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Diagnostic Eastern Plantain-eater, Crinifer zonurus, 50cm. / 20in. UNCOMMON in a wide range of woodland and grassland, cultivation and gardens.
Kisumu, Western, Kenya.
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Stilt Sandpiper STSA (Calidris himantopus)
Perry Slough
South of
Tompkins, Saskatchewan, Canada
DSCN8218
Taken on September 19, 2021
Classic pose in what i expect is typical fall habitat
At one time in history
this species were referred to as 'Bastard Sandpiper'
thought to be a hybrid between Yellowlegs & Dowitchers
Guide books still refer to some blended similarities and helpful features in common to these aforementioned species but DNA and other studies have shown STSA is indeed a unique species
Diagnostic Rhinoceros Auklet, Cerorhinca monocerata, 38 cm. / 15 in. COMMON resident on offshore waters. Breeds on islands off Hokkaido and northern Honshu. Around 300 birds flew by offshore of the point. Very windy, chilly and wet so we took shelter in the leeward side of the lighthouse.
Nosappu Point, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Diagnostic Female and 2 kittens. Iberian Lynx, Lynx pardinus, Males; 79.6 - 88.3cm / 31.3 - 34.8in.; Females; 73.1 - 83.8cm / 28.8 - 33in. ENDANGERED. Open grassland mixed with dense shrubs and scattered trees. Now a very limited range of mountainous terrain. We did not get as close as we would have liked, but felt lucky to find a species so endangered. In 2014 they were close to extinction with 94 left in the wild.
Sierra de Andujar - - La Mancha. Jaen County, Andalusia, Spain.
©bryanjsmith
Diagnostic Striped Cuckoo through the vehicle's windshield, Tapera naevia, 28 - 30 cm. / 11 - 12 in. COMMON. Shrubby clearings and pastures with scattered low trees in the west, mainly in more humid regions. More often heard than seen.
Arenillas Ecological Reserve, Arenillas, El Oro Province, Ecuador. ©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Whiskered Tern, Marsh Tern, Chlidonias hybrida, 23 - 25 cm. / 9.1 - 9.8 in. Fairly COMMON at sea and on shallow freshwater wetlands, flooded salt marsh and estuaries in all but the most arid interior of Australia.
Kiama Pelagic, out of Kiama, New South Wales, Australia.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnostic Female Common Goldeneye, Bucephala clangula, 18 in / 45.7 cm. COMMON. Winters on open lakes, rivers and bays in small flocks. Nests in tree cavities and shallow marshy lakes and beaver ponds.
Henderson Bird Viewing Preserve, Henderson, Clark County, Nevada, United States.
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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti participating in Italian
Space Agency ASI’s Acoustic Diagnostics experiment aboard the International Space Station.
This experiment uses special headphones containing a small device that records the response of the inner ear to study the effect of microgravity and background noise on astronaut hearing. Detecting hearing loss in space will both help take care of astronauts’ health during long missions and improve a device for testing hearing more accurately in any noisy environment on Earth.
ID: iss067e183716
Credit: ESA/NASA
Diagnostic Black-chested Snake-Eagle, Circaetus pectoralis, 65 cm / 26 in. COMMON resident, widespread in bushed and wooded grassland. Distant bird.
Tsavo East National Park, Coast, Kenya.
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Diagnostic Violet-eared Waxbill, Granatina granatina, 13 cm. Near-ENDEMIC. COMMON year-round resident and local nomad in acacia woodland, savanna and dry thickets. A special target for the trip!
Motabi Road, Gauteng Province, South Africa.
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Diagnostic Purple-throated Woodstar, Calliphlox mitchellii, 7 cm. / 2.25 in. Canopy and borders of foothill and sub-tropical forest and adjacent clearings.
Alambi, Near Nanegalito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
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Diagnostic Chopi Blackbird, Grauna, Gnorimopsar chopi chopi, 25 cm / 9.8 in. Cultivation, pastures, fields and marsh.
Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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Diagnostic Japanese Cormorant, Phalacrocorax capillatus, 84 cm. / 33.1 in. WS; 137 cm. / 54 in. Locally COMMON resident on rocky coasts. Adult at right, immature on the left.
Nosappu Point, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Diagnostic Peruvian Meadowlark, Sturnella bellicosa albipes, 20 - 22 cm / 8 - 9 in. Locally COMMON in agricultural valleys of extreme northern Chile. Inhabits various open habitats such as beach stand, farmland, pastures, and shrubby native vegetation in oasis valleys.
