Wings are long, slim, and straight. AKA Common Fairy Tern. Direct flight; slow downward wing beat and a powerful flick on the upbeat. Feeds on fish and squid. Sexes are similar. Lower breast, belly, and undertail coverts are white. Graceful, bouyant flight with rapid, shallow wing beats. Wings are plain gray. Black-billed Magpie: Large, noisy jay, mostly black, with very long tail and dark, stout bill. Swainson's Thrush: Medium-sized thrush (swainsoni), with dull olive-brown or olive-gray upperparts, pale buff eye-ring, dark moustache stripe, and brown-spotted buff throat and breast, and white belly. Direct, rapid flight; pigeon like, stiff, shallow wing beats. Balsas Screech-Owl: Small but hefty owl with mottled brown-gray upperparts, some white markings in wings, fine streaks and barring on underparts. Legs and feet are gray. Franklin's Gull: This medium-sized gull has a gray back and white underparts. Feet and legs are dull yellow. Sexes similar. Mute Swan: Aggressive bird, entirely white, orange bill with large black basal knob and naked black lores. Non-breeding adults have more black on bill, no red-brown or chestnut in plumage, brown-gray back, and brown-gray streaks on crown, face, and breast. Legs are long and yellow. The male feeds the female throughout incubation. Head, neck are green-black with white-streaked neckbands. This is the only North American woodpecker with a white head. Razorbill: Large seabird with black head, neck, upperparts, white line from bill to eye, and white underparts. Bill is dark and thin. Feeds mainly on fish, squid and zoo plankton. Feeds on insects, larvae, nuts and seeds. Wings are black with large white patches visible in flight. Caspian Tern: This large stocky tern has pale gray upperparts and white underparts. Swims and dives for food, picks food off surface of water. Strong direct flight. Sooty Tern: This medium-sized tern has long wings, a deeply forked tail, black crown, nape, and upperparts and a broad triangular white forehead patch. Tail is long and white-edged with dark bars. 278 species illustrated Loggerhead Kingbird: Large flycatcher, olive-brown upperparts, dark head with inconspicuous yellow crown patch, white underparts, and pale yellow wash on lower belly. [4]:120 The tail of a black-billed magpie is made up of long, layered feathers, the middle pair of which protrude farthest of all. Piping Plover: Small, pale sand-colored plover, showy black bands on head, neck. Black bill, legs, feet. Gull-billed Tern: Lightest North American tern. Brown eyes. Female, non-breeding male, and juvenile gray-brown above, buff edges to feathers and on face. The bird relocates its caches by sight and also by smell; during cache robbing, smell is probably the primary cue. Swift direct flight. Legs and feet are pink-buff. Head is yellow with black throat and nape. Strong direct flight with deep wing beats, often high above water. Direct flight on shallow, steady wing beats. It has a pale blue, pink-based face and pale blue bill. [22], Many suburban songbird lovers dislike magpies because of their reputation for stealing eggs, but studies have shown that eggs make up only a small proportion of what magpies feed on during the reproductive season. Surprisingly, young males are often dominant over – or may just be tolerated by – adult males. Dark gray bill. Aggressive interactions also occur at point sources of food. The sexes are similar. Black bill, legs and feet. Oregon form has black hood, chestnut-brown back and buff-brown flanks. [8][9], Like American crows, magpies tend to roost communally in winter. Head is black-and-white striped. Large grouse, mottled gray-brown overall with white breast, black face, chin, throat, bib and belly. Female has brown streaked upperparts, buff streaked underparts and yellow wing linings. It has a direct flight, hovering above water before diving for prey. Legs and feet are gray. Undulating flight. Sexes are similar. Strong, direct flight with deep, steady wing beats. They sometimes land on large mammals, such as moose or cattle, to pick at the ticks that often plague these animals. It feeds on small fish and invertebrates. Wings are dark. Feeds on frogs, fish, mollusks, small mammals and crustaceans, grain and roots of water plants. The female has unstreaked blue-gray upperparts and a yellow wash on face and breast with pale streaks on flanks, and yellow eyebrows. Rides thermals and updrafts. Feeds on fish. Hood is solid black and eye-ring is dark red. Wings are dark with two white bars. Long, slim wings are dark above and silver-gray below. Feeds on fish and squid. Swift direct flight with shallow wing beats. Outermost primaries have faint black smudges. Gray underside of primaries; broad white trailing edge to wings. Dark-eyed Junco: Medium-sized sparrow with considerable geographic color variation, although all exhibit a pink bill, dark eyes, white belly, and dark-centered tail with white outer feathers. Light, graceful flapping and gliding. Here is some information I discovered about blackbirds with white tail feathers. Brown on sides of breast, brown streaks on white underparts. Head is dark and eye-ring is white. Crested Caracara: Large, ground-dwelling falcon, black body, finely barred tail, wing panels and upper breast. Alternates rapid wing beats with short glides. Pink-sided form is blue-gray with darker wings and pink-gray flanks. Hovers while hunting and in courtship. White breast with partial gray-brown breast band. Bufflehead: This small diving duck is mostly white with a glossy green-black to purple-black head and back. Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats, usually flies low over the water. Black-brown cap goes to eyes. Sexes are similar. It has a light and direct flight with rapid wing beats. Slightly forked tail. Strong direct flight with rapid wing beats. In the early 1900s, its range began to expand north, forcing the Veery and Hermit thrushes to find another habitat. Pale underwings with black margins visible in flight. Usually 6–7 eggs are laid. Colima (Least) Pygmy-Owl: Very small owl, brown upperparts. [6]:185 When threatened, the black-billed magpie utters a shrill scream. Bill is dark. On both sexes the upperparts are spotted with white on the wings and the long tail. Feeds on small crustaceans and fish. Greater Sage Grouse: Largest North American grouse, has scaled gray-brown upperparts, white breast, black throat, bib, and belly, and yellow combs above eyes. Bill mostly black with some red at base; legs and feet are red-orange. Nonbreeding adult lacks head and back plumes, has gray lores, and shows yellow on lower legs. Female has gray upperparts, white underparts, and brown head. With its body turned toward the wind and wings gently flapping, it hovers above the ground, a behavior that’s so distinctive it’s become known as kiting. Identifying Columbian white-tailed and black-tailed deer Tod Lum. Laughing Gull: This medium-sized gull has a gray back, white underparts and neck, a black hood and red bill. Legs and feet are powder blue. Underwings are white and gray with dark patches at bend. Tail feathers are sharply pointed. Head gray with yellow crown, white crescent under eyes, white supercilium, black lores and cheeks. Black-crowned Night-Heron: This is a medium-sized, stocky heron with short neck and legs, black upperparts, gray wings and white to pale gray underparts. Strong direct flight. Pointed, gray-brown wings. Strong direct flight in bunched flocks or U formations. They are clean white below, with black band on white tail. The head is round and lacks tufts, eyes are yellow, and the bill is black. It has a blue-gray to yellow bill and yellow legs and feet. Difficult to distinguish from Snowy Egret. Female resembles the male but is less tinged with red. Eats seeds, grains, insects and small mollusks. Rapid direct flight with strong wing beats. Head has white forehead patch edged in black and white eyebrows joining above bill. Sexes similar, juvenile like adult but brown on head and breast. Gilded Flicker: Large woodpecker with dark barred and spotted brown back, brown cap, pale gray face and throat, red moustache stripe, white rump, thick black crescent on upper breast, and black spotted, pale buff underparts. Sanderling: This medium-sized sandpiper has dark-spotted, rufous upperparts and breast, white underparts and black bill, legs and feet. Juvenile like winter adult but more black on wing and tail with black tip. It has a buoyant direct flight on steady wing beats. Sexes are similar. Feeds on fish, aquatic insects, and their larvae. Head is glossy green-black; neck has black-and-white rings. Does not show wing bar in flight. Eyes are red, bill is black. Bald Eagle: Large, hawk-like bird, dark brown body and white head, tail. Bill is dull yellow to gray-green (eastern) or orange-yellow (western). The Cornell Lab of Ornithology describes its call as a ka-ka-ka-ka, often preceded with a skah-skah. Long, black bill with wide, spoon-shaped tip. Flies in straight line formation with neck and legs outstretched, roosts high in trees and bushes at night. Feeds on fish and aquatic insects. It is named after the Pechora River Valley in northeastern Russia, where it breeds and nests. Sexes are similar, but the female is much larger. Barolo Shearwater: Tiny shearwater, dark brown upperparts and white underparts; dark cap extends only to eye. May hover briefly to pick berries or insects from foliage. Head has black hood and throat, sharply contrasting white eyebrow and cheek stripe, and yellow spot in front of eye. Crested Owl: Medium to large owl, fine mottling on brown upperparts and on tan-brown or gray-brown underparts. Juvenile like adult but has pink-brown bill. Head has red hindcrown patch. Rapid direct flight in straight line formation. Wingspan ranges from 18.9-22.8 in (48-58 cm). Swift direct