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001 Olive-bellied Sunbird starting to fly at Kibale National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
003 Olive-bellied Sunbird in flight at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
010e Wild Bearded Vulture in flight at Pfyn-Finges (Switzerland) Photo by Giles Laurent
015 Wild Golden Eagle in flight at Pfyn-Finges (Switzerland) Photo by Giles Laurent
017 Great blue turaco at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
020 African blue flycatcher at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
024 Red-chested cuckoo at Kibale forest National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
026 American pygmy kingfisher in Encontro das Águas State Park Photo by Giles Laurent
036 Usambiro barbet in the Serengeti National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
044 Grey-headed kingfisher at Queen Elizabeth National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
065 Male White-throated mountaingem in Los Quetzales National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
066 Female White-throated mountaingem in Los Quetzales National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
0A2A9595 Weka
102 Female Plum-headed parakeet in Jim Corbett National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
104 Male Plum-headed parakeet eating in Jim Corbett National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
140 Laughing dove in Twyfelfontein Photo by Giles Laurent
158 Female Northern red-billed hornbill in Etosha National Park Photo by Giles Laurent
161 Crimson-breasted shrike in Otjozondjupa Region Photo by Giles Laurent
28-090504-black-headed-bunting-at-first-layby
A couple of Tadorna ferruginea
Abfertigen einer Meldung durch Brieftauben - CH-BAR - 3240471 - restoration
Acanthiza pusilla - Austin's Ferry
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris - Mogo Campground
Acanthorhynchus tenuirostris female
Accipiter nisus edit
Acorn woodpecker holding a nut in its beak-0225
Actitis hypoleucos - Laem Pak Bia
Aegotheles chrisoptus - Catlereigh Nature Reserve
African Chaffinch (Fringilla spodiogenys) female Sfax
African Grey Hornbill (Lophoceros nasutus epirhinus) female
African bee-eaters composite
African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) male with Oxpecker
African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) male
African fish eagle (Haliaeetus vocifer) Ethiopia
African hawk-eagle (Aquila spilogaster)
Aix galericulata (Male), Richmond Park, UK - May 2013
Albatros fuligineux
Alcedo azurea - Julatten
Alectura lathami - Centenary Lakes
Amadina erythrocephala (l) edit
Amber mountain rock thrush (Monticola sharpei erythronotus) male 2
American kestrel (Falco sparverius cinnamominus) male Leona Amarga
American robin (71307)
American woodcock (95252)
Amur Falcon (female) at Lonavala
Anas platyrhynchos male female quadrat
Anas-americana-004
Anas-strepera-001
Anastomus oscitans - Bueng Boraphet
Anchorage White Raven
Andean condor (Vultur gryphus) male Farellones
Anser cygnoides
Anthochaera chrysoptera 4
Anthochaera chrysoptera
Anthus richardi - Laem Pak Bia
Ara ararauna Luc Viatour
Arachnothera magna - Kaeng Krachan
Arborophila brunneopectus female - Kaeng Krachan
Arborophila brunneopectus male - Kaeng Krachan
Archilochus-alexandri-002-edit
Ardea cinerea - Pak Thale
Ardea modesta
Ardea picata
Ardeola bacchus winter plumage - Laem Phak Bia
Arenaria interpres 2 - Boat Harbour (cropped)
Artamus cyanopterus Mortimer
Asian golden weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus chryseus) female at nest Siem Reap
Asian pied starlings (Gracupica contra)
Australasian Shoveler - Goulds Lagoon Wildlife Sanctuary
Australasian swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus) Tiritiri Matangi
Australian Brushturkey 2 - Newington
Australian Pelicans
Australian Wood Duck duckling
Australian brushturkey (Alectura lathami) female Atherton
Australian ibis (Threskiornis molucca) Sydney
Australian pelican in flight
Australian wood duck - male
Aythya australis female - Hurstville Golf Course
Aythya australis male - Hurstville Golf Course
Bald Eagle Portrait
Bald.eagle.closeup.arp-sh.750pix
Bali Myna 0A2A9443
Bananaquits
Bank myna (Acridotheres ginginianus)
Bar-tailed Godwit
Bare-faced curassow (Crax fasciolata) female head
Bartgeier Gypaetus barbatus front Richard Bartz
Bee hummingbird (Mellisuga helenae) immature male
Bell Miner 1 - Nepean Weir
Bihoreau Gris
Bird blink-edit
BirdBeaksA
Biziura lobata - Sandford
Black Bittern- Warriewood Wetlands
Black caracara (Daptrius ater) Rio Napo
Black guillemot (Cepphus grylle icelandicus) with a hermit crab (Pagurus bernhardus) Flatey
Black kite (Milvus migrans affinis) in flight Adelaide River 2
Black lory (Chalcopsitta atra), Gembira Loka Zoo, Yogyakarta 2015-03-15 03
Black phoebe sayornis nigricans
Black skimmer (Rynchops niger) in flight
Black swan jan09
Black-bellied whistling ducks (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
Black-chested snake-eagle (Circaetus pectoralis)
Black-crowned Barwing 0A2A7804
Black-crowned night heron in PP (36594)
Black-faced Woodswallow 1 - Sturt National Park
Black-fronted Dotterel 2 - Bow Bowing
Black-headed Gull - St James's Park, London - Nov 2006
Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala)
Black-headed lapwing (Vanellus tectus tectus)
Black-headed weaver (Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi) male nest building
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus), Corte Madera
Black-necked swan (Cygnus melancoryphus) Santiago
Black-tailed Godwit Uferschnepfe
Blue-throated macaw in flight
Bradornis infuscatus
Broad-billed motmot (02760)
Brolga-1-Healesville,-Vic,-3.1.2008 edit
Bronze-winged jacana (Metopidius indicus)
Brown Bluff-2016-Tabarin Peninsula–Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) 03
Brown headed cowbird female in JBWR (25487)
Brown pelican in flight (Bodega Bay)
Brown rock chat (Oenanthe fusca)
Brown teal (Anas chlorotis) Tiritiri Matangi
Brown treecreeper jan09
Brown-banded antpitta (Grallaria milleri) Caldas
Brown-chested martin (Progne tapera) Colonia
Brown-headed Honeyeater - Patchewollock
Brown-headed cowbird male (71126)
Bubo bubo sibiricus - 01
Bubo scandiacus (Linnaeus, 1758) Male
Bucephala-albeola-010
Buff-banded Rail 1 - Newington
Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher - Julatten
Buff-tailed coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens flavescens) Caldas
Bullfinch male
Burhinus grallarius - Daintree Villiage
Buteo jamaicensis in flight at Llano Seco-1520
Buteo magnirostris -Goias -Brazil-8
Butorides striatus - Daintree River
Butorides virescens2
Cacomantis flabelliformis
Calidris acuminata - Hexham Swamp
Calidris alba - Laem Phak Bia
Calidris alba at Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California - 20101116
Calidris ferruginea, winter adult, Pak Thale
Calidris ruficollis - Marion Bay
Calidris subminuta - Pak Thale
Calidris tenuirostris - Laem Phak Bia
Calidris-alpina-001 edit
California-Condor3-Szmurlo edit
Caligavis chrysops - Lake Parramatta Reserve
Calliope-nest edit
Campephilus principalisAWP066AA2
Campo flicker (Colaptes campestris) female
Canada goose flight cropped and NR
Cape Barren geese (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) in flight Kangaroo Island 2
Cape Barren goose (Cereopsis novaehollandiae) Kangaroo Island
Cape glossy starling (Lamprotornis nitens)
Carcar
Carduelis pinus CT7
Carpodacus purpureus CT3
Carpodacus purpureus CT4
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus edit
Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosa) on Capybara
Cereopsis novaehollandiae 2
Charadrius alexandrinus - Laem Pak Bia
Charadrius bicinctus 2 - Boat Harbour
Charadrius bicinctus breeding - Ralphs Bay
Charadrius mongolus - Laem Pak Bia
Charadrius mongolus - Laem Phak Bia
Charadrius obscurus aquilonius - Point Chevalier
Charadrius peronii - Laem Pak Bia
Charadrius ruficapillus Breeding Plumage
Charadrius ruficapillus
Charadrius-melodus-004 edit
Chenonetta jubata female 2
Chestnut-crowned antpitta (Grallaria ruficapilla ruficapilla) Caldas
Chestnut-headed bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti) Yala
Chestnut-naped antpitta (Grallaria nuchalis ruficeps) Las Tangaras
Chicken egg diagram
Chiloe wigeon (Mareca sibilatrix) male Tricao 3
Chimango caracara (Daptrius chimango temucoensis) female Puerto Varas
Chordeiles minor -British Columbia -Canada-8c
Cinnamon Quail-thrush 0A2A9195
Cinnamon flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus pyrrhopterus) San Isidro
Cinnamon hummingbird (Amazilia rutila) in flight Los Tarrales
Cisticola exilis - Cornwallis Rd
Cistothorus palustris CT
Colibri-thalassinus-001-edit
Collared lory (Vini solitaria) on octopus tree (Heptapleurum actinophyllum) Colo-I-Suva
Columba leucomela - Brunkerville
Common Blackbird (Turdus merula mauritanicus) female
Common Blackbird
Common Kingfisher Alcedo atthis
Common Redshank Tringa totanus
Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis ispida) female
Common moorhen (Gallinula chloropus) France
Common redshank (Tringa totanus) breeding Marken
Common ringed plover (Charadrius hiaticula) Oppdal
Copper sunbird (Cinnyris cupreus cupreus) female on Persian silk tree (Albizia julibrissin)
Copsychus malabaricus - Khao Yai
Copsychus malabaricus male - Khao Yai
Coragyps-atratus-001
