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Birds beginning with N
Nacunda Nighthawk - The generic name "Podager" originates from the Latin meaning "a man suffering from gout" and reflects the awkward walking manner of this nighthawk while the specific name "nacunda" is derived from the Guaraní Indian word for a "big-mouth."
Naked-faced Barbet - It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo.
Naked-faced Spiderhunter - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Namaqua Dove - This species is found in near desert with acacia and bushes. It builds a stick nest in a bush, and lays two white eggs, which are incubated for 16 days in typical pigeon fashion; the female at night and early morning and the male from mid morning till late afternoon. Its flight is fast with clipped beats and it tends to stay quite low.
Namaqua Warbler - It is a species endemic to the karoo in thick bushes in dry river gullies and reedbeds near rivers and dams.
Nanday Parakeet - A prehistoric relative, Nandayus vorohuensis, was described from Late Pliocene fossils found in Argentina.
Nankeen Kestrel - A very common and easily seen raptor, the Nankeen Kestrel is found in Australia, New Guinea, and nearby islands, and is an irregular visitor to New Zealand. It occupies any type of land that is not too densely vegetated, but in particular temperate grasslands and open woodlands. In the tropical north and the sandy deserts of the west, it has a patchy and seasonal distribution.
Nannococcyx psix - The Saint Helena Cuckoo is an extinct bird. It was confirmed to have previously existed by a single humerus. Compared to other cuckoos, it was relatively small, and it probably lived in forests on the island of Saint Helena. Its extinction was a result of deforestation on the island in the 18th century.
Napo Sabrewing - The Napo Sabrewing is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is becoming rare due to habitat loss.
Narcissus flycatcher - Narcissus Flycatcher males are very distinctive in full breeding plumage, having a black crown and mantle, a bright orange throat with paler chest and underparts, an orange-yellow eyebrow, black wings with a white wing patch, an orange-yellow rump, and a black tail. Non-breeding males have varying levels of yellow. Females are completely dissimilar, with generally buff-brown coloration, with rusty-colored wings, and a two-toned eyering.
Narcondam Hornbill - The Narcondam Hornbill is a species of hornbill in the Bucerotidae family. It is endemic to the Indian island of Narcondam in the Andamans.
Narina's Trogon - Both sexes have vivid, gingery green upperpart plumage. The tail feathers have a metallic blue-green gloss. The outer three rectices on each side are tipped and fringed white, giving the undertail of perched birds a characteristic white appearance . The wing coverts are a grizzled grey, and remiges mostly colourless grey.
Narino Tapaculo - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is not considered a threatened species by the IUCN.
Narosky's Seedeater - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Narrow-billed Antwren - The Narrow-billed Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is endemic to eastern Brazil where it occurs in Bahia and Minas Gerais states. Its natural habitat is deciduous and semi-deciduous forest between 250 and 1,050 metres above sea level. It is threatened by habitat loss. The Narrow-billed Antwren is sometimes put in the monotypic genus Neorhopias.
Narrow-billed Tody - The Narrow-billed Tody is a species of bird in the Todidae family. It is found in the Dominican Republic and Haiti. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.
Narrow-billed Woodcreeper - The Narrow-billed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Suriname, and Uruguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry savanna. As all members of its subfamily, it is a creeping bird which lives on small arthropods and vertebrates it catches under the bark of trees. The woodcreeper nests in cavities, both natural and bird-made. It lays two to three white eggs, brooded jointly by the pair.
Narrow-tailed Emerald - The Narrow-Tailed Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.
Nashville Warbler - The Nashville Warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla, is a small songbird in the New World warbler family.
Natal Francolin - The Natal Francolin is a species of bird in the Phasianidae family. It is found in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Nauru Reed-Warbler - It is 15 centimeters long, it has a straight beak and its body is greyish-olive above with an off-white below chest and a white eyebrow.
