Recent Additions

Santa had a few helpers to fill up my stocking this year:
• Jill Katka, new to this website, e-mailed a wonderful picture of a Great Barbet.
• Kim Hyun-Tae has contributed photos of a Japanese Sky Lark and a Meadow Bunting. 
• Dave Behrens is sharing photos of Sri Lankan Junglefowl, Javan Munia, and Dusky Eagle-Owl.
• Pere Sugranyes has e-mailed images of a European Serin and a Black-billed Thrush.
• Harold Stiver posted a great image of a Blue Whistling-Thrush.
• David and Nancie Massie have sent photos of Great Kiskadee, Lesser Kiskadee, White-headed Flycatcher, and Inland Dotterel.
• Manuel Grosselethas sent close-up portraits of Black-throated Grey Warbler, House Finch, Audubon's Warbler, Myrtle Warbler, House Sparrow, Vermillion Flycatcher, White-crowned Seedeater,  and Olive Sparrow.


Many thanks to all of you!

Arabian birds with us, including: Hume's Wheatear, 
Black-crowned Sparrow-lark, Great Black-headed Gull, Greater Hoopoe-lark, Crowned Sandgrouse, Arabian Wheatear, African Paradise-flycatcher, Shining Sunbird, Bruce's Green-Pigeon, Rueppell's Weaver, Desert Warbler, Long-legged Buzzard, and Graceful Prinia.

marvellous Ibises, to fill in some holes in that family page of the gallery:  Whispering Ibis, Sharp-tailed Ibis, Green Ibis, and Australian White Ibis. 

site, has e-mailed two new birds: Bicoloured Wren, and 
Scrub Tanager, 

and the Galapagos, with some wonderful new bird photos, including: Large Cactus Finch, Small Tree Finch, Small Ground Finch, Large Ground Finch, Hood Mockingbird, San Cristobal (Chatham) Mockingbird, Galapagos Rail, Fawn-breasted Brilliant, and Wedge-billed Hummingbird.

birds lately to birds-pix: White-winged Chough, Powerful Owl, Sacred Kingfisher,  and Diamond Firetail.

included on this site.
• Jussi Vakkala has provided permission to use thumbnails of Barbary Partridge, Levaillant's Woodpecker, and Black-crowned Tchagra.
• Russ Jones has sent scans of: Yellow-eyed Thrush, Bearded Bellbird, White-tailed Trogon, and Greyish Saltator.
That brings the total number of photographers, organizations and other contributors to  260!!! 
Thanks, guys!

new images for use on this website, including: Red Spurfowl, Grey-winged Trumpeter, White-backed Mousebird, White-cheeked Turaco, (Green-naped) Pheasant Pigeon, Blue-crowned Hanging-Parrot, Silver Pheasant, and Crested Guineafowl.

including: Andean Negrito, Canyon Canastero, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Spot-billed Ground-Tyrant, and Blue-crowned Trogon.

Costa Rican Bird Photos for use on this website. Thanks to Ron for: Crested Guan, Black-lored Babbler, Speke's Weaver, Black-winged Bishop, Vitelline Masked-Weaver, Yellow-crowned Bishop, Black-bellied Bustard, Dideric Cuckoo, Crested Eagle, Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Black Goshawk, Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill, Rufous-naped Lark, Rosy-throated Longclaw, Ruepell's Robin-chat, Olive Thrush, Spotted Morning-Thrush, Golden Pipit, Rufous-crowned Roller, Yellow-throated Sandgrouse, Magpie Shrike, Silverbird, Fischer's Sparrow-Lark, and 
Bateleur.

recent trip to the Isles of Scilly. Great new shots include: 
Radde's Warbler, Eurasian Reed-Warbler, Rock Pipit, Common Snipe, and Blyth's Reed-Warbler.

South African birds have provided many fantastic new shots!
• Trevor Feltham e-mailed many new images: Cape Petrel, Andean Condor, Andean Solitaire, Diademed Sandpiper-plover, Versicoloured Barbet, Waved Albatross, Red-backed Hawk, Rufous-naped Ground-Tyrant, Cordilleran Canastero, Fasciated Tiger-heron, Andean Guan, Bright-rumped Yellowfinch, Dusky-rumped Parakeet, Dolphin Gull, Golden Tanager, Green-crowned Brilliant, Grey-breasted Seedsnipe, Peruvian Booby, Peruvian Pelican, Puna Ibis, Silver-beaked Tanager, Violet-fronted Brilliant, Puna (Variable) Hawk, Sunbittern, Roadside Hawk, Kelp Gull, Kelp Goose, Golden-browed Chlorophonia, Bare-throated Tiger-Heron, Austral Thrush, Common Miner, 

