Feather & Bird Encyclopedia
Search and identify feathers by species — with feather type, plumage, colours, size, habitat, and how to tell them apart in the field.
Striated Caracara
A bold, famously curious raptor of the Falkland Islands and southernmost Patagonia, showing dark brown, pale-streaked plumage well suited to its wind-scoured island habitat.
raptor
Royal Spoonbill
A white spoonbill of Australasia known for the long, trailing white crest plumes that breeding adults grow from the back of the head.
wading bird
Sharp-tailed Sandpiper
A Siberian-breeding sandpiper with a rufous cap and chevron-streaked underparts, closely related to the Pectoral Sandpiper but favoring wetter, grassier habitats along its migration route to Australasia.
shorebird