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Bird of the day

Earlier Birds of the day featured in Avibase.

Blood-colored Woodpecker (Veniliornis sanguineus)
Bird of the day: 2026-05-15

photo ©barbetboy

(0 votes)

Lesser Scaup (Aythya affinis)
Bird of the day: 2026-05-14

photo ©d.jauvin

(0 votes)

Cardinal Myzomela (Myzomela cardinalis)
Bird of the day: 2026-05-13

photo ©Graham Ekins

(0 votes)

Black-fronted Wood-Quail (Odontophorus atrifrons)
Bird of the day: 2026-05-12

photo ©jjarango

(0 votes)

Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii)
Bird of the day: 2026-05-11

photo ©Francisco Piedrahita

(0 votes)

Jocotoco Antpitta (Grallaria ridgelyi)
Bird of the day: 2026-05-10

photo ©Daniel J. Field

(0 votes)

Sichuan Bush Warbler (Locustella chengi)
Bird of the day: 2026-05-09

photo ©maholyoak

(0 votes)

Red-throated Alethe (Chamaetylas poliophrys)
Bird of the day: 2026-05-08

photo ©rhysmarsh

(0 votes)

Plumed Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna eytoni)
Bird of the day: 2026-05-07

photo ©ajmatthehiddenhouse

(0 votes)

Apricot-breasted Sunbird (Cinnyris buettikoferi)
Bird of the day: 2026-05-06

photo ©NABU|naturgucker

(0 votes)

Somali Fiscal (Lanius somalicus)
Bird of the day: 2026-05-04

photo ©notjes1966

(0 votes)

Red-backed Kingfisher (Todiramphus pyrrhopygius)
Bird of the day: 2026-05-03

photo ©Origma

(0 votes)

Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus)
Bird of the day: 2026-05-02

photo ©gunnlaugursig

(36 votes)

Long-billed Thrush (Zoothera monticola)
Bird of the day: 2026-05-01

photo ©Eudromias@Flickr

(0 votes)

White-headed Stilt (Himantopus leucocephalus)
Bird of the day: 2026-04-30

photo ©Steve Attwood

(0 votes)

Equatorial Motmot (Momotus aequatorialis)
Bird of the day: 2026-04-29

photo ©PriscillaBurcher

(0 votes)

Purple-throated Sunbird (Leptocoma sperata)
Bird of the day: 2026-04-28

photo ©shirl6900

(0 votes)

Bewick's Wren (Thryomanes bewickii)
Bird of the day: 2026-04-27

photo ©rjm284

(0 votes)

Panama Flycatcher (Myiarchus panamensis)
Bird of the day: 2026-04-26

photo ©Gmo_CR

(0 votes)

Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor)
Bird of the day: 2026-04-25

photo ©Calidris!

(0 votes)

Colasisi (Loriculus philippensis)
Bird of the day: 2026-04-24

(0 votes)

Sun Lark (Galerida modesta)
Bird of the day: 2026-04-23

(0 votes)

Australian King-Parrot (Alisterus scapularis)
Bird of the day: 2026-04-22

(0 votes)

Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis)
Bird of the day: 2026-04-21

(0 votes)

Hawaii Amakihi (Chlorodrepanis virens)
Bird of the day: 2026-04-20

(0 votes)

Yellow-bellied Waxbill (Coccopygia quartinia)
Bird of the day: 2026-04-19

(0 votes)

Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
Bird of the day: 2026-04-18

(0 votes)

Three-banded Warbler (Basileuterus trifasciatus)
Bird of the day: 2026-04-17

(31 votes)

Saxaul Sparrow (Passer ammodendri)
Bird of the day: 2026-04-16

(0 votes)

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