Red-rumped Cacique, Greater Rhea, Green-barred Woodpecker, and White-chinned Petrel, 
• Pascal Dubois recently visited Guyane and has added many new images to a new Guyane Gallery: Least Grebe, Double-toothed Kite, Bat Falcon, Short-tailed Hawk, Brown-throated Parakeet, Painted Parakeet, Green-rumped Parrotlet, Black-headed Parrot, Dusky Parrot, Blackish Nightjar, Ruby-topaz Hummingbird, Rufous-throated Sapphire, Green-tailed Golden-throat, Amazon Kingfisher, Paradise Jacamar, White-necked Puffbird, Black Nunbird, Swallow-wing, Black-necked Aracari, Yellow-tufted Woodpecker, Blood-coloured Woodpecker, Yellow-chinned Spinetail, Pompadour Cotinga, Mouse-coloured Tyrannulet, Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Pied Water-Tyrant, Rusty-margined Flycatcher, Dusky-chested Flycatcher, Cinereous Becard, White-winged Swallow, Grey-breasted Martin, Pale-breasted Thrush, Yellow-hooded Blackbird, and Wing-barred Seedeater. 
• Alec Earnshaw has recently revamped his site, and added many new images, including: Red-fronted Coot, White-winged Coot, Narrow-billed Woodcreeper, Scimitar-billed Woodcreeper, Curve-billed Reed-haunter, Crested Hornero, Band-tailed Earthcreeper, Grey-flanked (Pustalet's) Cinclodes, Thorn-tailed Rayadito, Sooty-fronted Spinetail, Chicli (Spix's) Spinetail, Tufted Tit-spinetail, Plain-manteled Tit-spinetail, Firewood Gatherer, Variable Antshrike, Rufous-capped Antshrike, Crested Gallito, White-naped Xenopsaris, Ochre-naped Ground-tyrant, Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet, Patagonian Negrito, White-crested Tyrannulet, Sooty Tyrannulet, White-tipped Plant-cutter, Creamy-bellied Thrush, Correndero Pipit, Masked Gnat-catcher, Rusty-collared Seedeater, Mourning Sierra-Finch, Stripe-capped Sparrow, Black-and-rufous Warbling-finch, Red-rumped Warbling-finch, Black-capped Warbling-finch, Long-tailed Reed-finch, Patagonian Sierra-Finch, and Black-throated Grosbeak.


THANK YOU ALL!

inclusion on this website. He has provided: Cassin's Auklet, Mountain Quail, American Dipper, Zebra Dove and Rhinocerous Auklet.  Thanks for sharing, Bruce!

e-mail, kindly sent by Rita Wege and Larry Prosser. Thanks, guys!

Gallery. New to this site are: Blue-crowned Motmot, Broad-billed Motmot, Turquoise-browed Motmot, Rufous Motmot, and Three-wattled Bellbird.

Dubois has offered to share some great photos of European birds with this website. Follow this links to find the following images in the World Bird Gallery: Double-spurred Francolin, Red-legged Partridge, Mediterranean Shearwater, Lammergier, Eurasian Sparrowhawk, Western Marsh-Harrier, Eurasian Crag-Martin, Northern House-Martin, Tree Pipit, Wood Lark, Common Nightingale, Whinchat, Rufous-tailed Rock-thrush, Great Reed-warbler, Melodious Warbler, Short-toed Treecreeper, and European Linnet. Thank you so much, Pascal!

some missing birds:
• From Aleix Comas: Rock (South Island) Wren, and Mottled Petrel;
• From Michael Poulsen: White-shouldered Ibis.
• From the Southwest Birders: Yellow-footed Gull, Sharp-shinned Hawk, and White-tailed Hawk.

huge collection of bird images. New to this site are: Fluttering Shearwater, Yellow-breasted Apalis, Common Babbler, Green Barbet, Boehm's Bee-eater, Common Stonechat, Pitt Island Shag, Large-billed (Jungle) Crow, Pied Currawong, White-necked Raven, Coppery-tailed Coucal, Lesser Racket-tailed Drongo, Natal Francolin, Red-necked Spurfowl, Red-winged Francolin, Swamp Francolin, Black Noddy, White-fronted Tern, Hawaiian (Maui) Amakihi, Hawaiian Creeper, Black Eagle, Long-crested Eagle, Zone-tailed Hawk, Yellow-fronted Woodpecker, Singing Hooneyeater, Tui, Crowned Hornbill, Great Hornbill, Fiery-tailed Nightjar, Pied Fantail, Rose Robin, Grey-breasted Prinia, Yellow-bellied (Wren-warbler) Prinia, Canary-winged Parakeet, Green Rosella, Banded Lapwing (Dotterel), Tawny Pipit, Fire-fronted Bishop, Green Winged Pytilia (Melba Finch), Red-billed Buffalo-weaver, Olive Sunbird, Scarlet-chested Sunbird, Tasmanian Thornbill, Collared Palm Thrush, Groundscraper Thrush, Yellow-cheeked Tit, and Citrine Wagtail. Wonderful images, Bruce - thanks for sharing!

