#Collared flycatcher

[todaysbird]

the collared flycatcher is a small passerine bird found from southeast europe to the balkan peninsula and ukraine, migrating to spend winters in sub-saharan africa. as their name implies, they are agile birds that often catch insects on the wing, though they also feed on caterpillars and berries. males have a stark contrast between primarily black coloring with sharp white accents, while females and juveniles have a pale brown-grey color (though they also have similar white markings).

[alonglistofbirds]

[2545/11080] Collared flycatcher - Ficedula albicollis

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Muscicapoidea Family: Muscicapidae (old world flycatchers) Subfamily: Saxicolinae (chats)

Photo credit: Василий Калиниченко via Macaulay Library

[antiqueanimals]

Ranger Rick's Nature Magazine; November 1979 edition.

Internet Archive

[sitting-on-me-bum]

A female black-naped monarch or black-naped blue flycatcher (Hypothymis azurea) in Tehatta, India. The black-naped monarch or black-naped blue flycatcher is a slim and agile colourful passerine bird found in tropical forest habitats of southern and south-eastern Asia. The male has a distinctive black patch on the back of the head and a narrow black half collar, while the female is duller with olive-brown wings and lacks the black markings on the head. These little birds are hard to find because they roam the forest at ground level in dim light to catch insects and hide behind leaves

Photograph: Soumyabrata Roy/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

[magnetothemagnificent]

I guess it's time I share my list of birds from this past Jewish year (I've been keeping two Big Year lists, Jewish year and secular year). All are from the US, except the last few which are indicated.

