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🌎 Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) #NorthAmericanBirds | #BrewersBlackbird #EuphagusCyanocephalus | #Blackbirds #NewWorldBlackbirdFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Wunderphotos1951🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌎 Brewer's Blackbird (Euphagus cyanocephalus) The Brewer's Blackbird is a medium-sized songbird native to North America. Appearance: Males (pictured) are glossy black with a striking yellow eye; in sunlight, their plumage reveals a purple-blue sheen on the head and a greenish tint on the body. Females are a subtle, unstreaked greyish-brown with dark eyes. Distribution: They are widespread across central and western North America, often expanding eastward. They inhabit diverse open areas, from mountain meadows and marshes to urban parking lots. Behaviour: Highly social, they forage in large flocks and walk with a distinctive head-bobbing motion. Conservation status: Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: While some are permanent residents, others are "West-bound" migrants. Instead of flying south, some Canadian populations fly west to the milder coasts of British Columbia to wait out the winter. Gemini 3 (Edited) 📷: Photo by Wunderphotos1951 via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/brewers-blackbird-blackbird-bird-8751988/ OQSL
December 22, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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🌎 Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) #SouthAmericanBirds #CentralAmericanBirds | #RufousCollaredSparrow #AndeanSparrow #ZonotrichiaCapensis | #Sparrows #AmericanSparrows #NewWorldSparrowFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by FranciscoJavierCoradoR🦉 #MyBirdcards #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌎 Rufous-collared Sparrow or Andean Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) Appearance: This small sparrow is distinguished by its namesake rufous collar and a grey head marked with bold black stripes. It features a white throat, a small black breast patch, and a streaked brown back. Distribution: One of Latin America’s most widespread birds, it ranges from southern Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, including Hispaniola. It thrives in diverse environments—from sea level to high Andean peaks—though it is notably absent from the dense Amazon Basin. Behaviour: Highly adaptable, it is common in gardens and parks. It forages on the ground for seeds and insects, often in pairs. It is famous for its regional song dialects. Gemini 3 (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: While they mostly eat seeds and ground insects, they are surprisingly clever foragers. They have been observed "stealing" food by picking trapped termites and insects directly out of spider webs! Gemini 3 (Edited) 📷: Photo by FranciscoJavierCoradoR via Pixabay 2023 https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-sparrow-ornithology-avian-8313775/ LRKL
December 18, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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🌏 Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) #AsianBirds | #RufousTreepie #DendrocittaVagabunda | #Treepies #CrowFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by balouriarajesh🦉 #MyBirdcards #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌏 Rufous Treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) The Rufous Treepie is medium-sized bird with a long, graduated, bluish-grey tail tipped in black. It has a black head and chest, and a bright rufous (reddish-brown) body, with a noticeable white wing patch. Native to the Indian Subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia, it thrive across various habitats from open forests and scrublands to urban gardens. An agile, arboreal, and omnivorous member of the crow family (Corvidae), the Rufous Treepie is very conspicuous, often seen in pairs or small groups. It is known for its loud, musical calls and adaptable feeding habits. Up to eight subspecies are recognised. Gemini 3 (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: It is known to engage in a rare relationship called cleaning symbiosis with large mammals like the Sambar deer. The bird will perch on the deer's back and feed on ectoparasites (like ticks) right off its hide, which the deer seems to permit. 📷: Photo by balouriarajesh via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-rufous-treepie-7659917/ XWHQ
December 12, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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🌍 Dunnock (Prunella modularis) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds | #Dunnock #PrunellaModularis | #Dunnocks #Accentors #AccentorFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Gruendercoach🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌍 Dunnock (Prunella modularis) The Dunnock is a small, brown-backed bird with a distinctive slate-grey head and breast, making males and females visually identical. Widespread across Europe and into temperate Asian Russia, it is a resident species common in gardens, parks, and hedgerows, where it maintains a shy and secretive nature. Often called the 'hedge sparrow,' its typical behaviour involves hopping or shuffling along the ground beneath cover, frequently flicking its wings. Seven subspecies are currently recognised. Gemini 3 (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: The Dunnock is notable for its unusually complex and variable breeding strategies that often involve non-monogamy. 📷: Photo by Gruendercoach via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/dunnock-passerine-bird-animal-8602735/ NMYM
