Satin Bowerbird ( Ptilonorhynchus violaceus) A male Satin Bowerbird only develops his wonderful satiny sheen after seven years. Up until this time, the males possess the same plumage and colouring as the females. Their diet sometimes includes small vertebrates, like lizards and frogs.
Satin Bowerbirds are found along most of the eastern and south-eastern coast of Australia."
This bird photographed in Wattle Grove, NSW Australia.

Ref: australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/satin-bowerbird/

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This Pacific Imperial-pigeon (Ducula pacifica) was photographed eating palm fruit on Rarotonga island within the Cook Islands.
This pigeon is 36–41 cm (14–16 in) in overall length and weighs 370–420 g (13–15 oz).
The back, tail and wings are blackish-green, the head and neck are light grey. The breast is grey with a pinkish tinge.
The under-tail coverts are brown. The bill is black with a knob on the upper mantle. The iris is red. The female is slightly smaller.
This juvenile lacks the knob on the bill, is duller and lacks the pink on the breast.

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The Wandering Tattler (Tringa incana) A small shorebird with a blackish bill with grey feathers, it seems content to wander along the shoreline feeding on small animals in the shallows. Usually found on rocks, where it typically forages independently while bobbing its tail up and down.
Quick and direct in flight with rapid wingbeats.
Photographed on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands of the South Pacific.

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Photographed in the Cooks Island of Aitutaki in the Pacific.

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