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The following is a listing of articles, lists, and pictures within the scope of the project that have been noted for their outstanding quality. Project members are encouraged to read these at their leisure, as they serve as excellent examples of different writing and organizational styles that one may wish to emulate.
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Featured articles
- Abberton Reservoir
- African crake
- African river martin
- Alpine chough
- American goldfinch
- American white ibis
- Andean condor
- Antbird
- Archaeopteryx
- Arctic tern
- Atlantic puffin
- Australasian gannet
- Australian boobook
- Australian magpie
- Australian raven
- Aylesbury duck
- Bald eagle
- Banded broadbill
- Banded stilt
- Barn owl
- Barn swallow
- Bee-eater
- Bird
- Black-and-red broadbill
- Black-and-yellow broadbill
- Black-breasted buttonquail
- Black currawong
- Black honeyeater
- Black-necked grebe
- Black-shouldered kite
- Black stork
- Black-throated loon
- Black vulture
- Blakeney Point
- Blue-faced honeyeater
- Bohemian waxwing
- Guy Bradley
- Brazza's martin
- Broad-billed parrot
- Cactus wren
- California condor
- Canada jay
- Cape sparrow
- Carnaby's black cockatoo
- Cattle egret
- Choiseul pigeon
- Cley Marshes
- Cockatoo
- Common chiffchaff
- Common firecrest
- Common raven
- Common starling
- Common tern
- Corn crake
- Crescent honeyeater
- Cuban macaw
- Delichon
- Dodo
- Echo parakeet
- Elfin woods warbler
- Emperor penguin
- Emu
- Eurasian blackcap
- Eurasian crag martin
- Eurasian nuthatch
- Eurasian tree sparrow
- Eurasian treecreeper
- European nightjar
- European rock pipit
- European storm petrel
- Peregrine falcon
- Fauna of Scotland
- Fiji parrotfinch
- Flame robin
- Flight feather
- Forest raven
- Georg Forster
- Frigatebird
- Fulvous whistling duck
- Garden warbler
- Goldcrest
- Golden swallow
- Golden white-eye
- The Goldfinch (painting)
- Great auk
- Great spotted woodpecker
- Greater crested tern
- Green rosella
- Grey-cowled wood rail
- Grey currawong
- Guadeloupe amazon
- Ham Wall
- A History of the Birds of Europe
- Holkham National Nature Reserve
- Hooded pitohui
- Hoopoe starling
- Horned sungem
- Huia
- Illustrations of the Family of Psittacidae, or Parrots
- Inaccessible Island rail
- Indian roller
- Invisible rail
- Kelenken
- Kererū
- Killdeer
- King Island emu
- King vulture
- Etta Lemon
- Lesser Antillean macaw
- Letter-winged kite
- Long-tailed ground roller
- Macaroni penguin
- Madeira firecrest
- Mangrove swallow
- Markham's storm petrel
- Mascarene grey parakeet
- Mascarene martin
- Mascarene parrot
- Masked booby
- Masked shrike
- Mauritius blue pigeon
- Mauritius sheldgoose
- Olivier Messiaen
- RSPB Minsmere
- Mistle thrush
- Mountain pigeon
- Mourning dove
- Nauru reed warbler
- Newton's parakeet
- Noisy miner
- North Island (Houtman Abrolhos)
- North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest
- Northern bald ibis
- Northern gannet
- Northern pintail
- Northern rosella
- Nuthatch
- Pacific swift
- Pale crag martin
- Pallas's leaf warbler
- Papuan mountain pigeon
- Passenger pigeon
- Pelican
- Perijá tapaculo
- Pied butcherbird
- Pied currawong
- Pigeon photography
- Pigeon guillemot
- Pitta
- Preening
- Procellariidae
- Przevalski's nuthatch
- Puerto Rican amazon
- RSPB Dearne Valley Old Moor
- Rainbow pitta
- Red-backed fairywren
- Red-billed chough
- Red-billed quelea
- Red-billed tropicbird
- Red-capped parrot
- Red-capped robin
- Red-headed myzomela
- Red-necked grebe
- Red rail
- Red-tailed black cockatoo
- Red-tailed tropicbird
- Red-throated loon
- Red-throated wryneck
- Red warbler
- Red wattlebird
- Red-winged fairywren
- Réunion ibis
- Réunion swamphen
- Ring ouzel
- Rock martin
- Rock parrot
- Rodrigues night heron
- Rodrigues parrot
- Rodrigues solitaire
- Rodrigues starling
- Ruff (bird)
- Rufous-crowned sparrow
- Russet sparrow
- St. Croix macaw
- Saxaul sparrow
- Scarlet myzomela
- Secretarybird
- Seychelles parakeet
- Siberian accentor
- Sind sparrow
- Snoring rail
- Snowy plover
- Song thrush
- Splendid fairywren
- Spotted green pigeon
- Superb fairywren
- Tahiti rail
- Tawny owl
- Tern
- Titanis
- Titchwell Marsh
- Tree swallow
- Trocaz pigeon
- Tufted jay
- Turkey vulture
- Emma Louisa Turner
- Turquoise parrot
- Variegated fairywren
- Vermilion flycatcher
- Water pipit
- Water rail
- Western house martin
- Western jackdaw
- Western yellow robin
- White-bellied sea eagle
- White-breasted nuthatch
- White-eyed river martin
- White-headed fruit dove
- White-naped xenopsaris
- White-necked rockfowl
- White-rumped swallow
- White stork
- White swamphen
- White-winged fairywren
- Willie wagtail
- Francis Willughby
- Wood stork
- Yellow-faced honeyeater
- Yellow-tailed black cockatoo
- Yellowhammer
- Zapata rail
- Zino's petrel
- Common blackbird
- Rodrigues rail
Good articles
- Aerodramus
- Algerian nuthatch
- Amazon parrot
- American bittern
- American black duck
- American kestrel
- American robin
- Andean cock-of-the-rock
- Ashy flycatcher
- Asian house martin
- Australian ringneck
- Azure-hooded jay
- Florence Merriam Bailey
- Bare-headed laughingthrush
- Beautiful nuthatch
- William Beebe
- Bird collections
- Bird migration
- Birdsong in music
- Black-backed forktail
- Black-billed magpie
- Black-capped chickadee
- Black catbird
- Black-chinned sparrow
- Black-cowled oriole
- Black cuckoo-dove
- Black-throated blue warbler
- Black-throated gray warbler
- Blue-and-black tanager
- Blue nuthatch
- Blyth's kingfisher
- Bonelli's eagle
- Bonin white-eye
- Bornean stubtail
- British Birds Rarities Committee
- Brolga
- Bronx County Bird Club
- Brood parasitism
- Brown honeyeater
- Brown pelican
- Brown thrasher
- Bruton Dovecote
- Buckeye chicken
- Bugun liocichla
- Buru mountain pigeon
- Carolina wren
- Central Park mandarin duck
- Cerulean warbler
- Chestnut-capped piha
- Chestnut-hooded laughingthrush
- Chestnut sparrow
- Chestnut-vented nuthatch
- Chicken
- Chinese nuthatch
- Chivi vireo
- Chough
- Christmas imperial pigeon
- Columbidae
- Common loon
- Congo serpent eagle
- Crag martin
- Crested auklet
- Crested cuckoo-dove
- Crested shelduck
- Crimson-headed partridge
- Curve-billed thrasher
- Jean Desbouvrie
- Djibouti spurfowl
- Dovecot at Blackford Farm
- Ducie Island
- Dusky crag martin
- Dusky woodswallow
- Rosalie Edge
- Egyptian vulture
- Emerald tanager
- Eurasian bittern
- Eurasian eagle-owl
- Eurasian sparrowhawk
- Eurasian wryneck
- European robin
- Feathers: The Evolution of a Natural Miracle
- Fieldfare
- Flaco (owl)
- Flame-faced tanager
- Flammulated flycatcher
- Flea
- Fork-tailed drongo
- Fraser's Hill
- Giant nuthatch
- Gobioolithus
- Great cuckoo-dove
- Great tit
- Greater adjutant
- Greater scaup
- Greater yellow-headed vulture
- Grey heron
- Grey-necked rockfowl
- Greylag goose
- Guadeloupe woodpecker
- Guano
- Guianan cock-of-the-rock
- A History of British Birds
- A History of British Birds (Yarrell book)
- Horton Plains National Park
- Hose's broadbill
- House sparrow
- Human uses of birds
- Hummingbird
- Iago sparrow
- Indigo bunting
- Island bronze-naped pigeon
- Jungle bush quail
- Kleptoparasitism
- Krüper's nuthatch
- Lek mating
- Lesser yellow-headed vulture
- Little blue heron
- Little egret
- Little owl
- Long-billed thrasher
- Lānaʻi hookbill
- Macauley Island
- Magnetoreception
- Mallard
- Martinique macaw
- Melampitta
- Mountain blackeye
- Mountain kingfisher
- The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne
- Negros fruit dove
- Nelicourvi weaver
- Nepal house martin
- Northern mockingbird
- Orange-headed tanager
- The Origin of Birds
- Ornithological Dictionary
- Pale mountain pigeon
- Passer predomesticus
- Pied cuckoo-dove
- Pink-necked green pigeon
- Poultry
- Procellariiformes
- Purple-crowned fairywren
- Purple heron
- Purple-throated cotinga
- Raphinae
- Pamela C. Rasmussen
- Red-tailed hawk
- Resplendent quetzal
- Robert Ridgway
- River martin
- Rook (bird)
- Ruddy shelduck
- Rück's blue flycatcher
- Saffron-crowned tanager
- Sandgrouse
- Sarus crane
- Scaly-breasted munia
- Scarlet-and-white tanager
- Sebright chicken
- Seram mountain pigeon
- Siberian nuthatch
- Silkie
- Silver-throated tanager
- Slaty-backed forktail
- Spotted sandgrouse
- Northern storm petrel
- Stresemann's bushcrow
- Striped honeyeater
- Sulu bleeding-heart
- Sword-billed hummingbird
- Tibetan blackbird
- Toucan barbet
- Trinidad euphonia
- Tufted tit-tyrant
- Vinkensport
- WWT Slimbridge
- Wallace's fruit dove
- Western rosella
- Whinchat
- White-bellied imperial pigeon
- White-browed nuthatch
- White-crowned forktail
- White-fronted falconet
- White-tailed jay
- White-tailed ptarmigan
- White-throated treerunner
- White wagtail
- Whitefish Point Bird Observatory
- Whitehead's broadbill
- Whitehead's spiderhunter
- Willow ptarmigan
- Wings for My Flight
- Wood thrush
- Woodpecker
- Yunnan nuthatch
- Zavodovski Island
- Northern cardinal
- Black drongo
- Orange-billed lorikeet
- Corsican nuthatch
Featured lists
- Dickin Medal
- Glossary of bird terms
- List of invasive species in the Everglades
- List of birds of Egypt
- List of birds of Florida
- List of birds of Kansas
- List of birds of New Jersey
- List of birds of Tokelau
- List of Eurasian nuthatch subspecies
- List of birds of Alberta
- List of birds of Bouvet Island
- List of birds of Leicestershire and Rutland
- List of birds of Maryland
- List of birds of Massachusetts
- List of birds of Nauru
- List of birds of Nicaragua
- List of birds of North Carolina
- List of birds of Ontario
- List of birds of South Carolina
- List of birds of Tasmania
- List of birds of Thailand
- List of birds of Tuvalu
- List of birds of Wallis and Futuna
- List of cranes
- List of endemic birds of Borneo
- List of parrots
- List of storks
- List of sunbirds
- List of tapaculos
- Nature reserves in the North Norfolk Coast Site of Special Scientific Interest
Featured pictures
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A couple of Tadorna ferruginea
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Abfertigen einer Meldung durch Brieftauben - CH-BAR - 3240471 - restoration
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Acanthiza pusilla - Austin's Ferry
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Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris - Mogo Campground
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Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris female
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Accnis edit
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Acorn woodpecker holding a nut in its beak-0225
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Actitis hypoleucos - Laem Pak Bia
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Aegotheles chrisoptus - Catlereigh Nature Reserve
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African Grey Hornbill (Lophoceros nasutus epirhinus) female
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African bee-eaters composite
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African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) male
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African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) Ethiopia
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Aix galericulata (Male), Richmond Park, UK - May 2013
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Albatros fuligineux
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Alcedo azurea - Julatten
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Alectura lathami - Centenary Lakes
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Amadina erythrocephala (l) edit
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Amber mountain rock thrush (Monticola sharpei erythronotus) male 2
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Amsel Weibchen aufgeplustert edit2 clone
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Anas platyrhynchos male female quadrat
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Anas-americana-004
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Anas-strepera-001
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Anastomus oscitans - Bueng Boraphet
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Anser cygnoides
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Anthochaera chrysoptera 4
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Anthochaera chrysoptera
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Anthus richardi - Laem Pak Bia
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Ara ararauna Luc Viatour
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Arachnothera magna - Kaeng Krachan
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Arborophila brunneopectus female - Kaeng Krachan
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Arborophila brunneopectus male - Kaeng Krachan
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Archilochus-alexandri-002-edit
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Ardea cinerea - Pak Thale
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Ardea modesta
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Ardea picata
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Ardeola bacchus winter plumage - Laem Phak Bia
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Arenaria interpres 2 - Boat Harbour (cropped)
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Artamus cyanopterus Mortimer
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Asian pied starlings (Gracupica contra)
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Australasian Shoveler - Goulds Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary
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Australian Brushturkey 2 - Newington
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Australian Pelicans
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Australian Wood Duck duckling
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Australian pelican in flight
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Australian wood duck - male
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Aythya australis female - Hurstville Golf Course
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Aythya australis male - Hurstville Golf Course
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Bald Eagle Portrait
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Bald.eagle.closeup.arp-sh.750pix
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Bananaquits
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Bank myna (Acridotheres ginginianus)
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Bar-tailed Godwit
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Bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata) female head
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Bartgeier Gypaetus barbatus front Richard Bartz
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Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) immature male
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Bell Miner 1 - Nepean Weir
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Bihoreau Gris
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Bird blink-edit
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BirdBeaksA
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Biziura lobata - Sandford
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Black Bittern- Warriewood Wetlands
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Black lory (Chalcopsitta atra), Gembira Loka Zoo, Yogyakarta 2015-03-15 03
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Black phoebe sayornis nigricans
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Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) in flight
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Black swan jan09
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Black-bellied whistling ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
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Black-chested snake-eagle (Circaetus pectoralis)
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Black-faced Woodswallow 1 - Sturt National Park
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Black-fronted Dotterel 2 - Bow Bowing
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Black-headed Gull - St James's Park, London - Nov 2006
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Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
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Black-headed lapwing (Vanellus tectus tectus)
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Black-headed weaver (Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi) male nest building
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Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), Corte Madera
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Black-tailed Godwit Uferschnepfe
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Blue-throated macaw in flight
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Bradornis infuscatus
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Brolga-1-Healesville,-Vic,-3.1.2008 edit
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Bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus)
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Brown headed cowbird female in JBWR (25487)
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Brown pelican in flight (Bodega Bay)
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Brown rock chat (Oenanthe fusca)
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Brown treecreeper jan09
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Brown-headed Honeyeater - Patchewollock
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Bubo bubo sibiricus - 01
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Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758) Male
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Bucephala-albeola-010
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Buff-banded Rail 1 - Newington
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Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher - Julatten
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Buff-tailed coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens flavescens) Caldas
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Bullfinch male
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Burhinus grallarius - Daintree Villiage
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Buteo jamaicensis in flight at Llano Seco-1520
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Buteo magnirostris -Goias -Brazil-8
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Butorides striatus - Daintree River
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Butorides virescens2
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Cacomantis flabelliformis
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Calidris acuminata - Hexham Swamp
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Calidris alba - Laem Phak Bia
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Calidris alba at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California - 20101116
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Calidris ferruginea, winter adult, Pak Thale
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Calidris ruficollis - Marion Bay
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Calidris subminuta - Pak Thale
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Calidris tenuirostris - Laem Phak Bia
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Calidris-alpina-001 edit
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California-Condor3-Szmurlo edit
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Caligavis chrysops - Lake Parramatta Reserve
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Calliope-nest edit
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Campephilus principalisAWP066AA2
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Campo flicker (Colaptes campestris) female
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Canada goose flight cropped and NR
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Canada goose reflection 03
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Cape glossy starling (Lamprotornis nitens)
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Carcar
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Carduelis pinus CT7
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Carpodacus purpureus CT3
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Carpodacus purpureus CT4
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Catoptrophorus semipalmatus edit
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Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosa) on Capybara
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Cereopsis novaehollandiae 2
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Charadrius alexandrinus - Laem Pak Bia
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Charadrius bicinctus 2 - Boat Harbour
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Charadrius bicinctus breeding - Ralphs Bay
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Charadrius mongolus - Laem Pak Bia
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Charadrius mongolus - Laem Phak Bia
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Charadrius obscurus aquilonius - Point Chevalier
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Charadrius peronii - Laem Pak Bia
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Charadrius ruficapillus Breeding Plumage
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Charadrius ruficapillus
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Charadrius-melodus-004 edit
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Chenonetta jubata female 2
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Chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti) Yala
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Chicken egg diagram
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Chordeiles minor -British Columbia -Canada-8c
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Cinnamon Quail-thrush 0A2A9195
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Cinnamon hummingbird (Amazilia rutila) in flight Los Tarrales
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Cisticola exilis - Cornwallis Rd
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Cistothorus palustris CT
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Colibri-thalassinus-001-edit
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Columba leucomela - Brunkerville
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Common Blackbird
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Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
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Common Redshank Tringa totanus
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Common blackbird (Turdus merula mauretanicus) female
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Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis ispida) female
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Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) France
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Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) Oppdal
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Common snipe fencepost
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Copper sunbird (Cinnyris cupreus cupreus) female on Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
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Copsychus malabaricus - Khao Yai
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Copsychus malabaricus male - Khao Yai
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Coragyps-atratus-001
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Corvus corax (Common Raven), Yosemite NP, CA, US - Diliff
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Corvus coronoides - Doughboy Head
