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Black Baza (黑冠鹃隼,Aviceda leuphotes) feeds the young, under second-class state protection in #China. Slender crest may be held vertically or at an angle when the bird is perched. credit lylaoliu #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Eurasian Hoopoe (戴胜,Upupa epops) feeds the young. Utterly unmistakable orange bird with a zebra-striped wings, a #Chinese fan of a crest, and a rapier of a bill. credit lylaoliu #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Adorable babies of Eurasian Eagle-Owl (雕鸮,Bubo bubo), in Inner Mongolia region. They are under second-class state protection in #China. ☕️(FYI: xhtxs.cn/DJW ) credit 雪鸮小刚 #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Great Hornbill (双角犀鸟,Buceros bicornis), in Yunnan province. It is under top-class state protection in #China. ☕️(FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW ) credit 王新辉 #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Courtship display and calls of Lady Amherst's Pheasant (白腹锦鸡,Chrysolophus amherstiae). They are under second-class state protection in #China. credit 缘萊&铕鉨 ☕️ #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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exquisite male Mandarin Duck (鸳鸯, Aix galericulata). Male very ornate with big orangey "sail fins" on the back, streaked orangey cheeks, and a small red bill with a whitish tip. credit lylaoliu #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Bath time for Indochinese Green Magpie (印支绿鹊,Cissa Hypoleuca). Adult is vivid green with a black mask, bright cinnamon flight feathers, and a cherry-red bill. credit 四方观鸟 ☕️ #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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male Golden Pheasant (红腹锦鸡, Chrysolophus pictus) in a snowy, fairyland world. It is under second-class state protection in #China. credit 春晓.z 🌹 #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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sweet family of Black-winged Stilt (黑翅长脚鹬,Himantopus himantopus). Striking large black-and-white wader with a thin, straight bill and bright pink legs. credit 静雅拍鸟 ☕️ #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Love and togetherness -- Black-headed Sibia (黑头奇鹛,Heterophasia desgodinsi). They are found in foothill to montane forests from southeast #China to far southern Vietnam. credit 沙嫡野生动物摄影 🌹🌹 #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Brown Shrike, as host parent, feeds Common Cuckoo chick and own baby. Common Cuckoo lays eggs in nests of other birds, who raise the young cuckoos. ☕️🤣 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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White-browed Tit-warbler (花彩雀莺,Leptopoecile sophiae). A tiny purplish-blue bird with a chestnut cap, a soft pink belly, and a pale brow that is not always prominent. credit 大海里一滴水 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Light-vented Bulbul (白头鹎吃柿) eats wild fruit. Adult dark olive above, white below, with black-and-white head pattern. Hainan subspecies has a blackish head with white limited to ear patch. credit 柒玥拍鸟 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Still unimpressed? -- courtship of Lady Amherst's Pheasant (白腹锦鸡,Chrysolophus amherstiae), in Sichuan province.🤣 They are under second-class state protection in #China. credit 贝壳 #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Grey Peacock-Pheasant (灰孔雀雉, Polyplectron bicalcaratum), male, in Yunnan province. It is under top-class state protection in #China. credit 悦鸟鸣娴 🌹 #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Pheasant-tailed Jacana (水雉) dad takes care of the young on raining day. They are under second-class state protection in #China. credit 静雅拍鸟 🌹 #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Himalayan Monals (棕尾虹雉,Lophophorus impejanus), male, in SW China's #Tibet autonomous region. It is under top-class state protection in #China, and is national bird of #Nepal. credit 吉祥铁匠 ☕️ #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Scarlet Finch (血雀,Carpodacus sipahi), in Yunnan province. The brilliantly red male is fittingly named and unmistakable. credit 宗云林 ☕️ #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Yellow Bittern (黄苇鳽,Ixobrychus sinensis) gives a death gaze at the dragonfly. credit 埂阳小草 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Crimson Sunbird (黄腰太阳鸟,Aethopyga siparaja). Male is bright red with a dark gray belly and iridescent blue cap and “moustache.” credit 老虾 🌹 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Japanese Robin (日本歌鸲,Larvivora akahige). Small migratory songbird of mature forest with distinctive orange breast and dull brown upperparts. credit 小小李 🌹 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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family time for Pied Falconet (白腿小隼,Microhierax melanoleucos), in Jiangxi province. They are under second-class state protection in #China. credit 閑雲 ☕️ #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Kind man warms up a frozen male Common Kingfisher and rescues it, in NW China's #Xinjiang region. There are 90 species of kingfisher worldwide. credit 葛爱全 ☕️ #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Whiskered Yuhina (黄颈凤鹛,Yuhina flavicollis) is splashing, in Yunnan province. It is known for its brown mohawk of a crest. 🤣🤣 credit 崑仑山 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023