European Robin (Erithacus Rubecula) Photos I Took 31/12/2023, Worcester, UK

Pink-spotted Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus perlatus), family Columbidae, order Columbiformes, found in New Guinea

photos: Irawan Subingar, Ekhardt Lietzow, Dubi Shapiro

White-winged Fairywren (Malurus leucopterus), EAT A TASTY BUG!!!, male, family Maluridae, order Passeriformes, Mindarie, Western Australia

photograph by David Luu Photos

Indian Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi), male, HE SCREMMM!!!, family Monarchidae, order Passeriformes, WB, India

photograph by Binit Chatterjee

Which one are you? I’m Aerial Fishing

@artsja-a This is so nice?! Almost made me cry aaa thank you

Bird #45 - the long-tailed tit (LC)

While hunting for info to know these borbs better, I saw websites describe them with words like adorable, excitable, restless and 'only about the size of a ping-pong ball'. Also, older English names for them include the bum-towel, mumruffin and bumbarrel. How can you not love them.

There is a lot of variation within this species, with a whole seventeen subspecies! The drawing doesn't show three distinct subspecies btw. It's just the general vibes of long-tailed tits in the listed regions, because I couldn't find information about specific visual differences between subspecies. They're also found in Japan and southwest Asia!

Diving swans captured by Viktor Lyagushkin 

The Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus) puts its signature plumage to use in a few ways. When threatened, it’ll fan out its vibrant neck feathers to intimidate a foe by making itself seem larger in size. Feathers are also used in courtship rituals, when they’re raised up as come-hither collars by males and females in a display as a pair will sway their heads from side to side. Spot this bird in tropical forests throughout parts of South America, including Colombia and Peru.

Photo: Sham Edmond, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

No matter how I looked at it, he didn't like me.

Star (starling) am Max-Eyth-See, Mühlhausen.