Flying bird

Bird Photographs

All the photographs below were taken by me during various holidays or in our garden. Also see my Trip Reports page:



Common NameScientific NameCountry
Abyssinian Ground HornbillBucorvus abyssinicusGambia
Abyssinian RollerCoracias abyssinicaGambia
Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusCalifornia
African DarterAnhinga nifaGambia
African HoopoeUpupa africanaNamibia
African Fish EagleHaliacetus vociferGambia
African Pied HornbillTockus fasciattisGambia
African White-backed VultureGyps africanusNamibia
Alpine AccentorPrunella collarisMorocco
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaTexas
American BitternBotaurus lentiginosusTexas
American DipperCinclus mexicanusWashington
Andean CondorVultur gryphusArgentina
American (Greater) FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruberMexico
American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatusEcuador
Andean Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium jardiniiArgentina
Anhinga (1)Anhinga anhingaFlorida
Anhinga (2)Anhinga anhingaTrinidad
Ashy-headed GooseChloephaga poliocephalArgentina
Austral NegritoLessonia rufaArgentina
Austral ThrushTurdus falklandiiArgentina
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusWashington
Bare-cheeked BabblerTurdoides gymnogenysNamibia
Bare-eyed ThrushTurdus nudigenisTrinidad
Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaScotland
Bearded BellbirdProcnias averanoTrinidad
Barred Antshrike (male)Thamnophilus doliatusTrinidad
Barred Antshrike (female)Thamnophilus doliatusTrinidad
Beautiful SunbirdNectarinia pulchellaGambia
Berthelot's PipitAnthus berthelotiiTenerife
Black-capped KingfisherHalcyon pileataIndia
Black DrongoDicrurus macrocercusIndia
Black-eyed BulbulPycnonotus barbatusKenya
Black-chested Buzzard-EagleGeranoaetus melanoleucusArgentina
Black-faced IbisTheristicus melanopisArgentina
Black-headed GullLarus ridibundusScotland
Black KiteMilvus migrans migransGambia
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanusTexas
Black-necked SwanCygnus melancoryphusArgentina
Black RedstartPhoenicurus ochrurosMorocco
Black-winged StiltHimantopus himantopusGambia
Black VultureCoragyps atratusFlorida
Blue ChaffinchFringilla teydeaTenerife
Blue-crowned MotmotMomotus momotaTrinidad
Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxiiEcuador
Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopusTrinidad
Blue GrouseDendragapus obscurusWashington
Blue Tailed Bee-eaterMerops philippinusSri Lanka
Blue WaxbillUraeginthus angolensisNamibia
Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochleariusMexico
Brahminy KiteHaliastur indusIndia
BramblingFringilla montifringillaEngland
Brown-headed GullLarus brunnicephalusIndia
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalisFlorida
Burrowing OwlAthene cuniculariaCalifornia
Cactus FinchGeospiza scandensEcuador
California QuailCallipepla californicaCalifornia
Canada GooseBranta canadensisEngland
CanarySerinus canariaTenerife
Cape TealAnas capensisNamibia
Caribbean MartinProgne dominicensisTrinidad
Caspian TernHydroprogne caspiaMexico
Cattle EgretArdeola ibisIndia
Cattle EgretArdeola ibisMalaysia
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumWashington
ChaffinchFringilla coelebusScotland
Changeable Hawk-EagleSpizaetus cirrhatusSri Lanka
Chatham MockingbirdNesomimus melanotisEcuador
Chestnut-tailed StarlingSturnus malabaricusIndia
Chestnut WoodpeckerCeleus elegansTrinidad
Chimango CaracaraMilvago chimangoArgentina
ChukarAlectoris chukarCrete
Cinereous Harrier (Male)Circus cinereusArgentina
Cinereous Harrier (Female)Circus cinereusArgentina
Clapper RailRallus longirostrisTexas
Clark's NutcrackerNucifraga columbianaWashington
Collared AracariPteroglossus torquatusMexico
