Birds beginning with F

Fairy Flycatcher - It is an endemic resident breeder in southern Africa in Botswana, South Africa, Lesotho and Namibia, and a vagrant to Zimbabwe and Swaziland.

Fairy Martin - This is a bird of open country near water, and is usually seen near its nest sites in cliffs, culverts or bridges.

Fairy Prion - The Fairy Prion is a member of the Pachyptila genus, and along with the Blue Petrel makes up the Prions. They in turn are members of the Procellariidae family, and the Procellariiformes order. The prions are small and typically eat just zooplankton;

Fairy Tern - The Fairy Tern is a small tern which occurs in the southwestern Pacific.

Falcated Duck - The closest relative of this species is the Gadwall, followed by the wigeons.

Falco buboisi - Known from subfossil bones and the writings of Dubois published in 1674, this bird was larger than its relative F. punctatus on Mauritius, being about the size of a Common Kestrel, or around 35 cm from head to tail, with males being noticeably smaller than females. This trait, while present in most birds of prey, is most pronounced in the larger, bird-eating species and reduces between-sex competition by niche differentiation. It can be assumed that the bird was of the same generally brownish coloration as its closest relatives, with a lighter underside and darker spots or stipples, the tail, brown or more probably grey, being banded and tipped black. Its feet were yellow and large relative to the bird's overall size. The wingspan was 60-70 cm, its wings being more rounded than those of the Common Kestrel - just as in the Mauritius bird - for increased maneuvrability when hunting in the forest. It is probable, but not certain, that the only difference between the sexes was their size. The bird fed m

Falkland Steamerduck - The Falkland Steamer Duck's wings are very short , and it is incapable of flight. The plumage of the Falkland Steamer Duck is mostly dark grey, but with a white stripe behind the eye. It is very difficult to distinguish from the Flying Steamer Duck in the field since they occupy the same habitat and, although the Flying Steamer Duck can fly, it rarely does.

Familiar Chat - The Familiar Chat is a dumpy short-tailed bird 14-15 cm long. The adult’s upperparts are dark brown, and the face sides behind the eye are orange. The underparts vary from off-white to pale grey-brown, and the rump and outer tail feathers are orange. The central tail feathers are dark brown. The short straight bill and the legs and feet are black. The sexes are similar, but the juvenile is dark brown above and buff below, heavily marked with buff on the upperparts, and scaly on the breast.

Fan-tailed Berrypecker - The female is darker-colored and bigger than the male, an unusual feature for a passerine .

Fan-tailed Cuckoo - Its natural habitats are temperate forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, paddocks, orchards and gardens. The Australian range is from Cape York in Queensland following the coast south to Shark Bay in Western Australia. Along the west coast, its range extends no more than 1000km inland. In South Australia the range is along the coast except in the south-east corner around Mount Gambier and the Eyre Peninsula. It also inhabits Tasmania.

Fan-tailed Gerygone - The Fan-tailed Gerygone is a species of bird in the Acanthizidae family. It is found in New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.

Fan-tailed Raven - The Fan-tailed Raven is completely black including bill, legs and feet and the plumage has a purplish-blue gloss in good light. Worn plumage is slightly coppery-brown. The base of the feathers on the upper neck are white and only seen if the bird is inspected or a strong gust blows them the wrong way. The throat hackles are shorter than in most other ravens.

Fan-tailed Warbler - The Fan-tailed Warbler is sometimes placed in the genus Basileuterus, since its nest, eggs, voice, and juvenile plumage are similar. However, no Basileuterus warbler has a tail or a tawny breast like the Fan-tailed's, so it is generally kept in the monotypic genus Euthlypis.

Fanovana Newtonia - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Fanti saw-wing - Fanti Saw-wing breeds in the lowlands of southern west Africa from Senegal to Cameroon. It is mainly resident, apart from seasonal movements.

Fasciated Antshrike - The Fasciated Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Fasciated Tiger Heron - The Fasciated Tiger Heron is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is rivers.

