#bushshrike

[todaysbird]

the rosy-patched bushshrike is a passerine bird found in a wide range throughout africa. they prefer subtropical to tropical dry scrubland habitats. their coloration differs throughout their range, though all members of the species display some bright red coloration. they primarily hunt insects for food, but also feed on berries, fruits, and small rodents and reptiles.

#rosy-patched bushshrike #bushshrike #shrike #bird #birblr

[herpsandbirds]

Gorgeous Bushshrike (Telophorus viridis), family Malaconotidae, order Passeriformes, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa

photograph by AdamRiley

#bushshrike #telophorus #malaconotidae #passeriformes #bird #ornithology #animals #nature #india

[birdstudies]

July 1, 2023 - Black-backed Puffback (Dryoscopus cubla) Found in parts of southern and eastern Africa, these puffbacks live in savannas and forests, often near rivers and coasts. Foraging alone, in pairs, and in mixed-species flocks, they feed on insects and other invertebrates, as well as small lizards, fruit, and buds. Males puff their white back feathers into a ball while performing territorial and courtship displays. Females build the nests alone, though males occasionally bring them materials. The deep cup-shaped nests are built from dry grass, roots, bark strips, spiderwebs, plant down, and sometimes lichen and leaves in trees. Females incubate clutches of two to four eggs while males bring them food and sometimes incubate for short periods. Both parents feed the chicks, though females feed them initially with food gathered by males.

#black-backed puffback #puffback #bushshrike #dryoscopus cubla #bird #birds #illustration #art #water #birblr art

[birdblues]

Rosy-patched Bushshrike

#rosy patched bushshrike #bushshrike #Rhodophoneus cruentus #bird #upl

[witchstone]

Fiery-breasted Bushshrike  Malaconotus cruentus Imbalanga, Republic of the Congo 0.747032, 15.268688 by mathiasdhaen

#fiery-breasted brushshrike #bushshrike #congo #republic of the congo #birds #on birds #family malaconotidae #malaconotidae #bushshrikes and allies #m #african birds #genus malaconotus #malaconotus

[alonglistofbirds]

[1642/10977] Braun's bushshrike - Laniarius brauni

Order: Passeriformes Suborder: Passeri Superfamily: Malaconotoidea Family: Malaconotidae (bushshrikes) Genus: Laniarius (boubous and gonoleks)

Photo credit: Dubi Shapiro via Macaulay Library

#birds #Braun's bushshrike #Passeriformes #Passeri #Malaconotoidea #Malaconotidae #Laniarius #birds a to z #undescribed

[stickynotebirds]

45. Rosy-patched Bushshrike

#birds #birdblr #todays bird #bird of the day #Rosy-patched Bushshrike #drawn 2.6.23 #another one i really like!! #artists on tumblr

[tactax-art]

More daemons au!

Maeve the Grey-Headed Bushshrike for Dick

#dick grayson #dc comics #nightwing #dc daemons au #hey anon the moth version is in your answer post #collect dc daemons au

[violeteyedkiller]

🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛ 🐦‍⬛ show me the birbs

RELEASE THE SHRIKE

Loggerhead Shrike!

Red-backed Shrike

And some Bushshrike

Gabela Bushshrike (endemic only to Angola)

Gray-headed Bushshrike

@notyouraveragesecretary

#out of screams #notyouraveragesecretary

[barry-kent-mackay]

Lühder's Bushshrike.  Life size, acrylics.  I framed this one and still have it.  It’s in acrylics…a pretty bird found across much of Africa.

art may be used for non-commercial purposes with attribution

prints and original art for sale on Fine Art America

support barry kent mackay on ko-fi

#birds #birdlr #birblr #bird art #artist #barry kent mackay

[bandnameserver]

Bushshrike

#band names

[rebeleden]

Watch "Bird Rips Snake's Eyes out as it Tries to Escape" on YouTube

[herpsandbirds]

Yellow-crowned Gonoleks (Laniarius barbarus), family Malaconotidae, order Passeriformes, Ghana

photograph by Dubi Shapiro

#gonolek #bushshrike #laniarius #malaconotidae #bird #ornithology #animals #nature #africa

[birdstudies]

February 28, 2023 - Red-naped Bushshrike (Laniarius ruficeps) Found in parts of Ethiopia, Somalia, and Kenya, these bushshrikes live in dry savannas and thornscrub. Foraging on the ground and in thickets, they eat insects and their larvae. They build their nests from twigs, rootlets, and grass stems in bushes or trees. Females lay clutches of two to three eggs.

#red-naped bushshrike #bushshrike #laniarius ruficeps #bird #birds #illustration #art #grassland #birblr art

[instantfirecollector]

Four-coloured Bushshrike

[witchstone]

okay, birds seen at home in june round up! comes to a total of 62 species, which is oddly high for the middle of winter. the highlight was the green twinspot, which i’d only got my first ever sighting of two weeks earlier. presumably it had only found its way to our garden because of the heavy rains and flash floods (and the tornado what the fuck) a few days prior - they’re forest birds, whereas our area is more broad-leaf woodland.

full list and photos under the cut!

bar-throated apalis, black-collared + crested + white-eared barbet, cape batis, dark-capped bulbul, green-backed camaroptera*, yellow-fronted canary, fork-tailed drongo, crowned eagle*, southern black flycatcher, african dusky flycatcher, african paradise flycatcher (odd for this time of year), egyptian goose, gymnogene, southern hadeda, purple-crested loerie. speckled mousebird, black-headed oriole, rose-ringed parakeet*, black-backed puffback, red-capped robin-chat, cape glossy + black-bellied + red-winged starling, collared + greater double-collared + olive + amethyst + white-bellied sunbird, olive + kurrichane thrush, golden-rumped tinkerbarbet, southern black tit, spectacled + village weaver, cape white-eye, cardinal + golden-tailed woodpecker, red-eyed + tambourine* dove, brown-hooded kingfisher, red-backed + bronze mannikin, klaas’s cuckoo*, lesser honeyguide, grey-headed bushshrike*, familiar chat, southern grey-headed sparrow, woolly-necked stork, sombre greenbul*, green woodhoopoe, cape wagtail, southern boubou, black sparrowhawk, african palm swift, green twinspot, black cuckooshrike?, black-headed heron, little sparrowhawk?, pied crow, african goshawk

* = call heard, no visuals, ? = i’m reasonably sure it was that, but not 100%

dark-capped bulbul, taken at a nature reserve up the hill

eurytela dryope

not sure yet. maybe a mocker swallowtail judging by the body?

olive sunbird my beloved

the green twinspot!! absolutely not a great photo, but i was surprised to get a pic at all tbh. either a female or juvenile

bosduival’s tree nymph

souther hadeda. chicken sized rats and the worst dawn chorus you’ve ever heard

golden-tailed woodpecker

gold-spotted sylph. have never seen one before in my life, but it was hanging around the laundry

southern black tit!

#fieldnotes #birds #on birds #does tumblr have a birdwatching community tag #birding #birdwatching #bird watching