Birds beginning with T

Tabity Newtonia - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Taczanowski's Tinamou - All Tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other Ratites, Tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and Tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds.

Tahiti Rail - Rothschild, 1907

Tahiti Reed-Warbler - There are numerous subspecies, but some have been elevated to full species rank in recent times. The nominate race Acrocephalus caffer caffer - the Tahiti Reed-warbler proper - is restricted to Tahiti, with a population of less than a thousand individuals. Other races include:

Tahitian Sandpiper - The Tahitian Sandpiper, Prosobonia leucoptera, is an extinct member of the large wader family Scolopacidae that was endemic to Tahiti in French Polynesia.

Taita Falcon - Its courting and mating period is similar to that of the Peregrine Falcon. The same applies to its vocal as well as territorial preference.

Taiwan Firecrest - The Taiwan Firecrest is a small-bodied perching bird, resembling a warbler. Its total length is only 9 cm. It is the smallest of all the endemic bird species in Taiwan, and the most colorful member of its family, Regulidae, in the world.

Taiwan Yuhina - Like other yuhinas, it is closely related to the white-eyes and if these were considered a distinct family Zosteropidae, it would be placed there. Otherwise, it would belong together with the white-eyes into the Old World babbler family Timaliidae . The closest living relative of this species appears to be the Black-chinned Yuhina, which occurs on the Asian mainland .

Takahe - The Takahē or South Island Takahē, Porphyrio hochstetteri is a flightless bird indigenous to New Zealand and belonging to the rail family. It was thought to be extinct after the last four known specimens were taken in 1898. However, after a carefully planned search effort the bird was rediscovered by Geoffrey Orbell near Lake Te Anau in the Murchison Mountains, South Island, on November 20, 1948. The specific scientific name commemorates the Austrian geologist Ferdinand von Hochstetter.

Takahe - The decline of the species has generally been attributed to the increasing incursion of forest into the alpine grasslands through the Holocene, although hunting by the Māori probably also played a role.

Talaud Bush-hen - It is a recently described species from Karakelang Island in the Talaud Islands, Indonesia. It occurs in forest, scrub, and overgrown plantations.

Talaud Kingfisher - The Talaud Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is endemic to Indonesia.

Talaud rail - Its natural habitats are rivers and swamps. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Tall-grass wetland tapaculo - It is a small, dumpy bird with broad tail-feathers and a total length of approximately 12.5 cm. The upperparts are plain blackish in colour while the underparts are dark grey. The flanks are slightly barred with brown, at least in young birds. The legs are reddish-brown and the bill is dark. The song includes a long series of short 'tchek' notes. The birds run rapidly and will fly short distances when flushed.

Tamaulipas Crow - Occurring in a relatively small area in north-eastern Mexico, it inhabits near desert scrub and bushland and includes farms, small towns and villages in its range. It also occurs in more humid woodland in open areas but does not appear to be found in the higher mountains or along the seashore. It is a sociable bird often forming large flocks, moving together in close groups. Its northern range reaches Brownsville in southern Texas where it has been known to nest.

Tamaulipas Pygmy-Owl - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Tambourine Dove - This is very much a species of thick woodlands, including dense gardens and plantations of castor oil, cocoa and rubber. As such, this shy species is usually seen when flushed whilst feeding on the forest floor, The Tambourine Dove builds a frail stick nest low in a thicket or vine tangle, and lays two cream-coloured eggs. Both sexes incubate, although this task is performed mainly by the female, and the eggs hatch in 13 days with another 13–14 days to fledging. The chicks are fed regurgitated food.

Tana River Cisticola - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Tanager Finch - It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Tanimbar Scrubfowl - It is a terrestrial bird the size of a domestic chicken, which is found in a range of forest and scrub habitats.

Tanimbar Starling - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Tanna Fruit-Dove - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and heavily degraded former forest.

Tanna Ground-Dove - The Tanna Ground Dove , also known as Forster's Dove of Tanna, is an extinct dove species. Its taxonomic affiliation is uncertain but at its first scientific discussion by Johann Georg Wagler in 1829 it was classified into the genus Gallicolumba ; its closest relative is possibly the Santa Cruz Ground Dove. It was endemic to the Pacific island of Tanna, Vanuatu . Forster records a native name mahk, almost certainly from the Kwamera language.

Tanzanian Bay Owl - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Tarictic Hornbill - The adults show sexual dimorphism. The male has a creamy-white head and neck, a white upper chest, a reddish brown lower chest and uppertail-coverts, and a creamy-white buff tail with a broad black tip. The bill and casque are blackish; the former with yellowish ridges. The bare ocular skin is pinkish-white. The tail and bill of the female resemble that of the male, but otherwise the plumage of the female is black, and the ocular skin is blue.

Tarphonomus harterti - The Bolivian Earthcreeper is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is endemic to Bolivia.

Tasmanian Native-hen - Other common names include Narkie, Native-hen, Waterhen and Turbo chook.

Tasmanian Scrubwren - It is native to the temperate forests of Tasmania. It is alternately considered a subspecies of the smaller White-browed Scrubwren.

Tasmanian Thornbill - Averaging 10 centimeters in length, the Tasmanian Thornbill is a small bird. Primarily light brown in coloration, the bird has a white undertail and a grey-streaked breast.

Tataupa Tinamou - The Tataupa Tinamou, Crypturellus tataupa, is a type of Tinamou commonly found in dry forest in subtropical and tropical regions in southeastern South America .

Tauraco schuetti - 40 cm; ranging in weight from 199-272 g. Adult similar to Green Turaco, distinguished by small all black bill and rounded whitish crest. It lays two eggs in a platform of twigs around 3 or 5 metres above the ground. Both the male and female defend a territory and share with incubation duties.

Tawny Antpitta - It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Tawny Eagle - The Tawny Eagle is a large bird of prey. It is about 62–72 cm in length and has a wingspan of 165–185 cm and it weighs 1.6–2.4 kg. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. It was once considered to be closely related to the migratory Steppe Eagle, Aquila nipalensis, and the two forms have previously been treated as conspecific. They were split based on pronounced differences in morphology and anatomy;.

Tawny Fish Owl - The Tawny Fish-owl, Bubo flavipes, is a species of owl. It used to be placed in Ketupa with the other fish-owls, but that group is tentatively included with the eagle-owls in Bubo, until the affiliations of the fish-owls and fishing-owls can be resolved more precisely.