Corvus corax (Common Raven), Yosemite NP, CA, US - Diliff
Corvus coronoides - Doughboy Head
Corvus coronoides
Coturnix ypsilophora - Sydney Olympic Park
Cracticus tibicen tibicen juvenile ANBG
Crescent Honeyeater Edit2
Crescent-faced antpitta (Grallaricula lineifrons) Caldas
Crested Tern - Mortimer Bay
Crested Tern Tasmania
Crested myna, Osaka, Japan
Crested tern444 edit
Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) Mikumi shadow lift
Cuban black hawk (Buteogallus gundlachii)
Cuban green woodpecker (Xiphidiopicus percussus percussus) female
Curlew - natures pics
Cyanocitta-cristata-004
Cyornis sumatrensis, male - Kaeng Krachan, Thailand 1
Dacelo novaeguineae waterworks
Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) in flight Danube delta 2
Daption capense in flight - SE Tasmania
Darter - Anhinga novaehollandiae, Victoria, Australia
Daurian redstart at Daisen Park in Osaka, January 2016
Day old chick black background
De bedreigde zwaan Rijksmuseum SK-A-4
DefecatingSeagull
Dendrocygna bicolor wilhelma
Dendrocygna eytoni - Macquarie University
Dendrocygna javanica - Chiang Mai
Dendroica-aestiva-001
Dicaeum celebicum compared to Dicaeum kuehni (vertical)
Diomedea exulans - SE Tasmania
Diomedea exulans in flight - SE Tasmania
Diomedea sanfordi - SE Tasmania 2019
Domestic Goose
Double-crested cormorant at Sutro Baths-6460
Drake Harlequin duck (Histrionicus histrionicus) perched on a rock in the Barnegat Inlet, New Jersey, USA
Dusky Grasswren 0A2A9591
Dusky Seaside Sparrow
Dusky moorhen442
Eastern Bristlebird - Penrith
Eastern Screech Owl
Eastern chanting goshawk (Melierax poliopterus)
Egretta novaehollandiae Tasmania 1
Egretta sacra
Egretta thula at Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds
Egretta thula1
Egyptian goose (Alopochen aegyptiaca) and goslings Burgerpark
Elseyornis melanops - Chiltern
Empidonax-flavescens-001
Emu 1 - Tidbinbilla
Eopsaltria australis - Mogo Campground
Erithacus rubecula with cocked head
Erythrogonys cinctus - Chiltern
Eudyptula novaehollandiae family exiting burrow
Eugenes-fulgens-001
Euplectes sp PLW crop
Eurasian Coot
Eurasian coot (Fulica atra) juvenile
European bee-eaters (Merops apiaster) with dragonflies
European golden plover (Pluvialis apricaria) female breeding Keflavik
Fabritius-vink
Falcipennis-canadensis-001
Falcunculus frontatus - Dharug National Park
Falnau
Fauvette du désert Jebil NP
Fawn-breasted brilliant (Heliodoxa rubinoides aequatorialis) in flight Paz de las Aves
Female Chestnut Teal duck
Female mallard nest - natures pics edit2
Female scarlet robin
Female superb fairy wren-edit1
Feral Pigeon Columba livia, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Ficedula mugimaki - Khao Yai
Field sparrow in CP (41484) (cropped)
File-Pterodroma lessonii in flight 1 - SE Tasmania 2019
Flame Robin male 1 - Jenolan Caves
Flame-faced tanager (Tangara parzudakii parzudakii) Cundinamarca
Flame-rumped tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus) female Las Tanagaras
Flat-billed kingfisher (Todiramphus recurvirostris) Upolu
Flicker hole in CP (31848)
Flussregenpfeifer im flachen Wasser 01
Fork-tailed flycatcher (Tyrannus savana monachus) in flight Cayo
Freckled-Duck-male
Freckled-duck-female
Galah (Eolophus roseicapilla albiceps) male Adelaide
Gallinago stenura - Laem Pak Bia
Gallinula mortierii 1
Gallirallus philippensis Lord Howe Island 1
Garrulax strepitans - Mae Wong
Geopelia humeralis - Brunkerville
Geopelia striata 1 crop - Chinese Garden
Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) female composite
Gibson's Albatross 0A2A4153
Gibson's Albatross 0A2A8124
Gibão de couro
Glareola maldivarum - Beung Borapet
Goldcrest 1
Golden-Crowned Kinglet EBFNWR
Golden-fronted (Velasquez's) woodpecker (Melanerpes aurifrons) male Copan
Golden-shouldered Parrot 0A2A7450
Goura scheepmakeri sclaterii 1 Luc Viatour
Graceful Pitta 0A2A8564
Gray-breasted Partridge 0A2A3088
Great kiskadee (70240)
Great tit side-on
Greater Yellowlegs2
Greater blue-eared starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus nordmanni) Kruger
Greater white-fronted goose in flight-1045
Green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) male 3
Green-crowned brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula henryi) female
Grey-breasted mountain toucan (Andigena hypoglauca) Caldas
Grey-crowned Babblers 1605
Greylag Goose in St James's Park, London - May 2006
Guaruba guarouba -Gramado Zoo, Brazil-8a
Gull ca usa
Gymnopithys-leucaspis-001 edit2
Gyps fulvus in flight - Spain
Haeckel Trochilidae
Haematopus finschi - Point Chevalier
Haematopus fuliginosus - Doughboy Head
Haematopus longirostris - Austins Ferry
Haematopus unicolor - Point Chevalier
Halcyon pileata - Phra Non
Halcyon smyrnensis - Singapore Botanic Gardens
Haliaeetus albicilla (Svolvær, 2012)
Halobaena caerulea in flight - SE Tasmania
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta umbretta) 2
Hawfinch (Coccothraustes coccothraustes) male Drenthe
Hawk eating prey
Hermit thrush (10787)
Heteromyias cinereifrons
Himalayan Monal at Sagarmatha National Park, Nepal
Himantopus himantopus - Pak Thale
Himantopus himantopus leucocephalus - Lake Joondalup
Himantopus leucocephalus - Hexham
Hirundo neoxena risdon
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) Rio Napo
Hooded mountain tanager (Buthraupis montana cucullata) Caldas
House sparrow male in Prospect Park (53532)
House sparrow portrait
House sparrow04
Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) head
Hyacinth macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in flight
Hydrornis irena - Sri Phang Nga
Hypothymis azurea - Kaeng Krachan
Inca jay (Cyanocorax yncas galeatus) Las Tangaras
Indian roller (Coracias benghalensis benghalensis)
Indochinese Green-Magpie (ssp. hypoleuca) 0A2A5802
Inland Thornbill (5669197054) - edit
Jabiru (Jabiru mycteria) 2
Jabirú africano (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis), delta del Okavango, Botsuana, 2018-07-31, DD 11
Jacky winter nesting
James's Flamingo mating ritual
Japanese pygmy woodpecker in Sakai, Osaka, February 2016
Japanese white-eye at Tennōji Park in Osaka, January 2016 III
Jessica Meir portrait in a WB-57 flight suit (3)
Juvenile Long-tailed Fiscals
Juvenile Male Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Juvenile pelecanus occidentalis in flight
Kaiseradler Aquila heliaca 2 amk
Kleiber Sitta europaea-0447
Lagopus muta japonica Mount Tsubakuro
Lake Manyara Bartvogel
Lamprotornis hildebrandti -Tanzania-8-2c
Large Niltava 0A2A3331
Large Niltava Female 0A2A5375
Larosterna inca (Inca Tern - Inkaseeschwalbe) Weltvogelpark Walsrode 2012-015
Larus pacificus Bruny Island
Laughing kookaburra dec08 02
Lavender waxbill (Estrilda caerulescens)
Le Grand Heron
Leiothlypis peregrina Malus sp JRVdH 01
Lesser rhea (Rhea pennata pennata) Torres del Paine
Lesser violetear (Colibri cyanotus cabanidis)
Leucippus fallax
Leucosarcia melanoleuca - Brunkerville
Lichenostomus flavicollis stealing hair from Thylogale billardierii for nest - Melaleuca
Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus caudatus) Botswana
Limosa lapponica 2 - Taren Point
Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus argutus) Namibia
Little corella (Cacatua sanguinea gymnopis) Blanchetown
Little pied cormorant (Microcarbo melanoleucos) Freycinet
Long-billed Corella
Long-billed curlew at Drakes Beach, Point Reyes
Long-crested eagle (Lophaetus occipitalis) 3
Long-tailed meadowlark (Leistes loyca loyca) breeding male Leona Amarga
Luscinia calliope - Pak Chong 2
Luscinia cyane - Khao Yai
Luscinia sibilans - Khao Yai
Madagascar magpie-robin (Copsychus albospecularis pica) female
Madagascar stonechat (Saxicola sibilla) male
Magpie Goose - East Point
Magpie Goose taking off
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo - Mt Grenfell
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo 1 - Mt Grenfell
Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) female in flight
Malabar pied hornbill (Anthracoceros coronatus) male
Malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus cristatus)
Male chestnut teal
Male magpie lark in suburban garden
Male mallard flight - natures pics
Male northern cardinal in Central Park (52612)
Male northern pintail at Llano Seco
Male wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) strutting
Malurus cyaneus PM
Manorina melanocephala domain
Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) head
Marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) in flight 2
Marabou stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus edit1
Martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus)
Masked lapwing (Vanellus miles novaehollandiae) Waitakere
Masked trogon (Trogon personatus temperatus) male San Isidro
Mauritius fody (Foudia rubra) male 2
Mauritius kestrel (Falco punctatus)
Melanerpes-erythrocephalus-003
Melanodryas cucullata - Glen Davis
Melanodryas cucullata 2 - Glen Davis
Melanodryas vittata Bruny
Meliphaga notata - Daintree Village
Melithreptus affinis Bruny
Melithreptus lunatus
Merops leschenaulti - Kaeng Krachan
Merops nubicus luc viatour-crop
Merops ornatus - Centenary Lakes
Microcarbo melanoleucos Austins Ferry 3
Milvus migrans -Kathmandu, Nepal-444
Minla strigula - Doi Inthanon
Mistletoebird - Round Hill Nature Reserve
Mockingbird in Bay Ridge (85082)
Monarcha melanopsis 1 - Brunkerville
Monk parakeets (Myiopsitta monachus monachus) flock in flight Colonia
Monticola gularis male non-breeding - Khao Yai
