query: what type of bird is black with a brown head

pos: Brown-headed cowbird Brown-headed cowbird The brown-headed cowbird ("Molothrus ater") is a small obligate brood parasitic icterid of temperate to subtropical North America. They are permanent residents in the southern parts of their range; northern birds migrate to the southern United States and Mexico in winter, returning to their summer habitat around March or April. The genus name "Molothrus" is from Ancient Greek "molos", "struggle", and "throsko", "to impregnate", and the specific "ater" is Latin for "dull black". The English name "cowbird", first recorded in 1839, refers to this species often being seen near cattle. The brown-headed cowbird is typical for an icterid

neg: Princess Stephanie's astrapia Stéphanie of Belgium, the wife of Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria, who was commemorated by the blue bird-of-paradise. Princess Stephanie's astrapia is a medium-sized, approximately 37 cm long, black bird-of-paradise with an iridescent blue-green and purple head, silky plumage below and two very long, broad purplish-black central tail feathers. The female is a dark brown bird with a bluish-black head and black-barred cinnamon-brown underparts. Princess Stephanie's astrapia Princess Stephanie's astrapia ("Astrapia stephaniae"), also known as Stephanie's astrapia, is a species of bird-of-paradise. It is endemic to the mountain forests in central and eastern Papua New Guinea. A common species throughout

neg: Mariana mallard the brown ones of the Pacific black duck. The remainder of the bird looked like a male Pacific black duck with lighter underwings. The bill was black at the base and olive at the tip, the feet reddish orange with darker webs and the iris brown. The eclipse plumage looked similar to a dark eclipse mallard drake. Males of the "superciliosa" type resembled a Pacific black duck with a less distinctly marked head, the supercilium and cheeks being buffy and the cheek (malar) stripe hardly visible. The upper breast, flank and scapular feathers had broader buff edges, and the underwings

neg: Common reed bunting cultivation. For example, it is a component of the purple moor grass and rush pastures, a type of Biodiversity Action Plan habitat in the UK. It occurs on poorly drained neutral and acidic soils of the lowlands and upland fringe. The familiar, monotonous, song of the cock is a repetitive "zrip". The common reed bunting is a medium-sized bird, 13.5–15.5 cm long, with a small but sturdy seed-eater's bill. The male has a black head and throat, white neck collar and underparts, and a heavily streaked brown back. The female is much duller, with a streaked brown head, and is

neg: Whitehead (bird) Whitehead (bird) The whitehead ("Mohoua albicilla"; Māori: "pōpokotea") is a small species (15 cm in length, 18.5/14.5 g.) of passerine bird endemic to New Zealand. It is classified in the family Mohouidae. The male whitehead's upperparts, wings and tail are a pale brown in colour, while the head and underparts are white – in the case of the male an almost pure white in colour. Females and juveniles have similar colouration except that the nape and crown (top of the head) are shaded brown. The black beak and eyes contrast with the white head and the feet are bluish black

neg: Black-chested snake eagle Black-chested snake eagle The black-chested snake eagle ("Circaetus pectoralis") is a large African bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. It resembles other snake-eagles and was once believed to be conspecific with the short-toed and Beaudouin's snake eagles. The main identifying character of this bird is its dark brown head and chest, to which it owes its name. In flight the dark head contrasts with the underparts and underwings, which are white apart from dark barring on the flight feathers and tail. The upperparts are dark brown, and the eye is yellow. The female is similar to, but larger than

neg: Madagascan sandgrouse Madagascan sandgrouse The Madagascan sandgrouse ("Pterocles personatus") is a species of bird in the family Pteroclididae. It is endemic to Madagascar and is a ground-dwelling short-legged plump bird. The head of the male is brown with a black area surrounding the beak. He has a pinkish-buff coloured breast, a light brown mottled back, brown wings and paler underparts barred with dark brown. The female has a generally duller appearance being cryptically coloured brown with dark specks and bars. The Madagascan sandgrouse is a plump bird with a short tail and legs and is easy to identify because both sexes have

neg: Black-chinned fruit dove Black-chinned fruit dove The black-chinned fruit dove ("Ptilinopus leclancheri"), also known as the black-throated fruit dove or Leclancher's dove, is a medium-sized (up to 27 cm long) bird of the family Columbidae. The male is a colorful bird with a green belly and wings, a brown tail, a whitish grey head and neck with a purple base, red iris and a small black patch under its yellow bill. The female has a green head, neck and breast. The black-chinned fruit dove is distributed in lowland forests of Taiwan and the Philippines, where it is fairly common. On Taiwan, it is

neg: Madagascan buttonquail Madagascan buttonquail The Madagascar buttonquail ("Turnix nigricollis") is a species of bird in the buttonquail family, Turnicidae. It is endemic to Madagascar and a few small islands nearby. It is a largely ground-dwelling bird and the female is rather more brightly coloured than the male. It is the male that incubates the eggs and mainly cares for the young. The Madagascar buttonquail is a stocky bird with a small head and short legs and tail. Both sexes are cryptically coloured; the male has a light brown head with black and white streaking and mottling, and a greyish-brown back and wings

neg: Papuan harrier adult male is usually silvery-grey with black head, throat, back and wing-markings and white underparts. Adult females are brown with a pale rump, barred tail and streaked underparts. Juveniles are blackish-brown with cream-coloured markings on the head, more extensive in the female. The length of the bird varies from 47 to 54 cm; females are larger than the males. In the central highlands and the Sepik valley there is a dark morph; males of this form are mostly blackish with a grey tail and the females are mostly dark brown. Papuan harrier The Papuan harrier ("Circus spilothorax") is a bird

neg: Malagasy coucal breeding plumage the bird is black, glossed with green, except for the tips of its wings which are brown and its mid and lower back which are reddish brown. In non-breeding plumage the head, neck and throat are brown streaked with cream, the wings reddish brown, the uppertail coverts black with some pale barring, the tail blackish brown with faint barring and the belly blackish brown. The iris is red, the bill black in breeding plumage and pale in non-breeding plumage, and the feet are grey to black. The call is a descending series of notes that sound like water

neg: Cinnamon-rumped trogon Cinnamon-rumped trogon The cinnamon-rumped trogon ("Harpactes orrhophaeus") is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. The male has a black hood, blue bill, an eyebrow and an eye ring. The upper part is pale brown and the lower part is pink-red. The tail is brown above and it has a white under tail with black borders. Females have a dark brown head with chestnut around the eye and lores. The lower part is yellowish. This bird

