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Posts every 2 hrs. Photos from Macaulay Library with attribution. Birds from https://doi.org/10.2173/avilist.v2025 Mammals from https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17033774 More taxa planned. DM maintainer @feathertrail.net for GitHub URL.

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ML647171266 - Brown Rat - Macaulay Library © Alexander Hagge; Chișinău City, Moldova; 17 Dec 2025

Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus)

Family Muridae
Range: Palearctic (Africa, Asia, Europe)
IUCN status: Least Concern

07.03.2026 06:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML632300988 - Iiwi - Macaulay Library © Friedemann Arndt; Maui, Hawaii, United States; 25 Feb 2025

Iiwi (Drepanis coccinea)

Family Fringillidae (Finches, Euphonias, and Allies)
Range: ohia and mamane forest of main Hawaiian Islands
IUCN status: Vulnerable

07.03.2026 04:34 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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ML622155567 - Qilian Bluetail - Macaulay Library © Summer Wong China Bird Tours; Qinghai, China; 13 Jul 2024

Qilian Bluetail (Tarsiger albocoeruleus)

Family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies)
Range: breeds in north-central China (northeastern Qinghai, northern Gansu, Shanxi, and Beijing); wintering range remains to be elucidated
IUCN status: Not Evaluated

07.03.2026 02:56 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML617352435 - Spotted Bowerbird - Macaulay Library © Duc Hoang; Goondiwindi, Queensland, Australia; 13 Apr 2024

Spotted Bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata)

Family Ptilonorhynchidae (Bowerbirds)
Range: eastern Australia (northern Queensland to northern Victoria)
IUCN status: Least Concern

07.03.2026 00:36 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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ML652120072 - Central American Agouti - Macaulay Library © Scott Ramos; Pichincha, Ecuador; 10 Feb 2026

Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata)

Family Dasyproctidae
Range: Neotropic (North America, South America)
IUCN status: Least Concern

06.03.2026 22:09 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML647899279 - Green-capped Tanager - Macaulay Library © Hugo Santa Cruz / Guide; La Paz, Bolivia; 03 Oct 2025

Green-capped Tanager (Stilpnia meyerdeschauenseei)

Family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
Range: east slope of Andes of far southeastern Peru (Puno)
IUCN status: Near Threatened

06.03.2026 20:11 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML611931137 - Sumatran Bulbul - Macaulay Library © Bill Bacon; Aceh, Sumatera, Indonesia; 15 Nov 2023

Sumatran Bulbul (Ixos sumatranus)

Family Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)
Range: montane forest of western Sumatra
IUCN status: Least Concern

06.03.2026 18:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML274067291 - Pale Prinia - Macaulay Library © Stephan Lorenz / Rockjumper Birding Tours; Oromia, Ethiopia; 10 Dec 2019

Pale Prinia (Prinia somalica)

Family Cisticolidae (Cisticolas and Allies)
IUCN status: Least Concern

06.03.2026 16:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML327015601 - Yellow-throated Warbler - Macaulay Library © Ryan Sanderson; Marion, Indiana, United States; 12 Apr 2021

Yellow-throated Warbler (Setophaga dominica)

Family Parulidae (New World Warblers)
IUCN status: Least Concern

06.03.2026 14:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML205916511 - Bare-cheeked Trogon - Macaulay Library © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography; South-West, Cameroon; 14 Mar 2012

Bare-cheeked Trogon (Apaloderma aequatoriale)

Family Trogonidae (Trogons)
Range: lowland rainforest of Cameroon, Gabon, and northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
IUCN status: Least Concern

06.03.2026 12:17 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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ML642903731 - Amur Hedgehog - Macaulay Library © Rail Whisperer; Jiangsu, China; 04 Oct 2025

Amur Hedgehog (Erinaceus amurensis)

Family Erinaceidae
Range: Palearctic (Asia)
IUCN status: Least Concern

06.03.2026 10:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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ML634999561 - Brandt's hamster - Macaulay Library © Emin Yogurtcuoglu I birddetective; Adıyaman, Türkiye;

Brandt's hamster (Mesocricetus brandti)

Family Cricetidae
Range: Palearctic (Asia, Europe)
IUCN status: Near Threatened

06.03.2026 08:14 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
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ML177171521 - Whistling Heron - Macaulay Library © Ignasi Torre; Ñeembucú, Paraguay; 23 Mar 2012

Whistling Heron (Syrigma sibilatrix)

Family Ardeidae (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns)
IUCN status: Least Concern

06.03.2026 06:21 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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ML643725234 - Black-tailed Prairie Dog - Macaulay Library © Mason Maron; Crook, Wyoming, United States;

Black-tailed Prairie Dog (Cynomys ludovicianus)

Family Sciuridae
Range: Nearctic (North America)
IUCN status: Least Concern

06.03.2026 04:37 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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ML205799801 - Blue-backed Conebill - Macaulay Library © Tini & Jacob Wijpkema; La Paz, Bolivia; 01 Oct 2019

Blue-backed Conebill (Conirostrum sitticolor)

Family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
IUCN status: Least Concern