Musk Lorikeet jul08
Mute Swan Emsworth2
Mycteria leucocephala - Pak Thale
Myiagra rubecula - Australian National Botanic Gardens edit1
Myioborus torquatus Santa Elena
Myophonus caeruleus - Ang Khang edit1
Myzomela obscura - Daintree Villiage
Myzomela sanguinolenta 1 - Windsor Downs Nature Reserve
Nacunda nighthawk
Nankeen kestrel midflight
Natal spurfowl (Pternistis natalensis) Kruger
Nazca-Booby
Nelson's sparrow in marsh
Neochmia ruficauda
Neophema chrysogaster female 2 - Melaleuca
Neophema chrysogaster male - Melaleuca
Neophema chrysostoma mortimer 2
Neophron percnopterus - 01
Nestor notabilis -Fiordland, New Zealand-8b
Netta rufina (Red-crested Pochard) Male, London Wetland Centre - Diliff
New Zealand pigeon (Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae) Waitakere
Nils Olav inspects the Kings Guard of Norway after being bestowed with a knighthood at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland
North African Thekla's lark (Galerida theklae carolinae) Kebili
Northern Gannet with nest material
Northern cardinal female in CP (02035)
Northern lapwing (Vanellus vanellus) female Marken
Northern masked weaver (Ploceus taeniopterus) female
Northern potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis mexicanus) Orange Walk
Northern-Lapwing-Vanellus-vanellus
Nyctyornis amictus - Kaeng Krachan
Ocellated turkey (Meleagris ocellata) male Peten
Orange Chat 9034
Oriental honey buzzard Mudumalai Mar21 DSC01405
Origma solitaria 2 - Wattamolla
Ortolan bunting in Sierra de Guara, Aragon, Spain
Oxyura australis male 2 - Penrith
PENGUIN LIFECYCLE H
Pachycephala olivacea - Melaleuca
Pachycephala pectoralis - Risdon Brook
Pacific Black Duck jun08
Pacific Kingfisher
Pacific gull (Larus pacificus pacificus) Freycinet
Paddyfield pipit (Anthus rufulus rufulus)
Pair of Merops apiaster feeding
Pair of mandarin ducks
Palestine sunbird (Cinnyris osea osea) male
Palm Cockatoo 0A2A7769
Papageitaucher Fratercula arctica
Pardalotus punctatus - Glen Davis
Pardalotus punctatus female with nesting material - Risdon Brook
Pardalotus punctatus male with nesting material - Risdon Brook
Pardalotus striatus - Risdon Brook
Pardalotus with nesting material
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos at Las Gallinas Wildlife Ponds
Peneoenanthe pulverulenta - Cairns Esplanade
Perdrix rouge
Petroica boodang Meehan Range 1 crop
Petroica rodinogaster
Phalacrocorax aristotelis desmarestii
Phalacrocorax carbo Vic
Phalacrocorax-auritus-007
Philemon corniculatus - Glen Davis
Philippine frogmouth (Batrachostomus septimus septimus) female and male Bohol
Phylidonyris novaehollandiae Bruny Island
Phylidonyris pyrrhopterus male
Pied Avocet chick
Pied Oystercatcher on beach
Pied bushchat (Saxicola caprata bicolor) female
Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis leucomelanurus) female
Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis leucomelanurus) male
Pied-billed grebe (Podilymbus podiceps antarcticus) Cundinamarca
Pied-winged swallow (Hirundo leucosoma)
Pigeon-Crested
Pine grosbeak17g
Pippit-closer
PipreolaWhitelyiKeulemans
Pitta cyanea 2 - Khao Yai
Pitta megarhyncha 1 - Singapore
Pitta moluccensis - Kaeng Krachan
Pitta oatesi female - Mae Wong
Pitta oatesi male - Mae Wong
Pitta sordida - Sri Phang Nga
Pitta versicolor - Kembla Heights
Plain-capped ground-tyrant (Muscisaxicola alpinus) on Senecio niveo-aureus Chingaza
Plains-wanderer female 8173
Platycercus elegans Wilsons Prom
Platycercus eximius diemenensis female
Platycercus eximius diemenensis male
Plegadis falcinellus (aka) background blurred
Plumed whistling duck (Dendrocygna eytoni) Kakadu
Pluvialis fulva 2 - Laem Pak Bia
Podargus papuensis - Daintree River
Podargus strigoides Bonorong
Podiceps cristatus 2 - Lake Dulverton
Podiceps-grisegena-008
Poliocephalus poliocephalus RB
Polytelis anthopeplus 2 edit1
Porphyrio indicus viridis - Bueng Boraphet, Thailand
Protonotaria-citrea-002 edit
Príncipe malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus nais)
Príncipe sunbird (Anabathmis hartlaubii) female
Príncipe sunbird (Anabathmis hartlaubii) male
Psarisomus dalhousiae - Kaeng Krachan
Psephotus haematonotus female - Cornwallis Rd
Psephotus haematonotus male - Cornwallis Rd
Psophocichla litsitsirupa (Etosha)
Pterodroma cervicalis - SE Tasmania
Pterodroma macroptera in flight 3 - SE Tasmania
Pterodroma mollis light morph - SE Tasmania 2019
Ptilotula fusca - Glen Alice
Ptilotula penicillata - Glen Davis
Puffin (Fratercula arctica) with lesser sand eels (Ammodytes tobianus)
Puffin (Fratercula arctica)
Puffinus gravis - SE Tasmania
Puffinus tenuirostris - SE Tasmania
Purple Swamp Hen Wollongong
Purple roller (Coracias naevius mosambicus)
Pycnonotus flavescens - Kaeng Krachan
Pyrrhula pyrrhula female 2
Rainbow bee-eater (Merops ornatus) Fogg Dam
Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus moluccanus) Sydney
Rainbow lorikeet
Recurvirostra novaehollandiae in flight - Lake Joondalup
Red Crossbills (Male)
Red Knot 1 - Boat Harbour
Red shining-parrot (Prosopeia tabuensis) Taveuni
Red wattlebird
Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloropterus) juvenile
Red-backed shrike
Red-billed gull, Red Zone, Christchurch, New Zealand
Red-billed streamertail (Trochilus polytmus) female in flight 2
Red-billed streamertail( Trochilus polytmus) adult male 2
Red-browed Finch - Penrith
Red-capped plover chick444
Red-crested cardinal (Paroaria coronata) Costanera Sur
Red-crowned woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus rubricapillus) male Las Tangaras
Red-eyed dove (Streptopelia semitorquata)
Red-headed barbet (Eubucco bourcierii aequatorialis) male Paz de las Aves
Red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata) head
Red-lored Whistler 0A2A8896
Red-necked grebe (Podiceps grisegena grisegena) breeding adult Gronjordssoen
Red-tailed Laughingthrush 0A2A2723
Red-whiskered Bulbul-web
Redhead in Central Park (15503)
Restless flycatcher04
Rhipidura leucophrys - Glen Davis
Rhyacornis fuliginosus - Doi Inthanon
River tern (Sterna aurantia)
Roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris griseocauda) eating speckled racer (Drymobius margaritiferus) Orange Walk
Roadside hawk (Rupornis magnirostris) immature 2
Rock dove - natures pics
Rooster portrait2
Rooster04 adjusted
Rose Robin 1 - Woodford
Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri borealis) male Jaipur 2
Rosy-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis roseicollis) 2
Rosy-faced lovebird (Agapornis roseicollis roseicollis)
Rouge gorge familier - crop (WB correction)
Royal Spoonbill mouth open
Royal-(or-Black-Billed)-Spoonbill-2,-Vic,-3.1.2008
Ruddy Kingfisher
Rufous hornero (Furnarius rufus) at nest Colonia
Rufous turtle dove (Streptopelia orientalis orii) Qianshan
Rufous whistler
Rufous-collared sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis costaricensis) 2
Rufous-headed ground-roller (Atelornis crossleyi)
Rufous-tailed flycatcher (Myiarchus validus)
Rufous-throated Partridge 0A2A9937
Rusty-margined flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis hellmayri)
Réunion stonechat (Saxicola tectes) male
Sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus)
Sacred kingfisher nov08
Saffron finch (Sicalis flaveola) male
Samoan myzomela (Myzomela nigriventris) male Upolu
Sapphire-throated hummingbird (Lepidopyga coeruleogularis coeruleogularis) male
Sarcelle cannelle (Spatula cyanoptera)
Savanna hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis)
Sayornis phoebe -Owen Conservation Park, Madison, Wisconsin, USA-8
Sayornis saya GNP 01
Scarlet Robin female - Blackheath
Scarlet macaw (Ara macao cyanopterus) Copan
Scarlet-chested sunbird (Chalcomitra senegalensis lamperti) female 2
Schopfkarakara
Sedge warbler (Acrocephalus schoenobaenus) 3
Sericornis humilis - Melaleuca
Setophaga coronata MP
Silver gull jan 09
Silver-breasted Broadbill 0A2A9641
Silvereye
Sitta-carolinensis-001
Skylark 2, Lake District, England - June 2009
Slaty brushfinch (Atlapetes schistaceus schistaceus) Caldas
Slaty-crowned antpitta (Grallaricula nana occidentalis) Caldas
Smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) GC
Smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) with stick Sumaco
Snowy Plover srgb
Snowy-bellied hummingbird (Amazilia edward niveoventer) 1
SnowyOwlAmericanBlackDuck
Sociable weaver (Philetairus socius)
South Shetland-2016-Deception Island–Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) 04
Southern Scrub-Robin 0A2A1672
Southern burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia cunicularia) Colonia
Southern rough-winged swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis ruficollis)
Spinifex Pigeon 0A2A1585
Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater 3434 - Patchewollock Conservation Reserve
Spizella-arborea-002 edit2
Spizella-passerina-015 edit
Splendid Fairy Wren - Lake cargelligo - Spt 05 089
Splendid Fairywren 8352
Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis suratensis)
Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) in flight
Stagonopleura bella female - Melaleuca
Stagonopleura bella male - Melaleuca
Stagonopleura guttata 1 - Glen Alice
Stagonopleura guttata 2 - Glen Alice
Steppe buzzard (Buteo buteo vulpinus)
Sterna nereis - Little Swanport
Stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) male, Beaulieu, Hampshire
Strepera fuliginosa 4
Streptopelia chinensis Tas Edit
Strix seloputo - Pasir Ris