Tawny Frogmouth - The Tawny Frogmouth was first described in 1801 by English naturalist John Latham. Is specific name is derived from the Ancient Greek stems strix "owl" and eidos "form". It belongs to the frogmouth family Podargidae, which also includes the other types of frogmouths like the Jaren and Solomon Islands Frogmouth. Tawny Frogmouths came from Aves then the neoaves, which has such birds like flamingos, cuckoos and the owls, that continued on to Caprimulgiformes, this is the group that includes the nightjars and oilbirds and then onto Podargidae. Podargidae have been around for about 56 million years, since the Eocene period.

Tawny Lark - in Hyderabad, India.

Tawny Marshbird - It is found in Australia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Philippines.

Tawny Owl - This nocturnal bird of prey hunts mainly rodents, usually by dropping from a perch to seize its prey, which it swallows whole; in more urban areas its diet includes a higher proportion of birds. Vision and hearing adaptations and silent flight aid its night hunting. The Tawny is capable of catching smaller owls, but is itself vulnerable to the Eagle Owl or Northern Goshawk. Red Foxes are an important cause of mortality in newly fledged young.

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

Tawny Pipit - This is a large pipit, 16.5-18 cm long, but is an undistinguished looking species on the ground, mainly sandy brown above and pale below. It is very similar to Richard's Pipit, but is slightly smaller, has shorter legs and a shorter dark bill. It is also less streaked. Its flight is strong and direct, and it gives a characteristic "schip" call, higher pitched than Richard's.

Tawny Tit-Spinetail - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Tawny-bellied Babbler - The Tawny-bellied Babbler is a resident breeding bird in India, Sri Lanka and southwest Nepal. Its habitat is scrub and tall grassland. It builds its nest in a bush, concealed in dense masses of foliage. The normal clutch is three or four eggs. This species, like most babblers, is not migratory, and has short rounded wings and a weak flight.

Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl - The Tawny-bellied Screech-owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical swamps.

Tawny-bellied Seedeater - Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch - The Tawny-breasted Parrotfinch is found in subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Tawny-breasted Tinamou - All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other Ratites, Tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and Tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds.

Tawny-breasted Wren-Babbler - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Tawny-chested Flycatcher - It is an uncommon inhabitant of mature evergreen forest and tall secondary growth, usually in dense understory vegetation on the woodland edges, along streams, in natural clearings, or in cacao plantations. The nest is built by the female in a natural cavity or a woodpecker hole in a tree or bamboo up to 6 m above the ground. The eggs are undescribed, but tyrant flycatchers typically lay two eggs which are incubated by the female for 15-16 days to hatching,

Tawny-crested Tanager - The Tawny-crested Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and heavily degraded former forest.

Tawny-crowned Honeyeater - The Tawny-crowned Honeyeater is a passerine bird native to eastern Australia.

Tawny-faced Gnatwren - It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Tawny-faced Quail - It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Tawny-flanked Prinia - It is 10-13 centimetres in length with a long, narrow, graduated tail and a fairly long, slender bill. The tail is often held erect or waved from side to side. The upperparts are grey-brown with rufous-brown edges to the flight feathers and a rufous tinge to the rump. The throat and breast are whitish while the flanks and vent are warm buff. There is a whitish stripe over the eye and the lores are dark. The tail feathers have a white tip and a dark subterminal band.

Tawny-headed Swallow - It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Falkland Islands, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Tawny-throated Dotterel - The Tawny-throated Dotterel is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family. It is placed in the genus Oreopholus, which is monotypic as regards living species. A prehistoric relative, Oreopholus orcesi, has been described from fossil remains.

Tawny-throated Leaftosser - This roughly thrush-sized bird measures 15–17 cm in length and weighs 24-30 g. Its coloration is quite uniformly a rich chestnut brown. The tail is darker, the breast, rump and head are lighter and tinged rufous, though the crown and cheek region are as dark as the body, with some greyish hue to the cheeks. Its iris is dusky brown, the feet are blackish brown. The bill is very long and thin, perhaps by proportion the longest and thinnest of all Furnariidae. It is blackish brown above, and whitish, horn-colored or dark grey below; the tip is black.

Teita Apalis - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Temminck - Temminck's Courser, Cursorius temminckii, is a bird in the pratincole and courser family, Glareolidae. It is a wader which lives in sub-Saharan Africa.

Temminck's Lark - This lark is a bird of open stony semi-desert. Its nest is on the ground, with 2-4 eggs being laid. Its food is seeds supplemented with insects in the breeding season.

Temminck's Seedeater - It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Temminck's Stint - Temminck's Stint, Calidris or Erolia temminckii, is a small wader.

Temminck's Tragopan - Its appearance resembles the Satyr Tragopan, but unlike the latter species it has all red upperbody plumage and orange collar. The diet consists mainly of berries, grass and plants.

Tengmalm's Owl - Tengmalm's Owl, Aegolius funereus, is a small owl. It is known as the Boreal Owl in North America. This species is a part of the larger grouping of owls known as typical owls, Strigidae, which contains most species of owl. The other grouping is the barn owls, Tytonidae.

Tennessee Warbler - The Tennessee Warbler, Vermivora peregrina, is a New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America across Canada and the northern USA. It is migratory, wintering in southern Central America and northern Colombia and Venezuela, with a few stragglers going as far south as Ecuador. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe. This bird was named from a specimen collected in Tennessee where it may appear during migration.

Tepui Antpitta - It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.

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

Tepui Parrotlet - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

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

Tepui Swift - The Tepui Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family. It is found in Brazil, Guyana, and Venezuela.

Tepui Tinamou - All tinamou are from the family Tinamidae, and in the larger scheme are also Ratites. Unlike other Ratites, Tinamous can fly, although in general, they are not strong fliers. All ratites evolved from prehistoric flying birds, and Tinamous are the closest living relative of these birds.

Tepui Wren - The Tepui Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. Its natural habitat is forest edge and shrubbery on tepuis, subtropical or tropical moist mountains of south-eastern Venezuela and adjacent parts of Guyana and Brazil.

Terek Sandpiper - The Terek Sandpiper is a small migratory Palearctic wader species, the only member of the genus Xenus.