senses of the word) bird photos contributed to this site by wonderful photographers around the world (2,717 species represented on line so far!!!), I took some time to catch up on some of my old trip reports. Check out:
• Birding the Kenai Peninsula - part 3 of a wonderful trip to Alaska in May, 2001;
• Northern Alberta Owl Prowl - a photographic essay; and
• A Visit to the Alberta Birds of Prey Centre - where the birds stand still so I can photograph them!

with a fantastic illustrated trip report, and 150 photos of South African Birds. He has agreed to share thumbnails of 37 birds that are not represented on this website: Black-chested Snake-eagle, Damara Tern, Burchell's Sandgrouse, Ring-necked (Cape Turtle) Dove, Common Scimitar-bill, Olive Woodpecker, Fawn-colored Lark, Sabota Lark, Karoo Lark, Long-billed Lark, Red-capped Lark, Large-billed Lark, Pearl-breasted Swallow, Fork-tailed Drongo, Ashy Tit, Mountain Wheatear, Capped Wheatear, Familiar Chat, Southern Ant-eating Chat, African Stonechat, Green-backed Camaroptera, Cape Grass-warbler, Karoo Prinia, Cape Wagtail, Lesser Grey Shrike, Commom Fiscal, Red-shouldered Glossy-Starling, Red-winged Starling, Pale-winged Starling, White-browed Sparrow-weaver, Social Weaver, Southern Grey-headed Sparrow, Cape Weaver, Southern Masked Weaver, Common Grenadier, Cape Bunting, and Yellow Canary. Thanks so much, Stefan!

Eagle for use on this website. Wonderful image, Matt!

website, including several not represented in the Gallery here. New birds he is sharing with us include: Southern Grey Shrike, Pintail Snipe, Rosy Starling, Asian Openbill, Purple-rumped Sunbird, Rufous Treepie, White-bellied Treepie, Crested Treeswift, Isabelline Wheatear, Variable Wheatear, Lesser Whistling Duck, Yellow-crowned Woodpecker, and Common Woodshrike.  Great images, Ron!

Flycatcher, Groove-billed Ani, Olivaceous Piculet, Yellow-bellied Flycatcher, Black-crested Antshrike, Chapman's Antshrike, and Orange-collared Manakin. Thanks, David!

has developed a great gallery of Costa Rica Birds, some of which he has has agreed to contribute to the Gallery. Thumbnails now on this website are: Little Tinamou, Mangrove Black-hawk, Scaled Pigeon, White-tipped Dove, White-crowned Parrot, Striped Cuckoo, Violet-headed Hummingbird, White-throated Mountain-gem, Volcano Hummingbird, Slaty-tailed Trogon, Baird's Trogon, Broad-billed Motmot, Great Antshrike, Cinnamon Becard, White-collared Manakin, Piratic Flycatcher, Boat-billed Flycatcher, Social Flycatcher, Bran-colored Flycatcher, Lesser Elaenia, Mistletoe Tyrannulet, Blue-and-white Swallow, Southern Rough-winged Swallow, Yellow-green Vireo, Bronzed Cowbird, Yellow-crowned Euphonia, White-lined Tanager, Yellow-faced Grassquit, Black-striped Sparrow, and Turquoise Cotinga. What wonderful images, Richard! Thanks for sharing!

for use on this website. Follow the links to find: Demoiselle Crane, Northern Ground-Hornbill, and Brown-headed Cowbird. Thanks for joining the contributors group, Ron.

of his site, and has been sending all his new images this way. Included in the Gallery today are: Large-billed Crow, 
Red Collared-Dove, Greater Spotted Eagle, Black-headed Ibis, Glossy Ibis, Greater Flameback, Grey-headed Canary-Flycatcher, Small Minivet, Hill Myna, White-vented Myna, Blossom-headed Parakeet, Malabar Parakeet, Green Imperial-Pigeon, Long-billed Pipit, Nilgiri Pipit, 
Clamorous Reed-Warbler and Indian (Brown Rock) Chat. Great images, Ron!

on from some of his Birdfinders Tours: African Quailfinch, Lanceolated Monklet, and Tristram's Warbler arrived today! Thanks so much, Vaughan!

Korea, written by Wilton Farrelly and sent by Nial Moores. Looks like a place we should ALL think of visiting!