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Corvus coronoides
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Coturnix ypsilophora - Sydney Olympic Park
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Cracticus tibicen tibicen juvenile ANBG
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Crescent Honeyeater Edit2
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Crested Tern - Mortimer Bay
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Crested Tern Tasmania
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Crested myna, Osaka, Japan
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Crested tern444 edit
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Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) Mikumi shadow lift
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Cuban black hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii)
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Cuban green woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus percussus) female
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Curlew - natures pics
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Cyanocitta-cristata-004
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Cyornis tickelliae male 1 - Kaeng Krachan
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Dacelo novaeguineae waterworks
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Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) in flight Danube delta 2
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Daption capense in flight - SE Tasmania
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Darter - Anhinga novaehollandiae, Victoria, Australia
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Daurian redstart at Daisen Park in Osaka, January 2016
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Day old chick black background
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De bedreigde zwaan Rijksmuseum SK-A-4
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DefecatingSeagull
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Dendrocygna bicolor wilhelma
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Dendrocygna eytoni - Macquarie University
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Dendrocygna javanica - Chiang Mai
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Dendroica-aestiva-001
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Dicaeum celebicum compared to Dicaeum kuehni (vertical)
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Diomedea exulans - SE Tasmania
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Diomedea exulans in flight - SE Tasmania
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Diomedea sanfordi - SE Tasmania 2019
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Domestic Goose
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Double-crested cormorant at Sutro Baths-6460
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Dusky Grasswren 0A2A9591
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Dusky Seaside Sparrow
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Dusky moorhen442
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Eastern Bristlebird - Penrith
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Eastern Screech Owl
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Eastern chanting goshawk (Melierax poliopterus)
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Egretta novaehollandiae Tasmania 1
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Egretta sacra
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Egretta thula at Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds
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Egretta thula1
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Elseyornis melanops - Chiltern
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Empidonax-flavescens-001
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Emu 1 - Tidbinbilla
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Eopsaltria australis - Mogo Campground
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Erithacus rubecula with cocked head
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Erythrogonys cinctus - Chiltern
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Eudyptula minor family exiting burrow
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Eugenes-fulgens-001
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Euplectes sp PLW crop
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Eurasian Coot
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Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) juvenile
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European bee-eaters (Merops apiaster) with dragonflies
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European starling at Bodega Head-1209
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Fabritius-vink
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Falcipennis-canadensis-001
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Falcunculus frontatus - Dharug National Park
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Falnau
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Female Chestnut Teal duck
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Female mallard nest - natures pics edit2
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Female scarlet robin
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Female superb fairy wren-edit1
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Ficedula mugimaki - Khao Yai
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Field sparrow in CP (41484) (cropped)
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File-Pterodroma lessonii in flight 1 - SE Tasmania 2019
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Flame Robin male 1 - Jenolan Caves
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Flame-faced tanager (Tangara parzudakii parzudakii) Cundinamarca
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Flicker hole in CP (31848)
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Flying mallard duck - female
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Freckled-Duck-male
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Freckled-duck-female
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Gallinago stenura - Laem Pak Bia
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Gallinula mortierii 1
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Gallirallus philippensis Lord Howe Island 1
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Garrulax strepitans - Mae Wong
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Geopelia humeralis - Brunkerville
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Geopelia striata 1 crop - Chinese Garden
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Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) female composite
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Gibson's Albatross 0A2A4153
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Gibão de couro
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Glareola maldivarum - Beung Borapet
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Goldcrest 1
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Goura scheepmakeri sclaterii 1 Luc Viatour
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Great tit side-on
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Greater Yellowlegs2
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Greater white-fronted goose in flight-1045
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Green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) male 3
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Green-crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula henryi) female
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Grey-breasted mountain toucan (Andigena hypoglauca) Caldas
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Grey-crowned Babblers 1605
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Greylag Goose in St James's Park, London - May 2006
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Guaruba guarouba -Gramado Zoo, Brazil-8a
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Gull ca usa
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Gymnopithys-leucaspis-001 edit2
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Haeckel Trochilidae
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Haematopus finschi - Point Chevalier
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Haematopus fuliginosus - Doughboy Head
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Haematopus longirostris - Austins Ferry
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Haematopus unicolor - Point Chevalier
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Halcyon pileata - Phra Non
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Halcyon smyrnensis - Singapore Botanic Gardens
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Haliaeetus albicilla (Svolvær, 2012)
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Halobaena caerulea in flight - SE Tasmania
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Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta umbretta) 2
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Hawk eating prey
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Heteromyias cinereifrons
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Himantopus himantopus - Pak Thale
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Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus - Lake Joondalup
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Himantopus leucocephalus - Hexham
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Hirundo neoxena risdon
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Hooded mountain tanager (Buthraupis montana cucullata) Caldas
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Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in flight
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Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis benghalensis)
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Inland Thornbill (5669197054) - edit
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Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) 2
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Jabirú africano (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), delta del Okavango, Botsuana, 2018-07-31, DD 11
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Jacky winter nesting
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James's Flamingo mating ritual
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Japanese pygmy woodpecker in Sakai, Osaka, February 2016
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Japanese white-eye at Tennōji Park in Osaka, January 2016 III
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Jessica Meir portrait in a WB-57 flight suit (3)
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Juvenile Long-tailed Fiscals
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Juvenile Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird
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Juvenile pelecanus occidentalis in flight
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Kaiseradler Aquila heliaca 2 amk
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Kleiber Sitta europaea-0447
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Lagopus muta japonica Mount Tsubakuro
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Lake Manyara Bartvogel
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Lamprotornis hildebrandti -Tanzania-8-2c
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Larosterna inca (Inca Tern - Inkaseeschwalbe) Weltvogelpark Walsrode 2012-015
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Larus pacificus Bruny Island
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Lesser violetear (Colibri cyanotus cabanidis)
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Leucippus fallax
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Lichenostomus flavicollis stealing hair from Thylogale billardierii for nest - Melaleuca
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Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus caudatus) Botswana
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Limosa lapponica 2 - Taren Point
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Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus argutus) Namibia
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Long-billed Corella
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Long-billed curlew at Drakes Beach, Point Reyes
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Long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) 3
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Luscinia calliope - Pak Chong 2
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Luscinia cyane - Khao Yai
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Luscinia sibilans - Khao Yai
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Madagascar magpie-robin (Copsychus albospecularis pica) female
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Madagascar stonechat (Saxicola sibilla) male
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Magpie Goose taking off
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Major Mitchell's Cockatoo - Mt Grenfell
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Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) male
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Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus cristatus)
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Male chestnut teal
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Male magpie lark in suburban garden
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Male mallard flight - natures pics
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Male northern cardinal in Central Park (52612)
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Male northern pintail at Llano Seco
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Malurus cyaneus PM
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Manorina melanocephala domain
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Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) in flight 2
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Melanodryas vittata Bruny
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Meliphaga notata - Daintree Village
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Melithreptus affinis Bruny
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Merops leschenaulti - Kaeng Krachan
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Microcarbo melanoleucos Austins Ferry 3
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Minla strigula - Doi Inthanon
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Mockingbird in Bay Ridge (85082)
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Monticola gularis male non-breeding - Khao Yai
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Musk Lorikeet jul08
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Myiagra rubecula - Australian National Botanic Gardens edit1
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Myioborus torquatus Santa Elena
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Myophonus caeruleus - Ang Khang edit1
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Myzomela obscura - Daintree Villiage
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Nazca-Booby
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Nelson's sparrow in marsh
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Neochmia ruficauda
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Neophema chrysogaster female 2 - Melaleuca
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Neophema chrysogaster male - Melaleuca
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Neophema chrysostoma mortimer 2
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Nestor notabilis -Fiordland, New Zealand-8b
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Netta rufina (Red-crested Pochard) Male, London Wetland Centre - Diliff
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Nils Olav inspects the Kings Guard of Norway after being bestowed with a knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland
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Northern Gannet with nest material
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Northern cardinal female in CP (02035)
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Northern masked weaver (Ploceus taeniopterus) female
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Northern-Lapwing-Vanellus-vanellus
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Nyctyornis amictus - Kaeng Krachan
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Ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) male Peten
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Orange Chat 9034
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Oriental honey buzzard Mudumalai Mar21 DSC01405
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Origma solitaria 2 - Wattamolla
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Ortolan bunting in Sierra de Guara, Aragon, Spain
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Oxyura australis male 2 - Penrith
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Pachycephala olivacea - Melaleuca
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Pachycephala pectoralis - Risdon Brook
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Pacific Black Duck jun08
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Pacific Kingfisher
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Paddyfield pipit (Anthus rufulus rufulus)
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Pair of Merops apiaster feeding
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Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea osea) male
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Pardalotus punctatus - Glen Davis
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Pardalotus punctatus female with nesting material - Risdon Brook
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Pardalotus punctatus male with nesting material - Risdon Brook
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Pardalotus striatus - Risdon Brook
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Pardalotus with nesting material
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Pelecanus erythrorhynchos at Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds
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Peneoenanthe pulverulenta - Cairns Esplanade
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Perdrix rouge
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Petroica boodang Meehan Range 1 crop
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Petroica rodinogaster
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Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii
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Phalacrocorax carbo Vic
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Philemon corniculatus - Glen Davis
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Phylidonyris novaehollandiae Bruny Island
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Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus male
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Pied Avocet chick
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Pied Oystercatcher on beach
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Pied bushchat (Saxicola caprata bicolor) female
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Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis leucomelanurus) female
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Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis leucomelanurus) male
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Pied-winged swallow (Hirundo leucosoma)
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Pitta megarhyncha 1 - Singapore
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Pitta oatesi female - Mae Wong
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Pitta oatesi male - Mae Wong
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Pitta sordida - Sri Phang Nga
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Pitta versicolor - Kembla Heights
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Plain-capped ground-tyrant (Muscisaxicola alpinus) on Senecio niveo-aureus Chingaza
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Plains-wanderer female 8173
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Platycercus elegans Wilsons Prom
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Platycercus eximius diemenensis female
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Platycercus eximius diemenensis male
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Podargus papuensis - Daintree River
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Podargus strigoides Bonorong
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Podiceps cristatus 2 - Lake Dulverton
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Porphyrio indicus viridis - Bueng Boraphet, Thailand
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Psephotus haematonotus female - Cornwallis Rd
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Psephotus haematonotus male - Cornwallis Rd
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Pterodroma macroptera in flight 3 - SE Tasmania
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Pterodroma mollis light morph - SE Tasmania 2019
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Ptilotula fusca - Glen Alice
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Ptilotula penicillata - Glen Davis
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Puffinus tenuirostris - SE Tasmania
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Purple roller (Coracias naevius mosambicus)
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Pycnonotus flavescens - Kaeng Krachan
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Recurvirostra novaehollandiae in flight - Lake Joondalup
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Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) juvenile
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Red-backed shrike
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Red-eyed dove (Streptopelia semitorquata)
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Rhyacornis fuliginosus - Doi Inthanon
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Rose Robin 1 - Woodford
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Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri borealis) male Jaipur 2
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Rosy-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis roseicollis)
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Rufous-headed ground-roller (Atelornis crossleyi)
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Rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus)
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Rusty-margined flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis hellmayri)
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Sapphire-throated hummingbird (Lepidopyga coeruleogularis coeruleogularis) male
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Sarcelle cannelle (Spatula cyanoptera)
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Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis suratensis)
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Stagonopleura bella male - Melaleuca
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- ... that Neltje Blanchan's 1897 book Bird Neighbors used photographs of stuffed birds (red-winged blackbird pictured) because contemporary cameras could not take good photographs of living ones?
