kingfisherThe kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) is a bird in the kingfisher family (Alcedinidae). It is a striking appearance due to its contrasting blue upperparts and orange underparts, but also a very shy species that rarely shows itself. This species is the only kingfisher species that occurs in northern Europe, including the Netherlands and Belgium. Most kingfisher species live in the tropics.
@hausmeister The kea (Nestor notabilis) is a bird species in the small family (Strigopidae) of native parrots that lives mainly around Mount Cook in New Zealand. Its closest relative is the kaka @Piwipete The nuthatch (Sitta europaea) is a bird in the nuthatch family (Sittidae). The scientific name of the species was published in 1758 by Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of Systema naturae.[2] The name 'nuthatch' refers to the plastering over of the nest entrance, although walking up and down the tree trunk undoubtedly also played a role. Thanks for the picture very beautifull
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As I've posted previously, I'd want to be a peregrine falcon. But there is this other amazing bird that I'd like to share with others :
The resplendent quetzal
📸️ Male 📸️ Female
The quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) is a bird from Central America, belonging to the trogon family. It is the national bird of the Central American country of Guatemala. @Miss_Penpal waaaauw thank you for sharing
📸️ This bird, I don‘t know his name in English. In German is Kleiber. It‘s a kind of mini-woodpecker😃 this picture is from my balcony*
I have one singing in the neighbourhood these days too; a very nice one. In French, we call it sitelle torchepot (Sitta europaea), which is translated into Eurasian nuthatch in English 🙂
I'd like to be a kea. I don't know the English name. Those curious birds in New Zealand that investigate everything.
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This one is a Kea (Nestor notabilis). Really nice mountain parrot. It's close to another very could bird, the kakapo!
As I've posted previously, I'd want to be a peregrine falcon. But there is this other amazing bird that I'd like to share with others :
The resplendent quetzal
📸️ Male 📸️ Female
I thought and looked a lot at this one this week for a project. I have seen this bird in Mexico and it really is a beautiful bird with a huge cultural importance in mesoamerican societies. Unfortunately, I didn't have anything but my phone, so my pictures look very blurry because the bird is too shy and we didn't dare to go too close. It's linked to one of the most beautiful day I had so far.
Thank you very much for sharing it and reminding it to me again 🙂
📸️i wanna be hedwig, just to get into the wizarding world
That might be the only thing I enjoyed in Harry Potter, a nice Snowy owl. In French, we call it Harfang des neige, or Chouette Harfang (Bubo scandiacus). However, it''s from "Bubo" genre, so strictly speaking, it should belong to somethign we call "Hibou" and not "Chouette" (which means basically nothing on a biological way, but French sometimes has its bizzare rules). The difference between both Hiboux and chouettes lies essentially in their "eyebrow" which are visible (although almost not visible in the snowy owl).
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I like Puffins. They can fly and dive very deep.
Puffins are super cool. We have some in Brittany, but I think they are only living in "Archipel des sept îles" which is forbidden to tourism due to its exceptionnal caracteristics, where you find a lot of sea birds. However, they are much easier to see in Norway, where they are very close to people there, and you usee them going back to land with tiny fish. They really are super cool to observe!
I have one singing in the neighbourhood these days too; a very nice one. In French, we call it sitelle torchepot (Sitta europaea), which is translated into Eurasian nuthatch in English 🙂
This one is a Kea (Nestor notabilis). Really nice mountain parrot. It's close to another very could bird, the kakapo!
I thought and looked a lot at this one this week for a project. I have seen this bird in Mexico and it really is a beautiful bird with a huge cultural importance in mesoamerican societies. Unfortunately, I didn't have anything but my phone, so my pictures look very blurry because the bird is too shy and we didn't dare to go too close. It's linked to one of the most beautiful day I had so far.
Thank you very much for sharing it and reminding it to me again 🙂That might be the only thing I enjoyed in Harry Potter, a nice Snowy owl. In French, we call it Harfang des neige, or Chouette Harfang (Bubo scandiacus). However, it''s from "Bubo" genre, so strictly speaking, it should belong to somethign we call "Hibou" and not "Chouette" (which means basically nothing on a biological way, but French sometimes has its bizzare rules). The difference between both Hiboux and chouettes lies essentially in their "eyebrow" which are visible (although almost not visible in the snowy owl).
Puffins are super cool. We have some in Brittany, but I think they are only living in "Archipel des sept îles" which is forbidden to tourism due to its exceptionnal caracteristics, where you find a lot of sea birds. However, they are much easier to see in Norway, where they are very close to people there, and you usee them going back to land with tiny fish. They really are super cool to observe!
@Lianshen which bird do you like
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