10,000 Birds

APRIL 5, 2022

It also summarizes the vagrancy status of every bird family in the whole wide world, which makes it fun to read as well as superbly educational. The Family Accounts are the fun part of the book. The Family Accounts are also a deeply informational, documented source of information for researchers.

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Compassion Birds Eagles Science 258

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

I’m not saying this is right, I’m saying, as someone experienced in using reference books with people seeking a specific answer, there is a limit in how much preparatory time they’re willing to put in.) Checklist for Belize lists 622 species in 76 families, of which 104 are rare or accidental and four introduced.

Costa Rica 210

Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 210

10,000 Birds

MARCH 19, 2021

When the disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (or SARS-CoV-2) acquired the name COVID-19 (short for “coronavirus 2019”) last February, many birders couldn’t help but notice the coincidental similarity between that abbreviation and name of one of the most familiar of all passerine families – Corvidae.

2017 245

2017 Italy Argentina Massachusetts 245

10,000 Birds

MAY 24, 2020

Trogons and quetzals are an ancient, colorful bird family that occurs in forests and other wooded habitats from the American tropics to Africa to Southeast Asia. Bright and sociable, Green Jays are a joy to watch as they move around wooded habitats in tight family flocks in search of large insects, seed, and fruit.

America 262

America Arizona North America Texas 262

10,000 Birds

JUNE 13, 2022

Honeyeaters are a large bird family (190 species) with a strong presence in Australia. Their name refers to their habit of eating nectar and pollen, though most of them also eat insects and/or fruit. The name Miner is not actually a reference to the mining of minerals or coal, which are of limited use to birds. ” (HBW).

Australia 192

Australia Birds Feral Cats Kangaroos 192

10,000 Birds

JULY 12, 2024

This was an unexpected encounter Griffon Vulture : common in Spain, but seriously endangered in Cyprus Shrikes are one of my favourite families of birds. The shrikes are one of the most handsome of bird families. A wandering White-tailed Eagle in Norfolk in April.

Cyprus 205

Cyprus Greece Spain Europe 205

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2024

This is the home of the Rusty-naped Pitta , admittedly one of the less glamorous of the family, particularly the subspecies found in Yunnan, but still a nice sight and still a pitta. No doubt, the Lesser NLT will be relieved not to be bossed around by its erstwhile bigger family member anymore.

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Burma India Indonesia Thailand 196

10,000 Birds

JUNE 26, 2019

Belonging to the family “Sulidae” , which includes both the Boobies and Gannets, in 1760 the French zoologist Mathurin Jacques Brisson introduced the genus “Sula”. In most cases, it is thought to come from the Spanish word “Bobo” referring to stupid, or ignorant. What could be wrong with a Blue-footed Gannet? Well, no more!

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Iceland Family Humane Groups 122

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

But, unlike most books focused on a bird family, this one is organized geographically. When we come to Gentoo Penguin again in the South Georgia chapter, for example, we’re referred back to its first appearance in Antarctica, utilizing the outline numbers.). A scientific analysis of the bird family was written by Lloyd S.

Penguins 278

Penguins Georgia Albatross New Zealand 278

SalesFuel

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

It was also helpful to people who needed the ability to take care of family members. Over time, the boundaries between work and family time began to blur. When designing the new work assignments, refer to your employees’ psychometric assessments. It gave more flexibility to people with terrible commutes.

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Family Research Experiments Experience 59

10,000 Birds

JULY 7, 2020

It is a book with a careful infrastructure, however (even though it doesn’t have an index), with references to one section from another, enabling the curious reader to go down structured rabbit holes, pursuing information on nesting or skeletal systems or feather structure throughout the book. copyright @2020 by David A llen Sibley.

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2020 Birds North America Sparrows 263

10,000 Birds

JUNE 1, 2021

The photographs are from VIREO, the ornithological image collection associated with the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, which licenses bird photographs to many guides and reference books. Using the icons to locate specific bird families takes a little getting used to, but if you do it often it works well as a finding tool.