neg: Mauritius fody Mauritius fody The Mauritius fody ("Foudia rubra") is a rare species of bird in the weaver family. It is endemic to the island of Mauritius. It is classified by BirdLife International as being endangered. It is also on the United States' Endangered Species List with an endangered status. This bird is 14 centimeters long. Breeding males are olive brown with a red head, breast and rump patch and black lores. While females, non-breeding males and juveniles are olive brown with white wing bars and a brown bill. The bird lives in several types of forest, including degraded areas, as well

neg: Niam-Niam parrot Niam-Niam parrot The Niam-Niam parrot ("Poicephalus crassus") is a parrot nearly endemic to the Central African Republic. It is a mostly green parrot with a brown head and a red iris. It lives in woodlands and is not known in captivity. The Niam-Niam parrot is relatively unstudied and very little is known about this elusive bird. Both male and female sexes look alike. Head plumage is mainly brown while the neck is of olive and yellow color. Mostly olive/brown breast color. Along with green underwing feathers and dull green tail plumage. This bird also has a black and grey colored

neg: Lawes's parotia colors, bright blue-green and orange-yellow. When the bird moves the color switches sharply between these two colors, rather than drifting iridescently. During courtship, the male bird systematically makes small movements to attract females, so the structures must have evolved through sexual selection. The inside of its mouth is lime-colored. Adorned with three ornamental spatule head wires from behind of each eye and elongated black flank feathers, that spread skirt-like in courtship display. The female is a brown bird with dark head, yellow iris and dark-barred yellowish brown below. The iris is colored in various amounts of blue and yellow, changing

neg: Black-bellied bustard Black-bellied bustard The black-bellied bustard ("Lissotis melanogaster"), also known as the black-bellied korhaan, is an African ground-dwelling bird in the bustard family. Some authorities place it in the genus "Eupodotis". The black-bellied bustard is long. The bill and legs are dull yellow. The male's upperparts have black and brown marks on a tawny buff background; the underparts are black. The head is boldly patterned with black, white and buff. The neck, long and thin for a bustard, is buffy brown with a thin black line down the front that joins the black breast. The tail is brown and buff with

neg: Streaked flycatcher Streaked flycatcher The streaked flycatcher ("Myiodynastes maculatus") is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. The streaked flycatcher is long, weighs and has a strong black bill. The head is brown with a concealed yellow crown patch, white supercilium and dusky eye mask. The upperparts are brown with darker brown streaks on the back, rufous and white edges on the wings, and wide chestnut edges on the rump and tail. The underparts are yellowish-white streaked with brown. Sexes are similar, but immature birds are brown where the adult is black. "M. m. solitarius" has black rather than brown streaking

neg: Namaqua sandgrouse Namaqua sandgrouse The Namaqua sandgrouse ("Pterocles namaqua"), is a species of ground-dwelling bird in the sandgrouse family. It is found in arid regions of south-western Africa. The sandgrouse is a medium-sized bird with a plump body, small head and short legs. It grows to a length of about . The male has an orangish buff head, throat and chest delineated by a conspicuous narrow band of white and dark brown. The back and wings are mottled brown with large white specks and there are two long black filaments extending from the olive-brown tail. The colouring of the female and juvenile

neg: Brown quail (all quails) The brown quail is a plump, stocky bird growing to a length of and weight of . The colour is quite variable over the bird's wide range. The male is reddish-brown speckled with black on the head and upper neck and mainly reddish-brown on back and wings. The underparts range from buff or rufous to brown, but always with fine black chevron-shaped barring. The tail is short, dark brown with yellowish barring. The female is similar but rather paler. There are small black spots on the shoulder of the female and the upperparts are barred with dark chevron-shaped

neg: Brown-necked raven Brown-necked raven The brown-necked raven ("Corvus ruficollis") is a larger bird (52–56 cm in length) than the carrion crow though not as large as the common raven. It has similar proportions to the common raven but the bill is not so large or deep and the wings tend to be a little more pointed in profile. The head and throat are a distinct brownish-black giving the bird its English name, while the rest of the plumage is black glossed with purple, blue or purplish-blue. Like the Common raven, Thick-billed raven and White-necked raven, it is one of the larger raven

neg: Madagascan sandgrouse the country, though less common further north. It is hunted in some areas, but this is not considered to be a substantial threat. Madagascan sandgrouse The Madagascan sandgrouse ("Pterocles personatus") is a species of bird in the family Pteroclididae. It is endemic to Madagascar and is a ground-dwelling short-legged plump bird. The head of the male is brown with a black area surrounding the beak. He has a pinkish-buff coloured breast, a light brown mottled back, brown wings and paler underparts barred with dark brown. The female has a generally duller appearance being cryptically coloured brown with dark specks and

neg: Paradise riflebird of insects and fruits. In displays, the male extends his wings and fans them upward with its head behind the wings to expose his metallic green throat feathers. He then moves his head from side to side with open bill to show off his bright yellow mouth. Paradise riflebird The paradise riflebird ("Ptiloris paradiseus") is a species of passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae (bird-of-paradise) family. The paradise riflebird is medium-sized, up to 30 cm long. The male is black with an iridescent greenish blue crown, throat and central tail feathers. It has a black curved bill, black feet, dark brown

neg: Brown-headed gull seen at sea far from coasts. This is a bold and opportunist feeder, which will scavenge in towns or take invertebrates in ploughed fields with equal relish. The brown-headed gull is slightly larger than black-headed gull. The summer adult has a pale brown head, lighter than that of black-headed, a pale grey body, and red bill and legs. The black tips to the primary wing feathers have conspicuous white "mirrors". The underwing is grey with black flight feathers. The brown hood is lost in winter, leaving just dark vertical streaks. This bird takes two years to reach maturity. First year

neg: Red-headed myzomela with a wingspan of and a weight of . The birds exhibit sexual dimorphism, with males being slightly larger and much more brightly coloured than females. The adult male of the nominate subspecies has a dark red head, neck, and rump; the red is glossy, reflecting bright light. The rest of the upper body is a blackish-brown, and the upper breast and under-body a light brownish-grey. The red of the head is sharply demarcated against the brown plumage, giving the bird the appearance of having a red hood. The bill is black or blackish-brown, and the gape is black or

