This page is a snapshot of just a few of the beautiful birds that inhabit our world. The birds shown on this site were photographed in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, China, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, and the United States of America. Enjoy the creatures around us and appreciate their beauty and sounds. This page is an ongoing work in progress.
Anseriformes
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Anatidae Family
Aix galericulata - Mandarin Duck On A Log In Stuttgart, Germany Anas acuta - Northern Pintail Ducks Near Nagoya Castle in Aichi Prefecture (Japan) Anas clypeata - Northern Shoveler Male in Shinobazu Pond In Tokyo, Japan Anas crecca - Eurasian Teal Male in Flight Over Kurobe, Toyama Prefecture (Japan) Anas penelope - Eurasian Wigeon In A Pond In Iwakuni, Yamaguchi Prefecture (Japan) Anas platyrhynchos - Mallard In The Rhine River Near Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland Anas zonorhynchos - Spot-billed Duck At Kamigo Mori No Ie Park In Yokohama, Japan |
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Anatidae Family
Anthya ferina - Pochard On Lake Suwa In Nagano Prefecture (Japan) Aythya fuligula -Tufted Duck In A Pond In Rodewisch, Saxony (Germany) Aythya marila - Greater Scaup at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan Histrionicus histrionicus - Harlequin Duck Male Pair Off Hamanaka, Hokkaido Prefecture (Japan) Melanitta americana - Black Scoter Off Kushiro, Hokkaido (Japan) Mergus serrator - Red-breasted Merganser Off Ofunato City, Iwate Prefecture (Japan) Netta rufina - Red-crested Pochard On The Pegnitz River In Nuremberg, Bavaria (Germany) |
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Anatidae Family Geese
Alopochen aegyptiaca - Egyptian Goose in In Fischbach, Luxembourg Anser albifrons - Greater White -Fronted Geese In Inawashiro, Iwate Prefecture (Japan) Anser anser - Graylag Goose In Lincolnshire, United Kingdom Branta canadensis - Canada Goose In Cook County, Illinois (USA) Branta sandvicensis - Hawaiian Goose In Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii (USA) |
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Anatidae Family Swans
Cygnus columbianus - Tundra Swan In Lake Suwa in Nagano Prefecture (Japan) Cygnus cygnus - Whooper Swans at Welney Wetland in Norfolk, United Kingdom Cygnus olor - Mute Swan On A Nest in Langfurth, Bavaria (Germany) |
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Somateria mollissima - A Common Eider Looking Out Near the Port of Bensersiel, Germany
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