Fasciated Wren - The Fasciated Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

Fawn-breasted Bowerbird - The Fawn-breasted Bowerbird is distributed in New Guinea and northern Australia, where it inhabits the tropical forests, mangroves, savanna woodlands and forest edges. Its diet consists mainly of figs, fruits and insects. The nest is a loose cup made of small sticks up in a tree. The bower itself is that of "avenue-type" with two sides of wall of sticks and usually decorated with green-colored berries.

Fawn-breasted Brilliant - The Fawn-breasted Brilliant, Heliodoxa rubinoides, is a species of hummingbird. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Fawn-breasted Tanager - It has a blue head and yellow breast.

Fawn-breasted Thrush - The Fawn-breasted Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is endemic to the Tanimbar Islands in Indonesia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Fawn-breasted Waxbill - The Fawn-breasted Waxbill is commonly found in subtropical/ tropical wet grassland habitsts in Angola, Burundi, Central African Republic, the Republic of Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gabon, Kenya, Rwanda, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda & Zambia. However, it also inhabits dry forest and dry shrubland habitats. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Fawn-breasted Whistler - The Fawn-breasted Whistler is a species of bird in the Pachycephalidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Fawn-coloured Lark - The range of Mirafra africanoides is broadly spread, with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 2,400,000 square km. Countries it can be found in are Angola, Botswana, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Fearful Owl - It has a rufous facial disk and distinct white eyebrows. The inner edge of the facial disk is also white. It is usually mottled brown with deep ochre underparts and blackish streaks. This species may be confused with the Solomon Hawk Owl, although the latter is slightly smaller and more slender. It is also similar in appearance to the Laughing Owl, which is now extinct.

Femoral falcon - The Aplomado Falcon, Falco femoralis, is a medium-sized falcon of the Americas. The species' largest contiguous range is in South America, but not in the deep interior Amazon Basin. It was long known as Falco fusco-coerulescens or Falco fuscocaerulescens, but these names are now believed to refer to the Bat Falcon . Its resemblance in shape to the hobbies accounts for its old name Orange-chested Hobby. Aplomado is an unusual Spanish word for "lead-colored", referring to the blue-grey areas of the plumage – an approximate English translation would be "leaden falcon". Spanish names for the species include halcón aplomado and halcón fajado ; in Brazil it is known as falcão-de-coleira.

Fernandina's Flicker - Fernandina's Flicker is a species of bird in the woodpecker family. Endemic to Cuba, its small population of 600–800 birds makes it one of the most endangered species of woodpecker in the world; only the possibly-extinct Ivory-billed Woodpecker is known to have a smaller population. The Fernandina's Flicker is threatened by habitat loss.

Fernando Po Oliveback - It is found at Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea & Nigeria. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Fernando Po Puff-back Flycatcher - The Fernando Po Batis is a species of bird in the Platysteiridae family. It is endemic to Equatorial Guinea.

Fernando Po Speirops - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Fernwren - It is endemic to Australia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Ferruginous Antbird - The Ferruginous Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Ferruginous Duck - Their breeding habitat is marshes and lakes with a metre or more water depth. These ducks breed in southern and eastern Europe and southern and western Asia. They are somewhat migratory, and winter farther south and into north Africa.

Ferruginous Flycatcher - It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, India, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Ferruginous hawk - This species is a large, long-winged hawk of the open, arid grasslands, prairie and shrub steppe country; it is endemic to the interior parts of North America. It is used as a falconry bird in its native range.

Ferruginous Partridge - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Ferruginous Pygmy Owl - This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, the family that contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae.

Ferruginous-backed Antbird - The Ferruginous-backed Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Festive Amazon - The subspecies bodini has more red to the forecrown and more blue to the face than the nominate. In flight, both subspecies show deep blue outer wings and a red rump, but the latter is reduced in juveniles.

Festive Coquette - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Ficedula disposita - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Field Sparrow - Adults have brown upperparts, a light brown breast, a white belly, wing bars and a forked tail. They have a grey face, a rusty crown, a white eye ring and a pink bill.

Fieldfare - It breeds in woodland and scrub in northern Europe and Asia. It is strongly migratory, with many northern birds moving south during the winter. It is a very rare breeder in Great Britain and Ireland, but winters in large numbers in these countries.

Fiery-billed Aracari - Like other toucans, the Fiery-billed Aracari is brightly marked and has a large bill. The adult is typically 43 cm long and weighs 250 g.