neg: Black-chested snake eagle mammals and frogs. The female will lay only one egg per clutch, which is incubated for 50 days. The chick leaves the nest after 3 months. Black-chested snake eagle The black-chested snake eagle ("Circaetus pectoralis") is a large African bird of prey of the family Accipitridae. It resembles other snake-eagles and was once believed to be conspecific with the short-toed and Beaudouin's snake eagles. The main identifying character of this bird is its dark brown head and chest, to which it owes its name. In flight the dark head contrasts with the underparts and underwings, which are white apart from

neg: English Fallow budgerigar mutation of the black melanin pigment. Among the budgerigar fancy such a bird is said to be a Light Green split English fallow, usually written Light Green/English fallow. In a bird which has two English Fallow alleles (the homozygote, "fe"/"fe"), the lack of the wild-type allele means that normal black melanin pigment cannot be produced. Instead a pigment giving a brown appearance is substituted, resulting in brown markings where black would appear in the Normal. English Fallow budgerigar mutation The English Fallow budgerigar mutation is one of approximately 30 mutations affecting the colour of budgerigars. At least three types of Fallow,

neg: Karoo scrub robin Karoo scrub robin The Karoo scrub robin or Karoo Robin ("Cercotrichas coryphaeus") is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. It is found in Lesotho, Namibia, and South Africa. Its natural habitats are dry shrubland and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. It is 17 cm long and weighs 19 g. The upperparts are drab greyish brown; the face with a narrow, white supercilium above thin black eye-stripe. Partial whitish eye-ring below eye. Closed tail darker than rump and mantle. Upper wing coverts and flight feathers brown, underwing dull buffy brown. Bill black, eyes brown and legs as well as feet black.

neg: Chiloé wigeon the weight is approximately . This bird has an iridescent green-blue cap on its head, and a bluish gray bill with a black tip. The cheeks and forehead are white, the eyes are dark brown, and there is a white auricular patch. The neck and occipital part of the head are black. The breast is barred black and white and the plumage of the wings is gray and white. The flanks of males are rust colored, and light brown on females. The legs and feet are gray. Sexual dimorphism is relatively subtle in this species of wigeon. Males are usually

neg: Djibouti francolin as the "kukaaqe". This francolin is a large, rotund bird of approximately in length and in weight. It is grayish-brown overall with white stripes and streaks on its underparts which become finer toward the head. The bird is darker on its back than on its underside. The nape has a hint of rufous, while the top of the head is gray. The forehead, lore, and eye stripe form a black mask, and the chin and throat are whitish. The eyes are brown. The feathers on the body and neck have a gold or straw-colored center that is bordered with dark

neg: Nelicourvi weaver Nelicourvi weaver The nelicourvi weaver ("Ploceus nelicourvi") is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Together with its closest relative, the sakalava weaver, it is sometimes placed in a separate genus "Nelicurvius". A slender, sparrow-like bird, it is long and weighing . Breeding males have a black bill and head, brown eyes, yellow collar, grey belly, chestnut-brown lower tail coverts, olive back, and blackish flight feathers edged greenish. Non-breeding males have mottled grey and green heads. In the breeding female the front of the head is yellow and the back olive green, with a

neg: Arfak astrapia Arfak astrapia is large, approximately 76 cm long, black, with an iridescent purple, green and bronze plumage. The male has a very long broad tail, velvety black breast feathers and extremely complex head plumage, although it often appears black. The male displays upside down. The female is a blackish brown with pale barring on its abdomen. The diet consists mainly of pandanus fruits. Levaillant of France described this bird as "L’Incomparable" or Incomparable bird-of-paradise. "Astrapia nigra" is endemic to the Arfak Mountains in Vogelkop Peninsula, West Papua. Arfak astrapia The Arfak astrapia ("Astrapia nigra") is a species of bird-of-paradise. In

neg: Brown-hooded kingfisher they are not considered distinct enough. The brown-hooded kingfisher is about long. The head is brown, with blackish streaks. There is a broad buffy collar above the brownish-black mantle. The wing coverts are mostly brownish-black, and the secondary flight feathers are turquoise. The rump is azure-blue. The chin is white, the breast is tawny with some dark streaks, and the belly is buffy. The beak is red, tipped brown, the legs are carmine, and the eyes are dark brown. The female has dark brown upperparts, and its underparts are more streaked than the male. The juvenile bird is duller, with

neg: Tomtit as ngirungiru. The tomtit is a small (13 cm, 11 g) bird with a large head and a short bill. The male North Island subspecies has black head, back, wings (with a white wing bar) and a white belly. The subspecies from South Island, the Chatham Islands and Auckland Islands are similar but have a yellow band across the breast between the black head and white belly. The females are brown instead of black. The Snares Island subspecies is entirely black, and is known as the black tit. The island subspecies of tomtits show a striking variation in body size,

neg: Saxaul sparrow Saxaul sparrow The saxaul sparrow ("Passer ammodendri") is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in parts of Central Asia. At and , it is among the larger sparrows. Both sexes have plumage ranging from dull grey to sandy brown, and pale brown legs. Females have less boldly coloured plumage and bills, lacking the pattern of black stripes on the male's head. The head markings of both sexes make the saxaul sparrow distinctive, and unlikely to be confused with any other bird. Vocalisations include a comparatively soft and musical chirping call, a song, and a flight call. Three

neg: Common ground dove common ground dove has a yellow beak with a black tip. Feathers surrounding the beak are pink in colour. The feathers on the head and the upper breast have a scale like appearance. The tail feathers are very short and similar colour to the back. The plumage on the back of the bird is brown. The coverts and wing feathers are also brown but have black spotting on them. The common ground dove has chestnut primaries and wing borders, which can only been seen when the bird is flying. The common ground dove shows some sexual dimorphism in their plumage.

