Spotted Owl (Mexican), Strix occidentalis lucida, 17.5 in. UNCOMMON to RARE. Associated with oaks and conifers in shaded canyons especially close to rocky cliffs.
Pinery Canyon, Cochise County, Coronado National Forest, Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, USA.
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Red-tailed Laughingthrush, Trochalopteron milnei sharpei, 25 cm. / 9.8 in. Lives in groups in dense undergrowth and bamboo thickets of evergreen forest. Made our top ten trip listing.
Photo Blind #8, Baihualing, Gaoligongshan National Nature Reserve, Yunnan Province, China. ©bryanjsmith
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Little Pied Cormorant, Little Shag, Kawaupaka, 56 cm. / 22 in. COMMON native bird found on lakes, farm ponds, rivers and streams, estuaries, harbors and sheltered coastal waters.
Tohuna Torea Nature Reserve, Wai-O-Taki Bay, Glendowie, Auckland Region, North Island, New Zealand.
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Striated Laughingthrush, Garrulax striatus, 28 cm / 11 in. Himalayan resident. Broadleaf forests. Handheld.
Morong en-route to Tashigang, Bhutan.
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Purple Gallinule, Porphyrio martinica, 16 in. / 40.64 cm. Wet areas with dense reeds. Very RARE vagrant to SE Arizona with only a few recorded sightings. Well backlit.
Sweetwater Wetlands, Tucson, Pima County, Arizona, United States.
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