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Bird of the day

Earlier Birds of the day featured in Avibase.

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

photo ©Pedro H. Bernardo

(38 votes)

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

photo ©Baubo Bittern

(31 votes)

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

photo ©jarbas mattos

(0 votes)

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

photo ©ailianfoto

(0 votes)

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

photo ©aaardvaark

(0 votes)

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

photo ©maholyoak

(0 votes)

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

photo ©arnewuensche66

(0 votes)

Jameson's Antpecker (Parmoptila jamesoni)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-22

photo ©aviceda

(33 votes)

Bay-breasted Cuckoo (Coccyzus rufigularis)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-21

photo ©Dax M. Roman E.

(0 votes)

White-bellied Tit (Melaniparus albiventris)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-19

photo ©maholyoak

(0 votes)

Common Eider (Somateria mollissima)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-18

photo ©P. Stubbs photo

(41 votes)

White-eyed Slaty-Flycatcher (Melaenornis fischeri)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-17

photo ©donna lynn

(0 votes)

Fulvous-breasted Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus fulvipectus)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-16

photo ©ProAvesColombia

(0 votes)

Splendid Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis splendidus)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-15

photo ©Peter R Steward

(0 votes)

Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-14

photo ©Hector16

(31 votes)

Golden-tailed Sapphire (Chrysuronia oenone)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-13

photo ©MarcellC67

(0 votes)

Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant (Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-12

photo ©palmchat

(0 votes)

Stripe-crowned Spinetail (Cranioleuca pyrrhophia)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-11

photo ©Giselle Mangini

(0 votes)

Bali Myna (Leucopsar rothschildi)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-10

photo ©Oleg Chernyshov

(0 votes)

Short-tailed Nighthawk [semitorquatus] (Lurocalis semitorquatus [semitorquatus])
Bird of the day: 2025-04-09

photo ©L. Kay

(32 votes)

Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-08

(0 votes)

Collared Laughingthrush (Trochalopteron yersini)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-07

photo ©Jeluba

(0 votes)

Javan Grey-throated White-eye (Heleia javanica)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-06

photo ©joe_ask

(31 votes)

Golden Pipit (Tmetothylacus tenellus)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-05

(0 votes)

Slender-tailed Woodstar (Microstilbon burmeisteri)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-04

(0 votes)

Frilled Coquette (Lophornis magnificus)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-03

(31 votes)

Bar-bellied Pitta (Hydrornis elliotii)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-02

(0 votes)

Streaky Seedeater (Crithagra striolata)
Bird of the day: 2025-04-01

(0 votes)

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