Fiery-breasted Bushshrike - The Fiery-breasted Bushshrike is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Fiery-browed Myna - The Fiery-browed Myna is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Enodes. It is endemic to humid highland forest on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.

Fiery-capped Manakin - It is found in the southern Amazon Basin of Brazil, southeast Peru, and northern Bolivia; also Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Fiery-shouldered Parakeet - It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Fiery-tailed Awlbill - It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Fiery-throated Hummingbird - This is a common to abundant bird of montane forest canopy above 1400 m, and also occurs in scrub at the woodland edges and clearings.

Fiji Bush-Warbler - The Fiji Bush-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family. It is endemic to the islands of Fiji. There are four subspecies occurring on all the main islands of the group. The species has been afforded its own genus, Vitia, in the past, but similarities of egg colour, song and morphology place it firmly within the Cettia bush-warblers.

Fiji Goshawk - The Fiji Goshawk ranges in size from 30-40 cm, making it medium sized for its genus. It exhibits sexual dimorphism, with the females being larger than the males.

Fiji Parrotfinch - It is found in subtropical/ tropical lowland moist forest and dry grassland habitats. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Fiji Petrel - The Fiji Petrel , also known as MacGillivray's Petrel, is a small, dark gadfly petrel.

Fiji shrikebill - The Fiji Shrikebill is a songbird species in the family Monarchidae. The Manu'a Shrikebill, subspecies powelli may have gone extinct in the 1990 due to habitat destruction.

Fiji Woodswallow - The Fiji Woodswallow is a species of woodswallow in the family Artamidae. It is endemic to most of the islands of Fiji, although it is absent from Kadavu and the Lau Archipelago.

Finch-billed Myna - The Grosbeak Starling , also known as the Grosbeak Myna, Finch-billed Myna, or Scissor-billed Starling, is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Scissirostrum. It is endemic to Sulawesi, Indonesia.

Fine-barred Piculet - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Fine-spotted Woodpecker - It is a species associated with open forest and bush. It nests in a tree hole, often in an Oil Palm, laying two or three white eggs.

Finn's Weaver - The species was named by Hume based on a specimen obtained at Kaladhungi near Nainital. The species was rediscovered in the Terai near Calcutta by Frank Finn and the species was given the common name of Finn's Baya by Eugene William Oates around 1889-90.

Finsch's Euphonia - The Finsch's Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Finsch's Imperial-Pigeon - Formerly classified as a Species of Least Concern by the IUCN.

Finsch's Wheatear - This 15-16 cm long bird breeds in semi-desert and stony hillsides from Turkey east to Afghanistan and western Pakistan. It is a short-distance migrant, wintering in Egypt and the Greater Middle East. It wanders to Cyprus with some frequency. The nest is built in a rock crevice, and 4-5 eggs is the normal clutch.

Finsch’s Francolin - The Finsch's Francolin is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in Angola, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Gabon.

Fiordland Crested Penguin - Also known as the Fiordland Crested Penguin, the Fiordland Penguin was described in 1845 by English zoologist George Robert Gray, its specific epithet derived from the Ancient Greek pachy-/παχυ- 'thick' and rhynchos/ρυνχος 'beak'.

Fire-breasted Flowerpecker - The Fire-breasted Flowerpecker is a species of bird in the Dicaeidae family found in South and Southeast Asia. Like other flowerpeckers, this tiny bird feeds on fruits and plays an important role in the dispersal of fruiting plants. Unlike many other species in the genus, this species has marked sexual dimorphism with the male having contrasting upper and lower parts with a distinctive bright orange breast patch. The female is dull coloured.

Fire-capped Tit - It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Thailand. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

Fire-eyed Diucon - The Fire-eyed Diucon is a passerine bird of South America belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It is usually placed with the monjitas in the genus Xolmis but was sometimes placed in its own genus Pyrope in the past.

Fire-fronted Bishop - The Fire-fronted Bishop is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Kenya, Somalia, and Tanzania.

