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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 -...
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.
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 :)
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...
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 /...
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...
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.
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 /...
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...