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North America America California Condor Birds 278

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

We saw several species of this challenging family, after some time I managed to graduate with the ability to classify them as “streaked” or “unstreaked” When it came down to the actual species, however, I left it to the expert! Grey-backed Camaroptera (fondly referred to as Grey-backed Camera-operator throughout).

Kenya 203

Kenya Washington Groups Game 203

10,000 Birds

MAY 5, 2020

And, the One-page Index, a quick reference to locating major bird families, is placed in two locations–the front and the back of the book. Family groups are briefly introduced with descriptions of their shared characteristics. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before! The text pages have a lively look.

North America 205

North America America Hawaii Birds 205

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2017

Grey Jumper, Happy Family, Lousy Jack and Twelve Apostles are names that can refer to them. The early settlers in Australia referred to them as Apostlebirds due to the family group often appearing to be around twelve birds in reference to the apostles of Jesus Christ.

Australia 102

Australia Groups Family Species 102

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 20, 2022

When buntings meet for a family reunion, I can imagine the Crested Bunting is the focal point of the attention – the one that got rich and popular compared to all the others. I am not sure whether the “loud” refers to the color (my favored interpretation) or not (more likely). The skull cap, I guess.

China 203

China Vietnam Asia Birds 203

10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2022

The one bird I did not see here, however, was the Bateleur Eagle … One highlight in the area is the Saddle-billed Stork , likely to be the tallest species in the stork family. Another member of the stork family, the African Openbill , looks like it is could benefit from a good orthodontist. And sadly, it is listed as Endangered.

Ostriches 147

Ostriches Parrots Eggs Africa 147

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. I hope by this time you have settled on a bird family for your avian obsession. (I There’s more! A lot more!

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Brazil Bolivia Ecuador 264

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Some other members of the shrike family were a bit less testosterone-driven at Nanhui – like this Bull-headed Shrike … … this rather attractive-looking Tiger Shrike … … or one of the many Brown Shrikes passing through Nanhui on migration. . It certainly does not refer to the status of Nanhui.

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LACS Birds France Japan 225

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

The three swallows here are a tribute to the three main hills that dominate the land around this ancient city, as well as reference to the trio of native grapes of Verona that comprise this wine: Corvina, Rondinella, and Corvinone. The family-run Zenato estate was founded in 1960 lies near Lake Garda, just to the east of Verona.

2016 237

2016 Europe New York Africa 237

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Also, I learned that the word “shrike” is from Old English scric, scríc , “shriek”, a reference to the shrill call of the bird (source: Oxford English Dictionary). I guess this is the wind, not a highly individualistic hairstyle. It is the heaviest among the rollers in Africa.

Elephants 147

Elephants Congo Birds Africa 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Each family is given a double-page spread. All this sounds great as an idea, great as a reference and did I mention that illustrations are gorgeous? Weighing 2.88 pounds, it is a hefty book, not something you would want to carry on foot, but rather leave at home or in your car. But first and foremost – it is a beautiful book.

Europe 238

Europe Asia Cyprus Turkey 238

10,000 Birds

MARCH 31, 2022

Not bad given that the 5 families in the inner circle of the laughingthrush family have a combined number of about 68 species. Not very interestingly, the species name “squamatum” refers to the scaly appearance of the bird rather than the blue wings. This post shows some of them.

San Diego 204

San Diego Malaysia China Zoos 204

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 2, 2020

That is because we receive so many extra species from up north, which can double the number of potential species in many of our most important avian families: Ducks, Hummingbirds, Wood Warblers, New World Sparrows, Tyrant Flycatchers, and many others. I was tempted to insert a Sir Mixalot reference here, but will control myself.)

Game 156

Game Lions Africa Mexico 156

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Species formerly referred to as P. The Brown Accento r certainly ranks among the less attractive accentors, though of course, some species in this family set a rather high bar. The HBW delights with exciting information on systematics history: “Specific name sometimes erroneously spelt P.