December 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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New addition! 🌎 Chestnut-bellied Thrush (Turdus fulviventris) #SouthAmericanBirds | #ChestnutBelliedThrush #TurdusFulviventris | #NewWorldThrushes #ThrushFamily #Thrushes #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Keishpixl🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌎 Chestnut-bellied Thrush (Turdus fulviventris) The Chestnut-bellied Thrush (Turdus fulviventris) is a medium-sized bird (about 25 cm (10 in) long) with a distinctive appearance: the male features a striking contrast between its black head/throat, dark grey back, and a vibrant rufous (chestnut) lower breast and belly. It is found across the northern Andes of South America, spanning from Venezuela to Bolivia, where it prefers humid montane forests and forest edges. It is a relatively solitary species, usually seen singly or in pairs, and its behavior is characterized by foraging both in the canopy and on the ground among the leaf litter for fruits and invertebrates. No subspecies are recognised. Gemini 3 (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: This bird is specialized for life in the high-altitude, humid montane forests—often called cloud forests—at elevations between 1,400 and 2,600 meters (4,600–8,500 ft). 📷: Photo by Keishpixl via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-ornithology-9112050/ IQOW
December 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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🌍🌏 Great Tit (Parus major) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #GreatTit #ParusMajor | #Tits #TitFamily #ChickadeeFamily #TitmouseFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Ruiterlijk🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌍🌏 Great Tit (Parus major) The Great Tit is a large member of the Tit, Chickadee, and Titmice family, sporting a deep blue-black head, white cheeks, olive-green back, and bright yellow underparts with a black central stripe. It is widespread across Europe and Asia, thriving in woodlands, parks, and gardens. The Great Tit is an active, adaptable, and bold bird, known for its resourceful foraging, dominance at feeders, and loud, distinctive 'teacher-teacher' song, especially during the breeding season. Fifteen subspecies are currently recognised. Gemini 3 (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: Highly intelligent birds, Great Tits learned to open the foil caps on traditional glass milk bottles delivered to doorsteps to steal the cream, a behavior that spread rapidly in the mid-20th century. 📷: Photo by Ruiterlijk via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/great-tit-bird-forest-nesting-8673894/ NVHR
November 26, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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🌏 Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) #NewZealandBirds #AustralasianBirds | #Tūī #ProsthemaderaNovaeseelandiae | #HoneyeaterFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Manubird🦉 #MyBirdcards #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌏 Tūī (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) The Tūī is a common medium-sized bird native to New Zealand, instantly recognizable by its striking appearance: while appearing black at a distance, its plumage possesses an iridescent blue, green, and bronze sheen in good light, complemented by two distinctive, coiled white throat tufts (poi). Distributed widely across the main and offshore islands in both native forests and suburban gardens, the Tūī is renowned for its complex and varied vocalizations, which range from melodic notes to harsh clicks, and for its highly territorial and aggressive behavior, often seen performing dramatic, noisy display flights to chase off competitors. Two subspecies are recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: The Tūī possesses an unusually structured voice box (syrinx) with two separate sound sources. This allows it to make a wide variety of complex sounds, and sometimes even produce two different notes simultaneously. 📷: Photo by Manubird via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/tui-new-zealand-6993918/ FYAK
November 22, 2025 at 11:54 AM
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🌏 Pallas's Rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus) #AsianBirds | #PallassRosefinch #CarpodacusRoseus | #Finches #Rosefinches #CarduelineFinches #TrueFinchFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Takashi_Yanagisawa🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌏 Pallas's Rosefinch (Carpodacus roseus) The Pallas's Rosefinch is a medium-sized, stocky finch where the adult male is conspicuous with a rose-red body, head, and rump, contrasted by a streaked blackish back, while the female is much duller, being mostly tannish-brown with heavy dark streaking. This species is distributed across the Eastern Palearctic, primarily inhabiting boreal forests and shrublands in Central and Eastern Russia, Mongolia, and China, with most populations being migratory or nomadic, wintering in regions like Japan and the Korean Peninsula. Outside of the breeding season, it is generally gregarious, forming flocks to forage mainly on the ground or in low vegetation for seeds, buds, and insects. Two subspecies are recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: This finch is a fan of the cold! It breeds primarily in the boreal forests (taiga) and shrublands of Central and Eastern Siberia, often up to 3,000 meters in elevation. 📷: Photo by Takashi_Yanagisawa via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-natural-outdoors-wild-animals-3219533/ XCSA
