The black-billed shrike-tyrant (Agriornis montanus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and is a vagrant to the Falkland Islands. It is a large flycatcher at 23–25 cm (9–10 in) long. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical high-altitude shrubland, subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland, and pastureland.

Black-bellied Cuckooshrike

Black-bodied Woodpecker

Black-backed bittern

Black-bordered Babul Blue

Black-bellied finchlark

The black-backed bittern (Ixobrychus dubius), also known as the black-backed least bittern or Australian little bittern, is a little-known species of heron in the family Ardeidae found in Australia and vagrant to southern New Guinea. Formerly lumped with the little bittern, it is one of the smallest herons in the world.

Black-bellied Fruit Bat

Black-bellied sandgrouse

The black-billed capercaillie, or spotted capercaillie, (Tetrao urogalloides) is a large grouse species closely related to the more widespread western capercaillie. It is a sedentary species which breeds in the larch taiga forests of eastern Russia as well as parts of northern Mongolia and China.

The black-banded crake (Anurolimnas fasciatus) is a species of bird in the family Rallidae. It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.

Black-banded blenny

Black-banded frogs

Black-billed peppershrike

Black-banded robber frogs

Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush

Black-billed mountain-toucan

Black-backed kingfisher

Black-beetle

Black-bellied Thorntail

Black-barred silver dollar

Black-billed Weaver

Black-bearded Tomb Bat

Black-billed hanging parrot

Black-banded Crake

Black-billed Streamertail

Black-backed tody flycatcher

Black-billed Wood-Dove

The black-bellied storm petrel (Fregetta tropica) is a species of seabird in the family Oceanitidae. It is found in Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Bouvet Island, Brazil, Chile, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern Territories, Madagascar, Mozambique, New Zealand, Oman, Peru, Saint Helena, São Tomé and Príncipe, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Uruguay, and Vanuatu.

Black-bellied Glossy Starling

Black-billed Shrike-Tyrant

Black-billed Kingfisher

The black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) is a New World species in the Cuculidae (cuckoo) family. The scientific name is from Ancient Greek. The genus name kokkuzo, means to call like a common cuckoo, and erythropthalmus is from eruthros, "red" and ophthalmos, "eye". It is very similar and overlaps in range with the closely related yellow-billed cuckoo. A distinguishing characteristic of family Cuculidae is laying eggs in the nests of other birds. Although many cuckoos are obligate brood parasites, C. erythropthalmus often incubate their own chicks.

The black-billed sicklebill (Drepanornis albertiti), also known as buff-tailed sicklebill (leading to easy confusion with the hermit hummingbird Eutoxeres condamini), is a species of bird-of-paradise.

Black-backed oriole

Black-bellied tern

The black-banded fruit dove (Ptilinopus alligator) is a large (38–44 cm in length, 450-570 g in weight) pigeon with white head, neck and upper breast; black back and upperwing grading to grey on rump; black tail with broad grey terminal band; underparts grey, demarcated from white head and neck by broad black band.

Black-blotched porcupinefish

Black-billed Brush-turkey

Black-bellied Bustard

The black-billed flycatcher (Aphanotriccus audax) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae.It is found in Colombia and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.

The black-bellied tern (Sterna acuticauda) is a tern found near large rivers in the Indian subcontinent, its range extending from Pakistan, Nepal and India to Myanmar. It has become very scarce in the eastern part of its range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being endangered.

Black-bellied Cicadabird

Black-billed Thrush

Black-bearded Flying Fox

Black-berry

Black-bellied Glossy-Starling

Black-banded barbet

Black-backs

Black-billed flycatcher

Black-billed parrot

Black-backed fairywren

Black-backed fairy wren

Black-billed wood hoopoe

Black-billed Treehunter

Black-banded Fruit-dove

Black-bellied Whistling-duck

Black-bordered Tegosa

Black-bellied Hummingbird

Black-bellied Starling

Black-bellied gnateater

Black-barked Marlock

Black-billed turaco

Black-bellied swamp snake

Black-bibbed tit

The black-barred danio (Danio absconditus) is a species of Danio discovered in Myanmar by Tin Win in 2005 and described in 2015 by Sven Oscar Kullander and Ralf Britz.