1. Ruby-crowned kinglet

2. American Robin

* Leucistic American Robin

3. Song sparrow

4. Rock pigeon

* Melanistic rock pigeon

5. Chipping sparrow

6. Hairy woodpecker

7. Mourning dove

8. Northern flicker

9. Eastern towhee

10. White crowned sparrow

11. White-throated sparrow

12 Savannah sparrow

13. House sparrow

14. European starling

15. American Crow

16. Common Raven

17. Gray catbird

18. Northern mockingbird

19. Canada Goose

20. Spotted Sandpiper

21. American herring gull

22. Marsh wren

23. Limpkin

24. Great white heron

25. Cattle egret

26. Anhinga

27. Snowy egret

28. Great blue heron

29. Black-crowned night heron

30. Wood stork

31. Common gallinule

32. Blue-gray gnatcatcher

33. Turkey vulture

34. Black vulture

35. Yellow rumped warbler

36. Tufted titmouse

37. Little blue heron

38. White ibis

39. Cooper's hawk

40. Cardinal

41. Green heron

42. Carolina wren

43. Palm warbler

44. Pine warbler

45. Sandhill crane

46. Carolina chickadee

47. Bluejay

48. Osprey

49. Chimney swift

50. Red-tailed hawk

51. Prairie warbler

52. American kestrel

53. Glossy ibis

54. Pied-billed grebe

55. Double-crested cormorant

56. Grey kingbird

57. Brown pelican

58. Fish crow

59. Royal tern

60. Bald eagle

61. Painted bunting

62. American white pelican

63. Common grackle

64. Boat-tailed grackle

65. Great-tailed grackle

66. American purple gallinule

67. American coot

68. Brown-headed cowbird

69. Tricolored heron

70. Mallard

71. Black-bellied whistling duck

72. Eastern kingbird

73. Yellow-billed cuckoo

74. Muscovy duck

75. American bittern

76. Ring-billed gull

77. American Pekin

78. Mallard-Pekin hybrid

79. Eastern bluebird

80. Yellow-bellied sapsucker

81. Red-winged blackbird

82. White-eyed vireo

83. Mottled duck

84. Broad-winged hawk

85. Dark-eyed junco

86. Brown thrasher

87. Sharp-shinned hawk

88. House finch

89. Eastern Phoebe

90. Downy woodpecker

91. Fox sparrow

92. Loggerhead Shrike!!!!

93. White breasted nuthatch

94. Red-bellied woodpecker

95. Brown creeper

96. Pileated woodpecker

97. American goldfinch

98. House wren

99. Barn swallow

100. Tree swallow

101. Black and white warbler

102. Red eyed vireo

103. Yellow warbler

104. Mute swan

105. Rusty blackbird

106. Common yellowthroat

107. Warbling vireo

108. Northern waterthrush

109. Veery

110. Swamp sparrow

111. Wood duck

112. American redstart

113. Orchard oriole

114. Greater Yellowlegs

115. Lesser Yellowlegs

116. Baltimore oriole

117. Hermit thrush

118. Wood thrush

119. Ovenbird

120. Indigo bunting

121. Black-throated blue warbler

122. Scarlet tanager

123. Worm-eating warbler

124. Northern rough-winged swallow

125. Blue-headed vireo

126. Northern parula

127. Prothonotary warbler

128. Philadelphia vireo

129. Blackburnian warbler

130. Magnolia warbler

131. Cedar waxwing

132. Blackpoll warbler

133. Yellow-throated vireo

134. Eastern wood pewee

135. Acadian flycatcher

136. Tennessee warbler

137. Caspian tern

138. Laughing gull

139. Forster's tern

140. American oystercatcher

141. Green-winged teal

142. Purple Martin

143. Least tern

144. Field sparrow

145. Killdeer

146. Grey-cheeked thrush

147. Rose-breasted grosbeak

148. Great-crested flycatcher

149. Swainson's thrush

150. Bay-breasted warbler

151. Chestnut-sided warbler

152. Willow flycatcher

153. Ruby-throated hummingbird

154. Peregrine falcon

155. Hooded crow IL

156. Laughing dove IL

157. Eurasian collared dove IL

158. Eurasian jackdaw IL

159. Common myna IL

160. Rose-ringed parakeet IL

161. White spectacled bulbul IL

162. European bee eater IL

163. Chukar IL

164. Short toed snake eagle IL

165. White stork IL

166. Little egret IL

167. Pygmy cormorant IL

168. Eurasian hoopoe IL

169. Alpine swift IL

170. Graceful pinia IL

171. Eastern Olivaceous Warbler IL

172. Tristan's Starling IL

173. Fan tailed raven IL

174. Eurasian black cap IL

Here's to at least 200 next year!

[vintagrafica]

Collared flycatcher or Muscicapa collaris

The collared flycatcher is a small passerine bird in the Old World flycatcher family, one of the four species of Western Palearctic black-and-white flycatchers.

Available now on Redbubble

[whatsthebird]

Week of 11Feb2024 Answers

Answers hidden under the cut.

85 - Surfbird by @sixhole

86 - Vermilion Flycatcher by @bl4ckbox

87 - Eurasian Collared-Dove by @inkkyte

88 - Slaty-tailed Trogon by @birbbro

89- Western Gull by @13flowersandfoxes

90 - Loggerhead Shrike by @satellite-juice

91 - Caspian Tern by Anonymous

How many birds did you get right? Consider adding correct birds to your WTB Life List!

As always, birding is a cooperative experience. Help your fellow birders out by discussing key features that help identity and distinguish a bird in the notes.

Finally, let's give a feathery thank you to this week's submitters.

Keep the game alive! Submit a bird HERE

[witchstone]

okay, birds seen at home in june round up! comes to a total of 62 species, which is oddly high for the middle of winter. the highlight was the green twinspot, which i’d only got my first ever sighting of two weeks earlier. presumably it had only found its way to our garden because of the heavy rains and flash floods (and the tornado what the fuck) a few days prior - they’re forest birds, whereas our area is more broad-leaf woodland.

full list and photos under the cut!

bar-throated apalis, black-collared + crested + white-eared barbet, cape batis, dark-capped bulbul, green-backed camaroptera*, yellow-fronted canary, fork-tailed drongo, crowned eagle*, southern black flycatcher, african dusky flycatcher, african paradise flycatcher (odd for this time of year), egyptian goose, gymnogene, southern hadeda, purple-crested loerie. speckled mousebird, black-headed oriole, rose-ringed parakeet*, black-backed puffback, red-capped robin-chat, cape glossy + black-bellied + red-winged starling, collared + greater double-collared + olive + amethyst + white-bellied sunbird, olive + kurrichane thrush, golden-rumped tinkerbarbet, southern black tit, spectacled + village weaver, cape white-eye, cardinal + golden-tailed woodpecker, red-eyed + tambourine* dove, brown-hooded kingfisher, red-backed + bronze mannikin, klaas’s cuckoo*, lesser honeyguide, grey-headed bushshrike*, familiar chat, southern grey-headed sparrow, woolly-necked stork, sombre greenbul*, green woodhoopoe, cape wagtail, southern boubou, black sparrowhawk, african palm swift, green twinspot, black cuckooshrike?, black-headed heron, little sparrowhawk?, pied crow, african goshawk

* = call heard, no visuals, ? = i’m reasonably sure it was that, but not 100%

dark-capped bulbul, taken at a nature reserve up the hill

eurytela dryope

not sure yet. maybe a mocker swallowtail judging by the body?

olive sunbird my beloved

the green twinspot!! absolutely not a great photo, but i was surprised to get a pic at all tbh. either a female or juvenile

bosduival’s tree nymph

souther hadeda. chicken sized rats and the worst dawn chorus you’ve ever heard

golden-tailed woodpecker

gold-spotted sylph. have never seen one before in my life, but it was hanging around the laundry

southern black tit!