flight on rapid wing beats. Feeds on fish, frogs, insects, snakes and crayfish. Breeding birds' legs are yellow-green and irises are dark yellow. White-capped Albatross: Large seabird with white body and gray back. Sexes similar. Swift direct flight with rapid wing beats. Female is brighter; paler crown and grayer upperparts. Weak fluttering bouyant flight with shallow wing beats. The bill is dark. Indeed, several other species with all-black, or mostly black, plumage have been spotted with white feathers fairly often, including Carrion Crow (49 records) and Jackdaw (40). Head has brown crown with gray central stripe, and nape, pale eye-ring, and brown streak extending behind eye. Common House-Martin: Small swallow, metallic dark blue mantle and crown; wings and tail are black-gray. Pink legs and feet. Birds of Orange County, California Compiled by Peter J. Bryant, mainly from the photographs of John Avise, University of California, Irvine Click on images or names to open. Rear crown patch is small and red. Black legs, feet. Cattle Egret: Small, stocky egret with a white body and pale orange-brown patches on the head, neck and back. Bill is bright yellow. Soaring flight on stiff, slightly drooped wings. Gray-backed Tern: This medium-sized bird is mainly dark above and white below. In flight shows white flight feathers with thin dark bands and dark wingtips. Yellow-billed Cuckoo: Medium cuckoo, gray-brown upperparts and white underparts. For a birder who is just starting out, the colour of the bird will probably be the first piece of information that will be used in trying to put a name to a bird. Swift, erratic flight, alternating several shallow, rapid wing beats with short to long glides. Sexes similar, juvenile has black-brown instead of black. Tail is notched. Intensity varies based on sex and race, males usually less marked. Orange legs, feet. Feeds mainly on squid, but also eats fish and crustaceans. It is black and white, with black areas on the wings and tail showing iridescent hints of blue or blue-green. Hovers briefly before dipping down to seize prey. Bill, legs and feet are black. The bill, legs and feet are black. Wings are dark with two pale bars. Birds of this species have a dark mark along … Formerly the Xantus's Murrelet. Gray-brown above, orange-brown nape and breast. The bill is short and black. Eyes are black-brown, bill, and feet. Female has more red-brown eye. Head crest is black, facial skin is red, and large bill is blue-gray and hooked. Chinese Egret: Population is seriously declining due to competition for living space with humans and other egrets. Only the nest tree and its immediate surroundings are defended, and so it is possible for nests to be somewhat clumped in space. Rose-breasted Grosbeak: Large finch, black head, back, bright red breast, and white rump, sides, belly. Harris's Sparrow: Large sparrow with dark-streaked, brown upperparts and white underparts with dark-streaked sides. Tail is pale gray, deeply forked with dark inner edge, white outer edge. It mainly feeds on plant seeds, fruits, berries and insects. The smallest North American swallow. Yellow bill; lower mandible tipped with red, upper mandible tipped with black. California Gull: This is a medium-sized gull with a white head and underparts, gray wings and black wing tips. Face is pale yellow-orange with gray cheeks. Reed Bunting: Medium-sized finch with dark-streaked brown upperparts and faintly streaked, white underparts. Eyes yellow, bill yellow-buff. Split by the American Ornithologist Union in 2014 into the White-capped Albatross, Salvin's Albatross and Chatham Albatross. It has a white head and yellow bill with a black ring near the tip. Yellow bill. Tail is gray with black edges and long black streamers. Legs and feet are pink. Occurs in two color morphs: Dark morph adult is uniformly dark brown with thin dark bands on a dull white tail. Feeds on small birds and mammals, and large insects. The only bird with a breeding range confined to Texas. Dominants can steal food from subordinates. Cave Swallow: Small swallow (Southwest pelodoma), with steel-blue upperparts, white underparts, rufous wash on breast and sides. This is the only woodpecker in the east with a completely red head. The sexes are similar. Mottled brown-tan facial disk with indistinct dark rim. In Canada, black-billed magpies do not appear on the list of birds protected by the Migratory Birds Convention Act. Underparts are white with dark brown mottled flanks. McKay's Bunting: Large bunting, bright white body, black wing tips, black markings on back and tail. Eats seeds, insects, caterpillars. Wings are brown-black with white edges; tail is brown-black with buff-edged tip. Short, rounded tail. The sexes are similar. Wings are black with white stripes. Eyes are white. The tail is short and black with a broad white band and a white tail tip. Sexes are similar. Wings are gray with two white