Bird Week 3

A brackets competition to determine the best bird (Currently Closed)

[zoologica42]

I refuse to believe spectacled eiders are real animals

this is a goddam muppet.

[todaysbird]

[dougdimmadodo]

White-Tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila)

Family: Hummingbird Family (Trochilidae)

IUCN Conservation Status: Least Concern

The distinctive elongated, downwards-curving and perhaps just slightly goofy-looking beak of this small, dull-coloured hummingbird is an adaptation that allows it to feed on the nectar of plants with curved, tube-like flowers, particularly “lobster claws” in the genus Heliconia, which in turn rely heavily on sicklebills for pollination. Found mainly in evergreen forests across southern Central America and northern South America, White-Tipped Sicklebills, like other hummingbirds but unlike the vast majority of other bird species, utilize an insect-like manner of flapping that allows them to hover and move in any direction while in flight in order to carefully position themselves in a suitable place to extend their beaks and long, flexible tongues into flowers in order to feed, with a diet of sugar-rich, easily digestible nectar being necessary to meet the immense nutritional requirements associated with the extremely rapid flapping that makes their style of flight possible. Unusually for a bird White-Tipped Sicklebills are believed to breed multiple times each year, with males gathering together during the breeding seasons, producing harsh, high-pitch calls to attract females to their location and battling for the attention of mates in mid-air in a form of synchronised competitive courtship known as lekking. After mating, female White-Tipped Sicklebills build nests out of mammal fur, plant roots and spider webs (often hanging from or near Heliconia leaves, allowing for easy access to flowers) into which they lay 1-2 tiny eggs.

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[the-cooler-erinsintra]

such a raw-ass pose. do you think they were asked to pose like this or they just did that

[passerine-free-pass]

Pink Robin (Petroica rodinogaster)

© Charlie Price

[trilobutch]

california quails they’re unforgettable. small and round, black feather on top.

[xeppeli]

lahore pigeons are some of the most visually appealing birds out there. like in terms of visual design. very minimalist, good contrast.

[xeppeli]

[tunnaa-unnaa]

Too bad Lahore pigeons are a domestic breed and don’t appear in the wild at all. Some equally balanced wild colorations include

Pygmy Falcon

Great Hornbill

Wallcreeper

and

Black-throated Loon

[xeppeli]

this is a good addition to this post. thank you for this birds educations

[fuckingconversations]

I would like to submit the following additions to the world of exceptional bird color design:

Cedar Waxwing

Red Crowned Crane

Brahminy Kite

Green Tree Swallow (I mean seriously - those are metallic teal feathers against stark white. Damn.) 

Bali Mynah

And, last but certainly not least, the cutest fucking puffball on this planet earth:

The Korean Crow-Tit

[ohthisismuchworse]

I’d also like to contribute some pretty awesome birds

Hooded Pitta (or as like to call them little olives)

Coua

Mot-Mot

The Blue Crown Pigeon (the biggest pigeon)

[scoutology]

good post

[chopinsbian-deactivated20181029]

@ilovegirlsalways

[lonewolf574]

@candiceirae

[candiceirae]

I’m fond of the Golden Breasted Starling,

the Golden Pheasant,

and the Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher.

[thelightreturns]

@izzyovercoffee

[camwyn]

May I present the most fabulous turkey in the world, the Ocellated Turkey?

[etchif]

Might I add

The Violet-backed starling

[earhartsease]

the Himalayan Monal (in love with the moomin-looking one)

[seagull-yuri]

[birdhism]

[ceramicdove]

Dovekies are genuinely so awesome Look at this thing

[todaysbird]

[bird-week]

Birdweek Grand Finals Shima Enaga or Great Eared Nightjar

Shima Enaga

Great Eared Nightjar

Voting ended onApr 25, 2023

[bird-week]

And the final results are in. After a long week of bracket matches and battle royales, only one bird stands above the rest as the definitive Best Bird. I would like to extend that honor to the Great Eared Nightjar, who has taken that title for the next year as the Best Bird of them all. Congratulations!

[bird-week]

Birdweek Grand Finals Shima Enaga or Great Eared Nightjar

Shima Enaga

Great Eared Nightjar

Voting ended onApr 25, 2023

[bird-week]

Birdseed Finals Tiebreaker Dovekie or Great Eared Nightjar

Dovekie

Great Eared Nightjar

Voting ended onApr 23, 2023

[bird-week]

And the winner of the tiebreaker is the Great Eared Nightjar! Clawing it’s way from Round 3 back to Grand Finals! Congratulations, you are the next best bird!

[bird-week]

Birdseed Finals Tiebreaker Dovekie or Great Eared Nightjar

Dovekie

Great Eared Nightjar

Voting ended onApr 23, 2023

[bird-week]

Birdseed Battle Royale 5

Purple Finch

Dovekie

Mandarinente

Great Eared Nightjar

Luzon Bleeding Heart

Golden Pheasant

Voting ended onApr 22, 2023

[bird-week]

And as the dust settles for the final battle royale, we have a tie between the Dovekie and the Great Eared Nightjar! That simply won’t do! Before we can move onto Grand Finals, there will be a tiebreaker match between these two birdseed battlers.

[bird-week]

Bird Week - Final Round The Ultimate Battle of Cool & Cute! Bearded Vulture or Shima Enaga

Bearded Vulture

Shima Enaga

Voting ended onApr 22, 2023

[bird-week]

And the winner of the ultimate clash between cool and cute is the Shima Enaga!! You are the best bird!!