Black-backed cisticola

Black-backed tanager

Black-bellied Hamster

Black-bellied plover

Black-bellied whistling ducks

The black-billed brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris) is a species of bird in the family Megapodiidae. It is found in the Aru Islands and New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

The black-bellied antwren (Formicivora melanogaster) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. The black-bellied antwren was described by the Austrian ornithologist August von Pelzeln in 1868 and given its current binomial name Formicivora melanogaster.

Black-bellied Sparrow-Lark

The black-backed cisticola or black-necked cisticola (Cisticola eximius) is a species of passerine bird in the Cisticolidae family.It is found in Burkina Faso, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland.

Black-bellied Sunbird

Black-bordered babul blue

In cryptography, black-bag cryptanalysis is a euphemism for the acquisition of cryptographic secrets via burglary, or other covert means – rather than mathematical or technical cryptanalytic attack. The term refers to the black bag of equipment that a burglar would carry or a black bag operation.

Black-backed jackal

Black-blotched acraea

Black-backed wren

Black-bellied Glossy-starling

Black-billed Seed Finch

Black-backed robin

Black-banded Woodcreeper

Black-backed gull (disambiguation)

The black-bellied bustard (Lissotis melanogaster), also known as the black-bellied korhaan, is an African ground-dwelling bird in the bustard family. Some authorities place it in the genus Eupodotis.

The black-backed oriole (Icterus abeillei) is a species of bird in the family Icteridae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

The black-bibbed cicadabird or black-bibbed cuckooshrike (Edolisoma mindanense) is a species of bird in the family Campephagidae. It is endemic to the Philippines. The species is elusive and poorly known. The black-bibbed cicadabird is thought to be restricted to subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest, and is threatened by habitat loss.

Black-billed Scythebill

Black-backed forktail

Black-billed Cuckoo Dove

The black-billed scythebill (Campylorhamphus falcularius) is a species of bird in the subfamily Dendrocolaptinae. It is found in eastern Brazil, eastern Paraguay and far northeastern Argentina. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.

The black-billed coucal or lesser black coucal (Centropus bernsteini) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in New Guinea.

The black-bearded tomb bat (Taphozous melanopogon) is a species of sac-winged bat.It is found in South and South East Asia.

Black-billed Parrot

Black-billed sicklebill

Black-bordered Zebra Blue

Black-backed sibia

Black-billed Mountain-toucan

Black-backed thornbill

Black-bibbed Cuckoo-shrike

Black-bellied bustard

The black-backed tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus pulchellus) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, and one of twelve in the genus Poecilotriccus.

Black-bellied Finch-Lark

Black-billed whistling duck

Black-billed Seed-Finch

The black-bodied woodpecker or white-shouldered woodpecker (Dryocopus schulzii) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. The genus is still under discussion, is proposed to "new world Dryocopus" (del Hoyo and Collar 2014) the genus Hylatomus.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, moist savanna, and plantations .It is near threatened by habitat loss.

The black-banded owl (Strix huhula) is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. Entirely nocturnal, this midsized black and white neotropical bird is a resident species, therefore never migrates out of its native South-America. Its natural habitats are varied subtropical or tropical forests ranging from lowlands to areas of medium altitude, and it has been found in Argentina; Bolivia, Brazil; Colombia; Ecuador; French Guiana; Guyana; Paraguay; Peru; Suriname and Venezuela.

In cryptography, black-bag cryptanalysis is a euphemism for the acquisition of cryptographic secrets via burglary, or other covert means – rather than mathematical or technical cryptanalytic attack. The term refers to the black bag of equipment that a burglar would carry or a black bag operation. As with rubber-hose cryptanalysis, this is technically not a form of cryptanalysis; the term is used sardonically. However, given the free availability of very high strength cryptographic systems, this type of attack is a much more serious threat to most users than mathematical attacks because it is often much easier to attempt to circumvent cryptographic systems (e.g. steal the password) than to attack them directly. Regardless of the technique used, such methods are intended to capture highly sensitive information e.g. cryptographic keys, key-rings, passwords or unencrypted plaintext. The required information is usually copied without removing or destroying it, so capture often takes place without the victim realising it has occurred.