Nava's Wren - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Nazca booby - It was formerly regarded as a subspecies of the Masked Booby but the Nazca Booby is now recognized as a separate species. They differ in regard to ecological and morphological
Nduk Eagle-Owl - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Neblina Metaltail - The Neblina Metaltail, MÉTallure Du Chinguela, or Metalura Del Chinguela is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Neblina tapaculo - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
Nechisar Nightjar - It was first discovered in 1990 when researchers discovered a decomposing specimen in the Nechisar plains.
Necklaced Spinetail - The form Synallaxis chinchipensis is sometimes split as a separate species, the Chinchipe Spinetail.
Necropsittacus rodericanus - The Rodrigues Parrot is an extinct species of parrot which once lived on the Mascarene island of Rodrigues. It is known from subfossil bones and the 1708 description of Leguat as well as the 1726 report of Julien Tafforet. The birds were described as generally of green coloration, with a large head and beak and a long tail, and being in size markedly larger than a pigeon, or considerably so than the local parakeet. The fossils, which include a partial skull, prove that the bird had a bill adapted to cracking the hardest seeds, convergent with South American Ara macaws. Tafforet speaks of their habits in some detail: At his time , the birds stayed mostly on the Islet au Mât south of mainland Rodriguez. They were observed feeding on the small, black and hard seeds or fruit of a tree with leaves having a strong citrus smell. Fresh water was obtained on the mainland.
Neddicky - This cisticola is a resident breeder in much of Africa from Gabon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Tanzania south to the Cape.
Needle-billed Hermit - The Needle-Billed Hermit is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Neergaard's Sunbird - The Neergaard's Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Mozambique and South Africa. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Negros Bleeding-heart - This species has an extremely small, severely fragmented population. Continuing rates of forest loss on the two islands where it occurs suggest that it will continue to decline, thereby qualifying it as critically endangered.
Negros Tree Babbler - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Nelicourvi Weaver - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Nelson - Their breeding habitat is marshes on the Atlantic coast of Canada and Maine, central Canada, , and the north central United States. The nest is an open cup attached to vegetation and close to the ground. Males compete for females but do not defend territories; they sometimes help feed the young. Mating is largely promiscuous by both sexes; multiple paternity in a nest is common.
Nelson's oriole - Adults have a pointed bill and white wing bars. The adult male has an orange head with black on the face and throat; they are black on the back, wings and tail, orange on the underparts. The adult female is olive-green on the upper parts, yellowish on the breast and belly.
Neotropic Cormorant - The Neotropic Cormorant or Olivaceous Cormorant is a medium-sized cormorant found throughout the American tropics and subtropics, from the middle Rio Grande and the Gulf and Californian coasts of the USA south through Mexico and Central America to southern South America. It also breeds on the Bahamas, Cuba and Trinidad. It can be found both at coasts and on inland waters. There are at least two subspecies: P. b. mexicanus from Nicaragua northwards and P. b. brasilianus further south.
Neotropical River Warbler - The Neotropical River Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Nepal Cutia - The Himalayan Cutia is a bird species in the family Timaliidae. Its scientific name ultimately means "the khutya from Nepal", as Cutia is derived from the Nepali name for these birds, and nipalensis is Latin for "from Nepal".
Nepal Fulvetta - It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Taiwan. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Nepal Martin - This martin has blue-black upperparts with a contrasting white rump, and white underparts. It resembles its close relatives, the Asian House Martin and Common House Martin, but unlike those species it has a black throat and black undertail. It feeds in flocks with other swallows, catching flies and other insects in flight. It is subject to predation and parasites, but its status within its limited range appears secure.
Nesoenas mayeri - An adult pigeon is about 32 cm from beak to tail and 350 gram in weight. Pink pigeons have pale pink plumage on their head, shoulders and underside, along with pink feet and pink beak. They have dark brown wings, and a broad, reddish-brown tail. They have dark brown eyes surrounded by a ring of red skin.