Institution, has agreed to share many of his wonderful bird images: White-bellied Kingfisher, Fire-crested Alethe, Lesser Bristlebill, Chestnut Wattle-eye, Blue-headed Wood-Dove, Sjostedt's Owlet, Western Bluebill, Blue-spotted Wood-Dove, Buff-spotted Woodpecker, Red-billed Dwarf Hornbill, Andean Lapwing, Andean Flicker, and Cattle Tyrant. Thanks for the great photos, Brian!

photographer to this website! John Milbank brings some wonderful Australian bird photos: Black-faced Cormorant, Purple-crowned Lorikeet, Australian Ringneck, Crimson Rosella, Major Mitchell's Cockatoo, White-plumed Honeyeater, Red Wattlebird, Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater, and White-throated Tree-creeper. This brings the total bird species represented on this website to 2,600 exactly! Thanks so much, John!

Sandpipers, Oystercatchers, Stilts and Cormorants to try to complete those bird families. Not only did I find many great missing images, but I also found THREE NEW photographers who were willing to share their work with this website!
• From Martin Kramer: Black Stilt, Red-fronted Parakeet, Antipodes Parakeet, New Zealand Pigeon, Pied Cormorant, Chabet's Vanga, Smoke-colored Pewee, and Mocking Cliff-chat. 
• From Roy Beckenmeyer: South Georgia Shag, Razor-billed Curassow, Collared Aracari, Cinnamon Flycatcher, and Red-capped Manakin.
• From Bruce Marcot: Chatham Island Shag, Chatham Island Oystercatcher, Chatham Island Pigeon, African Barred Owlet, Spotted Eagle-Owl, Stanley's Bustard, African Wood-Owl, and Pel's Fishing-Owl.
Thank you all so much for joining the contributors group!

favourite photographers' websites, too....
• From Jeff Blincow: Dark Chanting-Goshawk, Black Harrier, Greater Antillean Grackle, Sapphire- spangled Emerald, Undulated Antpitta, Wood Nuthatch, and Cuckoo Roller.
• From Tetsu Sato (who has just posted a great series from Australia): Long-billed Plover, Collared Sparrowhawk, Whistling Kite, White-headed Stilt, Torresian Imperial-Pigeon, Little Kingfisher, Willie-wagtail, and Red-browed Firetail.
• From Koji Tagi: Oriental Plover.
• From Tony Palliser: South Island (Pied) Oystercatcher.
• From Vaughan Ashby: Saxaul Sparrow.
• From Tom Tarrant: Striated Pardalote.

the Handbook of the Birds of the World. The editors have given me permission to use up to 20 of their illustrations. Volume 7 has an introduction that includes illustrations of many extinct birds. I grabbed scans of: Tahitian Sandpiper, Brace's Emerald, Stephen's Island Wren, Tuamotu Sandpiper, Canary Islands Oystercatcher, Cuban Macaw, Carolina Parakeet, Mascarene Parrot and Pallas's (Spectacled) Cormorant.

Biodiversity Project has sent a great new winter bird 
tour account for South Korea, with tons of information. Thanks Nial!

been out and about taking gorgeous photos of the birds of the Indian sub-continent. THANKS for the PHOTOS:
• From Sumit Sen: Indian Bush-lark, Yellow-billed Babbler, Pale-billed Flowerpecker, Red-rumped Swallow, Indian Robin, White-browed Wagtail, Zitting Cisticola, Common Tailorbird, and Ashy-crowned Sparrow-lark.
• From Ronald Saldino: Eurasian Golden-Oriole, Painted Sandgrouse, Indian Grey Hornbill, Oriental White-eye, Stripe-throated Yuhina, Rufous-vented Yuhina, Wallcreeper, Grey-hooded Warbler, Black-faced Warbler, White-rumped Vulture, Cinereous Vulture, Long-billed Vulture, Fire-tailed Sunbird, Red-breasted Parakeet, Vernal Hanging-Parrot, and Andaman Serpent-eagle.
• From Sujan Chatterjee:(Mrs.) Gould's Sunbird, Puff-throated Babbler, Black-breasted Weaver, Blue Rock-thrush, Streak-throated Woodpecker, White-browed Fantail, Satyr Tragopan, Long-billed (Loten's) Sunbird, and Red-faced Liochicla.

Holidays, has offered some great images of endangered birds, including: Ural Owl, Cinereous Bunting, Scarlet-bellied Mountain-Tanager, Desert Sparrow, Mongolian Ground-Jay, Syrian Serin, Relict Gull, and Steller's Sea-Eagle.

