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Threatened Birds

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Tachybaptus pelzelnii (Madagascar grebe)
This bird, like all other grebes, is a specialized waterbird, that is virtually unable to move on land, but is an excellent swimmer... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Tachymarptis melba (Alpine swift)
Information on the Alpine swift is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 1 Video
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Tadorna ferruginea (Ruddy shelduck)
Information on the ruddy shelduck is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 16 Images 0 Videos
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Tangara cabanisi (Azure-rumped tanager)
This stunning bird is found only in a very small area of Mexico and Guatemala, and has predominantly sky-blue plumage. The iris... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Tangara fastuosa (Seven-coloured tanager)
Aptly named, this spectacularly colourful species is amongst the most beautiful of all birds. The head, chin and mantle are a... More 8 Images 1 Video
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Tangara meyerdeschauenseei (Green-capped tanager)
Information on the green-capped tanager is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Tangara peruviana (Black-backed tanager)
Information on the black-backed tanager is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Tanygnathus lucionensis (Blue-naped parrot)
Information on the blue-naped parrot is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 Videos
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Taphrolesbia griseiventris (Grey-bellied comet)
Information on the grey-bellied comet is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 0 Videos
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Tarsiger cyanurus (Orange-flanked bush-robin)
Information on the orange-flanked bush-robin is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 12 Images 0 Videos
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Tauraco bannermani (Bannerman’s turaco)
With its diagnostic red crest and colourful plumage this stunning bird is unmistakable. Bannerman’s turaco has a grey face, pale... More 4 Images 1 Video
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Tauraco fischeri (Fischer’s turaco)
Information on Fischer’s turaco is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 Videos
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Tauraco hartlaubi (Hartlaub’s turaco)
Information on the Hartlaub’s turaco is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 5 Images 0 Videos
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Tauraco livingstonii (Livingstone’s turaco)
Information on the Livingstone’s turaco is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Tauraco macrorhynchus (Yellow-billed turaco)
Information on the yellow-billed turaco is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 1 Image 0 Videos
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Tauraco persa (Guinea turaco)
Information on the Guinea turaco is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 0 Videos
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Tauraco ruspolii (Prince Ruspoli’s turaco)
With its colourful plumage and distinctive, erect white crest, this long-tailed, arboreal bird forms an impressive sight in the... More 4 Images 1 Video
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Telespiza cantans (Laysan finch)
This species is a large finch with a heavy, slightly hooked bill. Males are yellow in colour on the head and breast, with a... More 1 Image 3 Videos
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Telespiza ultima (Nihoa finch)
Information on the Nihoa finch is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Terathopius ecaudatus (Bateleur)
The bateleur’s common name comes from the French word for tightrope walker, a reference to side-to-side rocking of its wing tips... More 31 Images 3 Videos
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Terpsiphone corvina (Seychelles paradise-flycatcher)
This elegant flycatcher is known in Creole as 'Vev' from the French for 'widow' owing to its all black plumage. The black feathers... More 10 Images 8 Videos
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Terpsiphone cyanescens (Blue paradise-flycatcher)
Information on the blue paradise-flycatcher is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Tetrao mlokosiewiczi (Caucasian grouse)
Information on the Caucasian grouse is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 3 Images 1 Video
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Thalassarche carteri (Indian yellow-nosed albatross)
Part of the mollymawk family, the Indian yellow-nosed albatross is one of the smallest albatross species, compensating for its... More 3 Images 2 Videos
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Thalassarche cauta (Shy albatross)
This large seabird has a predominantly white body and a dark grey back. Young birds have a shadowy grey nape which fades to white... More 19 Images 1 Video
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Thalassarche chlororhynchos (Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross)
A relatively small albatross, the Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross is named after the yellow streak ending in a pink tip along the... More 28 Images 8 Videos
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Thalassarche chrysostoma (Grey-headed albatross)
This medium-sized albatross possesses a distinctive combination of a grey head and neck, black bill, dark grey back and tail and a... More 32 Images 7 Videos
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Thalassarche eremita (Chatham albatross)
One of the least known of the world’s albatrosses, this oceanic bird breeds only on a tiny rocky islet in the Pacific Ocean. The... More 13 Images 0 Videos
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Thalassarche impavida (Campbell albatross)
Information on the Campbell albatross is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 9 Images 0 Videos
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Thalassarche melanophrys (Black-browed albatross)
Albatrosses are one of the most marine of all birds, traversing the oceans of the southern hemisphere, and only returning to land... More 30 Images 22 Videos
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Thalassarche salvini (Salvin’s albatross)
This medium-sized, black-and-white albatross has only recently been considered a distinct species and separate from the shy... More 22 Images 0 Videos
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Thalassarche steadi (White-capped albatross)
Information on the white-capped albatross is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 9 Images 0 Videos
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Thalassoica antarctica (Antarctic petrel)
Information on the Antarctic petrel is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 12 Images 2 Videos
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Thaumatibis gigantea (Giant ibis)
This huge ibis has a large, curved bill and a distinctive repeated, loud, ringing call sounding like ‘a-leurk a-leurk’... More 6 Images 4 Videos
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Theristicus melanopis (Black-faced ibis)
Owing its name to a conspicuous patch of bare black skin around its eye and throat, the black-faced ibis is a long-legged wader... More 7 Images 0 Videos
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Thinornis novaeseelandiae (Shore plover)
This small, stocky wader is one of the world's most threatened coastal birds. The forehead, sides of face, throat and collar are... More 7 Images 2 Videos
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Thinornis rubricollis (Hooded plover)
This medium-sized Australian shorebird gets the name ‘hooded plover’ from its prominent black head, which looks like a hood against... More 10 Images 0 Videos
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Thraupis bonariensis (Blue-and-yellow tanager)
The blue-and-yellow tanager is one of the most colourful small birds within its range and the most boldly coloured of the... More 8 Images 1 Video
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Thraupis cyanoptera (Azure-shouldered tanager)
Information on the azure-shouldered tanager is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 7 Images 0 Videos
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Thraupis episcopus (Blue-grey tanager)
Information on the blue-grey tanager is currently being researched a written and will appear here shortly... More 9 Images 0 Videos
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Threskiornis bernieri (Madagascar sacred ibis)
Previously considered a subspecies of the African sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus), the common name of these... More 3 Images 0 Videos
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Threskiornis melanocephalus (Black-headed ibis)
Information on the black-headed ibis is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 9 Images 1 Video
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Thripophaga cherriei (Orinoco softtail)
Information on the Orinoco softtail is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 4 Images 0 Videos
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Thryothorus nicefori (Niceforo’s wren)
Information on the Niceforo’s wren is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Tichodroma muraria (Wallcreeper)
Information on the wallcreeper is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 15 Images 0 Videos
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Todiramphus australasia (Cinnamon-banded kingfisher)
Information on the cinnamon-banded kingfisher is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Todiramphus chloris (Collared kingfisher)
Information on the collared kingfisher is currently being researched and written and will appear here shortly... More 5 Images 0 Videos
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Todiramphus funebris (Sombre kingfisher)
The sombre kingfisher’s Latin name funebris, means pertaining to burial or funeral, and refers to this bird’s dark plumage. ... More 2 Images 0 Videos
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Todiramphus ruficollaris (Mangaia kingfisher)
This small, pretty kingfisher is endemic to a single island, Mangaia, which fossil records show used to have 13 resident landbirds... More 3 Images 0 Videos
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Todiramphus winchelli (Rufous-lored kingfisher)
With its dazzling plumage, the rufous-lored kingfisher is a striking member of the kingfisher family. It has large rusty-orange... More 4 Images 0 Videos
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