Neumann's Warbler - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
New Britain Bronzewing - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
New Britain Coucal - The White-necked Coucal or Pied Coucal is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is endemic to the Bismarck Archipelago in Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
New Britain Friarbird - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
New Britain Goshawk - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
New Britain Kingfisher - The White-mantled Kingfisher is 16-18 cm in length and has a black bill, and the plumage is mostly white in the male, with blue wings, tail, a turquoise crown, and a thick black stripe through the eye. The female is similar to the male but has blue on the lower back. The call is a rapid descending "kee-ku-ko-ko" or a trilling "ki-ki-ki-ki-ki".
New Britain Rail - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.
New Britain Sparrowhawk - These sparrowhawks are grey with a white underbelly and orange accents on the neck. They are often characterized by their large feet. They are the only hawk in New Britain or the Solomon Islands that has a middle toe that is longer than the rest. The feet of the New Britain Sparrowhawks are pale yellow. These small birds only grow to be 27–34 cm long.
New Britain Thrush - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
New Caledonia White-eye - The Green-backed White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia.
New Caledonian Crow - The New Caledonian Crow is a moderately sized crow similar in size to the House Crow but less slender looking. The bird is all black with a rich gloss to the feathers of purple, dark blue and some green in good light. The beak, feet and legs are all black too. The beak is of moderate size but is unusual in that the tip of the lower is angled up making it somewhat chisel-like in profile.
New Caledonian Cuckooshrike - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
New Caledonian Flycatcher - The Melanesian Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Monarchidae family. It is found in New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, and Vanuatu.
New Caledonian Friarbird - The New Caledonian Friarbird is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is endemic to New Caledonia.
New Caledonian Imperial-Pigeon - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
New Caledonian Lorikeet - The New Caledonian Lorikeet Charmosyna diadema is a possibly extinct lorikeet endemic to the Melanesian island of New Caledonia.
New Caledonian Owlet-Nightjar - This bird is endemic to New Caledonia’s Melaleuca savanna and humid forests. Other members of its genus are highly territorial and nest in holes in trees. These birds also forage by sitting on a branch and attacking small animals. It is unknown if these habits apply to the New Caledonian Owlet-nightjar, but this species is larger and has longer legs than the others, so it may be more terrestrial.
New Caledonian Rail - This cryptic rail is only known from seventeen specimens taken between 1860 and 1890 on New Caledonia. This bird is supposed to live in evergreen forests and seems to have moved higher up on the island to escape introduced predators. Its diet consists of invertebrates, including earthworms.
New Caledonian Whistler - The species is a medium sized whistler, around 14–16 cm in length and weighing 18-25 g. The plumage of the male is dark slate-grey crown, face and nape, a white throat, yellow belly and rump and olive back and wings with a thin black line between the throat and belly. The female is duller than the male with a buff belly and rump, no line between the throat and belly, and an olive-brown head, back and wings. The legs of the male are dark brown, those of the female are lighter brown.
New Guinea Babbler - The Papuan Babbler or New Guinea Babbler is a species of bird in the Pomatostomidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
New Guinea Bronzewing - The New Guinea Bronzewing is a species of bird in the Columbidae 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.
New Guinea Cuckooshrike - The New Guinea Cuckoo-shrike is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.
New Guinea Flightless Rail - The New Guinea Flightless Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family, in the monotypic genus Megacrex. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and subtropical or tropical swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.
New Guinea Harpy Eagle - The New Guinea Harpy Eagle is endemic to undisturbed tropical rainforests of New Guinea, where it became the top predator of the island. The diet consists mainly of phalangers or Kapul in a local language, hence its alternative name. It also feeds on other mammals, birds and snakes.
New Guinea Mountain White-eye - The Papuan White-eye is a species of bird in the Zosteropidae 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.
New Guinea Pipit - The Alpine Pipit is a species of bird in the Motacillidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.
New Guinea Scrub Fowl - The New Guinea Scrubfowl is a species of bird in the Megapodiidae 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.