November 18, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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🌎 Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) #NorthAmericanBirds #CentralAmericanBirds | #WesternTanager #PirangaLudoviciana | #Tanagers #NorthernTanagers #CardinalFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Veronika_Andrews🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌎 Western Tanager (Piranga ludoviciana) The male Western Tanager (Pictured) has a striking red-orange head, bright yellow body, and black wings, back, and tail. Females are yellow-green and blackish. They breed in open coniferous and mixed woods across western North America, from Alaska down to Mexico, where they also winter. A long-distance migrant, it forages for insects and fruit, often high in the canopy. Its song is described as a hoarse, burry robin-like sound. No subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: Unlike most red birds, the male's scarlet head is not colored by typical plant pigments (carotenoids) but by a rare pigment called rhodoxanthin. They likely acquire this unique pigment indirectly by eating insects that have fed on conifer needles or buds. 📷: Photo by Veronika_Andrews via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/western-tanagers-bird-wild-bird-7315833/ HUAV
November 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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🌏 Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) #AsianBirds | #BlackFacedBunting #EmberizaSpodocephala | #Buntings #OldWorldBuntingFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by bitnikgao🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌏 Black-faced Bunting (Emberiza spodocephala) The Black-faced Bunting is a small bird with a striking grey-black head contrasting with a bright yellow belly in breeding males. It's a migratory bird, native to Asia, breeding across eastern Siberia, northern China, and Japan, and migrating to winter in Southeast Asia and the Indian Subcontinent. These buntings are often seen in small, mixed-species flocks. Their vocalizations are very short, metallic, high-pitched notes. No subspecies are generally recognised. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: The bird's common name comes from the bold black markings on its face that can give it a "masked" appearance, particularly in males. 📷: Photo by bitnikgao via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-animal-branch-beak-plumage-9360034/ BXFT
October 30, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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🌍🌏 Common Blackbird, female (Turdus merula) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #CommonBlackbird #EurasianBlackbird #Blackbird | #Blackbirds #TrueThrushes #Thrushes #ThrushFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by susannp4🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌍🌏 Common Blackbird, female (Turdus merula) The female Common or Eurasian Blackbird has an overall sooty-brown plumage, contrasting with the male's glossy black. Her breast is often mottled or streaked with darker brown. She has a brown bill and brown legs and feet. Widespread across Europe, North Africa, and Asia, they are often found in gardens, parks, woodlands, and hedgerows. Typically seen hopping on the ground while foraging for insects, worms, and berries. They are generally solitary but pair up during the breeding season. Several subspecies are recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: The female is solely responsible for constructing the nest. She weaves a solid, cup-shaped structure out of grass stems and small twigs, then packs it with mud and lines it with finer grasses. 📷: Photo by susannp4 via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/wildlife-bird-nature-songbird-3213931/ NOTG
October 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
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New addition! 🌍 Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea) #AfricanBirds | #WattledStarling #CreatophoraCinerea | #Starlings #StarlingFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by dragh🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌍 Wattled Starling (Creatophora cinerea) The Wattled Starling is a medium-sized bird, mainly grey with a white rump and black flight feathers. Breeding males sport a distinctive featherless yellow and black head with dangling black wattles on the crown and throat. It is a nomadic species distributed widely across eastern and southern Africa, preferring open, arid habitats and grasslands. Highly gregarious, they are found in large, erratic flocks that move in response to abundant insect food sources, such as locust swarms, and they breed colonially. No subspecies are recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: During the breeding season the male bird becomes almost completely bald on its head and develops dramatic, fleshy, black wattles on its forehead and throat. These features recede and the feathers grow back once the season is over! 📷: Photo by dragh via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/starling-bird-animal-feathers-8925834/ WXPA
