Cinnamon Ground Dove

(Chester Zoo, Chester, May 2025)

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Vulturine Guinea Fowl

(Chester Zoo, Chester, June 2026)

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There is something wild in that you can get close to the right guess just by ruling out the things it won't let you enter.

For instance: I was just on a practice round where I got to subfamily Phasianinae, which is a bunch of groundbirds: pheasants, monals, tragopans, grouse, partridges, chickens.

www.mdpi.com/2813-6284/3/...

Whats funny is that's how a lot of the US conservation movement AND fire ecology started

some men just cannot live without groundbirds to shoot, so much so that they WILL invent new fields of science to make more groundbirds to shoot

pour one out for H. Stoddard 🫡
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert...

Mustoe GE. Giant Bird Tracks (Family Gastornithidae) from the Paleogene Chuckanut Formation, Northwest Washington, USA, with a Review of Gastornis Distribution. Fossil Studies. 2025; 3(1):4. doi.org/10.3390/foss...

This is a Brownheaded Cowbird, they don't build nests, they are brood parasites, laying their eggs in other's nests who then care for the much bigger chick.

#wildbird #cowbird #wildlife #nature #groundbirds #photography #justbirds #naturelovers #biophilia #Biophilliacdesign #foraging #broodparasite

And a lovely recent writeup in our local paper! ilovenorthshields.com/groundbirds-...

Pegadas de Aves Gigantes (Família Gastornithidae) da Formação Chuckanut do Paleógeno do Noroeste de Washington, EUA, com uma Revisão da Distribuição de Gastornis doi.org/10.3390/foss...

"Homgry Soft Scared" is almost all groundbirds and doves, so there's a lot of big fluffy little guys to choose from.

😂😂😂
#groundbirds for the win.😁