3/19/2024 0 Comments Yellow parrots paradise island 2![]() ![]() Sandgrouse have small, pigeon like heads and necks, but sturdy compact bodies. Order: Pterocliformes Family: Pteroclidae Black-chinned fruit-dove, Ptilinopus leclancheri (A).Whistling green-pigeon, Treron formosae. ![]() White-bellied green-pigeon, Treron sieboldii.Red collared-dove, Streptopelia tranquebarica (A).Eurasian collared-dove, Streptopelia decaocta.Oriental turtle-dove, Streptopelia orientalis.Bonin pigeon, Columba versicolor (E) (extinct).Ryūkyū pigeon, Columba jouyi (E) (extinct).Pigeons and doves are stout-bodied birds with short necks and short slender bills with a fleshy cere. Great crested grebe, Podiceps cristatus.However, they have their feet placed far back on the body, making them quite ungainly on land. They have lobed toes and are excellent swimmers and divers. Grebes are small to medium-large freshwater diving birds. Order: Podicipediformes Family: Podicipedidae Taiwan bamboo-partridge, Bambusicola sonorivox (I).Chinese bamboo-partridge, Bambusicola thoracicus (I).Green pheasant, Phasianus versicolor (E).Copper pheasant, Phasianus soemmerringi (E).Many species are gamebirds or have been domesticated as a food source for humans. These are terrestrial species, variable in size but generally plump with broad relatively short wings. Phasianidae consists of the pheasants and their allies. Scaly-sided merganser, Mergus squamatus (A).Red-breasted merganser, Mergus serrator.Hooded merganser, Lophodytes cucullatus (A).Stejneger's scoter, Melanitta stejnegeri.White-winged scoter, Melanitta deglandi (A).Surf scoter, Melanitta perspicillata (A).Harlequin duck, Histrionicus histrionicus.Eastern spot-billed duck, Anas zonorhyncha.Cotton pygmy-goose, Nettapus coromandelianus (A).Red-breasted goose, Branta ruficollis (A).Lesser white-fronted goose, Anser erythropus (A).Greater white-fronted goose, Anser albifrons.Lesser whistling duck, Dendrocygna javanica. ![]()
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