Whyte’s Barbet

Birds > Barbets & Piciformes

Whyte’s Barbet (Stactolaema whytii) is an attractive, stocky woodland barbet native to the extensive miombo savannas and wooded granite inselbergs of south-central Africa. Named after British naturalist Alexander Whyte who collected the type specimen in Malawi,...

Pygmy Nuthatch

Birds > Songbirds

The Pygmy Nuthatch (Sitta pygmaea) is a tiny, hyperactive songbird intimately tied to the towering ponderosa pine forests of the American West. Travelling in noisy, chattering family bands that swarm across outer pine needles and rough bark, this miniature avian...

Hairy Woodpecker

Birds > Woodpeckers

The Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates villosus) is a powerful, industrious forest carpenter ubiquitous across the mature woodlands of North America. Often confused with its smaller cousin the downy woodpecker, the hairy woodpecker is easily distinguished by its larger size...

Mountain Bluebird

Birds > Songbirds

The Mountain Bluebird (Sialia currucoides) is widely considered one of the most breathtakingly ethereal songbirds in North America, celebrated for the male’s seamless, luminous turquoise-cerulean plumage that mirrors the cloudless alpine sky. Hovering like a...

Eurasian Nuthatch

Birds > Perching Birds

The Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea) is a compact, assertive songbird celebrated as the only European bird capable of climbing down tree trunks completely headfirst. Inhabiting ancient broadleaf deciduous forests and mature parklands across the entire Eurasian...