Strix-varia-005
Sturnella neglecta GNP 02
Sturnus vulgaris (European starling) at Bodega Head-1209
Sula sula nesting in Heliotropium foertherianum
Sumatran Ground-Cuckoo 0A2A4427
Superb fairy wren2 LiquidGhoul
Superb lyrbird in scrub
Swallow chicks444
Swallow-tailed bee-eater (Merops hirundineus chrysolaimus)
Swallow-tailed-gull-dorsal
Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) Caldas
Sword-billed hummingbird (male) at Guango Lodge, Ecuador (21310837273)
São Tomé malachite kingfisher (Corythornis cristatus thomensis)
Tachybaptus novaehollandiae - Mulligan's Flat
Tadorna radjah - Centenary Lakes
Tadorna tadornoides female 1 - Perth
Tadorna tadornoides male 1 - Perth
Taeniopygia bichenovii 2 - Glen Davis
Talamanca hummingbird (Eugenes spectabilis) male
Tarsiger rufilatus - Doi Inthanon
Tawny frogmouth wholebody444
Tawny wiki edit1
Tawny-frogmouth
Thalassarche bulleri in flight 1 - SE Tasmania
Thalassarche carteri - SE Tasmania
Thalassarche carteri in flight - east of Port Stephens
Thalassarche cauta - SE Tasmania
Thalassarche cauta in flight - SE Tasmania
Thalassarche chrysostoma - SE Tasmania
Thalassarche impavida 2 - SE Tasmania
Thalassarche melanophrys - SE Tasmania
Thalassarche salvini - SE Tasmania
The brown-eared bulbul after playing with water
Thinornis rubricollis - Orford
Thinornis rubricollis Bruny Island
Threskiornis molucca - Perth
Threskiornis spinicollis - Centenary Lakes
Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) - 48153967707
Topknot Pigeon 0A2A6700
Toulouse - Sturnus vulgaris - 2012-02-26 - 3
Tree swallow in JBWR (25579)
Tregellasia capito - Julatten
Treron vernans male - Kent Ridge Park
Trichoglossus haematodus -Jurong Bird Park, Singapore -Dec2009
Tringa brevipes
Tringa erythropus - Laem Pak Bia
Tringa glareola - Laem Phak Bia
Tringa nebularia - Laem Phak Bia
Tringa stagnatilis 2 - Laem Pak Bia
Tropical kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
Tufted titmouse (84917)
Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) Tiritiri Matangi
Turdus dissimilis female - Ang Khang
Turdus dissimilis male - Ang Khang
Turdus merula Nesting
Turdus philomelos - Western Springs Lakeside Park
Turdus-migratorius-002
Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) in flight
Turnix varius - Castlereigh nature reserve
Two Gannets edit 2
Upland goose (Chloephaga picta picta) male Laguna Nimez
UplandSandpiperOntarioCropped
Vanellus indicus - Laem Phak Bia
Vanellus miles novaehollandiae
Vervain hummingbird (Mellisuga minima)
Village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus) female
Village weaver (Ploceus cucullatus cucullatus) male with leaf
Violet sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus mellitus) male in flight
Violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi) female
Violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster verreauxi) male
Violet-tailed sylph (Aglaiocercus coelestis coelestis) male in flight Paz de las Aves
Volcano hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula) female in flight 1
Volcano hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula) female in flight 2
Volcano hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula) female in flight 3
Vultures in the nest, Orchha, MP, India edit
Warbling vireo (82141)
Wattled Plover Mara edit3
West Indian whistling duck (Dendrocygna arborea) head
Western kingbird (71748)
Western reef egret (Egretta gularis schistacea) dark morph
Western wattled-honeyeater (Foulehaio procerior) on octopus tree (Heptapleurum actinophyllum) Colo-I-Suva
Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
Whistling duck flight02 - natures pics-edit1
Whistling kite in flight edit 1
White faced heron03
White stork (Ciconia ciconia) in flight with transmitter
White tern (Gygis alba candida) in flight Rarotonga 2
White-booted racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii melanantherus) female in flight Paz de las Aves
White-booted racket-tail (Ocreatus underwoodii melanantherus) male in flight Paz de las Aves
White-browed meadowlark (Leistes superciliaris) breeding male Colonia
White-cheeked Honeyeater - Maddens Plains
White-crowned-Sparrow
White-faced Storm-petrel 0A2A9606
White-faced-Heron444
White-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) Namibia
Whitehead's Trogon 0A2A5728
Whitehead's Trogon 0A2A6014
Whitepelican edit shadowlift
Willie wagtail in nest
Wilson's Snipe on a fencepost, central Utah
Wire tailed swallow @kannur
Wire tailed swallow2 @kannur
Wood Duck 2, St James's Park, London - April 2012
Wood stork (Mycteria americana) and Yacare caiman
Yellow billed shrike with prey
Yellow warbler (82905)
Yellow-bellied Flyrobin 0A2A7419
Yellow-bellied sapsucker in CP (40484)
Yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata) juvenile
Yellow-billed cardinal (Paroaria capitata)
Yellow-billed oxpeckers (Buphagus africanus africanus) on zebra
Yellow-billed shrike (Corvinella corvina corvina)
Yellow-faced Honeyeater nov07
Yellow-headed caracara (Milvago chimachima) on capybara (Hydrochoeris hydrochaeris)
Yellow-throated Miner - Sturt National Park
Yellowlegs - natures pics edit
Zoothera citrina - Khao Yai
Zoothera lunulata Bruny
Zoothera marginata - Doi Inthanon
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... that birdwatcher Lieutenant Colonel Jackson Miles Abbott bird ringed 1,400 birds in seven months?
... that William Louis Abbott, American doctor and philanthropist, went to Madagascar to enlist in the native army against the second French occupation of the island?
... that if an Abbott's Booby (juvenile pictured) falls to the ground, it will starve unless it can catch the wind and take off again?
... that the flightless adzebill was a large predatory bird that lived in New Zealand, and was initially thought to be a kind of moa?
... that the Afghan snowfinch (pictured) is the only bird endemic to Afghanistan?
... that the African Owl is actually a pigeon?
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... that the Altai Snowcock and other species of Snowcock live above the tree line in mountain ranges in Asia?
... that the Amazonian streaked antwren (pictured), Guianan streaked antwren, and Pacific antwren, despite being similar in appearance, can be distinguished by their songs?
... that the American bittern (pictured) was first described from a specimen found in Dorset, England?
... that the American crow is considered to be a sign of good luck in Native American cultures?
... that a raven in Anchorage, Alaska (pictured), ate tater tots and toast, fought over ice cream, and disassembled a streetlamp?
... that the only place in the world where the Andaman masked owl (pictured) is found is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean?
... that male Andean Cocks-of-the-rock (pictured) gather in a lek to put on a competitive mating performance?
... that the Andean flicker is unusual among woodpeckers in foraging on the ground and in often nesting colonially?
... that Angammedilla National Park is designated primarily to protect the drainage basin of Parakrama Samudra (pictured)?
... that a feather attributed to the ancestor of the Antillean Piculet has been found in 25 million year old amber?
... that the Apostlebird of inland Australia is so named after the Twelve Apostles as it was seen to travel in groups of twelve?
... that former Olympic alpine skier Ian Appleyard was the first of three drivers to win the coveted Coupe d'Or at the Alpine Rally?
... that Aquila bullockensis, an extinct species of bird, is the oldest known true eagle from Australia?
... that the Arabian partridge sometimes hybridises with Philby's partridge or the rock partridge?
... that the wildlife of Saudi Arabia includes species endemic to the region such as the Arabian woodpecker?
... that the Arafura Swamp in Australia, the filming location for Ten Canoes, is an important breeding site for crocodiles?
... that Sir Geoffrey Francis Archer's young lions almost caught General Edmund Allenby's pet stork?
... that definitive hosts for the fluke Ascocotyle pindoramensis include a variety of birds as well as the marsh rice rat?
... that the two branches of New Zealand's Ashburton River flow in parallel less than 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) apart for 20 kilometres (12 mi) before they join?
... that Australia allows some Indonesian fishers to operate near the Ashmore and Cartier Islands, but only if their boats have no motor or engine?
... that the diet of the Ashy-faced Owl includes small terrestrial mammals, bats, birds, amphibians and reptiles?
... that one way to tell the African dusky flycatcher apart from the ashy flycatcher (example pictured) is that the former is cuter?
... that Australasian Robins can be Pink (pictured), White-rumped, White-browed, White-winged, Grey-headed, Black-sided, Black-chinned, Black-throated, Yellow, Ashy or Slaty?
... that the female Asian emerald cuckoo lays her eggs in the nests of birds such as the crimson sunbird and the little spiderhunter?
... that Astoria the turkey evaded capture by the New York City Police Department?
... that the Coenocorypha snipes (pictured alongside a Godwit) once ranged from New Caledonia and Fiji to New Zealand but are now restricted to New Zealand's outlying islands?
... that the plumage of the Australasian darter (pictured) absorbs water to reduce the bird's buoyancy and allow it to swim submerged?
