10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2011

Big, bold, beautiful parrots full of character and charm, macaws make us long for some of the world’s wildest places and assure us that, as long as they fly free, those magical wild places are still intact. The Hyacinth Macaw is more than just another pretty face; these birds are social with strong family values.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 26, 2011

They are rock stars in their family (or group of families, depending on what taxonomists have been smoking lately), a family that includes Scarlet Macaws , Crimson Shining-parrots , Golden Parakeets and Rainbow Lorikeets , and that is no mean feat. Kakapo are bird rock stars.

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New Zealand Parrots Sanctuary Sheep 228

10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2011

I then had a list of 20 or so favorites and decided that, in order to get down to 10 birds, each bird needs to be in a different family. Cape Sugarbird One of only two members of its family, this stunning bird is common in suitable habitat around Cape Town. This is what came up: 1.

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South Africa Africa Swaziland Parrots 257

10,000 Birds

JULY 1, 2014

Parrots Over Puerto Rico is a wonderland of colors and shapes. The story of the Puerto Rican Amazon, also known as the Puerto Rico Parrot, Parrots Over Puerto Rico is illustrated with deeply hued collages created by Susan L. The parrots called as they looked for deep nesting holes in the tall trees. Other Europeans came.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. At this hour I am a reluctant, under-caffeinated sherpa – and concentration must be given to the dangers of the footpath ahead.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 31, 2011

The purpose of the trip wasn’t specifically to look for birds, it was my flatmate’s birthday, and her family had booked two of the houses on the island so that we could enjoy a weekend break away to celebrate. In 2009 the island as returned to the local iwi (tribe), but it is still managed by the Department of Conservation.

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Penguins New Zealand Parrots Fur 165

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

We can say with much certainty that the majority of people admire and are fascinated with the resplendent colors of macaws, parrots, toucans and hummingbirds. Many birds around the world in the Robin family ( Turdidae ) are favorites due to their musical songs. The quail, guans, ducks and pheasant are hunted for their meat.

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Honduras illegal Parrots Pets 212

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 17, 2024

Mealy Parrots made their presence known, and we were treated with excellent views of Blue-headed Parrot that flew into a tree we were already examining. Familiar, but beautiful regardless: Blue-headed Parrot Another small parrot species landed on a tree in the distance. Meanwhile, the forest edge was awash with birds.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 9, 2015

However, there are those species which have a hard time bringing attention to themselves such as Yellow-shouldered Blackbird , Giant Nuthatch , and Vinaceous-breasted Parrot. It was quite late in the morning when we saw a family group consisting of an adult and three nearly fully grown juveniles right on the track about 300 meters away.

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California Condor Brazil Parrots Texas 240

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

Formerly described in 1811 by Johann Matthäus Bechstein, the Cuban Macaw was a primarily red, long-tailed parrot with beautiful orange feathering around the nape and blue feathering on the wings and tail. … Birds Cuba Extinction Week parrots' Painting by Jacques Barraband, ca. Come back, click through, read, learn.

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Cuba Parrots Columbus DC 259

10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2024

There is also a family of Barn Owls on the premises, and I have briefly seen the largest of them (enormous!) In the area of Morelia, where I live, no parrots are to be found. But here, Olive-throated Parakeets and White-fronted Parrots are a constant presence in the early morning and late evening. flying by at night.

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Barn Owls Mexico Parrots ALA 246

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

This compact and surprisingly wide billed little bird used to be part of the monarch-flycatcher family, but is now with its congener in its own family. There were also treats for fans of parrots, including a Double-eyed Fig-parrot and some King Parrots.

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Guinea Parrots Australia Killing 200

10,000 Birds

MARCH 13, 2024

Dusky Parrots aren’t green like many others in their family, and look much more vivid in illustrated plates than they do in the dim sub-canopy. Getting a view of this Dusky Parrot was nothing short of a miracle – or dumb luck as they say.

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Guyana Parrots Family Groups 246

10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

When I read the description of the Mulga Parrot on a pet website, I first thought it was an advertisement for Thai mail-order brides: “The exotic appearance of the Mulga Parrot might be what attracts you first, but it’s their personality that will win you over” ( source ). Female below.

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Australia Koalas Parrots Birds 248

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

The USA’s only truly indigenous parrot was wiped out by a combination of factors, although direct persecution through hunting seems to have been the major contributor. Today, if you want to see parrots in the USA you need look no further than Miami. But its not just parrots that are doing well in their adopted city.

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Miami Parrots Research Alaska 177

10,000 Birds

MARCH 25, 2014

This tree is of the coniferous family and this bird has made its life around the southern temperate forest where this tree has been constantly destroyed to clear for farmland development. It seemed like our luck had run out since the parrots went quiet and we could not locate the exact area of their hiding place.

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Argentina Parrots Birds Groups 194

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2022

Keep looking and you might see some other members of this glittering, fast-paced family. Although more than one parrot and parakeet can forage in hedgerows, this long-tailed green bird is the most common. Take a walk by any hedgerow in Costa Rica and you’ll probably see a Rufous-tailed Hummingbird. Crimson-fronted Parakeet.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2011

Guianan Cock-of-the-rock, Capuchinbird, Red Fan Parrot, Guianan Toucanet, White Bellbird, Grey-winged Trumpeters, Black Currasow. The second sound that we heard belonged to another fantastic member of the cotinga family, the White Bellbird. This small member of the toucan family is a stunner. Interested yet? Well, you should be.

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Suriname Guyana Birds South America 253

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 17, 2019

As is typical of urban birding in Costa Rica, we had small flocks of this species fly over and good looks at the White-crowned Parrot , the other most common parrot in the valley. Some members of this family always do well with people and Costa Rica is no exception. Blackbirds.