Fire-tailed Myzornis - It is found in Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, and Nepal. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Fire-tailed Sunbird - It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Fire-throated Metaltail - The Fire-Throated Metaltail is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found only in Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Fire-tufted Barbet - It is found in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Firethroat - The Firethroat is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, and Myanmar. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Firewood-gatherer - It is found in Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, pastureland, and heavily degraded former forest.

Fiscal Flycatcher - This species is found in subtropical open woodland, dry savanna, shrubland and suburban gardens.

Fiscal Shrike - This is a fairly distinctive 21–-23 cm long passerine with white underparts and black upperparts extending from the top of the head down to the tail. The bird has a characteristic white 'V' on the back and a relatively long black tail with white outer feathers and white tips on the other feathers. The bill, eyes and legs are black. Adult male and female Common Fiscals are quite similar except for the rufous lower flank of the female. A western race is distinct in showing a clear white eyebrow.

Fischer - The Fischer's Lovebird has a green back, chest, and wings. Their necks are a golden yellow and as it progresses upward it becomes darker orange. The top of the head is olive green, and the beak is bright red. The upper surface of the tail has some purple or blue feathers. It has a white circle of bare skin around its eyes. Young birds are very similar to the adults, except for the fact that they are duller and the base of their mandible has brown markings. They are one of the smaller lovebirds, about 14 cm in length and 43-58 g weight.

Fischer's Fruit Dove - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Fischer's Greenbul - The Fischer's Greenbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Fischer's Starling - The English and scientific names commemorate the German explorer Gustav Fischer.

Fish crow - The Fish Crow was first described by Alexander Wilson in 1812. The latest genetic testing now seems to indicate that this species is close to both the Sinaloan Crow, and the Tamaulipas Crow, and not as close to the American Crow, as outward signs would suggest.

Fish duck - The Red-breasted Merganser is a diving duck.

Five-colored Munia - BirdLife Species Factsheet

Five-coloured Barbet - The Five-coloured Barbet is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family. It is endemic to humid forest in the Chocó of north-western Ecuador and south-western Colombia. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Five-striped sparrow - The Five-striped Sparrow, Aimophila quinquestriata, is a medium-sized sparrow.

Flame Bowerbird - The Flame Bowerbird is distributed and endemic to rainforests of New Guinea. This species is the first bowerbird described by naturalists. Because of the male's beautifully colored plumage, it was previously thought to be a bird of paradise. Indeed, the male Flame Bowerbird also has a courtship display along with his bower. He twists his tails and his wings to the side, and then shakes his head quickly.

Flame Robin - The position of the Flame Robin and its Australian relatives on the passerine family tree is unclear; the Petroicidae are not closely related to either the European or American Robins but appear to be an early offshoot of the Passerida group of songbirds. The Flame Robin is a predominantly insectivorous, pouncing on prey from a perch in a tree, or foraging on the ground.

Flame-breasted Fruit-Dove - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Flame-coloured Tanager - A tropical passerine bird, the Flame-colored Tanager is found in the mountains of Mexico, and throughout Central America to northern Panama; it is occasionally seen in the United States in the mountains in the southeast corner of Arizona, the southwest of New Mexico and Sonora , and also the southwest corner of Texas.

Flame-crested Manakin - The Flame-crested Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.

Flame-crowned Flowerpecker - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.

Flame-fronted Barbet - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Flame-rumped Tanager - The most widespread subspecies, icteronotus, is found in the Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena in Panama, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, and is sometimes considered a separate species, the Lemon-rumped Tanager . However, it is known to hybridize with the nominate subspecies from the Cauca Valley in Colombia.

Flame-throated Warbler - This species is a resident breeder with a range restricted to the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama, where it occurs in the canopy, woodland edges, and clearings with trees typically from 2100 m up to the timberline. On the Caribbean slope in the wet season it may occur down to as low as 1400 m.

Flaming Sunbird - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Flammulated Flycatcher - The species was first described in 1875 by ornithologist George Newbold Lawrence, who placed this species in the genus Myiarchus. However, in 1893 it was split from Myiarchus into the new, monotypic genus Deltarhynchus by Robert Ridgway because of its shorter and broader bill, more rounded wings, and partially streaked underparts.

Flammulated owl - The call is a series of relatively deep single or double hoots.