New Hanover Munia - The New Hanover Munia Lonchura nigerrima is a species of estrildid finch breeding in Papua New Guinea. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km². It is found in subtropical/ tropical dry grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
New Holland Honeyeater - The breeding behaviour of the New Holland Honeyeater has been relatively well documented. In southern and eastern Australia, breeding commonly occurs during autumn and spring, although certain coastal populations may breed at any time of the year given suitable conditions including sufficient food and absence of adverse weather. In Western Australia, New Holland Honeyeaters have been observed to breed once annually from July to November, when nectar is abundant . They appear to be a socially monogamous bird with no sign of co-operative breeding, but this observation is yet to be examined genetically . In breeding territories, males spend a large proportion of their time defending the nest and food resources, while the females invest a large proportion of their time in reproductive labour including nest construction, incubation, and a majority of the nestling care . However, these roles are not completely strict . It is also common for females to utilise food resources that are in close proximity to the nest,
New Ireland Friarbird - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
New Ireland Munia - The New Ireland Munia Lonchura forbesi is a species of estrildid finch breeding in Papua New Guinea. It has an estimated global extent of occurrence of 20,000 to 50,000 km². It is found in subtropical/ tropical lowland dry grassland habitat. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.
New Zealand Bellbird - The bellbird is found throughout both the main islands of New Zealand apart from the north of the North Island. Its population and distribution had been seriously affected by the introduction of European-style farming, which has led to the removal of native forests . Another important factor is the introduction of predatory species such as cats, weasels, stoats, ferrets, rats and food-robbing species like wasps. Predators either eat the birds or consume eggs, while food robbers compete with the bellbird for its natural food sources of nectar, honeydew and insects. The decline occurred around the same time as many other New Zealand species, but for unknown reasons was reversed and the species is still common across much of New Zealand .
New Zealand Dotterel - New Zealand Dotterels are shorebirds and are usually found on sandy beaches and sandspits or feeding on tidal estuaries.
New Zealand Falcon - A member of the Falconidae bird family, the Kārearea is mainly found in heavy bush and the steep high country in the South Island and is rarely seen north of a line through the central area of the North Island. A small population also breeds on the Auckland Islands; the species is known only from the Chatham Islands from fossil remains. Although protected since 1970, it is considered to be a vulnerable species.
New Zealand Little Bittern - The New Zealand Little Bittern is an extinct and enigmatic species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It was endemic to New Zealand and was last recorded alive in the 1890s.
New Zealand Pigeon - The New Zealand Pigeon belongs to the family Columbidae, and the subfamily Treroninae, which is found throughout Southeast Asia, Malaya, Africa and New Zealand. The members of this subfamily feed largely on fruits, mainly drupes. The Parea or Chatham Island Pigeon is traditionally considered a subspecies of the Kererū, but is here treated as a separate species.
New Zealand Quail - The New Zealand Quail, or koreke , has been extinct since 1875. The male and female were similar, except for the fact the female was lighter. The first scientist to describe it was Sir Joseph Banks when he visited New Zealand on James Cook's first voyage. The first specimen was collected in 1827 by Jean René Constant Quoy and Joseph Paul Gaimard on Dumont D'Urville's voyage. It has sometimes been considered conspecific with the Australian Stubble Quail, which would then be named Coturnix novaezelandiae pectoralis as it was only scientifically described after the New Zealand birds were.
New Zealand Robin - The male's plumage is a dark slate grey whereas the female is dark grey-brown. On both birds the throat and belly are considerably lighter, in the male a cream colour. It is this bright breast that gave the birds their name, in comparison with the bright breast of the European Robin. The birds generally inhabit the forest fringe, and can often be found in the green belts of towns and cities.
New Zealand Scaup - Overall dark brown/black colours. The male has a striking yellow eye and a dark coloured head. The female is similar to the male, but without the yellow eye and has a white face patch during breeding season. A white wing bar can be seen in both sexes when in flight .