... that Australasian gannets (example pictured) established a breeding colony on Young Nick's Head after being attracted there by decoy birds and pre-recorded calls?
... that the southern boobook (pictured) is so named for its two-toned call?
... that the Australian raven (pictured) is the commonest crow-like bird in urban Canberra, Sydney, and Perth?
... that the Australian White Ibis (pictured) has invaded Sydney and other urban centres of Australia's east coast since 1978, and is now commonly seen in parks and garbage dumps?
... that Australornis is the first early Paleocene bird fossil discovered from New Zealand that is not a penguin?
... that newly hatched Aylesbury ducks were traditionally fed on toast, boiled eggs, rice, beef liver, greaves and boiled horses or sheep?
... that the Azores Bullfinch is the most threatened passerine bird in Europe?
... that the Aztec thrush, a vagrant to the United States, was first recorded there more than 100 years after it was described in Mexico?
... that the Azure-hooded Jay, though not threatened with extinction, is uncommon in some parts of its Central American range?
... that Moonbird eats horseshoe crabs' eggs, and has flown further than the distance to the Moon?
... that Baer's pochard (example pictured), found in eastern Asia, has seen a population decline of more than 99 percent in past decades, and is no longer migratory in central and eastern China?
... that Alfred Marshall Bailey was Director of the Denver Museum of Natural History from 1936 to 1969?
... that the gene that creates the crest of the Bali Duck also causes physical defects which can kill it before it hatches?
... that Bambolinetta was probably the only duck species to propel itself underwater with its wings, like a penguin?
... that the black-chested, orange-breasted, golden-breasted, green-and-black, masked, barred and band-tailed fruiteater (pictured) are all native to montane forests in the Andes, but the fiery-throated fruiteater is only found in the foothills?
... that when alarmed, Banded Quail may run into the undergrowth but sometimes fly off, scattering to confuse the predator?
... that the Banded Whiteface enters a state of torpor on winter nights?
... that the banded woodpecker has adapted well to living in man-made surroundings and is of low concern to conservationists?
... that the white-crested turaco has a wider range than Bannerman's turaco, perhaps because it was able to adapt to new habitats when climate change reduced forest cover?
... that the Bar-backed Partridge (male pictured) is sometimes considered to have four superspecies and three subspecies?
... that the bar-bellied cuckooshrike (pictured) was initially thought to be a crow?
... that the Mackinlay's cuckoo-dove can be distinguished from the bar-tailed cuckoo-dove by the dark spotting on the breast of the former caused by bifurcating feathers?
... that the Bar-winged Prinia (pictured) is a common passerine bird endemic to western Indonesia?
... that the collections of amateur natural historian Mary Elizabeth Barber may have influenced Charles Darwin's deliberations on the role of moths in orchid pollination?
... that the Bare-faced Bulbul, the only songbird in Asia to lack feathers on the face, is the first Asian bulbul to be described in over 100 years?
... that some of the calls of the bare-headed laughingthrush have been described as "comical"?
... that the nesting of the bare-shanked screech owl has only been studied once, within the cavity of an oak tree?
... that the barred cuckoo-dove is similar to the little cuckoo-dove, but is larger and darker, and is black-barred at the mantle, breast, covert, and tail?
... that ornithologist Charles Foster Batchelder's last words to one of his friends were "Glad to have known you"?
... that the Bateleur is a medium-sized eagle in the bird family Accipitridae found in Africa?
... that the Baudó oropendola is only known from a few locations and is "endangered" because of degradation of its habitat?
... that the Bearded Helmetcrest (pictured) of the high páramo of Colombia and Venezuela nests in the daisy Espeletia?
... that the Bearded Mountaineer visits tobacco plants along the roadsides in Peru?
... that the bearded scrub robin disappeared from Hluhluwe-Umfolozi Game Reserve after tsetse deterrent was sprayed there in the 1940s, but had recolonised the area by 1975?
... that Beaufort Island in Antarctica's Ross Sea was named for Sir Francis Beaufort in 1841?
... that even though the range of the Beautiful Nuthatch (pictured) is very large, approaching 376,000 km² (234,000 mi²), the species is nevertheless rare, being highly localized in its distribution?
... that the social systems of some bee-eaters are the most complex of any bird, including four tiers: pair, family, clan and colony?
... that William H. Behle, who spent his career studying birds, had a species of tarantula (pictured) named after him?
... that Belcher's gulls (pictured) pester Guanay cormorants to make them regurgitate their prey?
... that the heathlands of Ben Boyd National Park and Nadgee Nature Reserve are habitat for the endangered Eastern Bristlebird?
... that the Numfor and Biak paradise kingfishers are island species that have diverged from the common paradise kingfisher (pictured) in a "genetic revolution"?
... that the Audubon Society of Portland, Oregon, USA, rehabilitates 3,500 animals and has over 20,000 hours volunteered each year?
... that Bird Island Nature Reserve has no introduced animals?
... that the aviary Bird Kingdom was once a museum that at one time held the mummy of Ramesses I?
... 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 bird nests (pictured) range in size from the tiny one inch high cup of some hummingbirds to the massive five meter high mounds of some 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 binoculars, bird collections, collections consisting of birds and parts of their anatomy, were the dominant method of bird observation and study among ornithologists?
... that the California Condor, Mauritius Kestrel and Kakapo were all saved from extinction using modern bird conservation techniques?
... 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 Australian Little Bittern are covered with orange-buff down and are fed by regurgitation by 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 mates with multiple male quails, who in turn incubate the eggs?
... that the Black-breasted Thrush's (male pictured) breeding time 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 territories of the 11.5 cm long Black-cheeked Gnateaters (adult male pictured) to average 2.94 hectares (7.3 acres)?
... that over several million years, the insectivorous Melithreptus have diversified into foliage browsers like the Black-headed and Western White-naped, and bark foragers such as the Black-chinned and 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 Tasmania has been observed covering itself with wet yellow clay for a 'dirt bath'?
... that the Black-faced Antbird follows columns of army ants in order to catch insects flushed by the swarms?
... that the Black-fronted Tern of New Zealand is 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 Guineafowl are reddish-brown but its nesting habits are unknown?
... that, despite being relatively small compared to other members of its genus, the Black Hawk-Eagle feeds on animals such as monkeys and toucans?
... that the color of a black-headed tailorbird's throat was thought to depend on sex, but later turned out to depend on age?
... that the Black Honeyeater (pictured) eats charcoal from the ashes of campfires in Australia's outback?
... that the Toba people use poultices made from the manure of the black-legged seriema to treat boils and abscesses?
... that Ambelau, Buru, Kayeli and Lisela people; their Ambelau, Buru, Kayeli and Lisela languages; the Rufous-throated White-eye, Buru Lorikeet, Black-lored Parrot and a hairy variety of the babirusa pig (pictured) are unique to the Indonesian islands of Buru and Ambelau?
... that the Phobjika Valley welcomes 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 Black-necked Stilt (pictured) appears to be dressed in a tuxedo, and the chicks can swim competently two hours after hatching?
... that the black oropendola and the dusky-green oropendola breed colonially?
... that the black-rumped magpie was made a full species in 2018?
... 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 Finch has 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 Black-winged Starling (pictured) was once considered a potential problem for the threatened Bali Starling but is now an endangered species itself?
... that the Black-winged Petrel skims across the surface of the sea and scoops up cephalopods and prawns among other prey items?
... that Blue Mud Bay has given its name to both an Important Bird Area and a court ruling affirming that Aboriginal lands in the Northern Territory carry exclusive fishing rights to their tidal waters?
... that male lovely and blue cotingas are quite different in appearance to the females?
... that the Blue-faced Honeyeater of 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 Australia is 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 Mangrove Pitta and 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 Jakob Bogdani highlighted his paintings with exotic red-coloured birds such as the Scarlet Ibis, Red Avadavat and Northern Cardinal?
... that the Bonin greenfinch is Japan's most endangered bird?
... that Bonin Petrels (pictured) nesting on Midway Atoll declined 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 search for mammals on Booby Island was a bust?
... that the death of the heath hen Booming Ben marked the first time that biologists observed the extinction of a species firsthand?
... 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 brown cacholotes sing only in duets, mate for life, and share parental duties equally?
... 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 Brown Honeyeater nestlings (adult pictured) can fall victim to green tree ants and 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 Brown Rock Chat sometimes nests in the rafters of inhabited houses?
... that sexual size dimorphism in the Brown Songlark is among the most pronounced in any bird, with males as much as 2.3 times heavier than females?
... that the Brown Thrasher was originally nominated as the state bird of Georgia by 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 chicken known 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 Old World babbler Bugun Liocichla, no type specimen was collected; instead, feathers from the mist net and notes were used as the holotype?
... that Bundala National Park of Sri Lanka harbors 197 species of birds, the highlight being the Greater Flamingo (pictured), which migrate in large flocks?
... that the mating song of the male Slate-colored Boubou (pictured), a member of the Bushshrike family, 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 Gould's Petrels on Cabbage Tree Island used to be entanglement with the sticky fruits of the 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 Calayan Rail flightless bird is a significant recent species discovery, announced on 16 August 2004?
... that genetic studies revealed birds of the family Calcariidae, namely longspurs and snow buntings (pictured), are more closely related to tanagers, New World warblers and cardinals than they are to 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 jay builds its nests in late winter, while the forest is still deep in snow?
... that one of the factors threatening the Canarian Houbara is disturbance by truffle collectors?
... that the Cape Verde Shearwater is threatened by the harvesting of its chicks by local fishermen?
... that the Cape Sparrow (pictured) successfully competes with its introduced relative, 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 the Capri Bird Observatory is housed on an island, among the ruins of a medieval castle?
... 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 Caspian Gull (pictured) is regarded by some authorities as a subspecies of the Herring Gull or 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 Suchindram Theroor Birds Sanctuary would be the southernmost protected area on the Central Asian Flyway, a bird migration route covering 30 countries and used by 279 migratory waterbird populations?
