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Showing posts with label BIRDS. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BIRDS. Show all posts
Great Argus Pheasant Bird, native of Indonesia
The Great Argus, Argusianus argus, is a brown-plumaged pheasant with a blue head and neck, rufous red upper breast, black hair-like feathers on crown and nape, and red legs. The male is among the largest of all pheasants.
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Rufous-crested Coquette Bird, found in Peru
The Rufous-Crested Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family
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']]}Bulwer's Pheasant Bird, native to Indonesia
Bulwer's Pheasant (Lophura bulweri) is also known as Bulwer's Wattled Pheasant, the Wattled Pheasant, or the White-tailed Wattled Pheasant. It is a Southeast Asian bird in the Phasianidae family; endemic to the forests of Borneo.
Photo credits : Kenneth
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']]}The Red-fan Parrot, native to Amazon forests of South America
The Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus), also known as the Hawk-headed Parrot, is an unusual New World parrot hailing from the Amazon Rainforest. It is the only member of the genus Deroptyus.
The Red-fan Parrot possesses elongated neck feathers that can be raised to form an elaborate fan, which greatly increases the bird's apparent size, and is possibly used when threatened. It generally lives in undisturbed forest, feeding in the canopy on fruits.
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']]}The African Emerald Cuckoo, native to South Africa
The African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. In Afrikaans, it is known as the mooimeisie, or "pretty girl".
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Luzon Bleeding-heart birds, native to Philippines
The Luzon Bleeding-heart is one of a number of species of ground dove in the genus Gallicolumba that are called "bleeding-hearts". They get this name from a splash of vivid red colour at the centre of their white breasts.
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']]}The Brown Wood Owl of Srilanka
The Brown Wood Owl (Strix leptogrammica) is an owl which is a resident breeder in south Asia. This species is a part of the family of owls known as typical owls (Strigidae), which contains most species of owl. It belongs to the earless owl genus Strix.
The Brown Wood Owl is medium large (45–57 cm), with upperparts uniformly dark brown, with faint white spotting on the shoulders. The underparts are buff with brown streaking. The facial disc is brown or rufous, edged with white and without concentric barring, and the eyes are dark brown. There is a white neckband.
Photo credits : My planet experience
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