The black-bellied gnateater (Conopophaga melanogaster) is a species of bird in the Conopophagidae family, the gnateaters.It is found in the Amazon Basin of Brazil and northern Bolivia.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

Black-bellied starling

Black-bean tree

The black-backed tanager (Tangara peruviana) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is endemic to forest and shrub into south-eastern Brazil. When first described it was mistakenly believed that it originates from Peru, leading to the misleading scientific name peruviana. It is closely related to the chestnut-backed tanager, and the two have sometimes been considered conspecific. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The black-billed hanging parrot (Loriculus (philippensis) bonapartei) is a shy hanging parrot found only on the Sulu Archipelago of the Philippines. Its taxonomic classification is controversial, some authors define the black-billed hanging parrot as a subgenus or subspecies of the Philippine hanging parrot, while others consider it as another species of Loriculus.

Black-billed wood-dove

Black-billed cuckoo

Black-bearded gliding lizard

The black-bellied myzomela (Myzomela erythromelas), also known as the splendid myzomela, is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to the large island of New Britain, near New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

The black-bellied thorntail (Discosura langsdorffi) is a slow flying species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest at about a 100-300m altitude. It stays high in the forest which explains the lack of scientific information on it. The male will attract the female by fanning out their tail and zooming side-to-side with a loud cracking sound. Generally they'd only make a quick “tsip” or “chip” noise when feeding. This species has a knack for stealing nectar from flowers in other hummingbird territories. Along side nectar from flowering plants it will hunt for arthropods.

Black-banded holomelina

Black-billed Nightingale-thrush

The black-bellied tern (Sterna acuticauda) is a tern found near large rivers in the Indian subcontinent, its range extending from Pakistan, Nepal and India to Myanmar. It has become very scarce in the eastern part of its range and the International Union for Conservation of Nature has assessed its conservation status as being endangered. They have a black belly in the summer and a deep forked tail. They can sometimes resemble whiskered terns (Chlidonias hybrida), but the deeper fork of the tail and the black on the lower belly distinguish them from the shallow fork and black closer to the breast on the whiskered tern. Considering that sequence analysis supports moving the similar black-fronted tern ("Sterna" albostriata) into Chlidonias, this species might also be better placed in that genus, but no research has yet been conducted.

Black-bellied Wren

Black-billed Wood Dove

Black-barred danio

Black-backed honeyeater

Black-bellied Sparrow-lark

Black-bordered charaxes

The black-billed turaco (Tauraco schuettii) is a medium-sized turaco, an endemic family to sub-Saharan Africa. It is a resident breeder in the forests of central Africa, found in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, West Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan.

Black-billed Hermit

Black-bag job

Black-banded Plover

The black-billed wood hoopoe (Phoeniculus somaliensis) is a species of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. It is native to eastern Africa where it is found in wooded and scrubby areas.

Black-body absorption

Black-bellied Sandgrouse

Black-barred myleus

The black-backed bush tanager (Urothraupis stolzmanni), also known as the black-backed bush-finch, is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae. It is monotypic within the genus Urothraupis. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Black-billed Koel

Black-bag cryptanalysis

The black-billed mountain toucan (Andigena nigrirostris) is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in humid highland forests in the Andes of western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru. It is the only mountain-toucan with a white throat. Despite its name, only the nominate subspecies has an entirely black bill, while both A. n. occidentalis and A. n. spilorhyncha have bills that are coloured chestnut and black.

Black-bellied Storm-Petrel

The black-bellied cuckoo or black-bellied squirrel cuckoo (Piaya melanogaster) is a bird of the family Cuculidae found in the Amazon region. The genus Playa is considered part of the cuckoos of the New World. Even though this species has a wide distribution, little is known about its ecology and natural history. This species is considered as monotypic. The word melanogaster means "black belly"; it has Greek roots, melas meaning "black" and gaster meaning "belly".

Black-billed toucanet

The black-bearded flying fox (Pteropus melanopogon) is an endangered species of megabat in the genus Pteropus. It is endemic to Indonesia, found on the islands of Ambon, Buru, Seram, Banda, and Yamdena. Currently considered monotypic, it formerly included the Aru flying fox and Kei flying fox as subspecies.