I built a whole new page for Siberia!

the World Bird Gallery with: Snowy-crowned Robin-Chat, Beautiful Sunbird, Yellow-billed Shrike, and Red-billed Firefinch. Great images, Gerard!

discussion group, has agreed to share some of his great images of Australian birds; Black-throated Finch, Black-faced Woodswallow, Black-tailed Native-hen, Tasmanian Native-Hen, Scaly-breasted Lorikeet, Little Cockatoo (Corella), Superb Parrot, Bluebonnet, Blue-winged Parrot, Orange-bellied Parrot, Grey-tailed Tattler, Banded Stilt, Grey Goshawk, Orange-breasted Sunbird, Malachite Sunbird, Chestnut-breasted Munia, Squatter Pigeon, Rufous-throated Honeyeater, Spotted Bowerbird, and Lemon-bellied Flyrobin. Thanks for sharing, Ian!

Harold Stiver, a photographer from Ontario, including: Eurasian Blackbird, Crowned Hawk-eagle, Stanley Bustard, Ruddy Ground-Dove, Alder Flycatcher, Willow Flycatcher, Yucutan Flycatcher, Brown Crested Flycatcher, White-throated Swallow, Cape Bulbul, Sombre Greenbul, Tropical Mockingbird, Greater Double-collared Sunbird, Cape Sugarbird, Townsend's Solitaire, Veery, Yucutan Jay, Ovenbird, and Kentucky Warbler.

• From David Massie: Spot-breasted Plover, Senegal Thick-knee, Shining Sunbeam, Seychelles Grey White-eye, Seychelles Sunbird, Black-throated Laughingthrush, Red-tailed Laughingthrush, and White-rumped Munia.
• From Trev Feltham: 
• From Robert Royce: Baird's Sandpiper, Blackpoll Warbler, LeConte's Sparrow, Smith's Longspur, and Bonaparte's Gull.
• From Ronald Orenstein: Loggerhead Kingbird, Jamaican Woodpecker, Jamaican Oriole, and Black-faced Grassquit. 
• From Trevor Quested: Superb Lyrebird, Black Redstart, Pink-tailed Bunting, White-throated Redstart, White-backed Thrush, Tibetan Ground-Jay, and Oriental Sky Lark.
• From Kent Nickell: Black-billed Cuckoo.


THANK YOU ALL FOR SHARING YOUR GREAT PHOTOS!

of a Sucuru Trogon, which has taken it's place in the Trogon Gallery. Thanks, Trev!

Galleries, which will contain 75 images of Indian birds when completed. Too many birds to list here, but well worth a long look!

birds to his gallery. Shared with this website are: Spotted Nothura, Swallow-tailed Kite, Jandaya Parakeet, Cinnamon-throated Hermit, Black Jacobin, Hyacinth Visorbearer, Crimson Topaz, Long-billed Starthroat, Striolated Puffbird, Spot-backed Puffbird, Lettered Aracari, Yellow-throated Woodpecker, Collared Crescentchest, Glossy Antshrike, Silvery-cheeked Antshrike, Pale-legged Hornero, Guira Tanager, Bicolored Conebill, Coal-crested Finch, Red-cowled Cardinal, and Yellowhammer.

Spot-breasted Plover, Senegal Thick-knee, Shining Sunbeam, Seychelles Grey White-eye, and Seychelles Sunbird.

images: Guira Cuckoo and Luzon Bleeding-heart.

images: 
• Ronald Saldino from the Kolkata Birds website has contributed Black-headed Bulbul, Ashy Bulbul, Grey Bushchat, Chestnut-breasted (White-capped) Bunting, Grey-winged Blackbird, Verditer Flycatcher, River Lapwing, Black-headed Jay, Golden-fronted Leafbird, Jungle Myna, Plum-headed Parakeet, and Black-headed Oriole. 
• David Massie has sent Brown Violet-ear, Jamaican Mango, Band-tailed Barb-throat, and Coppery-headed Emerald.

photographers:
• Cliff Buckton - Common Rosefinch, and Great Spotted Cuckoo.
• Neotropical Journeys - some endangered Peruvian endemics: Peruvian Plantcutter Jeremy Flanagan), Royal Sunangel (taken by Thoma Valqui), and Peruvian Pigeon.
• Koji Tagi - Hooded Parrot, Short-tailed (Green) Magpie, Daurian Redstart, Solitary Snipe, Golden-shouldered Parrot, Purple-crowned Fairy-wren, Crimson Finch, Bar-breasted Honeyeater, and Yellow-tufted Honeyeater.
• Sumit Sen - White-throated Fantail, Red-headed Bullfinch, White-capped Water-Redstart, Common (Eurasian) Cuckoo, and Spangled Drongo.
• Tom Tarrant - Common Bronzewing.

