Birds Pin-tailed whydah - Singapore's rare birds, birds find love dance

Birds Pin-tailed whydah - Singapore's rare birds, birds find love dance.

- The pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura) is a small songbird with a conspicuous pennant-like tail in breeding males. It is a resident breeding bird in most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert.

- The pin-tailed whydah is 12–13 cm in length, although the breeding male's tail adds another 20 cm to this. The adult male has a black back and crown, and a very long black tail. The wings are dark brown with white patches, and...

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From: World birdsong

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Belize : Solid Sterling Silver Proof Set 10 - 1978 - KM# PS 10

Proof set in solid Sterling Silver. Beautiful set. Reverse : National seal. Obverse : The Great Curassow ( 10 dollar ) - Keel Billed Toucan ( 5 dollar ) - Scarlet Macaw ( one dollar ) - Frigate Bird ( 50 cents ) - Blue-Crowned Motmot ( 25 cents ) - Long-Tailed Hermit ( 10 cents ) - Fork-Tailed Flycatcher ( 5 cents ) - Swallow - Tailed Kite ( 1 cent ).

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From: Coinsets Worldwide

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Royal Headress

Royal Headress

http://www.imamuseum.org/art/collections/artwork/royal-headpiece-

Beaded items have long been associated with royalty among the Yoruba. Cone-like crowns like this one are primary symbols of a king's authority. When wearing it, a king becomes connected to royal ancestors, thereby strengthening his authority. Since it is prohibited for people to gaze directly at the king's head, a veil is included to conceal him.

The figure at the top of the crown refers to a specific type of...

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From: Indianapolis Museum of Art

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Bushtits

Bushtits on suet feeder, Burnaby BC Canada

Autumn Nov 27th 2006

* Length: 3.5 inches

* Short bill

* Pale gray upperparts

* Whitish underparts

* Long gray tail

* Sexes similar

* Some variation in plumage-coastal birds have brownish crowns, interior birds have brownish cheeks, some birds from near Mexico have black cheeks

* Usually found in flocks

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From: Peter Laurence

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Cuckoo or Kooel or Eudynamys scolopacea

Cuckoo -- The Koel is upto 46 cm in length. It is a long birds. It has a long tails, pointed wings . The male is glistening black, with yellowish green bill and crimson eyes.. The female is dark brown, with profusely spotted and barred with white. Females have green beak and red eyes. Males and females are distinct in appearance. Tail is dark gray and slightly white in colour. The crown is dark brown and the bill is pale green in colour. Searched by:Tayyab Hassan Zahid Kamoke Pakistan

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From: Tayyab Hassan Zahid

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Bird Garrulax canorus singing: Beautiful Birds Dancing,Open Tail and Chirping Great - 02/2017

* Bird Garrulax canorus singing: Beautiful Birds Dancing,Open Tail and Chirping Great - 02/2017.

- It is 21 to 25 cm long with broad, rounded wings and a fan-shaped tail. The plumage is mostly reddish-brown with dark steaks on the crown, back and throat. There is a white ring around the eye which extends backwards as a white stripe. The bill and feet are yellowish. Birds on Hainan Island (L. c. owstoni) are paler below and more olive-coloured above. The Taiwan hwamei is greyer and more...

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From: World birdsong

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Birds Garrulax canorus(Chinese Hwamei): Nice Open tail,New Singer To The Throne - Birds Singing 2017

* Birds Garrulax canorus(Chinese Hwamei): Nice Open tail,New Singer To The Throne - Birds Singing 2017.

- The Chinese Hwamei or (Garrulax canorus) is a passerine bird of eastern Asia. The name "Hwamei" comes from the Chinese, means "painted eyebrows," referring to the distinctive mark around the eyes. The species is popular for her singing attractive.

- It is 21 to 25 cm long with broad, rounded wings and a fan-shaped tail. The plumage is mostly reddish-brown with dark steaks on the crown,...

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From: World birdsong

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White-crowned sparrow

The White-crowned Sparrow is a distinctive bird with bold black and white stripes on its head. It has a clear, gray breast and belly, long tail, and wings distinctly marked with two white wing-bars. The beak is orange-yellow to reddish-brown depending on the subspecies.

White-crowned Sparrows breed in open or shrubby habitats, including tundra, high alpine meadows, and forest edges. Patches of bare ground and grasses are important characteristics. During winter and on migration these birds...

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From: Natalia Goncharova

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