October 19, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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🌍🌏 Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds | #AlpineChough #YellowBilledChough #PyrrhocoraxGraculus | #Choughs #CrowFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by mzter🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌍🌏 Alpine Chough (Pyrrhocorax graculus) The Alpine Chough (also known as the Yellow-billed Chough) has glossy black plumage, a short yellow bill, and red legs. It's distributed across high mountains from Spain through southern Europe, North Africa, to Central Asia and the Himalayas, often nesting higher than any other bird. These highly social birds are renowned for their acrobatic flight and are often seen in flocks. They are opportunistic, feeding on invertebrates and frequently scavenging near tourist sites in winter. Two subspecies are recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: The Alpine Chough is thought to nest at a higher altitude than any other bird in the world, with records of them following mountaineers up to over 8,000 meters on Mount Everest 📷: Photo by mzter via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/users/mzter-104756/ XATK
October 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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🌏 Australian Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia castanotis) #AustralianBirds | #AustralianZebraFinch #ChestnutEaredFinch | #ZebraFinches #EstrildidFinches #Finches #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by TaniaVdB🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌏 Australian Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia castanotis) The Australian Zebra Finch, also known as the Chestnut-eared Finch, is a small bird native to Central Australia. Males are more colourful, featuring orange cheek patches, black-striped chins, and spotted chestnut flanks; females are plain gray. They are widely distributed across the drier, central 75% of mainland Australia. These highly social, diurnal birds live in large flocks, mate for life, and breed in loose colonies, often following rainfall. Males are known for their complex songs. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Fun fact: Unlike most birds that scoop water and then tilt their heads back to let gravity help them swallow, the Zebra Finch uses a unique technique: they can sip and swallow water directly and continuously, allowing them to hydrate quickly. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by TaniaVdB via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/animal-bird-branch-zebra-finch-5649743/ BVNQ
October 8, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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🌍🌏 Eurasian Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #EurasianChaffinch #CommonChaffinch #Chaffinch #FringillaCoelebs | #Chaffinches #TrueFinches #OldWorldFinches #Finches #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Drosera74🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌍🌏 Eurasian Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) The male Eurasian Chaffinch is colourful, with a blue-grey cap, rust-red breast, and prominent white wing bars. The female is duller brown/grey but shares the white wing markings. It is widespread across Europe, Northwest Africa, and Western Asia, favouring woodland, parks, and gardens. They are social outside the breeding season, forming flocks. Males have a loud, distinctive song. Eleven subspecies are currently recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: Male Chaffinches have regional dialects in their song! Studies have shown slight differences in the typical song's final "flourish" depending on where in the country (or continent) the bird lives. 📷: Photo by Drosera74 via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/chaffinch-bird-finch-nature-9825010/ WUNE
September 29, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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🌏 Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura) #AsianBirds | #IndianPitta #PittaBrachyura | #Pittas #PittaFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by shankarn🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌏 Indian Pitta (Pitta brachyura) The Indian Pitta is a brightly-coloured, plump, short-tailed bird with vibrant plumage including green, blue, buff, and red. It's native to the Indian subcontinent, breeding in central and northern India and the Himalayan foothills before migrating south for the winter. This shy, ground-dwelling bird forages for insects in the leaf litter of forests, scrublands, and gardens. No subspecies are recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: The Indian Pitta is more often heard than seen, known for its distinctive two-note "wheeeet-tieu" whistle, which it often calls at dawn and dusk. 📷: Photo by shankarn via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-indian-pitta-ornithology-8055828/ TWTX
