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Bird of the day

Earlier Birds of the day featured in Avibase.

Christmas Island White-eye (Zosterops natalis)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-22

photo ©BioDivLibrary

(0 votes)

Middle Spotted Woodpecker (Dendrocoptes medius)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-21

photo ©P a U L i u S

(0 votes)

Parker's Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpecula)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-20

photo ©palmchat

(36 votes)

Running Coua (Coua cursor)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-19

photo ©Oleg Chernyshov

(0 votes)

Green-striped Brush-Finch (Arremon virenticeps)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-18

photo ©Manuel Becerril González

(0 votes)

Grey-hooded Flycatcher (Mionectes rufiventris)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-17

photo ©Bertrando©

(0 votes)

White-fronted Scops-Owl (Otus sagittatus)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-16

photo ©Michael Gillam

(0 votes)

Magnificent Bird-of-paradise (Diphyllodes magnificus)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-15

photo ©jmittermeier

(0 votes)

Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-14

photo ©Elliot Montieth

(0 votes)

Spot-breasted Thornbird (Phacellodomus maculipectus)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-13

photo ©uropsalis

(0 votes)

Black-billed Woodhoopoe (Phoeniculus somaliensis)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-12

photo ©gerda.debruijn

(0 votes)

Surfbird (Calidris virgata)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-11

photo ©Aaron Maizlish

(0 votes)

Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-10

photo ©Wild Chroma

(0 votes)

Pycroft's Petrel (Pterodroma pycrofti)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-09

photo ©Graham Ekins

(38 votes)

Taiwan Bush-Warbler (Locustella alishanensis)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-08

photo ©Dave 2x

(0 votes)

Grey-cheeked Fulvetta (Alcippe morrisonia)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-07

photo ©All Things Nature

(0 votes)

Rufous-winged Tanager (Tangara lavinia)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-06

photo ©ProAvesColombia

(0 votes)

Spotted Rail (Pardirallus maculatus)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-05

photo ©Francisco Piedrahita

(0 votes)

Baird's Sparrow (Centronyx bairdii)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-04

photo ©Paul B Jones

(0 votes)

Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-03

photo ©Jeluba

(0 votes)

Common Babbler (Argya caudata)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-02

photo ©Mike Prince

(0 votes)

Maranon Tit-Tyrant (Anairetes nigrocristatus)
Bird of the day: 2025-05-01

(0 votes)

Norfolk Robin (Petroica multicolor)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-30

photo ©iansand

(0 votes)

Cryptic Forest-Falcon (Micrastur mintoni)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-29

(39 votes)

Red-crested Pochard (Netta rufina)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-28

(31 votes)

White-vented Violet-ear (Colibri serrirostris)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-27

(0 votes)

Eastern Striped Manakin (Machaeropterus regulus)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-26

(0 votes)

White-gaped Honeyeater (Stomiopera unicolor)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-25

(0 votes)

Coal-crested Finch (Charitospiza eucosma)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-24

(0 votes)

Orange-bellied Flowerpecker (Dicaeum trigonostigma)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-23

(0 votes)

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