New Zealand Stilt - Despite of 20 years of intensive protection, this species remains the rarest wading bird in the world. and the current population is estimated at 22 adult birds. There is a captive population of some 25 adults, annual release in the wild of captive-bred birds and predator control has probably prevented it from becoming extinct in the wild. During the breeding season it is restricted to the upper Waitaki Valley in the South Island. Small numbers overwinter in the North Island.
New zealand storm-petrel - Outside the breeding season it is pelagic, remaining at sea, and this, together with its remote breeding sites, makes it a difficult bird to observe.
New Zealand Thrush - Two subspecies are recognized, the nominate T. c. capensis from the South Island mainland, and the much smaller Stephens Island Piopio from Stephens Island, which is often considered to be based on juvenile birds, but seems to be valid . The assumption of the well-flying bird evolving into a distinct subspecies on the small island close to the mainland seems hard to believe, but Stephens Island must have held a population of many hundred birds in 1894 , and the Piopio was apparently a reluctant flyer, not usually being found on offshore islands.
Newton's Fiscal - The species lives on the island of São Tomé and is usually found under closed canopy. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.
Newton's Golden Bowerbird - The Golden Bowerbird primarily feed on fruits, although they also eat flowers and certain insects, primarily beetles.
Newton's Parakeet - The species epithet exsul, "exiled", refers to the refugee François Leguat, who gave the first testimony of the bird. The last living bird was seen in 1875. Only two complete specimens and various subfossil bones survive.
Niaufoou Scrubfowl - Its natural habitat is tropical moist lowland forests. On Niuafo'ou it is most common on the central caldera. The Tongan Megapode, like all megapodes, does not incubate its eggs by sitting on them; instead the species buries them in warm volcanic sands and soil and allows them to develop. On islands in former parts of its range without volcanoes it presumably created mounds of rotting vegetation and laid the eggs there.
Nicaraguan Grackle - It is a medium-sized bird with a long, graduated tail and fairly long bill and legs. The bill and legs are black and the eye is pale yellow. The male is about 31 cm long while the female is 25 cm. The adult male's plumage is entirely black with an iridescent gloss. The gloss is violet on the belly and tail, violet-green on the head, back and breast and blue-green on most of the wing. The tail of the male is V-shaped, rising from the centre to the outer feathers. Immature males are duller and less glossy than the adults with a brown belly and thighs. The female is brown above with a pale supercilium , made more obvious by the dark lores and ear-coverts. The thighs, flanks and undertail-coverts are dark brown while the rest of the underparts are buff, darkest on the upper breast and paler on the throat and belly.
Nicaraguan Seed Finch - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.
Niceforo's Wren - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Nicobar Bulbul - Found only on the Nicobar Islands of India, the Nicobar Bulbul is a songbird species in the bulbul family . Its scientific name is Hypsipetes virescens as long as Ixos is recognized as a distinct genus.
Nicobar pigeon - This is a large pigeon, measuring 40 cm in length. The head is grey, like the upper neck plumage, which turns into green and copper hackles towards the breast. The breast and remiges are dark grey. The tail is very short and pure white. The rest of its plumage is metallic green. The cere of the dark bill forms a small blackish knob; the strong legs and feet are dull red. The irides are dark.
Nicobar scops-owl - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Its status is insufficiently known.
Nicobar Scrub Fowl - It feeds on the seeds of Macaranga peltata to a large extent followed by insects, snails, crustaceans and reptiles.
Nicobar Shikra - It is endemic to India. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Nihoa Finch - The Nihoa Finch is one of the two endemic bird species of the tiny Hawaiian island Nihoa, the other being the Nihoa Millerbird. When it was classified in 1917, scientists thought that it would be the last endemic species named. This was later found untrue. The island's population is 1000-3000 birds. The Nihoa Finch was put down on the Endangered Species List by the US.