Lluta River Mouth, Arica, Arica Y Parinacota Region, Chile.
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Diagnostic Beryl-spangled Tanager, Tangara nigroviridis cyanescens, 13.5 cm. / 5.25 in. COMMON and widespread in canopy and borders of sub-tropical forest and woodland on both slopes.
Tandayapa Road, Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
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Diagnostic Great Bustard, Otis tarda tarda, M. 90 - 105cm, F. 75 - 85cm.; WS. 210 - 240cm, 170 - 190cm. Dry, flat and large, open plains, preferably natural steppe, but accepting of undisturbed, arablel fields.
La Cumbre, Caceres County, Extremadura, Spain.
©bryanjsmith.
ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti participating in Italian
Space Agency ASI’s Acoustic Diagnostics experiment aboard the International Space Station.
This experiment uses special headphones containing a small device that records the response of the inner ear to study the effect of microgravity and background noise on astronaut hearing. Detecting hearing loss in space will both help take care of astronauts’ health during long missions and improve a device for testing hearing more accurately in any noisy environment on Earth.
ID: iss067e183692
Credit: ESA/NASA
Diagnostic White-winged Cinclodes, Cinclodes atacamensis atacamensis, 23 cm. / 9.1 in. Ranges from 2500 - 5000 meters elevation, non-migratory, terrestrial birds closely associated with water. The poop on the rocks is from a colony of Vizcachas living at the sendero.
Sendero Las Cuevas, Lauca National Park, Arica Y Parinacota Region, Chile.
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Diagnostic Male Bluethroat (Red Spotted), Luscinia svecia svecia, 5.75 in. UNCOMMON and local breeder in patches of shrubby willows at tree line. Migrates East across the Bering Strait to winter in Asia.
Salmon Lake Campground, North of Nome, Alaska, USA.
©bryanjsmith.
Diagnósticos Estéticos - Estructural 4 EDX
MIX Doble Exposición - Transfer-color
Doble Exposición color - ITPTV-MOD.
Selecc. DGV - EDX-DSCF4852.HS
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Diagnostic Crimson-mantled Woodpecker, Piculus rivolii, Carpintero dorsicarmesi, 24 - 25.5 cm / 9.45 - 10.04 in. Upper sub-tropical and temperate forest and woodland on both slopes.
Puembo Bird Gardens, Quito, Pichincha Administrative Region, Ecuador.
Diagnostic Common Potoo, Nyetibius griseus panamensis, 40cm / 16in. COMMON and widespread in forest edge and wooded areas to upper subtropics. Lousy timing, right after a rainstorm it had moved higher in the canopy to dry out.
Hotel Tinamú Birding Nature Reserve, Depatameinto de Caldas, Colombia.
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Diagnostic Black-browed Reed Warbler, Acrocephalus bistrigiceps, 12.5 - 13.5 cm. / 4.9 - 5.3 in. COMMON summer visitor to reed beds and grassy fields from central Honshu northward. Very distant bird
Kishimizu, Shari-Gun, Hokkaido, Japan.
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Diagnostic Ryukyu Minivet, Pericrocotus tegimae, 19 - 20 cm. / 7.5 - 7.9 in. Recently split from Ashy Minivet. COMMON resident in evergreen forest.
Tatsugo, Amami Nature Forest, Amami, Japan.
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Diagnostic Lesser Kestrel, Falco naumanni, 33cm / 13in. Locally COMMON and widespread Palearctic migrants and winter visitors to open and wooded grassland, as well as field and pastures.
Maasai Mara National Reserve, Narok, Rift Valley, Kenya.
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Diagnostic Pallas's Leaf Warbler, Phylloscopus proregulus, 9 cm. / 3.5 in. COMMON, seasonal migrant in sub-alpine forests up to tree-line. Winters in lowland scrub and woodland.
Heilongtan Park, Yunnan Province, China.
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Diagnostic Red-tailed Bristlebill, Bleda syndactylus, 22cm. / 8.5in. Locally COMMON but shy in dense forest undergrowth.
Kakamega Forest Station, Kakamega, Western, Kenya.
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Diagnostic Female Red-winged Fairy-wren, Malurus elegans, 13.5 - 15 cm / 5.3 - 5.9 in. Endemic. The pair must have been protecting a nest site with the all noise and scolding going on!
Gardner River Inlet, Western Australia.
