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  1. Hypothetical Paradise-Sunbirds

    Hypothetical Paradise-Sunbirds

    The Paradise-Sunbirds is a group of 6 large sunbirds species with a very restricted distribution in mountainous areas of Eastern Africa. They inhabit only in cloud forests and adjacent grasslands and thickets. 1 - Emerald Paradise-Sunbird, Ruwenzori, Uganda & DRC - 1700-2500 m / 2 -...
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    • art sunbirds watercolor
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  2. Orange-breasted Sunbird

    Orange-breasted Sunbird

    A drawing from an original scene, in the Swartberg Natural Reserve in South Africa, where I was lucky enough to observe one of the most stunning sunbirds of the country. The protea bushes with their vivid flowers were among the most widespread plant groups of this reserve.
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    • sunbird watercolor
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Art & Graphics
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    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Red backed shrike male'

    After years to like your pictures I finally realise that you are Paschalis Dougalis! I follow you on facebook, your paintings are very beautiful I love them :)
  4. Golden-shouldered Parakeet

    Golden-shouldered Parakeet

    An old painting of one of the most endangered Australian psittacidae. The stunning Golden-shouldered Parakeet displays a striking sexual dimorphism (male top / female bottom). This species lives mostly in Cape York Peninsula, in Queensland, in open forests and grasslands, close to termite mounds...
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    • australia endangered parakeet parrots psephotus chrysopterygius watercolor
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  5. R

    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Hypothetical passerines of New Guinea'

    Thank you to all :D
  6. Hypothetical passerines of New Guinea

    Hypothetical passerines of New Guinea

    Long-crested Manucoda, 22 cm, Huon Peninsula, montane forests / Double-horned Bowerbird, 18 cm, South-east New Guinea, lowland and hill rainforests / King wattled Honey-eater, 20 cm, Bird's Head Peninsula, cloud forests / Helmeted Bowerbird, 15 cm, Central Highlands, upper cloud forests /...
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    • art birds-of-paradise bowerbirds watercolor
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  7. R

    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Capercaillie'

    Amazing light depiction :)
  8. Hypothetical monarch-flycatchers

    Hypothetical monarch-flycatchers

    Verdant paradise-flycatcher - M 25 cm, F 16 cm - Sulawesi, lowland and hill forests / Double-crested flycatcher - 20 cm - Palawan, Philippines, lowland forests / Bumblebee flycatcher - 10 cm - South Island, New-Zealand, dense lowland forests and thickets / Long-tailed flycatcher - 27 cm - Java...
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    • flycatcher monarch-flycatcher watercolor
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  9. R

    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Hypothetical honeyeaters'

    Well, luckily I bought one month ago the gorgeous 2014 version of "Birds of New Guinea" so technically I could reproduce the beautiful plate about melidectes.
  10. R

    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Snowy owl with owlets'

    Wonderful :)
  11. Hypothetical honeyeaters

    Hypothetical honeyeaters

    Imperial Honeyeater, 22 cm - Solomon Island, lowland forests / Ruby-throated Honeyeater, 13 cm - Lord Howe Island, Australia, woodlands and thickets / Bare-faced Myzomela, 10 cm - Southern New-Guinea, lowland forests and woodlands / Giant blue Honeyeater, 30 cm - New Caledonia, lowland forests /...
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    • art honeyeater watercolor
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  12. R

    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Bald eagle double portrait'

    Amazing!
  13. Hypothetical passerines of Indoburma

    Hypothetical passerines of Indoburma

    1 - Golden-browed Robin (NW Thailand, Eastern Central Burma - Hills/Montane forests and thickets), 2 - Orange-breasted Warbler (Central Burma, N Thailand, Laos, N Vietnam - Montane forests, woodlands and thickets), 3 - Slaty Silver-eye (N Burma - Montane forests/bamboo stands), 4 -...
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    • Comments: 1
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  14. Hypothetical birds in situ - Part 1

    Hypothetical birds in situ - Part 1

    Lorentz Thrush (Papuaturda lorentzi). 19 cm. Eastern Papua, Indonesia. Upper cloud forests and alpine grasslands. 2900-3700 m / Caucasus Jay (Garrulus georgica). 25 cm. Caucasus montane range. Pine and mixed forests, rocky outcrops. 1400-2700 m / Bumblebee Monarch (Apioides minima). 13 cm...
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    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  15. R

    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Lesser Whistling Duck'

    A nice shot and a beautiful posture ;)
  16. Hypothetical birds of paradise and bowerbirds

    Hypothetical birds of paradise and bowerbirds

    Crescent Bird-of-Paradise (Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesia - Montane forests 1800-2500 m), Horned Bird-of-Paradise (Southern Papua-New-Guinea - Lowlands and hills rainforests 0-1200 m), Tuft-flanked Bird-of-Paradise (Central Highlands, Papua-New-Guinea - Cloud forests and alpine thickets...
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    • art birds-of-paradise bowerbirds watercolor
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Art & Graphics
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    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Trinca ferro - Green winged saltator'

    Very beautiful composition I love it!
  18. Hypothetical psittacidae

    Hypothetical psittacidae

    Purple-crested Cockatoo (Aru Islands, Indonesia - Lowland rainforests), Golden-faced Cockatoo (Southern Papua-New-Guinea - Lowland rainforests), Spectacled Macaw (Venezuela and Guyanas - Lowland and hill rainforests), Amboseli Parakeet (Central Kenya and Northern Tanzania - Upland savannas and...
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    • cockatoo parakeet parrots watercolor
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  19. R

    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Little bustard male'

    Such a skillful play on light and shadow! Magnificent!
  20. R

    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Hypothetical Birds part II'

    Haha :-D
  21. Hypothetical Birds part II

    Hypothetical Birds part II

    Tibetan Avocet (Tibet and Xinjiang, winter migrator in southern India / Mountains lakes, estuaries and ponds in winter) - Aru Rail (Aru Islands / Wooded streams and mangroves) - Hump-billed Rail (Fiji Islands / Forests, marshes, grasslands. Predators on reptiles and small amphibians) -...
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    • artwork watercolor
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Art & Graphics
  22. Hypothetical Birds part I

    Hypothetical Birds part I

    I love to invent bird species then imagine their colors and their location: White-headed Paradise Kingfisher (Central New-Guinea/Cloud forests) - Palau Kingfisher (Palau Islands/Lowland forests, terrestrial) - Black Velvetfront (Ambon Island, Indonesia/Hill forests - supposed primitive...
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    • artwork
    • Comments: 2
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  23. Snow Mountain Quail

    Snow Mountain Quail

    A very little known phasianidae living in alpine grasslands of Irian Jaya up to 3000 m. Female above.
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    • anurophasis monorthonyx new guinea phasianidae quail synoicus monorthonyx
    • Comments: 2
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  24. R

    Comment by 'Guest' in media 'Nelicourvi Weaver'

    @Marmot: It's pretty hard for me to choose a good bird to paint. Sometime I choose a species to match with a special biomes, sometime to represent a unique bird like in field guide. I choose generally easy bird to paint, having a striking, colorful plumage. The most challenging species for me...
  25. Nelicourvi Weaver

    Nelicourvi Weaver

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    • madagascar passerine ploceidae ploceus nelicourvi weaver
    • Comments: 3
    • Category: Art & Graphics
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