Flammulated Pygmy Tyrant - This tyrant is a small brown bird, with darker brown wings and a short tail; it has a whitish breast, black legs and eyes, and a short, sharp-pointed bill, for hawking insects in flight.

Flammulated Treehunter - The Flammulated Treehunter is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Flappet Lark - Mirafra rufocinnamomea has a large range covering much of the African continent with an estimated global Extent of Occurrence of 10,000,000 square km. They are endemic to the following countries:

Flat-billed Vireo - The Flat-billed Vireo is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family. It is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

Flavescent Bulbul - The Flavescent Bulbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. Its name comes from flavescent, a yellowish colour. It is found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Flightless Cormorant - With only 1500 estimated individuals, it is one of the world's rarest birds and is the subject of an active conservation program.

Flightless Steamerduck - This species is locally infamous for the aggressive disposition of adult males. Incidents have allegedly occurred where a raging male was placed by a misguided collector among adults of various other waterfowl species and killed all the other birds with their powerful, spurred wings.

Flightless Teal - The Auckland Islands Teal is smaller and raker than the Brown Teal of the main islands of New Zealand, a species with which it was once considered conspecific. The plumage is all over brown with a hint of green on the neck and a conspicuous white eyering. The female is slightly darker than the male. The wings are very small and the species has, like the related Campbell Island Teal, lost the power of flight.

Flock Bronzewing - The Flock Bronzewing , also known as the Flock Pigeon, is a species of pigeon in the Columbidae family. It is endemic to the drier parts of Australia.

Floreana mockingbird - It is endemic to Floreana, one of the Galápagos Islands of Ecuador; at present it only occurs on offshore islets however. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Flores Crow - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Flores Green Pigeon - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and dry savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Flores Minivet - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Florida chickadee - The Carolina Chickadee, Poecile carolinensis, is a small passerine bird in the tit family Paridae. Often, it is still placed in the genus Parus with most other tits, but mtDNA cytochrome b sequence data and morphology suggest that separating Poecile more adequately expresses these birds' relationships . The American Ornithologists' Union has been treating Poecile as distinct genus for some time already.

Florida Scrub-Jay - It is 28 cm long, and weighs 75–85 g . It has a strong black bill, blue head and nape without a crest, a whitish forehead and supercilium, blue bib, blue wings, grayish underparts, gray back, long blue tail, black legs and feet.

Flutist Wren - As is the case with all members of the genus Microcerculus, it is highly vocal, but otherwise furtive and difficult to see.

Fluttering Shearwater - The Fluttering Shearwater is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family. It is found in New Zealand and Solomon Islands. Its natural habitats are open seas and rocky shores.

Fly River Grassbird - The Fly River Grassbird is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes and freshwater marshes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Flycatcher - Adults have olive-brown upperparts, browner on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars, a small bill and a short tail. The breast is washed with olive-grey. The upper part of the bill is grey; the lower part is orangish. At one time, this bird was included with the very similar Willow Flycatcher in a single species, "Traill's Flycatcher".

Flying Steamer Duck - The Flying Steamer Duck, Tachyeres patachonicus, is a steamer duck. It is the most widespread steamer duck, resident in southern Chile and Argentina, Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands. Its plumage is very similar to the other three steamer ducks. It is the only steamer duck which can fly, and the only one to occur on inland fresh waters.

Foothill elaenia - The Foothill Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Forbes's Blackbird - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.

Forbes's Forest-Rail - The Forbes's Forest-rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Forbes's Parakeet - The Chatham Parakeet native habitat is in brushy forest on the Chatham Islands and Pitt Islands. Due to hunting, the introduction of domestic cats and habitat destruction, the parakeets had diminished to 100 individuals on the lesser of the Mangere islands in 1938, but because of reforestation on Mangere Island Numbers have grown to hundreds. The parakeets are still confined to the two Mangere Islands.

Forbes's Plover - The adult Forbes’ Plover is 20 cm in length. It has long wings and a long tail, and therefore looks different from most other small plovers in flight, the exception being the closely related Three-banded Plover which replaces it in eastern and southern Africa and Madagascar.

