Arts with u

Northern hawk-owl (Surnia ulula).

- The northern hawk-owl or northern hawk owl, is a medium-sized true owl of the northern latitudes. It is non-migratory and usually stays within its breeding range, though it sometimes irrupts southward.
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This bird is the Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus). 🐦🌿
Key Features:
Bill: Thick, strong, and pale green in color.
Head: Dark gray with an orange patch of bare skin around the eye.
Plumage: Mostly bluish-green wings and back, with some yellow and chestnut highlights on the underparts.
Tail: Long, blue, and elegant.
Habitat:
Found mainly in the Andean cloud forests of Colombia and Ecuador.
Prefers elevations of 1,300–2,200 meters.
Behavior:
Lives in pairs or small groups.
Diet includes fruits, berries, and insects.
Known for its unique, flute-like calls echoing in mountain forests.

Buff Laced Polish Chicks 🐥🐣

This dazzling bird is the Superb Bird-of-Paradise (Lophorina superba).
Magnificent Riflebird 🖤💙🖤💙
Key Features:
Velvety black body that absorbs nearly all light.
Brilliant iridescent blue-green breast shield and crown that shine like neon when viewed from the right angle.
Medium-length tail feathers that it uses in its famous display.
Males transform their appearance during courtship by spreading their cape-like feathers into a glowing oval shape, hopping and dancing to impress females.
Fun Facts:
Found in the rainforests of New Guinea.
The male’s courtship display is one of the most spectacular in the bird world—it completely reshapes its body outline, looking like a “smiling face” in a dancing black oval.
Females are much plainer, with brown plumage for camouflage.
Its unique optical illusion display has made it one of the most filmed and admired birds on Earth.

Pink-browed Rosefinch (Carpodacus rodochroa) Munsiyari, India Nov 2020 by Kamlesh Mirkale

This striking bird is the Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus), the national bird of Peru.
Key Features:
Crest: Males have a large, fan-shaped crest that gives their head a rounded look.
Coloration: Brilliant scarlet-orange plumage with contrasting black wings and tail feathers.
Habitat: Found in cloud forests of the Andes (Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Bolivia).
Behavior: Known for dramatic lekking displays—males gather in groups and perform dances, calls, and wing-flapping to attract females.
Diet: Primarily fruits, but also eats insects and small vertebrates.
It’s considered one of the most beautiful and iconic birds of South America.

Red-billed streamertail (Trochilus polytmus) -a hummingbird endemic to Jamaica- by Stanley Jones.

🔥 This is Not a Hummingbird — This is the BEE HAWK-MOTH 😲
At first glance, you’d swear this little creature was a hummingbird darting from flower to flower… but it’s actually a moth!
The Bee Hawk-Moth hovers in the air just like a hummingbird, with fast, buzzing wings.
Its fuzzy body and black-and-yellow stripes make it look like a bee, while its flight makes people mistake it for a bird.
✨ Fun fact: These moths can beat their wings up to 85 times per second.
📷: Unknown

Rainbow-bearded Thornbill ~

One of my favorite moments from my recent trip to Ecuador. I have wanted to see this bird for many years and thanks to my fellow Tropical Birding Tours guides and friends Sam Woods and Jose Illanes I got one heck of a look and an amazing photo opportunity.

Can't begin to thank those two enough 😎

Blue Throat 💙🧡
About
Class: Aves
Family: Muscicapidae
Mass: 17 g (Adult) Encyclopedia of Life
Kingdom: Animalia
Order: Passeriformes

Long-tailed tit (Aegithalos caudatus).

- The long-tailed tit or long-tailed bushtit, is a common bird found throughout Europe and the Palearctic. The genus name Aegithalos was a term used by Aristotle for some European t**s, including the long-tailed tit.
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I read the other day that our beautiful little robin became Britain’s bird of Christmas largely because Victorian postmen, who wore red tunic, were known as robin redbreasts ❤️
Robins then began to appear on Christmas cards and other festivities as a symbol of the red breasted messenger..
well I never knew that ❤️🥰❤️
Another of my favourite pictures was this little one ❤️ he clearly needs red little welly boots 😊🥰❤️