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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 16/10/2026

Red Bellied Woodpecker in flight. Photography: Lecia Michelle

birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

White-plumed Antbird (Pithys albifrons) White-plumed Antbirds live in the lowland rainforests of northern Amazonia. They are most common keeping low inside the forest, where the understory is a lattice of slender vertical stems like the ones framing this bird in the Ecuadorian Amazon.

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

- Kaempfer's Woodpecker (Celeus obrieni) This woodpecker was last seen in 1926 and feared extinct until a male was captured during mist netting in 2006. - Photo courtesy of Ciro Albano, endemic to Brazil.

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Maroon Woodpecker It is found in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, southern Myanmar, Singapore, and southern Thailand. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests. Dark reddish woodpecker with. 📸: @hafizikhlas

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Phainopepla — The Silky Black Beauty of America’s Desert Southwest The Phainopepla is a striking songbird found across the deserts and dry woodlands of the southwestern United States.

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

You hear a soft cat-like mew coming from the bushes, but there's no cat in sight. It's a sleek gray bird that just flew into Florida for the winter, and here's what's drawing it into your shrubs.

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

🏢 500 neighbours. One giant bird block. 🏠 Built by birds, not humans. Sociable weavers (Philetairus socius) stack a giant communal nest in the Kalahari — one nest can hold 100+ pairs across generations. Would you live with 500 neighbours? 👇 #BirdNest #NatureDocumentary #Kalahari

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Greylag Geese coming into land for #Ducks&GeeseInFlight which is the theme of #BirdOfTheDay today, looks like a sequence but is three different birds lining up #birds #thegardenjungle #wildlifephotography #birdwatching #shropshire #UKwildlife #birdphotography #canon #photography

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Black throated Bush-tit tiny 10 cm Himalayas through Southeast Asia, parts of China Male and Female are identical Same family as the N American Bushtit Flocks 40 or more, chicks always join the same flocks after fledging. Parents share all duties raising chicks and help from adults in same flock

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

- Crested Pigeon (Ocyphaps lophotes) in Australia - Photo courtesy of Chris Burns on Flickr.

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

The rufous-backed wren (Campylorhynchus capistratus) It inhabits dry forest or open woodland, scrub, second growth. Orotina, Costa Rica 🇨🇷 📷Lenny Montenegro

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Costa Rica It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Attractive, medium-sized crested woodpecker of humid tropical lowlands. 📸: @zoonaldo

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Black-crested Coquette. The black-crested coquette (Lophornis helenae) is a species of hummingbird in the "coquettes", tribe Lesbiini of subfamily Lesbiinae. It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. 📸: @osa_photography

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Maroon Oriole found in Southeast Asia 📷: Bijoy Adhikary Photography #birds

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

White Chested Puffbird found in Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela 📷: Cayce Jehaimi Photography #birds

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

- The Violet-green Swallow (Tachycineta thalassina) is a small North American swallow. - Photo courtesy of Christine Haines.

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Common Starling It has glossy black plumage with a metallic sheen, which is speckled with white at some times of year. The legs are pink and the bill is black in winter and yellow in summer; young birds have browner plumage than the adults. 📷: @wallmika

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A Golden-collared Manakin from todays shoot in Western Colombia. Taken with the Nikon Z9 and Nikon 400 4.5 lens with the Nikon 1.4TC, iso 6400, 1/320, f/6.3, 3d AF mode. 📷 Nancy Elwood

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

- The Hispaniolan trogon (Priotelus roseigaster, also known as cacos) is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. - Photo courtesy of Guillermo Armenteros, Dominican Republic

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Long-tailed Broadbill 23-25 cm Himalayas, northeastern India, and Southeast Asia. monogamous pairform long-term bonds for their life time both the male and female work together to weave their large, pear-shaped hanging nests, then share duties incubating the eggs and foraging to feed the chicks.