Forest Eagle Owl - The Spot-bellied Eagle-owl is nocturnal and spends the day hidden among foliage of a large forest tree. At dusk it becomes active and hunts small mammals, reptiles, and birds up to the size of junglefowl.

Forest Elaenia - This species is found in forests and the edges of mangrove swamps. The nest is a shallow cup of roots, bark and grass built in a tree. The typical clutch is two cream-coloured eggs marked with rufous and lavender.

Forest Honeyeater - The Forest Honeyeater is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Forest Kingfisher - The Forest Kingfisher , also known as the Macleay's or Blue Kingfisher, is a species of kingfisher in the Halcyonidae family, also known as tree kingfishers. It is a predominantly blue and white bird. It is found in Indonesia, New Guinea and coastal eastern and northern Australia. Like many other kingfishers, it hunts invertebrates and small frogs and lizards.

Forest Owlet - The Forest Owlet is an owl that is endemic to the forests of central India. This species belongs to the typical owls family, Strigidae. After it was described in 1873 and last seen in the wild in 1884, it was considered extinct It is found in a very small number of localities and the populations are low and the forests of central India are threatened and shrinking, making the species critically endangered.

Forest Penduline-Tit - The Forest Penduline-tit is a species of bird in the Remizidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, and Nigeria. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Forest Raven - The Forest Raven is 50–52 cm in length with glossy black plumage and a white iris. It has a proportionately larger bill and shorter tail than the other mainland corvid species and is the sole representative of the genus Corvus in Tasmania. The call is a deep "korr-korr-korr-korr" with a similarly drawn out last note to the Australian Raven.

Forest Robin - The initial split into multiple species within this genus is based on a review from 1999 where it, based on the phylogenetic species concept, was argued that all then recognized taxa should be considered monotypic species.

Forest Thrush - Like many thrushes, the Forest Thrush has brown upperparts with pale underparts showing a scaly pattern of coloration. However, for a thrush it has an unusually wide band of bare skin around each eye. It is endemic to the Lesser Antilles, an island group in the Carribbean. It can be foud, though uncommon to rare, on Dominica, Guadeloupe, Montserrat, and Saint Lucia. Its natural habitat is tropical moist mountain forest.

Forest Wagtail - As its English and scientific names imply, this is a forest species, a distinction from all other wagtails. It is usually found in open areas of the woodland such as clearings. It builds its cup-shaped nest in a tree and usually lays five eggs. Like other wagtails, this species is insectivorous.

Fork-tailed Drongo - The Fork-tailed Drongo is a common and widespread resident breeder in Africa south of the Sahara. These insect-eating birds are usually found in open forests or bush. Two to four eggs are laid in a cup nest in a fork high in a tree.

Fork-tailed Palm-Swift - This small swift is found locally in marshy habitats, or sometimes open forest, usually near Moriche Palms. It builds a C-shaped nest of feathers, saliva and plant material on the inside of the dead leaf of a Moriche Palm. Three white eggs are laid in the depression of the C, and incubated for 21 days to hatching.

Fork-tailed Storm Petrel - In North America, it breeds on islands on the Aleutian Islands off Alaska, and on islands along the coasts of British Columbia in Canada and the Pacific Northwest in the United States. The Fork-tailed Storm-petrel also breeds on the Kuril Islands off Kamchatka. This bird breeds in rock crevices or small burrows in soft earth and lays a single white egg. Like most petrels, its walking ability is limited to a short shuffle to the burrow. It is a colonial nester.

Fork-tailed Tody-Tyrant - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Fork-tailed Woodnymph - The Fork-tailed Woodnymph is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

Formicivora littoralis - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Formosan Blue Magpie - In 2007 National Bird Voting Campaign held by Taiwan International Birding Association, there were over 1 million votes cast from 53 countries. Formosan Blue Magpie defeated Mikado Pheasant and was chosen as Taiwan's national bird, though it has yet to be formally accepted.

Formosan Bulbul - The Taiwan Bulbul or Styan's Bulbul Pycnonotus taivanus is an endemic species of bulbul that lives in eastern and southern Taiwan. Though common in some areas, it has been listed as a species vulnerable to extinction. Its decline has been caused by habitat destruction and hybridisation with the closely related Light-vented Bulbul Pycnonotus sinensis; the two species ranges overlap in several areas, and Light-vented Bulbuls are also released for Buddhist ceremonies.