- ... that Dusky Scrubfowl?
- ... that birds' eyes have three lids, including the nictitating membrane (pictured), which moves across the eyeball horizontally?
- ... that prior to the development of ornithologists?
- ... that the Kakapo were all saved from extinction using modern bird conservationtechniques?
- ... that despite using sharp needles, bird control spikes do not harm the animals, and are recommended by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds?
- ... that the principles of bird flight are the same as used in aircraft, with lift being provided by an aerofoil?
- ... that since 2005, after a gap of a century, stone traps (illustrated) are allowed again for bird trapping in selected regions of France?
- ... that birders in New York City have recorded over 400 species?
- ... that Birds Aren't Real?
- ... that some birds, including flamingos, display homosexual behavior?
- ... that Birds of the World: Recommended English Names is the result of a 16-year effort to get consensus on standard English names for the world's birds?
- ... that ornithologist Corina Newsome and herpetologist Earyn McGee held events as part of the inaugural Black Birders Week, an effort to highlight the challenges faced by Black nature enthusiasts?
- ... that the black-and-red broadbill lays eggs in three color morphs?
- ... that the chicks of the down and are fed by regurgitationby both parents?
- ... that the scientific name of the black-backed butcherbird (pictured) translates as "mental noisy bird"?
- ... that the black-backed forktail has a call reminiscent of a squeaky hinge?
- ... that the black-bellied tern (pictured) breeds by rivers and is "endangered" by human activities?
- ... that black-billed magpies are known to eat ticks off deer and other large mammals (example pictured)?
- ... that the Black Bishop is not just a chess piece?
- ... that the larger and more distinctively coloured female Black-breasted Buttonquail mateswith multiple male quails, who in turn incubate the eggs?
- ... that the Black-breasted Thrush's (male pictured) breedingtime differs depending on which country they are situated in?
- ... that the hippocampus of the black-capped chickadee grows in the fall and shrinks in the spring?
- ... that the female black-capped tanager (pictured) moulds her nest by vibrating in it?
- ... that although the type specimen of the black catbird (pictured) was reportedly collected in Honduras, the species has never been recorded there since?
- ... that a field study in Brazil found the Black-cheeked Gnateaters(adult male pictured) to average 2.94 hectares (7.3 acres)?
- ... that over several million years, the Brown-headed Honeyeater(pictured)?
- ... that the black-chinned siskin is native to the southern tip of South America including Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands?
- ... that the song of the black-chinned sparrow (pictured) is said to resemble the sound of a dropped ping-pong ball?
- ... that the calls of the black-collared starling include a kraak kraak sounding like a jay and a whistling prrü like a bee-eater?
- ... that the black-cowled oriole (example pictured) hangs its woven nest under a large Heliconia, palm, or banana leaf?
- ... that the grey-crested finch (pictured) and the black-crested finch both have distinctive headgear?
- ... that the Black Currawong (pictured) of Tasmaniahas been observed covering itself with wet yellow clay for a 'dirt bath'?
- ... that the follows columns of army antsin order to catch insects flushed by the swarms?
- ... that the Black-fronted Tern of New Zealandis known as the ploughboy or ploughman's friend for its propensity to eat worms and grubs in newly ploughed ground?
- ... that although the black grasswren was discovered in 1901, its nesting habits remained unknown for nearly one hundred years?
- ... that the eggs of the Black Guineafowlare reddish-brown but its nesting habits are unknown?
- ... that, despite being relatively small compared to other members of its genus, the ?
- ... that the ?
- ... that the Toba people use poultices made from the manure of the black-legged seriema to treat boils and abscesses?
- ... that Black-lored Parrot and a hairy variety of the babirusa pig (pictured) are unique to the Indonesian islands of Buru and Ambelau?
- ... that the Black-necked Cranes as winter visitors from Tibet, in Bhutan, and in the process the cranes circle the Gangteng Monastery(pictured) thrice on arrival and again on departure?
- ... that the black-necked grebe is flightless for two months of the year?
- ... that the swimcompetently two hours after hatching?
- ... that the black oropendola and the dusky-green oropendola breed colonially?
- ... that black-sided flowerpeckers camouflage the outside of their nests with lichens?
- ... that the black (pictured), thick-billed, and olivaceous siskins all live at high altitudes in South America?
- ... that the black stork (pictured) population has been declining for many years in Western Europe and the bird is no longer a summer visitor to Scandinavia?
- ... that the scaly-throated, the black-tailed, and the short-billed leaftosser flick aside dead leaves as they forage for small invertebrates?
- ... that the tawny-breasted myiobius, the whiskered myiobius, and the black-tailed myiobius are all found in South American rainforests but tend to occupy different habitats?
- ... that the Black-throated Finchhas a black-rumped and a white-rumped subspecies?
- ... that the Black-throated Gray Warbler has expanded its range due to warming climate, instead of losing habitat like most migratory New World warblers?
- ... that the snowy cotinga (pictured), the black-tipped cotinga and the yellow-billed cotinga, from Central and South America, are similar in colouring, but only one species is endangered?
- ... that the black-winged flycatcher-shrike camouflages its nest with pieces of bark?
- ... that the Bali Starling but is now an endangered speciesitself?
- ... that the Black-winged Petrel skims across the surface of the sea and scoops up cephalopods and prawns among other preyitems?
- ... that Aboriginal lands in the Northern Territory carry exclusive fishingrights to their tidal waters?
- ... that male lovely and blue cotingas are quite different in appearance to the females?
- ... that the Blue-faced Honeyeaterof eastern and northern Australia is also known as the "Bananabird" for its fondness for that fruit?
- ... that the blue korhaan favours habitats with short grass, dwarf shrubs, and termite mounds, but few trees?
- ... that the blue nuthatch (pictured) protects its corneas from falling debris when prospecting on trees by contracting the bare skin around its eyes – an adaptation apparently unique to the species?
- ... that the blue pitta is a shy, secretive bird, but will respond to a recording of its call?
- ... that the Blue-throated Piping-guan is a South American bird similar to a turkey?
- ... that the Blue-winged Kookaburra (pictured) of northern Australiais also known as the Howling Jackass?
- ... that the blue-winged parrot (pictured) is one of three species of parrot that make regular yearly migrations over a sea or ocean?
- ... that the diet of Blue-winged Pitta(pictured) includes hard-shelled snails?
- ... that the scientific name of the Blyth's kingfisher (pictured), which grows up to 23 centimetres (9 inches) long, derives from the Greek demigod Hercules?
- ... that 17th-century Hungarian painter Northern Cardinal?
- ... that the Bonin greenfinch is Japan's most endangered bird?
- ... that Bonin Petrels (pictured) nesting on Midway Atolldeclined from an estimated 500,000 birds in 1943 to 32,000 in 1995?
- ... that the Bonin white-eye can evidently learn about new food sources by watching warbling white-eyes feed?
- ... that the Bornean stubtail forages more like a mouse than a bird?
- ... that Rudyerd Boulton and his wife, Laura, made the first-ever recordings of the calls of African tropical birds?
- ... that early game warden for Monroe County, Florida, Guy Bradley (pictured), was shot and killed in 1905 after confronting plume hunters in the Everglades?
- ... that the broad-tailed paradise whydah parasitises the orange-winged pytilia and mimics its call?
- ... that a bunch of "smart-assed teenagers" drove around the Bronx looking for birds in garbage dumps?
- ... that the brown-cheeked hornbill is among the eleven species of hornbill native to Ivory Coast?
- ... that the brown-headed crow is presumed to have an unknown habitat requirement that prevents it from having a continuous range in Indonesia?
- ... that Pied Currawongs?
- ... that the brown-hooded kingfisher (pictured), about 22 centimetres (8.7 in) long, has been recorded eating reptiles as long as 25 centimetres (9.8 in)?
- ... that almost all the Cape parrots in captivity are actually uncape parrots (pictured)?
- ... that the introduction of the brown quail into New Zealand may have contributed to the extinction of that country's native quail?
- ... that the ?
- ... that Brown Songlark is among the most pronounced in any bird, with males as much as 2.3 times heavier than females?
- ... that the Georgiaby schoolchildren in 1928, but wasn't officially adopted until 1970?
- ... that the Brown Treecreeper(pictured) spirals up and down tree trunks while foraging?
- ... that Bruton Dovecote has over 200 pigeon holes?
- ... that the Buckeye is the only U.S. breed of chickenknown to have been created by a woman?
- ... that, measuring a mere 8.6 cm (3.4 in) long, the Buff-faced Pygmy-parrot is the world's smallest species of parrot?
- ... that the buffy hummingbird (pictured) feeds on the flesh and juice of cactus fruits?
- ... that the buffy pipit is difficult to distinguish from the plain-backed pipit because both birds have plain upperparts?
- ... that due to the rarity of the recently-discovered ?
- ... that Greater Flamingo (pictured), which migratein large flocks?
- ... that the mating song of the male Slate-colored Boubou (pictured), a member of the Bushshrikefamily, depends more on his mate's hormone levels than his own?
- ... that the female bushy-crested jay (illustrated) is assisted by many other jays in caring for her young?
- ... that a major cause of death for Bird-lime Tree?
- ... that the chicks of Cabot's tragopan can fly within a few days of being hatched?
- ... that the cactus wren (pictured) builds nests shaped like American footballs in spiny cholla and saguaro cactus but, despite this protection, the coachwhip snake still preys on chicks?
- ... that conservationist Tom Cade was so successful in his efforts to save the peregrine falcon that it was removed from the US Endangered Species List in 1999?
- ... that the 16 August 2004?
- ... that genetic studies revealed birds of the family buntings?
- ... that the California Gull is the state bird of Utah?
- ... that the high-pitched quack of the Call Duck was used to lure wild ducks into funnel traps?
- ... that one individual Campo troupial (pictured) was found to have 126 fly larvae in its stomach?
- ... that the grey jaybuilds its nests in late winter, while the forest is still deep in snow?
- ... that one of the factors threatening the trufflecollectors?
- ... that the threatened by the harvesting of its chicks by local fishermen?
- ... that the House Sparrow?
- ... that the Cape starling (pictured) is a host to the greater honeyguide, a bird that lays its eggs in other birds' nests?
- ... that Capricorn Silvereyes are not only socially, but also genetically, monogamous?
- ... that identifying the female olive, lemon-spectacled and ochre-breasted tanagers is made easier by the fact that they do not share a common range?
- ... that the Carolina wren (pictured) had its songs transcribed as names and phrases such as "sweet heart, sweet heart", "come to me, come to me", "sweet William", and "Richelieu, Richelieu"?
- ... that the Yellow-legged Gull, and by others as a separate species?
- ... that the casques of some large hornbill species (example pictured) can take up to six years to reach their full size?
- ... that casting is the regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops?
- ... that Mark Catesby published the first account of the flora and fauna of North America?
- ... that the proposed waterbirdpopulations?
- ... that a mandarin duck (pictured) that appeared in New York City's Central Park became an international celebrity, with followers whom the Associated Presscalled "quackarazzi"?
- ... that more than 5,000 hen fleas (specimen pictured) were recorded from the nest of a coal tit?
- ... that birds found in Indonesia's Gunung Ambang Nature Reserve include the golden-mantled racket-tail (pictured), the chestnut-backed bush warbler, the Matinan blue flycatcher, the dark-eared myza, the scaly-breasted kingfisher, the cerulean cuckooshrike and the Sulawesi masked owl?
- ... that the brood parasite?
- ... that the Trappistmonk?
- ... that the to roost?
- ... that the chat flycatcher (pictured) eats blind snakes?
- ... that the Chatham Coot were likely hunted to extinction by the Māori people?
- ... that the scientific name of the Chatham shag (pictured) commemorates a former Governor of New Zealand?
- ... that despite being described in 1840, the chestnut-backed buttonquail was only confirmed in Queensland in 2020?
- ... that unlike other other birds' nests?
- ... that the blackbirdsare all found in marshy areas of South America?