Terrestrial Brownbul - The Terrestrial Brownbul is a species of songbird in the Pycnonotidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Tessmann's Flycatcher - The Tessmann's Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Thalassarche impavida - The Campbell Albatross or Campbell Mollymawk, Thalassarche impavida, is a medium sized mollymawk in the albatross family. It breeds only on Campbell Island and the associated islet of Jeanette Marie, a small New Zealand island group in the South Pacific. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of the Black-browed Albatross. It is a medium sized black and white Albatross with a pale yellow iris.

Thalassarche salvini - Salvin's Albatross, or Salvin's Mollymawk, Thalassarche salvini, is a large seabird that ranges across the Southern Ocean. A medium sized mollymawk in the albatross family, it was long considered to be a subspecies of the Shy Albatross. It is a medium sized black and white albatross.

Thalassarche steadi - Mollymawks are a type of Albatross that belong to Diomedeidae family and come from the Procellariiformes order, along with Shearwaters, Fulmars, Storm-petrels, and Diving-petrels. They share certain identifying features. First, they have nasal passages that attach to the upper bill called naricorns. Although the nostrils on the Albatross are on the sides of the bill. The bills of Procellariiformes are also unique in that they are split into between 7 and 9 horny plates. Finally, 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.

Thamnophilus ambiguus - It occurs at low levels in forest and woodland, especially, but not exclusively, humid.

Thamnophilus divisorius - It was discovered in 1996 in the Acre Arch uplands in the state of Acre in Brazil, and described as a species new to science in 2004.

Thamnophilus pelzelni - Its occurs at low levels in forest and woodland, especially in areas with dense growth.

Thamnophilus stictocephalus - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Thamnophilus sticturus - It occurs at low levels in forest and woodland; especially in places with dense growth.

Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus - It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.

Thamnophilus zarumae - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

Thamnornis - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Thaumatibis gigantea - The Giant Ibis, Thaumatibis gigantea, the only species in the monotypic genus Thaumatibis, is a wading bird of the ibis family, Threskiornithidae. It is confined to northern Cambodia, with a few birds surviving in extreme southern Laos.

Thayer's Gull - The Thayer's Gull is a large gull native to North America that breeds in the Arctic islands of Canada and primarily winters on the Pacific coast, from southern Alaska to the Gulf of California, though there are also wintering populations on the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi River. The species has occurred a vagrant to Tamaulipas, Mexico 1, Japan 3., Denmark, and other parts of western Europe.

Thekla Lark - This is a common bird of dry open country, often at some altitude. It nests on the ground, laying two to six eggs. Its food is weed seeds and insects, the latter especially in the breeding season.

Thick-billed Euphonia - It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

Thick-billed Flowerpecker - The Thick-billed Flowerpecker is a tiny bird in the flowerpecker group. They feed predominantly on fruits and are active birds that are mainly seen in the tops of trees in forests. It is a resident bird with a wide distribution across tropical southern Asia from India east to Indonesia and Timor with several populations recognized as subspecies.

Thick-billed Grasswren - Its natural habitat is Mediterranean-type shrubby vegetation.

Thick-billed Green Pigeon - It is found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

Thick-billed Ground Dove - The Thick-billed Ground Dove is an extinct dove species of the Gallicolumba genus.

Thick-billed Ground Pigeon - The Thick-billed Ground-pigeon is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Trugon. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Thick-billed kingbird - Adults are dusky olive-brown on the upperparts with light underparts; they have a long dark brown or black tail. The underside is a dull white to pale yellow. They have a yellow patch on their crown, but is not visible very often. The bill on this species, for which it is named, is rather large-and-stocky compared to other members of this group and it is one of this kingbirds most distinguishing characteristics. The call is a loud, whistled "pwaareeet".

Thick-billed Miner - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

Thick-billed parrot - The Thick-billed Parrot is a medium-sized, up to 38 cm  long, bright green parrot with a large black bill and a red forecrown, shoulder and thighs. Adult eyes are amber, while juveniles have brown eyes. The rest of the bird is bright green. Thick-billed Parrots show red shoulders and leading edge on the underwing, followed by a blackish green stripe, then a yellow stripe, followed by the remaining underwing showing dark green. It appears to show a blackish tail.

Thick-billed Raven - This raven has very short feathers on the head, throat and neck, which on the throat and upper breast have an oily brown gloss. The rest of the bird is glossy black except for a distinctive white patch of short feathers on the nape and onto the neck.

Thick-billed Saltator - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, and heavily degraded former forest. However, some people keep them in greenhouses so that they can eat the plants. Alaska is becoming a major destination for these birds.

Thick-billed Seed-Finch - The Thick-billed Seed-finch is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, but was until recently placed in Emberizidae. It is found widely in shrubby and grassy areas from southern Mexico, through Central America, to the Chocó in Colombia and Ecuador. It is replaced by the closely related Chestnut-bellied Seed-finch in South America east of the Andes, as well as the valleys of Cauca and Magdalena in Colombia. The two have often been considered conspecific as the Lesser Seed-finch .

Thick-billed Siskin - The Thick-billed Siskin is a species of finch in the Fringillidae family. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland.

Thick-billed Vireo - This vireo frequents bushes and shrubs in tropical thickets. The grass-lined nest is a neat cup shape, attached to a fork in a tree or bush branch. 2-3 dark-spotted white eggs are laid. Both the male and female incubate the eggs.

Thick-billed Warbler - This passerine bird is a species found in dense vegetation such as reeds, bushes and thick undergrowth. 5-6 eggs are laid in a nest in a low tree.

Thick-billed Weaver - It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Thick-billed White-eye - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Thickell's Thrush - Males of this small thrush have uniform blue-grey upperparts, and a whitish belly and vent. Females and young birds have browner upperparts.

Thicket Tinamou - Tinamus cinnamomeus

Thinornis rubricollis - The Hooded Plover is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family. It is endemic to Australia.

Three-banded Plover - The adult Three-banded Plover is 18 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 Forbes's Plover which replaces it in west Africa.

Three-banded Rosefinch - It is found in Bhutan, China, and India. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.

