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American Bittern - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები American Bittern
Overview
American Bittern: Medium, secretive, heron-like wading bird with stout body and neck, and relatively short legs. Upperparts are streaked brown and buff and underparts are white with brown streaks. Throat is white with black slashes on sides of neck. Strong direct flight with deep rapid wing beats.
American Flamingo - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები American Flamingo
Overview
American Flamingo: Tall, unique wading bird, entirely pink except for black-tipped bill that is bent at a curious angle. Feeds on algal material, bacteria diatoms, plankton, small fish and brine fly larvae. Direct flight with rapid wing beats. Flies in straight line formation. Formerly known as Greater Flamingo.
Black-crowned Night-Heron - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Black-crowned Night-Heron
Overview
Black-crowned Night-Heron: Medium-sized, stocky heron with short neck and legs, black upperparts, gray wings, and white to pale gray underparts. Stout black bill, red eyes, and yellow legs. Feeds on small invertebrates, crustaceans, vertebrates, mammals, eggs and young of other birds, and plants.
Cattle Egret - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Cattle Egret
Overview
Cattle Egret: Medium, stocky egret with white body and pale orange-brown patches on head, neck and back. Eyes, bill and legs are orange. This is the only white egret with both a yellow bill and yellow legs. Feeds primarily on insects disturbed by livestock. Direct flight on quick steady wing beats.
Chinese Egret - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Chinese Egret
Overview
Chinese Egret: Population is seriously declining due to competition for living space with humans and other egrets. White overall with shaggy crest, blue-green lores, orange-yellow bill, and black legs with yellow feet. Has been seen feeding on mudflats and tidal flats with other egrets and herons.
Common Crane - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Common Crane
Overview
Common Crane: Large wading bird, gray overall with a black face, chin, throat and neck; shows a patch of bare red skin on crown. Broad white stripe extends from behind eye down back of neck. Black flight feathers and short tail are visible in flight. Bill is dull yellow and legs and feet are black.
Glossy Ibis - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Glossy Ibis
Overview
Glossy Ibis: Medium wading bird, iridescent bronze and red-brown overall with thin band of white feathers around bare dark blue face and long, down curved, gray bill. Eyes are dark, legs are yellow-gray. Alternates several shallow rapid wing beats and short glides. Flies in straight line formation.
Great Blue Heron - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Great Blue Heron
Overview
Great Blue Heron: Large, elegant heron with blue-gray back, black sides, and gray-and-white striped belly. Long neck is gray with black-bordered white throat stripe. Head has white face, cap, and black crest. Upper mandible is dark, while lower mandible is yellow. Direct flight on steady wing beats.
Great Egret - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Great Egret
Overview
Great Egret: Large, white heron with yellow eyes. Bill is yellow, may appear orange when breeding. Black legs and feet. Long feather plumes extend from the back to beyond the tail during breeding season. Feeds on fish, frogs, insects, snakes and crayfish. Bouyant direct flight on steady wing beats.
Green Heron - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Green Heron
Overview
Green Heron: Small heron with gray-green upperparts. Head, neck, upper breast are chestnut-brown, belly is paler brown. Head has green-black cap with small crest. Throat is white and neck has white central stripe. Bill is two-toned with dark upper mandible and yellow lower mandible. Direct flight.
Jabiru - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Jabiru
Overview
Jabiru: Huge stork, one of the largest flying birds. Plumage is entirely white, head and neck are black and featherless with a red throat pouch. Black bill is large, slightly upturned. Black legs and feet. Alternates between strong, slow wing beats and short glides. Soars on thermals and updrafts.
Least Bittern - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Least Bittern
Overview
Least Bittern: Very small, secretive heron with black cap and back, and white throat and belly. Wings have conspicuous pale brown patches visible in flight. The bill, legs and feet are yellow. Feeds on fish, insects, small amphibians, crustaceans and invertebrates.
Limpkin - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Limpkin
Overview
Limpkin: Large, unique marsh bird, dark brown body, white streaks on neck, back, wings, breast. Bill is slightly decurved. Neck and legs are long. Vaguely resembles an ibis. Feeds on freshwater snails, mussels, frogs, crustaceans and insects. Direct flight with quick upstrokes and slow downstrokes.
Little Blue Heron - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Little Blue Heron
Overview
Little Blue Heron: Medium heron with slate-gray body and purple-blue head and neck. Eyes are yellow and bill is dark gray with black tip. Legs and feet are dark. The only dark heron species in North America in which the juvenile is white. Feeds on small crustaceans, vertebrates, and large insects.
