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The purple martin ( Progne subis) is a passerine bird in the swallow family Hirundinidae. It is the largest swallow in North America. Despite its name, the purple martin is not truly purple. The dark blackish-blue feathers have an iridescent sheen caused by the diffraction of incident light [2] giving them a bright blue to navy blue or deep ...
Species: C. asiaticus. Binomial name. Cinnyris asiaticus. ( Latham, 1790) Synonyms. Arachnechthra intermedia. Nectarinia mahrattensis. The purple sunbird ( Cinnyris asiaticus) is a small bird in the sunbird family found mainly in South and Southeast Asia but extending west into parts of the Arabian peninsula.
Eclectus. Eclectus is a genus of parrot, the Psittaciformes, which consists of four known extant species known as eclectus parrots and the extinct Eclectus infectus, the oceanic eclectus parrot. The extant eclectus parrots are medium-sized parrots native to regions of Oceania, particularly New Guinea and Australia.
Synonyms. Certhia zeylonica Linnaeus, 1766. Arachnechthra zeylonica (Linnaeus, 1766) Chalcostetha zeylonica (Linnaeus, 1766) Cinnyris sola Vieillot, 1819. Cyrtostomus zeylonicus (Linnaeus, 1766) Nectarinia zeylonica (Linnaeus, 1766) The purple-rumped sunbird ( Leptocoma zeylonica) is a sunbird endemic to the Indian Subcontinent. Like other ...
The purple honeycreeper is 4.5 in (11.5 cm) long, weighs 0.42 oz (12 g) and has a long black decurved bill. The male is purple with black wings, tail and belly, and bright yellow legs. Females and immatures have green upperparts, and green-streaked yellowish-buff underparts. The throat is cinnamon, and there is a blue moustachial stripe.
The purple finch was designated the state bird of New Hampshire in 1957. The New Hampshire red hen (breed of domestic chicken) was also proposed, but was not chosen in favor of the purple finch. In 1763, Richard Brookes made the description of the female purple finch in Mexico with the name of "chiantototl" (chia seed bird). References
The common moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus ), also known as the waterhen or swamp chicken, is a bird species in the rail family (Rallidae). It is distributed across many parts of the Old World, from Africa to Europe and Asia. [1] The common moorhen lives around well-vegetated marshes, ponds, canals and other wetlands. [1]
Upupa marginata. Hoopoes ( / ˈhuːpuː, ˈhuːpoʊ /) are colourful birds found across Africa, Asia, and Europe, notable for their distinctive " crown " of feathers which can be raised or lowered at will. Three living and one extinct species are recognized, though for many years all of the extant species were lumped as a single species ...
Peafowl is a common name for two bird species of the genus Pavo and one species of the closely related genus Afropavo within the tribe Pavonini of the family Phasianidae (the pheasants and their allies). Male peafowl are referred to as peacocks, and female peafowl are referred to as peahens . The two Asiatic species are the blue or Indian ...
Description. The violet-backed starling is a sexually dimorphic species with adults reaching a length of about 18 cm (7 in). The male has an iridescent violet head and back and pure white underparts. The female has a thrush-like appearance with brown, boldly-streaked upper parts and white, heavily-streaked underparts.