Today's cheering up bird is a male Regent's Bower bird: an animal with a life history as colourful as the male's plumage. This image comes from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Regentbowerbirdmale.jpg the photographer is credited there as "Myobatrachidae" / "Kelson" and the copyright information (creative commons license details) can be found here.
(Female bower birds have a much drabber appearance- brown and white speckles all over except for a black patch on the tops of their heads.)
Is this part of the crow family? Surprising that its vivid colouration is actually a good camouflage in its home territory! Must be a good deal sunnier than certain countries I could mention....
ReplyDeleteThis bird is really lovely. Does it have an interesting song?
ReplyDeleteBeautiful picture. Thank you for sharing.
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