Three-streaked Tchagra - It is found in Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda. Its natural habitats are dry savanna and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Three-striped Warbler - It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Three-toed Jacamar - It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and plantations. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Three-toed Woodpecker - The adult is 21.5-24 cm in length. It is black on the head, wings and rump, and white from the throat to the belly; the flanks are white with black bars. The back is white with black bars, and the tail is black with the white outer feathers barred with black. The adult male has a yellow cap.

Three-wattled Bellbird - One of four species of bellbird that live in Central and South America, the Three-wattled Bellbird is between 25 cm and 30 cm long. The body, tail, and wings of the male are uniformly chestnut-brown; its head, neck, and upper breast are white; and it has a black eye-ring, eye-stripe, and bill. Its name comes from the three worm-like wattles of skin that hang from the base of the bill. These wattles can be as long as 10 cm when extended during songs and interactions. The wattles remain flaccid even when extended. The male shakes the wattles, but otherwise they hang straight down; they are neither erectile nor under muscular control. The side wattles do not stick out to the sides and the central one is not extended directly skywards as shown on some old illustrations and specimens. The female bellbirds are smaller and less striking in appearance, being overall olive with yellowish streaking below, pure yellow vent and no wattles.

Threskiornis bernieri - The Malagasy Sacred Ibis is a species of bird in the Threskiornithidae family. It is found in Madagascar and Seychelles. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, estuarine waters, intertidal flats, and coastal saline lagoons. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Thripias pyrrhogaster - It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

Thripias xantholophus - It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Kenya, Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Thrush-like Antpitta - It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Thrush-like Schiffornis - It is medium-sized, about 24 centimeters long. Depending on subspecies, it is overall brownish or olive. The belly is often grayish.

Thrush-like Wren - With a total length of approximately 20 cm , it is among the largest species of wrens. The head and mantle are brownish-gray. The wings and upper tail are dull brown with dense blackish barring. The whitish underparts are heavily spotted with dusky, except on the throat. It typically shows a distinctive whitish eye-brow and the relatively long tail is commonly held cocked. The slightly decurved bill is relatively long, and, for a wren, thick. The irides are dull amber, maroon or brown.

Thunberg's Swiftlet - The Edible-nest Swiftlet is a small bird of the swift family which is found in South-east Asia. Its nest is made of solidified saliva and is used to make bird's nest soup.

Tibet Rosefinch - The Tibetan Rosefinch is a species of rosefinch in the finch family Fringillidae. It is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Kozlowia. It is endemic to the Tibetan Plateau of China. Its natural habitat is montane tundra.

Tibetan Babax - It is threatened by habitat loss.

Tibetan Eared-Pheasant - Its natural habitats are boreal forests and temperate forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Tibetan Ground-Jay - The Tibetan Ground-tit or Hume's Ground-tit is a lark-like bird which lives to the north of the Himalayas. It is also known simply as Ground Tit or simply as Hume's Groundpecker. It was fomerly known by the names Hume's Ground-jay and Tibetan Ground-jay. This species has only recently been removed from the family Corvidae and placed into the tit family . It is the only species in genus Pseudopodoces.

Tibetan Partridge - This partridge breeds on the Tibetan plateau in Tibet itself, Northern Pakistan via Kashmir onto northwestern Indian, northern parts of Nepal, Sikkim and Bhutan, and western China.

Tibetan Sandgrouse - Tibetan Sandgrouse is about 30-41 cm long, with buff upperparts. It has an orange face, finely barred grey breast, white belly and black underwings. The latter two features are distinctions from the related Pallas's Sandgrouse, with which its range overlaps. Like that species, Tibetan Sandgrouse has feathered legs and toes.

Tibetan Serin - The Tibetan Serin , sometimes considered a siskin of the genus Carduelis, is a true finch species .

Tibetan Snowcock - The Tibetan Snowcock is a cock in the pheasant family Phasianidae of the order Galliformes, gallinaceous birds. This species is found in the Western Himalayas of the Kashmir region of Pakistan and India.

Tickell's Niltava - The Tickell's Blue Flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the flycatcher family. This is an insectivorous species which breeds in tropical southern Asia from India and Sri Lanka to Indonesia. They are blue on the upperparts and the throat and breast are rufous. They are found in dense scrub to forest habitats.

Tiger Shrike - It derives its name from the tiger-like pattern of its upperparts which are reddish-brown with dark bars. Adult males have white underparts and a grey head with a black mask. Females and young birds are duller and browner and young birds lack the grey and black on the head.

Tigriornis leucolopha - The White-crested Tiger Heron , also known as the White-crested Bittern, is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is in the monotypic genus Tigriornis. It is found in Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, and Togo.

Timberline Wren - The Timberline Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Thryorchilus. It is found in Costa Rica and western Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Timor Blue-Flycatcher - The Timor Blue-flycatcher is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Timor Bushchat - The White-bellied Bushchat is a species of bird in the Muscicapidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and dry savanna. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Timor Figbird - The Timor Figbird is a monotypic species of bird in the Oriolidae family. It is endemic to forest, woodland, mangrove and scrub on the south-east Asian islands of Timor and Roti. It is moderately common, and therefore considered to be of Least Concern by BirdLife International and IUCN.

Timor Friarbird - The Plain Friarbird, scientific name Philemon inornatus, is a species of bird in the Meliphagidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

Timor Green Pigeon - The Timor Green-pigeon is a species of bird in the Columbidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Timor Sparrow - Its appearance resembles the closely related Java Sparrow but is smaller than the latter and has different colored plumage. The Timor Sparrow inhabits to grasslands and lowlands of West Timor, Semau and Rote Island of Indonesia, and Timor-Leste. The diet consists mainly of rice and seeds.

Timor Sunbird - The Flame-breasted Sunbird is a species of bird in the Nectariniidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Tinian monarch - It is threatened by habitat loss. The Tinian Monarch has been delisted as endangered by the United States Fish and Wildlife Services, see the Draft Post-Delisting Monitoring Plan. The current population of Tinian Monarchs is estimated to be over 52,900 individuals.

Tinkling Cisticola - The Grey Cisticola is a species of bird in the Cisticolidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Its natural habitat is dry savanna.

Tiny Greenbul - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland.

Tiny Hawk - The Tiny Hawk is a small diurnal bird of prey found in or near forests, primarily humid, throughout much of the Neotropics. It is primarily a bird-eater, and is known to prey on hummingbirds.