September 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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🌎 Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) #NorthAmericanBirds #CentralAmericanBirds | #RoseBreastedGrosbeak #PheucticusLudovicianus | #Grosbeaks #CardinalFamily #Songbirds #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by simardfrancois🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌎 Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus) The Rose-breasted Grosbeak is a striking bird with a large, conical bill and a distinctive rose-red triangular patch on its otherwise black and white breast. Females and juveniles are less colourful, with streaky brown and white plumage. The species breeds in deciduous and mixed forests across eastern North America, from Canada to the central United States. It's a migratory bird that spends its winters in Central and South America. They are often seen foraging in trees for insects, seeds, and berries, and are known for their sweet, melodious songs. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Fun fact: The species is sometimes colloquially referred to as the "cut-throat" due to the unique shape and colour of the red patch on the male's breast. 📷: Photo by simardfrancois via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/rose-breasted-grosbeak-bird-nature-4228962/ APGC
September 18, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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New addition! 🌍 Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) #EurasianBirds #PalearcticBirds #NorthAmericanBirds #AfricanBirds | #MeadowPipit #AnthusPratensis | #Pipits #WagtailFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by karsten_madsen🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜
🌍 Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis) The Meadow Pipit is a small, slender bird with a brown back and a buff-coloured, heavily streaked breast. It has dull pink legs and a long hind claw. Meadow Pipits are common throughout the Palearctic, including much of Europe and Asia. They are migratory over most of their range but are year-round residents in western Europe. They prefer open habitats like grasslands, moorlands, and coastal marshes. No subspecies are recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Fun fact: During the breeding season, the male Meadow Pipit performs a fluttering "parachute" display flight high in the air. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by karsten_madsen via Pixabay BGJP
September 15, 2025 at 7:42 PM
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🌍 Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #WesternYellowWagtail #YellowWagtail #MotacillaFlava | #Wagtails #WagtailFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Karsten Madsen ❤️🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds
🌍 Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) The Western Yellow Wagtail is a small, slender bird with a bright yellow underside and an olive-green back. Males are more vibrant than females. Its most notable feature is its constantly wagging tail, which gives it its name. They are found across Europe and Asia and migrate to Africa for the winter. It feeds on insects and lives in open, wet habitats. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Ten subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Photo by karsten_madsen via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-wagtail-migratory-birds-beak-6352067/ KSEX
September 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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🌍 Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) #AfricanBirds | #SuperbStarling #LamprotornisSuperbus | #GlossyStarlings #Starlings #StarlingFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Jürgen_Bierlein🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds
🌍 Superb Starling (Lamprotornis superbus) The Superb Starling is a small glossy starling with a black face. It has an iridescent blue-green neck, shoulders, back, and wings, and a striking orange belly and chest. A thin white band separates the orange and blue, while its eyes are a pale, creamy yellow. These social birds are found in the open woodlands and savannas of East Africa, from Sudan to Tanzania. They are active and often forage on the ground for insects and fruit in small, noisy flocks. 2.5 Flash (Edited) No subspecies are currently recognised. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by Jürgen_Bierlein via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-trees-animal-wildlife-nature-7489796/ XQXB
August 31, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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🌎 Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) #SouthAmericanBirds #CentralAmericanBirds #NorthAmericanBirds | #GreatKiskadee #PitangusSulphuratus | #Kiskadees #Flycatchers #TyrantFlycatchers #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Beto_MdP🦜 #MyBirdcards #birdsoftheworld #birds