Formosan Whistling-Thrush - The Formosan Whistling-thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in China and Taiwan. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Formosan Yellow Tit - Its natural habitat is montane temperate forest.

Forster - This species is rare but annual in western Europe, and has wintered in Ireland and Great Britain on a number of occasions. No European tern winters so far north.

Forty-spotted Pardalote - About 9 to 10 cm long, it is similar to the much more common Spotted Pardalote, , but has a dull greenish-brown back and head, compared to the more colorful plumage of the former, with which it shares range, and there is no brow line. Rump is olive, under-tail dull yellow. Chest white with light yellow tints. Wings are black with white tips, appearing as many discrete dots when the wings are folded. No seasonal variation in plumage; juveniles slightly less colorful than adults.

Four-banded Sandgrouse - It breeds in a belt across Africa from Mauritania and Cameroon east to Sudan and Uganda. It is much more common in the west of its range. It is a partial seasonal migrant, with some birds moving further north in the rainy season.

Four-coloured Bushshrike - The Four-coloured Bushshrike is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family. It is found in Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

Fox Kestrel - It is a large, slender kestrel with long, narrow wings and tail. It is 32–38 cm long with a wingspan of 76–88 cm and a weight of 250-300 grams. The female is 3% larger than the male. The plumage is dark rufous above and below with black streaks. The tail is narrowly barred with black while the flight feathers of the wing are dark and unbarred. The underwings are pale, contrasting with the darker body. The eye is yellow-brown unlike the similar Greater Kestrel which has whitish eyes as well as paler plumage, barred flight feathers and grey on the tail.

Fox Sparrow - More specific information regarding plumage is available in the accounts for the various taxa.

Fox's Weaver - Its natural habitats are moist savanna, subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland, and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Foxy Cisticola - It is native to Central African Republic , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Ethiopia , Kenya , Sudan and Uganda . It is also to be vagrant to Mali.

Franklin's Gull - The Franklin's Gull is a small gull. It breeds in central provinces of Canada and adjacent states of the northern USA. It is migratory, wintering in the Caribbean, Peru, Chile, and Argentina.

Frantzius' Nightingale Thrush - The species was first described by German ornithologist Jean Cabanis in 1861. The binomial commemorates the German naturalist Alexander von Frantzius. Its closest living relatives seem to be the North American species complex containing the Veery, the Gray-cheeked, and Bicknell's Thrush.

Fraser's Eagle Owl - The Fraser's Eagle-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, and Uganda.

Freckle-breasted Thornbird - The Freckle-breasted Thornbird is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Freckled Duck - This species was formerly allied with the dabbling ducks, but is now placed in a monotypic subfamily Stictonettinae. It appears to be part of an Gondwanan radiation of waterfowl, before true ducks evolved .

Freckled Nightjar - The Freckled Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Freira - Zino's Petrel , or Freira, is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus. It has also been called the "Madeira Petrel", but this name invites confusion with the Madeira Storm Petrel and is best avoided. Zino's Petrel was previously considered to be a subspecies of Soft-plumaged Petrel P. mollis, but they are not closely related. However, P. madeira is very closely related to Fea's Petrel, another species recently split from P. mollis.

French mockingbird - The bird has a large hooked bill; the head and back are grey and the underparts white. The wings and tail are black, with white patches on the wings and white on the outer tail feather. The black face mask extends over the bill, unlike that of the similar but slightly larger Northern Shrike.

Fresh-water marsh hen - Distinct features are a long bill with a slight downward curve, with adults being brown on the back and rusty-brown on the face and breast with a dark brown cap. They also have a white throat and a light belly with barred flanks. Immature birds are light brown on the head and darker brown on the back and wings.

Friedmann's Lark - Friedmann's Lark is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Tanzania, but its population and real range is very poorly known.

Friendly Bush-Warbler - The Friendly Bush-warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family. It is found only in Malaysia.