Black-bodied woodpecker

Black-bellied Finch-lark

The black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. The nominate race breeds in Iberia, northwest Africa, the Canary Islands, Turkey, Iran, Cyprus and Israel. The eastern form P. o. arenarius (Pallas, 1775) is found in Kazakhstan, western China and northern Pakistan. It is a partial migrant, with central Asian birds moving to the Pakistan and northern India in winter. This gregarious species breeds on dry open plains and similar habitats, but unlike the pin-tailed sandgrouse, it avoids areas completely lacking in vegetation. Its nest is a ground scrape into which three greenish eggs with cryptic markings are laid. Both sexes incubate, but only the male brings water. The black-bellied sandgrouse is 33–39 cm (13–15 in) long and weighs 300–615 g (10.6–21.7 oz). The male has a grey head, neck, and breast. The underparts are black and the upperparts are golden-brown with darker markings. There is a thin black border around the lower breast, and a chestnut throat patch. The female has browner, more finely marked upperparts, including the head and the breast. The underparts and breast band are identical to the male. The eastern race is paler and heavier than orientalis. Males have yellower upperparts and greyer underparts than the western form. Females are whiter below, but often inseparable. This sandgrouse has a small, pigeon like head and neck, but a stocky compact body. It has long pointed wings and a fast direct flight. The white underwings and black belly make this species easy to identify while in flight. Flocks fly to watering holes at dawn. The call is a soft chowrrr rrrr-rrrr.

Black-billed brushturkey

The black-billed seed finch (Oryzoborus atrirostris) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.It is found in the western Amazon Basin (Ecuador, Peru and northwestern Bolivia).

Black-billed coucal

The black-banded flycatcher (Ficedula timorensis), also known as the Timor flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. In the past the species was considered to be related to the Australasian robins but this was as the result of convergent evolution. The species is endemic to the island of Timor in the Lesser Sundas. The black-banded flycatcher is small with a broad bill and distinctive plumage. The species has a white belly, lower rump and throat with a thin black band across the chest. The tail, neck and wings are black and the back, upper wing and shoulders rich chestnut. The plumage of the head is sexually dichromatic, with the head being black in the males and dark grey in the females. The eye and bill is black and the feet and legs are yellow. The calls consist of soft whistles, some of which sound similar to the Timor stubtail. The black-banded flycatcher is an uncommon species that is difficult to see and very little is known about its biology. The natural habitat of the species is lowland monsoon forests and hill forests up to 1200 m. Nothing is known about its breeding behaviour, the only observations of this are adults feeding recently fledged chicks in December. It feeds singly or in pairs on invertebrates, taking its prey mostly by gleaning with a few sallying flights to snatch aerial prey. The species is currently listed as near threatened. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The black-billed koel (Eudynamys melanorhynchus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is endemic to forest and woodland on the Indonesian islands of Sulawesi, Sula, Banggai, Togian and other smaller nearby islands. It has often been considered conspecific with E. scolopaceus, but they are increasingly treated as separate species. Unlike the black-billed koel, all other members of the common koel complex have a pale bill.

Black-billed Peppershrike

Black-bellied Cuckoo

Black-billed Gull

Black-body law

Black-bellied Tern

Black-billed shrike-tyrant

Black-body spectrum

The black-blotched porcupinefish (Diodon liturosus), also known as shortspine porcupinefish, is a member of the family Diodontidae. It is found in the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific on coral and rocky reefs and in inshore waters. Other names are the blotched porcupinefish and the brown-backed porcupinefish.

