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John Locke @jlocke4101.bsky.social · 9h

The usual trio of American Crows chatting it up in the tree.
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🌏 Australian Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia castanotis) #AustralianBirds | #AustralianZebraFinch #ChestnutEaredFinch | #ZebraFinches #EstrildidFinches #Finches #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by TaniaVdB🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

🌏 Australian Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia castanotis)

The Australian Zebra Finch, also known as the Chestnut-eared Finch, is a small bird native to Central Australia. Males are more colourful, featuring orange cheek patches, black-striped chins, and spotted chestnut flanks; females are plain gray. They are widely distributed across the drier, central 75% of mainland Australia. These highly social, diurnal birds live in large flocks, mate for life, and breed in loose colonies, often following rainfall. Males are known for their complex songs. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Fun fact: Unlike most birds that scoop water and then tilt their heads back to let gravity help them swallow, the Zebra Finch uses a unique technique: they can sip and swallow water directly and continuously, allowing them to hydrate quickly.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by TaniaVdB via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/animal-bird-branch-zebra-finch-5649743/

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H. HOSSAMELDIN @hanyhossameldin.bsky.social · 23h

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Denise A. Johnson Photography @denisephotography.bsky.social · 19h

A female summer tanager watches some birds below, wondering what all the fuss is about.
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john.in.chicago @john-in-chicago.bsky.social · 13h

A Finch in the bright sunshine on birdcam.

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BC_Gemma @bcgemma.bsky.social · 16h

The Isabelline Wheatear at Ballinclamper, Co. Waterford, today. #birds #rare #BirdsSeenIn2025

Isabelline Wheatear standing on seaweed on a beach - a rare vagrant to Ireland, much paler than the commoner Northern Wheatear.

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Australian zebra finch - Wikipedia

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🌏 Australian Zebra Finch (Taeniopygia castanotis) #AustralianBirds | #AustralianZebraFinch #ChestnutEaredFinch | #ZebraFinches #EstrildidFinches #Finches #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by TaniaVdB🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

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Tempus_Fugit @tempus-fugit0.bsky.social · 20h

Early morning sparrow

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Adam @atmylifeoutside.bsky.social · 1d

Another image from the very showy Goldcrest down at Wiseman’s Bridge over the weekend. A touch of noise reduction and sharpening required but otherwise straight from the camera. #birdingWales #birds #UKWildlife #photography #birdPhotography #birdsoftheworld #wildlifePhotography

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Name this bird! 🤔 (See alt-text for clue) 🌏 #NameThisBird #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

"I am a medium-sized, strikingly colourful waterfowl native to East Asia. The male (drake) is particularly distinctive, sporting a red bill, large white eye-crescents, and a dramatic set of 'sails' (upright feathers) on its back. I am often kept in ornamental collections and zoos around the world. What bird am I?" 2.5 Flash (Edited)

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Birds of the world 🌍🦜 @mybirdcards.com · 16h

Answer: Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) 🌏 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

Mandarin duck - Wikipedia

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Tom Cadwallender @tomcadwallender.bsky.social · 1d

Estonia viz mig was incredible this morning thousands of small birds like this Long-tailed Tit of the ‘cordatus’ white-headed form. Other species include blue and Great Tit, Chafffinch, Brambling and Jay moving west! #birdsoftheworld

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Bobbitworm (AllanM) @opengtuning.bsky.social · 1d

One of these 🙂

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