Birds of the World - In taxonomy order
I’ve always tried to document every bird species I encounter in the highest quality possible — not just the rare ones, but also the most common. While numbers have never been my main focus, it’s true that photographing a new species has always been at the heart of my interest. Birding with my camera continues to help me create a fascinating visual map of avian taxonomy across every bird families and all the species of the world. I hope you enjoy this gallery !
Common Ostrich (ssp. massaicus), male - Tanzania
Lesser Rhea
Elegant-crested Tinamou
Grey Tinamou
Southern Screamer
White-faced Whistling Duck
Lake Duck
Spur-winged Goose
Coscoroba Swan
Greylag Goose
Greater White-fronted Goose
Tundra Bean Goose
Torrent Duck
Orinoco Goose
Upland Goose
Ashy-headed Goose
Ruddy Shelduck
Long-tailed Duck
Steller's Eider
Spectacled Eider
King Eider
Common Eider
Harlequin Duck
Surf Scoter
Barrow's Goldeneye
Red-breasted Merganser
Smew
Knob-billed Duck
Red-crested Pochard
Ferruginous Duck
Madagascar Pochard
Common Pochard
Ring-necked Duck
Tufted Duck
Lesser Scaup
Greater Scaup
Crested Duck
Bronze-winged Duck
Flying Steamerduck
Chubut Steamer Duck
Silver Teal
Blue-billed Teal
Red Shoveler
Northern Shoveler
Gadwall
American Wigeon
Chiloe Wigeon
Meler's Duck
Mallard
Red-billed Teal
Yellow-billed Pintail
Green-winged Teal
Green-winged Teal (ssp. carolinensis), male - Alaska
Yellow-billed Teal
Andean Teal
Bernier's Teal
Australian Brushturkey
Bearded Guan
Andean Guan
Grey-headed Chachalaca
Rufous-headed Chachalaca
Speckled Chachalaca
Helmeted Guineafowl
Stone Patridge
Banded Quail
Elegant Quail
Black-eared Wood Quail
Rufous-fronted Wood Quail
Dark-backed Wood Quail
Rufous-breasted Wood Quail
Spotted Wood Quail
Ferruginous Partridge
Hill Partridge
Rufous-throated Patridge
Malayan Partridge
Chestnut-bellied Patridge
Grey-breasted Patridge
Snow Partridge
Blood Pheasant
Satyr Tragopan
Temminck's Tragopan
Chestnut-throated Monal-Partridge
Himalayan Monal
Ruffed Grouse
Hazel Grouse
Rock Ptarmigan
Willow Ptarmigan
Black-billed Cappercaillie
Western Capercaille
Black Grouse
Tibetan Patridge
Green Pheasant
Bulwer’s Pheasant
Kalij Pheasant
Silver Pheasant
Malayan Crested Fireback
Bornean Crested Fireback
Indian Peafowl
Sabah Patridge
Sri Lanka Spurfowl
Malayan Peacock-Pheasant
Grey Peacock-Phesant
Mountain Peacock-pheasant
Chinese Bamboo Partridge
Sri Lanka Junglefowl
Coqui Francolin
Crested Francolin
Tibetan Snowcock
Barbary Partridge
Arabian Patridge
Red-legged Partridge
Rock Partridge
Double-spurred Spurfowl
Yellow-necked Spurfowl
Red-necked Spurfowl
Lesser Flamingo
Chilean Flamingo
Little Grebe
Madagascar Grebe
Horned Grebe
Great Grebe
Black-necked Grebe
Silvery Grebe
Hooded Grebe
Western Plantain-eater
Violet Turaco
Guinea Turaco
Hartlaub's Turaco
Kori Bustard (ssp. struthiunculus) - Tanzania