neg: Saxaul sparrow later by the adults. Saxaul sparrow The saxaul sparrow ("Passer ammodendri") is a passerine bird of the sparrow family Passeridae, found in parts of Central Asia. At and , it is among the larger sparrows. Both sexes have plumage ranging from dull grey to sandy brown, and pale brown legs. Females have less boldly coloured plumage and bills, lacking the pattern of black stripes on the male's head. The head markings of both sexes make the saxaul sparrow distinctive, and unlikely to be confused with any other bird. Vocalisations include a comparatively soft and musical chirping call, a song, and

neg: King of Saxony bird-of-paradise as "Kiss-a-ba" or "Leme" by the natives of Papua New Guinea and Western New Guinea, as a human interpretation of the male's loud call. The adult King of Saxony bird-of-paradise is approximately 22 cm long. The male is black and yellow with a dark brown iris, brownish-grey legs, a black bill with a bright aqua-green gape, and two remarkably long (up to 50 cm) scalloped, enamel-blue brow-plumes that can be independently erected at the bird's will. The unadorned female is greyish brown with barred underparts. The male's ornamental head plumes are so bizarre that, when the first specimen was brought

neg: Brown-headed spider monkey subtropical humid forests that are between above sea level. It lives in population densities of 1.2 monkeys per square kilometer. It has a black or brown body and a brown head, while the Colombian spider monkey ("A. f. rufiventris") is entirely black with some white on its chin. Brown-headed spider monkey The brown-headed spider monkey ("Ateles fusciceps fusciceps"), is a critically endangered subspecies of the black-headed spider monkey, a type of New World monkey, found in northwestern Ecuador. Its type locality is at 1500 m in the Hacienda Chinipamba, Imbabura Province in North-West Ecuador. It inhabits areas west of the

neg: Barred fruiteater Barred fruiteater The barred fruiteater ("Pipreola arcuata") is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. The population is stable, and they are considered common. This bird is the largest of the fruiteaters and the only one with barred underparts in both sexes. It is a dumpy, rather sluggish bird, growing to a length of . The male has a glossy black head and throat, and the remainder of the upper parts is greenish-brown. The tail is tipped with black and the

neg: Hawfinch on average slightly heavier than the female. It is a robust bird with a thick neck, large round head and a wide, strong conical beak with a metallic appearance. It has short pinkish legs with a light hue and it has a short tail. It has brown eyes. The plumage of the female is slightly paler than that of the male. The overall colour is light brown, its head having an orange hue to it. Its eyes have a black circle around them, extending to its beak and surrounding it at its edge. Its throat is also black. The sides

neg: Nelicourvi weaver risk of being captured by barn owls ("Tyto alba"). Nelicourvi weaver The nelicourvi weaver ("Ploceus nelicourvi") is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae. It is endemic to Madagascar. Together with its closest relative, the sakalava weaver, it is sometimes placed in a separate genus "Nelicurvius". A slender, sparrow-like bird, it is long and weighing . Breeding males have a black bill and head, brown eyes, yellow collar, grey belly, chestnut-brown lower tail coverts, olive back, and blackish flight feathers edged greenish. Non-breeding males have mottled grey and green heads. In the breeding female the front of the head

neg: Bearded bellbird Bearded bellbird The bearded bellbird ("Procnias averano") also known as the campanero or anvil-bird, is a passerine bird which occurs in northern South America. The male is about long with white plumage apart from a brown head and black wings. At his throat hang several black, unfeathered wattles. The female is a little smaller with olive-green head and upper parts, yellow underparts streaked with green and a yellow vent area. The male has a loud, repeated metallic hammering call, as well as various other vocalisations. There are two subspecies, the nominate subspecies is only found in northeastern Brazil, while the

neg: Painted sandgrouse and tail are brown, boldly marked in black and white transverse bars. The female is duller in appearance being a greyish brown colour, barred and speckled with darker brown and white. The painted sandgrouse is found in dry regions in rough grassland, rocky areas and scrub and feeds mainly on seeds. It is gregarious and groups congregate at waterholes to drink. Painted sandgrouse The painted sandgrouse ("Pterocles indicus") is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family found in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. The painted sandgrouse is a plump ground-dwelling bird with a small head and short legs. The sexes

neg: Black francolin Black francolin The black francolin ("Francolinus francolinus") is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It was formerly known as the Black Partridge. It is the state bird of Haryana state, India (locally known as Kaala Teetar: काला तीतर). The head of the black francolin is curved with brown iris eyes color and unique pattern of brown color crown and the throat color is black. It has a length range of 33 to 36 cm and weight approximate about 453 g (16 oz) and the size of black francolin is 9 to 16 inches.

neg: White-whiskered spinetail White-whiskered spinetail The white-whiskered spinetail ("Synallaxis candei") is a species of bird in the family Furnariidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. The bird is named after Admiral Antoine Marie Ferdinand de Maussion de Candé, an explorer of South America. The white-whiskered spinetail has a grayish-brown crown with sides of head black as well as a "whisker" stripe on both sides of face; as well as a mostly-brown head. Cinnamon rufous sides and breast and a white underbelly. Similar to the ruddy spinetail, The

neg: Grey-faced buzzard Grey-faced buzzard The grey-faced buzzard ("Butastur indicus") is an Asian bird of prey. It is typically between 41 and 46 cm in length, making it a medium-sized raptor. It breeds in East Russia, North China, Korea, and Japan, and winters in South-east Asia. It is a bird of open land. It eats lizards, small mammals and large insects. The adult has a grey head, breast and neck, white throat, black moustaches and mesial stripes, brown back and upperwings, and brown bars on white underparts and underwings. The juvenile is brown and mottled above, pale below with brown streaks, and has

neg: Bearded bellbird Trinidad and May-Sep in N. Venezuela. The first recorded egg was discovered near Cumaca, Trinidad, in the mid-1950s. Bearded bellbird The bearded bellbird ("Procnias averano") also known as the campanero or anvil-bird, is a passerine bird which occurs in northern South America. The male is about long with white plumage apart from a brown head and black wings. At his throat hang several black, unfeathered wattles. The female is a little smaller with olive-green head and upper parts, yellow underparts streaked with green and a yellow vent area. The male has a loud, repeated metallic hammering call, as well as

neg: Indigo bunting indigo bunting is a smallish songbird, around the size of a small sparrow. It measures long, with a wingspan of . Body mass averages , with a reported range of . During the breeding season, the adult male appears mostly a vibrant cerulean blue. Only the head is indigo. The wings and tail are black with cerulean blue edges. In fall and winter plumage, the male has brown edges to the blue body and head feathers, which overlap to make the bird appear mostly brown. The adult female is brown on the upperparts and lighter brown on the underparts. It

neg: Coraya wren has a buff white breast, white throat and an overall black head, flecked with white feathers; notably a narrow upper bright white eye stripe, and a narrow white eye ring of white feathers. It has a medium length black decurved bill, black eyes, and gray-black legs. It is darker brown on its back, deep brown-blackish wings, and lighter buff brown on its sides. Coraya wren The Coraya wren ("Pheugopedius coraya") is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family, the wrens. It is found in Amazonian northern and northwestern South America, the northern Amazon Basin and the Guianas, of Guyana,