... that a mandarin duck (pictured) that appeared in New York City's Central Park became an international celebrity, with followers whom the Associated Press called "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 Channel-billed Cuckoo (pictured) of Australia, New Guinea and Indonesia is the world's largest brood parasite?
... that the Chantecler, the only breed of chicken native to Canada, was developed by a Trappist monk?
... that the Chapman Swifts, a flock of Vaux's Swift, inspired a Portland, Oregon, community to raise over US$60,000 for a new school heating system so the birds could have the old chimney to roost?
... that the chat flycatcher (pictured) eats blind snakes?
... that the scientific name of the Chatham shag (pictured) commemorates a former Governor of New Zealand?
... that the New Zealand and the Chatham Coot were likely hunted to extinction by the Māori people?
... that Chermin Island (pictured), at the mouth of the Brunei River, became Abdul Hakkul Mubin's administrative seat during the Bruneian civil war?
... that despite being described in 1840, the chestnut-backed buttonquail was only confirmed in Queensland in 2020?
... that unlike other cuckoos, the Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (pictured) does not lay its eggs in other birds' nests?
... that the unicoloured, pale-eyed, and chestnut-capped blackbirds are 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 Chestnut Sparrow, which usurps nests from weavers, may be evolving into a brood parasite?
... that a Chicken sexer is specially trained to visually determine the sex of chicken hatchlings?
... that millions of chickens have viewed life through rose-colored glasses?
... that as part of the type certification process, aircraft manufacturers routinely fire dead chickens at windshields with a chicken gun in order to simulate bird strikes?
... 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 extinct 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 Collared Lory is only found in Fiji today, fossil evidence shows that it once existed in Tonga and was extirpated by human settlers?
... that despite its name, the chewing louse Columbicola extinctus, which was originally thought to only use the Passenger Pigeon as a host, is not extinct as it was rediscovered on the Band-tailed Pigeon?
... that a messenger pigeon named Commando received the Dickin Medal in 1945 for carrying crucial intelligence from agents in occupied France to Britain during World War II?
... that like other bronzewing pigeons, the Common Bronzewing releases a milky substance from its crop to feed its young?
... that the Common Diving-petrel is almost indistinguishable from 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 pigeon has a habit of perching in full sun and raising one wing to expose it to the sun?
... that the Congo Serpent Eagle (pictured) may be one of few known examples of avian mimicry?
... that 76-year-old Cookie (pictured) is believed to be the oldest 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 Crescent Honeyeater (pictured) changes from nectar and invertebrates to wholly insects during 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 Masked Crimson Tanager (pictured) and Crimson-backed Tanager diverged 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 small curlew sandpiper (pictured) respects neighbour territories when chasing intruders away?
... that the curve-billed thrasher will resort to feeding older fledglings and letting the younger ones starve if food sources are scarce?
... that Thomas Davies, a Royal Artillery officer, was the first to illustrate and describe the Superb Lyrebird (pictured)?
... that the Delaware breed of chicken (chick pictured) was once the favorite broiler on U.S. East Coast farms, but is now critically endangered?
... that Jean Desbouvrie persuaded the government of France to test swallows as an alternative to carrier pigeons?
... that when the Desert Wheatear finds an insect too large for it to swallow, it sometimes displays in 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 Djibouti Francolin, a critically endangered species of bird, is only known from two isolated locations in Djibouti?
... that a big duck (pictured) helped promote duck farming on Long Island?
... that Double-banded Sandgrouse chicks are precocial and 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 Dulit Frogmouth forms a superspecies with 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 Tasmania due to its penchant for perching on fenceposts and stumps?
... that Dusky Woodswallows roost together in large flocks during the breeding season to protect their young from predators?
... that despite weighing little more than a pound (0.45 kg), the Dutch Bantam breed of chicken (rooster pictured) can lay more than 160 eggs in a year?
... that an old gravel pit in Eagle Creek Park in Indiana is now part of an Important Bird Area?
... 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 Edithvale-Seaford Wetlands regularly support 1% of the East Asian – Australasian Flyway's population of the 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 Vulture by 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 Many-coloured, Splendid (pictured) and Elegant Parrots inhabit Australia's southern hinterlands?
... that elegant quails make "chip-chip" calls to keep in touch as they forage on the ground?
... that the Elfin-woods Warbler, an endemic bird of Puerto Rico first observed in 1968, is the last New World warbler 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 Emu-wren of the Southern, Rufous-crowned and Mallee Emu-wrens comes from their emu-like tail feathers?
... that Charles Darwin described the English Pouter (pictured) as "... the most distinct of all domesticated pigeons"?
... that the recently discovered Eocypselus rowei may be ancestral to both hummingbirds and swifts?
... that Alexander Wetmore assessed the extinct Eonessa anaticula as being an ancient type of duck, possibly due to its fossil's resemblance to the modern Oxyura jamaicensis?
... that there is no such bird as a woofen-poof?
... that all six species of the genus Eos (pictured) of parrots are native to only Indonesia?
... that the voice of the Erckel's francolin has been described as "an insane cackled laughter"?
... that the Hood Mockingbird (pictured) will occasionally attack people in an attempt to get fresh water from them?
... 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 Wryneck sometimes 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 Faroe Islands, one way of preparing puffins as food is to stuff them with sweet cake dough, raisins, and spices?
... that the fasciated tiger heron is named for the black and buff stripes on its neck and back?
... that the fauna of Scotland includes almost half of the EU’s breeding seabirds, but only one 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 loss and now there are fewer than 800 left in the world?
... that the Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka, the Sri Lankan affiliate of BirdLife International, provided humanitarian assistance following 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 endemic to Fiji, fossils attributed to the Fiji Goshawk have been found in ʻEua, Tonga?
... that the Fiji Woodswallow (pictured) is highly aggressive to predators and will harass the much larger Fiji Goshawk and Peregrine Falcon?
... that Jack Finch had a pit full of 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 recordings of 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 Flammulated Flycatcher (pictured), a tyrant flycatcher endemic to Mexico, was eventually placed in the monotypic genus Deltarhynchus because of its broad bill?
... that the flea (pictured) was illustrated by Robert Hooke in 1665 in his pioneering book Micrographia?
... that some species of waterfowl lose all their flight feathers (pictured) at once while 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 Forest Kingfisher (pictured) of Australian forest and Melaleuca swampland, burrows its nest in termite mounds in trees up 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 White-bellied Sea Eagle and 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 ultraviolet spectrum?
... 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 chromite in 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 weed seeds 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 Britain which 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 Gold-whiskered Barbet (video shown) includes papaya and lizards?
... that the critically endangered Golden White-eye (pictured) of Saipan is threatened by a snake that eliminated practically all the forest birds of nearby Guam?
... 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 Walter Goodfellow obtained the type specimen of the 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 Gravel Island National Wildlife Refuge became the twenty-ninth wildlife refuge in the U.S. and third in the Great Lakes region?
... that the Gray-crowned Rosy Finch (pictured) may breed at a higher altitude than any other breeding bird in North America?
... that the Great Texas Coastal Birding Trail was the first (and still the largest) state bird-watching trail 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 Great Grey Shrikes (pictured) have been known to skilfully skin toads to prevent the poisonous skin secretions from spoiling the meat?
... that the grey-headed imperial pigeon, the Sulawesi thrush, and the great shortwing are found only on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, while the Sula megapode is restricted to nearby Banggai and Sula Islands?
... that as well as feeding on insects, the greater flowerpiercer probes and pecks flowers to obtain nectar?
... that Green-backed Trogons feed 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 Goose has 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 named accordingly?
... 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 ornithologist Bernhard Hantzsch influenced British Arctic explorer Pen Hadow?
... that for some time the penguin Happy Feet got more media attention than New Zealand Prime Minister John Key?
... that the Harold Hall Australian Expeditions formed 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 Heard Shag is a bird with a black crest, pink feet, orange caruncles and blue eye-rings?
... that the wild population of the critically endangered 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 poles and fenceposts?
... that Thomas Bewick's History of British Birds (example woodcut pictured) was the book thrown at Jane Eyre when she was ten?
... that William Yarrell's History of British Birds was "outstanding for ... its author's unassuming charm"?
... that farmed birds often get marks known as hock burns from the ammonia of other birds' waste?
... that the Hooded Butcherbird of New Guinea mimics other birds such as the Rusty Pitohui, Spangled Drongo, and Helmeted Friarbird?
... that the Hooded Parrot shares 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 fox predation is probably the biggest natural threat to the 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 falconers maintain 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 Icadyptes salasi, a prehistoric five-foot-tall penguin in Peru, has caused scientists to reconsider the timeline of penguin evolution?
... that Ijima's leaf warbler is named after Japanese zoologist Ijima Isao?
... that the Inca Dove is a small New World 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 Indian Cuckoo is a brood parasite? It lays its single egg mostly in Drongo 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 imported annually 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 Rail was 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 mimicry of 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 Christian Jouanin, a French ornithologist, has described three species of birds, including Jouanin's Petrel and the critically endangered Djibouti Francolin?
... that the Juneau Raptor Center, run by an all-volunteer staff, treats any species of bird brought to it for treatment?
... that New Caledonia, an island fragment of the sunken continent Zealandia since the Cretaceous, and home to the Kagu (pictured), has been likened to a "Jurassic Park"?
... that Kairuku grebneffi, an extinct species of penguin, was nearly 1.5 metres (4.9 ft) long and weighed 50% more than modern Emperor Penguins?
... that the biggest walk-through aviary in India is located on the shore of the Karanji Lake in Mysore?
... that despite the escalating human-elephant conflict number of 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 Khichan, India have a tradition of offering five quintals of grain per day to 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 endangered Sri Lankan elephants (pictured) are present within Kumana National Park?
... that the Kurdistan Wheatear is sometimes found in North West India?