China 245

China Austria Birds ALA 245

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. In birding circles, we refer to the northern and eastern part of Costa Rica as the Caribbean Slope.

Costa Rica 264

Costa Rica Puerto Rico Birds Owls 264

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Birkhead focuses on those stories that both illustrate each chapter’s theme and clearly have meaning to him, and though the Birds and Us of the title primarily refers to how we, humans, observe and value birds, there are forays into birds and art, literature, medicine, food, religion, and biography.

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Dissection Birds Europe Eggs 216

10,000 Birds

MARCH 29, 2013

Robins are one of those taxonomically confusing terms, like bunting or grosbeak or warbler, that are applied to groups of birds in different, often disparate, families. In the New World, the birds we call “robins” are deep-bellied, melodious-voiced, thrushes of the genus Turdus.

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Family Groups Birds 186

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2022

A number of families exist on Trinidad but not Tobago. Most notably the family of New World Vultures. This bird forms part of the “trilling” group of subspecies, and some already refer to it as Trilling Gnatwren. A Long-billed Gnatwren doesn’t seem that long-billed from this angle.

Trinidad 252

Trinidad Turkey Squirrels Cows 252

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2014

It’s relatively easy to classify birds into family groups based on physical characteristics. We view them as our enemies when they eat our crops and as an extension of our family when we see them at our feeders. Remarkably, there are 59 bird families that have very little cultural significance; these are listed in Appendix III.

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Egypt Birds Albania Eagles 211

10,000 Birds

MAY 23, 2022

Actually, the Latin species lutea name refers to the yellow throat rather than to the red bill of the English name. Confusingly, while there are more than 50 species in the fantail family, the Yellow-bellied Fantail is not one of them. This makes species like the White-throated Fantail rather fun to watch.

Litter 209

Litter China Abandon Abandoning 209

10,000 Birds

APRIL 30, 2017

The figures show the order of bird families in the four field guides mentioned above. For easier reference, I have given the order of families in the oldest field guide (on the left) a spectral colour pattern and used the same colour for the respective families in the other guides. Order of bird families, non-songbirds.

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Brunei 2009 2014 2016 153

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 6, 2022

And they rhyme “winner” with “five-piece chicken dinner” (finally getting to the stretched lapwing reference). Another nice line from the same song is “I must be driving towards success but I can’t find the keys to my car” (no birding reference though).

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Birds Chickens Mammals Japan 210

10,000 Birds

JULY 11, 2012

This question usually comes from people living in urban areas and in reference to Ruby-throated Hummingbirds (that’s a male in the above photo). ” I used to say they were the Murphy Brown of the bird world, but my husband advises me against using such a dated reference.

ALA 248

ALA Raised Family Cats 248

10,000 Birds

JUNE 11, 2023

Rolando told me this tree was commonly referred to, by the locals, as the Palo de Gringo , or the Gringo Tree. And who wouldn’t want to see a member of the toucan family? The jungle was surprisingly colorful, and it seemed I had already seen many of these flowers and plants, in more artificial settings.

Mexico 165

Mexico Woodpeckers South America Species 165

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Lees and Gilroy delineate vagrancy status and trends for every bird family worldwide, highlighting examples, synthesizing research, and framing it all with their own thoughts and conclusions. It’s a unique title; twitchers and naturalists interested in migration will find it fascinating reading and valuable for future reference.

Sri Lanka 223

Sri Lanka Malaysia Suriname Malawi 223

10,000 Birds

MARCH 27, 2015

Since we’ve covered some generalities already, once a month I’ll be exploring how a species, genus, or family of birds got its name, and how those names fit in with our larger understanding of, and relationship with, birds. At the request of blog management, I’m embarking on a series of posts on the names of birds.

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Falcons Eagles Meat Geese 259