Showing posts with label National Birds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Birds. Show all posts

Great white pelican



National bird of Romania
The great white pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) also known as the eastern white pelican, rosy pelican or white pelican breeds from southeastern Europe through Asia and in Africa in swamps and shallow lakes.

Siamese fireback pheasant

Siamese fireback

National bird of Thailand
The Siamese fireback (Lophura diardi) also known as Diard's fireback is distributed to the lowland and evergreen forests of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam in Southeast Asia.

Gyrfalcon

Gyrfalcon sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta
Gyrfalcon. Z0122
Iceland's National Bird
The Gyrfalcon (Falco rusticolus) occur in mountainous regions and on the tundra around the entire northern hemisphere. It occurs in Canada, USA, Mexico, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Greece, Russia and China.

Red-crested turaco

The red-crested turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus) is a frugivorous bird endemic to western Angola. Its call sounds somewhat like a jungle monkey.
Red-crested turaco bird painting by Artmagenta
Red-crested turaco.  Z0121

Angola's national bird.
Angolas national bird Painting by Ulf Artmagenta



Keel-billed toucan

The keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus), also known as sulfur-breasted toucan or rainbow-billed toucan, is found from Southern Mexico to Venezuela and Colombia.
Keel-billed toucan  sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta
Keel-billed toucan
National bird of Belize

National bird of Belize Bird painting by Ulf Artmagenta


Giant ibis

The giant ibis (Thaumatibis gigantea) is confined to northern Cambodia, with a few birds surviving in extreme southern Laos.
Giant ibis bird painting by Artmagenta
Giant ibis
National bird of Cambodja
Cambodia’s national bird Painting by Ulf Artmagenta


Imperial amazon

The imperial amazon (Amazona imperialis), also known as the sisserou, is a parrot found only on the Caribbean island of Dominica.
Imperial amazon birdpainting by Artmagenta
Imperial amazon
National bird of Dominica.


Dominica’s national bird Painting by Ulf Artmagenta

Harpy Eagle

The harpy eagle (Harpia harpyja) is the largest and most powerful raptor found in the Americas. The harpy eagle is found from Mexico, through Central America and into South America to as far south as Argentina. The eagle is most common in Brazil.
Harpy Eagle birdpainting by Artmagenta
Harpy Eagle
The national bird of Panama.

Panama’s national bird Painting by Ulf Artmagenta


Magnificent frigatebird

The magnificent frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) occurs over tropical and subtropical waters off America, between northern Mexico and Ecuador on the Pacific coast and between Florida and southern Brazil along the Atlantic coast. There are also populations on the Galápagos Islands in the Pacific and the Cape Verde islands in the Atlantic.
Magnificent frigatebird bird painting by Artmagenta
Magnificent frigatebird

National bird of Antigua and Barbuda.

National bird of Antigua and Barbuda Bird painting by Ulf Artmagenta

Purple-crested turaco

The purple-crested turaco (Tauraco porphyreolophus) is found in Burundi, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Purple-crested turaco by Artmagenta
Purple-crested turaco

National Bird of the Kingdom of Swaziland

Swaziland’s national bird Painting by Ulf Artmagenta


Taiwan blue magpie

The Taiwan blue magpie (Urocissa caerulea), also called the Taiwan magpie or Formosan blue magpie is an endemic species living in the mountains of Taiwan.
Taiwan blue magpie drawn by Artmagenta
Taiwan blue magpie
National bird of Taiwan.

National bird of Taiwan. Painting by Ulf Artmagenta

Spanish imperial eagle

The Spanish imperial eagle, Iberian imperial eagle or Adalbert's eagle (Aquila adalberti) is a threatened species of eagle that only occurs in central and south-west Spain, adjacent areas of Portugal and possibly northern Morocco.
Spanish imperial eagle a bird painting by Artmagenta
Spanish imperial eagle
Spain's national bird
Spain's national bird Painting by Ulf Artmagenta

Saint Vincent amazon

The Saint Vincent amazon (Amazona guildingii) also known as Saint Vincent parrot, is endemic to the heavily forested mountains of the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent in the Lesser Antilles.
Saint Vincent amazon
Saint Vincent amazon

Clay-colored thrush

The clay-colored thrush (Turdus grayi) is a common Middle American bird of the thrush family. It is the national bird of Costa Rica, where it is well known as the yigüirro. Other common names include clay-colored robin.
Clay-colored thrush sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta
Clay-colored thrush
Costa Rica's National Bird

Costa Rica's national bird Painting by Ulf Artmagenta

Rufous-bellied thrush

Rufous-bellied thrush sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta
Rufous-bellied thrush
Brazil's national bird.

The rufous-bellied thrush (Turdus rufiventris) occurs in most of east and southeast Brazil from Maranhão south to Rio Grande do Sul states, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay and northern regions of Argentina.

Grey-headed kingfisher

Grey-headed kingfisher bird painting by Artmagenta
Grey-headed kingfisher

National bird of Cape Verde

The grey-headed kingfisher (Halcyon leucocephala) has a wide distribution from the Cape Verde Islands off the north-west coast of Africa to Mauritania, Senegal and Gambia, east to Ethiopia, Somalia and southern Arabia and south to South Africa.

Blue Crane

Blue Crane bird painting by Artmagenta
Blue Crane

South Africa's National Bird
The blue crane (Anthropoides paradiseus), also known as the Stanley crane and the paradise crane, is the national bird of South Africa.

Barbary partridge

Barbary partridge bird painting by Artmagenta
Barbary partridge


Gibraltar's national bird

The Barbary partridge (Alectoris barbara) has its main native range in North Africa, and is also native to Gibraltar and the Canary Islands.

Lilac-breasted roller

The lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus) is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa and the southern Arabian Peninsula.
Lilac-breasted roller sketch painting. Bird art drawing by illustrator Artmagenta
Lilac-breasted roller
Botswana's and Kenya's National Bird

Sinai Rosefinch

Sinai Rosefinch bird painting by Artmagenta
Sinai Rosefinch
Jordan's National Bird

The Sinai rosefinch (Carpodacus synoicus) is found in Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. Its natural habitat is hot deserts.