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  • Humans & Nature

    Asian Bird Photographers A Common wood- pigeon resists to leave its territory in a forest recently burned by fire. Jungle vegetation...
  • Nature Instants (selection)

    Standing in the air. See Black-chinned Hummingbird. What a big sight!..the smallest bird on Earth. A truly Mountain-gem. Always...
  • Paleartic birds

    Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius. Common Swift Apus apus. Pallid Swift Apus pallidus. Alpine Swift Tachymarptis...
  • Oriental birds

    Western Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus. Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis. Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris...
  • Australasian birds

    Eastern Koel Eudynamys orientalis. Papuan Frogmouth Podargus papuensis. Torresian Imperial-pigeon Ducula spilorrhoa. Orange-footed...
  • Afrotropical birds

    Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius. Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus serratus. White-browed Coucal Centropus...
  • Neartic birds

    Black-chinned Hummingbird Archilochus alexandri. Costa's Hummingbird Calypte costae. Anna's Hummingbird Calypte anna. Magnificent...
  • Neotropical birds

    Equatorial Greytail Xenerpestes singularis. Bee Hummingbird Mellisuga helenae. Amethyst Woodstar Calliphlox...
  • Mammals

    Moose Alces alces. Mantled guereza Colobus guereza. Fallow deer Dama dama. American mink Neovison vison. Eurasian red...
  • Amphibians & Reptiles

    Western Sahara Lizards Blue-headed Tree Agama Acanthocerus atricollis. Fire salamander Salamandra salamandra. Common Toad Bufo...
  • Invertebrates

    Ptilocephala sp. Jumping Spider Evarcha arcuata. Lantern Bug Laternaria rühli. Asian predatory wasp Vespa velutina. ...
  • Landscapes

    Namib desert. Northern Grecia. High plateau in Puno, Southern Peru. Endless forest in Amazonas province, Dhofar coast. ...
  • Flora & Fungi

    Common Spotted Orchid Dactylorhiza fuchsii. Coprinellus disseminatus. Pyrenean violet Ramonda myconi endemic, Garrotxa, Polygala...
  • People & Culture

    Dances of Native Commutity in Shintuya, Southern Peru. Nueva Esperanza (Loreto) Northern Peru Hanoi. Al Rustak. Ibri. UAE ...
  • Spiritual Places

    Sukhothai Giant Buddha, Puli. Central Mosque, Almaty. Orthodox ceremony in Lalibela, Ethiopia. Hindu Temple in Nuwara Eliya,...
  • Humans & Nature

    Asian Bird Photographers A Common wood- pigeon resists to leave its territory in a forest recently burned by fire. Jungle vegetation...
  • Nature Instants (selection)

    Standing in the air. See Black-chinned Hummingbird. What a big sight!..the smallest bird on Earth. A truly Mountain-gem. Always...
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Oriental birds

Western Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus.
Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis.
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris singularis.
Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus.
Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus.
Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea.
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis.
Brown-backed Needletail Hirundapus giganteus.
House Swift Apus nipalensis.
Pacific Swift Apus pacificus.
Asian Palm-swift Cypsiurus balasiensis balasiensis.
Indian Swiftlet Aerodramus unicolor.
Edible-nest Swiftlet Aerodramus fuciphagus germani.
Silver-backed Needletail Hirundapus cochinchinensis.
Silver-rumped Spinetail Rhaphidura leucopygialis.
Grey-rumped Treeswift Hemiprocne longipennis.
Sri Lanka Frogmouth Batrachostomus moniliger.
Mountain Imperial-pigeon Ducula badia.
Jambu Fruit-dove Ramphiculus jambu.
White-bellied Green-pigeon Treron sieboldii.
Thick-billed Green-pigeon Treron curvirostra.
Pink-necked Green-pigeon Treron vernans.
Zebra Dove Geopelia striata.
Grey-capped Emerald Dove Chalcophaps indica.
Red Turtle-dove Streptopelia tranquebarica humilis.
Eastern Spotted Dove Spilopelia chinensis.
Oriental Turtle-dove Streptopelia orientalis orientalis.
Sri Lanka Woodpigeon Columba torringtoniae.
Red Junglefowl Gallus gallus spadiceus.
Sri Lanka Junglefowl Gallus lafayettii.
Indian Peafowl Pavo cristatus.
Green Peafowl Pavo muticus imperator.
Silver Pheasant Lophura nycthemera jonesi.
Swinhoe’s Pheasant Lophura swinhoii.
Mrs Hume’s Pheasant Syrmaticus humiae burmanicus.
Mikado Pheasant Syrmaticus mikado.
Siamese Fireback Lophura diardi.
Mountain Bamboo-partridge Bambusicola fytchii fytchii.
Taiwan Bamboo-partridge Bambusicola sonorivox.
Rufous-throated Partridge Arborophila rufogularis tickelli.
Japanese Quail Coturnix japonica.
Yellow Bittern Ixobrychus sinensis.
Indian Pond-heron Ardeola grayii.
Chinese Pond-heron Ardeola bacchus.
Javan Pond-heron Ardeola speciosa.
Malayan Night-heron Gorsachius melanolophus.
Eastern Reef-egret Egretta sacra.
Chinese egret Egretta eulophotes.
Eastern Great Egret Ardea alba modesta.
Intermediate Egret Ardea intermedia.
Spot-billed Duck Anas poecilorhyncha zonorhyncha.
Spot-billed Pelican Pelecanus philippensis
Little Cormorant Phalacrocorax niger. Pak Thale
White-whiskered Laughingthrush Trochalopteron morrisonianum
Taiwan Barwing Actinodura morrisoniana in Dasyueshan,
Golden Parrotbill, also called Taiwan Parrotbill Paradoxornis verreauxi morrisonianus. 
Chinese Thrush, Turdus mupinensis.
Pallas's Rosefinch, Carpodacus roseus. 
Rufous-crowned Laughingthrush, Garrulax ruficeps, in flight.
Black Bittern, Ixobrychus flavicollis flavicollis, Singapur, December.  
Sri Lanka White-eye, Zosterops ceylonensis. Feeding. Horton Plains, Sri Lanka. 
Milky Stork Mycteria cinerea, Sugei Buloh Reserve. Singapur
Sri Lanka Blue Magpie. 
Oriental Skylark, Alauda Gulgula. On the ground. Bundala NP Sri Lanka 6/1/2012
White-browed Shrike-babbler Pteruthius flaviscapis annamensis. Vietnam.