illustrated trip reports from Mexico and Ecuador, as well as lots of new pictures, including: Lacrimose Mountain-Tanager, the  threatened Black-thighed Puffleg, Slate-throated Redstart, Tufted Flycatcher, the threatened Tufted Jay, Orange-breasted Bunting, Purple-bibbed White-tip, Red-faced Spinetail, Velvet-purple Coronet, and Black-capped Tanager.

contributor's group:
• Neotropical Journeys, who offer birding adventures all across Central and South America, have contributed: the endangered Peruvian Plantcutter, Glittering-throated Emerald, Spotted Barbtail, Green-fronted Lancebill, Hooded Siskin, Golden Tanager, Bronzy Inca, Cinereus Conebill, Olive Tanager, and Blue-capped Tanager. 
• Sujan Chatterjee has joined the Kolkatta Birds website, and has provided: Striated Bulbul, White-gorgeted Flycatcher, and White-spectacled Warbler. 
• Brad Carreau has sent: Abdim's Stork, Masked Plover, and hite-faced Whistling Duck.

• From Tom Tarrant: White-eared Monarch.
• From Eladio Fernandez: Prothonotory Warbler and the endangered Ridgeway's Hawk.
• Frm Rafael Roderiquez-Mojica: Puerto Rican Tanager


WONDERFUL IMAGES! THANKS TO ALL!

me to come and take a look. I took a look and also took some thumbnails of: Elegant-crested Tinamou, Pale-legged Warbler, Two-banded Warbler, Brown-and-Yellow Marshbird, Hooded Siskin, Black-chinned Siskin, Patagonian Mockingbird, Chalk-browed Mockingbird, and Scissor-tailed Nightjar. Thanks so much for letting me know about the new images, Alex!

South African trip with a lot of new images (plus some old ones that had been missed): Square-tailed Nightjar, White-breasted Sunbird, Long-tailed Fiscal, Fischer's Starling, Mauritius Fody, Red-crested Bustard, Fiery-billed Aracari, Black-banded Woodcreeper, Golden-browed Chlorophonia, Galapagos Mockingbird, Barred Woodcreeper, White-eyed Vireo, Yellow-throated Warbler, Violaceous Trogon, Carib Grackle, Snow Bunting, Black-tailed Tree-creeper, White-breasted Woodswallow, Crested Francolin, Swainson's Spurfowl, Bearded Woodpecker, Purple Roller, Brown-headed Parrot, Wahlberg's Eagle, and Couch's Kingbird.

outstanding images of Costa Rica/Panama endemics: Collared Redstart, Ochraceous Pewee, Collared Trogon, Black-throated Trogon, Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher, Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush, Black-bellied Hummingbird, and Black-capped Flycatcher. Great pictures!

for a seriously under-reported part of the world: Micronesia!

new photos:
• From Eladio Fernandez, some marvellous endangered Cuban endemics: Bare-legged (Cuban Screech) Owl, 

Fernandina's Flicker, Cuban Trogon, Zapata Wren, and Zapata Sparrow. and a nice Grasshopper Sparrow. 
• From Christian Artuso, some endangered Sumatra endemics: Sumatra Cochoa, Salvadori's Pheasant, Pale-headed Frogmouth, Cream-striped Bulbul, Spot-necked Bulbul, Shiny Whistling-Thrush, Rufous-vented Niltava, White-winged Duck, Hill Prinia, Green-billed Malkoha, Blue Nuthatch, Pygmy Wren-babbler, Pink-headed Fruit-Dove, Orange-spotted Bulbul, Lesser Forktail, Blue-tailed Trogon, Sunda Blue-Robin and Graceful Pitta.
• From Trevor Quested, a pair of Pardalotes: Spotted Pardalote, and Buff-rumped Thorntail.
• From Giuliano Gerra and Silvio Sommazzi: Noisy Pitta, Welcome Swallow, and Cape Sparrow.

editor of Green Nature, has contributed: Violet-green Swallow, Bewick's Wren, Black-throated Grey Warbler, Cassin's Finch, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Lesser Goldfinch, and Hutton's Vireo. Thank you so much, Pat!

• From Mary Scott: Lesser Prairie Chicken
• From Rafy Rodriquez-Monjita come two endangered Puerto Rican endemics: Elfin-woods Warbler and the Yellow-shouldered Blackbird.
• From Tom Tarrant: Plum-headed Finch and Blue Bearded-Bee-eater
• From Tyler Hicks: West-Indian Woodpecker and Three-toed Woodpecker

Many new photos and photographers entered this weekend, bringing the total to 231 photographers, and over 2,200 images! New photographers sharing their excellent work are:
• The Cape Bird Club Slide Library: Forbes's Plover, Black-winged Lapwing,  and White-eyed Gull.
• Stephane Moniotte, the Digiscoping Guide: the endangered Brown Kiwi.
• The Kangaroo Conservation Center: Chestnut Teal and Australian Shoveller.
• Harry Sell, from his photo essay to a parrot lick: Blue-headed Parrot, White-bellied Parrot, Orange-cheeked Parrot,  and Mealy Parrot.
• Edson Endrigo, a guide from Brazil: Musician Wren, Brazillian Ruby, Grass Wren, and Chotoy Spinetail.