Tit-like Dacnis - Adults reach 12.5 cm in length. Males are solid deep blue with dark eyes, bill, and feet. Female of all subspecies is duller, with rufous-brown underparts.

Titicaca flightless grebe - This is a mid-sized grebe, varying from 28-45 cm in overall length. It weighs up to 600 g. Its coloration is unmistakable. The only grebe species it somewhat resembles is the unrelated Red-necked Grebe which is not found in South America. The only congener, the White-tufted Grebe, does not look very similar. The color pattern of the Titicaca Grebe is altogether similar to that of the Red-necked Grebe, but it has a darker belly, and a white throat patch that runs down the neck nearly to the breast. Due to the short wings, the rufous flanks can usually be seen. The ornamental plumes on the head are a vestigial version of those of the White-tufted Grebe, but dark. Iris and the lower bill are yellow. Juveniles and non-breeding adults are duller, lack the ornamental plumes, and in the case of the former have rufous stripes on the sides of the head and more white on the neck, so that the rufous breast does not show in swimming birds.

Toco Toucan - The Toco Toucan has a striking plumage with a mainly black body, a white throat, chest and uppertail-coverts, and red undertail-coverts. What appears to be a blue iris is actually thin blue skin around the eye. This blue skin is surrounded by another ring of bare, orange skin. The most noticeable feature, however, is its huge bill, which is yellow-orange, tending to deeper reddish-orange on its lower sections and culmen, and with a black base and large spot on the tip. It looks heavy, but as in other toucans it is relatively light because the inside largely is hollow. The tongue is nearly as long as the bill and very flat. With a total length of 55–65 cm , incl. a bill that measures almost 20 cm , and a weight of 500–860 g , it is the largest species of toucan and the largest representative of the order Piciformes. Males are larger than females, but otherwise both are alike. Juveniles are duller and shorter-billed than adults. Its voice consists of a deep, coarse croaking, often repeated every

Togian Hawk-owl - The scientific name honours a local Indonesian conservationist called Burhan.

Tolima Dove - It is endemic to Colombia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and pastureland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Tomtit - The Tomtit is one of four species of the genus Petroica found in New Zealand, the ancestors of which having colonised from Australia. The species was once thought to have been descended from the Scarlet Robin,

Tonga Whistler - Its natural habitat is the understory of primary forests, although it is found in secondary forest with large trees.

Tooth-billed Catbird - An Australian endemic, the Tooth-billed Catbird is distributed to mountain forests of northeast Queensland. Its diet consists mainly of fruits and young leaves of forest trees.

Tooth-billed Hummingbird - The Tooth-billed Hummingbird has a total length of c. 14 cm , which includes the long, essentially straight bill of c. 4 cm . Its common name refers to the small tooth-like serrations on the inner part of the distal half of the bill. It is shiny green above with a coppery crown. The underparts are whitish streaked dusky. The rounded tail is greyish with a broad black subterminal band and white tips. There is a conspicuous white band on the rump. In males, the bill has a small hook at the tip and more prominent tooth-like spikes; their plumage color averages brighter overall than females. While the green upper parts of this species are iridescent, its plumage is duller than that of most hummingbirds. Within its range, it is essentially unmistakable by the combination of the long, almost straight bill and the dark-streaked whitish underparts.

Tooth-billed Pigeon - The only extant member in the monotypic genus Didunculus, the Tooth-billed Pigeon is confined to undisturbed forests of Samoa in the Pacific. It feeds almost exclusively on the fruits of Dysoxylum, a tree in the mahogany family.

Topknot Pigeon - The birds are big, with length varying from 40 to 46 centimetres . It has a pale grey breast, dark grey wings and a slaty-black tail with one light grey band. The beak is red-brown. The pigeon also has a flattened, wide and sweptback crest of feathers that commences at the beak to the nape of the neck. The crest consists of grey feathers at the front and brown-red feathers at the back. The juveniles are plainer in appearance with a brown bill. The tail band is less defined in the immature.

Torgos tracheliotos - It is not closely related to the superficially similar New World vultures, and does not share the good sense of smell of some members of that group. Like many vultures, it has a bald head. The pink coloration is a distinctive feature. The head is bald because a feathered head would become spattered with blood and other fluids, and thus be difficult to keep clean.

Toro Olive Greenbul - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Torotoroka Scops-owl - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

Torrent Duck - This 43–46 cm long species is a resident breeder in the Andes of South America, nesting in small waterside caves and other sheltered spots. Like the Blue Duck, it holds territories on fast flowing mountain rivers, usually above 1500 m. It is a powerful swimmer and diver even in white water, but is reluctant to fly more than short distances. It is not particularly wary when located.

Torrent Robin - As suggested by its name the Torrent Robin's preferred habitat is fast moving streams and rivers with protruding boulders.

Torrent Tyrannulet - The Torrent Tyrannulet is a bird of rocky mountain streams at elevations from 300 to 2200 m, although it is less common at the lower altitudes where the water currents are weaker. There is a nesting record from Costa Rica as low as 35 m, possibly as a result of displacement of birds by hydroelectric work higher up the Sarapiquí River.

Toucan Barbet - In the past, it has been grouped with the other barbets in the Capitonidae. However, DNA studies have confirmed that this arrangement is paraphyletic; the New World barbets are more closely related to the toucans than they are to the Old World barbets. As a result, the barbet lineages are now considered to be distinct families, and the Toucan Barbet, together with the Prong-billed Barbet, is now placed into a separate family, Semnornithidae.

Townsend's Shearwater - Townsend's Shearwater, Puffinus auricularis, is a rare seabird of the tropics from the family Procellariidae.

Townsend's Solitaire - This solitaire ranges from southern Alaska, British Columbia and Alberta south to northern Zacatecas, preferring montane woodlands. During winter, it may move in search of food to lower elevations, including the Great Plains, northern interior Mexico, and even desert oases.

Townsend's warbler - These birds have a yellow face with a black stripe across their cheeks, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, olive upperparts with black streaks on their backs and flanks, and a white belly. Adult males have a black cap, black throat and yellow lower breast; females have a dark cap and a yellow throat. Immature birds are similar to females with a dark green cap and cheeks.

Trachyphonus usambiro - It is found in Kenya and Tanzania.

Tractrac Chat - Its habitat is Karoo and desert scrub, hummock dunes and gravel plains.

