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I am completely in love with these little floofers! Can you blame me? Look at it! JUST LOOK AT IT! 💕 This is a Goldcrest and they have a few nifty facts to share. Did you know: Goldcrests are almost exclusively insectivorous, with spiders forming an important part of the diet 🕷️
Goldcrests have an incredibly fast metabolism and must eat almost constantly to avoid starving, especially during cold weather 🍿 🍟 🍕 Goldcrests can fly up to 500 miles (800 km) in a single day ✈️ 🐤 Goldcrests have a high adult mortality rate and a short average lifespan of eight months. This is one of the shortest lifespans of any bird species. 🥺
I hope everyone has a beautiful day! No matter what, stay feather positive! 🪶
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Goldcrest
Regulus regulus
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This is egg-citing for a Tuesday! 22 seconds to answer bird questions from Tanzania? Wing-credible! It's your turn now ~ tou-can do it! BirdBrainer.app ~ Pot Luck Quiz. Choose your area of interest or let the app choose randomly. Come on! Challenge your noggin, beak-lieve in yourself! Stay chirpy, keep it coo-l! 🦜 🐦⬛ 🐦 🦤 🦃 🦉 🦆 🦢 🦅 🐔 🦚
Common Birds of Tanzania
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Yes, it took me 50 seconds to make my choices! So? Complaint line to the left! Try it yourself at BirdBrainer.app ~ the new quiz format can be tailored to your unique sense of anxiety with a timed system. Personally, I don't enjoy sweating first thing in the morning ... 😰 🦜
Common Birds of Argentina
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I puffed out on my pillows for another round of sleep. So sorry! Did you know: Aside from picking insects, spiders, and caterpillars off leaves and bark like other whistlers, Mangrove Goldens uniquely hunt for small crustaceans and mollusks right out of the coastal mud 😳 🦞 Mangrove Golden Whistlers have a complex vocalization consisting of rich whistled tunes that frequently finish with a sharp, dramatic whip-like crack 🪢 The Mangrove Golden Whistler is a key ecological player in controlling insect populations and habitat biodiversity by living in these environments 🐜 🐛
BirdBrainer Daily Challenge — Sep 20, 2026
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Mangrove Golden Whistler
Pachycephala melanura
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Good morning all! Waddle we do today? Talk about ducks! Did you know: The oldest recorded Black-bellied Whistling Duck was a male, and at least 10 years, 7 months when it was found in 2015 in Louisiana 🦆 These ducks are often nocturnal or active in the late evening, foraging for grains, seeds, and aquatic plants in fields or shallow water
Their signature call is a high-pitched, wheezy whistle that can sound surprisingly like a squeaky dog toy
🦴 Keep calm and quack on everyone!
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Black-bellied Whistling Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis
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Have you tried the new quiz format? It is flocking fabulous! I did another untimed quiz, cuz I'm a chicken, but I got it done in 29 seconds! I am feeling soar-tastic! Visit BirdBrainer.app and chick it out! 🦜 🐦⬛ 🐦 🦤 🦃 🦉 🦆 🦢 🦅 🦚 😃
Common Birds of Ecuador
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Good morning! I hope everyone is having a caw-some day so far! Guess what?: There are approximately 135 corvid species and almost all have the propensity to remember individual human faces and can hold grudges against them if needed 🐦⬛ Like other ravens, the Australian Raven is known for its intelligence and problem-solving skills 🐦⬛ Australian Ravens can pack extra shredded meat inside their mouths, right under their tongue, to carry it elsewhere 🧳 🐦⬛
Today has the Poe-tential for greatness ~ take full advantage!
BirdBrainer Daily Challenge — Sep 9, 2026
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Australian Raven
Corvus coronoides
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Wales is home to incredible birdlife, featuring massive seabird colonies, soaring raptors, and unique coastal habitats. Huge Welsh estuaries like the Dee and the Severn support hundreds of thousands of migratory waterbirds during the winter months. Sheep outnumber human residents in Wales by about four to one. 🤣
Common Birds of Wales
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“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.” –Marcus Aurelius
BirdBrainer Daily Challenge — Aug 6, 2026
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Coppersmith Barbet
Psilopogon haemacephalus
Photo credit: R. Anantha Murthy
3, count'em, three, THREE times I had to take this quiz. I can't tell you which bird, but it was just one that tripped me up. Little bugger 🙂 Have a wonderful day everyone! Hatch you later! 🐦 🦅 🦜
Common Birds of Germany
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Good morning 🌞 How many of you want to be where this bird is right now? 🙋♀️ Did you know: Snowy sheathbills are known for their boldness, often landing on kayaks or even people's heads 🛶 Snowy sheathbills have been known to hitch rides on ships as far north as South Africa and Europe 🚢 Instead of hunting for their own food in the ocean, they steal regurgitated fish and krill directly from penguins 🐧 among other icky things 😳
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Snowy Sheathbill
Chionis albus
Photo credit: Ashley Bennison
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Good morning early birds! It's going to be a flappin' fabulous day beak-cause I said so! Did you know: Red-winged Blackbirds are one of the most numerous birds in North America 🐦⬛ They can hop backwards when foraging ~ known as “double scratch” 🐦⬛ The oldest recorded Red-winged Blackbird in the wild lived for 15 years and 9 months ~ typical lifespan is only 2 years 🐦⬛
BirdBrainer Daily Challenge — Aug 3, 2026
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Red-winged Blackbird
Agelaius phoeniceus
Photo credit: Steve Degenhardt
Good morning bird enthusiasts! My nemesis was the subject of the challenge today and I'm stork raven sad about it. Will no one avenge my honor? Go to BirdBrainer.app ~ see you there! 🦅
The Italian sparrow is unofficially considered the national bird of Italy.
BirdBrainer Daily Challenge — Aug 2, 2026
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Bird of the Day
Italian Sparrow
Passer italiae
Photo credit: Savario Gatto
Good morning! Sending you a little chirp of joy to start your day! Day 4 and it was a doozy! But you myna your own business and go take the challenge! Hatch you later, birbs! 🦅 🦜 🦚 🐦
BirdBrainer Daily Challenge — Jul 31, 2026
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Common Myna
Acridotheres tristis
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I'm just a little bit raven mad about Canada's bird life! Got it on the first try, too! Feeling soar-tastic! Have a go at it yourself ~ BirdBrainer.app! Stay tweet world! 🦜 🦅 🦢 🐦 🦆 🐦⬛ 🦃 🦉
Common Birds of Canada
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What a hoot! A 2 day streak is upon us again! Life is tweet! BirdBrainer.app is waiting for you to play ~ get on it! May your day be filled with all the things that make your heart happy! Like birds! 🦅
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Pictorella Mannikin
Heteromunia pectoralis
Photo credit: Paul van Giersbergen
83% on the first try 🥺 The beauty of #BirdBrainer.app is you can try again! And again! Chirp it out! And stay calm and coo on. 🤘 🦅
Common Birds of Uganda
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