And some new contributions from some old friends:
 

• Trevor Quested: Scarlet Robin, White-eared Honeyeater, Yellow-faced Honeyeater, Red-necked Avocet, Great Crested Tern, and Yellow-tailed Black Cockatoo.
• Kent Nickell: White-faced Heron, Montezuma Oropendola, Lewis's Woodpecker and Green Thorntail.
• Kim Hyan-Tae: Pallas's Bunting and Reed Bunting. 
• Steve Metz: Puna Tinamou and Andean Hillstar.
• Mary Scott: Cassin's Kingbird.
• Laurence Poh: Crested Goshawk and Crimson winged Woodpecker.
• Ross Warner: Baglafecht Weaver , Lesser Striped-swallow, and White crowned Shrike.
• Naota Noda: Buff-breasted Paradise-Kingfisher, Hartlaub's Turaco, and White-bellied Go-away-bird.
• Sumit Sen: Grey-headed Fish-eagle, Pallas's Fish-eagle, Red-headed Vulture, Himalayan Griffon, 

Red Junglefowl, and Kalij Pheasant.

• Tanzania, by Henrik Gustafsson; and
• Kenya by Frank Rheindt.
Thanks so much for sending them along, guys!

their photos, all of endangered waterfowl. Huge thanks to the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust, who have provided images of: Blue Duck, Laysan Duck, Bernier's (Madagascar) Teal, Salvadori's Teal, Scaly-sided Merganser, and White-winged Duck.

web today:
• From Dave Hanford: Namibia October-November 1996. 
• From  Paola Ricceri & Marco Salvioni: Ethiopia December 2001 - January 2002.

Malaysia and Indonesia, replete with tons of site information. Thanks Andy.

Pied Hornbill, Malabar Whistling-Thrush, Oriental Magpie-Robin, Orange-headed Ground-thrush, another wonderful Sarus Crane image, and Intermediate Egret.

and Silvio Sommazzi have provided a rhapsody of raptors (plus a few other great birds): Palm-nut Vulture, 
Madagascar Harrier-Hawk, Frances's Goshawk, Banded Kestrel, Brown Falcon, Wedge-tailed Eagle, Pygmy Falcon, Lanner Falcon, Laughing Falcon, White-tailed Eagle, Pale-vented Pigeon, Mulga Parrot, Meyer's Parrot, Chestnut-bellied Sandgrouse, Racket-tailed Roller, Madagascar Sand-grouse, Cape Francolin, Emerald-spotted Wood-dove, Emerald Dove, Diamond Dove, Blue Coua, and Mangrove Cuckoo.

bringing several great shots of: Common Hawk-Cuckoo, Nilgiri Flycatcher, Asian Barred Owlet, Greater Yellownape, White-tailed Nuthatch, Green-backed Tit, and Black-throated Tit.

for Guadeloupe and Martinique. Thanks so much, Philippe! 

on Bosnia-Herzegovina. 

bird photos. Thanks to Saleel for: Bluethroat, Small Pratincole, African Darter, Pheasant-tailed Jacana, Sarus Crane, White-throated Kingfisher, Ruddy Shelduck, Little Egret, and Indian Robin.

Kleyheeg, has sent a few new photos: Dunlin, Black-legged Kittiwake, Common Eider, and Purple Sandpiper.

have contributed some wonderful photographs to this website. WELCOME AND THANK YOU to:
• Giuliano Gerro and Silvio Sommazzi from the Just Birds website Italy (look for their country compilations on various pages of this website) have contributed: Senegal Lapwing, Pangani Longclaw, Malagasy Kingfisher, Malagasy Scops-Owl, Marsh Owl, King (Hartlaub's) Gull, Rufous (Cape) Rockjumper, Golden-naped Woodpecker, Stripe-tailed Hummingbird, Black-throated Mango, Blue-chinned Sapphire, Black-tailed Train-bearer, Blue-winged Kookaburra, Forest Kingfisher, and Solander's Petrel.
• Porpol Nontapa, of Thai Waterbirds has contributed: Mongolian Plover, Red-necked Stint, Small Pratincole, Malaysian Plover, and Little Tern. 
• the Honolulu Zoo, with their great passerine birds, have contributed photographs of: Golden-breasted

Starling, Lavender Waxbill, Namaqua Dove, Eastern Paradise-Whydah, Pin-tailed Whydah, Purple Grenadier, Red-and-yellow Barbet, Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise, Crested Pigeon, and Jambu Fruit-Dove.