- ... that the critically endangered chestnut-capped piha is locally known as the "little herdsman of Antioquia" because its call sounds like the whistles made by horsemen herding cattle?
- ... that the chestnut-hooded laughingthrush feeds on insects that have been hit by vehicles?
- ... that the brood parasite?
- ... that a Chicken sexer is specially trained to visually determine the sex of chickenhatchlings?
- ... that millions of chickens have viewed life through rose-colored glasses?
- ... that nearly 8,000 birds per hour can be gathered up with the chicken harvester?
- ... that the Chilean seaside cinclodes bobs its tail while it walks and flares its wings while it sings?
- ... that the Choiseul Pigeon (pictured), which was endemic to the island of Choiseul in the Solomon Islands, was so tame that the indigenous hunters could pick it up off of its roost?
- ... that the establishment of a secondary population of Christmas white-eye has reduced its risk of extinction?
- ... that the cocoi heron (pictured) is the largest heron in South America?
- ... that the binomial name of the coconut lorikeet translates as "bloody hair-tongue"?
- ... that although the and was extirpated by human settlers?
- ... that despite its name, the Band-tailed Pigeon?
- ... that a occupied France to Britain during World War II?
- ... that like other Common Bronzewing releases a milky substance from its cropto feed its young?
- ... that the South Georgia Diving-petrel, which can dive to at least 48.6 m (159 ft)?
- ... that the Common Grasshopper Warbler(pictured) is more often heard than seen?
- ... that the Comoros blue pigeonhas a habit of perching in full sun and raising one wing to expose it to the sun?
- ... that the ?
- ... that 76-year-old Major Mitchell's Cockatoo in any zoo?
- ... that the eggs of the coppery-tailed coucal are probably incubated only by the male of the species?
- ... that the young of Coquerel's coua leave the nest after about nine days when still covered with down and unable to fly?
- ... that the diet of the breeding season?
- ... that misidentifications of the crested cuckoo-dove have led to claims that the extinct Choiseul pigeon is still around?
- ... that the first egg laid in a clutch by Crested penguins (pictured) of the genus Eudyptes is as little as 60% of the size of the second egg?
- ... that the normally frugivorous crested quetzal (pictured) can catch small vertebrates while raising its young?
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- ... that the male Salvadori's pheasant (pictured) is very similar in appearance to the female crestless fireback?
- ... that study of mitochondrial DNA shows that ancestors of the Crimson-backed Tanagerdiverged 800,000 years ago?
- ... that the crimson fruitcrow is not a crow nor primarily a fruit-eater?
- ... that the scientific name of the crimson-headed partridge (pictured) translates to "blood-headed blood quail"?
- ... that the crimson seedcracker has two morphs, large-billed and small-billed, but this trait is not related to sex, age, body size, or location?
- ... that the Crissal Thrasher(pictured) is a bird that runs more than it flies?
- ... that when first described, the extinct bird Cruschedula was thought to be a "dry-land" penguin?
- ... that until 2002, researchers thought that the two species of Cuban warblers (Oriente warbler pictured) belonged in the New World warbler family?
- ... that the curve-billed thrasher will resort to feeding older fledglings and letting the younger ones starve if food sources are scarce?
- ... that Superb Lyrebird(pictured)?
- ... that the farms, but is now critically endangered?
- ... that carrier pigeons?
- ... that when the Desert Wheatear finds an insect too large for it to swallow, it sometimes displaysin front of it by fluttering its wings?
- ... that the diademed amazon (pictured) is considered an endangered species because the forests in Brazil in which it lives are being felled for soybean production and cattle ranching?
- ... that the ?
- ... that precocialand can fly within a month of hatching?
- ... that the extinct Australian dromornithids, which included the largest birds known, are related to ducks and geese?
- ... that the Large Frogmouth?
- ... that the call of the dusky long-tailed cuckoo is faster in Lower Guinea than it is in Upper Guinea?
- ... that the Dusky Robin (pictured) was known as "Stump Robin" by early settlers in Tasmaniadue to its penchant for perching on fenceposts and stumps?
- ... that predators?
- ... that despite weighing little more than a pound (0.45 kg), the eggsin a year?
- ... that colour vision with resolution and clarity are the most prominent features of eagles' eyes(pictured), and hence the epithet given to sharp-sighted people is "eagle-eyed”?
- ... that the Eastern Great Egret(pictured) has a neck one and a half times as long as its body?
- ... that the Eastern Spinebill of Australian forests has adapted to urban gardens and can feed from Fuchsias as well as native banksias and grevilleas?
- ... that the Eastern Whipbird (pictured) of the Australian wet forests is so named for its loud call which resembles the cracking of a whip?
- ... that both the Ecuadorian cacique (pictured) and the solitary cacique have entirely black plumage, whereas the Selva cacique has a yellow rump?
- ... that American environmentalist Rosalie Edge (pictured) was called "the only honest, unselfish, indomitable hellcat in the history of conservation"?
- ... that the Australian Sharp-tailed Sandpiper(pictured)?
- ... that evolutionary biologist Scott Edwards and social psychologist Jennifer Richeson were the only two black scientists elected to the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2015?
- ... that a call of the Edwards's Fig-parrot (pictured) of Northeastern New Guinea has been likened to "coins dropping on concrete"?
- ... that it is proposed to assist the conservation of the Canarian Egyptian Vultureby the establishment of "vulture restaurants"?
- ... that Eighty Mile Beach in Western Australia is 140 miles (230 km) long?
- ... that Eugene Eisenmann worked as a lawyer before writing The Species of Middle American Birds for the Linnaean Society of New York?
- ... that about 90% of the plants found in Libya have been recorded growing in El-Kouf National Park?
- ... that Elegant Parrotsinhabit Australia's southern hinterlands?
- ... that elegant quails make "chip-chip" calls to keep in touch as they forage on the ground?
- ... that the to be discovered?
- ... that the head of the emperor goose (pictured) frequently turns from white to reddish-brown in summer, due to its feeding in tidal pools with iron oxide?
- ... that the common name Mallee Emu-wrens comes from their emu-like tail feathers?
- ... that domesticated pigeons"?
- ... that the recently discovered hummingbirds and swifts?
- ... that Oxyura jamaicensis?
- ... that there is no such woofen-poof?
- ... that all six species of the genus ?
- ... that the voice of the Erckel's francolinhas been described as "an insane cackled laughter"?
- ... that the Eurasian bittern may visit reedbeds, rice fields, watercress beds, fish farms, gravel pits, sewage works, ditches, flooded areas and marshes?
- ... that the Eurasian Wrynecksometimes feigns death and hangs limply with eyes closed?
- ... that Alfred Ezra learnt how to keep hummingbirds in captivity using baby food?
- ... that the fairy gerygone nests near wasp nests, possibly to keep itself safe from predators?
- ... that the fairy lorikeet forages high in the forest canopy and is assumed to feed on pollen and nectar?
- ... that, in the , raisins, and spices?
- ... that the fasciated tiger heron is named for the black and buff stripes on its neck and back?
- ... that the endemic vertebrate species, and that although a population of Wild Cats(pictured) remains, many of the larger mammals were hunted to extinction in historic times?
- ... that Fernandina's Flicker (Colaptes fernandinae), a woodpecker endemic to Cuba, is threatened by habitat lossand now there are fewer than 800 left in the world?
- ... that the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami?
- ... that when Fieldfares sit in a tree, they all tend to face in the same direction?
- ... that the fiery-browed starling, found only on Sulawesi in Indonesia, forms mixed flocks with the Sulawesi myna and grosbeak starling?
- ... that forest fires are a threat to the fiery minivet?
- ... that little is known of the breeding habits of the fiery-shouldered parakeet?
- ... that although it is now ʻEua, Tonga?
- ... that the Peregrine Falcon?
- ... that black rat snakes that he used for experiments to protect bluebirds?
- ... that Professor Clive Finlayson has theorized that the genetic similarities between Neanderthals and humans are not only due to interbreeding but could also originate from a common African ancestor?
- ... that the Finsch's Flycatcher-thrush, a flycatcher-like thrush of West African forests, sings four melodious whistles and responds to recordingsof its own songs?
- ... that the fire-bellied woodpecker can drum at the rate of 14 to 38 taps per second?
- ... that Tuckerbil is an important site for flocking Brolgas?
- ... that having lived in Central Park for more than a year after becoming homeless, Flaco (pictured) has been accused of being a peeping tom?
- ... that the red-headed, rose-throated and flame-colored tanagers (pictured) are not tanagers but cardinals?
- ... that while the male white-winged shrike-tanager and the male flame-crested tanager are distinctive, the females could be confused?
- ... that the ?
- ... that the flea (pictured) was illustrated by Robert Hooke in 1665 in his pioneering book Micrographia?
- ... that some species of moulting, rendering them incapable of flight?
- ... that flyways used by migrating wetland birds have traditional staging points where they can rebuild their energy reserves?
- ... that the in treesup to 12 metres (39 ft) above the ground?
- ... that the fork-tailed drongo gives genuine alarm calls but will sometimes lie to steal food from other animals?
- ... that Forrestdale Lake used to be an important tortoise hunting site?
- ... that certain birds are assisted by the presence of other members of their species in raising their young, a phenomenon known as the Fraser Darling effect?
- ... that Fraser's Hill in Malaysia was previously a tin mining area that was converted into a hill station after the tin ore depleted in 1913?
- ... that the greater thornbird builds a cone-shaped nest, usually over water, while the freckle-breasted thornbird makes a gourd-shaped nest with a long entrance tunnel?
- ... that the male frigatebird (pictured) attracts a mate with its red gular pouch?
- ... that Arses lorealis is the scientific name for a bird commonly known as the Frill-necked Monarch?
- ... that the rhythm of the call of the fulvous owl has been likened to Morse code?
- ... that the Grey-headed Fish Eagle are the notable raptors of Gal Oya National Park?
- ... that the gape of nestlings of several passerine bird species have been shown to be conspicuous in the ultravioletspectrum?
- ... that Gedser Odde (pictured) on the island of Falster is Denmark's southernmost point?
- ... that the number of Giant Scops Owls is decreasing because of deforestation and the mining of chromitein its forest habitat?
- ... that the feathers of birds are considered the most complex integumentary structures found in vertebrates, and a premier example of a complex evolutionary novelty?
- ... that Gobioolithus is a type of fossil bird egg that often contains embryos with well-developed wings?
- ... that the Golden-crowned Sparrow is an important destroyer of weedseeds on the Pacific coast of North America?
- ... that the golden-headed cisticola (pictured) has been described as the "finest tailor of all birds"?
- ... that the Golden Monarch (male pictured) is found in New Guinea and New Ireland but not in the large island New Britainwhich lies between them?
- ... that the golden-naped, yellow-tufted, white-fronted, and yellow-fronted woodpecker (pictured) are included in the genus Melanerpes, which is characterised by black, white, red and yellow plumage?
- ... that the Golden Conure(pictured) is also known as the Queen of Bavaria conure?
- ... that the diet of the ?
- ... that the ?
- ... that the range of the Golden-winged Sunbird coincides with its major food item, the nectar of the plant Leonotis nepetifolia(both pictured)?
- ... that the Goldenface is a small bird with bright plumage that is endemic to the hills and mountains of New Guinea?
- ... that the 1654 trompe-l'œil painting The Goldfinch (pictured) by Carel Fabritius has been in the collection of the Mauritshuis in The Hague since 1896?
- ... that the goliath imperial pigeon (pictured) is also known as the notou?
- ... that Mikado Pheasant, comprising two long black tail feathers, from one of his porters who was wearing them in his head-dress?
- ... that Elizabeth Gould (pictured) completed much of the preliminary illustration of her husband's seminal work The Birds of Australia, but died during its production and was not credited for most of her contributions?
- ... that Grape-kun, a Humboldt penguin, "fell in love" with a cutout of an anime character?
- ... that the grassland sparrow is a "secretive" bird?
- ... that in 1913 Great Lakes region?
- ... that the Gray-crowned Rosy Finch (pictured) may breed at a higher altitudethan any other breeding bird in North America?
- ... that the bird-watchingtrail system in the U.S.?
- ... that the Great Black Hawk is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes eagles, hawks and Old World vultures?
- ... that according to Mbuti tradition, eating a great blue turaco (living example pictured) while pregnant may result in a difficult delivery or birth deformity?
- ... that to prevent the poisonous skin secretions from spoiling the meat?
- ... that the Sula Islands?
- ... that as well as feeding on insects, the greater flowerpiercer probes and pecks flowers to obtain nectar?
- ... that Green-backed Trogonsfeed mostly on fruit?
- ... that the partial eye-ring of the male green iora looks like a pair of bright yellow eyelids?
- ... that green oropendolas sometimes follow red-throated caracaras through the rainforest canopy ?
- ... that the female Green Pygmy Goosehas a lower pitched whistle than the male?
- ... that the Green Rosella (pictured) of Tasmania was mistakenly believed by Johann Friedrich Gmelin to have originated from New Caledonia and namedaccordingly?
- ... that Extinct and Vanishing Birds of the World, written by ornithologist James Greenway, was an inspiration for the IUCN Red List?
- ... that grey-and-buff woodpeckers roost communally in shallow holes?
- ... that a male grey-chinned minivet was observed approaching a female while carrying a flower?
- ... that the grey-crowned flatbill and orange-eyed flatbill often build their bag-shaped nests near wasp nests?
- ... that the ancestors of the grey cuckooshrike most likely spread to Africa from the Australo-Papuan region?
- ... that the call of the Grey Currawong gives rise to its vernacular name of 'Clinking Currawong' in Tasmania, and 'Squeaker' in Western Australia?
- ... that the grey gull nests inland in a desert some 35 to 100 km (22 to 62 miles) from the sea?
- ... that the grey-headed woodpecker (pictured) was split into three separate species in 2014?
- ... that grey herons spend much time on the ground, striding about or standing still for long periods with an upright stance, often on a single leg?
