Personal Project — Bird Families of the World
 

BONUS BIRDS
Some favorite birds photographed by Region not appearing elsewhere in this Bird Family project

 
a web page by Don Roberson
 
 

Arctic & Northern Oceans

from Family Laridae
Ross's Gull: 12 Jan 2017 Halfmoon Bay, CA, USA

Western North America


from Family Paradoxornithidae
Wrentit: 23 May 2010 Garrapata SP, CA, USA

Central North America


from Family Tyrannidae
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher: 2 Jan 2020 Carmel Valley, CA, USA


Eastern North America

from Family Alcidae
Atlantic Puffin: 19 Jun 2007 Machias Seal I., Canada

Caribbean

from Family Cotingidae
Bearded Bellbird: 26 Dec 2006 Asa Wright, Trinidad

Central America

from Family Bucconidae
Barred Puffbird: 13 Feb 2022 Darién, Panama
  
South America — Andes

from Family Thraupidae
Yellow-scarfed Tanager: 20 Nov 2014 Owlet Lodge, Peru


South America — Amazon Basin

from Family Ardeidae
Agami Heron: 23 Jun 1987 Tambopata, Peru
 
South America
— East Coast Forests
from Family Thraupidae
Brassy-breasted Tanager: 1 Aug 2010 Intervales, Brazil

  
South America — Southern Cone

from Family Tyrannidae
Crested Doradito: 27 Nov 2022 Iberá, Argentina

Europe

from Family Ciconiidae
White Stork: 7 July 2013 Amsterdam, Netherlands
 
Middle East

from Family Nectariniidae
Palestine Sunbird: 26 Oct 1981 Wadi Ammud, Israel
  
North Africa


from Family Burhinidae
Senegal Thick-knee: 10 Mar 2024 Nile River, Aswan, Egypt
 
West Africa

from Family Lybiidae
Bristle-nosed Barbet: 5 Dec 2013 Nsutu Forest, Ghana

 
East Africa

from Family Gruidae
Gray-crowned Crane: 11 Jun 2018 Ngorongoro, Tanzania


Southern Africa

from Family Nectariniidae
Orange-breasted Sunbird: 11 Jun 2018 Jonker Dam, South Africa
 
Madagascar

from Family Alcedinidae
Madagascar Pygmy Kingfisher: 28 Nov 1982 Ankarafantsika

Indian Ocean

from Family Falconidae
Mauritius Kestrel: 6 Dec 1992 Black River Gorge, Mauritius

Central Asia & Himalayas


from Family Phasianidae
Blood Pheasant: 24 Mar 2019 Thruming La, Bhutan

Temperate East Asia

from Family Paradoxornithidae
Spectacled Parrotbill: 15 Nov 2010 Foping NP, China

Indian Subcontinent

from Family Ciconiidae
Greater Adjutant: 30 Mar 2001 Guwati, Assam, India


Tropical South Asia

from Family Corvidae
Common Green-Magpie: 20 Dec 2012 Lung Sin, Thailand


Philippines


from Family Phasianidae
Palawan Peacock-Pheasant: 13 Dec 2006 Palawan, Philippines

Greater Sundas: Sumatra, Borneo, Java

from Family Meropidae
Red-bearded Bee-eater: 19 Aug 1988 Sumatra, Indonesia


Wallacea & Tropical Pacific

from Family Turdidae
Geomalia: 27 Sep 2011 Lore Lindu NP, Sulawesi, Indonesia

New Guinea

from Family Paradisaeidae
Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise: 6 Sep 2016 Papua New Guinea

Central Pacific & Hawaii

from Family Fringillidae
Akiapolaau: 2 Jan 2012 Pua Akala, Hawaii, Hawaii, USA
 
Australia

from Family Ptilonorhynchidae
Satin Bowerbird: 1 Sep 2016 O'Reilly's, Qld., Australia
 
New Zealand

from Family Meliphagidae
Tui: 13 Nov 2009 Tiritiri Matangi, New Zealand
 
Southern Oceans
& Antarctica
from Family Spheniscidae
King Penguin: 22 Nov 2022 Tierra del Fuego, Argentina
 
 
 
 
 

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