Questions tagged [bird-identification]
Questions about identifying birds. Please use a descriptive title. Repeat the description in the question and include as many details as possible. Geographic location is very important, as is environment, such as woods, body of water, backyard, city, sky. Pictures are very important, we may not be able to answer the question without them.
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From which kind of bird is this feather?
Found this in our yard.
Curious of what type bird it may be from. We live in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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What is this small hovering bird with a yellow throat, breast, and belly, and a brown back and head, found in the Philippines?
What are these small birds in the Philippines that can hover like hummingbirds? They had yellow throats/necks, chests, bellies, slightly curved beaks, and brown backs and heads. They were only ...
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Garden Bird Identification Help
I'm trying to identify a bird in my garden. I live in Ireland so western Europe, temperate climate similar to the UK.
I am trying to get a photo and will add one to the post if I can manage to, but ...
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What species of bird of prey is this? Kestrel?
Saw this bird on a post by a field in south east London, UK. We think it may be a kestrel from the colouring, but most kestrel photos online look more delicate than this one. Does anyone know what ...
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What Species of owl did I see and hear (South Wales, UK), possibly a juvenile?
Last night I was staying on a campsite on the Wentloog Levels near Newport, South Wales (UK). At about 22:00 (dusk) I started to hear an unfamiliar bird call, clearly more than one individual, and ...
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What type of (young?) bird in the woods is this? (UK Lake District)
I spotted this bird at the edge of Stock Ghyll Woods, near Ambleside in the UK's Lake District. The photo is from the start of June (just mentioning as the top feathers seem to be a bit more downy so ...
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What type of cuckoo bird is this? From South India, Asia
I found this bird near home in Kerala, India. Don't know the call. I sort of think this is a Fork tailed drongo. but not sure. Thank you...
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What type of duck is this? Seen in south-east London park
Can anyone help ID this bird? It was surprisingly large (bigger than a mallard) and seen in a park in south-east London. Initially thought wigeon or pochard but the breast colour doesn't seem to be ...
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Are these seabirds near Vancouver Scripp's murrelets?
I've been big clusters (low hundreds) of these birds floating close offshore in Vancouver.
My daughter thinks they are loons, but I doubt it. I'm thinking murrelets, from whatbird and wiki:
Some ...
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What kind of owl is this?
A couple of years ago I went to an owl cafe in Tokyo. I held three owls there, but unfortunately I can only remember the species of two of them. I would really appreciate some help identifying what ...
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Feather Identification Help
Hi everyone,
I found this feather in a field in Malmo, Sweden a few days ago. The only birds of prey I've seen around here are kestrels, but I'm sure there could be more. I'm desperate to know what ...
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What bird(s) is this in this recording?
I have been hearing these birds from around the start of July in Australia from my backyard (mid-winter) at 7am, 8am and 9am depending on the day and they go on for at least 1-2hours. What bird(s) is/...
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Feather found on chicken coop
I live in the southern part of Zealand, in Denmark. I assembled a chicken coop yesterday, and found this feather on top of the egg-collection box lid this morning. I have been unable to find out which ...
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Need Help Identifying a Birdcall (Sierra Nevadas)
I went on a weeklong backpacking trip in the Sierra Nevadas and in the third or fourth night while we were camping next to the Kern River we heard this odd noise.
At around 5-10 PM we would here an ...
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How to tell the difference between Lesser and Great spotted Woodpeckers?
Around my work I walk in local parks for a couple of hours a day, and I've noticed we have Green Woodpeckers, and I've seen them quite a few times and can now recognise them rather easily.
Recently I ...
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