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🌍🌏 Eurasian Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #EurasianChaffinch #CommonChaffinch #Chaffinch #FringillaCoelebs | #Chaffinches #TrueFinches #OldWorldFinches #Finches #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Drosera74🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

🌍🌏 Eurasian Chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs)

The male Eurasian Chaffinch is colourful, with a blue-grey cap, rust-red breast, and prominent white wing bars. The female is duller brown/grey but shares the white wing markings. It is widespread across Europe, Northwest Africa, and Western Asia, favouring woodland, parks, and gardens. They are social outside the breeding season, forming flocks. Males have a loud, distinctive song. Eleven subspecies are currently recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Fun fact: Male Chaffinches have regional dialects in their song! Studies have shown slight differences in the typical song's final "flourish" depending on where in the country (or continent) the bird lives.

📷: Photo by Drosera74 via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/chaffinch-bird-finch-nature-9825010/

WUNE

🌍🌏🌎 Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) #CosmopolitanBirds #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds #NorthAmericanBirds #SouthAmericanBirds | #GlossyIbis #PlegadisFalcinellus | #Ibises #IbisFamily #WadingBirds #Waterbirds 📷: Photo by BarbeeAnne🦉 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds ❤️🦜

🌍🌏🌎 Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus)

The Glossy Ibis is a medium-sized wading bird with a long, decurved bill and glossy feathers. From a distance, it appears dark, but in good light, its plumage shimmers with iridescent green, purple, and bronze. It has a widespread distribution, found in warm regions across Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas, favoring wetlands like marshes, swamps, and flooded fields. This is a highly social species that forages in flocks, often probing mud and shallow water for invertebrates. No subspecies are recognised. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Fun fact: The tip of the Glossy Ibis's bill has special touch sensors that allow it to feel for prey like insects and crustaceans buried in the mud.

📷: Photo by BarbeeAnne via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/glossy-ibis-bird-wading-ornithology-2680553/

YCJU

🌍 Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #WesternYellowWagtail #YellowWagtail #MotacillaFlava | #Wagtails #WagtailFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Karsten Madsen ❤️🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍 Western Yellow Wagtail (Motacilla flava)

The Western Yellow Wagtail is a small, slender bird with a bright yellow underside and an olive-green back. Males are more vibrant than females. Its most notable feature is its constantly wagging tail, which gives it its name. They are found across Europe and Asia and migrate to Africa for the winter. It feeds on insects and lives in open, wet habitats. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Ten subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

Photo by karsten_madsen via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-wagtail-migratory-birds-beak-6352067/

KSEX

🌍🌏 Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #EurasianHoopoe #UpupaEpops | #Hoopoes #HoopoeFamily #Bucerotiformes 📷: Photo by SajeevBhaskaran🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍🌏 Eurasian Hoopoe (Upupa epops)

The Eurasian Hoopoe is a striking bird with a prominent fan-like crest that it can raise or lower. Its plumage is a warm cinnamon colour, contrasted with bold black and white stripes on its wings and tail. It has a long, slender, downcurved bill. This species is widely distributed across Europe, Asia, and Africa. Many populations in the northern part of their range are migratory, while African populations are sedentary. They are solitary foragers, using their long bill to probe the ground for insects. They are also known for dust-bathing. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Eight subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by SajeevBhaskaran via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/hoopoe-bird-meadow-grass-animal-5957224/

EDVP

🌍 Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds | #EurasianBlueTit #BlueTit #CyanistesCaeruleus | #BlueTits #Tits #TitFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by wzdigiphoto🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍 Eurasian Blue Tit (Cyanistes caeruleus)

The Eurasian Blue Tit is a small, colourful bird with a blue cap, wings, and tail, a white face with a dark eye-stripe, and a yellowish belly. They are widespread across Europe and parts of western Asia, inhabiting woodlands, parks, and gardens. Blue Tits are highly active and agile foragers, often seen clinging upside down on branches to find insects. They are non-migratory and frequently visit bird feeders, especially during winter. They typically nest in tree holes or nest boxes. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Nine subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by wzdigiphoto via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/blue-tit-branch-bird-perched-6091507/

VRYP

🌍🌏 Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus) #EurasianBirds #AsianBirds #EuropeanBirds | #RedFlankedBluetail #OrangeFlankedBushRobin #TarsigerCyanurus | #Bluetails #BushRobins #OldWorldFlycatcherFamily #Chats #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Takashi_Yanagisawa🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍🌏 Red-flanked Bluetail (Tarsiger cyanurus)