🌎 Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) The Great Kiskadee is a large, bulky member of the tyrant flycatcher family, with a stout bill, a black head with a bold white stripe above the eyes, a white throat, and a hidden yellow crown. Its wings and tail are reddish-brown, and its underparts are bright yellow. It is found from the southern United States (Texas) through Central America and down to Argentina. It thrives in various habitats, including open woodlands and urban areas, often near water. Named for its loud "kis-ka-dee" call, the Great Kiskadee is an aggressive and opportunistic omnivore. It hunts insects in mid-air, dives for fish, and eats fruits and small vertebrates. They are territorial and form monogamous pairs. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Ten subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by Beto_MdP via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/great-kiskadee-bird-animal-9259312/ VSJV
August 21, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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🌏 Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus) #AsianBirds | #DuskyThrush #TurdusEunomus | #Thrushes #ThrushFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by DerWeg🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds
🌏 Dusky Thrush (Turdus eunomus) The Dusky Thrush is a medium-sized bird with a dark brown back and a contrasting white eyebrow. Its underside is white with a heavily streaked breast and flanks, and it has a distinctive rusty-red panel on its wings. This species breeds in the open woodlands and tundra-edges of central and eastern Siberia. It is a strong migratory bird, travelling south to winter in eastern and southeastern Asia, including parts of China and Japan. Dusky Thrushes are often seen alone but will form small flocks during migration and winter. They forage for insects, worms, and berries on the ground, typically by hopping and pausing frequently. They are known for their simple, fluted, or whistling song. 2.5 Flash Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by DerWeg via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-throttle-rustwing-thrush-7845584/ EHHY
August 15, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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🌍 Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds | #EurasianBlueTit #BlueTit #CyanistesCaeruleus | #BlueTits #Tits #TitFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by wzdigiphoto🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds
🌍 Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) The Eurasian Blue Tit is a small, colourful bird with a blue cap, wings, and tail, a white face with a dark eye-stripe, and a yellowish belly. They are widespread across Europe and parts of western Asia, inhabiting woodlands, parks, and gardens. Blue Tits are highly active and agile foragers, often seen clinging upside down on branches to find insects. They are non-migratory and frequently visit bird feeders, especially during winter. They typically nest in tree holes or nest boxes. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Nine subspecies are recognised. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by wzdigiphoto via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/blue-tit-branch-bird-perched-6091507/ VRYP
August 14, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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New addition! 🌏 Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens) #AustralianBirds #AustralasianBirds | #SingingHoneyeater #GavicalisVirescens | #Honeyeaters #HoneyeaterFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by pen_ash🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds
🌏 Singing Honeyeater (Gavicalis virescens) The Singing Honeyeater is a medium-sized bird with a grey-brown body and olive tints to its wings and tail. A distinctive black stripe runs through its eye, with a yellow patch below. Widespread across most of mainland Australia, they inhabit a variety of environments from arid shrublands to urban parks. They are omnivores, feeding on nectar, insects, and fruit. Known for their loud, melodious song, they are territorial and will aggressively defend their patch, especially during breeding. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by pen_ash via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/singing-honeyeater-bird-8909936/ DNRB
August 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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🌍🌏 Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus) #EurasianBirds #AsianBirds #EuropeanBirds | #RedFlankedBluetail #OrangeFlankedBushRobin #TarsigerCyanurus | #Bluetails #BushRobins #OldWorldFlycatcherFamily #Chats #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Takashi_Yanagisawa🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds
🌍🌏 Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus) The Red-flanked Bluetail is a small, shy member of the Old World flycatcher family. Males have a vibrant blue back, head, and tail, with a white throat and eyebrow, and distinctive orange-red flanks. Females and juveniles are browner with a duller blue tail and orange flanks. They breed in dense, coniferous forests across northern Asia and parts of Europe, migrating to southern and southeastern Asia for the winter. They are often seen hopping on the forest floor or low branches, flicking their tail. 2.5 Flash (Edited) Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) 📷: Photo by Takashi_Yanagisawa via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-outdoors-wild-animals-natural-3252809/ KYPD
August 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM