"" or ""wilks"" can used both as a singular form and a plural. This species is however not at all closely related"
"or eggs. Insects are captured by a rapid outward flick of the long tongue and gummed to its tip by sticky saliva. This genus is less completely arboreal than some other woodpecker groups, and its members often feed on the ground, attacking anthills or termitaries. The following were formerly included in ""Picus"", but are now placed in ""Chrysophlegma"". Picus (genus) Picus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family. It has representatives in Europe, Asia and North Africa. The genus name is Latin for a woodpecker. The type species was originally unclear, but is likely to have been the"
"Picus (genus) Picus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family. It has representatives in Europe, Asia and North Africa. The genus name is Latin for a woodpecker. The type species was originally unclear, but is likely to have been the European green woodpecker. These are large woodpeckers, typically with green upperparts. They are found in forests or more open woodland, and lay their white eggs in a tree hole nest, typically on a bed of wood chips. ""Picus"" woodpeckers are primarily insect eaters, with several species specialising in taking ants or termites. Some species will also consume fruit"
"to the 13th century, and the word ""pied"", first recorded in 1552, became applied to other birds that resembled the magpie in having black-and-white plumage. The adult male of the nominate subspecies, ""P. p. pica"", is in length, of which more than half is the tail. The wingspan is . The head, neck and breast are glossy black with a metallic green and violet sheen; the belly and scapulars (shoulder feathers) are pure white; the wings are black glossed with green or purple, and the primaries have white inner webs, conspicuous when the wing is open. The graduated tail is"
"than previously estimated, owing to the discovery of several new territories in this country The pitta was voted the ""most wanted bird in Thailand"" by bird watchers visiting that country. Gurney's pitta Gurney's pitta (""Hydrornis gurneyi"") () is a medium-sized passerine bird. It breeds in the Malay Peninsula, with populations mainly in Myanmar. The common name and Latin binomial commemorate the British banker and amateur ornithologist John Henry Gurney (1819-1890). Its diet consists of slugs, insects, and earthworms. The male has a blue crown and black-and-yellow underparts; the rest of the head is black, and it has warm brown upperparts."
"of its relative, the Australian magpie. The pied currawong was first described by English ornithologist George Shaw in 1790 as ""Coracias strepera"", although ""Strepera"" was adopted as a generic name. Its binomial names were derived from the Latin ""strepera"", meaning ""noisy"", and ""graculina"" for resembling a jackdaw. Pied crow-shrike is an old vernacular name from colonial days, and the term ""pied"" refers to two or more colors in blotches. Other common names include pied chillawong, currawang, charawack, kurrawack, tallawong, tullawong, mutton-bird, Otway forester, and pied afternoon-tea bird. The onomatopoeic term ""currawong"" itself is derived from the bird's call. However, the"
"down towards the ground to capture them. Brown shrike The brown shrike (""Lanius cristatus"") is a bird in the shrike family that is found mainly in Asia. It is closely related to the red-backed shrike (""L. collurio"") and isabelline shrike (""L. isabellinus""). The genus name, ""Lanius"", is derived from the Latin word for ""butcher"", and some shrikes are also known as ""butcher birds"" because of their feeding habits. The specific ""cristatus"" is Latin for ""crested"", used in a broader sense than in English. The common English name ""shrike"" is from Old English ""scríc"", ""shriek"", referring to the shrill call. Like"
"Royal Society. It was one of the many bird species originally described by Linnaeus in the landmark 1758 10th edition of his ""Systema Naturae"", and still bears its original scientific name, ""Phaethon aethereus"". The genus name is derived from Ancient Greek ""phaethon"", ""sun"" while the species name comes from Latin ""aetherius"", ""heavenly"". This bird is called the red-billed tropicbird due to its red bill and its location in the tropicbird genus. An alternative common name was ""bosun bird"", also spelt ""boatswain bird"", from the similarity of its shrill call to a boatswain's whistle. An alternative derivation of the name is"
"and others use the word κολυμβίς (""kolumbis""), ""diver"", for the name of the bird, because of its swimming motion in the air. The specific epithet ""palumbus"" is derived from the Latin ""palumbes"", ""wood pigeon"". In the colder northern and eastern parts of Europe and western Asia the common wood pigeon is a migrant, but in southern and western Europe it is a well distributed and often abundant resident. In Great Britain wood pigeons are commonly seen in parks and gardens and are seen with increasing numbers in towns and cities. The three Western European ""Columba"" pigeons, common wood pigeon, stock"
"Brown shrike The brown shrike (""Lanius cristatus"") is a bird in the shrike family that is found mainly in Asia. It is closely related to the red-backed shrike (""L. collurio"") and isabelline shrike (""L. isabellinus""). The genus name, ""Lanius"", is derived from the Latin word for ""butcher"", and some shrikes are also known as ""butcher birds"" because of their feeding habits. The specific ""cristatus"" is Latin for ""crested"", used in a broader sense than in English. The common English name ""shrike"" is from Old English ""scríc"", ""shriek"", referring to the shrill call. Like most other shrikes, it has a distinctive"
"of Europe; in all of Germany, for example, not more than 4 individuals per year and often none at all have been recorded since 1980. The scientific name is from Latin. The genus ""Pinicola"" is from ""pinus"", ""pine tree"", and ""colere"", ""to dwell"", and the specific ""enucleator"" is from ""enucleare"", to remove the kernel (""nucleus""). The pine grosbeak, together with its Himalayan relative the crimson-browed finch (""Carpodacus subhimachala""), represents an ancient divergence from the same stock that also gave rise to the true bullfinches (""Pyrrhula""). The ""Pinicola"" lineage diverged from its relatives perhaps a dozen million years ago, during the"
"Medieval Latin ""fratercula"", friar, a reference to the black and white plumage which resembles monastic robes. The specific name ""arctica"" refers to the northerly distribution of the bird, being derived from the Greek ἄρκτος (""arktos""), the bear, referring to the northerly constellation, the Great Bear. The vernacular name ""puffin"" – puffed in the sense of swollen – was originally applied to the fatty, salted meat of young birds of the unrelated species Manx shearwater (""Puffinus puffinus""), which in 1652 was known as the ""Manks puffin"". It is an Anglo-Norman word (Middle English ""pophyn"" or ""poffin"") used for the cured carcasses."
"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"
"Richard's pipit Richard's pipit (""Anthus richardi"") is a medium-sized passerine bird which breeds in open grasslands in northern Asia. It is a long-distance migrant moving to open lowlands in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It is a rare but regular vagrant to western Europe. The genus name ""Anthus"" is the Latin name for a small bird of grasslands. The English name and ""richardi"" are for the French naturalist Charles Richard (1745–1835), director of postal services at Lunéville and friend of Francois Levaillant. It belongs to the pipit genus ""Anthus"" in the family Motacillidae. It was formerly lumped together with"
"to the bird's relatively long legs. The specific name ""fenwickorum"" recognises George Fenwick, President of the American Bird Conservancy (ABC), and his family, who assisted Fundación ProAves (ABC's partner organization in Colombia) in the purchase of land, now the Colibrí del Sol Bird Reserve. Based on present knowledge, the antpitta is restricted to the reserve and its immediate surroundings. ProAves's suggested English name also honours Fenwick, while the Spanish common name ""Tororoi de Urrao"" is given after the municipality of Urrao, where the bird is found. ""Tororoi"" is a general Spanish name used for most antpitta species. The creation of"
"Plica plica Plica plica is a species of lizard in the family Tropiduridae, the Neotropical ground lizards. Its common names include collared tree lizard, collared tree runner, and harlequin racerunner. In Guyana it is known as wakanama. ""Plica plica"" is native to South America, including Colombia, Venezuela, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador. It can also be found in the Caribbean, on Trinidad. It was long ago collected in Grenada, but these specimens were likely waifs. ""Plica plica"" is diurnal, active during the day, and arboreal, living most of its life adhered to the sides of tree trunks."
"Spotted redshank The spotted redshank (""Tringa erythropus"") is a wader (shorebird) in the large bird family Scolopacidae. The genus name ""Tringa"" is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek ""trungas"", a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific ""erythropus"" is from Ancient Greek ""eruthros"", ""red"", and ""pous"", ""foot"". It breeds across northern Scandinavia and northern Asia and migrates south to the Mediterranean, the southern British Isles, France, tropical Africa, and tropical Asia for the winter. It is an occasional vagrant to Australia and North America. The spotted"
"Grey partridge The grey partridge (""Perdix perdix""), also known as the English partridge, Hungarian partridge, or hun, is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. The scientific name is the Latin for ""partridge"", and is itself derived from Ancient Greek ""perdix"". The grey partridge is a rotund bird, long, brown-backed, with grey flanks and chest. The belly is white, usually marked with a large chestnut-brown horse-shoe mark in males, and also in many females. Hens lay up to twenty eggs in a ground nest. The nest is usually in the margin of a cereal"
"Red-legged partridge The red-legged partridge (""Alectoris rufa"") is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It is sometimes known as French partridge, to distinguish it from the English or grey partridge. The genus name is from Ancient Greek ""alektoris"" a farmyard chicken, and ""rufa"" is Latin for red or rufous. It is a rotund bird, with a light brown back, grey breast and buff belly. The face is white with a black gorget. It has rufous-streaked flanks and red legs. When disturbed, it prefers to run rather than fly, but if necessary it flies"
"name ""tinnunculus"" is Latin for ""kestrel"" from ""tinnulus"", ""shrill"". Common kestrel The common kestrel (""Falco tinnunculus"") is a bird of prey species belonging to the kestrel group of the falcon family Falconidae. It is also known as the European kestrel, Eurasian kestrel, or Old World kestrel. In Britain, where no other kestrel species occurs, it is generally just called ""the kestrel"". This species occurs over a large range. It is widespread in Europe, Asia, and Africa, as well as occasionally reaching the east coast of North America. It has colonized a few oceanic islands, but vagrant individuals are generally rare;"
"name in many European languages. The two recognized extant species and eight subspecies are: ""Rhea pennata"" was not always in the genus ""Rhea"". In 2008, the SACC, the last holdout, approved the merging of the genera, ""Rhea"" and ""Pterocnemia"" on August 7, 2008. This merging of genera leaves only the genus ""Rhea"". A former third species of rhea, ""Rhea nana"", was described by Lydekker in 1894 based on a single egg found in Patagonia, but today no major authorities consider it valid. Rheas are large, flightless birds with grey-brown plumage, long legs and long necks, similar to an ostrich. Large"
"Tringa Tringa is a genus of waders, containing the shanks and tattlers. The genus name ""Tringa"" is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek ""trungas"", a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. They are mainly freshwater birds, often with brightly coloured legs as reflected in the English names of six species, as well as the specific names of two of these and the green sandpiper. They are typically associated with northern hemisphere temperate regions for breeding. Some of this group—notably the green sandpiper—nest in trees, using the old"
"with increasing temperatures. The genus name is from Latin and refers to a small fig-eating bird (""ficus"", ""fig"") supposed to change into the blackcap in winter. The specific ""parva"" is Latin for ""small"". Red-breasted flycatcher The red-breasted flycatcher (""Ficedula parva"") is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family. It breeds in eastern Europe and across central Asia and is migratory, wintering in south Asia. It is a regular passage migrant in western Europe, whereas the collared flycatcher which breeds further west is rare. This is because of the different migration direction. The Asian species ""Ficedula albicilla"", previously"
"to either this species or alternatively to new species in their own right, but as yet, research into them is still at a very early stage. Parrot crossbill The parrot crossbill (""Loxia pytyopsittacus"") is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. ""Loxia"" derives from ""loxos"", ""crosswise"", and ""pytyopsittacus"" is from ""pitus, pituos"", ""pine"", and ""psittakos"", ""parrot"". This bird breeds in the pine forests of northwest Europe and into western Russia. There is also a small population in Scotland, adding to the difficulty of distinguishing it from red crossbill and the endemic"