Travancore Scimitar Babbler - The Indian Scimitar-babbler, Pomatorhinus horsfieldii, is an Old World babbler. It is found in peninsular India and is found in a range of forest habitats. They are more easily identified by the distinctive call made by pairs or small groups and can be hard to spot as they forage through dense vegetation. The long yellow, scimitar-shaped bills are distinctive and give them their name. It has been treated in the part as a subspecies of the White-browed Scimitar-babbler and has further been split into the mainland Indian species with the former subspecies in Sri Lanka elevated to a full species, the Sri Lanka Scimitar-babbler .

Traversia lyalli - It is the best known of the extremely few flightless passerines known to science , all of which were inhabitants of islands and are now extinct. The others were relatives of Xenicus and the Long-legged Bunting from Tenerife, all of which were only discovered recently and became extinct in prehistoric times. In addition, the Bush Wren and the Chatham Islands Fernbird were largely flightless.

Traylor's Forest Falcon - The Buckley's Forest-falcon, Carnifex De Buckley, Carnifex De Traylor, Gavilán De Traylor, or Halcón-montés De Buckley is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Tree Martin - This is a bird of open woodland, preferably with large trees to provide nest holes. It is increasingly common in urban and suburban areas.

Tree Mouse - Like other nuthatches, the White-breasted Nuthatch forages for insects on trunks and branches, and is able to move head-first down trees. Seeds form a substantial part of its winter diet, as do acorns and hickory nuts that were stored by the bird in the fall. The nest is in a hole in a tree, and the breeding pair may smear insects around the entrance as a deterrent to squirrels. Adults and young may be killed by hawks, owls and snakes, and forest clearance may lead to local habitat loss, but this is a common species with no major conservation concerns over most of its range.

Tree Pipit - This is a small pipit, which resembles Meadow Pipit. This is an undistinguished looking species, streaked brown above and with black markings on a white belly and buff breast below. It can be distinguished from the slightly smaller Meadow Pipit by its heavier bill and greater contrast between its buff breast and white belly. Tree Pipits more readily perch in trees.

Tree Sparrow - The Eurasian Tree Sparrow, Passer montanus, is a passerine bird in the sparrow family with a rich chestnut crown and nape, and a black patch on each pure white cheek. The sexes are similarly plumaged, and young birds are a duller version of the adult. This sparrow breeds over most of temperate Eurasia and Southeast Asia, where it is known as the Tree Sparrow, and it has been introduced elsewhere including the United States, where it is known as the Eurasian Tree Sparrow or German Sparrow to differentiate it from the native unrelated American Tree Sparrow. Although several subspecies are recognised, the appearance of this bird varies little across its extensive range.

Treefern Flyeater - The Brown-breasted Gerygone is a species of bird in the Acanthizidae family. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Trichastoma tickelli - The Buff-breasted Babbler is a species of bird in the Timaliidae family. It is found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Tricolored Brush Finch - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Tricoloured Blackbird - This highly social and gregarious bird forms the largest colonies of any North American landbird, with a single breeding colony often consisting of tens of thousands of birds.

Tricoloured Parrotfinch - It is found in subtropical/ tropical dry forest and dry savanna. The status of the species is evaluated as Least Concern.

Trindade petrel - The petrel has 2 color morphs, a dark phase and a light phase, with intergrades between the two also occurring. There are also 2 separate populations, one occurring in the south Pacific, sometimes seen in Hawaii; the other occurring in the south Atlantic, nesting off Brazil, with rare sightings in the Gulf Stream off the southeastern United States. The little-known Pacific subspecies Pterodroma heraldica may be a distinct species . It uses oceanic islands, atolls, nesting on cliff ledges, ridges or rocky slopes. On some islands, nesting birds are threatened by feral cats and rats.

Trinidad Piping-Guan - This species is only found on Trinidad; it is close to extinction. They are large birds, 60 cm in length, and similar in general appearance to turkeys, with thin necks and small heads. They are forest birds, and the nest is built in a tree. Three large white eggs are laid, the female alone incubating. This arboreal species feeds on fruit and berries.

Tristan Albatross - The Tristan Albatross, Diomedea dabbenena, is a large seabird from the albatross family. One of the great albatrosses of the genus Diomedea, it was only widely recognised as a full species in 1998.

Tristan Gallinule - The once abundant Tristan Moorhen had become rare by 1873, and by the end of 19th century it was extinct as a result of hunting, predation by introduced species and habitat destruction by fire. A handful of taxidermical specimens of the Tristan Moorhen have been preserved, including one at Harvard University.

Tristan Thrush - Its natural habitats are temperate shrubland, temperate grassland, and rocky shores.

Tristram's Serin - The Syrian Serin is prettily coloured with bright yellow and pale grey feathers. The eyes are large and are surrounded by a bright yellow ring. The beak is grey and the legs are pale pinkish-grey. It has a long trilling call, and may also chirp and twitter.

Tristram's Starling - A member of the starling family, it is 25 cm long , with a wingspan of 44–45 cm, and a weight of 100-140 g. The males have glossy iridescent black plumage with orange patches on the outer wing, which are particularly noticeable in flight. The bill and legs are black. Females and young birds are similar but duller and with a greyish head, lacking the plumage gloss.

Tristram's Warbler - The Tristram's Warbler is a species of Old World warbler in the Sylviidae family. It is found in Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Troglodytes cobbi - The plumage is brown, greyer on the head and breast and more rufous on the tail. There are dark bars on the flight feathers and tail. The bill is long, blackish and slightly curved. The main confusion species is the Grass Wren which is smaller with a shorter bill, buff eyestripe and dark streaks on the back and head. Cobb's Wrens have a number of buzzing calls and their song is a series of jumbled trills and whistles. The song can be heard from August to February and varies between individuals with different males having different song patterns.

Troglodytes sissonii - The Socorro Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is endemic to Socorro Island, Mexico. It was formerly placed in Thryomanes but was moved to Troglodytes considering "manners, song, plumage, etc".

Tropical Boubou - The Tropical Boubou or Bell Shrike is a medium-sized passerine bird of sub-Saharan Africa. This very diverse "species" with its numerous subspecies and morphs has since long posed a taxonomic problem, and recent research suggests it is a cryptic species complex that ought to be split into several species.

