Aves
(Birds)
Birds are a group of warm-blooded vertebrates constituting the class Aves, characterised by feathers, toothless beaked jaws, the laying of hard-shelled eggs, a high metabolic rate, a four-chambered heart, and a strong yet lightweight skeleton.
Birds live worldwide and range in size from the 5.5 cm (2.2 in) bee hummingbird to the 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) common ostrich. There are over 11,000 living species and they are split into 44 orders. More than half are passerine or “perching” birds. Birds have wings whose development varies according to species; the only known groups without wings are the extinct moa and elephant birds.
Wings, which are modified forelimbs, gave birds the ability to fly, although further evolution has led to the loss of flight in some birds, including ratites, penguins, and diverse endemic island species.
Family : Accipitridae
(Hawks, Eagles & Kites)
Accipiter griseiceps
Sulawesi Goshawk
Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Family : Alcedinidae
(Kingfishers)
Actenoides monachus
Green-backed Kingfisher
Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Cittura cyanotis
Lilac Kingfisher
Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Pelargopsis melanorhyncha
Great-billed Kingfisher
Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Family : Ardeidae
(Bitterns, Egrets & Herons)
Egretta thula
Snowy Egret
Loreto, Peru
Family : Dicaeidae
(Flowerpeckers)
Prionochilus xanthopygius
Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker
Sabah, Malaysia
Prionochilus xanthopygius
Yellow-rumped Flowerpecker
Sabah, Malaysia
Family : Dicruridae
(Drongos)
Dicrurus leucophaeus
Ashy Drongo
Sabah, Malaysia
Dicrurus leucophaeus
Ashy Drongo
Sabah, Malaysia
Family :Falconidae
(Falcons)
Milvago chimachima
Yellow-headed caracara
Loreto, Peru
Milvago chimachima
Yellow-headed caracara
Loreto, Peru
Family : Hirundinidae
(Swallows)
Hirundo domicola
Hill Swallow
Sabah, Malaysia
Family : Leiothrichidae
(Laughing Thrushes)
Pterorhinus treacheri
Chestnut-hooded Laughingthrush
Sabah, Malaysia
Family : Muscicapidae
(Old World Flycatchers)
Cyanoptila cyanomelana
Blue-and-white Flycatcher
Sabah, Malaysia
Copsychus stricklandii
White-crowned Shama
Sabah, Malaysia
Eumyias indigo
Indigo Flycatcher
Sabah, Malaysia
Eumyias thalassinus
Verditer Flycatcher
Sabah, Malaysia
Eumyias thalassinus
Verditer Flycatcher
Sabah, Malaysia
Ficedula hyperythra
Snowy-browed Flycatcher
Sabah, Malaysia
Ficedula mugimaki ♀
Mugimaki Flycatcher
Sabah, Malaysia
Ficedula narcissina
Narcissus Flycatcher
Sabah, Malaysia
Ficedula westermanni
Little Pied Flycatcher
Sabah, Malaysia
Muscicapa dauurica
Asian Brown Flycatcher
Sabah, Malaysia
Muscicapa williamsoni
Brown-streaked Flycatcher
Sabah, Malaysia
Myophonus borneensis
Bornean Whistling-Thrush
Sabah, Malaysia
Myophonus borneensis
Bornean Whistling-Thrush
Sabah, Malaysia
Family : Nectariniidae
(Sunbirds and Spiderhunters)
Aethopyga temminckii
Temminck’s sunbird
Sabah, Malaysia
Aethopyga temminckii
Temminck’s sunbird
Sabah, Malaysia
Family : Pellorneidae
(Ground Babblers)
Gypsophila crassa
Mountain Wren-Babbler
Sabah, Malaysia
Gypsophila crassa
Mountain Wren-Babbler
Sabah, Malaysia
Gypsophila crassa
Mountain Wren-Babbler
Sabah, Malaysia
Family : Pittidae
(Pittas)
Erythropitta celebensis celebensis
Sulawesi Pitta
Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Erythropitta celebensis celebensis
Sulawesi Pitta
Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Erythropitta celebensis celebensis
Sulawesi Pitta
Tangkoko, Sulawesi, Indonesia
Family : Trogonidae
(Trogons)
Harpactes whiteheadi
Whitehead’s Trogon
Mounbt Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Harpactes whiteheadi
Whitehead’s Trogon
Mounbt Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Harpactes whiteheadi
Whitehead’s Trogon
Mounbt Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia