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tags: researchblogging.org, birds, aves, ornithology, Zosterops somadikartai, Togian white-eye, Indonesia, Sulawesi
An undated artist's rendering of Zosterops somadikartai, or Togian white-eye.
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tags: evolution, speciation, diversification rate, Zosterops, White-eyes, ornithology, birds, molecular phylogeny, South Pacific Islands
The Splendid (Ranongga) White-eye, Zosterops splendidus,
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tags: Common Pochard, Aythya ferina, birds, Image of the Day
Common Pochard, Aythya ferina (Hiroshima, Japan).
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That looks like the result of a practical joke involving white paint and a telescope.
We have them here is Hawai'i as well. Cute birds, make a very neat supended, woven nest. But the eye does grab the attention.
we have a bird that looks similar to this here in new zealand. we call it a waxeye though. I LOVE TINY BIRDS!
Lloyd's right, it does look like the "wax eyes" we get in New Zealand, e.g.
http://www.pbase.com/helenmevans/image/47378795
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jaimewalsh/1181102971/
Lloyd, if you like tiny birds and are in Dunedin, there are tiny quails and fitches inside the butterfly "house" in the Dunedin museum. I spent as much time watching them as looking at the butterflies.