Black-barred gold tip

Black-bibbed cicadabird

Black-banded crake

Black-banded duskhawker

Black-billed Shrike Tyrant

Black-billed Barbet

Black-bellied Antwren

The black-banded rainbowfish (Melanotaenia nigrans) is a species of rainbow fish belonging to the Melanotaeniidae family. The species is endemic to Australia. Importantly, the species is the type species of the family Melanotaeniidae

Black-backed bush tanager

Black-billed seed finch

Black-bellied Cuckoo-shrike

Black-bearded tomb bat

Black-billed Magpie

Black-bellied Storm Petrel

Black-bellied Firefinch

Black-bellied Sparrow Lark

Black-bellied whistling-duck

Black-backed wagtail

The black-banded trevally (Seriolina nigrofasciata) is a species of carangid native to the Indian Ocean, the western Pacific Ocean, and the Atlantic coast of southeastern South Africa. This species inhabits reefs and rocky bottoms at depths from 20 to 150 m (66 to 492 ft). This species grows to 70 cm (28 in) in total length, and the maximum recorded weight reached is 5.2 kg (11 lb). It is of minor importance to local commercial fisheries, but is popular as a gamefish. This species is the only known member of its genus.

Black-billed Cuckoo-Dove

Black-bindweed

Black-bellied Finch Lark

Black-banded sea krait

Black-billed woodhoopoe

Black-backed water-tyrant

Black-billed Turaco

Black-bearded flying fox

The black-bellied fruit bat (Melonycteris melanops) is a species of order Chiroptera in the family Pteropodidae.

Black-bellied Storm-petrel

Black-backed parrotlet

Black-banded fruit-dove

Black-bordered Charaxes

Black-billed seed-finch

The black-bellied malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi) is a species of malkoha in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, and Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Black-bibbed Monarch

The black-backed thrush or New Britain thrush (Zoothera talaseae) is a species of bird in the family Turdidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea where it occurs on the islands of New Britain, Umboi and Bougainville. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Black-banded rainbowfish

The black-banded sea krait, or Chinese sea snake (Laticauda semifasciata), known in Japan as erabu umi hebi (ja:エラブウミヘビ), and Okinawa as the irabu, is a member of the Laticauda genus of sea snakes. It is found in most of the warm wāters of the western Pacific Ocean. This high snake frequents coral reef areas. It has a short head, thick trunk, and no easily discernible neck. The tail is simply extended skin, spread wide like a fin, and unsupported by any projection. Only 1 out of 3 will produce fangs. The stomach is comparatively wide. Massing together near the shore, they breed between narrow cracks in the reef and in caves. It is a nocturnal snake, rarely seen during the day. It breathes air, so breaks the surface at least once every six hours. It is too slow to catch fish in a straight chase, so it hunts for fish hiding in the coral. Alternately, gathering in the hundreds, black-banded sea kraits form hunting alliances with yellow goatfish and bluefin trevally, flushing potential prey from narrow crannies in a reef the same way some moray eels do. The bite is highly venomous and paralyzes the prey. Females lay their eggs on land. Generally, the species is found in Fiji, southern Japan and Singapore. Their venom is ten times stronger than that of a cobra, making them extremely dangerous. This snake does not bite humans unless it feels threatened. The erabu snake is a winter staple in southern Japan, where it is believed to replenish a female's womanhood. Irabu soup irabu-jiru (ja:イラブー汁) is said to taste like miso and a bit like tuna. This soup was a part of the royal court cuisine of Ryukyu Kingdom; it is thought to have analeptic properties.

Black-backed fruit dove

Black-banded sea kraits

Black-banded Owlet Moth

Black-banded rabbitbrush

Black-bloc

The black-backed thornbill (Ramphomicron dorsale) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is found in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The species is currently endangered due to threats such as logging and forest fires. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forest and subtropical or tropical high-altitude grassland. Its call is described as short "“trrr” sounds. It feeds of arthropods and the nectar of Ericaceae, Erythrina, Lobeliaceae, Melastomataceae, Puya, Rubiaceae and Salvia.

The black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus), occasionally referred to as the black-throated forktail, is a forktail species in the family Muscicapidae. The species was described in 1836, from a specimen collected in Nepal. It is a medium-sized forktail, weighing between 25 and 29 grams, with a length of 20.5 to 23 centimetres (8 1⁄8 to 9 in). The species has a broad white stripe across its forehead. The crown, face, and mantle are black, while the bird's underparts are white, sharply divided from the black above. The wings are largely black with a broad white stripe across the greater coverts. The tail of the species, similar to that of other forktails, is long, graduated, and deeply forked. The tail is black with a white tip and three white bands created by shorter tail feathers. The

Black-banded white

The black-billed streamertail (Trochilus scitulus) is a species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. It is endemic to eastern Jamaica. It is sometimes considered a subspecies of Trochilus polytmus.

Black-bellied Whistling Ducks

Black-billed Flycatcher

The black-bellied cuckooshrike or black-bellied cicadabird (Edolisoma montanum) is a species of bird in the Campephagidae family.It is found in New Guinea.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Black-banded trevally

Black-banded White

Black-banded pygmy boxfish

Black-bellied glossy starling

The black-banded barbet (Psilopogon javensis) is a species of bird in the family Megalaimidae.It is endemic to Java and Bali. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.

Black-billed wood dove

The black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) is a canid native to two areas of Africa, separated by roughly 900 km. One region includes the southernmost tip of the continent, including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe. The other area is along the eastern coastline, including Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. It is listed by the IUCN as least concern, due to its widespread range and adaptability, although it is still persecuted as a livestock predator and rabies vector. Compared to other members of the genus Canis, the black-backed jackal is a very ancient species, and has changed little since the Pleistocene, being the most basal wolf-like canine, alongside the closely related side-striped jackal. It is a fox-like animal with a reddish coat and a black saddle that extends from the shoulders to the base of the tail. It is a monogamous animal, whose young may remain with the family to help raise new generations of pups. The black-backed jackal is not a fussy eater, and feeds on small to medium-sized animals, as well as plant matter and human refuse.

Black-bellied myzomela

Black-billed kingfisher

Black-billed Whistling Duck

The black-billed wood dove (Turtur abyssinicus) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in a belt across Africa just south of the Sahara Desert. This species is abundant in near desert, scrub and savannah. It builds a stick nest in a tree, often an acacia, and lays two cream-colored eggs. Its flight is quick, with the regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings which are characteristic of pigeons in general, and it tends to stay quite low. Black-billed wood dove is a small plump pigeon, typically 20 cm in length. Its back, hindneck, wings and tail are pale grey brown, and the folded wings have dark metallic patches. There are two blackish bands on the back. The forehead, crown and nape are bluish grey, fading to whitish on the face. The underparts are pinkish, becoming whiter on the belly. The bill of this dove is, of course, black. When flying, black-billed wood dove shows chestnut in the underwing. The call is a persistent fluted coo-coo-cu-coo. Sexes are similar, but immatures are duller than adults, scaly below, and lack the wing spots. Black-billed wood doves eat grass and other small seeds. They are quite terrestrial, and usually forage on the ground. They are not very gregarious, but form large flocks at waterholes.

Black-backed puffback

The black-bellied thorntail (Discosura langsdorffi) is a slow flying species of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and heavily degraded former forest at about a 100-300m altitude. It stays high in the forest which explains the lack of scientific information on it. The male will attract the female by fanning out their tail and zooming side-to-side with a loud cracking sound. Generally they'd only make a quick “tsip” or “chip” noise when feeding.

Black-billed capercaillie

Black-bellied Gnateater

Black-bordered tegosa

Black-backed bush-tanager

The black-bellied sandgrouse (Pterocles orientalis) is a medium large bird in the sandgrouse family. The nominate race breeds in Iberia, northwest Africa, the Canary Islands, Turkey, Iran, Cyprus and Israel. The eastern form P. o. arenarius (Pallas, 1775) is found in Kazakhstan, western China and northern Pakistan. It is a partial migrant, with central Asian birds moving to the Pakistan and northern India in winter. The female has browner, more finely marked upperparts, including the head and the breast. The underparts and breast band are identical to the male.

Black-bellied tree duck

Black-bellied glossy-starling

The black-backed puffback (Dryoscopus cubla) is a species of passerine bird in the Malaconotidae family. They are common to fairly common sedentary bushshrikes in various wooded habitats in Africa south of the equator. They restlessly move about singly, in pairs or family groups, and generally frequent tree canopies. Like others of its genus, the males puff out the loose rump and lower back feathers in display, to assume a remarkable ball-like appearance. They draw attention to themselves by their varied repertoire of whistling, clicking and rasping sounds. Their specific name cubla, originated with Francois Levaillant, who derived it from a native southern African name, where the "c" is an onomatopoeic click sound. None of the other five puffback species occur in southern Africa.

