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
 
 

Northern Oceans & Western North America

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

Central North America


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

Eastern North America

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

from Family Mimidae
Brown Trembler: 24 Mar 2000 Dominica
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Middle East & North Africa

from Family Nectariniidae
Palestine Sunbird: 26 Oct 1981 Wadi Ammud, Israe
 
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 Nactariniidae
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
Himalayan Monal: 3 Apr 2019 Chelea, Bhutan

Temperate East Asia

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

Tropical Asia

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


Central Pacific & Hawaii

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

New Guinea

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