- ... that grey-hooded parakeets make twittering and warbling sounds similar to those made by barn swallows?
- ... that the male grey pileated finch and red pileated finch both have red crests and black crowns?
- ... that the greylag goose was domesticated in Ancient Egypt about 3000 years ago?
- ... that Charles Dickens's talking raven Grip (pictured) inspired the poem "The Raven"?
- ... that the small parrot known as the Guaiabero is so named in its native Philippines for its penchant for guavas?
- ... that seagull eggs (examples pictured) were used as counterfeit plover eggs?
- ... that the first report of the D–Day landings received in the British mainland was delivered by Gustav, a messenger pigeon?
- ... that the extinct Cuban condor Gymnogyps varonai may have fed on ground sloths?
- ... that the Hainan partridge occurs in forests that have recovered from logging?
- ... that the hairy-breasted barbet has been observed to remove wings and legs from insects by bashing them on branches?
- ... that non-vocal sounds made by the Hakawai have been described as like a cable chain being lowered into a boat?
- ... that Hakgala Strict Nature Reserve is an important and isolated cloud forest, however its small size and isolation is jeopardizing its long term survival?
- ... that the red-banded fruiteater and handsome fruiteater often feed by plucking fruit while hovering?
- ... that the early 20th century diaries of German Arctic explorer Pen Hadow?
- ... that the Harold Hall Australian Expeditionsformed the last systematic collecting effort of Australian birds by an overseas institution?
- ... that Hay-a-Park Gravel Pit is "one of the most northerly inland breeding populations of reed warbler in Britain"?
- ... that over the course of 45 years of conservation work by ornithologist Helen Hays (pictured), the tern population of Great Gull Island increased tenfold?
- ... that after pioneering free jazz in the Netherlands during the 1960s, Cornelis Hazevoet gave up music to study zoology in 1980?
- ... that the and blue eye-rings?
- ... that the wild population of the Helmeted Honeyeater comprises fewer than 100 birds and is largely restricted to the Yellingbo Nature Conservation Reserve?
- ... that the helmeted woodpecker has possibly evolved to mimic the co-occurring lineated woodpecker?
- ... that heritage turkeys (pictured) are the only domestic turkeys able to reproduce without artificial insemination?
- ... that the brightly coloured Hildebrandt's Starling (pictured) nests in abandoned woodpecker burrows and holes in telegraph polesand fenceposts?
- ... that History of British Birds (example woodcut pictured) was the book thrown at Jane Eyrewhen she was ten?
- ... that History of British Birdswas "outstanding for ... its author's unassuming charm"?
- ... that the Hood Mockingbird(pictured) will occasionally attack people in an attempt to get fresh water from them?
- ... that the Helmeted Friarbird?
- ... that the Hooded Parrotshares its nesting holes with a moth that eats the nestlings' feces?
- ... that the toxin found in the skin of the hooded pitohui, a bird from New Guinea, is the same as that found in poison arrow frogs?
- ... that Hooded Dotterel?
- ... that the hooded visorbearer (example pictured) builds its nest out of cactus spines?
- ... that Horagolla National Park is the only urban park in the Western Province of Sri Lanka?
- ... that the horned sungem (example pictured) becomes a nectar robber when food is scarce?
- ... that Horton Plains National Park (pictured) supports the most extensive area of surviving cloud forest in Sri Lanka?
- ... that the nests of Hose's broadbill have tails?
- ... that hummingbirds (example pictured) need the human equivalent of more than 150,000 calories every day?
- ... that nomadic eagle falconersmaintain that "as the man trains the eagle, so does the eagle train his man"?
- ... that Charles Darwin discovered the Iago sparrow (pictured) on the first stop of the voyage of the Beagle?
- ... that the discovery of , has caused scientists to reconsider the timeline of penguin evolution?
- ... that Ijima's leaf warbler is named after Japanese zoologist Ijima Isao?
- ... that the dove that ranges from the southwestern United States and Mexico through Central America to Costa Rica?
- ... that Incas, the last known Carolina parakeet, died in the same aviary cage as the last passenger pigeon?
- ... that the shell of Incognitoolithus, the largest known North American fossil bird egg from the Eocene, bears possible peck-marks from a predatory bird?
- ... that the nests.
- ... that the recently described extinct penguin Inkayacu from the Eocene of Peru is postulated to have had gray and reddish brown feathers, unlike the black and white feathers of living penguins?
- ... that in the 1980s, an estimated 50,000 to 150,000 neotropical parrots were illegally importedannually into the United States?
- ... that between 5,000 and 180,000 Burmese pythons (pictured) are estimated to be loose in the Everglades?
- ... that the most recent confirmed sighting of the vulnerable Invisible Railwas in 2003?
- ... that the Iowa Blue breed of chicken is not actually blue according to poultry standards?
- ... that the song of the Isabelline Wheatear includes mimicryof the voices of other birds?
- ... that the island bronze-naped pigeon is a popular food at bars and parties on São Tomé?
- ... that the Jamaican Blackbird has evolved to fill the ecological niche more typical of woodcreepers and woodpeckers?
- ... that the extinct Jamaican Flightless Ibis developed unique club-like wings that could be used as a flail?
- ... that the main nesting site of the Japanese murrelet was used as a bombing range by the USAF?
- ... that the Japanese pygmy woodpecker becomes smaller and darker from the north of its range to the south?
- ... that the Java (pictured), first mentioned in print in 1835, is the second oldest breed of chicken in the United States?
- ... that the Javan frogmouth may be more common than generally thought?
- ... that Jimmy the raven could open envelopes and ride a motorcycle, appeared in some 1000 films (including It's a Wonderful Life), and earned a Red Cross gold medal?
- ... that Joe the Pigeon was granted a pardon by the Australian government after being sentenced to euthanasia?
- ... that Djibouti Francolin?
- ... that the Juneau Raptor Center, run by an all-volunteer staff, treats any species of bird brought to it for treatment?
- ... that (pictured), has been likened to a "Jurassic Park"?
- ... that Emperor Penguins?
- ... that the biggest walk-through Karanji Lake in Mysore?
- ... that despite the escalating human-elephant elephants increased in the dry zone of Sri Lanka and 211 individuals were counted in Kaudulla National Park?
- ... that the Kendall Island Migratory Bird Sanctuary in Canada's Northwest Territories is a traditional Inuvialuit whaling site?
- ... that the Kerguelen Shag, a species of cormorant of the Kerguelen Islands, is the smallest species amongst Blue-Eyed Shags?
- ... that the Kermadec Red-crowned Parakeet is the first documented example of a parrot recolonising an island after the removal of invasive predators?
- ... that the people of Demoiselle Cranes(pictured)?
- ... that the ancient Scottish estate of Killiechassie (pictured), now the home of J. K. Rowling, is noted for its dovecote?
- ... that The King of Rome's skin is preserved in Derby Museum because he survived where other pigeons died?
- ... that the Kittlitz's Murrelet nests in isolated locations on inland mountaintops, unlike most other seabirds, which nest in seashore colonies?
- ... that the flightless suliforme Klallamornis likely went extinct when the volcanic islands it used for shelter along the coast of the Pacific Northwest eroded away into the Pacific Ocean?
- ... that Klepetan and Malena have been described as "Croatia's most unusual love story"?
- ... that Koller's sickle is also Rauber's sickle?
- ... that around 30–40 Sri Lankan elephants (pictured) are present within Kumana National Park?
- ... that the Kurdistan Wheatearis sometimes found in North West India?
- ... that of the twenty-three species of Great Indian Bustard (pictured), found in Kutch Bustard Sanctuary in Gujurat, is the only one listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List?
- ... that the call of Lagden's bushshrike has been likened to hoop hoop or toot toot?
- ... that last recorded sighting of Knob-billed Duck, now thought be extinct in Sri Lanka, occurred in Lahugala Kitulana National Park?
- ... that Turkey's first ever bird ringing station was established at Lake Kuyucuk, which is an internationally-designated Ramsar site and an European Destinations of Excellence (EDEN)?
- ... that the Freshwater Crocodiles?
- ... that it took just over 20 years to finish developing the extinctby the 1980s?
- ... that the nest of the large frogmouth consists of a circular cushion of down on which a single egg is balanced?
- ... that the family Laridae (European herring gull pictured) are the only shorebirds known to have developed ultraviolet vision?
- ... that in 1916 the French appointed a pigeon to the Legion of Honour?
- ... that the Le Conte's thrasher(pictured) can run faster than a trotting horse?
- ... that early residents of call?
- ... that ?
- ... that the little Sumba hawk-owlwas identified as new to science by its voice?
- ... that the lemon-bellied flyrobin occasionally catches and eats insects that are one-sixth of its length?
- ... that the Lesser Grey Shrikeis pugnacious and will drive larger birds away from its nest?
- ... that the lesser seedcracker enjoys rice and the large, hard seeds of carrycillo?
- ... that "Let Nature Sing", a single consisting of nothing but unedited bird song, reached number one on the UK Singles Sales Chart?
- ... that the black under-wing markings of the Letter-winged Kite(pictured) resemble an M or W?
- ... that the Light-mantled Albatross(pictured) does not start breeding, on average, until 12 years old?
- ... that more than half of the 214 bird species found on Barbados are considered "accidental"—that is, they are found there only because they strayed off-course?
- ... that the avifauna of Lithuania includes a total of 342 species, of which 2 have been introduced by humans?
- ... that there are quite a few smews?
- ... that the Piping Plover, which numbers 12–13 thousand, has its very own census?
- ... that the Macaroni Penguins?
- ... that there are 618 species of birds in Belize?
- ... that 25 of the 368 endemic?
- ... that ?
- ... that with hundreds of Western Meadowlark pictured), Oregon ranks fifth in the United States in terms of avian species diversity?
- ... that extinct?
- ... that the Siberian crane is considered more threatened than the whooping crane, despite there being an estimated ten times more of them?
- ... that the 2001 discovery of the Serendib Scops Owl was the first discovery of a new endemic bird species in Sri Lankasince 1868?
- ... that the eggs of the Little Black Cormorant (pictured) are covered in a layer of lime?
- ... that war in the Horn of Africa may have contributed to the decline of the little brown bustard?
- ... that little egrets have a diet of mainly fish, but they also eat amphibians, small reptiles, mammals and birds, as well as crustaceans, molluscs, insects, spiders and worms?
- ... that populations of the little green woodpecker in Africa are increasing due to logging and clearing of the forests?
- ... that "Gizzie" and "Slit" are two alternative common names for the Little Lorikeet of eastern Australia?
- ... that the little owl (pictured) was sacred to the goddess Athena, from whom it gets the generic name?
- ... that the lime?
- ... that the wattlebirds?
- ... that the long-billed crow, found only in the Maluku Islands, is dwindling in numbers and is considered to be a "near-threatened species"?
- ... that the umbrella tree?
- ... that Long-billed Pipits breed on dry open slopes with rocks and low vegetation?
- ... that the Passerinesorder?
- ... that the Psarisomus?
- ... that a male Long-tailed Finch(pictured) is unable to tell the sex of an unfamiliar Long-tailed Finch on sight alone?
- ... that the Long-tailed Ground Roller, a species of bird endemic to Madagascar, digs a tunnel in the sand as an entrance to its underground nest?
- ... that the tail of the Long-tailed Starlingcan be longer than its body?
- ... that no Lord Howe Island Pigeon exists, as it was described from a painting (pictured) by George Raper?
- ... that, unlike the drab-coloured Lovely(pictured)?
- ... that birding's highest honor, the Ludlow Griscom Award?
- ... that Tufted Gray Languroccurs?
- ... that ornithologist James David Macdonald was employed in the bird section of the British Natural History Museumdespite claiming complete ignorance about birds?
- ... that the male Madagascan buttonquailis largely responsible for incubating the eggs and caring for the young?
- ... that the Madagascan hoopoe differs markedly from that of the African hoopoe?
- ... that the adult Madagascan sandgrousemay soak its breast feathers in water to carry moisture to its young?
- ... that the Magellanic oystercatcher nests inland and moves to the coast outside the breeding season?
- ... that magnetoreception in birds works by quantum effects in their eyes?
- ... that the bill of the Magpie Duck(pictured) becomes green as the bird gets older, and its black crown may go completely white?
- ... that the Feathered Helmet that was included in the painting of Captain James Cook's death is said to be the helmet given to Cook when he first landed in Hawaii?
- ... that the Black Rats there, and was sunk by a British submarine?
- ... that the Pacific Islandregion"?
- ... that the songbirds known as the Malaconotoidea?
- ... that the call of the Malagasy coucal resembles the sound of water being poured from a bottle?
- ... that the Malagasy white-eye (pictured) sometimes indulges in mutual preening?
- ... that the Malayan banded pitta is threatened by the destruction of its forest habitat and by being targeted for the illegal trade in birds?
- ... that recorded sightings of the Malayan whistling thrush in the Cameron Highlands after the 1960s may have actually been a subspecies of the blue whistling thrush?
- ... that Mallee Cliffs National Park has no public access in order to preserve the mallee eucalyptus habitat of the mallee fowl?
- ... that Mandora Marsh contains the most inland occurrence of mangroves in Australia?
- ... that the call of Mangrove Black Hawkis a distinctive piping spink-speenk-speenk-spink-spink-spink...?
- ... that the mangrove kingfisher, found in Africa, migrates away from mangroves to breed?
- ... that the Mangrove Robin (pictured) consumes a significant amount of crabin its diet, in addition to its primary prey of insects?
- ... that Mani the Parakeet tips a victory by the Netherlands?
- ... that the honeyeaters of the genus Noisy Miners pictured) have a pale patch of skin behind their eyes giving them a cross-eyedlook?
- ... that nests of the marbled wood quail and the spot-winged wood quail have roofs made of dead leaves?
- ... that Markham's storm petrel, which nests in Peru and northern Chile, has been described as "one of the least known seabirds in the world"?
