Just For Birds

10/11/2026

White Java Sparrow / White Java Finch
Scientific: Padda oryzivora white mutation
Also called White Munia. The pure white with red beak is a popular cage mutation.🥰

10/11/2026

10/11/2026

9 Fiery Tapiranga Birds! 🔥❤️ Brazil's Red & Black Jewels of the Forest!

10/11/2026

10/11/2026

This day over the years has been very fruitful as far as photography goes. Here is one photo taken 6 years ago at Chinaman's Island. Pictured here is a Red-rumped Parrot taking a drink from Lake Mulwala all while creating awesome water rings.

10/11/2026

Indian Golden Oriole (Oriolus kundoo) in India
- Photo courtesy of Vishal MÓnakar‎.

10/11/2026

Willow Ptarmigan.

The willow ptarmigan ( Lagopus lagopus) is a bird in the grouse subfamily Tetraoninae of the pheasant family Phasianidae. It is also known as the willow grouse. The willow ptarmigan breeds in birch and other forests and moorlands in northern Europe, the tundra of Scandinavia, Siberia, Alaska and Canada, in particular in the provinces of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec. It is the state bird of Alaska.

The willow ptarmigan is a medium to large ground-dwelling bird and is the most numerous of the three species of ptarmigan. Males and females are about the same size, the adult length varying between 35 and 44 centimetres (14 and 17 in) with a wingspan ranging from 60 and 65 centimetres (24 and 26 in). The weight is 430 to 810 grams (15 to 29 oz). It is deep-chested and has a fairly long neck, a broad bill, short feathered legs and a moderately short rounded tail. In the summer, the male's plumage is marbled brown, with a reddish hue to the neck and breast, a black tail and white wings and underparts. It has a red semicircular comb above each eye, which become red and prominent in the breeding season. The female is similar in appearance but with much smaller eye combs and has brown feathers scattered among the white feathers on her belly. During winter, the body plumage and two central tail feathers of both sexes becomes completely white, except for the black outer rectrices. Their wing feathers remain white all year round. Immature birds resemble the adults.

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