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Smooth-billed anis 12-14cm across the Americas & Caribbean live in cooperative groups 5 breeding pairs All females in the group lay their eggs into one single communal nest up to 36 eggs, only the top 12 hatch. Every member incubates the joint eggs and feed the chicks who stay with the group

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

- Southern White-faced Owl (Ptilopsis granti). This owl is native to the southern half of Africa. - Photo courtesy of Mark Dumont

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea): 15.2cm (6in). This is a bird native to southern China and the Himalayas, Nepal, Bhutan & India. Adults have bright red bills and a dull yellow ring around their eyes. Their backs are dull olive green. Striking photo taken by Nelson George in India. #leiothrix

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Andean Cock of the Rock, photo taken in Jardín - Colombia. 📷 Javier Zurita Sony A1ii + Sony 400mm F2,8 + 2.0 Ext, F7,1 — 1/160 — ISO 8000

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Firecrest It breeds in most of temperate Europe and northwestern Africa, and is partially migratory, with birds from central Europe wintering to the south and west of their breeding range. Tiny bird, smaller than a warbler. 📸: @marklamerton

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Silver-breasted Broadbill Found in parts of SE Asia. The plumage of the nominate race has a rusty-coloured head with an ash-grey forehead and a broad black supercilium (stripe) over the eye. The breast and belly is white and the rump and upper wing coverts are bright rufous. 📸: @subramanya.c

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Montezuma oropendola southeastern Mexico, C America Breed in large colonies with 100 hanging nests Colony is ruled by 1 Dominant alpha male who mates with the 90% of the females. All the females build the nests, incubate, feed and raise the chicks. The male ONLY Defends his colony of females

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Pin-tailed Manakin This species is endemic to the Eastern coast of Brazil within the humid Atlantic Forest, and its range extends from the State of Bahia to the State of Rio Grande Do Sul. It is a relatively small species that has pronounced sexual dimorphism. 📷:@lindolfosouto

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Fiery-throated Hummingbird (Panterpe insignis): 10.9cm (4.3in). This is a medium sized hummingbird of the Talamancan montane forests, Costa Rica & western Panama. Adult birds have brillant green body plumage & a dark blue tail. A remarkable photo taken by Alfredo Irizarry in Costa Rica #hummingbird

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

- Red-faced Liocichla (Liocichla phoenicea) in India - Photo courtesy of Jyotirmay Dev.

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Malayan Banded Pitta It is found in Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Bornean and Javan banded pittas, together they were referred to as the banded pitta, but now they are considered to be separate species. 📸: @niroshansilvaphotography

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Jambu fruit dove (Ramphiculus jambu) Lives in the tropical lowland forests and mangrove swamps of Southeast Asia, including Malaysia, southern Thailand, Brunei, and parts of Indonesia.

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Male Flame Robin, photo taken up at Mount Macedon, Victoria Australia © Nick Vertsonis Photography

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Steller’s Jay - probably will make the calendar this year. So dang gorgeous. Photo: Marc Reinig

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Shoebill Stork. Eastern Africa. They're astounding.

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Eastern Bluebird. Male. The eastern bluebird (Sialia sialis) is a small North American migratory thrush found in open woodlands, farmlands, and orchards. Male bluebirds have a bright head, back, and wings. Their breast is a brownish red. Females are lighter with gray on the head. 📸: @glen.noyer

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

A stroll near Stratford-upon-Avon turned into a lovely encounter with this Eurasian Jay, hunting for insects between the trees. I caught it just as it spread its wings and tail. 🐦📸 @chrisdunnwildlife.bsky.social #EurasianJay #BirdPhotography #WildlifePhotography #UKWildlife #BritishBirds #birds

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Rajashekar Muddam photo of Grey-headed swamp-hen live in warm wetlands, marshes ,across Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia. Live in groups, breeding females within the same group will lay their eggs in a single, shared nest. group members males, females, and"helpers"incubate eggs, and feed the chicks

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A Yellow-crowned Night Heron with a snack. Canon R52+ Canon 600mm F/4 RF lens. - Ray Gilbert

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) photo by Melissa Groo This gregarious bird is found widely in open and semi-open habitats of northeastern, eastern and southern Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and northeastern Argentina.

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

- The yellow-thighed brushfinch (Atlapetes tibialis) is a passerine bird in the family Passerellidae, the New World sparrows. - Photo courtesy of Carlos Bolaños, Costa Rica.

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tufted Tit-tyrant. This species is found in western South America; its range stretches from southern Colombia south along the Andes mountains to Tierra del Fuego. The bird's head is black overall with white supraloral and postocular stripes. 📸: @jorgebedoyabirder

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Black Woodpecker: occupies much of the Paleoarctic region. This photo is from Hungary.

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

@lotuswinnielee captures a Green Broadbill taking a bath on a humid day in the mountain forest. #AGoodPlace

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

- Rainbow Bee-eaters (Merops ornatus) from Langhorne Creek, South Australia - Photo courtesy of Dave Nightingale.

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birdsandwildlife.bsky.social @birdsandwildlife.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

The Great Roadrunner Photo by Matthew Studebaker extraordinary capture !

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