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Eurasian Hoopoe (戴胜,Upupa epops) feeds the young, in #Beijing. It features a Chinese fan of a crest (usually held closed, but often raised just after landing), and a rapier of a bill. credit 上官雪儿 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Wallcreeper (红翅旋壁雀), in Sichuan province. Unmistakable, but difficult to spot on rock faces. Spectacular in flight, with broad black, red, and white-spotted wings resembling a giant butterfly. credit 二筒 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Wreathed Hornbills (花冠皱盔犀鸟,Rhyticeros undulatus) are having the time of their life, in Yunnan province. They are under top-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW) #Chinese #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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Eurasian Oystercatcher (蛎鹬,Haematopus ostralegus). Common, conspicuous, and often noisy large wader (shorebird) of varied coastal habitats. credit 边境的 #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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courtship competition between 2 male Reeves's Pheasants (白冠长尾雉,Syrmaticus reevesii). Endemic to #China, they are under top-class state protection. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW) credit 水晶石头 #Chinese #nature #Peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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two male Lady Amherst's Pheasants (白腹锦鸡,Chrysolophus amherstiae), in Sichuan province. They are under second-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW) credit 建南春 #Chinese #nature #Peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Steller's Sea Eagle (虎头海雕), in Jilin province. It is under top-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW) credit 金冈 #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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courtship display of Temminck's Tragopan (红腹角雉), in Chongqing city. It features electric blue facial wattle that is inflated into a liver-shaped, dazzling red-and-blue flap during courtship. credit 如梦令 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Fork-tailed Sunbird (叉尾太阳鸟,Aethopyga christinae). Male is green above, white below, with purple throat, breast, and half-collar. Only male possesses a forked tail. credit 建南春 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Long-tailed Broadbill (长尾阔嘴鸟) -- A gaudy, cartoonish-looking bird of tropical foothill and montane forests. credit 乾隆通宝 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Greater Flameback (大金背啄木鸟,Chrysocolaptes guttacristatus), in Yunnan province. It always has unmarked golden-yellow to dark brown back and wings. credit 包赛康 #China #nature #Peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Silver Pheasant (白鹇, Lophura nycthemera), in a fairyland. It is under second-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW) credit 福建静心 #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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"What did you say?" -- Black-throated Bushtit (红头长尾山雀). Adult gray above, pale below, with yellow eye and black throat and mask separated by white, chestnut-washed flanks. credit 王泽归来 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Little Tern (白额燕鸥,Sternula albifrons) chick receives its first meal. 🌹☕️ credit 柒玥拍鸟 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Red-tailed Minlas (火尾希鹛,Minla ignotincta) are splashing and having fun. Boldly marked small babbler, usually seen foraging actively and acrobatically at middle levels. credit 义胆雄丰 #China #nature #Peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Bohemian Waxwing (太平鸟,Bombycilla garrulus) tries hard to swallow a plum-leaf crab, in Jilin province. He makes it! 🤣 credit 摄影小动物 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Blue Whistling Thrush (紫啸鸫). Its bill color varies with range -- dark in central and eastern #China and parts of mainland Southeast Asia, bright yellow in populations elsewhere. credit 农村小伙 #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Zitting Cisticola (棕扇尾莺,Cisticola juncidis) feeds the young. No escape for parents' love, everywhere. credit lylaoliu #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Calls of 7 cuckoos: Common Cuckoo, Indian Cuckoo, Asian Koel, Large Hawk-Cuckoo, Lesser Cuckoo, Plaintive Cuckoo, and Himalayan Cuckoo. credit 森系八哥 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Chinese Sparrowhawk (赤腹鹰,Accipiter soloensi) feeds the young.🌹 They are under second-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW) credit 柒玥拍鸟 #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Silver Pheasant (白鹇), male, in Fujian province. It is under second-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW) credit 凡人阿衡 #Chinese #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023
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Be afraid of nothing💪🤨 Elliot's Pheasant #BirdsSeenIn2023 #LovelyBirdsInChina
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a string of Scarlet Finches (血雀,Carpodacus sipahi), in Yunnan province. The brilliantly red male is fittingly named and unmistakable. credit 巴西木 #China #nature #peace #wildlife #photography #birds #BirdsSeenIn2023