neg: Black francolin of its range. They have been introduced to the Caucasus, Guam, and Hawaiian Islands. There are six recognized subspecies: Black francolin The black francolin ("Francolinus francolinus") is a gamebird in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. It was formerly known as the Black Partridge. It is the state bird of Haryana state, India (locally known as Kaala Teetar: काला तीतर). The head of the black francolin is curved with brown iris eyes color and unique pattern of brown color crown and the throat color is black. It has a length range of 33 to 36 cm

neg: Yellow-browed bunting to nestlings. This bird is smaller than a reed bunting, but is relatively large-headed. The upper parts are brown and heavily streaked, and the underparts are white with an orange hue on the flanks and some fine dark streaks. Their stout beaks are pink. The breeding male has a black head with white crown and moustachial stripes and throat. There is a bright yellow eyebrow stripe. Females and young birds have a weaker head pattern, with brown instead of black, and can be confused with little buntings; however, there is always some yellow in the eyebrow, as well as at

neg: Flame-throated bulbul The flame-throated bulbul is about 18 cm long with an olive green back and yellow underparts, a squarish black head without a crest, an orange-red throat. The iris is white and contrasts with the dark head. The legs are brown and the gape is yellowish-pink. The bill is dark brown to black. The plumage of young birds has not been described. The flame-throated bulbul is found in the Western Ghats from southern Maharashtra and Goa southwards. It is a bird of forest that is only rarely seen at the edges of forests or inside coffee plantations. The flame-throated bulbul keeps

neg: Aztec thrush is black or blackish brown, with whitish grey tips. The breast is dark brown, and the rest of the underparts is white. The beak is dark brown, and the legs are pale pink. The female does not have a hood, is paler, and has larger streaks. The juvenile bird is blackish, with golden-buff marks on its head and back. It has a cinnamon or reddish-brown lower back, a black tail and scaled underparts. The species is found in Mexico, in mountains above sea level. Its habitat is mostly ravines of pine and pine-oak forests. The Aztec thrush is a vagrant

neg: Subantarctic snipe small wading bird with adults growing to about in length. It has cryptic brown plumage, sturdy legs and a slender beak about long. The head is striped in black and reddish brown and the body is brown, mottled with black and reddish brown. The Subantarctic snipe is endemic to certain islands to the south of New Zealand. Each island or group of islands has its own subspecies. New Zealand formerly had two mainland species of snipe, but both of these are extinct. The South Island snipe ("C. iredalei") became extinct on Jacky Lee Island when the flightless weka was introduced

neg: Black-and-orange flycatcher brown and has a light eye-ring. They are usually seen singly or in pairs. The young bird at around two weeks of age is brownish orange with a whitish vent and abdomen. The head has dark streaks and the wings appear bluish with a trace of brown. There is a pale ring around the eye and the orange tail appears stumpy. Eight weeks after fledging they appear almost like adults except for patches of brown feathers in the crown. The main population of this bird is found in the high elevation plateaus (above 1500m) areas of the Nilgiris, Palani Hills,

neg: Brant (goose) body is different shades of grey-brown all over, the flanks and belly are significantly paler than the back and present a marked contrast. The head and neck are black, with a small white patch on either side of the neck. It breeds in Franz Josef Land, Svalbard, Greenland and northeastern Canada, wintering in Denmark, northeast England, Ireland and the Atlantic coast of the U.S. from Maine to Georgia. The black brant appears blackish-brown and white in colour. This form is a very contrastingly black and white bird, with a uniformly dark sooty-brown back, similarly-coloured underparts (with the dark colour extending

neg: Black-chinned fruit dove very rare, known only from four specimens. The diet consists mainly of fruits. The female usually lays a single white egg in a nest made of twigs. Widespread throughout its large range, the black-chinned fruit dove is evaluated as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Black-chinned fruit dove The black-chinned fruit dove ("Ptilinopus leclancheri"), also known as the black-throated fruit dove or Leclancher's dove, is a medium-sized (up to 27 cm long) bird of the family Columbidae. The male is a colorful bird with a green belly and wings, a brown tail, a whitish grey head

neg: Brown jacamar Brown jacamar The brown jacamar ("Brachygalba lugubris") is a species of bird in the family Galbulidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical and tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.This bird was originally described by William John Swainson in 1838. This bird is feed on insects, especially for flying insects. Brown jacamar is a small jacamar, with mostly brown body with a pair of glossy purple wings. Brown jacamar has a black bill and a dark-throat. This bird is also has sooty-black face. Brown

neg: Tawny-breasted tinamou Tawny-breasted tinamou The tawny-breasted tinamou ("Nothocercus julius") is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest. Their range is northwestern South America. All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also ratites. Unlike other ratites, tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds. The tawny-breasted tinamou has brown upperparts barred with black, and its wings have buff spots. Below its bright chestnut head, it has a white throat. Its breast and flanks are

neg: Java sparrow in the estrildid family. The adult is unmistakable, with its grey upperparts and breast, pink belly, white-cheeked black head, red eye-ring, pink feet and thick red bill. Both sexes are similar. Immature birds have brown upperparts and pale brown underparts, and a plain head. Very young birds have a black beak with a pink base. The call is a "chip", and the song is a rapid series of call notes "chipchipchipchipchipchip". Molecular phylogeny indicates that this species may have originated in India and dispersed to Africa and Pacific Ocean habitats from there. The Java sparrow is a very gregarious bird

neg: African yellow white-eye African yellow white-eye The African yellow white-eye ("Zosterops senegalensis") is a species of bird in the family Zosteropidae. A small yellow bird with a prominent white eye ring surrounding a dark eye. The underparts and head are yellow, with a black loral stripe, black bill, the flight and tail feathers are brown edged with yellowish olive. Some subspecies are greener, especially those occurring in forest. Juveniles are darker. This bird measures 11·5 cm in length and the weight varies from 6.8 to 14.1g. The African yellow white-eye is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal, Gambia and Mauretania in the

neg: Cocoa woodcreeper Cocoa woodcreeper The cocoa woodcreeper ("Xiphorhynchus susurrans") is a passerine bird in the woodcreeper subfamily of the ovenbird family. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the buff-throated woodcreeper ("X. guttatus"). It is typically 23 cm long, and weighs 37 g. The head and neck are buff-streaked dark brown, the upper back is liver-brown, and the rest of the upperparts, wings and tail are rufous. The underparts are olive-brown with buff streaks on the breast. The bill is long, black, slightly decurved, and hooked at the tip. The normal call is a loud "kew-kew-kew-kew". The bird breeds in tropical Central

