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Bowerbirds (/ ˈ b aʊ. ər b ɜːr d /) make up the bird family Ptilonorhynchidae. They are renowned for their unique courtship behaviour, where males build a structure and decorate it with sticks and brightly coloured objects in an attempt to attract a mate. The family has 27 species in eight genera. [1]
Satin bowerbird in Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia. Mature males have violet-blue eyes and are uniformly coloured black, however, light diffraction by the surface texture of the feathers results in an almost metallic sheen giving a deep shiny blue appearance.
Collecting unusual items is a hobby that can range from quirky and endearing to bizarre and straight-up gross. Here are 12 weird and wacky things that people collect.
The lyrebirds are large passerine birds, amongst the largest in the order. They are ground living birds with strong legs and feet and short rounded wings. They are poor fliers and rarely fly except for periods of downhill gliding. [7] The superb lyrebird is the larger of the two species. Lyrebirds measure 31 to 39 inches in length, including ...
An adult Eurasian blue tit collecting the fecal sac of a chick (just hatched, still naked and blind) to ensure the cleanliness of their nest. A fecal sac (also spelled faecal sac) is a mucous membrane, generally white or clear with a dark end, [1] that surrounds the feces of some species of nestling birds. [2]
The bright-blue breeding plumage of the male, easily observed on a wire or open perch, makes this species a favorite of birders. The male's call includes sometimes soft warbles of jeew or chir-wi, or the melodious song chiti WEEW wewidoo. [2] It is the state bird of Missouri [3] and New York. [4]
A Cooper's Hawk perches on a utility line. This is one of the many birds that will receive a new name. The American Ornithological Society announced it is renaming all birds named after people ...
To collect data in the past, most of those geolocators had to be retrieved through capture, but an increasing number are able to transmit data remotely, which enables scientists to track a bird ...