Tropical Gnatcatcher - The adult Tropical Gnatcatcher is 10–12 cm long, and weighs 6–8 g .

Tropical Kingbird - The name of this bird commemorates the soldier and naturalist Darius N. Couch.

Tropical Mockingbird - Adults are 25 cm long and weigh 54g. They are grey on the head and upper parts with yellow eyes, a white eye stripe and dark patch through the eye. The underparts are off-white and the wings are blackish with two white wing bars and white edges to the flight feathers. They have a long dark tail with white feather tips, a slim black bill with a slight downward curve, and long dark legs.

Tropical Parula - The Tropical Parula, Parula pitiayumi, is a small New World warbler. It breeds from southernmost Texas and northwest Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina, including Trinidad and Tobago. This widespread and common species is not considered threatened by the IUCN.

Tropical Pewee - This pewee is found at the edges of forests and cultivated areas with tall trees. The nest is a small open saucer of fibre and grasses, lined with grass and decorated with lichen on its exterior. It is placed in a tree fork or on a branch. The female builds the nest and incubates the typical clutch of two creamy-white eggs, which are marked with red-brown spots at the larger end, for 15-16 days to hatching.

Tropical Screech-Owl - The Tropical Screech-owl is a small species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found throughout South America , except in the Andes, the arid Pacific lowlands, and the far south. Its distribution also extends into southern Central America in Costa Rica and Panama. It is generally common - in large parts of its range among the most common species of owls. It occurs in a wide range of wooded habitats, ranging from arid Caatinga to rainforest, and even city parks. This polymorphic species is highly variable in colour, it being overall grey, brown or rich rufous, but always with a relatively distinctive blackish edge to the face and yellow irides.

Tropical Scrubwren - It is found in tropical moist forests of northern Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea.

Troupial - The Venezuelan Troupial is fairly large in size, with a long tail and a bulky bill. It has a black head and upper breast. The feathers on the front of the neck and upper breast stick outward, making an uneven boundary between the black and the orange of the bird's lower breast and underside. The rest of the orange color is found on the upper and lower back, separated by the black shoulders. The wings are mostly black except for a white streak that runs the length of the wing when in a closed position. The eyes are yellow, and surrounding each one, there is a patch of bright, blue, naked skin.

Trudeau's Tern - The Snowy-crowned Tern or Trudeau's Tern is a species of tern in the Sternidae family. It is found in Argentina, south-east Brazil, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay. It has occurred as a vagrant in the Falkland Islands. Its natural habitats are swamps, shallow seas, and intertidal marshes.

Truk island ground-dove - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical mangrove forests, subtropical or tropical moist montanes, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and plantations . It is threatened by habitat loss.

Truk Monarch - The Chuuk Monarch is a large monarch flycatcher, around 20 cm long. The plumage of this species is sexually dimorphic, with the male having almost entirely white plumage with a black face and throat and the female having entirely black plumage. The large bill is pale blue.

Truk White-eye - Its habitat is montane rainforest dominated by the endemic Chuuk Poinsontree. Due to it restricted range on one small mountaintop and the locals' disdain for the native poisontree, it is severely threatened by habitat loss.

Trumpet Manucode - Trumpet Manucode is species of medium-sized, approximately 31 cm long bird in the family Paradisaeidae. It has elongated horn-like head tufts and loose neck feathers. The plumage is of blackish glossed blue, green and purple. It has a red iris, long coiled trachea, and blackish bill, mouth and legs. The female resembles the male, but is smaller in size and duller in color.

Trumpeter Hornbill - The Trumpeter Hornbill, Bycanistes bucinator, is a medium-sized hornbill, with length between 58 to 65 cm, characterized by a large grey casque on the bill, smaller in females. The eyes are brown or red, with pink surrounding skin. They are similar to Silvery-cheeked Hornbill. Distinguishing features include an all-black back, white belly and white underwing coverts , and red facial skin.

Tschudi's tapaculo - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.

Tuamotu Kingfisher - The Tuamotu Kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae family. It is endemic to French Polynesia. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, plantations and rural gardens.

Tuamotu Sandpiper - The Tuamotu Sandpiper, Prosobonia cancellata, is an endangered member of the large wader family Scolopacidae, that is endemic to the Tuamotu Islands in French Polynesia. It is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Aechmorhynchus. A native name, apparently in the Tuamotuan language, is kivi-kivi.

Tucuman Amazon - The Tucumán Amazon is a mostly green short tailed parrot 31 cm long. The green feathers of the upper-body have black margins. There is red plumage on the forehead and fore-crown, and the red does not extend around the white eye-rings. It has red primary wing feathers and no red at the bend of the wing. It has orange thighs and red at base of the green tail. They have a horn coloured beak, orange-yellow irises, and pinkish-grey legs. The male and female are identical in external appearance. Juveniles have less red on the head, green primary wing feathers, green thighs, and grey irises.

Tucuman Mountain Finch - The Tucumán Mountain-finch is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to shrubby woodland in the Andes of north-western Argentina, but it is possible its distribution extends marginally into adjacent Bolivia. Together with the closely related Cochabamba Mountain-finch, it was formerly placed in the genus Poospiza. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Tufted Antshrike - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.

Tufted Coquette - This small bird inhabits open country, gardens and cultivation. It is 6.6 cm long and weighs 2.3 g. The black-tipped red bill is short and straight.

Tufted Duck - The adult male is all black except for white flanks and a blue-grey bill. It has an obvious head tuft that gives the species its name. The adult female is brown with paler flanks, and is more easily confused with other diving ducks. In particular, some have white around the bill base which resembles the scaup species, although the white is never as extensive as in those ducks.

Tufted Flycatcher - It is a common inhabitant of mature mountain forest and tall second growth, especially at edges and clearings with trees. It breeds from 700–3000 m altitude, but is most abundant from 1200–2150 m. The female builds a saucer nest of moss, liverworts and lichens 4–27 m high on a branch or vine, usually concealed among ferns, bromeliads and other epiphytes. The female incubates the two brown-blotched white eggs for 15–16 days to hatching,

Tufted Jay - It is resident in relatively moist, epiphyte-laden subtropical montane forests, especially those with a large component of oaks.

