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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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Before swallowing the fish, Common Kingfisher kills the prey it catches by beating it against the tree branch.
credit 喜欢喝二两
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Swinhoe's White-eye (暗绿绣眼鸟).
It is recognized by its prominent white eye-rings, as aptly suggested by its name.
credit 上官雪儿
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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
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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 朵儿
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Pallas's Leaf Warbler (黄腰柳莺) feeds massive baby of Asian Koel, a large cuckoo.
Asian Koel lays eggs in the nests of other birds, which raise the young cuckoos.
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Golden Pheasants, in Henan province.🤣
They are under second-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW)
credit 抱朴
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Swinhoe's White-eye (暗绿绣眼鸟) is splashing. Birds love to bathe.
credit 崑仑山
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Branch of Scarlet Finch (血雀,Carpodacus sipahi) is drinking water, in Yunnan province.
The brilliantly red male is fittingly named and unmistakable. The female is duller.
credit 百花岭大刘
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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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Olive-back Sunbird (黄腹花蜜鸟) feeds the young, in Guangxi region.
Both sexes have a plain olive back, a yellow belly, and white tail edges that are flared out in flight.
credit 喜欢喝二两
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bold Varied Tit (杂色山雀,Sittiparus varius) says hi to birder. 🌹
credit 君芝
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