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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 lylaoliu
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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
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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.🌹
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Great Egret (大白鹭) is waiting for fish from angler. They have become friends. 🤣
credit 抖音里的小蚂蚁
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Whiskered Yuhina (黄颈凤鹛,Yuhina flavicollis), in Yunnan province.
Distinguished-looking small songbird with a brown mohawk of a crest.
credit 秋天的记忆
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Amur Paradise Flycatcher (寿带,Terpsiphone incei) feeds the young.
Breeding males have a long tail twice the length of the body. Female and immature male similar but tail much shorter.
credit 柒玥拍鸟
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male Mandarin Duck (鸳鸯).
Male is very ornate with big orangey "sail fins" on the back, streaked orangey cheeks, and a small red bill with a whitish tip.
credit 何平
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Eurasian Blue Tit (青山雀,Cyanistes caeruleus), fluffy and Brightly-colored cutie.
credit 看个鸟
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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
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Black-throated Bushtit (红头长尾山雀,Aegithalos concinnus).
Boldly patterned, tiny bird, usually found in groups.
credit 王立朝
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bold Varied Tit (杂色山雀,Sittiparus varius) says hi to birder. 🌹
credit 君芝
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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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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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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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Swinhoe's White-eye (暗绿绣眼鸟) is splashing. Birds love to bathe.
credit 崑仑山
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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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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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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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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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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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