10,000 Birds

JUNE 27, 2014

Parrots captivate me more than any other bird family. For one, they are remarkably diverse with a little over 380 species spread over every continent except Europe (only introduced) and Antarctica. There seems to be a parrot for almost any ecological situation. No other region in Brazil has so many parrots as the Amazon.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 14, 2025

What is your favorite bird species? Being here on Bonaire in the Dutch Caribbean, we have many beautiful birds, and favorites always include the island’s icon, the American Flamingo, as well as the Yellow-shouldered Amazon Parrot. Ahh, I have so many!

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The Species per Square Mile Approach. While Colombia may have almost 2000 bird species, it is a huge country with, still, complicated long-distance travel logistics. On the other hand, small countries with relatively long bird lists offer higher species densities per square mile. And why 1000?

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Gambia Equatorial Guinea Species Rwanda 246

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

Instead of going on about zip lines and other modern, adventure tourism attractions, the birding crowd talks about taking photos of Resplendent Quetzals , seeing dozens of hummingbird species, and the seemingly odd absence of raptors in Costa Rica but nope, we don’t really talk about extinction. Resplendence.

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Costa Rica Species Panama Falcons 270

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 12, 2012

A proposed runway expansion to Sunshine Coast Airport in Queensland, Australia, threatens one of only two remaining populations of Eastern Ground Parrot in the state. BirdLife International does not recognize the split to Eastern Ground Parrot and Western Ground Parrot.

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Parrots Australia Species 165

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Since everyone loves parrots, I thought I’d post some pictures of one of New Zealand’s many interesting species. The Red-crowned Parakeet is one of three species known also as Kakariki - literally small kaka. Just a quick one this week as life is crazy and rattles relentlessly onwards.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2017

Way back in January Mike and I made a quick trip to Puerto Rico with the hope of cleaning up on all of the endemic species on the island. We needed to see a parrot on the one evening we had left, 17 January, and failure was not an option. How about some pictures of parrots? Our vigil began. And waited. And waited. And waited.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 14, 2023

Even better, just a few meters away from the food vendors, it is not too crowded, and the palm trees attract a number of birds, including two species of parrots. The first one is the Blue-naped Parrot. That is mainly the Philippines, as indicated by the species name lucionensis (Luzon is the Philippines’ biggest island).

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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. Such cavities are hard to find and are sometimes disputed by more than one species. Who doesn’t love a macaw?

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Protection Brazil Parrots Paraguay 247

10,000 Birds

JUNE 16, 2012

The risk of extinction for Amazonian birds has increased substantially: 07 June 2012 The risk of extinction has increased substantially for nearly 100 species of Amazonian birds, reveals the 2012 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ update for birds released today by BirdLife International.

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Parrots 2012 Birds Humane 253

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

Guyana’s capital city of Georgetown, a quaint, sprawling network of roads and waterways is a regulated introduction to the country’s 800+ species of birds. Wing-barred Seedeater was formerly a common sight on Tobago but intensive trapping for the pet trade has extirpated the species from that island.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 12, 2012

Over 700 bird species occur in Namibia, many of them range-restricted and highly desirable southern arid zone species. Image by Adam Riley Rüppell’s Bustard Another noisy bird which is also found in small family groups, however, this species prefers lower lying, flatter and drier areas along the edge of the Namib Desert.

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 8, 2022

After the fireworks end, I listen for that first bird of the night, count the first species calling at the break of dawn. Having successfully raced to identify more than 700 species in Costa Rica during the final days of 2021 , I suppose I more or less took January 1st off. Not this year.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 28, 2022

Lango Camp deck overlooking Lango Baï, by Congo Conservation Company The forests of the Congo Basin contain more than a 1,000 species of birds, together with 400 species of mammals, including Okapi, Hippos, Leopards, Chimpanzees and Bonobos. Other primates include Chimpanzee and Putty-nosed Monkey, several duiker antelope species, etc.

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4 The Love Of Animals

NOVEMBER 20, 2017

10 Fun Facts About Parrots by James Alston writing for ExoticDirect pet insurance. There are nearly 400 species of parrot There are 393 species of parrots (though more are being found all the time). Parrots also like the heat … Continue reading →

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 12, 2014

The species that manage to colonize these islands evolve in competition with relatively few other species, developing survival strategies based on interdependence, co-evolution, and mutualism rather than adapting to deal with a broad range of predators and competitors. A species, wiped off the earth, never to exist again.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

There were also Collared Lories , not only a species endemic to Fiji but a genus, as well as Polynesian Trillers , Collared Kingfishers and Pacific Swallows. The species replaces the common Wattled Honeyeater that can be found across the rest of Fiji’s islands, as well as the rest of Polynesia.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2013

( When Duncan Wright contacted us back in 2010 to say that he thought we might enjoy showing some photos on 10,0000 Birds of Wellington’s big, boisterous parrots, he was 100% spot-on. Let’s revisit this gem about a nifty New Zealand parrot… ). ” Imagine parrots in your back yard!

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10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2013

The six living species are all found in Sub-Saharan Africa. ’s “land bird clade,” with passerines, parrots, falcons, woodpeckers, the Coraciiformes (kingfishers, hornbills, bee-eaters, etc.), They were once a widespread and diverse group, however, with many fossils known from what are now North America and Europe.

