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Birds described in 1789

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Cape Teal
species of bird
Wood Thrush
species of bird
Reddish Egret
species of bird
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
species of bird
Speckled Mousebird
species of bird
Thick-billed Green Pigeon
species of bird
green ibis
species of bird
Greater Hoopoe-Lark
species of bird
Thalassarche chlororhynchos
species of bird
Wattled Crane
species of crane found in Africa
Common Bulbul
species of bird
Paradise Shelduck
species of bird
Least Bittern
species of bird
Large-billed Tern
species of bird
Red-faced Cormorant
species of bird
New Zealand scaup
species of bird
American Woodcock
species of bird
Common Potoo
species of bird
Neotropic cormorant
species of bird
Ancient Murrelet
species of bird
Bristle-thighed Curlew
species of bird
Amadina fasciata
species of bird
New Zealand Plover
species of bird
South African Shelduck
species of bird
Short-billed Dowitcher
species of bird
Zonotrichia albicollis
species of bird
Motacilla maderaspatensis
species of bird
Snowy Sheathbill
species of bird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
species of bird
Light-vented Bulbul
species of bird
Namaqua Sandgrouse
species of bird
Jambu Fruit Dove
species of bird
Whiskered Auklet
species of bird
Indian Courser
species of bird
Javan leafbird
species of bird
Antarctic Prion
species of bird
White-fronted Tern
species of bird
Shore Plover
species of bird
Anthus novaeseelandiae
species of bird
Erythrura psittacea
species of bird
Marbled Murrelet
species of bird
Mauritius Fody
species of bird in the weaver family (Ploceidae)
Surfbird
The surfbird (Calidris virgata) is a small stocky wader in the family Scolopacidae. It was once considered to be allied to the turnstones, and placed in the monotypic genus Aphriza, but is now placed in the genus Calidris.
Dickcissel
The dickcissel (Spiza americana) is a small seed-eating migratory bird in the family Cardinalidae. It breeds on the prairie grasslands of the Midwestern United States and winters in Central America, northern Colombia, and northern Venezuela. It is the only member of the genus Spiza, though some sources list another supposedly extinct species.
Variegated Tinamou
species of bird
Piranga olivacea
species of bird
Tahiti Swallow
species of bird
Shiny Cowbird
species of bird
Willet
The willet (Tringa semipalmata) is a large shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It is a relatively large and robust sandpiper and is the largest of the species called "shanks" in the genus Tringa. Its closest relative is the lesser yellowlegs, a much smaller bird with a very different appearance apart from the fine, clear, and dense pattern of the neck, which both species show in breeding plumage. It breeds in North America and the West Indies and winters in southern North America, Central America, the West Indies and South America.
Straw-headed Bulbul
species of bird
Euodice cantans
species of bird
Cinereous Tinamou
species of bird
African Rail
species of bird
Wandering Tattler
species of bird
bushwren
The bushwren (Xenicus longipes), also known as the in the Māori language, is an extinct species of diminutive and nearly flightless bird that was endemic to New Zealand. It had three subspecies on each of the major islands of New Zealand, the North Island, South Island, and Stewart Island / Rakiura and nearby smaller islands. The species disappeared gradually after the introduction of invasive mammalian predators, last being seen on the North Island in 1955 and the South Island in 1968. Attempts were made to save the remaining population on small islands off Stewart Island, but they ultimately
Black bulbul
species of bird
Australian Pied Cormorant
species of bird
Sri Lanka Green Pigeon
species of bird
Northern Red Bishop
species of bird
Common Diving Petrel
species of bird