Nile Valley Sunbird - In February, the male Nle Valley Sunbird assumes his nuptial plumage which he displays in flamboyant fashion. In winter both sexes look alike, tiny, only 9 to 10 cm long, pale grey above and washed-out yellow below, with a long, slender and slightly down-curved bill.
Nilgiri Pipit - It is closely associated with short montane grasslands interspersed with marshy grounds and small streams mostly in hill slopes above 1500 m of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Large populations are found in Upper Bhavani River basin and Bangithapal village areas at the southern end of Mukurthi National Park.
Nilgiri White-breasted Laughing Thrush - The Rufous-breasted, Black-chinned or Nilgiri Laughingthrush, Trochalopteron cachinnans, is a species of Laughingthrush endemic to Peninsular India.
Nilgiri Wood Pigeon - The Nilgiri Woodpigeon is large pigeon found in the moist deciduous forests and sholas of the Western Ghats in southwestern India. They are mainly frugivorous and forage in the canopy of dense hill forests. They are best identified in the field by their large size, dark colours and the distinctive checkerboard pattern on their nape.
Noble Snipe - This 30-32.5 cm long snipe has a stocky body and relatively short legs for a wader. Its upperparts, head and neck are streaked and patterned with dark brown and buff, and gold edges to the feathers form distinct lines down its back. The belly is white with brown barring on the flanks. The horn-coloured bill is very long and straight. The legs and feet are greyish-green. The sexes are similar, but females are longer billed; immature birds differ only in showing pale fringes on the wing coverts. The Noble Snipe has a clear melodious call.
Nocturnal Curassow - The Nocturnal Curassow is a species of bird in the Cracidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.
Noisy Friarbird - The Noisy Friarbird was first described by ornithologist John Latham in 1790. Its specific epithet is derived from the Latin corniculum " little horn".
Noisy Miner - Colouration is principally grey, with a lighter grey on their underbelly. The wings have flashes of green on the edges. The beak and area around and behind the eyes is yellow. When indicating submission, the bird frequently fluffs up the feathers around the eye, opening its beak to flutter its tongue and softly utter a "pipipipipee, pee, pee!" noise. A distinctive black head resembling a miner's cap gives rise to its name. Grows to 20–25 cm in size.
Noisy Pitta - The Noisy Pitta has a bright orange belly and a black face with a brown head on top
Norfolk Gerygone - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Norfolk Parakeet - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Noronha Elaenia - Its natural habitats are tropical dry shrubland and rural gardens. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper - It is found from southern Mexico through Central America to Colombia, Venezuela and Ecuador.
Northern Beardless Tyrannulet - This species is found in light forests, cultivation and gardens with trees. The domed nest is made of plant fibre or leaves with a side entrance. The nest is placed by a tree fork. The typical clutch is two white eggs, which are marked with rufous and lilac mostly at the larger end. Incubation by the female is 14-15 days to hatching, with another 17 days to fledging.
Northern Bentbill - The Northern Bentbill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.
Northern Black-Flycatcher - This is an insectivorous species which is a resident breeder in tropical Africa from Senegal to Ethiopia and south to Zaire and Tanzania.
Northern bobwhite - The Northern Bobwhite, Virginia Quail or Bobwhite Quail is a ground-dwelling bird native to the United States, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It is a member of the group of species known as New World quails . They were initially placed with the Old World quails in the pheasant family , but are not particularly closely related. The name "bobwhite" derives from its characteristic whistling call.
Northern Brown-throated Weaver - The Northern Brown-throated Weaver is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Northern Brownbul - The Northern Brownbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, dry savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.
Northern Cardinal - The Northern Cardinal is a mid-sized songbird with a body length of 21 centimeters. It has a distinctive crest on the head and a mask on the face which is black in the male and gray in the female. The male is a vibrant red, while the female is a dull red-brown shade. The Northern Cardinal is mainly granivorous, but also feeds on insects and fruit. The male behaves territorially, marking out his territory with song. During courtship, the male feeds seed to the female beak-to-beak. A clutch of three to four eggs is laid, and two to four clutches are produced each year. It was once prized as a pet, but its sale as cage birds is now banned in the United States by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act of 1918.
