#BirdOfTheDay theme #blue any bird with blue in its colouring.
#swamphen #purperkoet #Rallidae #Porphyrioporphyrio #parcnaturaldeltadelebre #deltadelebre #rietvell #birdphotography #birdwatching #waterbirds #nature #PhotographersOfBluesky #ThePhotoHour #birds #ECK @robcrank68.bsky.social
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
2.00
NIKON CORPORATION (NIKON D100)
21/Apr/2007
#Animals
#Birds
#Aves
#Gruiformes
#CrakesRailsAndSwamphens
#Rallidae
#DuskyMoorhen
#GallinulaTenebrosa
Buff-banded Rail (Gallirallus philippensis)
2.00
NIKON CORPORATION (NIKON D100)
08/Nov/2008
#Animals
#Birds
#Aves
#Gruiformes
#CrakesRailsAndSwamphens
#Rallidae
#BuffBandedRail
#GallirallusPhilippensis
Dusky Moorhen (Gallinula tenebrosa)
2.10
NIKON CORPORATION (NIKON D610)
20/Jun/2017
#Animals
#Birds
#Aves
#Gruiformes
#CrakesRailsAndSwamphens
#Rallidae
#DuskyMoorhen
#GallinulaTenebrosa
Two Rails one Megapode
1. Barred Rail
2. Buff-banded Rail
3. Philippine Megapode (don’t look to closely it’s not a great photo, since they are tricky to in the open)
Sulawesi, Indonesia
Aug 25
#bird #birding #rallidae #birdphotography #naturephotography #sulawesi
A very blue swamphen, wading through shallow water
Australasian Swamphen (Porphyrio melanotus)
Keith Boden Wetlands, Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia
#Australia #Queensland #Brisbane #wetlands #animalphotography #bird #Gruiformes #Rallidae #iNaturalist #Olympus #porphyrioMelanotus #AustralasianSwamphen #OMSystems […]
[Original post on pix.blahaj.zone]
Gough Island Moorhen, introduced to Tristan da Cunha in 1956 and now the subject of a population review published in Bird Conservation International © Steffen Oppel (rspb-images.com)
🔍How has Gough Island Moorhen spread on Tristan da Cunha?🔎
📑Introduced from neighbouring Gough Island in 1956, a population survey was undertaken last year: doi.org/10.1017/S095...
#BirdConservation #Ornithology #Conservation #Research #Rallidae #TristandaCunha #GoughIsland #SouthAtlantic
upper body shot of a bird with stout orangish bill, gray cheek, brown neck and back, peering out from a bank of cattail stems.
Bird of the Day — Clapper Rail, North Carolina 2021
#Birds #NaturePhotography #Nature #Wildlife #NatureCommunity #Photography #BirdPhotography #BirdWatching #Rallidae #SaltMarsh #NorthCarolina
The secretive sora rail crake hunting the waters for food at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge in Southwest Washington state Pacific Northwest pnw
We got very lucky and spent 10 minutes with an active, visible Sora Rail ....not just once but twice yesterday!
#Lucky #birdwatching #Sora #Rail #Crake #Rallidae
#birds #birdphotography #birding #art #1 #birdphoto #wildlifephotography #naturephotography #ornithology #photography #pdx #pnw #bird
And here's a novel about (among other things) discovering and trying to save a dull little species of S. American rail found in an abandoned marsh in Uruguay... (NOT the arguably-more-charismatic SA ostrich on cover!)
#biodiversity #Rallidae #ornithology #birds
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Eurasian Coot (Fulica atra)
NIKON CORPORATION (NIKON D610)
20/Jun/2017
#Animals
#Birds
#Aves
#Gruiformes
#CrakesRailsAndSwamphens
#Rallidae
#EurasianCoot
#FulicaAtra
Adult common gallinule foraging at pond's edge
Me: "Oh look a Common Gallinule!"
The Gallinule: "Common! I think not!"
🪶 #birds #avian #ornithology #wildlife #nature #marshhen #gallinule #commongallinule #rail #rallidae #glynnounty #mhbenton
The American coot (#Fulica americana) is a bird of the family #Rallidae. Unlike the webbed feet of ducks, coots have broad, lobed scales on their lower legs and toes that fold back with each step in order to facilitate walking on dry land.
Dusky Moorhen ( Gallinula tenebrosa )
Juvenile
#sunshinecoastsnakeremovals.com #Animals #Birds #BirdPhotography #Aves #CranesBustardsRailsAndSwamphens #Gruiformes #CrakesRailsAndSwamphens #Rallidae #DuskyMoorhen #Gallinulatenebrosa
Dusky Moorhen ( Gallinula tenebrosa )
Juvenile
#sunshinecoastsnakeremovals.com #Animals #Birds #BirdPhotography #Aves #CranesBustardsRailsAndSwamphens #Gruiformes #CrakesRailsAndSwamphens #Rallidae #DuskyMoorhen #Gallinulatenebrosa
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica) in Circle B Bar Reserve, Lakeland FL
Purple Gallinule in Circle B Bar Reserve
Taxonomy
Order: #Gruiformes
Family: #Rallidae
Genus: #Porphyrio
Species: P. martinica
#birds #birding #beautiful #nature #wildlife #outdoors #reserve #swamp #photography #Florida #ornithology
Buff-banded Rail ( Gallirallus philippensis )
A very young chick!
#sunshinecoastsnakeremovals.com #Animals #Birds #BirdPhotography #Aves #CranesBustardsRailsAndSwamphens #Gruiformes #CrakesRailsAndSwamphens #Rallidae #Buff-bandedRail #Gallirallusphilippensis
Buff-banded Rail ( Gallirallus philippensis )
#sunshinecoastsnakeremovals.com #Animals #Birds #BirdPhotography #Aves #CranesBustardsRailsAndSwamphens #Gruiformes #CrakesRailsAndSwamphens #Rallidae #Buff-bandedRail #Gallirallusphilippensis
Buff-banded Rail ( Gallirallus philippensis )
This shy bird is hard to photo except on Heron Island.
#sunshinecoastsnakeremovals.com #Animals #Birds #BirdPhotography #Aves #CranesBustardsRailsAndSwamphens #Gruiformes #CrakesRailsAndSwamphens #Rallidae #Buff-bandedRail #Gallirallusphilippensis
#Vögel: #Kranichvögeln ( #Gruiformes), #Rallen ( #Rallidae), #Flamingos ( #Phoenicopteriformes), #Lappentauchern ( #Podicipediformes)
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Did you know that groups of #coots are called #covers or #rafts?
#American #coot (#Fulica #americana), also known as a #mudhen or #pouldeau, is in the family #Rallidae. Coots live near water, typically inhabiting #wetlands & open water bodies. Pics Peter Hart #JRBPVirtualTour
Day 46 of #JRBPVirtualTour. The #sora (#Porzana #carolina) is a small #waterbird of the family #Rallidae. Breeding habitat is #wetlands & #marshes. Their call is a slow whistled ker-whee. Check out their calls here: https://t.co/SYxwJ8aBJA Pic by Peter Hart.