06.03.2026 03:03 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML611642440 - Varied Thrush - Macaulay Library © Nick Park; Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; 27 Nov 2023

Varied Thrush (Ixoreus naevius)

Family Turdidae (Thrushes and Allies)
IUCN status: Least Concern

06.03.2026 00:41 👍 10 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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ML641548803 - Yellow-footed Antechinus - Macaulay Library © Paul Rowan; Indigo, Victoria, Australia; 20 Jan 2025

Yellow-footed Antechinus (Antechinus flavipes)

Family Dasyuridae
Range: Australasia (Oceania)
IUCN status: Least Concern

05.03.2026 22:11 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML489969261 - Tuamotu Kingfisher (Niau) - Macaulay Library © Javier Cotin; Tuamotu-Gambier, French Polynesia; 06 May 2022

Tuamotu Kingfisher (Todiramphus gambieri)

Family Alcedinidae (Kingfishers)
IUCN status: Critically Endangered

05.03.2026 20:15 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML206463811 - Southern Anteater-Chat - Macaulay Library © Peter Kondrashov; Western Cape, South Africa; 31 Aug 2016

Ant-eating Chat (Myrmecocichla formicivora)

Family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies)
Range: Namibia to Botswana and South Africa
IUCN status: Least Concern

05.03.2026 18:41 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
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ML246063231 - Tristan Albatross - Macaulay Library © Philip Miller; Rocha, Uruguay; 25 Apr 2016

Tristan Albatross (Diomedea dabbenena)

Family Diomedeidae (Albatrosses)
Range: breeds Inaccessible and Gough islands (Tristan da Cunha group); ranges subtropical and temperate southern Atlantic Ocean
IUCN status: Critically Endangered

05.03.2026 16:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML122622781 - Copper Seedeater - Macaulay Library © Oliver Prioli; Suzano, São Paulo, Brazil; 02 Nov 2018

Copper Seedeater (Sporophila bouvreuil)

Family Thraupidae (Tanagers and Allies)
Range: eastern and central South America, from Suriname and French Guiana southward to southern Brazil
IUCN status: Least Concern

05.03.2026 14:21 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML215838751 - Plain Greenbul (curvirostris) - Macaulay Library © Tony King; Pool, Congo; 10 Aug 2006

Plain Greenbul (Eurillas curvirostris)

Family Pycnonotidae (Bulbuls)
IUCN status: Least Concern

05.03.2026 12:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML615188412 - East Andean Antbird - Macaulay Library © Pablo Ortega; Huila, Colombia; 03 Oct 2023

East Andean Antbird (Drymophila caudata)

Family Thamnophilidae (Antbirds, Antshrikes, Antwrens, and Antvireos)
Range: eastern Andes of Colombia (Santander southward to Caquetá and Huila)
IUCN status: Least Concern

05.03.2026 10:18 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML435072391 - East Andean Antbird - Macaulay Library © Lisa & Li Li; Huila, Colombia; 14 Mar 2022

East Andean Antbird (Drymophila caudata)

Family Thamnophilidae (Antbirds, Antshrikes, Antwrens, and Antvireos)
Range: eastern Andes of Colombia (Santander southward to Caquetá and Huila)
IUCN status: Least Concern

05.03.2026 08:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML206018791 - Western Wattled-Honeyeater - Macaulay Library © Lars Petersson | My World of Bird Photography; Central, Fiji; 23 Oct 2018

Kikau (Foulehaio procerior)

Family Meliphagidae (Honeyeaters)
Range: Fiji (Viti Levu, Ovalau, and islands in Yasawa Archipelago)
IUCN status: Least Concern

05.03.2026 06:23 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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ML180445881 - Pale Flycatcher - Macaulay Library © Raymond Birkelund; Coast, Kenya; 24 Jan 2019

Pale Flycatcher (Agricola pallidus)

Family Muscicapidae (Chats, Old World Flycatchers, and Allies)
IUCN status: Least Concern

05.03.2026 04:37 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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ML629546342 - Yellow-naped Amazon - Macaulay Library © Molly Perlmutter; Heredia, Costa Rica;

Yellow-naped Amazon (Amazona auropalliata)

Family Psittacidae (African and New World Parrots)
IUCN status: Critically Endangered

05.03.2026 03:03 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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ML639361855 - Eye-ringed Parrotbill - Macaulay Library © Heyn de Kock; Yunnan, China; 01 Mar 2025

Eye-ringed Parrotbill (Suthora ricketti)

Family Paradoxornithidae (Parrotbills and Allies)
Range: southern China (southern Sichuan and northern Yunnan)
IUCN status: Least Concern

05.03.2026 00:37 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML648619532 - Muskrat - Macaulay Library © Chris Van Norman; Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 10 Jan 2026

Muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus)

Family Cricetidae
Range: Nearctic (North America)
IUCN status: Least Concern

04.03.2026 22:11 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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ML112415751 - Ruddy Quail-Dove - Macaulay Library © Jon Irvine; Cuzco [Cusco], Peru; 24 Jul 2018

Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana)

Family Columbidae (Doves and Pigeons)
IUCN status: Least Concern

04.03.2026 20:12 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1