"lays 4-6 white or cream-coloured eggs with purple markings, and both parents take turns incubating the eggs for 15–17 days. Blue-winged pitta The blue-winged pitta (""Pitta moluccensis"") is a passerine bird in the family Pittidae native to Australia and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with three other pittas, the Indian pitta (""P. brachyura""), the fairy pitta (""P. nympha"") and the mangrove pitta (""P. megarhyncha""). A colourful bird, it has a black head with a buff stripe above the eye, a white collar, greenish upper parts, blue wings, buff underparts and a reddish vent area. Its range extends from India"
"include the European adder (""Vipera berus"") and grass snake (""Natrix natrix""). Multiple bird species include Bewick's swan (""Cygnus columbianus bewickii""), Eurasian bittern (""Botaurus stellaris""), Eurasian bullfinch (""Pyrrhula pyrrhula""), *Eurasian wigeon (""Anas penelope""), European starling (""Sturnus vulgaris""), gadwall (""Anas strepera""), grasshopper warbler (""Locustella naevia""), hen harrier (""Circus cyaneus""), house sparrow (""Passer domesticus""), linnet (""Carduelis cannabina""), marsh harrier (""Circus aeruginosus""), marsh tit (""Poecile palustris""), merlin (""Falco columbarius""), northern lapwing (""Vanellus vanellus""), peregrine (""Falco peregrinus""), reed bunting (""Emberiza schoeniclus""), short-eared owl (""Asio flammeus""), skylark (""Alauda arvensis""), song thrush (""Turdus philomelos""), teal (""Anas cracca""), willow tit (""Poecile montanus"") and yellowhammer (""Emberiza citrinella""). Mammalian species"
"Pink-breasted lark The pink-breasted lark (""Calendulauda poecilosterna"") or pink-breasted bushlark is a species of passerine bird in the family Alaudidae. This species was originally classified in the genus ""Alauda"" and then ""Mirafra"" until moved to the new genus ""Calendulauda"" in 2009 by the IOC. Not all authorities have followed this taxonomy change. The pink-breasted lark is estimated to have a global extent of occurrence of 560,000 km. covering a broad range from south-eastern South Sudan and southern Ethiopia through Kenya to southern Somalia, north-eastern Tanzania and eastern Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savannah, open bush and wooded areas, in"
"Cria A cria (pronounced ) is a juvenile llama, alpaca, vicuña, or guanaco. The term comes from the Spanish word cría, meaning ""baby"". Its false cognate in English, ""crya"" (pronounced ), was coined by British sailors who explored Chile in the 18th century and were quick to describe the camelids onomatopoeically according to the ""mwa"" sound they made, which was not unlike that of a human crying baby. In alpacas, pregnancies last 11 to 12 months, and usually result in a single cria. Twins are rare, approximately , slightly rarer than the proportion of twins in human births. Twin cria"
"particular dry acacia and ""Commiphora"" scrub. It is generally found singly or in pairs foraging on the ground for insects and seeds. When disturbed it flies to a safe, elevated position on the branch of a tree or on the top of a bush. These are also its favoured perches for engaging in territorial song. Pink-breasted lark The pink-breasted lark (""Calendulauda poecilosterna"") or pink-breasted bushlark is a species of passerine bird in the family Alaudidae. This species was originally classified in the genus ""Alauda"" and then ""Mirafra"" until moved to the new genus ""Calendulauda"" in 2009 by the IOC. Not"
"serin, and the two can produce on average 25% fertile hybrids if crossed. The phylogeny has been obtained by Antonio Arnaiz-Villena et al. The bird is named after the Canary Islands, not the other way around. The islands' name is derived from the Latin name ""canariae insulae"" (""islands of dogs"") used by Arnobius, referring to the large dogs kept by the inhabitants of the islands. A legend of the islands, however, states that it was the conquistadors who named the islands after a fierce tribe inhabiting the largest island of the group, known as the 'Canarii'. The colour canary yellow"
"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,"
"birds are encouraged to drop to the ground soon after hatching. Food is small invertebrates, sometimes small frogs, picked off the mud as the bird works steadily around the edges of its chosen pond. Solitary sandpiper The solitary sandpiper (""Tringa solitaria"") is a small shorebird. The genus name ""Tringa"" is the New Latin name given to the green sandpiper by Aldrovandus in 1599 based on Ancient Greek ""trungas"", a thrush-sized, white-rumped, tail-bobbing wading bird mentioned by Aristotle. The specific ""solitaria"" is Latin for ""solitary"" from ""solus"", ""alone"". This species measures long, with a wingspan up to and a body mass"
"domestica"". Later, the genus name ""Fringilla"" came to be used only for the common chaffinch and its relatives, and the house sparrow has usually been placed in the genus ""Passer"" created by French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson in 1760. The bird's scientific name and its usual English name have the same meaning. The Latin word ""passer"", like the English word ""sparrow"", is a term for small active birds, coming from a root word referring to speed. The Latin word ""domesticus"" means ""belonging to the house"", like the common name a reference to its association with humans. The house sparrow is"