neg: Black-naped monarch Black-naped monarch The black-naped monarch or black-naped blue flycatcher ("Hypothymis azurea") is a slim and agile passerine bird belonging to the family of monarch flycatchers found in southern and south-eastern Asia. They are sexually dimorphic, with the male having a distinctive black patch on the back of the head and a narrow black half collar ("necklace"), while the female is duller with olive brown wings and lacking the black markings on the head. They have a call that is similar to that of the Asian paradise flycatcher, and in tropical forest habitats, pairs may join mixed-species foraging flocks. Populations differ

neg: Black-crested antshrike throat and breast, a rufous-brown back, black wings with white feather edges, a short black tail and a white belly. The female and immature males have a chestnut crest and head with black and white barring on the cheeks, dull brown upperparts, black-streaked buff underparts, and browner wing and tail feathers than the male. This is a bird of undergrowth in mangrove or other swampy forest and thickets near water. It is usually found as territorial pairs. The female lays two purple-lined white eggs in a deep cup nest suspended below a branch or vine. They are incubated by both

neg: Stabyhoun the head, and are moderately long and shaped like a mason's trowel. Feathering on the ears is typical, with hair growing longer at the base of the ear and steadily decreasing in length. The bottom-most third of the ear is covered with short hair. The eyes should lie level in the head, and be of medium size with tight rounded lids. There should not be the appearance of haw or a third eyelid. Dogs with black and white coats should have dark brown eyes, while brown and white Stabyhouns may have brown- or orange-colored eyes. Bird of prey eyes are

neg: Black sparrowhawk are predominantly brown. The full plumage of juveniles is a range of browns and with dark streaks along the head and, more conspicuously, down the chest. Commonly there are white or light-colored spots and streaks as well, mainly on the wings. The brown plumage being a sign of immaturity, it does not attract as dangerously aggressively territorial behavior as a mature black-and-white bird would. As the young birds mature, their eyes change in color from mid-grey, though light brown, to dark red. The black sparrowhawk is one of the world's largest "Accipiters", only the Henst's, Meyer's and the northern goshawk

neg: Olivaceous siskin yellow panel when the bird is in flight. Underparts are yellowish-green with a dull yellow lower breast and belly. The tail is brownish-black, with the bases of the outer feathers yellow. The head of the adult female lacks the black of the male, and it and the upper parts are mainly yellowish-olive. The yellow rump, wings and tail are similar to those of the male. Beaks in both sexes are grey and legs are pinkish-brown or brown. Juvenile coloration is similar to the female's but is generally more brownish with the yellow parts being duller, buff or streaked with brown.

neg: Yellow bishop Good Hope. This species is now placed in the genus "Euplectes" that was introduced by the English naturalist William John Swainson in 1829 with the southern red bishop as the type species. There are six subspecies. The yellow bishop is a stocky long bird. The breeding male is black apart from his bright yellow lower back, rump, and shoulder patches, and brown edging to the wing feathers. He has a short crest, thick conical black bill, and a relatively short tail. His bill size varies dramatically between races. In non-breeding plumage, the black plumage is replaced by heavily streaked buffy-brown,

neg: Brown-capped rosy finch to catch insects in flight. They mainly eat seeds from weeds and grasses and insects. They often feed in small flocks. At one time, the three North American rosy finches were considered to be one species. The population of this bird appears to be declining. Brown-capped rosy finch The brown-capped rosy finch ("Leucosticte australis") is a medium-sized finch endemic to the United States. Adults are brown on the head, back, and breast with pink on the belly, rump, and wings. The forehead is black. They have short black legs and a long forked tail. Their breeding habitat is mountain peaks

neg: Isodemis hainanensis hindlegs. The abdomen is dark grayish brown. The name is derived from the type locality, Hainan. Isodemis hainanensis Isodemis hainanensis is a moth of the Tortricidae family. It is known from Hainan, China. The wingspan is about 17.5 mm for males and 22 mm for females. The head, antenna and labial palpus are grayish brown, mixed with brownish-black scales. The thorax and tegula are brownish black, with sparse grayish-brown scales. The forewings are dark yellowish brown, tinged with ochreous scales in the distal half. The hindwings and cilia are grayish brown. The legs are dark yellowish brown, mottled brownish black

neg: Bornean treepie The wings are black with a white patch and the tail is grey with black tips to the feathers. The bill and legs are grey-black and the eyes are reddish. The Sumatran treepie differs in having a pale brown back, a dark brown head with a white nape and a thinner bill. The Bornean treepie is a noisy bird with a variety of loud, explosive calls including a bell-like whistle and various grunting and chattering calls. It is able to mimic the calls of other birds. It is fairly common in most mountain ranges in the northern and central parts

neg: Gurney's pitta 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.

neg: Ruddy shelduck grows to a length of and has a wingspan. The male has orange-brown body plumage and a paler, orange-brown head and neck, separated from the body by a narrow black collar. The rump, flight feathers, tail-coverts and tail feathers are black and there are iridescent green speculum feathers on the inner surfaces of the wings. Both upper and lower wing-coverts are white, this feature being particularly noticeable in flight but hardly visible when the bird is at rest. The bill is black and the legs are dark grey. The female is similar but has a rather pale, whitish head and

neg: Brown-necked raven it will utter a ""kuerk-kuerk"" call. Like all corvids, the Brown-necked raven is capable of vocal mimicry, however this behavior is mostly recorded in captivity and, although rarely, in the wild. Brown-necked raven The brown-necked raven ("Corvus ruficollis") is a larger bird (52–56 cm in length) than the carrion crow though not as large as the common raven. It has similar proportions to the common raven but the bill is not so large or deep and the wings tend to be a little more pointed in profile. The head and throat are a distinct brownish-black giving the bird its English

neg: Fernando Po batis Fernando Po batis The Fernando Pó batis, also known as the Bioko batis, ("Batis poensis") is a species of bird in the family Platysteiridae. It is endemic to the island of Bioko in Equatorial Guinea. The Fernando Pó batis is small, restless flycatcher type bird with a mainly black and white plumage. The head and mantle are glossy blue-black with a small white loral spot, which occasionally extends back to create a narrow supercilium. The back is blackish grey with small white spots on the rump and lower back. The wings are black with a white stripe, the tail is