bars. Markings provide camouflage to blend in with tundra breeding grounds. It has a slow, silent moth-like flight. Dark morph has uniformly dark gray body and paler primaries. Feeds primarily on insects. Gray Kingbird: Large flycatcher with gray upperparts, black mask, inconspicuous red crown patch, and mostly white underparts with pale yellow wash on belly and undertail coverts. Tail is short. Long, thin bill is bright red. Males have one blue band across the white breast, while females have a blue and chestnut band. Southwest Area. Yellow eyes surrounded by orange eye-rings. Wings are pale gray with paler primaries. Wings are white with black primaries and a white-bordered blue speculum. Black tail has black-spotted white outer feathers. Texas Birds: Texas, because of its geographic location and extra diverse regions, is blessed with abundant bird wildlife.It is even considered as the most diverse bird state in the United States of America. Ross's Gull: The pink gull of the high Arctic. Feeds on insects. Cook's Petrel: This small petrel has a slate-gray back and upperwings marked by a black M-pattern, white underparts, under wings, and face with a small dark eye patch, black bill, blue-gray legs and feet, long slender wings, and a gray tail with black-tipped central feathers and white edges. Wings are dark with two white bars. Bill is orange, black tip. It has a direct flight with slow steady wing beats. Forages on ground. Soars effortlessly for long periods of time, may circle and glide for long distances. Feeds on fish, mollusks, crustaceans, insects and plants. It has a pale blue, pink-based face and pale blue bill. Throat is white with a black border. Head has dark gray cap and crest, pale gray face, and white eye-ring. Gray-streaked Flycatcher: Small flycatcher with gray-brown upperparts and dark streaked white underparts. Bill, legs and feet are black. Dark cap contrasts with white face. Eyes are dark. Soars to great heights. Hatching is often asynchronous. Long-tailed Duck: This small duck has black upperparts, head, neck, breast and wings; brown mottled black back, white flanks, belly, under tail coverts. Strong, direct flight with deep, steady wing beats. American Golden-Plover: Medium sandpiper with black face, underparts. The female is dull brown with a white patch on the face at base of bill. Brown Creeper: Small, tree-clinging bird with brown-streaked upperparts and white underparts. Barnacle Goose: Medium goose, distinctive white face, jet-black head, neck, and upper breast. In flight shows black-gray upperwings, white underwings with black margins, tips. Legs and feet are gray black. It hovers above water to search for prey such as crayfish and frogs. Wings are dark with two white bars. The head has gray-brown cap and thick black eyestripe broken by a white forehead. Dovekie: Small seabird with black upperparts and hood, white underparts, and stubby, black, sparrow-like bill. Marsh Sandpiper: Slender, medium-sized wader. Eats insects, larvae, carrion. It rotates deep steady wing beats with long glides. Sexes are similar. Legs covered in white down. The red bill is black-tipped, legs are red, and the tail is deeply forked and elongated. Masked Booby: This large seabird has a white body, black trailing edge on the wings, and a pointed black tail. American Three-toed Woodpecker: Medium woodpecker with black-and-white barred upperparts, black head, yellow crown, white eye-line, throat, breast, and belly, and diagonally barred white flanks. Bill, legs, feet are black. Dark, hooked bill. Sexes similar. Pallas's Bunting: Medium bunting, gray-brown upperparts with black streaks. Undertail coverts, cheeks, and area below cap are white. Hermit Warbler: Small warbler, gray upperparts, white underparts, black-streaked flanks. Whatbird parametric search. Soars on thermals. Such pellets can be found on the ground and then used to determine at least part of the birds' diet. Dark wings with white wing bar. This breed is the parent variety of all the other Wyandottes. All-white wing appears as a white wing patch when folded. Hawaiian Petrel: This medium-sized, tube-nosed seabird has a white front and cheeks, black upperparts and white underparts. Bill is black and thick. Breast is white; belly and undertail are white with inconspicuous, fine bars. Long, dark tail has rufous edges on outer feathers. Long black legs trail behind squared tail in flight. Feeds while wading in shallow water, sweeping its bill back and forth. Swift direct low flight with rapid wing beats. The eyes are dark and the bill is yellow with a red spot on the lower mandible. Bill, legs and feet are black. Black-capped Vireo: Small vireo, olive-green upperparts, black hood, white spectacles interrupted with black above the eye, white underparts with olive-yellow flanks. White front, throat, belly, vent. Hairy Woodpecker: Small woodpecker with black-and-white upperparts, white underparts. Tufted