While the function of the toxin is not clearly known, it probably serves to immobilize small animals and stun larger ones. A major part of the diet of the short-tailed shrew consists of small ...

Long wings; relatively short tail; straight, sharply pointed largely blue-gray bill with a blackish culmen; blue-gray legs. Adult Male: black eye line, crown, nape, and back. Bright orange ...

Polytypic (12 ssp.; nominate in North America.). Length 12.5". A medium-size compact pigeon with long wings and a short tail. Birds most closely resembling their wild ancestors are gray with head ...