Little Egret - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Little Egret
Overview
Little Egret: Medium-sized, all white egret with plumes on head, breast, and back. Legs are black with yellow feet. Black bill, and yellow lores. Nonbreeding adult lacks head and back plumes, has gray lores, and shows yellow on lower legs. Difficult to distinguish from Snowy Egret. Flight is direct.
Reddish Egret - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Reddish Egret
Overview
Reddish Egret: Medium egret with blue-gray body and shaggy, pale rufous head and neck. Bill is pink with dark tip. Legs are blue-gray. White morph has all-white plumage, black-tipped pink bill, and blue-gray legs. Feeds on fish, frogs and crustaceans. Direct flight with bouyant steady wing beats.
Roseate Spoonbill - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Roseate Spoonbill
Overview
Roseate Spoonbill: Large ibis, pink body, white upper back, neck. Long bill, gray and spatulate. Head is bare and olive-green. Feeds while wading in shallow water, sweeping its bill back and forth. Sensitive nerve endings snap bill shut when prey is found. Alternates steady wing beats, short glides.
Sandhill Crane - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Sandhill Crane
Overview
Sandhill Crane: Large wading bird with gray body, white cheeks, chin, upper throat, and bright red cap. Bill is dark and eyes are yellow. Legs and feet are black. Direct, steady flight on heavy and labored wing beats. Slow downstroke, rapid and jerky upstroke. Flies in V or straight line formation.
Scarlet Ibis - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Scarlet Ibis
Overview
Scarlet Ibis: This nervous and wary South American species was introduced in Florida and is unmistakable with its bright scarlet plumage, pink skin on face, pink bill and red legs. Black primaries are seen only in flight. Often breeds with the White Ibis producing various shades of pink offspring.
Snowy Egret - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Snowy Egret
Overview
Snowy Egret: Medium-sized, totally white egret with a long slender black bill with yellow lores. The eyes are yellow and legs are black while feet are bright yellow. The head, neck and back have long, lacy plumes during breeding season. Generally silent and feeds on crustaceans, insects, and fish.
Tricolored Heron - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Tricolored Heron
Overview
Tricolored Heron: Medium heron, blue-gray upperparts, head, neck, wings, paler rump, white stripe on foreneck, white belly. Also has white plumes on back of head and rust-brown plumes on lower neck, back during the breeding season. Bill and legs are olive-brown. Direct flight on steady wing beats.
Western Reef-Heron - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Western Reef-Heron
Overview
Western Reef-Heron: This Old World species is exclusively coastal. There is a dark (shown here) and light morph. Dark morph is slate gray overall with white chin and throat. Legs are black with yellow feet. The light morph is white overall with two long narrow plumes on the back of the crown.
White Ibis - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები White Ibis
Overview
White Ibis: This coastal species is white overall with pink facial skin, bill, and legs that turn scarlet during breeding season. Black tips on the primary feathers are only seen in flight. Flies in straight line formation with neck and legs outstretched, roosts high in trees and bushes at night.
White-faced Ibis - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები White-faced Ibis
Overview
White-faced Ibis: Medium wading bird, iridescent bronze-brown overall, thin band of white feathers around bare red face, long, down curved bill. Red eyes, legs, feet. Feeds on invertebrates, frogs, fish. Alternates several shallow rapid wing beats and short glides. Flies in straight line formation.
Whooping Crane - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Whooping Crane
Overview
Whooping Crane: Large crane, nearly white except for red crown, black mask, and black primary feathers most visible in flight. Feeds on frogs, fish, mollusks, small mammals and crustaceans, grain and roots of water plants. Direct flight, slow downward wing beat and a powerful flick on the upbeat.
Wood Stork - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Wood Stork
Overview
Wood Stork: Large, odd wading bird, mostly white except for black flight feathers and tail. Upper neck and head are featherless and dark gray. The bill is thick, long, and curved downward. Legs and feet are gray black. Alternates between strong wing beats and gliding. Soars on thermals and updrafts.
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron - Bird Species | Frinvelis jishebi | ფრინველის ჯიშები Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Overview
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron: Medium-sized, stocky heron with gray body and brown-and-white mottled wings. Face is black and white; crown is pale yellow and sweeps back as a plume. Eyes are large and red. Bill is heavy and black. Legs and feet are yellow. Direct flight with steady, deep wing beats.

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