Tufted Puffin - The Tufted Puffin is a relatively abundant medium-sized pelagic seabird in the auk family found throughout the North Pacific Ocean. It is one of three species of puffin that make up the Fratercula genus and is easily recognizable by its thick red bill and yellow tufts.

Tui - The name Tui is from the Maori language name tūī and is the species' formal common name. The plural is simply 'Tui', following Māori usage. The English name, Parson Bird, has fallen into disuse but came about because at first glance the Tui appears completely black except for a small tuft of white feathers at its neck and a small white wing patch, causing it to resemble a parson in religious attire.

Tui Parakeet - It is restricted to várzea and other wooded habitats near water. It is rare or entirely absent away from large rivers.

Tulear Newtonia - Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Tumbes Hummingbird - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland.

Tumbes Tyrant - The Tumbes Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Tumbezia. It is endemic to Peru.

Turdoides fulva - The Fulvous Babbler or Fulvous Chatterer is a species of bird in the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae. It is 25 cm long with a wingspan of 27-30.5 cm. It is warm brown above with very faint streaking on the crown and back. The throat is whitish and the rest of the underparts are pale brown.

Turdoides striata - The Jungle Babbler, Turdoides striata, is an Old World babbler found in South Asia. They are gregarious birds that forage in small groups of six to ten birds, a habit that has given them the popular name of Seven Sisters or Saath bhai in Hindi with cognates in other regional languages which means "seven brothers".

Turdus helleri - The Taita Thrush was previously classified as subspecies of the Olive Thrush , but it is regarded as distinct species since 1985. It reaches a length between 20 to 22 centimetres. Head, breast and upperparts are coloured darkly. The underparts are white and the flanks have a rufous hue. The eyes and the bill exhibit a pale orange coloration. It was named after zoologist Edmund Heller a workmate of the American ornithologist Edgar Alexander Mearns who described this species scientifically in 1913.

Turdus ludoviciae - It has a black head and breast, yellow bill, brown back and wings and a grey belly with red sides.

Turkestan Tit - The Great Tit is a distinctive bird, with a black head and neck, prominent white cheeks, olive upperparts and yellow underparts, with some variation amongst the numerous subspecies. It is predominantly insectivorous in the summer, but will consume a wider range of food items in the winter months. Like all tits it is a cavity nester, usually nesting in a hole in a tree. The female lays around 12 eggs and incubates them alone, although both parents raise the chicks. In most years the pair will raise two broods. The nests may be raided by woodpeckers, squirrels and weasels and infested with fleas, and adults may be hunted by Sparrowhawks. The Great Tit has adapted well to human changes in the environment and is a common and familiar bird in urban parks and gardens. The Great Tit is also an important study species in ornithology.

Turkey Vulture - The Turkey Vulture is a scavenger and feeds almost exclusively on carrion.

Turnagra tanagra - For many years, the North Island Piopio was considered to be conspecific with the South Island Piopio, but the two are now regarded as two separate species due to their pronounced differences in external appearance and apparently also osteology .

Turquoise Dacnis-Tanager - The Turquoise Dacnis is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to Colombia. It is a rather distinct species of dacnis, formerly separated in the monotypic genus Pseudodacnis.

Turquoise Jay - It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Turquoise parakeet - A small parrot at around 20 cm long, the male is predominantly green in colour and more yellowish below with a bright turquoise blue face and chestnut shoulders on the blue and green wings. Females are generally duller and paler and lack the chestnut wing patch.

Turquoise Tanager - It occurs in forest, woodland and cultivation. The bulky cup nest is built in a tree or shrub, and the female incubates three brown-blotched grey-green eggs.

Turquoise-browed Motmot - The bird is approximately 34 cm long and weighs about 65 grams. It has a mostly green body with a rufous back and belly. There is a bright blue stripe above the eye and a blue-bordered black patch on the throat. The flight feathers and upperside of the tail are blue. The tips of the tail feathers are shaped like rackets and the bare feather shafts are longer than in other motmots. Although it is often said that motmots pluck the barbs off their tail to create the racketed shape, this is not true; the barbs are weakly attached and fall off due to abrasion with substrates and with routine preening.

Turquoise-throated Puffleg - Based on the few known specimens, it has a total length of 10-11 centimetres. The plumage of the male is predominantly green with a turquoise tinted throat. Both sexes have violet blue untertail-coverts and a straight black bill. The upperparts and the main part of the underparts are shimmering golden green in the males. Rump and uppertail-coverts are bluish green. The throat is pale violet blue and the forked tail is bluish black. The female lacks the throat patches, its plumage is less light and the belly more golden. Like all pufflegs it has striking leg-puffs of dense white downy feather tufts.

Turtle Dove - It is a migratory species with a southern Palearctic range, including Turkey and north Africa, though it is rare in northern Scandinavia and Russia; it winters in southern Africa.

Tuxtla Quail-Dove - Its natural habitats are lowland and montane tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Twite - The Twite is a small finch, similar in size and shape to a Linnet. Birds of the subspecies flavirostris are 13 to 13.5 centimetres long, and those of the subspecies altaica are 13 to 13.5 centimetres long. It lacks the red head patch and breast shown by the Linnet and the redpolls. It is brown streaked with black above, with a pink rump. The underparts buff to whitish, streaked with brown. The conical bill is yellow in winter and grey in summer. The call is a distinctive "twit", from which its and the song contains fast trills and twitters.

Twixt-hell-and-the-white-oak - The Chuck-will's-widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis is a nocturnal bird of the nightjar family Caprimulgidae. It is found in the southeastern United States near swamps, rocky uplands, and pine woods. It migrates to the West Indies, Central America, and northwestern South America.

Two-banded Plover - The Two-banded Plover is a species of bird in the Charadriidae family. It breeds in Argentina, Chile and the Falkland Islands. Part of the population migrates north in winter with some birds reaching Uruguay and southern Brazil. Its natural habitats are freshwater lakes, saline marshes, rocky shores, and sandy shores.

Two-banded Warbler - Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Two-barred Crossbill - This bird breeds in the coniferous forests of Alaska, Canada, northernmost USA and across Asia extending into northeast Europe. It nests in conifers, laying 3-5 eggs.

Tytler's Leaf-Warbler - It is found in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Nepal, and the India. It passes through the Western Himalayas to winter in southern India, particularly in the Western Ghats and the Nilgiris.