From left to right : Metallic Pigeon (白喉林鴿) ; Rock Pigeon (野鴿) Fiji (2001 ..read more

Little Owl (縱紋腹小鴞) Luxembourg (2008 ..read more

From left to right : Blue-breasted Cordonbleu (安哥拉藍飾雀) ; Variable Sunbird (雜色花蜜鳥) African Emerald Cuckoo (黃腹金鵑) Malachite Kingfisher (冠翠鳥) ; Blue-breasted Cordonbleu (安哥拉藍飾雀) Malawi (2016) House Sparrow (家麻雀) Malawi (2016 ..read more

Demoiselle Crane (蓑羽鶴) ; Red-billed Toucan (紅嘴巨嘴鳥) and Black Crowned-Crane (黑冕鶴) Germany (2017) 2nd January, 2017. Bonn The French court painter Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755) set the vain beauty contest of three feathered opponents in his painting "Pfefferfresser, Jungfern- und Haubenkranich" (1745). The master of the exotic animal portrait does not only understand the virtuoso play with color and light. Experts also attest to a subtle and nuanced approach to his "models", which gives these almost human traits. On the threshold of Rococo at the time of the Enlightenment animals were also g ..read more

From left to right : Mediterranean Shag (地中海鸕鶿) ; Eurasian Hoopoe (戴勝) Gibraltar (1992, 2008) 25th August, 2016. Gibraltar Gibraltar has long been known as a key location for observing birds so we thought what better subject for the 2008 Definitive. The ‘Birds of the Rock’ Definitive focuses on some of the beautiful birds that grace Gibraltar’s skies. Hoopoe breeds throughout the Mediterranean and is known to many locals as ‘Gallito de Marzo’. They are particularly noticeable around the Alameda Gardens in March during its main migration period every spring. Mediterranean Shag is a small br ..read more

From left to right : Pacific Imperial-pigeon (太平洋皇鳩) ; Purple Swamphen (紫水雞) Streaked Fantail (點胸扇尾鶲) Vanuatu (2012) 21st September, 2016. Port Vila The Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres has a fascinating migration story compared to the Vanuatu Petrel Pterodroma occulta which breeds on Vanua Lava while the Vanuatu Scrubfowl Megapodius layardi (Namalao), found on Ambryn Island, predominantly incubates its eggs in geothermally-heated soil. Nambiru or the Purple Swamphen Porphyrio Porphyrio has a very loud explosive call described as a "raucous high-pitched screech”. The Dark-brown Honeyeater ..read more

Antillean crested hummingbird (鳳頭蜂鳥) British Virgin Islands (2014) 7th July, 2014. Road Town The Antillean Crested Hummingbird is a tiny hummingbird species with a small geographic range in the Caribbean, from eastern Puerto Rico through much of the Lesser Antilles. In its range, it is easily identified both by the small size and the obvious crest. In the United States it is generally unknown, although there are a handful of disputed sightings in both Texas and Florida. Found in a variety of habitats, typically open, lowland areas such as forest edges and clearings, parks, and residential a ..read more

From left to right : White-bellied Sea Eagle (白腹海鵰) ; Brahminy Kite (栗鳶) Black-winged Kite (黑翅鳶) ; Changeable Hawk Eagle (鳳頭鷹雕) Singapore (2016) 21st September, 2016. Toa Payoh Central Changeable Hawk Eagle is well established in Singapore. Its name reflects its occurrence in two different colour morphs – dark and light. It is a mid-sized raptor and a forest edge bird, with typically broad wings and a relatively small wingspan. It feeds on small- to large-sized birds, mammals – up to the size of small macaques, and reptiles. White-bellied Sea Eagle is one of Singapore’s largest native rapto ..read more

Red-billed Leiothrix (紅嘴相思鳥) China (2016) 9th August, 2016. Longdong, Guangzhou Red-billed Leiothrix is native to the Indian subcontinent. Adults have bright red bills and a dull yellow ring around their eyes. Their backs are dull olive green, and they have a bright yellow-orange throat with a yellow chin; females are somewhat duller than males, and juveniles have black bills. It has also been introduced in various parts of the world, with small populations of escapees having existed in Japan since the 1980s. The species usually found in India, Bhutan, Nepal, Burma and parts of Tibet. This ..read more

Bird of the year 2016 : Goldfinch (紅額金翅雀) Germany (2016) 11th September, 2011. Neckarwestheim 50th anniversary of BSV : Goldfinch (紅額金翅雀) Germany (2016) 6th November, 2011. Gaildof 150th anniversary of Post in Haiteebach : Common Cuckoo (普通杜鵑) Germany (2017) 15th January, 2017. Haiteebach ..read more