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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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Great Egret (大白鹭) is displaying its breeding plumage.
They are widespread and fairly common across the globe.
credit 上官雪儿
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male Himalayan Monal (棕尾虹雉,Lophophorus impejanus), in SW China's #Tibet region.
It is under top-class state protection in #China (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW), and is national bird of #Nepal.
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oops, a bit slippery -- Golden Pheasant (红腹锦鸡).😂
The owl is under second-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW)
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Indochinese Green Magpie (印支绿鹊,Cissa hypoleuca) feeds the young.
They are under second-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW)
credit 袁达明
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disabled Red-billed Blue Magpie (红嘴蓝鹊) still clings tenaciously to life. 🌹☕️
"That which does not kill me makes me stronger."
credit 巴西木
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Grey Peacock-Pheasant (灰孔雀雉, Polyplectron bicalcaratum) tries to impress the female.
They are under top-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW)
credit 秋天的记忆
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Bearded Reedling (文须雀).
It is a wetland specialist, breeding colonially in large reed beds by lakes or swamps.
credit 上官雪儿
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Riding mom boat -- sweet family of Black Swan (黑天鹅). You won't see 4 chicks until the end. 🤣🌹
credit 爱蝴蝶
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acrobatic Temminck's Tragopan (红腹角雉,Tragopan temminckii).
It is under second-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW)
credit 建南春
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Zitting Cisticola (棕扇尾莺,Cisticola juncidis) feeds the young.
No escape for parents' love, everywhere.
credit lylaoliu
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Close up Golden Pheasant (红腹锦鸡), male, in Henan province. 🤣🤣
It is under second-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW)
credit 春晓.z
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Amur Paradise Flycatcher (寿带鸟, Terpsiphone incei) feeds the young.
Breeding males have a long tail twice the length of the body.
credit 朵儿
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Black-winged Stilt (黑翅长脚鹬,Himantopus himantopus) are having the time of their life.
Striking large black-and-white wader with a thin, straight bill and bright pink legs.
credit 巴西木
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Long-tailed Shrike (棕背伯劳,Lanius schach) feeds the young.
credit 森林八哥
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sweet family of Demoiselle Crane (蓑羽鹤, Grus virgo), in Inner Mongolia region.
They are under second-class state protection in #China. (FYI:xhtxs.cn/DJW)
credit 江上清风
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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
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Great Hornbill (双角犀鸟,Buceros bicornis) mom seals itself in the hole for about 90 days, during which she hatches eggs and takes care of chicks. 🌹
credit 巴西木
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