Black-bellied finch-lark

Black-billed Brush-Turkey

Black-bellied cicadabird

Black-bellied Seedcracker

Black-bordered zebra blue

Black-backed grosbeak

Black-backed monarch

Black-backed gull

Black-backed least bittern

Black-bellied thorntail

Black-billed Mountain Toucan

The black-backed grosbeak (Pheucticus aureoventris) is a large finch-type bird found in South America in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela. They are often kept as cagebirds.

Black-banded Barbet

The black-bibbed tit (Poecile hypermelaenus) is a species of bird in the tit family Paridae. It is found from central and eastern China to southeast Tibet and western Myanmar.

Black-billed Amazon

Black-band ironstone

The black-bellied starling (Notopholia corusca) is a species of starling in the Sturnidae family. It is found in Kenya, Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe.

Black-banded fruit dove

Black-billed Wood-dove

Black-bellied Tanager

Black-bellied hamster

Black-bellied sparrow-lark

Black-billed Sicklebill

Black-billed shrike tyrant

Black-bellied storm petrel

Black-bellied seedeater

Black-bellied Whistling Duck

Black-banded Fruit Dove

The black-billed wood dove (Turtur abyssinicus) is a pigeon which is a widespread resident breeding bird in a belt across Africa just south of the Sahara Desert. This species is abundant in near desert, scrub and savannah. It builds a stick nest in a tree, often an acacia, and lays two cream-colored eggs. Its flight is quick, with the regular beats and an occasional sharp flick of the wings which are characteristic of pigeons in general, and it tends to stay quite low. Black-billed wood doves eat grass and other small seeds. They are quite terrestrial, and usually forage on the ground.

Black-bellied Malkoha

The black-bellied seedeater (Sporophila melanogaster) is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae.It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are temperate grassland and swamps.It is threatened by habitat loss.

Black-billed Cuckoo

Black-bellied malkoha

Black-bellied cuckooshrike

The black-backed antshrike (Thamnophilus melanonotus) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests. The black-backed antshrike was described by the English zoologist Philip Sclater in 1855 and given the binomial name Thamnophilus melanonotus. It was subsequently placed in the genus Sakesphorus. A molecular phylogenetic study published in 2007 found that Sakesphorus was polyphyletic and that three species including the black-backed antshrike were embedded within a clade containing members of Thamnophilus. The black-backed antshrike was therefore moved back to its original genus.

Black-banded Wasp Moth

Black-billed cuckoo dove

Black-bellied Plover

Black-billed Brushturkey

Black-blotched Acraea

Black-barked marlock

The black-banded sea krait, or Chinese sea snake (Laticauda semifasciata), known in Japan as erabu umi hebi (ja:エラブウミヘビ), and Okinawa as the irabu, is a member of the Laticauda genus of sea snakes. It is found in most of the warm wāters of the western Pacific Ocean. Generally, the species is found in Fiji, southern Japan and Singapore. Their venom is ten times stronger than that of a cobra, making them extremely dangerous. This snake does not bite humans unless it feels threatened.

Black-bibbed cuckoo-shrike

Black-bibbed Cicadabird

Black-billed streamertail

The black-billed peppershrike (Cyclarhis nigrirostris) is a species of bird in the family Vireonidae. It is found in the Andes of Colombia and northern Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Black-bellied wren

Black-bellied Seedeater

Black-backed thrush

Black-backed water tyrant

Black-backed fairy-wren

Black-backed Water Tyrant

Black-banded flycatcher

The black-billed weaver (Ploceus melanogaster) is a species of bird in the family Ploceidae found in central Africa.

Black-banded trinket snake

Black-barred limia

The black-banded flycatcher (Ficedula timorensis), also known as the Timor flycatcher, is a species of bird in the family Muscicapidae. In the past the species was considered to be related to the Australasian robins but this was as the result of convergent evolution. The species is endemic to the island of Timor in the Lesser Sundas. The black-banded flycatcher is small with a broad bill and distinctive plumage. The species has a white belly, lower rump and throat with a thin black band across the chest. The tail, neck and wings are black and the back, upper wing and shoulders rich chestnut. The plumage of the head is sexually dichromatic, with the head being black in the males and dark grey in the females. The eye and bill is black and the feet and legs are yellow. The calls consist of so

The black-banded woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes picumnus) is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily, the woodcreepers.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.In South America it is found in the Guyanas, most of the Amazon Basin, and parts of the western Pantanal.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.

