Planet of Birds

Class AVES Order PASSERIFORMES Suborder OSCINES Family VIDUIDAE (WHYDAHS AND INDIGOBIRDS) free text from the Handbook of the Birds of the World. Small passerines with short, stubby bill, breeding males of most species with extensive black in plumage, some also with greatly elongated central tail feathers, females and non-breeding males mostly brownish and streaked. 10-43 […]