The Red-flanked Bluetail is a small, shy member of the Old World flycatcher family. Males have a vibrant blue back, head, and tail, with a white throat and eyebrow, and distinctive orange-red flanks. Females and juveniles are browner with a duller blue tail and orange flanks. They breed in dense, coniferous forests across northern Asia and parts of Europe, migrating to southern and southeastern Asia for the winter. They are often seen hopping on the forest floor or low branches, flicking their tail. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by Takashi_Yanagisawa via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-outdoors-wild-animals-natural-3252809/

KYPD

🌍 European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #EuropeanGoldfinch #Goldfinch #CarduelisCarduelis | #Goldfinches #CarduelineFinches #TrueFinchFamily #Finches #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by JacekBen🦜 #MyBirdcards | #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍 European Goldfinch (Carduelis carduelis)

The European Goldfinch is a small, colourful finch with a striking red face, black and white head, and a warm brown body. Its most distinctive feature is a broad, bright yellow band on its otherwise black wings, which is particularly visible in flight.

Native to Europe, North Africa, and parts of Asia, it inhabits open woodlands, gardens, and farmlands. Goldfinches are highly social birds, often forming large flocks, or "charms," outside of the breeding season. They are known for their agile, undulating flight and a pleasant, twittering song. They use their specialized bills to extract seeds from plants like thistles and teasels. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Ten subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by JacekBen via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-beak-plumage-feathers-tree-5483172/

XQRL

New addition! 🌍🌏 Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #EurasianWryneck #NorthernWryneck #JynxTorquilla | #Wrynecks #WoodpeckerFamily #Piciformes 📷: Photo by Luca_Cagnasso🦜 #MyBirdcards #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍🌏 Eurasian Wryneck (Jynx torquilla)

The Eurasian Wryneck or Northern Wryneck (Jynx torquilla) is a small, cryptically patterned member of the woodpecker family, Picidae. Primarily brown and grey for camouflage, it has a distinctive "wryneck" display where it twists its head and neck in snake-like fashion when threatened. Found across Eurasia, it's a migratory species, breeding in temperate zones and wintering in Africa and southern Asia. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Six subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by Luca_Cagnasso via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/stiff-neck-bird-nature-ornithology-5081649/

POSS

🌍 European robin (Erithacus rubecula) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #EuropeanRobin #Robin #ErithacusRubecula | #Robins #Flycatchers #OldWorldFlycatcherFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Gruendercoach🦜 #MyBirdcards #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍 European robin (Erithacus rubecula)

The European robin is a small, plump bird with a distinctive bright orange-red breast, face, and throat, contrasting with a brown back and whitish belly. Juveniles are speckled brown without the red plumage.

They are widely distributed across Europe, parts of western Asia, and northern Africa. While some northern and eastern populations are migratory, many in western and southern Europe are resident year-round.

Known for their melodious song, robins are fiercely territorial, with both sexes defending their territories vigorously through song and aggressive displays. They often approach gardeners, seeking worms unearthed by digging. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Nine subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by Gruendercoach via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/robin-bird-animal-feathers-plumage-8455523/

WKAG

🌍 Western house martin (Delichon urbicum) #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #WesternHouseMartin #CommonHouseMartin #NorthernHouseMartin | #Martins #HouseMartins #SwallowFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by Georg_Wietschorke🦜 #MyBirdcards #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍 Western house martin (Delichon urbicum)

The western house martin (also called the common house martin, northern house martin, or just, house martin) is a small, migratory member of the swallow family with a glossy blue-black back, pure white underparts, and a distinctive white rump. They are widely distributed across Europe, Asia, and North Africa, breeding in temperate regions and wintering in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia. They are highly social, nesting colonially on buildings, typically under eaves, and feeding on insects caught in acrobatic flight. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by Georg_Wietschorke via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-sitting-animal-feathers-7217625/

JMAF

🌍🌏 Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #MiddleEasternBirds #AfricanBirds | #Fieldfare #TurdusPilaris | #Fieldfares #Thrushes #ThrushFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by leszekhus🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍🌏 Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris)

The Fieldfare is a large thrush, bigger than a blackbird, with a distinctive blue-grey head, chestnut-brown back, and a speckled, reddish-washed breast. Its underwings are conspicuously white in flight.