neg: Painted sandgrouse Painted sandgrouse The painted sandgrouse ("Pterocles indicus") is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family found in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. The painted sandgrouse is a plump ground-dwelling bird with a small head and short legs. The sexes are differently coloured. In the male, the bill is orange and there is a black bar across the white forehead, fine black longitudinal lines on the nape and a white patch of bare skin surrounding the eye. There is a broad black and white band around the chest. The breast and belly are a uniform pinkish-brown colour and the back, wings

neg: African sacred ibis advocated in Sibley & Monroe 1993. An adult individual is long with all-white body plumage apart from dark plumes on the rump. Wingspan is and body weight . Males are generally slightly larger than females. The bald head and neck, thick curved bill and legs are black. The white wings show a black rear border in flight. The eyes are brown with a dark red orbital ring. Sexes are similar, but juveniles have dirty white plumage, a smaller bill and some feathering on the neck, greenish-brown scapulars and more black on the primary coverts. This bird is usually silent, but

neg: Sri Lanka spurfowl species of bird in the genus "Galloperdix". It is a ground nesting bird, which lays 2-5 eggs in a scrape. Sri Lanka spurfowl is ~ 37 cm long bird. Both sexes have brown upperparts, wings and tail. The males exhibit vivid crimson red legs and bare facial skin and striking black and white dorsal plumage that extends to its head. There is also extensive white ocellation on the sepia wings and upperback. The legs of both sexes have multiple metatarsal spurs, which give rise to the specific name. The female has chestnut underparts and a plain brown back and wings.

neg: Solid black (chicken plumage) nearly all black especially in combination with some recessive alleles of the "E" allelic series such as "e" (brown) and "e" (wild type), except that females with "e" are black with salmon breasts, while females with "e" are wheaten with dark brown back and hackle. Males are nearly all black. Melanotic "Ml" in single dose has little or no effect on plumage color in combination with "e" in females. Heterozygotes "Ml/ml" have black head and hackle in combination with "e" and "e" but little effect on "e" females. It is difficult to distinguish the heterozygous males from the wild type

neg: Flame bowerbird Flame bowerbird The flame bowerbird ("Sericulus aureus) "is one of the most brilliantly coloured bowerbirds. The male is a medium-sized bird, up to 25 cm long, with flame orange and golden yellow plumage, elongated neck plumes and yellow-tipped black tail. It builds an ""avenue-type"" bower with two side walls of sticks. The female is an olive brown bird with yellow or golden below. The flame bowerbird is distributed in and endemic to rainforests of New Guinea. This species is the first bowerbird described by naturalists. Because of the male's beautifully coloured plumage, it was previously thought to be a bird-of-paradise.

neg: See-see partridge a rotund bird, mainly sandy-brown with wavy white and brown flank stripes. The male has a grey head with a black stripe through the eye and a white cheek patch. The neck sides are speckled with white. The head pattern is the best distinction from sand partridge. The female is a very washed-out version of the male, and is more difficult to distinguish from its relative due to the weak head pattern. Usually it is seen in pairs or, at the most, in flocks of two to four birds. But flocks of more than fifty birds have also been seen.

neg: Black-tailed tityra recognized; they are sometimes treated as distinct species but widely intergrade where their ranges meet: This is a short-tailed robust bird with a long hook-tipped bill; like other tityras it has a peculiar vestigial ninth primary feather. The adult black-tailed tityra is about long and weighs about . The male is dull white above and white below. The rectrices, the primary and secondary remiges and a cap extending to below the eyes are black; the tertiary remiges are silvery grey. Females have dark brown rather than black on wings and tail and some brown pattern on head, back and underside.

neg: Pied butcherbird Pied butcherbird The pied butcherbird ("Cracticus nigrogularis") is a songbird native to Australia. Described by John Gould in 1837, it is a black and white bird long with a long hooked bill. The head and throat are black, making a distinctive hood, while the mantle, as are much of the tail and wings. The neck, underparts and outer wing feathers are white. The juvenile and immature birds are predominantly brown and white. As they mature their brown feathers are replaced by black feathers. Two subspecies are recognized. Within its range, the pied butcherbird is generally sedentary. Common in woodlands and

neg: Mao (bird) Mao (bird) The mao or ma'oma'o ("Gymnomyza samoensis") is a passerine bird belonging to the genus "Gymnomyza" in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae. It is an endangered species and is endemic to the Samoan Islands. It is a large honeyeater, long. The plumage is dark, varying from blackish on the head and breast to olive-green on the wings and body. There is a dark greenish mark under the eye. The bill is long, curved and black in an adult and yellowish in a chick or juvenile and the legs and feet are also black. Adult birds have light blue or brown

neg: Damara canary Damara canary The Damara canary, "Serinus leucolaema", is a small passerine bird in the finch family. The taxonomic status of this species is uncertain. It is listed by the International Ornithologists' Union as a subspecies of the black-headed canary ("Serinus alario"). The Damara canary is 12–15 cm in length. The adult male has rich brown upperparts and tail, a white hind collar and mainly white underparts. The head pattern is striking; whereas male black-headed canary has a solidly black head and central breast, Damara has a white supercilium, and white throat and fore neck with a black moustachial stripe. The

neg: Mangrove cuckoo Mangrove cuckoo The mangrove cuckoo ("Coccyzus minor") is a species of cuckoo that is native to the Neotropics. Adults have a long tail, brown above and black-and-white below, and a black curved bill with yellow on the lower mandible. The head and upper parts are brown. There is a yellow ring around the eye. This bird is best distinguished by its black facial mask and buffy underparts. Although the scientific name is "minor" (meaning "small"), this species is on average the largest of North America's three "Coccyzus" cuckoos. Adults measure in length, weigh and span across the wings. This cuckoo

neg: Taiwan thrush Taiwan thrush The Taiwan thrush ("Turdus poliocephalus niveiceps") is a bird in the thrush family. It is the most northerly subspecies of the island thrush ("Turdus poliocephalus") and is endemic to the island of Taiwan. As the most sexually dimorphic of all island thrush subspecies, it is a good candidate for reclassification as a full species. The male Taiwan thrush has black upperparts except for a white head and throat. The underparts are mainly dark orange with a blackish upper breast. The female has similar patterning but is duller, with a brown back, grayish brown head with a white streak

neg: Crested honey buzzard head crest. It is brown above, but not as dark as European honey buzzard, and paler below. A dark throat stripe is present. Unusually for a large bird of prey, the sexes can be distinguished. The male has a blue-grey head, while the female's head is brown. She is slightly larger and darker than the male. The male has a black tail with a white band. It breeds in Asia from central Siberia east to Japan. It is a summer migrant to Siberia, wintering in tropical Southeast Asia. Elsewhere, it is more-or-less resident. It is a specialist feeder, living mainly