White-bellied Bustard - Tanzania
Buff-crested Bustard
Hartlaub's Bustard
Lesser Ground Cuckoo (ssp. mexicanus) - Mexico
Lesser Roadrunner
Subdesert Mesite
White-breasted Mesite
Brown Mesite
Spotted Sandgrouse
Crowned Sandgrouse
Four-banded Sandgrouse
Grey-fronted Dove, Peru
Pallid Dove, Ecuador
Eared Dove, Argentina
White-throated Quail-Dove, Ecuador
Little Cuckoo-Dove, Sarawak (Borneo)
Scaled Pigeon, Peru
Band-tailed Pigeon, Ecuador
Plumbeous Pigeon
Laughing Dove, Gambia
Oriental Turtle Dove, Bhutan
European Turtle Dove, Morocco
Vinaceous Dove, Gambia
Red-eyed Dove, Gambia
Mourning Collared Dove, Gambia
Eurasian Collared Dove
Metallic Pigeon, West Papua
Trocaz Pigeon, Madeira
Trocaz Pigeon, Gambia
Snow Pigeon, Bhutan
Rock Dove, Oman
Pacific Emerald Dove, Vanuatu
Namaqua Dove, Gambia
Tambourine Dove, Tanzania
Blue-spotted Wood Dove, Gambia
Black-billed Wood Dove, Gambia
Orange-breasted Green Pigeon, Sri Lanka
Bruce's Green Pigeon, Gambia
New Guinea Bronzewing, West Papua
Wonga Pigeon, Australia
Western Crowned Pigeon, West Papua
Pheasant Pigeon, West Papua
Spice Imperial Pigeon, West Papua
Geelvink Imperial Pigeon, West Papua
Purple-tailed Imperial Pigeon, West Papua
Barking Imperial Pigeon, Fiji (Kadavu)
Vanuatu Imperial Pigeon, Vanuatu
Goliath Imperial Pigeon, New Caledonia
Pied Imperial Pigeon
Wompoo Fruit Dove, West Papua
Jambu Fruit Dove, Sabah (Borneo)
Banded Fruit Dove - Alor, Indonesia
Red-naped Fruit Dove - Sumba, Indonesia
Pink-headed Fruit Dove - Java, Indonesia
Many-colored Fruit Dove, Fiji
Beautiful Fruit Dove, West Papua
Geelvink Fruit Dove - Numfor, West Papua
Claret-breasted Fruit Dove, West Papua
Orange Dove, Fiji
Golden Dove, Fiji
Whistling Dove, Fiji
Cloven-feathered Dove, New Caledonia
Hoatzin, Peru
Collared Nightjar
Sand-colored Nighthawk
Lesser Nighthawk
Pygmy NIghtjar
Pauraque
Sickle-winged Nightjar
Eared Poorwill
Buff-collared Nightjar
Egyptian Nightjar
Indian Nightjar
Savanna Nightjar
Long-tailed Nightjar
Slender-tailed Nightjar
Papuan Nightjar
Standard-winged Nightjar (female)
Oilbird
Rufous Potoo
Wallace’s Owlet-nightjar
Whiskered Treeswift
Alpine Swift
Pallid Swift
Little Swift
Horus Swift
White-rumped Swift
White-necked Jacobin
Black Jacobin
Saw-billed Hermit
White-whiskered Hermit
Koepcke's Hermit
Mexican Hermit
Lesser Violetear
Royal Sunangel
Wire-crested Thorntail
Rufous-crested Coquette
Speckled Hummingibird
Ecuadorian Hillstar
Blue-throated Hillstar
Black-tailed Trainbearer
Buffy Helmetcrest
Violet-throated Metaltail
Golden-breasted Puffleg
Emerald-bellied Puffleg
Marvelous Spatuletail
Shining Sunbeam
Collared Inca
Rainbow Starfrontlet
Buff-winged Starfrontlet
Sword-billed Hummingbird
Great Saphirewing
Buff-tailed Coronet
Chestnut-breasted Coronet
Velvet-purple Coronet
White-booted Racket-tail
Peruvian Racket-tail
Purple-bibbed Whitetip