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Taken at Sandy Camp Wetlands Reserve, Lytton, Queensland.
Chestnut-Breasted Mannikins are nearly always abundant at SCWR, and as summer progresses there are also juveniles and immatures around.
Adults are a thick-set brown finch with a grey crown, black face and a heavy grey bill. It has a chestnut brown breast divided from white underparts by a black bar. The rump and tail are golden orange, with a black undertail.
Females are paler than males and young birds are uniformly olive-brown above, pale below with a brown-buff chest and no black face or chest bar. Like other finches, this species is a very social bird and is most often seen in flocks.
Waterberg Biosphere, South Africa in April 2025
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Gabelracke
Carraca Lila
Ghiandaia marina pettolilla
rolieiro-de-peito-lilás
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Wikipedia: The freckle-breasted woodpecker (Dendrocopos analis) is a species of bird in the family Picidae. It is found in Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam.
Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forest, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest, and subtropical or tropical moist montane forest.
Conservation status: Least Concern
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Long Island, New York
I saw this bird along with a few other migrants on the shoreline of Lake Ontario. It came so close where I was sitting a few times that I could not focus, almost full frame.
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Long Island, New York
This is the red-breasted nuthatch I encountered in the same session with the creeper and the white-breasted nuthatch.
Orange breasted trogon, Thailand.
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Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), breeding adult males are striking black and white with bright red triangle on breast. Nonbreeding males, females, and immatures are streaky below with a bold head pattern. Always look for the very thick, pale pinkish bill. Fairly common and widespread in eastern North America, especially in deciduous forests.
Wikipedia: The rose-breasted grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus), colloquially called "cut-throat" due to its coloration, is a large, seed-eating grosbeak in the cardinal family (Cardinalidae). It is primarily a foliage gleaner.
The rose-breasted grosbeak's breeding habitat is open deciduous woods across most of Canada and the northeastern United States. In particular, the northern birds migrate south through the United States east of the Rocky Mountains, to winter from central-southern Mexico through Central America and the Caribbean to Peru and Venezuela.
Conservation status: Least Concern
The diet of the lilac-breasted roller is primarily insectivorous, consisting of ground-dwelling insects, arthropods, amphibians, and other small vertebrates.
Kruger National Park is a South African National Park and one of the largest game reserves in Africa. It covers an area of 19,623 km2 in the provinces of Limpopo and Mpumalanga in northeastern South Africa, and extends 360 km from north to south and 65 km from east to west.
South Africa, Kruger National Park
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A Mannikin (also called Munia) is a type of Finch. The Chestnut-breasted Mannikin is an Australian native bird.
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The Red-Breasted Merganser (Mergus serrator) is a slender, shaggy-headed diving duck known as a "sawbill" for its long, thin, serrated bill, which is adapted for catching slippery fish. This species is found across northern North America, Europe, and Asia, and is a strong, fast flyer, with a recorded airspeed of over 100 mph (161 km/h).
Appearance:
Both males and females have a distinctive, spiky, shaggy crest on the back of the head.
Breeding Males:
Sport a dark green, glossy head, a white neck band, and a mottled reddish-brown (cinnamon) breast. Their flanks are grey, and they have a prominent white patch on the inner wing, especially visible in flight. The bill and eyes are bright red.
Females/Immatures:
Are duller, with a rusty-brown head and a grey body. Their chin is whitish, and the transition from the head color to the body color is more gradual than in the similar Common Merganser. Their bill is a duller red or orange.
Size:
A medium-sized duck, typically 51–64 cm (20–25 in) in length, with a wingspan of 70–86 cm (28–34 in).
Red-Breasted Mergansers are highly aquatic and at home on both fresh and saltwater environments. They breed in the boreal forest and tundra zones, typically near coasts, lakes, and rivers. During winter, they are most commonly seen in sheltered coastal areas, estuaries, and bays, often preferring saltwater more than other merganser species.
They are specialist fish-eaters (piscivores), and their diet primarily consists of small fish (up to 10 cm in length), which they catch by diving and swimming underwater using their powerful webbed feet. The serrated edges of their bill help them to grip and hold onto their slippery prey. They can stay submerged for up to a minute and occasionally hunt cooperatively by herding fish into shallow areas. Besides fish, their diet can include crustaceans, aquatic insects, and amphibians.
Wikipedia: The red-breasted nuthatch (Sitta canadensis) is a small songbird. It breeds in coniferous forests across Canada, Alaska and the northeastern and western United States. Though often a permanent resident, it regularly irrupts further south if its food supply fails. There are records of vagrants occurring as far south as the Gulf Coast and northern Mexico.
Conservation status: Least Concern