©bryanjsmith.
An LL-290 undergoes diagnostic checks before launch.
NB Thanks to the Brickish Spacers Guild for this photo's composition, editing and laser pointer duties! The robot is courtesy of Peter Reid (Legoloverman).
Diagnostic Chinese Egret, Egretta eulophotes, 65 cm. / 25.6 in. RARE visitor to coastal mudflats and estuaries.
Ada River, Kunigama, Okinawa, Japan.
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Diagnostic Maroon-faced Parakeet, White-eared Parakeet, Tiriba-de-orelha-branca, Pyrrhura leucotis, 25 cm / 9.8 in. RARE. Humid forest and adjacent areas with tree stands.
Paris Farm, Bahia, Brazil.
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Diagnostic Half-collared Kingfisher, Alcedo semitorquata semitorquata, 18 cm / 7.1 in. UNCOMMON resident and nomad at wooded streams, channels in large reed beds and coastal lagoons.
Abel Erasmus Pass, Limpopo Province, South Africa,
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A hiding Essex Skipper! (But nicely shoiwing the diagnostic black underside of the antenae tips). Taken at Mortimores Wood LNR, Chippenham, Wiltshire, UK on the 18th July 2015.
Diagnostic Gray-hooded Attila, Grey-hooded Attila, Capitāo-de-saira, Attila rufus hellmayri, 20 cm / 7.9 in. ENDEMIC. Humid forest up to 1500 m.
Diagnostic Rufous-fronted Thornbird, Common Thornbird, Phacellodomus rufifrons, 16.5 cm. / 6.5 in. COMMON in secondary woodland and scrub, clearings with scattered trees. From a long 250 meters away and on tip-toes over a tall hedge. Handheld.
Botanic Gardens, Valladolid, Loja Province, Ecuador.
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Diagnostic Amami Rabbit, Ryukyu Rabbit, Pentalagus furnessi. ENDANGERED endemic. Often called a "living fossil" because it is a remnant of ancient rabbit lineage that have all died out off the asian mainland and now are only found on two small islands of the Japan Archipelago. Mainly nocturnal. Habitat is between young and mature forest where there exists pampas grass to eat and mature trees for protection from predators.
Handheld through the vehicle windshield by light from the headlights.
Amami Natural Forest, Amami, Japan.
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Diagnostic Male Powerful Woodpecker, Campephilus pollens, 33.5 - 35.4 cm. / 13.25 - 14 in. UNCOMMON. SCARCE in sub-tropical and temperate forest and borders on both slopes.
Refugio Paz de las Aves, Nanegalito, Pichincha Province, Ecuador.
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Diagnostic Comb Duck, Pato-de-crista, Sarkidiornis selvícola, 70 cm. 24 in. UNCOMMON. Marshes in open or wooded habitat.
Nova Olinda Wetland, Ceara, Brazil.
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Diagnostic Yellow-winged Blackbird, Agelaius chilies, 19-20 cm / 75.-8 in. Locally COMMON in marshes and adjacent fields or wetlands. Fluffed-up after a bath, there is only a tiny bit of yellow evident on the wing.
Humedal De Cartagena, San Antonio Province, Valparaiso Region, Chile.
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Diagnostic Yellow Bishop (Yellow), Cape Widowbird, Euplectes capensis, 15 - 18 cm / 5.9 - 7.1 in. COMMON resident in damp, grassy areas and heathlands.
East side False Bay, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa.
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Diagnostic Buff-banded Rail, Gallirallus philippensis mellori, 30 - 33 cm / 11.8 - 12.9 in. Grassy, reeded or thickly vegetated habitat, usually close to water.
Herdsman Lake, Western Australia, Australia.
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Diagnostic Chukar Partridge, Alectoris chukar, 35.56 cm. / 14 in. Introduced from the Middle East. UNCOMMON and local on dry rocky canyon slopes with widely scattered grass and brush. Handheld.
Texas Creek Junction, Fremont County, Colorado, USA.
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ESA astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti participating in Italian
Space Agency ASI’s Acoustic Diagnostics experiment aboard the International Space Station.
This experiment uses special headphones containing a small device that records the response of the inner ear to study the effect of microgravity and background noise on astronaut hearing. Detecting hearing loss in space will both help take care of astronauts’ health during long missions and improve a device for testing hearing more accurately in any noisy environment on Earth.
ID: iss067e183668
Credit: ESA/NASA