Collared KingfisherTodiramphus chlorisIndia
Common CraneGrus grusEstonia
Common GullLarus canusScotland
Common KingfisherAlcedo atthisIndia
Common NighthawkChordeiles minorWashington
Common NoddiesAnous stolidusEcuador
Common RosefinchCarpodacus erythrinusEstonia
CorncrakeCrex crexEstonia
Crested CaracaraPolyborus plancusArgentina
Crested OropendolaPsarocolius decumanusTrinidad
Crimson-breasted ShrikeLaniarius atrococcineusNamibia
Crowned Pigeon?Malaysia
Crowned PloverVanellus coronatusNamibia
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaNamibia
Dark Chanting GoshawkMelierax metabatesGambia
Dark-eyed JuncoJunco hyemalisWashington
Dolphin GullLeucophaeus scoresbiiArgentina
DotterelEudromias morinellusScotland
Double-banded CourserSmutsornis africanusNamibia
Double-banded SandgrousePterocles bicinctusNamibia
Egyptian PloverPluvianus aegyptiusGambia
Elliot's Storm-petrelOceanites gracilisEcuador
European Bee-eaterMerops apiasterCyprus
European RollerCoracius garrulusSpain
FieldfareTurdus pilarisEngland
Fiscal ShrikeLanius collarisNamibia
Flightless CormorantPhalacrocorax harrisiEcuador
Flightless Steamer-DuckTachyeres pteneresArgentina
Forster's TernSterna forsteriFlorida
Galapagos DoveZenaida galapagoensisEcuador
Galapagos HawkButeo galapagoensisEcuador
Galapagos MockingbirdNesomimus parvulus bauriEcuador
Galapagos MockingbirdNesomimus parvulus parvulusEcuador
Galapagos PenguinSpheniscus mendiculusEcuador
Gentoo PenguinPygoscelis papuaArgentina
Giant KingfisherMegaceryle maximaGambia
Glossy StarlingLamprotornis nitensNamibia
Golden-hooded TanagerTangara larvataCosta Rica
Grasshopper BuzzardButastur rufipennisGambia
Great Crested GrebePodiceps cristatusEngland
Great Crested TernSterna bergiiIndia
Great EgretCasmerodius albusCalifornia
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratusMexico
Great SkuaStercorarius skuaNorway
Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandariusSpain
Great spotted WoodpeckerDendrocopos majorEngland
Greater FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruberNamibia
Greater KestrelFalco rupicoloidesNamibia
Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianusCalifornia
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaTexas
Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalisIndia
Green Bee-eaterMerops orientalisSri Lanka
Green-crowned BrilliantHeliodoxa jaculaCosta Rica
Green HeronButorides virescensTrinidad
Green Honeycreeper (male)Chlorophanes spizaTrinidad
Green Honeycreeper (female)Chlorophanes spizaTrinidad
Green-winged PigeonChalcophaps indicaMalaysia
Green WoodpeckerPicus viridisEngland
Grey HeronArdea cinereaEngland
Grey HornbillTockus nasatusNamibia
Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagrisNamibia
Herring GullLarus argentatusEngland
Hood MockingbirdNesomimus macdonaldiEcuador
Hooded OrioleIcterus cucullatusTexas
Hooded VultureNecrosyrtes monachusGambia
Hooded WarblerWilsonia citrinaTexas
Hoopoe (1)Upupa epopsChina
Hoopoe (2)Upupa epopsSpain
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayiiIndia
Indian Pond HeronArdeola grayiiSri Lanka
Indian RollerCoracias benghalensisIndia
JackdawCorvus monedulaSpain
JayGarrulus glandariusEngland
Kelp GullLarus dominicanusNamibia
KittiwakeRissa tridactylaNorway
Kori BustardArdeotis koriNamibia
Large Cactus FinchGeospiza conirostrisEcuador
Large Ground FinchGeospiza magnirostrisEcuador
Laughing Gull (summer)Larus atriciliaFlorida
Laughing Gull (winter)Larus atriciliaMexico
Lava GullLarus fuliginosusEcuador
Lava HeronButorides sundevalliEcuador
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaMexico
Least SeedsnipeThinocorus rumicivorusArgentina
Lesser FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruberNamibia
Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennisCosta Rica
Lesser Rhea (1)Pterocnemia pennataArgentina
Lesser Rhea (2)Pterocnemia pennataArgentina
Lesser Sand PloverCharadrius mongolusIndia
Little Bee-eaterMerops pusillusGambia
Little HeronButorides striatusMalaysia
Little Ringed PloverCharadrius dubiusEstonia
Long-tailed ShrikeLanius schachIndia
Magellanic OystercatcherHaematopus leucopodusArgentina
Magellanic Penguin (1)Spheniscus magellanicusArgentina
Magellanic Penguin (2)Spheniscus magellanicusArgentina
Magellanic WoodpeckerCampephilus magellanicusArgentina
Magenta-throated WoodstarCalliphlox bryantaeCosta Rica
Magnificent Frigatebird (1)Fregata magnificusMexico
Magnificent Frigatebird (2)Fregata magnificensEcuador
Malachite KingfisherAlcedo cristataGambia
MallardAnas platyrhynchosEngland
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaEcuador
Marico FlycatcherMelaenornis mariquensisNamibia
Marsh HarrierCircus aeruginosusIndia
Masked TityraTityra semifasciataMexico
MoorhenGallinula chloropusEngland
Mountain Bluebird Sialia currucoidesWashington
Mountain ChatOenanthe monticolaNamibia
Mourning Sierra-FinchPhrygilus fruticetiArgentina
Mute Swan (1)Cygnus olorEngland
Mute Swan (2)Cygnus olorEngland
Namaqua DoveOena capensisNamibia
Nasca BoobySula grantiEcuador
Northern Black KorhaanEupodotis afraoidesNamibia
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisFlorida
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusWashington
Northern JacanaJacana spinosaCosta Rica
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosCalifornia
Northern Wheatear (1)Oenanthe oenantheCrete
Northern Wheatear (2)Oenanthe oenantheSpain
Nuthatch (1)Sitta europaea caesiaEngland
Nuthatch (2)Sitta europaea europaeaEstonia
Osprey (1)Pandion haliaetusFlorida
Osprey (2)Pandion haliaetusScotland
Ostrich (1)Struthio camelusNamibia
Ostrich (2)Struthio camelusNamibia
OystercatcherHaematopus ostralegusNorway
Painted StorkMycteria leucocephalaSri Lanka
Pale Chanting GoshawkMelierax canorusNamibia
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarumTrinidad
Pheasant CuckooDromococcyx phasianellusMexico
Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podicepsTexas
Pied CrowCorvus albusNamibia
Pied KingfisherCeryle rudisGambia
Pied Water-TyrantFluvicola picaTrinidad
Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatusTrinidad
Plain ChachalacaOrtalis vetulaMexico
PtarmiganLagopus mutusScotland
PuffinFratercula arcticaEngland
Purple HoneycreeperCyanerpes caeruleusTrinidad
Purple-throated Mountain GemLampornis calolaemaCosta Rica
Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea stictopteraMexico
RazorbillAlca tordaEngland
Red-backed ShrikeLanius collurioEstonia
Red-breasted SapsuckerSphyrapicus ruberWashington
Red-billed FrancolinFrancolinus adspersusNamibia
Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereusTrinidad
Red BishopEuplectes orixGambia
Red-capped LarkCalandrella cinereaNamibia
Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillusTrinidad
Reddish EgretEgretta rufescensTexas
Red-eyed DoveStreptopelia semitorquataGambia
Red-footed BoobySula sulaEcuador
Red-footed FalconFalco vespertinusCrete
Red-gartered CootFulica armillataArgentina
Redheaded FinchAmadina erythracephalaNamibia
Red KiteMilvus milvusSpain
Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneusTrinidad
Red-legged PartridgeAlectoris rufaSpain
Red-shouldered HawkButeo lineatusFlorida
Red Wattled LapwingVanellus indicusSri Lanka
Rhinoceros HornbillBuceros rhinocerosMalaysia
Rhinoceros HornbillBuceros rhinocerosMalaysia
RobinErithacus rubeculaEngland
Roseate SpoonbillAjaia ajajaMexico
Royal TernThalasseus maximusMexico
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisTexas
Ruddy Ground-doveColumbina talpacotiTrinidad
Rufous HomeroFurnarius rufusArgentina
Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensisArgentina
Rufous-crowned/Purple RollerCoracias naeviaNamibia
Rufous-vented ChachalacaOrtalis ruficaudaTrinidad
Saffron FinchSicalis flaveolaTrinidad
Sage GrouseCentrocercus urophasiaCalifornia
Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalisTrinidad
Scale-throated EarthcreeperUpucerthia dumetariaArgentina
Scaly-feathered FinchSporopipes squamifronsNamibia
Scarlet IbisEudocimus ruberTrinidad
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaTexas
Scrub JayAphelocoma coerulescenCalifornia
SecretarybirdSagittarius serpentariusNamibia
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensisGambia
Senegal Thick-kneeBurhinus senegalensisGambia
Short-toed Rock ThrushMonticola brevicepsNamibia
SiskinCarduelis spinusScotland
SkylarkAlauda arvensisEstonia
Slavonian (Horned) GrebePodiceps auritusScotland
Small Ground FinchGeospiza fuliginosaEcuador
Small Tree FinchCamarhynchus parvulusEcuador
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga aniTrinidad
Snowy EgretEgretta thulaTexas
Southern Giant PetrelMacronectes giganteusArgentina
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensisArgentina
Southern Yellow-bill HornbillTockus flavirostrisNamibia
Spike-heeled LarkChersomanes albofasciaNamibia
SpoonbillPlatalea leucorodiaSri Lanka
Spotted OwletAthene bramaIndia
Spotted SandpiperActitis maculariaTrinidad
Spur-winged PloverVanellus spinosusGambia
Squacco Heron (1)Ardeola raIloidesCrete
Squacco Heron (2)Ardeola raIloidesGambia
Sri Lanka FrogmouthBatrachostomus moniligerIndia
Stark's LarkAlauda starkiNamibia
Stellar's JayCyanocitta stelleriWashington
StonechatSaxicola torquataCrete
Striated HeronButorides striatusEcuador
Superb StarlingSpreo superbusKenya
Surf ScoterMelanitta perspicillataCalifornia
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoniWashington
Swallow-tailed Bee-eaterMerops hirundineusNamibia
Swallow-tailed GullCreagrus furcatusEcuador
Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolorMexico
Trinidad Piping GuansAburria pipileTrinidad
Tufted DuckAythya fuligulaEngland
Tufted Tit-TyrantAnairetes parulusArgentina
Turkey VultureCathartes auraFlorida
Upland GooseChloephaga pictaArgentina
Vermilion Flycatcher (1)Pyrocephalus rubinusMexico
Vermillion Flycatcher (2)Pyrocephalus rubinusEcuador
Wattled JacanaJacana jacanaTrinidad
Western Grey Plantain-eaterCrinifer piscatorGambia
Western Reef-HeronEgretta gularisGambia
WhinchatSaxicola rubetraEstonia
White-bearded ManakinManacus manacusTrinidad
White-chested EmeraldAmazilia chionopectusTrinidad
White-crowned ShrikeEurocephalus anguitimensNamibia
White-faced Whistling DuckDendrocygna viduataMalaysia
White-fronted PloverCharadrius marginatusNamibia
White-fronted ParrotAmazona albifronsMexico
White-headed Steamer-DuckTachyeres leucocephalusArgentina
White-necked Jacobin (male)Florisuga mellivoraTrinidad
White-necked Jacobin (female)Florisuga mellivoraTrinidad
White Stork (1)Ciconia ciconiaSpain
White Stork (2)Ciconia ciconiaSpain
White-tailed ShrikeLanioturdus torquatusNamibia
White-tailed TrogonTrogon viridisTrinidad
White-throated CaracaraPolyborus albogularisArgentina
White-throated KingfisherHalcyon smymensisIndia
White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxiTrinidad
Wood PigeonColumba palumbusEngland
Wood Sandpiper (1)Tringa glareolaCrete
Wood Sandpiper (2)Tringa glareolaGambia
Wood Sandpiper (3)Tringa glareolaEstonia
Wood StorkMycteria americanaMexico
Yellow-billed StorkIbis ibisMalaysia
Yellow-crowned Night-heronNycticorax violaceusMexico
Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalusWashington

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