[proton-wobbler]

Masterpost (Round 2)

(Edit: these polls have all concluded)

Bracket: Faves

Pygmy Nuthatch vs Oilbird

Bonin Petrel vs Great Bustard

White-throated Magpie Jay vs African Penguin

Dusky Seaside Sparrow vs Yellow-billed Magpie

Prothonotary Warbler vs Channel-billed Cuckoo

Pallas' Sandgrouse vs American Dipper

Blakiston's Fish Owl vs Pinyon Jay

Common Ground Dove vs Toulouse Goose

Bracket: Pretty Birds

Lady Amherst's Pheasant vs Japanese Paradise Flycatcher

Pink-necked Green Pigeon vs Plumed Whistling Duck

Pink Robin vs Red-cheeked Cordonbleu

Southern Emuwren vs Painted Redstart

Wilson's Bird-of-Paradise vs Bohemian Waxwing

Violet Turaco vs Purple Honeycreeper

Golden Pheasant vs Pompadour Cotinga

Purple-crowned Fairy vs Bluethroat

Bracket: TRUE hipsters

Emerald Starling vs Zigzag Heron

Kaua'i Mole Duck vs Whiskered Auklet

Madagascar Ibis vs Red-crested Turaco

Water Thick-Knee vs Palawan Peacock-pheasant

White-tailed Ptarmigan vs Regent Honeyeater

Invisible Rail vs Cabot's Tragopan

Collared Nightjar vs Kagu

Palau Kingfisher vs Sickle-winged Nightjar

Bracket: FOUR

Bat Hawk vs Hamerkop

Fiery-billed Aracari vs Bell Miner

Ancient Murrelet vs Arabian Babbler

Spotted Forktail vs Groove-billed Ani

Hairy Hermit Hummingbird vs Wedge-tailed Eagle

European Shag vs Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant

Streaked Weaver vs Oriental Bay-Owl

Bearded Bellbird vs Marvelous Spatuletail

[spacefinch]

Carlos: Rating the birds in my backyard by tendency toward violence. Carlos: Northern cardinal, 4/10. I'm sometimes worried the male is sexually harassing the female but I'm pretty sure they're just doing some elaborate public pickup roleplay. The rest of us didn't agree to participate in your kink, guys. Carlos: American robin, 1/10. Literally just some dude hanging out. Never bothered anyone but worms. Big fan of the way you just stand there in the middle of the grass like you forgot what you were supposed to be doing. Carlos: House sparrow, 10/10. You're a gang. You're participating in gang violence. There's ten billion of you living in a single wood pile and it's been civil war for three years now. When will the bloodshed end? Carlos: Tufted titmouse, 1/10. A shy baby. A pretty little guy. I saw you on the neighbor's garage roof and time stopped. There were anime sparkles around you. Come back. Carlos: European Starling, 9/10. Why is it always you? Listen, I know, I KNOW the sparrows are the problem, and YET. When the fighting starts, it's always you in the middle of it, provoking them and then screaming like you're an innocent bystander defending yourself. I'm onto you. Carlos: Carolina Wren, 3/10. This rating is not for physical violence, which you don't engage in, but for your role as an incurable narc. A tattle tale. I know they're fighting again, okay? I see it. Our yard has been a warzone for years, you don't have to make a big announcement every time someone misbehaves. Carlos: Eastern wood-pewee, 0/10. If this were "birds who think they're better than everyone else," you'd get 10/10. Carlos: Red-bellied woodpecker, 6/10.It's a utility pole. It's not a tree. You're surrounded by trees that are full of bugs. But there you are, on the utility pole. Committing vandalism. Carlos: American crow, unrated. For who am I to cast judgment on the actions of La Famiglia? I assume you are doing what is best for the neighborhood. If I could, though, without criticism, make a single observation. That when large numbers of you gather in the ominous dead cottonwood - no? No, you're right. None of my business. Carlos: Great crested flycatcher, 5/10. Frankly, I think you could be doing more. I think your name implies a great potential. I think you should massacre the insects. I think your beak should drip with viscera. Carlos: Common grackle, 7/10. La Famiglia does not suffer you to stop in our neighborhood long, and I trust their judgement in this manner. You have the look of a guilty bird. Carlos: Tennessee Warbler, 2/10. You keep to yourselves, and I respect that. I get the sense that you could defend yourselves if it came to it, though. Carlos: Brown-headed cowbird, 3/10. You're not a crow, and eventually they ARE going to figure it out, kiddo. Carlos: Gray catbird, 5/10. Would you. Respectfully. Would you shut the FUCK UP. Carlos: Eurasian collared-dove, 0/10. You're doing great, sweetie, everyone loves you. Carlos: Red-breasted nuthatch, 4/10. A comedian. A little jester of a bird. You're so silly. Sure sometimes you incite violence in others but, really, is that your fault? If it is, we forgive you. Carlos: Blue jay, 12/10. If you could learn any human behavior you wanted, it would be how to build a bomb. Carlos: Honorable mention: Turkey vulture, 5/10. You weren't in my backyard, but you WERE eating roadkill in the street in my neighborhood. I know the animal was already dead when you got there, but you get violence points for frightening the small children that walked past you. Incredible work.

