#passeroidea

[best-bird-tournament]

Passeroidea superfamily - RUNOFF

Which is the best bird?

Red-winged blackbird

Cerulean warbler

Gouldian finch

Voting ended onJan 18

[alonglistofbirds]

[2955/11080] Diamond firetail - Stagonopleura guttata

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Passeroidea Family: Estrildidae (estrildid finches)

Photo credit: Laurie Ross via Macaulay Library

[saritawolf]

Red Fody (male) (Foudia madagascariensis) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost

[animalids]

Blue waxbill (Uraeginthus angolensis)

Photo by Hans Hillewaert

[dendroica]

Northern cardinal at Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge (via U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Northeast Region)

Cardinals are sometimes so red against the drab winter forest they appear to glow. It's almost impossible not to stop and just look on in awe, experiencing the moment.

Credit: Michael Schramm/USFWS

[hello-birdies]

Melanocharis nigra by Robert Lewis

[best-bird-tournament]

Nine-primaried oscine clade - round 2

Which is the best bird?

'I'iwi

Rose-bellied bunting

Cerulean warbler

Red-winged blackbird

Chestnut-backed tanager

Voting ended onJan 4

[best-bird-tournament]

Passeroidea superfamily

Which is the best bird?

Red-winged blackbird

Cerulean warbler

Jackson's widowbird

Red avadavat

Gouldian finch

Voting ended onJan 11