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Chestnut-winged Cuckoo (红翅凤头鹃,Clamator coromandus).
A distinctive, long-tailed cuckoo with a peaked black crest like a witch's hat, bright orange throat, and rusty wings.
credit 老魏纪实影像
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Black-naped Oriole (黑枕黄鹂,Oriolus chinensis).
Male is entirely golden-yellow apart from black wings and tail and a broad black band through the eyes.
credit 晨花夕月
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Tail-fanning of male Himalayan Monal (棕尾虹雉), second part of its courtship display, in SW China's #Tibet region.
It is under top-class state protection in #China.
credit 赵龙涛
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Little Tern (白额燕鸥,Sternula albifrons) chick receives its first meal. 🌹☕️
credit 柒玥拍鸟
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Plumbeous Water Redstart (红尾水鸲,Phoenicurus fuliginosus) feeds the young.
Male is slaty gray-blue with a brilliant orange tail that is often fanned.
credit 莲子荷的神奇动物园
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Crested Kingfisher (冠鱼狗, Megaceryle lugubris), in Hubei province.
Large thickset kingfisher of fast-flowing streams in forested inland regions.
credit 阿光
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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
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courtship competition of Reeves's Pheasant (白冠长尾雉,Syrmaticus reevesii), in Henan province.
They are under top-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW)
credit lylaoliu
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Love and togetherness -- Mandarin Ducks.
They are historically -- and mistakenly -- believed by #Chinese people to mate for life. Pair of birds is used to symbolize the love of devoted couples.
credit 追光影
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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
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