Fieldfares breed in northern Europe and the Palearctic, with many populations overwintering in Southern Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. They are widely distributed across open countryside, farmland, and hedgerows, avoiding major urban areas and higher ground.

They are highly social, forming flocks of tens to hundreds, often with Redwings. They forage on the ground, hopping purposefully, and feeding on berries, fruit, and invertebrates. Their characteristic harsh "chack-chack" call is often heard in flight. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

No subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by leszekhus via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-beak-feathers-plumage-8821486/

BKSP

🌍🌏 Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #CommonStarling #EuropeanStarling #SturnusVulgaris | #Starlings #StarlingFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by TheOtherKev🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍🌏 Common starling (Sturnus vulgaris)

The common starling is a medium-sized bird, appearing black with a glossy green and purple iridescence up close. In winter, they are covered in bright white spots. Juveniles are grey-brown.

They are widely distributed across Eurasia, and introduced in North America, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, thriving in urban, suburban, and agricultural areas.

Common starlings are highly gregarious and noisy. They forage on the ground for insects and fruit. Famous for their aerial "murmurations"—large, coordinated flocks performing intricate displays at dusk—they are also known for mimicking other bird calls and squabbling at feeders. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Around twelve subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by TheOtherKev via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/starling-bird-perched-lampost-5011486/

BKDW

🌍 European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #EuropeanBeeEater #MeropsApiaster | #BeeEaters #BeeEaterFamily 📷: Photo by makamuki0🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍 European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

The European bee-eater is a richly coloured, slender bird, about 27-29 cm long, with a black beak, brown and yellow upperparts, and green wings. Sexes are similar, though females may have greener shoulders.

They breed in southern and central Europe, northern and southern Africa, and western Asia, preferring open country near sandy banks for nesting. Most populations are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa, but a resident population exists in southern Africa.

Highly gregarious, European bee-eaters nest colonially in self-dug tunnels in sandy banks. They feed and roost communally, often catching insects, especially bees, wasps, and hornets, in flight. Before consumption, they remove the sting by striking the insect against a hard surface. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by makamuki0 via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/bee-eater-abellerol-bird-3388890/

HQMZ

🌍 Western barn owl (Tyto alba) #EuropeanBirds #AfricanBirds #AsianBirds | #WesternBarnOwl #BarnOwl #TytoAlba | #BarnOwls #Owls #BirdsOfPrey 📷: Photo by JensLPZ🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍 Western barn owl (Tyto alba)

The western barn owl is a medium-sized, pale owl with a distinctive heart-shaped white face, dark eyes, and a mottled silver-grey and buff back. Its underparts are pure white, sometimes with fine dark spots.

It has a widespread distribution across Europe, Africa, and parts of the Middle East, favoring open habitats like farmland, grasslands, and marshes, often utilizing old buildings or tree cavities for roosting and nesting.

Mainly nocturnal, the western barn owl hunts small mammals (especially rodents) with silent, buoyant flight, using its exceptional hearing and facial disc to locate prey in darkness. It typically emits a characteristic eerie screech rather than a hoot. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Ten subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by JensLPZ via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-owl-trunk-feathers-beak-fall-7820338/

KWWB

🌍 European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #EuropeanPiedFlycatcher #PiedFlycatcher #FicedulaHypoleuca | #Flycatchers #OldWorldFlycatcherFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by jggrz🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍 European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca)

The European pied flycatcher is a small, migratory passerine. Males are strikingly black and white during breeding, with white underparts, bold wing patches, and a forehead patch. Females are duller, exhibiting brown and white plumage.

They breed across most of Europe and Western Palearctic, favouring mature woodlands (especially oak) and tree cavities, readily using nest boxes. They winter in tropical West Africa.

