The Blue Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisornis rudolphi) is a rare species endemic to the remote montane forests of Papua New Guinea. During courtship, the male hangs completely upside down from a branch, unfurling his iridescent sapphire-blue plumes and swaying in a rhythmic dance to attract females.
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Female bearded tits, also known as bearded reedlings, are small, cinnamon-brown birds with long, tapered tails, yellowish bills, and pale eyes. Unlike males, females lack the striking grey heads and bold black moustaches they blend perfectly into their native reed habitats.
The Taiwan Blue Magpie is an opportunistic omnivore and scavenger with a highly diverse diet. They feed primarily on seeds, wild fruits, figs, and papayas, and insects. Like members of the crow family, they are incredibly resourceful they will hide and store food in trees and bury in the ground.
Taiwan magpies like crows are a famously devoted cooperative family unit. The entire flock participate in raising their young,older siblings help mothers, incubate eggs and bring food to fledgelings. Lifespan between 7-12 years
The Long-tailed Sylph hummingbird - Andes in Columbia relies on a diet of floral nectar and small insects/spiders. To meet their high metabolic needs they supplement this sugar-rich diet with protein by catching flying insects in mid-air and gleaning them from foliage. male tails 12-15 cm
Vermilion flycatcher live in semi-arid habitats south US, Mexico, central and South America. Strict insectivores hunted by perching on branches darting into the air to catch the insect. This is the male.The female is greyish brown with a soft salmon -yellowish wash on the belly.
Red-whiskered Bulbuls Monogamous bird that formed strong pair bonds Native to tropical Asia 22 to 23 cm total length Diet consists of fruits, berries, nectars, and flowers. They Include in their diet insects as a protein source when growing chicks.
Whiskered Treeswifts Southeast Asia tropical and sub tropical moist low land forests. 15–19 cm total length Monogamous couples are excellent dedicated parents to their ONE chick per year! Their diet consist strictly of flying insects
Tui endemic only to New Zealand Diet consists primarily of nectar from native plants and they eat insects during the breeding season 27 to 32 cm in length complex melodious vocalizations, skilled mimicker
Black-capped Donacobius South and Central America 20–25 cm length Insectivores Male/female, nearly identical, monogamous, mating for life Famous for its synchronized”anti-phonic duets.
The delightful sounds of Stejnerger’s Stone stonechat Found an East Asia, they migrate in winter to southern China and Southeast Asia 11.5-15 cm The female and males are different in colouring They are both highly dedicated parents when raising their young
I found a second video black capped Donacobius Videos and photos that are free for downloading come with no information no signature of who the photographer is and often videos with mostly music which is not to my liking however, I post what I can find
The Grandala is a stunning, high-altitude bird in the thrush family known for the male’s brilliant, deep-blue plumage and black wings, the female grey. They inhabit the harsh, mountainous terrains of the Himalayas and the Tibetan Plateau forming massive flocks up to 500. Diet Insects and seeds
The Long tailed Broadbill- Himalayas so cute look like cartoon characters I removed the music, so NO sound here.
The Green-headed Tanager is a brightly colored, social songbird native to the Atlantic Forest canopy in south-eastern Brazil, north-eastern Argentina, and eastern Paraguay. Measures approximately 13 cm Diet: Omnivorous, eating only fruit Highly social, live in flocks of 10-14
The Great Rosefinch 15-20 cm high-altitude mountainous regions across Eurasia, Himalayas, Tibetan Plateau. They descend slightly to lower elevation valleys during the winter. During non breeding travel in flocks of up to 150 forging on mostly seeds, buds, berries. Summer: insects for chicks.
Australian pink robin live in cool temperate rainforest Tasmania, Victoria, and new South Wales tiny at 13.5 cm consume only insects Monogamous pairs share, raising and feeding their chicks
Eurasian Penduline Tit Found: wetlands, marshes, and riverine forests across the Western Pale-arctic, from Iberia to Central Asia. are best located by listening for their high-pitched whistled call and looking for their hanging soft pouch-shaped nests which are suspended over water.
This is the beautiful Jambu Fruit dove Native to Southeast Asia They are Frugivores (fruit) swallowing meals hole spending most of their time in dense forest canopy They are shy and difficult to find from the ground. both parents incubate the eggs, male during they day the female over the night.
Northern Lapwings are highly migratory waders predominantly found in temperate Eurasia, ranging from the British Isles to Eastern Siberia and parts of Asia. Live in damp agricultural lands, short grasslands, marshes, and mudflats. They form massive, noisy flocks when migrating to southern regions.
Boat-billed heron Found in the southern tips of Mexico and S and C South America They are highly nocturnal spending daylight hours roosting in mangrove trees, emerging in the dark to stalk and scoop fish and instincts from shallow Waters.
Boat-billed herons live in the mangrove swamps of Central and South America. These nocturnal highly camouflage birds are rarely active in the daytime and use their large scoop like bills to forge for a fish and amphibians in shallow Waters.
The colourful Crested Barbet Native to the sub-Saharan Africa. they hunt exclusively for insects on the ground. Male and females look similar female is slightly duller. They build their nests in natural tree cavities.
Spectacled Owl native to Neo, tropical rainforest ranging from southern Mexico through central and South America A close-up to see that: Owls have three eye 1 upper for blinking 2 lower for sleeping 3 translucent membrane which sweeps horizontally across the eye to keep it moist and clean
Gorgeous cloven-feathered dove is endemic to New Caledonia. It is found on the main island of Grande Terre. Typically inhabiting humid forests, at altitudes up to 1,000 meters. Because it is a highly range-restricted, shy, and Near-Threatened species, you won't find it anywhere else in the world
The adorable Quail They live in North America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia. They are omnivores, eating seeds grains and insects they forged on the ground. Quails mature quickly often starting to lay eggs at 6-8 weeks of age ! A single hen can lay between 200-300 speckled eggs a year!
Beautiful purple sunbirds live across south and southeast Asia also found in India and beyond they survive in gardens where flowers are abundance feeding on nectar They are tiny measuring between 10-11 cm the female is olive and yellow
The red Avadavat also known as strawberry Finch smallest Songbird native to Indian subcontinent and parts of Southeast Asia. It measures between 9-10 cm . The colours are beautifully bright during the mating season and much duller in the non-breeding season.
Prairie chickens live around in native grasslands and Prairie of North America. Male Prairie chickens perform in elaborate, highly energetic, courtship, dance, every spring to attract females.