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Peter Pribylla: " the kori bustard is one of the heaviest, volant birds in the world. "

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Kintoo Dhawan: " The flamboyant male. Red Jungle Fowl. "


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Marlon du Toit: " A show of colour in the dry Kabini forest. "


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Red-billed Blue Magpie.


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Kintoo Dhawan: " The exotic birds of India !

People call it "Helmet Bird"
Long-tailed Broadbill ! "


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@joinus12345台灣藍鵲 : "Taiwan Blue Magpie"


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Fairly share of the shadow...


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Niko Pekonen: " Western capercaillie (tetrao urogallus) in morning light. Finland "


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David Lloyd: " The little ones count too

Maasai Mara 2018
Oxpeckers are one of my favourite birds to photograph because they are almost endless with their creative imaginations. They’re small, and with both them and their hosts being skittish, you’ll need a long focal length. In this case that was 800mm. "


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Kintoo Dhawan: " It's Malabar Pied Hornbill male. "


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Daniel Lindhardt: " Im pretty sure I heard this quail humming the tune to Yankee Doodle as he hopped up on this log, then sang out “stuck a feather in his cap that looked like macaroni!” I don’t think that’s how the song goes, but you can’t really argue with him! "


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" “Howzat!” – a silvery-cheeked hornbill in Lake Manyara National Park, Tanzania © Charlie Lynam "


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" A Yellow-billed Hornbill’s buffet of termites has been served… "


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Kintoo Dhawan: " Great Hornbill male !
Inspecting the Nesting Site ! "



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Sarus crane: " The sarus crane (Antigone antigone) is a large non-migratory crane found in parts of the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and Australia. The tallest of the flying birds, standing at a height up to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in), they are a conspicuous species of open wetlands in south Asia, seasonally flooded Dipterocarp forests in Southeast Asia, and Eucalyptus-dominated woodlands and grasslands in Australia.[3]

The sarus crane is easily distinguished from other cranes in the region by the overall grey colour and the contrasting red head and upper neck. They forage on marshes and shallow wetlands for roots, tubers, insects, crustaceans, and small vertebrate prey. Like other cranes, they form long-lasting pair bonds and maintain territories within which they perform territorial and courtship displays that include loud trumpeting, leaps, and dance-like movements. In India, they are considered symbols of marital fidelity, believed to mate for life and pine the loss of their mates even to the point of starving to death.
The main breeding season is during the rainy season, when the pair builds an enormous nest "island", a circular platform of reeds and grasses nearly 2 m in diameter and high enough to stay above the shallow water surrounding it. Increased agricultural intensity is often thought to have led to declines in sarus crane numbers but they also benefit from wetland crops and the construction of canals and reservoirs. The stronghold of the species is in India, where it is traditionally revered and lives in agricultural lands in close proximity to humans. Elsewhere, the species has been extirpated in many parts of its former range. "




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