Crowns, Coronets and Tiaras (Royals and Aristocrats)
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male bird pointing its bill skywards, this behaviour could be a part of courtship display
in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania
this midsize hornbill can be found in pairs or small groups in woodlands and at forest edges in Eastern Africa and in the eastern parts of Southern Africa
also called African Crowned Hornbill
Lophoceros alboterminatus
kuiftok
Calao couronné
Kronentoko
Toco Coronado
Bucero coronato
calau-coroado
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That’s James who led me to this hidden spot to view a rock arch at Garrapata State Park. Sitting on the cliff’s edge while juggling 2 cameras (not visible), he is much braver than me…
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La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Tangara xanthocephala
(Saffron-crowned Tanager / Tángara coronada)
Saffron-crowned Tanager is a brightly colored tanager with a distinctive yellow head. This species occurs through the Andes from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia, and occupies humid montane forests and secondary woodlands.
Due to human destruction of habitat, it is hypothesized that the population numbers are decreasing. Like most Tangara tanagers, the Saffron-crowned is sexually monomorphic.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
Shiny Shabby - Emmanuel
Open: April 20th
Taxi: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HBrv6hKhdzg
Shiny Shabby - Emmanuel
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Für "Macro Mondays"
Thema "Made of Metal" am 06.02.2023.
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and a good start into the new week.🌸
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Wikipedia: The white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) is a species of passerine bird native to North America. A medium-sized member of the New World sparrow family, this species is marked by a grey face and black and white streaking on the upper head. It breeds in brushy areas in the taiga and tundra of the northernmost parts of the continent and in the Rocky Mountains and Pacific coast. While southerly populations in the Rocky Mountains and coast are largely resident, the breeding populations of the northerly part of its range are migratory and can be found as wintering or passage visitors through most of North America south to central Mexico.
Conservation status: Least Concern
Tilden Botanic Garden, Berkeley, CA
I was at the Botanic Garden with my wife, who was doing an extended bird survey of the Garden with three of her fellow docents. It was a pleasant spring morning weather. This handsome male was preening himself extensively on a branch by the pond, displaying the largest ruby crown that any of us had ever seen (not quite captured in this picture). He was also vocalizing and calling actively now and then.
The Ruby-crowned Kinglet is a tiny bird that lays a very large clutch of eggs—there can be up to 12 in a single nest. Although the eggs themselves weigh only about a fiftieth of an ounce, an entire clutch can weigh as much as the female herself.
Ruby-crowned Kinglets seem nervous as they flit through the foliage, flicking their wings nearly constantly. Keeping an eye out for this habit can be a useful aid to identifying kinglets.
Metabolic studies on Ruby-crowned Kinglets suggest that these tiny birds use only about 10 calories (technically, kilocalories) per day.
The oldest known Ruby-crowned Kinglet was a female, and at least 8 years, 8 months old, when she was recaptured and rereleased during banding operations in Texas in 2017. She was banded in the same state in 2008.
I love these little sweeties with their lovely delicate singing. Never remaining still definitely makes them not easy to photograph.
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Trees with white frozen crowns on my favourite rural road during the morning sun. The trees were still covered by the frozen mist of the day before. But at the end of the afternoon all was melted. Purmerland, 2017.
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They have a highly audible song for such a small bird. It took several minutes before I could locate him as he sang a few phrases from one place, and then started again in another location. Luckily for me, he flew down to an open perch very close where he sang and raised his crown.
It was a bright overcast backlight situation. I was close enough to get detail though, and I really like the way those red crown feathers were lighted from behind.
If you have never heard its song, Check the link below.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Ruby-crowned_Kinglet/sounds
Beaumaris Lake. Edmonton, Alberta.
Finca Alejandria, Km 18 Via Cali-Buenaventura, Cali, Colombia.
Tangara xanthocephala
(Saffron-crowned Tanager / Tángara coronada)
Saffron-crowned Tanager is a brightly colored tanager with a distinctive yellow head. This species occurs through the Andes from Colombia and Venezuela south to Bolivia, and occupies humid montane forests and secondary woodlands.
Due to human destruction of habitat, it is hypothesized that the population numbers are decreasing. Like most Tangara tanagers, the Saffron-crowned is sexually monomorphic.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
Spotted this ruby crowned kinglet at Commonwealth Lake, and actually got a small look at that ruby crown!
A pretty White-crowned Sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys) posing on a branch of our Rose of Sharon bush.
Gralaria Coronicastaña, Chestnut-crowned Antpitta, Grallaria ruficapilla.
Reserva Río Blanco
Departamento de Caldas
Colombia
An immature White-crowned Sparrow perched among some yellow autumn leaves. Seen in Bronte Creek Provincial Park, Oakville, Ontario.
(Zonotrichia leucophrys)
La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Melanerpes rubricapillus rubricapillus
(Red-crowned woodpecker / Carpintero habado)
The red-crowned woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus) is a resident breeding bird from southwestern Costa Rica south to Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and Tobago.
The male has a red crown patch and nape. The female has a buff crown and duller nape. Immature birds are duller, particularly in the red areas of the head and neck.
This woodpecker occurs in forests and semi-open woodland and cultivation. Red-crowned woodpeckers feed on insects, but will take fruit.
I've shot ruby crowned kinglets before, but this golden-crowned kinglet was a first for me! At Commonwealth Lake.
This White-crowned Sparrow belts out its call while perched at the top of this spruce in Denali.
Taken 25 June 2020 in Denali, Alaska.
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