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BOmybirdcards.bsky.socialOct 1, 2024 9:47am

🌍🌏🌎 Common raven (Corvus corax) #HolarcticBirds #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #NorthAmericanBirds #AfricanBirds #CommonRaven #Ravens #Corvids #PerchingBirds #birds #birdsoftheworld 🦜 Photo by connie_sf

🌍🌏🌎 Common raven (Corvus corax)

The Common Raven is a large, all-black bird with a thick neck, shaggy throat feathers, and a powerful beak. It's known for its heavy, soaring flight and distinctive, deep croak. Ravens are intelligent and adaptable creatures, often seen in pairs or small groups. They are opportunistic feeders, consuming a variety of food, including carrion, insects, and small prey. These birds are highly social and can be observed engaging in playful behaviors like aerial acrobatics and object play.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Distribution: Widely distributed across the Northern Hemisphere.

Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes (Passerines/Perching birds)
Family: Corvidae (Corvid family/Corvids)
Genus: Corvus (Crows, Ravens, and Rooks)
Species: C. corax

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📷: Photo by connie_sf via Pixabay

BOmybirdcards.bsky.socialSep 26, 2024 1:53pm

New addition! 🌍 Black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala) #AfricanBirds #MadagascanBirds #BlackHeadedHeron #Herons #WadingBirds #Waterbirds #birds #birdsoftheworld 🦜 Photo by jeanvdmeulen

🌍 Black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala)

Black-headed herons are large birds with a slender build, long neck, and legs. Their most striking feature is their dark, almost black heads, contrasting with a white throat and a grey body. They have a long, pointed beak and yellow eyes. They typically stalk shallow water, using their long legs to wade through mud and vegetation. Black-headed herons are primarily fish-eaters, but they also consume insects, amphibians, and small reptiles.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Distribution: Common throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar.

Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Ardeidae (Herons)
Genus: Ardea
Species: A. melanocephala

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📷: Photo by jeanvdmeulen via Pixabay

BOmybirdcards.bsky.socialSep 23, 2024 9:24am

🌍🌏 Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds#GreatSpottedWoodpecker#SpottedWoodpecker #Woodpeckers #birds #birdsoftheworld 🦜 Photo by Luca_Cagnasso

🌍🌏 Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

The Great spotted woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker with a mostly black and white plumage. Adult males and juveniles have a crimson patch on the nape, which is absent from the otherwise similar-looking adult female. They have a white upper belly, red lower-belly, black wings featuring white spots, and a black head with a white patch on each side. These woodpeckers have a strong, chisel-like beak that they use to excavate tree trunks in search of food. Great spotted woodpeckers are commonly found in woodland areas, parks, and gardens with mature trees.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Distribution: Widespread across Eurasia from Ireland to Japan, and in North Africa from Morocco to Tunisia.

Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Piciformes
Family: Picidae (Woodpeckers, Piculets, Wrynecks and Sapsuckers)
Genus: Dendrocopos
Species: D. major

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📷: Photo by Luca_Cagnasso via Pixabay

BOmybirdcards.bsky.socialSep 19, 2024 9:08am

🌍 African spoonbill (Platalea alba) #Africanbirds #Madagascanbirds #AfricanSpoonbill #Spoonbills #Waders #Waterbirds #birds #birdsoftheworld 🦜 Photo by JoFinchenParsons

🌍 African spoonbill (Platalea alba)

The African spoonbill is a long-legged wading bird found in sub-Saharan Africa and Madagascar. It is characterized by its distinctive spoon-shaped bill, which is long and flattened at the end. The plumage of the African spoonbill is predominantly white, with black flight feathers and a red face and legs. It inhabits wetland areas such as marshes, lakes, and rivers, where it feeds on small aquatic creatures by sweeping its bill from side to side in the water.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Distribution: Widespread across Africa and Madagascar.

Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Pelecaniformes
Family: Threskiornithidae
Genus: Platalea
Species: P. alba

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📷: Photo by JoFinchenParsons via Pixabay

BOmybirdcards.bsky.socialSep 16, 2024 11:01am

🌍🌏 Eurasian chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds #EurasianChaffinch #CommonChaffinch #Chaffinch #Chaffinches #TrueFinches #OldWorldFinches #Finches #PerchingBirds #birds #birdsoftheworld

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Eurasian chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

The Eurasian chaffinch, also known as the Common chaffinch, or simply Chaffinch, is a small, plump-looking bird with a distinctive appearance. Males (pictured) boast a vibrant blue-grey cap, a rust-red breast, and two white wing bars. Females have a duller brown-grey plumage but share the same white wing bars. Known for their cheerful song, they are often seen hopping on the ground, foraging for seeds and insects.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Distribution: Widespread throughout Europe and parts of western Asia. A subspecies is found in northern Africa.

Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Fringillidae (True finches)
Subfamily: Fringillinae
Genus: Fringilla
Species: F. coelebs

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BOmybirdcards.bsky.socialSep 12, 2024 8:56pm

New addition! 🌍 Cape white-eye (Zosterops virens) #AfricanBirds #CapeWhiteEye #TypicalWhiteEyes #WhiteEyes #PerchingBirds#birds🦜#birdsoftheworld #birds

📷: Photo by ReneLehmkuhl via Pixabay

Cape white-eye (Zosterops virens)

The Cape white-eye is a small, agile bird with a distinctive white ring around its eyes. Its upperparts are typically green, while its underparts are yellow or gray. These birds are highly social and can often be seen in large flocks. They are primarily insectivorous, but also consume nectar, fruit, and small seeds. Cape white-eyes are known for their cheerful chirps and trills, which they use to communicate with each other.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Distribution: South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini and Mozambique.

Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Zosteropidae (White-eyes)
Genus: Zosterops (Typical white-eyes)
Species: Z. virens

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BOmybirdcards.bsky.socialSep 11, 2024 9:39pm

🌍🌏 Ruddy shelduck (Tadorna ferruginea) #AsianBirds #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AfricanBirds #RuddyShelduck #BrahminyDuck #Shelducks #Ducks #Waterbirds#birds🦜#birdsoftheworld #birds

📷: Photo by Lancier via Pixabay

Ruddy shelduck or Brahminy duck (Tadorna ferruginea)

The Ruddy shelduck is a striking bird with a vibrant orange-brown plumage, a black collar, and a white wing patch. Males are more colourful than females. These ducks are social and often found in pairs or small groups. They are active during the day and can be seen grazing on vegetation or wading in shallow waters. Ruddy shelducks are noisy birds with a loud, honking call.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Distribution: Mainly found from far western Europe across the Palearctic to western China. There are small resident populations of this species in northwest Africa.

Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Anseriformes (Waterbirds)
Family: Anatidae (Ducks, Geese, and Swans)
Genus: Tadorna (Shelducks)
Species: T. ferruginea

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BOmybirdcards.bsky.socialSep 9, 2024 6:20am

🌍🌏 Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds #EurasianHoopoe #Hoopoes#birds🦜#birdsoftheworld

📷: Photo by Vika_Glitter via Pixabay

Eurasian hoopoe (Upupa epops)

The Eurasian hoopoe is an eye-catching bird found in Europe, Asia, and North Africa. It has a unique appearance with a slender body, a long, curved bill, and a distinctive crest on its head. The hoopoe's plumage is a combination of colours, including brown, black, white, and orange. It has bold black and white stripes on its wings and a vibrant orange-brown colour on its back.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Distribution: Widespread across Eurasia and the northern half of Africa.

Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Bucerotiformes (Hornbills and Hoopoes)
Family: Upupidae (Hoopoes)
Genus: Upupa epops
Species: U. epops

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BOmybirdcards.bsky.socialSep 5, 2024 1:48pm

🌍 Cape weaver (Ploceus capensis) #Africanbirds #CapeWeaver #Weaverbirds #Weavers #PerchingBirds#birds🦜#birdsoftheworld #birds

📷: Cape weaver (Ploceus capensis) by RosZie via Pixabay 2022

The Cape weaver (Ploceus capensisis) a small, stocky bird found throughout the greater part of southern Africa. The males [pictured] have bright yellow plumage with an orange-brown nape and crown, while the females are duller in colour with streaked brown and yellow feathers. Both sexes have a distinctive conical bill that is used to weave elaborate nests, which can be seen hanging from trees and shrubs. Cape weavers are social birds and are often found in flocks.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Distribution: Endemic to South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini.

Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Passeriformes (Perching birds)
Family: Ploceidae (Weaverbirds and Bishops)
Genus: Ploceus
Species: P. capensisis

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BOmybirdcards.bsky.socialSep 3, 2024 2:58pm

🌍🌏🌎 Feral pigeon (Columba livia domestica) #Cosmopolitanbirds #Eurasianbirds #Africanbirds #Asianbirds #Australianbirds #NorthAmericanbirds #SouthAmericanbirds #CityDove #CityPigeon #StreetPigeon #Pigeons #Doves#birds🦜#birdsoftheworld

📷: Feral pigeon by Surprising_SnapShots via Pixabay 2021

The Feral pigeon, also known as City dove, City pigeon, or Street pigeon (Columba livia domestica or Columba livia forma urbana) is a plump bird with a round body and a small head. It has a short, stout beak and strong feet with three toes in front and one in the back. Its feathers are a varied mix of gray, brown, blue, green and white.

Conservation status: Unlisted

Distribution: Worldwide, excepting Antarctica.

Class: Aves (Birds)
Order: Columbiformes (Doves and pigeons)
Family: Columbidae
Genus: Columba
Species: C. livia domestica or C. livia forma urbana

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