10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

When it comes down to it, birders can partake in the hobby, lifestyle, or passion however they want (as long as they don’t harm themselves, others, or the birds). Yellow-naped Parrot. This former aberrant wood-warbler is so weird, it has been given its own family. Bare-necked Umbrellabird. Wrenthrush.

Costa Rica 200

Costa Rica Panama Birds Nicaragua 200

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

’s bird family tree in a new tab and follow along as you read. So do parrots, some songbirds, humans, and a few other mammals. shocked everyone with a suggestion that passerines were most closely related not to woodpeckers and kingfishers but to parrots, falcons, and seriemas. Open Jarvis et al.’s Hackett et al.

Family 279

Family Parrots 2014 Birds 279

10,000 Birds

APRIL 13, 2023

The family has about 37 species, but that includes several fulvettas – only 21 of the species have “parrotbill” in their names (and frankly, the bills of fulvettas do not look like those of parrots at all). At least until the next reorganization of the avian family tree. Never fails to startle them.

Pandas 192

Pandas Eggs Birds China 192