(original post)

[justsomehibird]

Name every bird

Abbott's babbler

Abbott's booby

Abbott's starling

Abd al-Kuri sparrow

Abdim's stork

Aberdare cisticola

Aberrant bush warbler

Abert's towhee

Abyssinian catbird

Abyssinian crimsonwing

Abyssinian ground hornbill

Abyssinian ground thrush

Abyssinian longclaw

Abyssinian owl

Abyssinian roller

Abyssinian scimitarbill

Abyssinian slaty flycatcher

Abyssinian thrush

Abyssinian waxbill

Abyssinian wheatear

Abyssinian white-eye

Abyssinian woodpecker

Acacia pied barbet

Acacia tit

Acadian flycatcher

Aceh bulbul

Acorn woodpecker

Acre antshrike

Acre tody-tyrant

Adamawa turtle dove

Adelaide's warbler

Adélie penguin

Admiralty cicadabird

Afep pigeon

Afghan babbler

Afghan snowfinch

African barred owlet

African black duck

African black swift

African blue flycatcher

African blue tit

African broadbill

African citril

African collared dove

African crake

African crimson-winged finch

African cuckoo

African cuckoo-hawk

African darter

African desert warbler

African dusky flycatcher

African dwarf kingfisher

African emerald cuckoo

African finfoot

African firefinch

African fish eagle

African golden oriole

African goshawk

African grass owl

African green pigeon

African grey flycatcher

African grey hornbill

African grey woodpecker

African harrier-hawk

African hawk-eagle

African hill babbler

African hobby

African hoopoe

African jacana

African marsh harrier

African olive pigeon

African openbill

African oystercatcher

African palm swift

African paradise flycatcher

African penguin

African piculet

African pied hornbill

[alonglistofbirds]

[2540/11080] Collared bush robin - Tarsiger johnstoniae

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Muscicapoidea Family: Muscicapidae (old world flycatchers) Subfamily: Saxicolinae (chats)

Photo credit: u7 Liao via Macaulay Library

[worldrandom]

state facts of oklahoma

state motto labor omnia vircit-labor conquers all things

only capital with oil well directly underneath it

only state produces iodine and helium

shopping cart invented

red river 1290 miles

accada oklahoma worlds largest sculpture pop bottle

1st tornado warning

longest lighting flash 199.5 miles long

oklahoma city zoo in 1902

state capital oklahoma city and largest city

state size 69,898 sq miles

population 4,019,800

state hood 11-16-1907

highest point black mega 4975ft

lowest point little river at arkansas border 289ft

length 465 miles

width 230 ft

state nickname sooner state

famous people 5

state tree redbud

state amphibian bullfrog

state bird scissor tailed flycatcher

state butterfly black swallowtail

state furbearer animal racoon

state fish white bass

state fruit strawberry

state fossil saurophoganax maximus

state flower oklahoma rose

state flying mammal mexican free tailed bat

state game bird wild turkey

state insect honey bee

state reptile collared lizard

state veegetable watermelon

state wild flower indiana blanket

[geoffreymoorere]