Northern Cassowary - It's binomial name Casuarius unappendiculatus, can be broken down to Casuarius is kesuari Malay for cassowary. unappendiculatus means unus, one, appendicis, appendage, -culus, diminutive, and -atus, provided with: cassowary provided with one small appendage, referring to the single wattle.
Northern Crombec - The Northern Crombec is a species of African warbler, formerly placed in the family Sylviidae. It is found in Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.
Northern curlew - Adults have a very long bill curved downwards, a long neck and a small head. The neck and underparts are a light cinnamon, while the crown is streaked with brown. This species exhibits sexual dimorphism, the female having a much longer bill than the male.
Northern Double-collared Sunbird - The Northern Double-collared Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sudan, and Uganda.
Northern Flicker - The Northern Flicker is part of the genus Colaptes which encompasses 12 New-World woodpeckers. There are two living and one extinct subspecies of C. auratus species. The existing sub-species were at one time considered separate species but they commonly interbreed where ranges overlap and are now considered one species by the American Ornithologists Union. Whether or not they are separate species is a well-known example of the species problem.
Northern Gannet - The Northern Gannet is a seabird and is the largest member of the gannet family, Sulidae.
Northern Giant-Petrel - The Northern Giant Petrel along with its counterpart, the Southern Giant Petrel, make up the Macronectes genus. They come from the Procellariiformes order, which are referred to as tube-nosed seabirds, due to their unique nose structure. All Tube-noses have tubular nostrils, and all Procellariidae have the openings on top of the upper portion of the bill. Procellariiformes also have between seven and nine distinct horny plates for their bill, and Petrels have one of these plates that form the hooked portion of their upper bill called their maxillary unguis. They produce a stomach oil made up of wax esters and triglycerides that is stored in the proventriculus. This is used against predators as well as an energy rich food source for chicks and for the adults during their long flights.
Northern Grey Tit - The Miombo Tit is a species of bird in the Paridae family. It is found in Angola, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.
Northern hawk-owl - This bird is 35-43 cm long with a 69-82 cm wingspan. It has a rounded head with yellow eyes, dark brown upperparts and barred underparts and tail. The song is a bubbling lulululu.
Northern Masked Weaver - The Northern Masked-weaver is a species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Kenya, and Sudan.
Northern Mockingbird - The Northern Mockingbird breeds in southeastern Canada, the United States, northern Mexico, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands and the Greater Antilles. It is replaced further south by its closest living relative, the Tropical Mockingbird. The Socorro Mockingbird, an endangered species, is also closely related, contrary to previous opinion.
Northern Parula - The Northern Parula, Parula americana, is a small New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southern Canada to Florida.
Northern Phalarope - Red-necked Phalarope is about 18 cm in length, with lobed toes and a straight, fine bill. The breeding female is predominantly dark grey above, with a chestnut neck and upper breast, black face and white throat. The breeding male is a duller version of the female. They have lobed toes to assist with their swimming. Young birds are grey and brown above, with buff underparts and a black patch through the eye. In winter, the plumage is essentially grey above and white below, but the black eyepatch is always present. They have a sharp call described as a whit or twit.
Northern Potoo - It is a fairly large bird with a length of 38-46 centimetres. It has a long tail, short rounded wings, large head, very short legs and a small bill with a large gape. It is most commonly seen perched motionless in an upright position on branches or posts. The plumage is grey-brown with an intricate pattern of black, grey and cream markings. The cheeks are pale with a dark malar stripe below them. The large eye has a yellow iris which can shine red in light at night. The bird's calls are hoarse and guttural.
Northern Puffback - The Northern Puffback is a species of bird in the Malaconotidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, and moist savanna.
