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🦉 The bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) Luscinia (lat.) Nightingale svecica suecicus (lat.) Swedish; the name svecica, according to the history of the description, is not a toponym, but is given for the color

2026-05-18 07:27

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🦉 The thrush nightingale (Luscinia luscinia) Luscinia (lat.) Nightingale This seemingly inconspicuous fellow has a magnificent voice, which sets him apart from other similar birds. I descended closer

2026-05-14 05:23

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🦉 The European pied flycatcher (Ficedula hypoleuca) Ficedula fi cedulinus (medieval lat.): “A small bird that feeds on figs and turns into a black-headed warbler in winter ”(from: Jobling, 2010) hypoleuca

2026-05-11 07:24

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🦉 The western yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava) Motacilla lat .: mōto, mōtare move continuously, -cilla tail (cilla like a tail - only in ornithology, erroneous established name) flava flavus (lat.) yellow,

2026-05-08 07:21

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🦉 The rustic bunting (Emberiza rustica) Emberiza embritz (Old German) bunting rustica rusticus (lat.) rural, country Oh, this is quite a rare species, listed in the regional Red Book. It's surprising

2026-05-04 06:45

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🦉 The common chaffinch or simply the chaffinch (Fringilla coelebs) fringilla (lat.) - finch; fi nco (Old German), fi nc (Old English) coelebs coelebs (lat.) - single, idle, unmarried These forest singers

2026-04-29 07:42

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🦉 The black kite (Milvus migrans) Milvus (lat) - kite migrans (lat.) - migrating These are amazingly punctual birds! They arrive every year from April 2nd to 4th, regardless of the weather. While other

2026-04-27 07:25

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🦉 The coal tit or cole tit (Periparus ater) Peri (Greek) very, hugely Parus (lat.) Tit ater (lat.) black, dark These little tits usually live in coniferous forests far outside my city, but due to the

2026-04-23 05:23

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🦉 The Eurasian siskin (Spinus spinus) Spinus spinos (Greek) unidentified bird mentioned Aristotle and other ancient Greek. authors These yellow birds are true nomads. They literally have no fixed nesting

2026-04-20 07:14

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🦉 The Eurasian treecreeper or common treecreeper (Certhia familiaris) Certhia (Greek): kerthios - a small bird crawling through the trees, mentioned by Aristotle familiaris (lat.): common, easily recognizable

2026-04-17 07:31

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🦉 The Siberian stonechat or Asian stonechat (Saxicola maurus) Saxicola (lat ): saxum rock, stone, -cola inhabitant maurus (lat.): Moorish, black By midsummer, the young of these birds are already growing

2026-04-15 07:22

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🦉 The fieldfare (Turdus pilaris) Turdus (lat) - Thrush pilaris the etymology is mysterious, although it is now believed that pilaris in later Latin means simply thrush (Jobling, 2017). However, since

2026-04-13 07:26

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🦉 The willow tit (Poecile montanus) Poecile poikilis (Greek) an unidentified small bird mentioned in ancient texts montanus (lat .) : mōns, montis mountain, mountain range, montanus mountain These birds

2026-04-13 07:14

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🦉 The willow tit (Poecile montanus) Poecile poikilis (Greek) an unidentified small bird mentioned in ancient texts montanus (lat .) : mōns, montis mountain, mountain range, montanus mountain These birds

2026-04-10 07:17

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🦉 The common redpoll or mealy redpoll (Acanthis flammea) Acanthis in ancient Greek. mythology daughter of Autonous and sister Acanthus; when Acanthis sobbed over the murdered Acanthus, the gods turned

2026-04-08 07:08

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🦉 The great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major) Dendrocopos Greek: dendron tree, coptō to hit, beat major (lat.) big Even now in the forest (if you can get there through the puddles and melting snowdrifts

2026-04-06 07:09

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🦉 The brambling (Fringilla montifringilla) Fringilla (lat.) Finch; fi nco (old German) montifringilla lat .: mōns, montis mountain, mountain range In some regions, these birds are sedentary and winter

2026-04-03 05:12

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🦉 The redwing (Turdus iliacus) Turdus (Latin) thrush iliacus ilia (lat.) sides, iliacus with sides (i.e. with red sides) This small species of thrush arrives at the end of April, depending on the weather,

2026-04-01 05:04

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SMaP 264 - Free Theme (Wagtails)

2026-03-30 05:44

As always, I want to thank @nelinoeva for the competition. You can read the rules and announcement here - This week's topic is - FREE THEME There is about a week left before the arrival of the white wagtail,

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