neg: Beaudouin's snake eagle Beaudouin's snake eagle Beaudouin's snake eagle ("Circaetus beaudouini") is a species of snake eagle in the Accipitridae family found in the Sahel region of west Africa. It forms a superspecies with the Palearctic short-toed snake eagle "Circaetus gallicus" and the black-chested snake eagle "Circaetus pectoralis". This bird seems to be declining in numbers and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated it as a "vulnerable species". The bird has a wingspan of . A large snake eagle with grey-brown upperparts, including the head and chest, contrasting with white underparts barred with brown and white vent. It has a

neg: Chestnut-crowned antpitta Chestnut-crowned antpitta The chestnut-crowned antpitta ("Grallaria ruficapilla") is a species of bird in the Grallariidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest, which it has a much greater tolerance for than most antpittas. Usually this bird lives at elevations of 1,900 to 3,100 m. It is mid-sized for an antpitta, averaging 18.5 cm (7.35 in) long. It has an orange-rufous head and nape. The back is olive brown and the throat is white. The belly is white overlaid with black-brown streaking, mainly

neg: Grey-headed chickadee 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

neg: Weed Lake Wetland This creature lays between 2 and 12 eggs from May to October. The babies are called goslings. The great blue heron is a type of bird that has a yellow beak, black shoulders and long hair at the back of its grayish black blue head. The head is slightly curved at the neck. The great blue heron is 3.2 to 4.5 feet (1 to 1.4 meters) tall. Its wingspan is 5.5 to 6.6 feet long. This hungry bird eats large insects, gophers, fish, frogs, mice, small mammals, small reptiles, salamanders, crayfish and squirrels plus ducklings. The great blue heron likes

neg: Poʻouli Poʻouli The poo-uli ("Melamprosops phaeosoma"), or black-faced honeycreeper, is a species of passerine bird endemic to the island of Maui in Hawaiʻi. It is considered to be a member of the Hawaiian honeycreepers, and is the only member of its genus Melamprosops. It has a black head, brown upper parts and pale grey underparts. This bird inhabits only the drier, easternmost side of Maui, where it has rapidly decreased in numbers. With extinction threatening, efforts were made to capture birds to enable them to breed in captivity. This has been largely unsuccessful; in 2004, only two known birds remained, and

neg: Crested argus Crested argus The crested argus ("Rheinardia ocellata") are large and spectacular pheasant like-peafowl with dark-brown-spotted black and buff plumage, a heavy pink bill, brown irises and blue skin around the eyes. The head has two crests; the hind crest, which extends down the occiput, is erected when alarmed and during intentional behaviors including pair bonding and courtship displays. The male has a broad and greatly elongated tail of twelve feathers. The tail covert (or "train") of the male is the longest of any bird and is believed to contain the longest (and widest) feathers to occur in a wild bird;

neg: Australian bustard body mass of in a range of but is similarly coloured. The largest male recorded was 14.5 kg (32 lb). Although it is the largest extant flying land bird in Australia, this long-legged bird is the smallest species in the genus "Ardeotis". The back, wings and tail are dull brown, mottled black and white markings on the wing coverts. The neck and head appear dull white and the crown black. Legs are yellow to cream coloured. When disturbed, Australian bustards often adopt a cryptic pose with neck erect and bill pointed skywards. They may stalk gradually away or run if

neg: Pied butcherbird songs. Taylor's 'Is Birdsong Music? Outback Encounters with an Australian Songbird' offers portraits of the remote locations where the species is found. Pied butcherbird The pied butcherbird ("Cracticus nigrogularis") is a songbird native to Australia. Described by John Gould in 1837, it is a black and white bird long with a long hooked bill. The head and throat are black, making a distinctive hood, while the mantle, as are much of the tail and wings. The neck, underparts and outer wing feathers are white. The juvenile and immature birds are predominantly brown and white. As they mature their brown feathers

neg: Eastern meadowlark are mainly brown with black streaks. They have a long pointed bill; the head is striped with light brown and black. The song of this bird is of pure, melancholy whistles, and thus simpler than the jumbled and flutey song of the western meadowlark; their ranges overlap across central North America. In the field, the song is often the easiest way to tell the two species apart, though plumage differences do exist, like tail pattern and malar coloration. The pale Lilian's meadowlark of northern Mexico and the southwestern US is sometimes split off as a separate species. This species was

neg: Brown-headed honeyeater Brown-headed honeyeater The brown-headed honeyeater ("Melithreptus brevirostris") is a species of passerine bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation. The brown-headed honeyeater was first described by Vigors & Horsfield in 1827. Its species name is derived from the Latin terms "brevis" "short", and "rostrum" "beak". Five subspecies have been described. The race "magnirostris" from Kangaroo Island has a noticeably larger bill. It is a member of the genus "Melithreptus" with several species, of similar size and all black-headed apart from this species, in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.

neg: White-headed marsh tyrant White-headed marsh tyrant The white-headed marsh tyrant ("Arundinicola leucocephala") is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family, the only species of the genus Arundinicola. It breeds in tropical South America from Colombia, Venezuela and Trinidad south to Bolivia, Argentina and Paraguay. The adult white-headed marsh tyrant is 12.7 cm long and weighs 15 g. The male is entirely brown-black, apart from the relatively large white head and yellowish lower mandible. The female has brown upperparts and wings and a black tail. Her underparts, sides of the head and forecrown are dull white. This is a quiet species, but

neg: Inaccessible Island rail years ago. The Inaccessible Island rail is the smallest living flightless bird in the world, measuring . Males are larger and heavier than females, weighing , average , compared to , average , in females. It is dark chestnut-brown above and dark grey on the head and below, with degraded white barring on the flanks and belly, and adults have a red eye. The female is similar to the male but with paler grey and a faint brown wash on the underparts. It has a black bill, which is shorter than the head. The feathers of the Inaccessible Island rail

neg: Black-headed bunting and natural hybridization occurs between the two species in the zone of overlap of their breeding ranges in northern Iran. The genus name "Emberiza" is from Old German "Embritz", a bunting, and the specific "melanocephala" is from Ancient Greek "melas", "black", and "kephale" "head". This bird is 15 cm long, larger than reed bunting, and long-tailed. The breeding male has bright yellow underparts, chestnut upperparts and a black hood. 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 but the vent is yellow, and both can