Titmouse: The largest titmouse, it has gray upperparts, pale gray underparts, rust-brown flanks. It feeds on fish and small octopi. The underparts are white; upper tail is black with white outer edges. Bluethroat: Small thrush with brown upperparts, striking blue bib with rust-brown central spot, black and brown-orange bands across breast, thick white eyebrow, and white underparts. It was named for the gold color of its underwings and tail. Belly and outer tail feathers are white. Only the female incubates, for 16–21 days. Upperwings are dark edged. Feeds on fish and squid. Tail is long, dark, and wedge-shaped; underwings show broad dark margins. black bill, legs and feet. The black-billed magpie is one of the few North American birds that build a domed nest. Crown, nape, and face are gray; eye-rings appear as large, white spectacles. Flight is direct and powerful with deep, slow wing beats. Common Eider: Large diving duck (v-nigrum), with distinctive sloping forehead, black body, white breast and back. Black bill, legs. Hovers before plunge diving for prey. Legs and feet are gray. Snowy Owl: Large, white owl with variable black bars and spots. Eyestripes are dark. However, being black or, in the case of female Blackbirds dark brown, any light-coloured feathers show up particularly clearly. The bill is dark red. Legs, feet are pink-brown. Feeds on nectar and insects. The sides and breast are pale brown with bold dark streaks. Red-tailed Hawk • Large, conspicuous hawk ... • Strikingly colored black-and-white bird with all-red head • Solid white patch on rump and base of wings • Will fly out to catch insects in air, and will store food • Frequents mature stands of forest, especially with oak Black-brown eye. Direct flight. Tail is notched and dark with white edges. Small black stripe behind the eye. It has a yellow head with black lores separated from a gray back by a distinct line. Rapid erratic flight with fast wing beats followed by arcing glides. The head has a white face and black cap. It has a direct flight with rapid wing beats. Has the largest breeding range of any North American vireo. The diet includes aquatic insects and plants. Iris is red-brown to red. This well-known ground-dwelling bird is black above on the male and brown on the female, including the entire head and upper breast. Swift direct flight on rapidly beating wings. The only North American warbler with pure white underparts in all seasons. North America's smallest goose. Legs and feet are black. Guadalupe Murrelet: Medium-sized Murrelet with black upperparts and white face, throat, underparts, and underwing coverts. Red-footed Booby: This black-tailed white-morph is a small booby with a white head, body and tail. [27], Trost, C.H. Head has a dark gray-brown cap, pale spot on nape, and thick black eye-line; throat is white. Of the raptors found in New England, the hawks, eagles, falcons, osprey and vultures are daytime hunters. When she’s pecking around on the ground, it looks like she has just one or two white tail feathers, but when she flies and fans out her tail, half of her tail has white feathers and the other half is black. White feathers on the upper mandible extend past nostril. Eyes are dark brown, have thick, white eyebrows and faint, dark eye-lines. [5], They also have a call given in the vicinity of their dead, causing a gathering often referred to as a funeral. Name changed in 2012 by the American Ornithologist Union. Lincoln's Sparrow: Medium sparrow, dark-streaked pale brown upperparts, white underparts with dark streaks. Wings are gray-brown with two pale bars and rufous shoulder patches. Swift, direct flight. Unlike other members of the Corvidae family, the black-billed magpie is strongly dimorphic. Short, rounded wings and tail are barred. Red-cockaded Woodpecker: Medium woodpecker, black-and-white barred back, black cap, nape, white face, throat, breast, black-spotted sides, flanks, belly. Sexes similar. Tail is dark with white corners. Where persecuted it becomes very wary, but otherwise it is fairly tolerant of human presence. In case something is wrong or missing kindly let us … Blackpoll Warbler: Medium-sized warbler with black-streaked, gray upperparts, white underparts, and black-streaked white sides. This product and/or its method of use is covered by one or more of the following patent(s): US patent number 7,363,309 and foreign equivalents. Black-billed magpies breed for the first time at one or two years of age. Outer primaries form an M shape across lower back. The tail is deeply forked and white with dark edged outer feathers. Nests are built by both sexes over 40–50 days, starting in February (though later in northern parts of the range). It has a slow flight with deep wing beats and soars on updrafts. Sexes similar, juvenile dark morph has black-brown blotches, no white on throat. Fast flight on shallow wing beats. White belly and sides. Alternates