Black-bellied antwren

The black-backed water tyrant (Fluvicola albiventer) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is one of three species in the genus Fluvicola. It is found in South America in central and northeastern Brazil and south through Bolivia, Paraguay, northern Argentina and Uruguay; also eastern Peru.Its natural habitat is swamps. This tyrant is a striking bright-white and black bird.

Black-billed mountain toucan

Black-bellied Myzomela

Black-backed tody-flycatcher

Black-banded robber frog

The black-backed forktail (Enicurus immaculatus), occasionally referred to as the black-throated forktail, is a forktail species in the family Muscicapidae. The species was described in 1836, from a specimen collected in Nepal. It is a medium-sized forktail, weighing between 25 and 29 grams, with a length of 20.5 to 23 centimetres (8 1⁄8 to 9 in). The species has a broad white stripe across its forehead. The crown, face, and mantle are black, while the bird's underparts are white, sharply divided from the black above. The wings are largely black with a broad white stripe across the greater coverts. The tail of the species, similar to that of other forktails, is long, graduated, and deeply forked. The tail is black with a white tip and three white bands created by shorter tail feathers. The beak of the bird is black, while the feet and legs are light pink, and the iris is brown. The species is monomorphic. The black backed forktail is solitary, but is occasionally found in pairs or family groups. It is described as a shy species. The bird breeds between March and June, building a nest of plant matter in holes or crevices in rocks and dead trees. Three eggs are generally laid, which are pink and spotted with red-brown. Both sexes build the nest and incubate the eggs. The species frequents fast-flowing rivers and streams in temperate forests and subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is found in the Indian subcontinent and in some adjoining regions of Southeast Asia. It ranges across Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal and Thailand. It is generally found below 1,450 metres (4,760 ft) above sea level, but has been recorded as high as 2,600 metres (8,530 ft). Its precise range and population are unknown. It is classified as a species of Least Concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

Black-belted Flowerpecker

Black-bellied cuckoo

Black-billed Capercaillie

Black-billed Cuckoo-dove

Black-bellied storm-petrel

Black-ball

Black-bellied Finchlark

The black-billed thrush (Turdus ignobilis) is a bird in the genus Turdus native to the Amazon biome.

Black-bellied tanager

Black-banded frog

Black-billed Whistling-Duck

Black-billed Coucal

Black-barred surgeonfish

Black-backed fruit-dove

Black-bellied cuckoo-shrike

Black-banded plover

Black-birder

Black-backed antshrike

The black-bellied wren (Pheugopedius fasciatoventris) is a species of bird in the family Troglodytidae. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.

Black-bass

Black-billed thrush

Black-backed kalij

Black-billed Mountain-Toucan

Black-bellied finch lark

Black-barred Gold Tip

Black-billed weaver

Black-bellied Slender Salamander

Black-billed Wood Hoopoe

Black-backed shelduck

The black-backed jackal (Canis mesomelas) is a canid native to two areas of Africa, separated by roughly 900 km. One region includes the southernmost tip of the continent, including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe. The other area is along the eastern coastline, including Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti, Eritrea, and Ethiopia. It is listed by the IUCN as least concern, due to its widespread range and adaptability, although it is still persecuted as a livestock predator and rabies vector.

Black-banded Owl

Black-billed koel

Black-banded owl

Black-billed Shrike-tyrant

The black-backed antshrike (Thamnophilus melanonotus) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical dry forests.

Black-banded Flycatcher

Black-billed Seed-finch

Black-body

Black-birded

Black-billed cuckoo-dove

Black-billed Toucanet

Black-backed Wren

Black-banded Fruit-Dove

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Black-bibbed Tit

Black-banded woodcreeper

Black-bellied salamander

Black-banded wasp moth

Black-billed scythebill

Black-bellied fruit bat

Black-bellied sparrow lark