... that of the twenty-three species of bustard found in the world, the Great Indian Bustard (pictured), found in Kutch Bustard Sanctuary in Gujurat, is the only one listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List?
... that three-quarters of Turkey's bird species live in the Kızılırmak Delta?
... 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 Lakes Argyle and Kununurra Ramsar Site sometimes holds up to 200,000 waterbirds, as well as large numbers of Freshwater Crocodiles?
... that it took just over 20 years to finish developing the Lamona breed of chicken, but it was nearly extinct by 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 Sydney called the Leaden Flycatcher (pictured) the "Frogbird" on account of its guttural call?
... that Lear's Macaw is a Brazilian parrot that nests in sandstone cliffs?
... that the little Sumba hawk-owl was 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 Shrike is 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 Galapagos Penguin (pictured) is outnumbered well over ten thousand to one by Macaroni Penguins?
... that there are 618 species of birds in Belize?
... that 25 of the 368 Cuban bird species are endemic?
... that over 400 species of birds (state bird, Brown Thrasher, pictured) have been recorded in the American state of Georgia?
... that with hundreds of birds found in the state (Western Meadowlark pictured), Oregon ranks fifth in the United States in terms of avian species diversity?
... that 407 species of birds have been recorded in Pennsylvania (Ruffed Grouse, the state bird, pictured), including four that are extirpated and two that are 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 Lanka since 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 Little Pied Cormorant (pictured) lays eggs that are covered in lime?
... that the Little Wattlebird lacks the wattles which characterise 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 Amani Nature Reserve in Tanzania is home to the elusive long-billed forest warbler and the unwanted umbrella tree?
... that Long-billed Pipits breed on dry open slopes with rocks and low vegetation?
... that the Long-legged Bunting, an extinct species of Bunting, was one of the few flightless species in the Passerines order?
... that the Long-tailed Broadbill is the only bird in the genus 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 Indonesian Long-tailed Starling can be longer than its body?
... that no type specimen of the Lord Howe Island Pigeon exists, as it was described from a painting (pictured) by George Raper?
... that, unlike the drab-coloured wrens of the Northern Hemisphere, the fairywrens of Australasia can be Purple-crowned, Orange-crowned, White-shouldered, or ... Lovely (pictured)?
... that Kenn Kaufman was the youngest person ever to win birding's highest honor, the Ludlow Griscom Award?
... that Lunugamvehera National Park is one of the protected areas where the near threatened species Tufted Gray Langur occurs?
... that ornithologist James David Macdonald was employed in the bird section of the British Natural History Museum despite claiming complete ignorance about birds?
... that the male Madagascan buttonquail is largely responsible for incubating the eggs and caring for the young?
... that the song of the Madagascan hoopoe differs markedly from that of the African hoopoe?
... that the adult Madagascan sandgrouse may 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 a bird with huge feet once walked by a river near Denali?
... 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 steamship SS Makambo was built in Scotland, caused an environmental disaster on Lord Howe Island by introducing Black Rats there, and was sunk by a British submarine?
... that the Makauwahi Cave has been described as "...maybe the richest fossil site in the Hawaiian Islands, perhaps in the entire Pacific Island region"?
... that the bushshrikes, helmetshrikes, Ioras, vangas and woodswallows all belong to a group of shrike-like 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 Hawk is 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 crab in its diet, in addition to its primary prey of insects?
... that Paul the Octopus (pictured) predicts Spain winning the World Cup today, while Mani the Parakeet tips a victory by the Netherlands?
... that the honeyeaters of the genus Manorina (Noisy Miners pictured) have a pale patch of skin behind their eyes giving them a cross-eyed look?
... 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 De Filippi's Petrel was named after Professor Filippo de Filippi who 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 Archaeopteryx specimens ever found, has been lost since 1991?
... that Fred Shaw Mayer was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire for breeding 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 genus Melampitta is a taxonomic mystery, having been considered at one time either belonging to the pitta, babbler, logrunner, bird of paradise, or cinclosomatid families?
... 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 nobody knows where the Metland Egg is?
... that Mexican feather work was 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 reed beds of 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 mobbing behavior is seen in species as diverse as the Great Tit (pictured) and California Ground Squirrel?
... that Momotus is a genus of green and blue birds with raquet-shaped tails?
... that the unusual breeding season of the Monteiro's Storm-petrel was the first clue that led to the cryptic species' recent discovery by 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 Tim Birkhead wrote a book about bird's eggs after watching a presenter spin an egg on television?
... that the Mottled Owl (pictured) shows the greatest degree of sexual dimorphism of any species of owl?
... that the mottled piculet likes to drum on bamboo?
... that Motu Matakohe island is used as a safe location for baby 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 a bald eagle went viral for incubating a rock?
... that the heathlands of Ben Boyd National Park and Nadgee Nature Reserve are habitat for the endangered Eastern Bristlebird?
... that the female Namaqua Sandgrouse (pictured) incubates the eggs during the day and the more conspicuous male takes the night shift?
... that the Nankin bantam breed of chicken is classified as critically endangered by 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 Negros Fruit Dove is only known from a single female shot from a tree on the slopes of a Philippine volcano in 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 ornithologist 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 New Zealand parrot family Nestoridae (Kākā pictured) are either endangered or have gone extinct due to human activity?
... that the extinct New Zealand Little Bittern (pictured) was described as always being found alone and standing for hours in one place?
... that the extinct New Zealand Musk Duck was becoming more sedentary than its closest relative, the Australian Musk Duck?
... that although threatened by habitat destruction, the endangered Nicobar Bulbul does not appear to have been impacted by the Red-whiskered Bulbul or the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami?
... that the Nicobar Pigeon is a large, heavy, 40-centimetre-long pigeon?
... that the "world's loneliest seabird" chose a concrete statue as his mate?
... that Nils Olav is the world's highest ranked penguin (pictured)?
... that the head of the passerine bird, 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 extinct Norfolk Island Boobook was last sighted in 1996, its genes live on in the hybrid 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 Island before 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 New Zealand's 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 Nuns can 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 bird known from two specimens and a handful of sightings?
... that Mexico's Observatorio 1873 began as a military lookout and observatory, and now includes a whale museum, an iguana sanctuary and a zip line?
... that the Ocean Grove Nature Reserve contains the only significant remnant of native woodland on the Bellarine Peninsula, Victoria, Australia, as it was prior to European settlement?
... that the white-barred piculet hybridises with the Varzea, the ocellated, the white-wedged, and the ochre-collared piculet (pictured) where their ranges overlap?
... that South East Forest National Park in the southeastern corner of New South Wales is a haven for the uncommon Olive Whistler (pictured) and endangered 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 grasslands of the Ord River Floodplain are the only place in Western Australia where Zitting Cisticolas occur naturally?
... that oriole blackbirds sometimes tear open ripening maize cobs to feed on the kernels?
... that the Orloff breed of chicken is named for a Russian count, but in fact originated in Persia?
... that Steve Ormerod chairs Europe's largest wildlife conservation charity?
... that the stipple-throated, the ornate, and the rufous-tailed antwren (pictured) are all of the genus Epinecrophylla and 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 Ottenby Bird Observatory has continually conducted bird observations for 80 years?
... 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 subspecies of the Pacific Robin (pictured) scattered from Samoa to Norfolk Island?
... that a study at Berijam Lake (pictured) by the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History indicates that the near threatened Grey-breasted Laughingthrush has suffered from 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 nesting site and for nesting material?
... that the court decision in Palila v. Hawaii saved the Palila (pictured), a critically endangered honeycreeper, from possible extinction?
... that the pallid cuckoo (pictured) was first described as a pigeon?
... that the Pangani Longclaw is only 20 cm (7.9 in) long?
... that following public backlash over the mistreatment of Paora (pictured), Zoo Miami stated: "We have offended the nation of New Zealand"?
... that the Paperbark Flycatcher never uses the "scissors-grinding" call of the closely related 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 pellets regurgitated by some predatory bird species have been found to contain bird bands once 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 a baby penguin from Australia is "an absolute unit"?
... that Sewall Pettingill studied the last three Heath Hens, and later assisted in filming four Walt Disney nature films, one of which won an 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 Monarch of north Queensland binds its nest with spiderwebs and decorates it with lichen?
... that the white-headed stilt sometimes feigns a leg injury to draw intruders away from its chicks?
... that the Pied Wheatear often perches on a bush or rock, bobbing its tail up and down while looking around for insects?
... that Pierre the penguin is the first bird to don a custom-made wetsuit?
... that carrier pigeons, known as the Bavarian Pigeon Corps, were fitted with chest-mounted cameras and sent behind enemy lines for aerial reconnaissance by the Bavarian Army in the early 1900s?
... that whistles were attached to pigeons to deter birds of prey?
... that the male Pin-tailed Sandgrouse brings water to his chicks absorbed in the feathers on his breast?
... that Pink Floyd escaped from its enclosure at the Sedgwick County Zoo in 2005, but continued to be spotted in Texas as late as 2023?
... that volcanic eruptions may have contributed to the population decline of the 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 Bittern is 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 ducks do?
... that a parrot reportedly screamed profanities at the funeral of U.S. president Andrew Jackson?
... that the Pomeranian Goose was developed by Northern German farmers centuries ago, but only officially recognized as a breed in 1912?
... that William Pope created "the first comprehensive, well executed pictorial record of Canadian birds"?
... that the potoos of the Neotropics have slits in their eyelids so that they can watch for danger without opening their large conspicuous eyes?
... that Good King Henry allegedly said that he wanted every farmer to have a chicken in a pot?
... 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 Prionochilus is one of the two genera that comprise the flowerpecker family Dicaeidae (Yellow-breasted Flowerpecker pictured)?
... that though Przevalski's Nuthatch has been treated as conspecific with the White-breasted Nuthatch, a 2014 phylogenetic study found them to be only distantly related within their genus?
... that Psilopterus was about the same size as the modern cariama, making it the smallest of the carnivorous prehistoric avians known as terror birds?
... that the Amazon parrot (depicted) was implicated as a source of the great parrot fever pandemic of 1929–30, in which more than 100 people died?
... that the Australasian bird family Cinclosomatidae contains such birds as quail-thrushes (example pictured), jewel-babblers, whipbirds and wedgebills?
... that James Bond attributed the extinction of the Puerto Rican Conure to pigeon hunters visiting Mona Island?
... that the Puerto Rican Spindalis is the national bird of Puerto Rico and often participates in mobbing, a behavior in which it attacks 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 Lorikeet is 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 Cotinga is 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 the racket-tailed roller makes a racket as it rockets?
... that half the length of the Racket-tailed Coquette (pictured) is tail?
... that the Mysterious Bird of Ulieta has variously been considered a thrush, a starling and a honeyeater?
... that Raine Island, a vegetated coral cay located off the North coast of Australia, harbours the largest population of 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 Maasai for 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 Red-backed Kingfisher nests in burrows in riverbanks but not near water?
... that the red-bellied grackle is sometimes 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 Kuhl gave it the specific name spurius, meaning "illegitimate"?
... that the repertoire of the Australian passerine, the Red-capped Robin includes "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 Parrot to be scientifically identified was named Congo Jack?
... that Red-headed Honeyeater males (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 calls of the Red-throated Ant-Tanager, a noisy passerine bird native to the Caribbean, 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 feathers of the Red Warbler (pictured) contain alkaloids, which make the birds unpalatable?
... that the ground-dwelling redthroat bird can imitate the sound of a crested pigeon in flight?
... that Reedy Lake was drained to kill off its 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 Robert Ridgway consulted with inventor Milton Bradley and Smithsonian head Samuel Pierpont Langley to create a new dictionary of color names for naturalists?
... that the endangered subspecies California Clapper Rail, a chicken-sized bird that rarely flies, has chicks that can swim when they are just two hours old?
... that the Rio Napo Screech-Owl is part of a group of owls that have been reclassified three times since 1850?
... that a musk duck named Ripper could apparently say "you bloody fool"?
... that Edwin Rist stole hundreds of rare birds to make into fishing lures?
... 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 rock wrens build pavements made of flat stones to keep their nests dry?
... that the cave-nesting rockwarbler has also been called the "hanging dick" because of its nest?
... that the beaches of Roebuck Bay exhibit the 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 Romeo and Juliet are a same-sex couple?
... 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 extinct may 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 European Robin, the colourful 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 England there was confusion over whether the Rouen duck was named after the Rhône region, Cardinal de Rohan, the colour roan, or the town Rouen?
... 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 rufescent tiger heron is crepuscular—that is, it hunts primarily at dusk and dawn?
... that the Rufous-crowned Sparrow, a medium-sized sparrow of the southwestern United States and Mexico, has a subspecies endemic to the Todos Santos Islands that 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 a British ornithologist named Winchell's kingfisher, found in the Philippines, after an American geologist?
... 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 Rufous Songlark (pictured) is an Australian songbird that sometimes ends up as roadkill?
... that the Rufous-tailed Scrub Robin (pictured) often uses a piece of snakeskin in 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 Whistler birds, unlike all other Whistler birds, never forage on the ground but high up in trees or other high places?
... that Rufus the Hawk was named "the world's most notable bird" after being stolen in 2012?
... that the Manx Rumpy breed of chicken is not Manx at all?
... that when the Russet Sparrow (pictured) and the House Sparrow breed in the same hill station, the House Sparrow prefers bazaars and the Russet Sparrow "more up market" houses?
... that the Rusty-barred Owl is one of the only two members of the Strix genus of birds to be found in South America?
... that the Saddle-billed Stork is a large wading bird in the stork family, 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 Shrike has 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 Sankofa is the fossilized remains of eggs that were probably laid by a transitional species from dinosaurs to birds?
... that the Satanic nightjar can make a growling noise when disturbed?
... that, on arrival at the breeding area, a female Savi's Warbler (pictured) chooses to pair with the male with the densest reed bed territory?
... 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 carotenoid pigments in shrimp and shellfish?
... that the nest of the Scarlet Honeyeater (pictured) is a tiny cup of shredded bark bound with spiders' webs?
... that Scarlet Robins (male pictured) defend a territory not only from rivals of their own species but also from those of the related Flame Robins?
... that the Scintillant Hummingbird has 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 a duck named Sergeant Siwash fought the Japanese in World War II?
... 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 replacement of a semipalmated sandpiper sculpture named Shep in New Brunswick led to a $19,000 investigation over code-of-conduct violations?
... 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 shite-hawk, it originated as British military slang for the Black Kite (pictured)?
... that the natural habitats of the Short-tailed Emerald are moist lowland forests and montanes and heavily degraded former forests in Colombia, Peru, and Venezuela?
... that shrikethrushes (grey shrikethrush pictured) have calls described as "strong, mellow and beautiful"?
... that Sickle-billed Vangas (pictured) have a polyandrous breeding system, with several males helping a single female raise a clutch of eggs?
... that the Silver Appleyard is one of the best egglayers amongst large breeds of duck?
... 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 Sind Sparrow (pictured) was not recorded for 36 years after it was first described, despite searches by noted ornithologists?
... that Sirocco (pictured), an endangered flightless parrot, gained fame when he was caught on video attempting to mate with the back of a 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 bushshrike family, 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 Snipe looks 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 gull includes 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 seal carcasses?
... that the last two known individuals of the South Island Snipe died 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 Splendid Fairy-wren (pictured) of Western Australia is more closely related to the Crow than the original European 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 Sandgrouse may 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 chickens derive?
... that the male standard-winged nightjar grows a wing ornament more than twice the length of its body during breeding season?
... 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-heart has 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 Swallow-tailed Gull (pictured) of the Galápagos Islands is the only fully 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 Tasmanian Masked Owl is threatened by competition for nest hollows by feral bees, kookaburras and possums?
... that Hollis Taylor has argued that birdsong should be considered music?
... that the ground living warblers in the genus Tesia appear to almost lack a tail and have very long legs?
... that the American Pigeon Museum & Library keeps a flock of hundreds of pigeons for public viewing?
... 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 New Zealand goose Thomas has been described as an "icon of the LGBT community"?
... that the lake sediments at Thomsons Lake are 30–40,000 years old, the oldest found in Western Australia?
... that magnetic cues may stimulate the Thrush Nightingale to build up its fat reserves before crossing the Sahara during its annual migration?
... 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 Tiny Hawk, a raptor found throughout much of the central neotropics, successfully hunts hummingbirds?
... that despite its name, the Togian White-eye, a species of bird endemic to the Togian Islands of Indonesia, lacks the white eye rings typical of its genus?
... that the island sub-species of the Tomtit are much larger than their mainland relatives?
... that Toolibin Lake supports 25 species of breeding waterbirds, which is the greatest number for any wetland in southwestern Australia?
... 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 world's loneliest duck" arrived on the remote Pacific island country of Niue in 2018?
... that the Trinidad euphonia lacks the muscular gizzard that most birds have as part of their digestive tract?
... that the Tristan Thrush is a regular predator of the eggs and chicks of 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 antibodies and 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 the Tuggerah Lakes (pictured), located on the 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 turkey bowling, protested by animal rights activists, was invented as a pastime in the aisles of a grocery store (pictured)?
... 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 blue plumage of the Australian Variegated Fairy-wren (pictured) strongly reflects UV light?
... that the Vegetarian Finch has a disproportionately large gizzard and a long intestine to 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 vinkenzetting (Dutch) is a 400-year-old sport in which the male Chaffinch that 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 Vorwerk is the only breed of chicken to share its name with a brand of 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 Western Bowerbirds attract potential mates with bowers decorated with fruits, shells, and bones, as well as man-made objects like bullet casings and glass?
... that the western bronze-naped pigeon is found in many countries across Africa?
... that there are only around 100 Western Ground Parrots left?
... 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 whinchat breeds in Europe and western Asia from Ireland and northern Portugal east to the Ob River basin, 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 egg laid in a clutch of two by the White-breasted Robin of Western Australia is 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 White-eyed Gull, a rare gull 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 Australian 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 white-throated robin-chat is sometimes parasitised by the red-chested cuckoo?
... that the binomial name of the White-throated Treecreeper (pictured) translates as "brown and white trunk traveller"?
... 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 Widowbirds are 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 Hubert Whittell, a career soldier in the Indian Army, studied Urdu, Pushtu and Persian, before moving to Western Australia to become a farmer and ornithologist?
... that the Wild Bird Fund is New York City's first and only wildlife hospital (example treatment pictured)?
... that Salmo ezenami, a critically endangered species of trout, is endemic to Chechnya's Lake Kezenoyam and is threatened by the invasive European chub?
... that some of the wildlife of Mongolia is found in the Gobi desert (pictured), the fifth largest desert in the world?
... 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 Species includes 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 parrot species the 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 Honeyeater is so flimsy, eggs and nestlings sometimes fall through the bottom?
... that the yellow-faced myna may pair for life?
... that the Yellow-fronted Parrot is from Ethiopia, while 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 nest of the Yellow-rumped Thornbill (pictured) has a cup-shaped depression fake nest to distract attention from the real nest inside?
... that the Yellow-shouldered Blackbird, a bird endemic to the archipelago of Puerto Rico, engages in anting, a behavior in which birds rub ants on their feathers?
... that the call of the Yellow-spotted Honeyeater (pictured) is said to sound like a "machine gun rattle"?
... that the Yellow-throated Honeyeater is known for collecting hair from live animals such as horses, dogs and humans for lining its nest?
... that the large hanging nest of the Yellow-throated Scrubwren (pictured) is used by the Golden-tipped Bat as 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 route are unknown, and without her, the species may face extinction in the wild in Syria?
... that Muir's Corella is listed in Western Australia both 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?