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Costa Rica Parrots Birds Blackbirds 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2013

Parrots and macaws on a clay lick, cotingas, manakins, tanagers, and hummingbirds come to mind when thinking of tropical birds. A walk through this land may wake up a family group of Peruvian Thick-knees crouched on their day roost, or flush a flock of Least Seedsnipes taking advantage of the seasonal seed production.

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Peru Birds Chile Parrots 218

10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2020

Local guide and birder David Mora Vargas has been spending much of his time at his family’s farm in the Sarapiqui lowlands. At another site in the northern Caribbean lowlands, another local birder has been doing bird counts at his family’ private reserve, Las Arrieras. Check it out: Juvenile Tiny Hawk Show in Sarapiqui.

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Costa Rica Birds Thailand Farming 263

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 28, 2012

This pigment group is the rarest of the three pigment groups and is found in only a handful of bird families. The greens of many parrot species are caused by blue scattered light (produced by keratin) interacting with yellow carotenoids (produced by pigments in the feathers). Porphyrins can produce red, brown, pink and green colors.

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Birds Cooking Groups Parrots 279

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2014

From here it is common to see Blue-crowned Hanging Parrots and Pink-necked Pigeons in the palm trees on the island, or perhaps a Blue-throated Bee-eater hawking from one of the large trees on the far side of the water. Their morphology and appearance are also very similar, but the families are not closely related.

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Singapore Parrots Family Birds 167

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 2, 2021

Where a birder goes in the Caribbean determines which birds are seen including toy-like todies, Carib hummingbirds, cool pigeons, quail-doves, unique avian families and outrageous woodpeckers. One such special place is the Centro Manu, a small family run reserve that features several star bird species of Costa Rica’s Caribbean lowlands.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 14, 2020

For kids in the Yucatan, Turquoise-browed Motmots and parrots are part of the regular avian scene. This bird won’t really look like anything you have ever seen because it’s in a family all on its own. Is it a rail? Well, it might sort of look like a rail but it still isn’t one of those.

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Costa Rica Cleveland Turkey Parrots 264

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2014

And I liked toucans, so clearly hornbills were on to a winning look, in fact, as a child it was hornbills, toucans and parrots that I associated the tropics with. The Oriental Pied Hornbills are pretty special, as they represent a recolonization of Singapore of this family. Oriental Pied Hornbill.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2012

The behavior of the happy Forpus family after they leave the nest is still a relatively unknown subject, and is currently a subject of the Forpus project’s research. The oldest leave first, forcing the parents to divide their time between those left in the nest and those that have flown away. The Auk 108: 863-871.

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Eggs Venezuela Porcupines 2008 269

10,000 Birds

JUNE 18, 2011

All of the forest in these areas has been cleared many years ago to give way to food production and housing for small towns that continually expand as the local families grow and require more resources for food, housing and employment. We found this little Red-cheeked Woodpecker family surviving on a dead tree near the road to Canande.

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Monkeys Birds Farming Woodpeckers 196

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

Any birder seeking every bird family on Earth would have to come here, as no less than six bird families are endemic – the kiwis, New Zealand parrots, New Zealand wrens, Stichbird, wattlebirds and mohouas (more families formerly found here are sadly now lost). Kea are odd mountain parrots.

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New Zealand Albatross Parrots Penguins 127

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 29, 2020

The third weekend of January, I travelled to the coastal city of Acapulco to give a seminar on family finances at a church there. As if the Chachalaca and Magpie-Jay noises weren’t enough, there were also many pairs of White-fronted Parrots screeching as they flew overhead, though I never managed a photo of those.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

In other words, millions of people got together with family and friends for a cozy day of mashed potatoes, gravy, apple pie, naps, football, and some serious turkeyliciousness. The turkeys I’m talking about up in here are three of the five members of the Cracidae family that occur in Costa Rica.

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Costa Rica Turkey Ecuador Hunting 189

10,000 Birds

MARCH 12, 2011

But this critically endangered and majestic blue parrot has remained elusive to most of the world and, sniffle sniffle, to me as well. Green-and-rufous Kingfisher is the only Cholorceryle species I haven’t seen, so observing one would complete a genus in this fascinating family. See who won the contest here! Get yours today!

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Brazil 2011 Birds Penguins 245

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2021

A Yellow-crowned Parrot digs in. The provision of housing and food is most gratifying, I have successfully spread this joy to one of my three neighbors, who now gleefully sends me pictures of the Cocoa Thrush family on his front porch, and Green Iguanas lounging in his avocado tree.

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Opossums Barn Owls Reptiles Hunting 264

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Finally, my personal favorite is the Great Barbet (Baihualing, Yunnan) – not because of its larger size, but because of its combination of colors that somehow manages to be colorful without being gaudy (something that parrots almost never seem to manage). That Smith Family is so depressing”. Pernice Brothers).

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Twelve family accounts have been added. It is 72 pages longer than the first edition. An undisclosed number of family and species accounts have been updated. Nine photographers contributed most of the photographs used to illustrate the family sections, including Richard Crossley, Kevin T. Over 70 range maps were updated.

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North America America Family Falcons 188

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2011

This has happened before, Archaeopteryx and the bird family tree have had an often tenuous relationship. If you lay out all the mandibles and maxilla of all the mammals, you could construct a phylogeny that would be a pretty good first stab at a reasonable mammal family tree. That’s what Archaeopteryx is.

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Mammals Europe Groups Family 267

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DECEMBER 6, 2016

Each family group starts with a description of what traits are common to the species within the family, its representation in Northern Central America, and other interesting, relevant facts. Each species account lists the basics—common name, scientific name, measurements in inches and centimeters.

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