- ... that Professor Filippo de Filippiwho died in 1867 during the scientific voyage round the world in which the bird was discovered?
- ... that the tropical tree Axinaea sclerophylla is pollinated by birds such as the masked flowerpiercer (pictured)?
- ... that the hen Matilda lived to age 16 and became the world's oldest chicken in 2004, never laying any eggs?
- ... that the Maxberg specimen, one of only 10 Archaeopteryxspecimens ever found, has been lost since 1991?
- ... that Birds of Paradise?
- ... that Meek's Pygmy Parrot is one of seven birds named after Albert Stewart Meek, the English bird collector and naturalist?
- ... that Annie Meinertzhagen spent part of her honeymoon studying birds at Walter Rothschild’s ornithological museum?
- ... that the ?
- ... that Melidectes is a genus of honeyeater birds endemic to the mountains of New Guinea and New Britain?
- ... that only six years after its 2016 discovery, the Meratus blue flycatcher (pictured) was found being sold in Indonesian songbird markets?
- ... that Mexican feather workwas prized by both Aztec and European rulers?
- ... that the Micronesian imperial pigeon barks, moans, and coos?
- ... that some specimens of Microolithus, a type of Paleogene bird egg, preserve embryonic bones?
- ... that all eight endemic reptile species recorded in Minneriya National Park are listed as threatened?
- ... that the Minsmere RSPB reserve, one of the UK's premier birdwatching sites, were established as a result of anti-invasion measures during World War II?
- ... that the mites that infect livestock have no eyes?
- ... that California Ground Squirrel?
- ... that Momotus is a genus of green and blue birds with raquet-shaped tails?
- ... that the unusual breeding season of the recent discoveryby scientists?
- ... that zoologist Thomas Harrison Montgomery, Jr. was the first to propose that chromosomes play a dominant role in determining an organism's sex?
- ... that the systematics of snowfinches is quite straightforward, while their taxonomy was (and still is) subject to extreme confusion?
- ... that ornithologist Robert Thomas Moore, who is credited with discovering more than 30 bird species and subspecies, also founded the 29-volume series of Borestone Mountain Poetry Awards?
- ... that snowy plovers nest in former salt evaporation ponds in the Moss Landing Wildlife Area?
- ... that the Mottled Owl (pictured) shows the greatest degree of sexual dimorphismof any species of owl?
- ... that the mottled piculet likes to drum on bamboo?
- ... that Kiwis (pictured) until they weigh 1 kilogram and are brought to New Zealand?
- ... that although its range is restricted to the island of Borneo, the mountain blackeye has evolved into four subspecies?
- ... that the mountain parakeet (pictured) is found in the Andes at altitudes of up to 4,500 metres (14,800 ft)?
- ... that the mountain trogon (male pictured) either excavates its own cavity nest by chewing into rotting wood or uses a pre-existing hole?
- ... that both the adult and fledgling of the moustached hawk-cuckoo have a moustache?
- ... that the multicoloured tanager is a species of bird endemic to Colombia, threatened by habitat destruction and fragmentation?
- ... that the heathlands of Eastern Bristlebird?
- ... that the female eggsduring the day and the more conspicuous male takes the night shift?
- ... that the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy?
- ... that a chance encounter with a railway official owning a pet parrot unknown to science led to the discovery of the Naretha bluebonnet?
- ... that the Narragansett Turkey is a breed of domestic turkey unique to North America and named after Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island?
- ... that the community-initiated Nata Bird Sanctuary in Botswana opened in 1993 and the same year received the "Tourism for Tomorrow" award for the Southern Hemisphere?
- ... that the National Animal Welfare Trust runs a centre at Trindledown Farm, which is the UK's only sanctuary for elderly pets?
- ... that The Natural History and Antiquities of Selborne (pictured) is actually composed of 110 letters between Gilbert White, and Thomas Pennant or Daines Barrington?
- ... that the Nauru Reed Warbler is found exclusively on the remote Pacific island of Nauru?
- ... that the necklaced spinetail (pictured) sometimes sings from inside its globular nest?
- ... that the volcanoin 1953?
- ... that over 16 million years ago, four species of parrot in the genus Nelepsittacus made their home in subtropical rainforest in what is now Otago, New Zealand?
- ... that the Joseph Bryan Nelson spent a year living in a tent on the Galápagos Islands, where he was visited by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh?
- ... that termite nests (pictured) can be nearly 7 m (23 ft) tall, that bald eagle nests can weigh 2 tonnes (4,400 lb), and that an extinct bird likely made a nesting mound 50 m (160 ft) in diameter?
- ... that the New Britain bronzewing is rated as a "vulnerable species" because the population is in decline and there are fewer than 5,000 birds in total?
- ... that all species of the extinctdue to human activity?
- ... that the New Zealand Little Bittern(pictured) was described as always being found alone and standing for hours in one place?
- ... that the Musk Duck?
- ... that although threatened by 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami?
- ... that the pigeon?
- ... that Nils Olav is the world's highest ranked penguin (pictured)?
- ... that the head of the Noisy Friarbird(pictured), is mostly bare of feathers?
- ... that the Noisy Pitta (pictured) uses an anvil when it feeds on the giant panda snail?
- ... that both Nordaust-Svalbard Nature Reserve and Søraust-Svalbard Nature Reserve are larger than any of Svalbard's seven national parks?
- ... that although the descendants of the last living female bird?
- ... that although the Norfolk Island Pigeon was hunted to extinction by humans, its first hunters disappeared from Norfolk Islandbefore it did?
- ... that since its establishment in 1986, the North American Waterfowl Management Plan has spent $4.5 billion to protect wetlands used by migratory birds in North America?
- ... that North Island Robin was originally thought to be a subspecies of the New Zealand Robin, but mitochondrial DNA sequence analysis has shown that the two lineages split prior to the Pleistocene?
- ... that northern masked owl (example pictured) chicks hiss to ask for food, while adults hiss to defend nests?
- ... that the northern rosella (pictured) was previously known as the smutty rosella?
- ... that the Norwegian landowner Oscar Collett was the single largest benefactor of the old Norwegian Ornithological Society's academic journal?
- ... that Nunscan fly at high altitudes?
- ... that the eggs of Oberländer's ground thrush have yet to be described?
- ... that the Obscure Berrypecker of New Guinea is a small forest birdknown from two specimens and a handful of sightings?
- ... that the Victoria, Australia, as it was prior to European settlement?
- ... that the rangesoverlap?
- ... that Smoky Mouse?
- ... that Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman co-founded the Sadie Collective, which aims to increase representation of black women in economics and other quantitative fields?
- ... that the orange-backed troupial often takes over the nest of a yellow-rumped cacique?
- ... that an attempt to introduce the orange-breasted bunting (pictured) to Oahu in 1941 was unsuccessful?
- ... that in breeding pairs of the orange ground thrush, the female consistently weighs more than the male?
- ... that the orange-necked partridge, native to southern Vietnam and eastern Cambodia, was discovered in 1927 but was "lost" until its rediscovery in 1991?
- ... that the Zitting Cisticolasoccur naturally?
- ... that oriole blackbirds sometimes tear open ripening maize cobs to feed on the kernels?
- ... that the Persia?
- ... that Steve Ormerod chairs Europe's largest wildlife conservation charity?
- ... that the Epinecrophyllaand specialise in extracting insect prey from dead leaves?
- ... that the Ornithological Dictionary; or Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds is George Montagu's best-known work, and the one that established his reputation as a pioneer of British ornithology?
- ... that the Pacific baza has been rumoured to imitate the calls of tree frogs when hunting, inducing them to return the call?
- ... that there are fourteen Pacific Robin (pictured) scattered from Samoa to Norfolk Island?
- ... that a study at habitat degradation?
- ... that the Palau ground dove prefers limestone islands to volcanic islands?
- ... that the Australian Pale-headed Rosella (pictured) is partial to seeds of the introduced Scotch Thistle and Rough Cockleburr, as well as the native River Red-gum and tea tree?
- ... that the Pale-yellow Robin (pictured) uses the prickly Lawyer Vine as a nestingsite and for nesting material?
- ... that the court decision in critically endangered honeycreeper, from possible extinction?
- ... that the pallid cuckoo (pictured) was first described as a pigeon?
- ... that the Pangani Longclawis only 20 cm (7.9 in) long?
- ... that the Restless Flycatcher?
- ... that Papuan King Parrots (pictured) often go unnoticed because they feed quietly in dense forest?
- ... that the elongated tails possessed by the males of some species of paradise-flycatchers (pictured) are thought to be the products of sexual selection?
- ... that in 19th-century America, any amateur hunter could kill six passenger pigeons in a single shot (shooting pictured)?
- ... that the fossil relative of the House Sparrow Passer predomesticus is known only from two upper jaw bones?
- ... that the fossil pelican Pelecanus schreiberi from North Carolina was possibly the largest species of pelican ever?
- ... that the bird bandsonce attached to their prey?
- ... that the casque of the Tarictic hornbill is hollow and made of keratin?
- ... that specimens of the Perijá tapaculo (pictured) were classified as being from four different bird species before being identified as a separate species?
- ... that in some breeding locations, the endangered Peruvian tern nests by the shore, while in others it uses sandy plains further inland?
- ... that despite being fairly common, little is known of the breeding behaviour or diet of the Peruvian thick-knee (pictured)?
- ... that Academy Award?
- ... that the extinct North American Oligocene-age vulture Phasmagyps may be the oldest New World vulture?
- ... that the eggs and young of the Pheasant Coucal(pictured) are predominantly cared for by the male parents?
- ... that the Philippine cuckoo-dove was formerly listed as a subspecies of the ruddy cuckoo-dove and the brown cuckoo-dove?
- ... that the songs of the Pied Butcherbird (pictured) have inspired and been incorporated into musical compositions of Henry Tate, Olivier Messiaen, Elaine Barkin, John Rodgers, and John Williamson?
- ... that the Pied Monarchof north Queensland binds its nest with spiderwebs and decorates it with lichen?
- ... that the white-headed stiltsometimes feigns a leg injury to draw intruders away from its chicks?
- ... that the Pied Wheatearoften perches on a bush or rock, bobbing its tail up and down while looking around for insects?
- ... that Pierre the penguinis the first bird to don a custom-made wetsuit?
- ... that Bavarian Pigeon Corps, were fitted with chest-mounted cameras and sent behind enemy lines for aerial reconnaissance by the Bavarian Armyin the early 1900s?
- ... that the male Pin-tailed Sandgrousebrings water to his chicks absorbed in the feathers on his breast?
- ... that Pink-headed Warbler?
- ... that the pink-necked green pigeon (male pictured) was one of the first species of bird recorded on Krakatoa after the main island erupted in 1883?
- ... that although the South American Bitternis widespread, much about its life history remains little-known, due to its skulking habits?
- ... that the pipits (species pictured) are a genus, Anthus, of songbirds that evolved in East Asia during the Miocene before spreading around the world?
- ... that Plagioolithus is thought to be the oldest known fragment of bird egg?
- ... that the plain-breasted piculet is usually inconspicuous but may be detected by the pecking sounds it makes while foraging?
- ... that the Plumbeous Water Redstart(male pictured) catches flies in rivers by flying vertically above the water, then gliding down in a spiral back to the same place?
- ... that the Plumed Whistling Duck (pictured) eats by cropping vegetation rather than diving in water, as other ducksdo?
- ... that the Pomeranian Goose was developed by Northern German farmers centuries ago, but only officially recognized as a breedin 1912?
- ... that William Pope created "the first comprehensive, well executed pictorial record of Canadian birds"?
- ... that the ?
- ... that the global poultry industry was expected to produce 65.5 million tonnes of eggs (pictured) in 2013?
- ... that Frank W. Preston invented the furnace which made Corelle glassware possible and worked to establish Moraine State Park in Pennsylvania?
- ... that in the Caribbean, off Anguilla, the Flirt Rocks are north of the Prickly Pear Cays, while a channel separates the cays from Dog Island?
- ... that over 70,000 Dark-eyed Juncos have been counted in a single day at the Bird Observatory in Prince Edward County, Ontario, Canada?
- ... that Dicaeidae(Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker pictured)?
- ... that though White-breasted Nuthatch, a 2014 phylogeneticstudy found them to be only distantly related within their genus?
- ... that ?
- ... that the Australasian bird family jewel-babblers, whipbirds and wedgebills?
- ... that Mona Island?
- ... that the predators to defend hatchlings?
- ... that puffbirds (pictured) have been nicknamed bobos (Spanish for "dummies") due to their propensity to sit motionless waiting for prey?
- ... that the Purple-crowned Lorikeetis colloquially known as the "Zit Parrot" from its shrill tsit call?
- ... that the purple heron often adopts a posture with its neck extending obliquely?
- ... that the Purple-throated Cotingais considered a naturally rare species across its range?
- ... that San Blas jays and purplish-backed jays both form social groups which cooperate in the raising of young?
- ... that the pygmy eagle of New Guinea is the world's smallest-known species of eagle?
- ... that Quarry Moor is one of the few locations in England where the rare parasitic plant thistle broomrape (example pictured) grows?
- ... that half the length of the Racket-tailed Coquette(pictured) is tail?
- ... that the racket-tailed roller makes a racket as it rockets?
- ... that the ?
- ... that Green Turtles (pictured) in the world and is the most significant seabird rookery in the Great Barrier Reef?
- ... that Rathika Ramasamy's wildlife photographs (example pictured) were exhibited at the Clean Ganga Campaign held at the India International Centre in September 2005?
- ... that raptor persecution is a crime against birds of prey, and in Scotland, ravens are afforded honorary raptor status?
- ... that the ravens of the Tower of London are enlisted as soldiers of the Kingdom, and can be dismissed for unsatisfactory conduct?
- ... that while Red-and-yellow Barbets (male pictured) are tame in areas where they are not persecuted, they are hunted by the Maasaifor their feathers?
