Kagu, A Bird On The Brink Of Extinction Meets One Of Its Own Kind

Perhaps some "boring" birds that are severely underrated?

I think most people are probably most people overlook wrens and sparrows...

Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgiana), juvenile, family Passerellidae, order Passeriformes, Charleston, SC, USA

photograph by David Ryan

Black-throated Sparrow (Amphispiza bilineata), family Passerellidae, order Passeriformes, southern AZ, USA

photograph by Martin Molina

Lark Sparrow (Chondestes grammacus), male, family Passerellidae, order Passeriformes, San Benito County, CA, USA

photograph by John Fox | Flickr

Bewick’s wren (Thryomanes bewickii), family Trogolodytidae, order Passeriformes, found in the central and western United States and central Mexico

Photographs by Alan Murphy Photography

Carolina Wrens (Thryothorus ludovicianus), family Trogolodytidae, order Passeriformes, Louisiana, USA

photograph by Bonnie Barry

Canyon Wren (Catherpes mexicanus) singing, family Troglodytidae, order Passeriformes, California, USA

photograph by Basar

Pigeon wings under a UV light

Favorite bird genre has got to be 'that's literally just a dinosaur'

Groove-Billed Ani

Hoatzin

Pheasant Coucal

@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!

feeding tree sparrows 🪶 | source

Great Tit/talgoxe. Värmland, Sweden (October 17, 2021).