Northern raven - The Common Raven has coexisted with humans for thousands of years and in some areas has been so numerous that it is considered a pest. Part of its success comes from its omnivorous diet; Common Ravens are extremely versatile and opportunistic in finding sources of nutrition feeding on carrion, insects, cereal grains, berries, fruit, small animals, and food waste.
Northern Rosella - At 28 cm long it is smaller than all bar the Western Rosella. The forehead, crown and nape are black in colour with white-on-blue cheek-patches. The back and wing feathers are blackish with yellow borders, while the feathers of the belly, chest and rump are pale yellow with black borders giving rise to a scalloped appearance. The long tail is bluish green. The beak is pale grey and the iris dark. Immature plumage is similar to adult but duller.
Northern Rough-winged Swallow - Adults are 13–15 cm in length, brown on top with light underparts and a forked tail. They are similar in appearance to the Bank Swallow but have a dusky throat and breast. They are closely related and very similar to the Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Stelgidopteryx ruficollis, but that species has a more contrasting rump, and the ranges do not quite overlap.
Northern Royal Albatross - The Northern Royal Albatross or Toroa,
Northern saw-whet owl - The Northern Saw-whet Owl is a miniature owl native to North America.
Northern Screamer - They are considered Near Threatened.
Northern Scrub Robin - The Northern Scrub-robin is a species of bird in the Petroicidae family. It is found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.
Northern slaty antshrike - The Northern Slaty-Antshrike is found in north-eastern South America in Brazil, Venezuela and the Guianas. In Brazil, it occurs in the northeast quadrant of the Amazon Basin, , and from the Brazilian state of Roraima in the west, to the states of Pará, and Amapá on the Atlantic at the Amazon River outlet. The species occurs only north of the Amazon. A disjunct population exists along the eastern slope of the Andes in Colombia and Venezuela, while two other populations exist in the drainage of the Huallaga and the Marañón River in northern Peru and far southern Ecuador. The populations in Peru and Ecuador are sometimes considered a separate species, the Marañón or Peruvian Slaty-Antshrike , in which case the common name of the remaining species often is modified to Eastern or Guianan Slaty-Antshrike.
Northern Waterthrush - The Northern Waterthrush is one of the larger New World warblers. It breeds in the northern part of North America in Canada, and in the northern United States, . This bird is migratory, wintering in Central America, the West Indies, and Florida; also Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe; also other South American countries.
Northern Wheatear - The Northern Wheatear is a migratory insectivorous species breeding in open stony country in Europe and Asia with footholds in northeastern Canada and Greenland as well as in northwestern Canada and Alaska. It nests in rock crevices and rabbit burrows. All birds winter in Africa.
Northern White-crowned Tapaculo - It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical, tropical or tropical moist montane forests.
Northwestern crow - This species was described by Spencer Fullerton Baird in 1858.
Notharchus hyperrhynchus - The White-necked Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.
Nubian Nightjar - The Nubian Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family. It is found in Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Israel, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen.
Nubian Woodpecker - The Nubian Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family. It is distributed widely in Central and Eastern Africa, from Chad in west to Somalia in east and Tanzania in south.
Numfor Paradise Kingfisher - The Numfor Paradise Kingfisher is a tree kingfisher endemic to the Indonesian island Numfor.
Nuthatch - This bird is the most common and most widespread nuthatch, and is often referred to just as the Nuthatch.
Nuthatch Vanga - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.
Nuttall's woodpecker - Nuttall's Woodpecker is common in groves of live oak and chaparral west of the Sierra mountains in the state of California and extends south into the top of the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico.
Nutting's flycatcher - The nest is built in a tree cavity or similar natural or man-made hole, and the normal clutch is three to five eggs.
Nyanza Swift - The Nyanza Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Nycticorax megacephalus - The Rodrigues Night Heron is an extinct species of heron formerly occurring on the Mascarene island of Rodrigues.