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Showing posts with label Nicobar pigeon. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 5, 2024

"Island" Birds

Here are birds from my 2024 visits to the Columbus Zoo's Australia and the Islands aviary.

Red-billed leiothrix. This bird is something of an obsession because of its nifty wing feathers.

Bali myna

metallic starling

chestnut teal

Luzon bleeding heart dove

Nicobar pigeon

straw-necked ibis

Nicobar pigeon. I couldn't decide which shot I liked more, so I included both.

Victoria crowned pigeon

scarlet-faced liocichla

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Colorful birds

I first called this post "Beautiful birds," but all birds are beautiful. (I'm not fond of European starlings, however.)

This parrot has a red head and breast, white eye and cheek, a white upper mandible and a black lower.

red-and-green macaw (Detroit Zoo)

The male peafowl has a blue head and neck, multiple colors on its body, and long, green tail features.

Indian peacock (Detroit Zoo)

These parrots have blue heads and wings, yellow breasts, a black beak, and a white eye.

These brothers are blue-throated macaws (Toledo Zoo). There's a third that's off-exhibit, and they're named Larry, Curly, and Moe.

These small parrots have read beaks, blue heads, yellow napes, red breasts, and green wings.

coconut lorikeets (Columbus Zoo)

This bird has a white crown and beak, black mask, and feathers with contrasting edges: Gold with black, white with red-brown, and white with black.

Lannister, a Reeves's pheasant (Columbus Zoo)

This bird has wings of iridescent green, blue, and orange.

Nicobar pigeon (Columbus Zoo)

This blue bird has a striking red eye and fancy blue-and-white plumes on its head.

Victoria crowned pigeon (Cincinnati Zoo)

This bird has a black head, blue neck and breast, orange belly, and green wings.

Superb starlings seem to have jewels on their wings (Columbus Zoo).

This fince has a read head, black bib, green white breast, yellow belley, green back and wings, and a blue tail.

There are a number of color variations of Gouldian finches (Toledo Zoo).

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