between strong, slow wing beats and short glides. Females weigh between 141–179 grams (5.0–6.3 oz), have wingspans of 175–210 millimeters (6.9–8.3 in), and tail lengths of 232–300 millimeters (9.1–11.8 in). Medium tail, black-gray tip. The diet includes tiny fish and squid. Wings are black with white spots; rump is black; tail is black with white outer feathers. [26] Provincial laws also apply, but in Alberta, magpies may be hunted and trapped without a license. White upertail with white-edged black tip. Saltmarsh Sparrow: Small sparrow, pale-streaked gray back, white throat, heavily streaked buff breast and sides, white belly. Soars on thermals and updrafts. Red-brown facial disk, very long white ear tufts. They often follow large predators, such as wolves, to scavenge or steal from their kills. Sabine's Gull: Small gull with gray back and white nape, rump, and underparts. Sexes similar. Swift flight on rapid wing beats. The bill and legs are yellow, and it has a red eyering. The legs are red-orange. Wings are dark-tipped and have dark leading edge on fore wing. In the United States, black-billed magpies are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, but "[a] Federal permit shall not be required to control ... [magpies] when found committing or about to commit depredations upon ornamental or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock, or wildlife, or when concentrated in such numbers and manner as to constitute a health hazard or other nuisance". Wings are gray-brown with rufous primaries. Alternates rapid wing beats with brief periods of wings pulled to sides. Arctic Tern: This is a medium-sized, slim tern with gray upperparts, black cap, a white rump and throat, and pale gray underparts. Medium, red-pink bill with black tip. Back, wings, and rump display a dramatic black-and-white pattern in flight. Unlike most Buteo hawks, the wing feathers of a perched adult extend noticeably beyond the tail. Black bill has creamy pink base on lower mandible. Red bill is black-tipped. Wings have white stripes visible in flight. https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife/how-identify/identify-birds-prey Black leading edge of outer wing is conspicuous in flight. Bill is yellow with a red spot near tip; eyes are yellow-gray with red orbital rings; legs and feet are yellow-green. Soars on thermals and updrafts. Hooded Merganser: This small merganser has black upperparts, white underparts with two black bars on side of breast, and red-brown flanks. Rides thermals and updrafts, sometimes hovers. Long, red and black legs, black feet. The legs and feet are pink. Yellow-billed Cardinal: Native to South America, this bird has a bright red head, black upperparts, an incomplete white collar that nearly meets at back of neck, white underparts, black chin and throat, a yellow bill, and brown-pink legs and feet. Yellow eye combs and long black filoplumes on neck show when courting. The male has a red crown, white forehead and glossy black face and body. The light morph has white underparts. The blue-gray bill is long and stout. We noticed this bird a few weeks ago. Gray legs, feet. Brown upperparts, pale-brown and black wings with white stripe. Direct flight with strong deep wing beats. AKA Common Guillemot. Swift, purposeful flight, alternates fluttering wing beats with glides. Diet includes pasture grasses and grains. The only puffin nesting on the Atlantic Coast. White underparts with black speckles on breast and flanks. It has black flight feathers and bright red legs and feet. Upper wings are dark gray with white spots near tips, white trailing edges. It feeds on squid and fish. Head has a conspicuous white cheek mark and yellow crown. Fairly long, broad wings. Feeds primarily on seeds. Black cap has shaggy crest; orange or red-orange bill is long, slightly decurved. Violet-crowned Hummingbird: Medium-sized hummingbird with iridescent bronze-green upperparts and white underparts. Striped Owl: Medium sized, slender owl, mottled brown and buff upperparts, white and buff underparts with black streaks. Brown coloured birds are found in most families of bird species, including sparrows, thrashers, creepers, and even the females of the different members of the bunting family. Parakeet Auklet: Small seabird with black head and upperparts, white underparts, and distinct yellow-white plumes behind eyes. [12] During the night they may also regurgitate, in the form of pellets, the undigested parts of what they ate during the day. It feeds on worms, mice, other birds and their eggs, and garbage. Its white underparts, gleaming white tail, and black shoulder patches are its other marks of distinction. Tail is black with white outer tail feathers. Wings are black-tipped above and black-edged below; tail is deeply forked. Steller's Eider: Small eider with black back and collar, white sides, buff-brown underparts with small but distinct black spot on side.