A long-tailed, hawk-like bird emerged from the trees, dusky shape in the gloom.
They are generally small, long-tailed birds which inhabit reedbeds and similar habitat.
To investigate whether the long-tailed birds had some sort of genetic resistance to the mites the biologist decided to follow the swallows through several generations.
Despite its English name, this long-tailed brown and grey bird is not a wren, but an unusual tapaculo.
The origin of the character is rooted in symbols of long-tailed birds such as the peacock or the legendary phoenix.
Fifty or a hundred long-tailed red-and-green birds winged over their heads, filling the air with chattering cries.
It is a small, long-tailed bird, 11-12 cm long.
They are markedly long-tailed birds, at first glance somewhat reminiscent of wrens.
They are typically fairly large, long-tailed birds which forage in noisy groups.
The folding screen on the wall opposite the mirror was embroidered with roses and long-tailed birds of a sort Cashel had never seen in life.