Behaviourally, they are insectivorous, darting from perches to catch flying insects. Males establish territories and can be polygynous, often attracting multiple mates. They are nocturnal migrants and their song is a distinctive, rhythmic sound. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Three subspecies are currently recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by jggrz via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/pied-flycatcher-8109963/

AOHP

🌍🌏 White wagtail (Motacilla alba) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #WhiteWagtail #MotacillaAlba | #Wagtails #WagtailFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by IstvánKopeczny🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍🌏 White wagtail (Motacilla alba)

The white wagtail is a small and slender bird, with distinctive grey, black, and white plumage. Its most recognizable feature is its long, constantly wagging tail. It has a vast distribution, breeding across Europe, Asia, and parts of North Africa, with some populations in Alaska. While resident in milder areas, many northern populations are migratory, wintering in Africa and southern Asia. White wagtails are highly active and often found in open areas, frequently near water or human habitation. They forage on the ground with a characteristic bobbing head and tail movement. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Up to eleven subspecies are currently recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by IstvánKopeczny via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-feathers-wings-wagtail-8047639/

LYPB

🌍🌏 Little owl (Athene noctua) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #LittleOwl #OwlOfAthena #OwlOfMinerva #AtheneNoctua | #Owls #TrueOwlFamily #BirdsOfPrey 📷: Photo by Alpcem🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍🌏 Little owl (Athene noctua)

The little owl, also known as the owl of Athena or owl of Minerva, is a small, plump owl, about 22 cm long, with a flat head, short tail, and striking yellow eyes beneath white "eyebrows" giving a stern expression. Its plumage is mottled brown and white. It is widely distributed across Europe, Asia, and North Africa, favoring open country like farmland, parkland, and orchards. Primarily crepuscular (active at dawn and dusk) but often seen during the day, perched on posts or trees. They hunt small mammals, insects, and invertebrates, often swooping from a perch. Little owls are territorial and cavity-nesting, with males performing head-bobbing displays during courtship.

Thirteen subspecies are recognised.

📷: Photo by Alpcem via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/owl-perched-animal-bird-wildlife-6466676/

JRQG

🌍🌏 Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds | #EurasianBullfinch #CommonBullfinch #PyrrhulaPyrrhula | #Bullfinches #Carduelinefinches #Finches #TrueFinchFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by jLasWilson🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍🌏 Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula)

The Eurasian bullfinch is a stocky bull-headed finch. Males boast a striking bright pinkish-red breast and cheeks, contrasting with a black cap, grey back, and black wings and tail, offset by a prominent white rump. Females are duller, with a grey-pink breast and brown back. They are widely distributed across Europe and temperate Asia, favouring woodlands, hedgerows, and gardens with dense cover. While generally resident, northern populations may migrate south in winter. Often shy and elusive, their presence is frequently betrayed by their soft, melancholic "peu" whistle. They feed primarily on seeds and buds, particularly fruit tree buds in spring, and are often seen in pairs or small family groups. They form monogamous pair bonds, often lasting for multiple years. Ten subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by jLasWilson via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bullfinch-bull-finch-bird-colourful-1399025/

ZKZX

🌍🌏 Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #BlackWingedStilt #CommonStilt #HimantopusHimantopus | #BlackWingedStilts #Stilts #AvocetFamily #WadingBirds #WaterBirds 📷: Photo by ignartonosbg🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍🌏 Black-winged stilt (Himantopus himantopus)

The black-winged stilt, or common stilt, is a graceful wading bird with strikingly long pink legs, a slender black bill, and variable black and white plumage. It has a broad distribution, inhabiting shallow wetlands like marshes, lagoons, and salt pans across Europe, Asia, and Africa. Stilts are often seen wading in shallow water, probing for aquatic invertebrates. They are social birds, sometimes forming small groups, and are known to be very protective of their nests and young, actively mobbing potential predators. Some populations are migratory, moving to coastal areas in winter, while others are resident in warmer regions.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by ignartonosbg via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bird-black-winged-stilt-ornithology-9418032/

KIKY

🌍🌏 Bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds | #BeardedReedling #BeardedTit #BeardedParrotbill #PanurusBiarmicus | #Reedlings #Tits #Parrotbills #BeardedReedlingFamily #PerchingBirds 📷: Photo by HenkvanDorp🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍🌏 Bearded reedling (Panurus biarmicus)

The bearded reedling is a small, orange-brown bird with a long tail, often seen flying low over reedbeds. Males sport a distinctive grey head and black "moustache," while females are paler with a brownish head. They are found in temperate Europe and across the Palearctic, favouring large reedbeds by freshwater or brackish wetlands. These social birds forage in groups, communicating with characteristic "ping" calls. Bearded reedlings nimbly feed near water, sometimes upside down, and run quickly on the ground searching for insects in summer, switching to seeds in winter. Three subspecies are recognised.

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by HenkvanDorp via Pixabay https://pixabay.com/photos/bearded-reedling-bird-animal-6380106/

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