and found quite a few new ones, as well as many other shorebird/ waterbird species. 
• From the Miranda Mine: the endangered Red-breasted Plover (new Zealand Dotterel).
• From the Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education: another endangered Plover, the St. Helena Plover.
• From Jeff Blincow: Andean Avocet, Madagascar Plover, Bronze (Stewart Island) Shag, and Rough-faced (New Zealand King) Shag.
• From Cliff Buckton: White-fronted Plover
• From Don Roberson: Ibisbill
• From Tom and Marie Tarrant: Red-necked Avocet

have posted new images to the birds-pix discussion e-group:
• From Peter Wallach: Orange-crowned Warbler
• From Kent Nickell: Pygmy Nuthatch
• From Barry MacKay: the probably extinct Bachman's Warbler

in large numbers, thanks to four new photographers, and some new images from existing contributors. Many thanks to all! The new photographers are:
• Dave Behrens, who has contributed: Brown-headed Gull, Buff-rumped Woodpecker, Collared Scops-Owl, Grey Nightjar, Lesser Spotted Eagle, Spotted Owlet, Greater Coucal,  and Spectacled Spiderhunter.
• James Ownby, who has contributed: Golden-tailed Sapphire, Red-and-green Macaw, Swallow-tailed Cotinga, Blue Dacnis, Blue (or Swallow-tailed) Manakin, White-headed Marsh-tyrant, Green-barred Woodpecker, White Monjita, Black-capped Donacobious, Scarlet-headed Blackbird, Blue-crowned Wood-nymph, Speckled Tanager, and Chestnut-collared Longspur. 
• Tim Carney, who has contributed: Sun Parakeet, Spangled Cotinga, Blue Crowned-Pigeon, Green Magpie, Magnificent Bird-of-Paradise, and Screaming Piha. 
• Vladamir Dinets, who has contributed: Brown-banded Rail, and Philippine Needletail.
And, the following old friends have helped as well!
• Anke Poggel - Blue-winged Parrotlet, Blue-throated Piping-Guan, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, Reddish Hermit, Sayaca Tanager, Black-tailed Titrya, Black-tailed Trogon, Black Siskin, and Plumbeous Kite.
• Raphael Roderiquez-Mojica: Puerto Rican Vireo
• Trevor Quested: White-throated Gerygone
• Laurence Poh: Common (Asian Koel)

been added to his web page, hosted on this site:  Grey-breasted Woodpecker, Northern Harrier, Groove-billed Ani, Spot-crowned Woodcreeper, Lesser Ground-Cuckoo, and Russet-crowned Motmot. Thanks so much, Manuel!

new photographers (plus two existing photographer's coming back from new trips) have brought the total number of species represented to over 2,028. Thank you all!
• Larry Master, Chief Zoologist for Natureserve, has contributed: Tufted Coquette, Palm Tanager, Turquise Tanager, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Hispaniolan Emerald, Hispaniolan Parrot, Hispaniolan Spindalis, Rufous-throated Solitaire, Yellow-breasted Chat, Philadeliphia Vireo, Worm-eating Warbler, and Scarlet Tanager. 
• Brian Patteson, of Patteson's Pelagic Trips has allowed the use of: Bermuda Petrel, Black-capped Petrel, Fea's Petrel, Trindade Petrel, Band-rumped Storm-petrel, Swinhoe's Storm-Petrel, Pomarine Jaeger, and Dovekie. 
• From Cliff Buckton: White-fronted Parrot, and Masked Tityra.
• From Nick Lowton: Black-faced Ibis, Chilean Skua, Rock Shag, South America Tern, Austral Thrush, Grey-breasted Seed-snipe, Moustached Turca, Yellow-rumped Siskin, Southern Skua, Silver Teal, Speckled Teal, and Spectacled Tyrant.

their work:
• From Manuel Grosselet: Yellow-naped Parrot, Blue-tailed Hummingbird, Grey Hawk, Buff-collared Nightjar, Bright-rumped Attila, and Mexican Whip-poor-will.
• From Kent Nickell: Black Rosy-finch, Brown-capped Rosy-finch, and Vesper Sparrow.

new work.
• From Kevin Roberts: Eastern Rosella
• From Barry McKay: Socorro Mockingbird
• From Nigel Blake: Moussier's Redstart, 

Desert Wheatear, Sardinian Warbler and Red-necked Nightjar.
• From Tom  Tarrant: Flesh-footed Shearwater

use of his photos - Ivan Petrov of Illinois Bird of the Day. Contributions include: Tennessee Warbler, Eastern Wood Pewee, and House Finch. Thanks so much, Ivan!