Avian Dinosaurs

Columba livia domest. <3

[artschoolreject]

The gang's all here

💜 Bearded Vulture

💜 Egyptian Vulture

💜 Turkey Vulture

💜 Lesser yellow headed vulture

[great-and-small]

[birdandmoon]

Because folks liked my latest pigeon comic so much, here's another pigeon piece!

I made this a couple years ago for a sadly now defunct publication called Pipe Wrench. I hope this piece helps spread more pigeon love.

[peregrinelady]

A lil compilation of photos of the semi-leucistic/piebald mourning dove who has been visiting my backyard!

First two images are from this morning 💕

[wagahai-da]

[rgibson63]

Lost Americans wheel. Watercolor and ink.

[obsession-of-aesthetic]

"The Love Birds" by Adolfo Belimbau (1845-1938)

[alonglistofbirds]

Which bird is best?

California condor

Cream-backed woodpecker

Common snipe

Blue-black kingfisher

Cinereous tyrant

American kestrel

Voting ended onMar 26, 2024

Round 1 Group 2

California condor - Gymnogyps californianus

Cream-backed woodpecker - Campephilus leucopogon

Common snipe - Gallinago gallinago

Blue-black kingfisher - Todiramphus nigrocyaneus

Cinereous tyrant - Knipolegus striaticeps

American kestrel - Falco sparverius

Please reblog with your choice and reasoning!

[herpsandbirds]

Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex), family Balaenicipitidae, order Pelicaniformes, Uganda

This bird is the only member of its family.

The taxonomic affinities of this bird have long been debated. It currently rests within the order Pelicaniformes. It was, in the past, often placed in the Ciconiiformes.

Its closest living relative is most likely the Hamerkop.

Photograph by Jon Luca Tognon

[alonglistofbirds]

[2752/11080] Crested cuckoo-dove - Reinwardtoena crassirostris

Order: Columbiformes (pigeons and doves) Family: Columbidae

Photo credit: Charles Davies via Macaulay Library

[alonglistofbirds]

[2751/11080] Crested coua - Coua cristata

Order: Cuculiformes (cuckoos) Family: Cuculidae Genus: Coua (couas)

Photo credit: Zak Pohlen via Macaulay Library

[random-brushstrokes]

Alexander Koester - Seven ducks at the ditch (1900s)

[alonglistofbirds]

[2743/11080] Crested auklet - Aethia cristatella

Order: Charadriiformes Suborder: Lari Family: Alcidae (auks)

Photo credit: Phillip Edwards via Macaulay Library

[artscult]

SLENDER-BILLED CURLEW - high resolution image from old book.

[minmos]

pictures sourced from here, which i will fully admit i clicked on because i saw the words "sauropod vertebra picture of the week" and was so fascinated by this niche that of course i had to check it out,

but apparently a lot of birds have excessively long tracheae that just like.... coils around the top of the lungs?

WHY????????????????????????????????????? (i am now learning that the answer why is that so their calls make them sound Bigger than they actually are)

i feel like so many birds just have uzumaki nightmare shit just like... going on inside of them at all times. like hummingbird & woodpecker skulls!

this is EGREGIOUS. You stop that!!!

[todaysbird]

god i wish this was me

[sirinthada]

Wood duck (Aix sponsa)! The common name comes from the fact that they are one of the few waterfowl species that perch and nest in trees—strong claws allow them to grip bark and maneuver into tree cavities!