Japanese crane displaying


Japanese cranes (Grus japonensis) also known as the red-crowned crane, engaged in their elaborate dancing and bonding display. It is the world's second most endangered crane.
#bonding #second #engaged

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Northern flicker

Flickers are fairly large woodpeckers with a slim, rounded head, slightly downcurved bill, and long, flared tail that tapers to a point.
#flared #flicker #northen

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Violet_backed straling

The violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster), also known as the plum-coloured starling or amethyst starling, is a relatively small species (17 cm) of starling in the family Sturnidae.
#sturnidae #species #starling

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Rufous_backed kingfisher(male)

The oriental dwarf kingfisher (Ceyx erithaca), also known as the black-backed kingfisher or three-toed kingfisher, is a pocket-sized bird in the family Alcedinidae
#alcedinidae #pocked

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Ruddy shelduck

Ruddy Shelduck (scientific name: Tadorna ferruginea, English name: Ruddy Shelduck) is a bird of the duck family and subfamily Tadorninae, which is larger than ordinary ducks and looks like a goose.
This bird is relatively large.
#subfamily #relatively #duck

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Scarlet tanager

The scarlet tanager (Piranga olivacea) is a medium-sized American songbird. Until recently, it was placed in the tanager family (Thraupidae), but it and other members of its genus are now classified as belonging to the cardinal family (Cardinalidae)
#cardinalidae #classified

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Black_chined Hummingbird

The Black-chinned Hummingbird is known as the "kissing cousin" of the Ruby-throated. At 8-9 cm (3 in.) in length, it is the same size as its eastern counterpart and is very similar in appearance.
#appearance #similar

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Sn lanka blue magpie

The Sri Lankan Blue Crow (scientific name: Urocissa ornata) or the Sri Lankan Blue Crow is the name of a rare species of light owl. This bird is not found anywhere other than the rainforests of Sri Lanka.
#Zaghi #SriLanka

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Indian peafowl

The Indian peacock (scientific name: Pavo cristatus) is a brightly colored pheasant bird that is mostly seen in South Asia and India.
#Pheasant #color #India

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Violet_backed starling

The violet-backed starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster), also known as the plum-coloured starling or amethyst starling, is a relatively small species (17 cm) of starling in the family Sturnidae.
#relatively #sturnidae

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Malachite sunbird

The malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) is a small nectarivorous bird found from the highlands of Ethiopia southwards to South Africa.
#nectarivorous #sunbird

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Toco toucan

The toco toucan (Ramphastos toco), also known as the common toucan or giant toucan, is the largest and probably the best known species in the toucan family.
#toucan #species #common

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Wallcreeper

The wallcreeper (Tichodroma muraria) is a small passerine bird found throughout the high mountains of the Palearctic from southern Europe to central China.
#china #palearctict

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Bohemian waxwing

The Bohemian waxwing (Bombycilla garrulus) is a starling-sized passerine bird that breeds in the northern forests of the Palearctic and North America.
#passerine #starling #waxwing

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Wire tailed manakin

The wire-tailed manakin is a species of bird in the family Pipridae. It forms a superspecies with both the Band-tailed Manakin  and the Crimson-hooded Manakin 
#talid #crimson

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Green Bee eater

The Asian green bee-eater (Merops orientalis), also known as little green bee-eater, is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family.
#green #bird

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Atlantic puffin

The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica), also known as the common puffin, is a species of seabird in the auk family. It is the only puffin native to the Atlantic Ocean; 
#species #puffin

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Green headed tanager

The green-headed tanager (Tangara seledon) is a brightly colored bird found in the Atlantic forest in south-eastern Brazil, far eastern Paraguay, and far north-eastern Argentina
#eastern #brazil

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Bee eater

The bee-eaters are a group of non-passerine birds in the family Meropidae, containing three genera and twenty-seven species.
#passerine #containing

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Black billed mountain toucan

The black-billed mountain toucan (Andigena nigrirostris) is a species of bird in the family Ramphastidae. It is found in humid highland forests in the Andes of western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru

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