- ... that female red-backed buttonquails and yellow-legged buttonquails (illustrated, left) rely on their mates to incubate the eggs and raise the young, and start breeding afresh with different males?
- ... that the riverbanksbut not near water?
- ... that the parasitised by the giant cowbird?
- ... that the red-billed pied tanager (pictured) is not a tanager?
- ... that the red-billed quelea (flock pictured) is the most numerous undomesticated bird species on earth, with an estimated population sometimes peaking at 1.5 billion?
- ... that the red-breasted partridge is found only on Borneo?
- ... that one of the reasons that the Red-browed Amazon (pictured) is "Endangered" is that it is collected for the pet trade?
- ... that the adult (pictured) and juvenile specimens of the Red-capped Parrot were so different that its discoverer Heinrich Kuhlgave it the specific name spurius, meaning "illegitimate"?
- ... that the repertoire of the Red-capped Robinincludes "tinkle" and "blurt" calls?
- ... that there are 16 subspecies of the Red-cheeked Parrot?
- ... that the Red-chested Goshawk (Accipiter toussenelii), a hawk of West Africa, was named after French journalist Alphonse Toussenel?
- ... that red-collared lorikeets sometimes appear drunk at the end of the dry season in Darwin?
- ... that the first Red-fronted Parrotto be scientifically identified was named Congo Jack?
- ... that Red-headed Honeyeatermales (pictured) fight each other by grappling in mid-air and falling close to the ground before disengaging?
- ... that the call of the Red-necked Avocet(pictured) has been likened to a dog barking?
- ... that the red-tailed tropicbird (pictured) eats mainly flying fish and squid?
- ... that the , include a scolding raaah or nasal pip pik, and the song is a throaty whistled cherry quick cherry quick cherry quick cherry quick?
- ... that the unpalatable?
- ... that the ground-dwelling redthroat bird can imitate the sound of a crested pigeon in flight?
- ... that carp?
- ... that Regulus bulgaricus, the only fossil kinglet, is known from a single ulna?
- ... that killing a resplendent quetzal (pictured) was a crime in Aztec and Maya law?
- ... that attempts to reintroduce a species of thick-billed parrot (pictured) into Arizona have so far failed?
- ... that ornithologist Samuel Pierpont Langleyto create a new dictionary of color names for naturalists?
- ... that the California Clapper Rail, a chicken-sized bird that rarely flies, has chicks that can swim when they are just two hours old?
- ... that the a group of owlsthat have been reclassified three times since 1850?
- ... that the work of ornithologist Chandler Robbins helped inspire Rachel Carson to write Silent Spring?
- ... that the rock parrot often nests in the old burrows of seabirds?
- ... that the cave-nesting rockwarbler has also been called the "hanging dick" because of its nest?
- ... that the beaches of fossil footprints of dinosaurs?
- ... that the Rokel River estuary (pictured), which extends over an area of 2,950 square kilometres (1,140 sq mi), became a Ramsar wetland site of importance in 1999?
- ... that rooks are intelligent birds and can rival or even beat chimpanzees in puzzle-solving tests?
- ... that the Roper River Scrub-robin being listed as extinctmay be "a case of mistaken locality or a hoax"?
- ... that the rose-collared piha feeds mainly on fruit, plucked while in flight?
- ... that in spite of its similar appearance to the Rose Robin (pictured) of southeastern Australia is more closely related to the crow family?
- ... that about a million birds were banded at the Rossitten Bird Observatory between its establishment in 1901 and the end of the Second World War?
- ... that tunnel nests of the rosy bee-eater become submerged in the rainy season?
- ... that it is not known whether the Marquis Leone de Tarragon named the rosy-throated longclaw (Macronyx ameliae) for his wife or his mother?
- ... that the rosy thrush-tanager is shy and difficult to observe, but will respond to hearing a recording of its song played?
- ... that when first introduced to ?
- ... that "gay penguins" Roy and Silo raised a chick at New York's Central Park Zoo, which when fully grown, entered into a same-sex relationship of its own?
- ... that King George VI owned Royal Blue, a messenger pigeon that went on to be awarded the Dickin Medal for bravery during the Second World War?
- ... that the ruddy shelduck (pictured) is a mainly nocturnal bird?
- ... that the crepuscular—that is, it hunts primarily at dusk and dawn?
- ... that the Todos Santos Islandsthat has not been seen since the 1970s?
- ... that the rufous-fronted parakeet is endemic to Colombia where it occurs on two volcanic massifs in the Andes?
- ... that the Rufous Hornero (pictured), a common species in the ovenbird family, is the national bird of Argentina?
- ... that most members of the woodpecker family have four toes on each foot, but the rufous piculet and the white-browed piculet have just three?
- ... that the speckled mourner can be confused with the rufous piha?
- ... that the ?
- ... that the Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (pictured) often uses a piece of snakeskinin the lining of its nest?
- ... that when disturbed, the rufous-throated partridge flies to branches as thrushes do, and at night, roosts huddled in trees like babblers?
- ... that Rufous Whistlerbirds, unlike all other Whistler birds, never forage on the ground but high up in trees or other high places?
- ... that the at all?
- ... that when the up market" houses?
- ... that the Strix genus of birds to be found in South America?
- ... that the Ciconiidae?
- ... that despite occurring in six protected areas in Ecuador, the saffron siskin (pictured) is rated a "vulnerable species"?
- ... that Saguaro boots are the co-creation of a bird and a cactus?
- ... that the Sahel bush sparrow, found in the Oti Valley Faunal Reserve, is one of 676 species of bird recorded in Togo?
- ... that the endangered San Clemente Loggerhead Shrikehas seen its numbers rise significantly since 1998 despite nesting in center of a United States Navy bombing range?
- ... that Leonard Sanford persuaded Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney and her children to buy Lord Rothschild's bird collection for the American Museum of Natural History?
- ... that ?
- ... that the Satanic nightjar can make a growling noise when disturbed?
- ... that, on arrival at the breeding area, a female ?
- ... that the scaled piculet is a fairly common bird, but may be undercounted because of its unobtrusive behaviour?
- ... that the scaly ground roller mostly eats earthworms and centipedes, but has been known to also eat frogs, lizards, and shrews?
- ... that the scarlet-and-white tanager swallows small berries whole, but eats larger fruit piece by piece?
- ... that the species name of the Scarlet-backed Flowerpecker(pictured) means "bloodstained"?
- ... that the scarlet-breasted fruit dove is normally a quiet bird, but sometimes emits deep, soft, oohoo calls?
- ... that in zoos the Scarlet Ibis (pictured) is often fed beetroots and carrots to maintain its plumage coloring, which in the wild comes from carotenoidpigments in shrimp and shellfish?
- ... that the nest of the Scarlet Honeyeater(pictured) is a tiny cup of shredded bark bound with spiders' webs?
- ... that Flame Robins?
- ... that the Scintillant Hummingbirdhas bronze-green upperparts and a rufous and black-striped tail?
- ... that land mullets can be found in Sea Acres National Park?
- ... that the Serendib Scops Owl is Sri Lanka's most recently discovered bird?
- ... that in 2011, the serra antwren was found 200 km (124 mi) further north than its previously known range, when it responded to recordings of its song?
- ... that the pigment on the dark-coloured eggs of the parasitic Shining Bronze Cuckoo(pictured) rubs off easily?
- ... that, contrary to claims of a medieval origin for the term Black Kite(pictured)?
- ... that the natural ?
- ... that shrikethrushes (grey shrikethrush pictured) have calls described as "strong, mellow and beautiful"?
- ... that Sickle-billed Vangas (pictured) have a polyandrousbreeding system, with several males helping a single female raise a clutch of eggs?
- ... that the ?
- ... that the silvery grebe visits saline lakes in Patagonia where it is often found in the company of flamingoes?
- ... that groups of silvery-throated jay roost communally at night, settling down with much chatter?
- ... that the ornithologists?
- ... that zoologist's head?
- ... that the sittellas (pictured) of Australasia were once thought to be nuthatches but are now considered their own family?
- ... that the mating song of the male Slate-colored Boubou (pictured), a member of the bushshrikefamily, depends more on his mate's hormone levels than his own?
- ... that the call of the slaty-backed forktail can easily be mistaken for that of the Blyth's kingfisher?
- ... that the father Snares Snipelooks after the first chick to leave the nest, while the mother takes care of the second?
- ... that the South American snowy-crowned tern was first described by Audubon from a bird found in New Jersey?
- ... that female snowy plovers often abandon their families as soon as the chicks hatch?
- ... that the Somali Ostrich faces eradication in the Horn of Africa?
- ... that the rare Somali pigeon urgently needs a population survey?
- ... that the diet of the sooty gullincludes turtle hatchlings and the eggs and chicks of other sea birds?
- ... that the Sooty Oystercatcher(pictured) forages for two hours on either side of low tide?
- ... that an estimated 67,500 South American tern nests containing 112,500 eggs were found on a single 150-yard (140 m) stretch of beach in Argentina?
- ... that the South Georgia Pintail (pictured), a small duck, scavenges at sealcarcasses?
- ... that the last two known individuals of the South Island Snipedied on 1 September 1964, two days after they were captured?
- ... that the southern black flycatcher (pictured) sometimes forages in the company of another black bird, the fork-tailed drongo?
- ... that the southern black korhaan, native to South Africa, is becoming rarer due to loss of its natural habitat to agriculture?
- ... that Sparkie Williams is still singing from his grave 47 years after his death?
- ... that the speckle-chested piculet is endangered by the ongoing destruction of its forest habitat?
- ... that spiderhunters (Spectacled Spiderhunter pictured) have tubular tongues able to form a vacuum which are used to suck up nectar?
- ... that what was probably the last living Spix's Macaw died in 2000?
- ... that the Wren?
- ... that the spotted imperial pigeon's specific name carola is derived from the name of a daughter of the ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte?
- ... that the spotted pardalote has been called the headache bird on account of its repetitive call?
- ... that the Spotted Sandgrousemay travel many kilometres from its feeding ground in order to drink?
- ... that shags may be spotted in New Zealand?
- ... that the spotted wood kingfisher (pictured) may nest in termite nests in trees?
- ... that squab is the meat from a young domestic pigeon?
- ... that the colorful Sri Lanka Junglefowl is part of the junglefowl family from which our modern domestic chickensderive?
- ... that groups of starred wood quail (illustrated) move across open ground in single file?
- ... that Stierling's woodpecker is threatened by habitat loss, especially in areas where tobacco is cultivated and dried over open fires?
- ... that the striated thornbill (pictured) often hangs upside-down while foraging?
- ... that a pair of stripe-breasted woodpeckers were once observed sitting on the eggs simultaneously?
- ... that the stripe-chested antwren flits about close to the ground foraging for insects and spiders?
- ... that the Striped Honeyeater's primary food source is insects, not honey or nectar?
- ... that the Strong-billed Honeyeater(pictured) actually eats more insects than honey?
- ... that the Subservient Chicken is a viral marketing promotion by Burger King?
- ... that the Sulawesi myna sometimes issues a "meeow"-like sound with its head thrusting forwards and its back feathers fluffed up?
- ... that though the Sulu Bleeding-hearthas not been definitively seen since 1891, there is still hope that it is not extinct?
- ... that J. Denis Summers-Smith became an expert on sparrows by travelling as an expert in tribology?
- ... that the nocturnal gull?
- ... that the sword-billed hummingbird (example pictured) is the only bird with a bill longer than its body?
- ... that the Taiwan bush warbler was described in 1917, but was not named as a distinct species until 2000?
- ... that Robert Swinhoe called the Taiwan whistling thrush (pictured) the "Formosan Cavern-bird"?
- ... that the Peters's squirrel, the flat-headed myotis, the false canyon mouse, the Chamula mountain brook frog, the Sierra Juarez brook frog, the Tamaulipas pygmy owl, and the Oaxaca mud turtle (pictured) are all native to Mexico and found nowhere else?
- ... that the possums?
- ... that Hollis Taylor has argued that birdsong should be considered music?
- ... that the ground living tailand have very long legs?
- ... that the thick-billed ground pigeon (pictured) eats seeds regurgitated by the magnificent bird-of-paradise?
- ... that Thol Lake, also known as the Thol Bird Sanctuary, is a key habitat for sarus crane, ruff, and flamingo?
- ... that the lake sediments at Thomsons Lake are 30–40,000 years old, the oldest found in Western Australia?
- ... that ?
- ... that the biggest Turdus is 23–28 centimetres (9–10 inches) in length?
- ... that the Tibetan eared pheasant may be declining in number because there are insufficient places for it to roost?
- ... that despite only being eight inches tall, the neotropics, successfully hunts hummingbirds?
- ... that despite its name, the ?
- ... that the island sub-species of the Tomtit are much largerthan their mainland relatives?
- ... that ?
- ... that Harrison B. Tordoff (pictured) said he was passionate about restoring the peregrine falcon because his experience as a fighter pilot "was as close as a human could get to being a peregrine"?
- ... that the Trinidad euphonia lacks the muscular gizzard that most birds have as part of their digestive tract?
- ... that the Great Shearwater?
- ... that Donald Trounson distributed chocolate to soldiers returning from Dunkirk, escorted captive Italians to prison camps in Algeria, and founded the National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife?
- ... that the Trumpeter Swan is the largest swan native to North American?
- ... that the isolation of flu viruses from birds on Tryon Island, a coral cay off the coast of Queensland, Australia, led to the development of antiviral drugs, such as Tamiflu?
- ... that the Tucson Bird Count monitors bird diversity at almost 1000 sites in urban Tucson, Arizona and is among the largest urban biological monitoring programs in the world?
- ... that almost all members of a flock of tufted jays work together to build a nest?
- ... that Central Coast of New South Wales, Australia, cover a total area of 77 square kilometres yet have an average depth of less than two metres?