3 Local Favorites Birdwatching Spots Around Palm Springs

Birdwatching or "birding" is an inexpensive hobby you can take up anywhere and anytime. And to start, you only need three things: a bird guide, binoculars, and a birding destination. Grab your binoculars and get ready for a day of birding excursions in the best birdwatching spots around Palm Springs. Take advantage of the top three birdwatching spots around Palm Springs to guarantee a spectacular birdwatching adventure. Top 3 Go-to Birdwatching Spots Around Palm Springs Prescott Preserve 1801 E Sunny Dunes Rd - (760) 385-8255 Start your day surrounded by nature and wildlife in the Prescott Preserve. It's still under restoration and will include an expansive butterfly garden and habitats for mammals, birds, bees, and more. Native plants and trees will occupy the preserve along with designated areas for birdwatching, biking, or walking. Locals boast of the different species of birds they found, namely Vermilion Flycatcher, Egyptian Goose, Green Heron, and more. Prescott Preserve is a real bird lover's paradise and a fantastic place for birdwatchers to catch the most mesmerizing bird species. Demuth Park 4200 E Mesquite Ave - (760) 320-6430 Demuth Park is bringing out all the birds in the yard, with approximately 25 species to watch and observe. The park's lush greenery and waters provide the perfect environment for our feathered friends. Meanwhile, the paved walkway gives visitors ample space to observe and take pictures of the birds in their natural habitat. Enjoy your morning walk basking in the sunshine or admire the breathtaking view of the nearby mountains. Demuth Park is one of the best spots for birdwatchers because of its accessibility to the various species of birds. You can catch all sorts, from the Mourning Dove and Eurasian Collared-Dove to Costa's Hummingbird and Great Blue Heron. There's also a pond serving as a home to several water birds, like the Canada Goose, American Coot, etc. You can also stand by the bird feeder station, which serves as an attraction for the birds. Take unique photographs and document your birding experience in one of the best birdwatching spots around Palm Springs. Palm Springs Aerial Tramway (888) 515-8726 Level up your birdwatching experience and ride on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway while scouting for mountain and local birds. The ride provides an exhilarating experience for visitors as they ascend to Mt. San Jacinto State Park. It gives a scenic view of the mountain ranges and is also one of the top birding spots. The mountain station's wide viewing area gives you a unique view of the wilderness. Home to several bird species like Mountain Chickadee, Western Bluebird, Steller's Jay, Violet-green Swallow, and so much more. A bird viewing guide is also available in the station, which is great for helping out first-time birdwatchers identify the bird species they encounter. Overall, Palm Springs Aerial Tramway is an excellent spot for birdwatching, suitable for beginners and seasoned birders alike. Geoffrey Moore is Your Palm Springs Area Real Estate Expert Would you like to see more of GeoffreyMoore.com? Please click here for our blog page. Please click here for our "About Us" page to learn more about my team. Thanks for visiting Originally published here: https://www.geoffreymoore.com/blog/3-local-favorites-birdwatching-spots-around-palm-springs.html

[boyahia]

البرقش الأوربي الاسم الانجليزي : European Stonechat الاسم العلمي : Saxicola rubicola البرقش او القليعي شبه المطوق طائر صغير يعيش في آسيا وأوروبا وإفريقيا . وللذكر رأس وعنق سوداوان ، وأجزاؤه السفلى كستنائية اللون ، أما أنثاه فهي باهتة اللون . وطائر القليعي المطوق متحفز ، نشط ، ويعيش عادة في الأماكن المكشوفة كثيفة الأعشاب ، ويبني عشه على الأرض تحت باقة أعشاب ، ويأكل يرقات الحشرات والديدان والخنافس والبذور ============ @boyahia ============ The European stonechat (Saxicola rubicola) is a small passerine bird that was formerly classed as a subspecies of the common stonechat. Long considered a member of the thrush family Turdidae, genetic evidence has placed it and its relatives in the Old World flycatcher family Muscicapidae. The stonechat is 11.5–13 cm long and weighs 13–17 g, slightly smaller than the European robin. Both sexes have distinctively short wings, shorter than those of the more migratory whinchat and Siberian stonechat. The summer male has black upperparts, a black head, an orange throat and breast, and a white belly and vent. It also has a white half-collar on the sides of its neck, a small white scapular patch on the wings, and a very small white patch on the rump often streaked with black. The female has brown upperparts and head, and no white neck patches, rump or belly, these areas being streaked dark brown on paler brown, the only white being the scapular patch on the wings and even this often being buffy-white. (at محمية شرق الجهراء للطيور) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGocjFqX6W/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[witchstone]

january's bird round up! from left to right, collared sunbird, common buzzard, magpie mannikins, brown snake-eagle, african harrier-hawk, purple-crested turaco, grey-headed bush-shrike and rufous-naped lark

new bird species seen this month are ashy flycatcher, rufous-naped lark, willow warbler, magpie mannikins