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Kenya Parrots Africa North America 230

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2020

An endemic species restricted to southern Costa Rica, the tiny range of this local bird makes it susceptible to any alterations to its already limited habitat. As with other birds featured on the album, the song of this species can be heard in a composition created by a local artist, in this case, NILLO.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 29, 2018

And hey, speaking of empire – is there any more beautiful clap-back to European colonization than the fact that various species of psittacine, exploited and stolen and in so many cases extirpated by eager collectors, have now become noisily acclimatized free-flying life forms in the parks of Brooklyn and San Francisco and especially London?

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Species San Francisco Rats Zebras 133

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 12, 2012

My only wish, a tasty fish … Anyway, the spectacular scenery of New Zealand’s South Island does more than provide stunning wide angle shots for Peter Jackson to use in his films, it provides a home for many great species of bird (not to mention also provide some of the finest walking country in the world).

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10,000 Birds

MAY 31, 2011

This ruled out some excellent species like Cape Eagle Owl, Violet Wood-hoopoe, African Finfoot and Half-collared Kingfisher and I was still left with 36 species. This was tough because this excluded species that occur in two countries within South Africa’s geographical area, Lesotho and Swaziland.

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South Africa Africa Swaziland Parrots 257

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.

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Guyana Parrots Trinidad Monkeys 246

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2013

I must mention one guide in particular: Eduardo Patrial, who has helped me more than anyone else to make sense out of a virtual avalanche of new knowledge of bird calls, behaviors, and habitat preferences of an avifauna that is over 600 species strong with new additions every year. Spotted Puffbird on the Serra Trail!

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Parrots Brazil Ecuador Eagles 231

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Parrots are also common at Laguna although only two of them tend to visit the feeder; Brown-hooded Parrot. Small birds can also come to the feeder including honeycreepers, Plain-colored Tanager , saltators and other species. Yellow-throated Toucan. Keel-billed Toucan. Collared Aracari. Orange-chinned Parakeet.

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Costa Rica Parrots Birds Groups 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 20, 2014

processed the entire genomes of 48 bird species and compared nearly 42 million base pairs of DNA (Hackett et al. Now we move on to the Neognathae , which also has two very deep branches that lead to all the other living species of birds. So do parrots, some songbirds, humans, and a few other mammals. Jarvis et al. This is why.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 25, 2022

So, the basic idea is to show 15 species of Australian birds in each post and give you the usual trivia about them. This species has also eliminated the need for childcare – the chicks emerge from this pile on their own and never even get to see their parents. Similarly, the Grey Shrikethrush is neither a shrike nor a thrush.

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 8, 2015

Sometimes, you gotta travel to find the breaks in the rain but when you do, the toucans are calling, and parrots, raptors, and other large birds are trying to dry out in the treetops. Each year, I hope to identify at least 600 species. In checking my list, I find that I am missing at least 6 species that I usually have by now.

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Costa Rica 2015 Species West Virginia 154

10,000 Birds

MAY 10, 2013

Heading out of Ecclesdown Road on the second day of my trip, I had nailed all of my targets save four species ( Caribbean Dove , Yellow-billed Parrot , Jamaican Owl , and Stolid Flycatcher ). Here, Jamaican Tody was absolutely abundant and the calls of unseen parrots echoed throughout the valleys. Mission accomplished.

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Jamaica 2013 Parrots Bahamas 190

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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. Regardless of their popularity, these species and the threatened ecosystems they inhabit are equally spectacular. Curassows are such stately birds.

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California Condor Brazil Parrots Texas 240

10,000 Birds

JUNE 15, 2012

Two, he was a starling, an aggressive, overly plentiful invasive species that are edging out our more gentle native songbirds. I quickly grabbed the little delinquent, put him in a spare parrot cage, and brought him into the house. He’d always come back inside, and spend the night in his parrot cage. He was a quick study.)

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 1, 2012

This article is about the parrots we have, not the ones we wish we had. Yes, Germany has parrots, or parakeets to be more precise. Rather, it originates from the white-hot evil fire that is the soul of an invasive, alien species hell-bent on destruction and mayhem. A Birdy New Year! Here in Germany, we don’t wish we had.

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10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

That the three species of mohoua (genus Mohoua ) are New Zealand’s newest family is hardly a surprise. There are three species of mohoua, the Whitehead, Yellowhead and Brown Creeper (Americans unable to distinguish between creepers and treecreepers notwithstanding). Say hello to the Mohouidae.

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Noisy Yellow-crowned Parrots indicated that it was time to stop the car and get out. These large parrots are popular in the pet trade, and that’s a likely source of the population of this species on Trinidad. Yellow-crowned Parrot. Picking them out from the crowd has been one of my hobbies for many years.

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10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2012

As a guide he was great, we never saw the fairy-wrens (we did hear them), but he found a bunch of species I had not yet seen on the trip, including the Superb Fruit-dove , a Cicadabird (actually a type of cuckoo-shrike) and my personal favourite, a Yellow Boatbill.

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Guinea Parrots Australia Killing 227

10,000 Birds

MAY 2, 2015

Knowing how to recognize habitats and associating them with key bird species is just as essential to birding as a damn good field guide. When we checked it out, we looked for many of the the same dry forest species that tour groups search for. The Yellow-naped Parrot has reddish eyes.

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