Friendly Fantail - The Friendly Fantail is a species of bird in the Rhipiduridae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Frigate petrel - The White-faced Storm-petrel breeds on remote islands in the south Atlantic, such as Tristan da Cunha and also Australia and New Zealand. There are north Atlantic colonies on the Cape Verde Islands, Canary Islands and Savage Islands. It nests in colonies close to the sea in rock crevices and lays a single white egg. It spends the rest of the year at sea.

Fruit-hunter - It is highly distinct from other thrushes, instead being convergent to Corvoidea such as trillers or true orioles . Thus, it is placed in a monotypic genus Chlamydochaera.

Fuegian Snipe - It is sporadically recorded in the Falkland Islands, where it has reputedly bred. However, here is only one recent record and the historical documentation of breeding is a lost specimen of questionable identity. The occurrences in these islands could therefore be due to either a tiny breeding population or vagrancy form the mainland.

Fuelleborn's Boubou - The name of this bird commemorates the German physician Friedrich Fülleborn.

Fuerteventura Chat - The Fuerteventura Chat is a small passerine bird that was classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now more generally considered to be an Old World flycatcher in the Muscicapidae. It, and similar small European species, are often called chats. It was included in the "Common Stonechat" , but it is quite distinct; it is likely to be an insular derivative of ancestral European Stonechats that colonised the islands some 1-2 mya, during the Early Pleistocene .

Fukien Niltava - The Fujian Niltava is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Fulica newtoni - The Mascarene Coot is an extinct species of coot that inhabited the Mascarene islands of Mauritius and Réunion. Long known from subfossil bones found on the former island, but only assumed from descriptions to also have been present on the latter, remains have more recently been found on Réunion also. Early travellers' reports from Mauritius were, in reverse, generally assumed to refer to Common Moorhens, but it seems that this species only colonized the island after the extinction of the endemic coot. The Mascarene Coot was a large bird and while not flightless, it had reduced flying ability, so that if pursued, it would have even more preferred to escape by diving than it is already a general habit of the coots. As the bird had considerable stamina, it could have easily crossed the ocean between the islands, explaining why a single species occurred on both islands. The birds looked like oversized Eurasian Coots, being about 45 cm long, but as they were more likely derived from the Red-knobbed Coot, it

Fulleborn's Longclaw - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

Fulmar - The Northern Fulmar , Fulmarus glacialis, Fulmar, lives in the north Atlantic and north Pacific. These fulmars look superficially like gulls, but are unrelated, and are in fact petrels.

Fulmar Prion - The Fulmar Prion, Pachyptila crassirostris, is a species of seabird in the Procellariidae family, found in the southern oceans

Fulvous Owl - The Fulvous Owl , or Guatemala Barred Owl is a bold member of the cloud forests of Central America. Its habitat is limited to the high mountain ranges and the previously mentioned cloud forests of Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. It inhabits elevations from 3900 to 10000 feet and is fairly common within its range. Although it is primarily nocturnal it is also occasionally seen in the mornings and afternoons. This rather friendly owl responds well to imitations of its call which sounds like woo-who-who-who.

Fulvous Shrike-Tanager - The Fulvous Shrike-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Fulvous Whistling Duck - The Fulvous Whistling Duck is a common but wary species. It is largely resident, apart from local movements, but vagrancy has occurred to southern Europe. It nests on a stick platform in reeds, laying 8-12 eggs, but hollow trees or old bird nests are occasionally used for nesting.

Fulvous-breasted Flatbill - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Fulvous-breasted Woodpecker - A medium-sized, pied woodpecker. Upperparts black, heavily barred white. Undertail red, breast und belly buffwith light flank barring and slight side streaking. Withish cheeks partly bordered by black line. Crown red in male with orange forehead, black in female.

Fulvous-chinned Nunlet - The Fulvous-chinned Nunlet is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Fulvous-crested Tanager - It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Fulvous-dotted Treerunner - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Fulvous-headed Brush Finch - The Fulvous-headed Brush-finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in Argentina and Bolivia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.

Fulvous-vented Euphonia - It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Fuscous Flycatcher - This species is found in woodland and scrubby areas. The nest is made of twigs and bark lined with plant fibre and placed in a tree fork. The typical clutch is three white eggs, which are marked with black at the larger end.

Fuscous Honeyeater - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.