- ... that the typical habitat of the Tumbes sparrow is dry scrub, open dry woodland, and semi-desert?
- ... that the Turquoise Parrot(female pictured) was formerly used as pie-filling?
- ... that the Second World War homing pigeon Tyke won a gallantry medal for reporting the location of a downed American bomber?
- ... that Udawalawe National Park (pictured) is the third most visited park in Sri Lanka?
- ... that Udawatta Kele Sanctuary contains a 200–300 years old giant Entada rheedii liana?
- ... that Brunei's Ulu Temburong National Park can only be reached by longboat?
- ... that the Blue Vanga is the only vanga occurring outside of Madagascar?
- ... that the Variegated Fairy-wren (pictured) strongly reflects UVlight?
- ... that the intestineto help it digest the leaves and buds which it regularly eats?
- ... that the velvet-fronted grackle joins other birds in small, noisy flocks and sometimes forages on floating vegetation on lakes?
- ... that besides fish, the vermiculated fishing owl feeds on frogs, crabs, small mammals, and birds?
- ... that Pyrocephalus, the genus name of the vermilion flycatcher (example pictured), literally means 'fire head'?
- ... that the Victorian Wader Study Group catches and releases, on average, more than 7000 birds a year?
- ... that Chaffinchthat makes the most bird calls wins?
- ... that some species of Vireo, a genus of passerines, bind their nests with spider silk and ornament them with spider eggs?
- ... that Vorombe titan, an extinct elephant bird from Madagascar, shared its habitat with dwarf hippos, giant lemurs, and giant tortoises?
- ... that the household appliance?
- ... that this month, a researcher from WWT Slimbridge plans to become a "human swan"?
- ... that the Waitangiroto Nature Reserve is the only known nesting area for the eastern great egret in New Zealand?
- ... that the Wakatobi flowerpecker (pictured), originally classified as a species in 1903, was changed to a subspecies for unknown reasons, and in 2014 was re-described as a distinct species?
- ... that Wallace's fruit dove has been described as being one of the most beautiful fruit doves?
- ... that peacocks (pictured) are among the 143 bird species recorded in Wasgamuwa National Park?
- ... that besides eating ants and termites, the waved woodpecker feeds on fruits, berries, and seeds?
- ... that the weebill (pictured), measuring 8 to 9 cm (3.1 to 3.5 in) long, is Australia's smallest bird?
- ... that remnants of defensive walls and stone shelters on West Wallabi Island, constructed by survivors of the 1629 Batavia shipwreck, are the oldest known European-built structures in Australia?
- ... that male casings and glass?
- ... that the western bronze-naped pigeon is found in many countries across Africa?
- ... that there are only around 100 Western Ground Parrotsleft?
- ... that based on genetic data, the western oriole and the green-headed oriole are sister species?
- ... that the Western Silvereye is a declared pest of agriculture in Western Australia?
- ... that Tim Westoll painted more than ten thousand bird species in watercolour?
- ... that records of the Wetar ground dove in West Timor are from just three localities?
- ... that the Ob Riverbasin, and from northern Norway south to central Spain, Italy and Greece?
- ... that Whistling Kites in Australia primarily hunt live prey, while those in New Guinea are principally scavengers?
- ... that in 1943, White Vision became one of the first pigeons to be awarded the Dickin Medal, considered to be "the animals' Victoria Cross"?
- ... that the white-backed night heron is hunted for traditional medicine in Nigeria?
- ... that the white-bellied cinclodes may soon "pipe" no more?
- ... that one White-breasted Robin of Western Australiais much paler than the other?
- ... that the white-browed robin-chat sometimes nests on occupied buildings' walls and trellises covered with climbing plants?
- ... that the White-browed Scrubwren, which inhabits dense undergrowth, can occur close to urban areas in Sydney?
- ... that the white-browed tit-warbler has been found to practice cooperative breeding?
- ... that the White-capped Albatross breeds in New Zealand's subantarctic possessions but nonbreeding birds may range to the southwestern South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands?
- ... that white-crowned forktails (example pictured) breed between mountaintops in Borneo, but not with individuals of the same species in adjacent lowlands?
- ... that the white-eared night heron had been recorded from only about 20 localities by 2001, but was discovered in over 30 localities between 2001 and 2011?
- ... that the endemic to the Red Sea, does not have white eyes?
- ... that the White-faced Heron's (pictured) techniques to find food include standing still and waiting for prey, walking slowly in water, wing flicking, foot raking or chasing prey with open wings?
- ... that the call of the White-fronted Chat(male pictured) has been likened to the twang of a rubber band?
- ... that although it is a bird of prey, the white-fronted falconet is only 14 to 17 cm (5.5 to 6.7 in) long and mainly feeds on insects?
- ... that the White-headed Buffalo Weaver(pictured) builds nests with multiple rooms and a downward-facing entrance?
- ... that the white-headed fruit dove (Ptilinopus eugeniae) was named after Eugénie de Montijo, Empress of the French?
- ... that the white-headed robin-chat is the only African robin with an entirely white head?
- ... that the White-naped Honeyeater derives its Latin epithet lunatus from the crescent-shaped markings on its nape?
- ... that the White-necked Rockfowl (museum specimen pictured), a vulnerable species of bird found in Upper Guinean forests, builds its nests in caves out of mud?
- ... that the white-necklaced partridge's forehead is white in one subspecies and chestnut in the other?
- ... that the white-plumed honeyeater has become more common in urban Sydney and Newcastle?
- ... that the white-rumped falcon has been known to nest in woodpecker holes?
- ... that female White-starred Robins (pictured) in Malawi migrate away from their breeding grounds while the males remain in their territories?
- ... that the white-tailed jay (example pictured) found in Ecuador and Peru was once thought to have been brought to Mexico by pre-Columbian trade?
- ... that the white-throated honeyeater (pictured) used to be gay, but isn't any more?
- ... that the parasitised by the red-chested cuckoo?
- ... that the White-throated Treecreeper (pictured) translates as "brown and white trunktraveller"?
- ... that the white-tufted grebe breeds in freshwater locations but outside the breeding season may be found on the sea?
- ... that the white wagtail is the national bird of Latvia?
- White-winged fairywren (article's talk page missing blurb)
- ... that Scytalopus krabbei is named after Niels Krabbe, who discovered seven other species in its genus?
- ... that the nests of White-winged Widowbirdsare built exclusively by males (pictured)?
- ... that the diet of the white woodpecker includes wasps and bees, their larvae and honey?
- ... that the calls of Whitehead's broadbill (example pictured) resemble those of trogons, woodpeckers, and jays?
- ... that stones have been found in the stomachs of some Whitehead's trogons (pictured)?
- ... that ?
- ... that the Wild Bird Fund is New York City's first and only wildlife hospital (example treatment pictured)?
- ... that European chub?
- ... that some of the Gobi desert(pictured), the fifth largest desert in the world?
- ... that a British ornithologist named Winchell's kingfisher, found in the Philippines, after an American geologist?
- ... that wing-assisted incline running (WAIR) is a hypothesis about the origin of avian flight used by modern partridges?
- ... that by 1975, the year Marcy Cottrell Houle's book Wings for My Flight documents, only 324 pairs of peregrine falcons resided in the United States?
- ... that the woodpecker has special adaptations to avoid damaging its brain while pecking and drumming?
- ... that The World's 100 Most Threatened Speciesincludes one (pictured) with only five surviving mature individuals?
- ... that the wreathed hornbill (male pictured) is hunted for consumption of its meat, and that its casque is used as headgear by local people in Arunachal Pradesh?
- ... that Wrinkle Five Star set an unratified 1 km (0.62 mi) world record of 18 minutes 8 seconds while running in custom shoes?
- ... that female Wrinkled Hornbills build nests in treeholes, then plaster over the holes, trapping themselves inside for months?
- ... that the pet Yellow-billed Amazon (pictured) is only found on the island of Jamaica?
- ... that the Yellow-billed Spoonbill(pictured) has a row of small knobs inside its bill which detect vibration?
- ... that the yellow-browed sparrow (pictured) has spread from its former habitats along the Amazon River into grasslands, towns and roadsides throughout much of the Amazon basin?
- ... that only male Chloropicus xantholophus have golden crowns?
- ... that classification of the Yellow-crowned Amazon(pictured) is so problematic that some authorities divide it into three separate species?
- ... that when the male Yellow-crowned Bishop(pictured) is ready to mate, his head and back turn a brilliant yellow color?
- ... that the yellow-eyed pigeon is rated as a vulnerable species because it is hunted in both its breeding and overwintering range?
- ... that the nest of the Yellow-faced Honeyeateris so flimsy, eggs and nestlings sometimes fall through the bottom?
- ... that the yellow-faced myna may pair for life?
- ... that the Yellow-faced Parrot(pictured) is from Brazil and Bolivia?
- ... that the yellow-footed honeyguide probably includes beeswax in its diet?
- ... that the dome-shaped Yellow-rumped Thornbill(pictured) has a cup-shaped depression fake nest to distract attention from the real nest inside?
- ... that the anting, a behavior in which birds rub antson their feathers?
- ... that the call of the Yellow-spotted Honeyeater(pictured) is said to sound like a "machine gun rattle"?
- ... that the Yellow-throated Honeyeateris known for collecting hair from live animals such as horses, dogs and humans for lining its nest?
- ... that the large hanging Golden-tipped Batas a daytime roost in the forests of Eastern Australia?
- ... that the Yellow-tufted Honeyeater (pictured) of Eastern Australia was initially described as a thrush or a flycatcher, though related to neither?
- ... that the population of the Yunnan nuthatch is predicted to decrease by between 43.6% and 47.7% by 2040–2069?
- ... that there may be as few as 250 of the Zapata Rail (pictured) in its only habitat, the Zapata Swamp?
- ... that Zavodovski Island stinks?
- ... that the whereabouts of the last northern bald ibis who knows the birds' migratory routeare unknown, and without her, the species may face extinction in the wild in Syria?
- ... that Muir's Corella is listed in Western Australiaboth as a ‘declared pest of agriculture’ and as ‘rare or likely to become extinct’?
- ... that in South Africa, fewer than 40% of African cuckoo eggs are successfully hatched and the chicks raised by their foster parents?
- ... that young orange-billed lorikeets are actually yellow-billed?
- ... that Robert Swinhoe initially thought that the "ugly raw-looking red patch on the throat" of the Taiwan partridge was an injury?
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- Haast's eagle
- Hamerkop
- John Hancock (ornithologist)
- Harpy eagle
- Hawaiian honeycreeper
- Hesperornis
- Homing pigeon
- Hooded crow
- Hope Bay
- House crow
- Ichthyornis
- Inkayacu
- Jacamar
- Jacanidae
- Java sparrow
- Jay
- Kagu
- Kelenken
- Kermadec Islands
- King quail
- Kingfisher
- Kinglet
- Koel
- Kookaburra
- Kākāpō
- Lady Amherst's pheasant
- Lapwing
- Laridae
- Larus
- Laughing dove
- Edward Lear
- Leghorn chicken
- Lesser florican
- Limpkin
- Little egret
- Little owl
- Little penguin
- Locustellidae
- Long-tailed duck
- Longclaw
- Loriini
- Lovebird
- Lybiidae
- Macaw
- Macquarie Island
- Magpie goose
- Manakin
- Marabou stork
- Megalaimidae
- Megapode
- Mergini
- Mergus
- Mesite
- Olivier Messiaen
- Microraptor
- Moa-nalo
- Monal
- Moorhen
- Motacillidae
- Motmot
- Mourning dove
- Mousebird
- Muscovy duck
- Myna
- Nene (bird)
- New World barbet
- New World quail
- New Zealand parrot
- Nicobar pigeon
- Night heron
- Norfolk Black
- Norfolk Island
- Northern mockingbird
- Northern pintail
- Northern shoveler
- Nuthatch
- Ocellated turkey
- Oilbird
- Old World oriole
- Old World quail
- Old World warbler
- Oriental pied hornbill
- Ornithology
- Owlet-nightjar
- Oxpecker
- Oystercatcher
- Paektu Mountain
- Parakeet
- Partridge
- Pelagornis
- Pelagornithidae
- Penduline tit
- Phalarope
- Phasianidae
- Pheasant
- Philippine eagle
- Phorusrhacidae
- Phorusrhacos
- Piciformes
- Pigeon post
- Pigeon racing
- Pipit
- Plotopteridae
- Plover
- Plymouth Rock chicken
- Potoo
- Pratincole
- Presbyornis
- Procellariidae
- Psophia
- Puffin
- Rainbow lorikeet
- Red-billed quelea
- Red junglefowl
- Rhode Island Red
- Roadrunner
- Rook (bird)
- Rosella
- Ruff (bird)
- Rufous hummingbird
- Rynchops
- Île Saint-Paul
- Sandgrouse
- Scops owl
- Screamer
- Sea eagle
- Seriema
- Shot (pellet)
- Siberian crane
- Silkie
- Skua
- Phoebe Snetsinger
- Snipe
- Snow goose
- Snowy owl
- Spoonbill
- Spotted dove
- Squab
- Steppe eagle
- Stilt
- Stone-curlew
- Northern storm petrel
- Strix (bird)
- Sunbittern
- Swamphen
- Swan goose
- Swiftlet
- Tadorna
- Tanager
- Tasman Peninsula
- Teratornithidae
- Nikolaas Tinbergen
- Titanis
- Tody
- Tragopan
- Tree kingfisher
- Treeswift
- Tringa
- Tromelin Island
- Tropicbird
- True parrot
- True owl
- Turkey (bird)
- Turnstone
- Tyranni
- Vireo
- Wagtail
- Wake Island
- Wallcreeper
- Water kingfisher
- Waxwing
- Wedge-tailed eagle
- Western jackdaw
- Whakaari / White Island
- Whistling duck
- White-eye
- White-necked jacobin
- White stork
- Wild turkey
- Zebra dove
- Takahē