Joel Sartore Joel Sartore

National Geographic Photographer and Speaker

Keyword: passerines

Photo: A Shafttail finch (Poephila acuticauda acuticauda) at Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

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A Shafttail finch (Poephila acuticauda acuticauda) at Plzen Zoo in the Czech Republic.

Photo: A Rüppell’s weaver (Ploceus galbula) at Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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A Rüppell’s weaver (Ploceus galbula) at Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Photo: A Rüppell’s weaver (Ploceus galbula) at Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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A Rüppell’s weaver (Ploceus galbula) at Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Photo: A Rüppell’s weaver (Ploceus galbula) at Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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A Rüppell’s weaver (Ploceus galbula) at Al Marmoom Desert Conservation Reserve in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Photo: A red-necked tanager (Tangara cyanocephala cyanocephala) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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A red-necked tanager (Tangara cyanocephala cyanocephala) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo: A red-necked tanager (Tangara cyanocephala cyanocephala) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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A red-necked tanager (Tangara cyanocephala cyanocephala) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo: A red-necked tanager (Tangara cyanocephala cyanocephala) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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A red-necked tanager (Tangara cyanocephala cyanocephala) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo: A green-headed tanager (Tangara seledon) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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A green-headed tanager (Tangara seledon) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo: A green-headed tanager (Tangara seledon) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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A green-headed tanager (Tangara seledon) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo: Two male saffron finches (Sicalis flaveola brasiliensis) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Two male saffron finches (Sicalis flaveola brasiliensis) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo: Saffron finches (Sicalis flaveola brasiliensis) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Saffron finches (Sicalis flaveola brasiliensis) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The female is more brown, the males more brilliant yellow.

Photo: Two male saffron finches (Sicalis flaveola brasiliensis) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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Two male saffron finches (Sicalis flaveola brasiliensis) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo: A blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina jacarina) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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A blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina jacarina) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo: A blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina jacarina) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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A blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina jacarina) at the Membeca Lagos Farm, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Photo: A Javan banded pitta (Hydrornis guajanus) at Bali Bird Park in Bali, Indonesia.

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A Javan banded pitta (Hydrornis guajanus) at Bali Bird Park in Bali, Indonesia.

Photo: A Javan banded pitta (Hydrornis guajanus) at Bali Bird Park in Bali, Indonesia.

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A Javan banded pitta (Hydrornis guajanus) at Bali Bird Park in Bali, Indonesia.

Photo: A Javan banded pitta (Hydrornis guajanus) at Bali Bird Park in Bali, Indonesia.

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A Javan banded pitta (Hydrornis guajanus) at Bali Bird Park in Bali, Indonesia.

A picture of a helmeted friarbird (Philemon buceroides neglectus) at Bali Bird Park in Indonesia.

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A helmeted friarbird (Philemon buceroides neglectus) at Bali Bird Park in Indonesia.

A picture of a black-winged starling (Acridotheres melanopterus) at Bali Bird Park in Indonesia.

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A black-winged starling (Acridotheres melanopterus) at Bali Bird Park in Indonesia.

A picture of a black-winged starling (Acridotheres melanopterus) at Bali Bird Park in Indonesia.

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A black-winged starling (Acridotheres melanopterus) at Bali Bird Park in Indonesia.

Photo: A black-winged starling (Sturnus melanopterus tertius) at Bali Bird Park in Indonesia.

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A black-winged starling (Sturnus melanopterus tertius) at Bali Bird Park in Indonesia.

Photo: A black-winged starling (Sturnus melanopterus tertius) at Bali Bird Park in Indonesia.

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A black-winged starling (Sturnus melanopterus tertius) at Bali Bird Park in Indonesia.

Photo: A gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis meridianus) at Goose Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc., a wildlife rescue center in Tallahassee, FL.

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A gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis meridianus) at Goose Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc., a wildlife rescue center in Tallahassee, FL.

Photo: A gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis meridianus) at Goose Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc., a wildlife rescue center in Tallahassee, FL.

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A gray catbird (Dumetella carolinensis meridianus) at Goose Creek Wildlife Sanctuary, Inc., a wildlife rescue center in Tallahassee, FL.

Photo: A Doherty`s thrush or chestnut-backed thrush (Zoothera dohertyi) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

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A Doherty`s thrush or chestnut-backed thrush (Zoothera dohertyi) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

Photo: A long-tailed glossy starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

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A long-tailed glossy starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

Photo: A long-tailed glossy starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

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A long-tailed glossy starling (Lamprotornis caudatus) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

Photo: A Doherty`s thrush or chestnut-backed thrush (Zoothera dohertyi) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

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A Doherty`s thrush or chestnut-backed thrush (Zoothera dohertyi) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

Photo: A spotted palm-thrush (Cichladusa guttata) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

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A spotted palm-thrush (Cichladusa guttata) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

Photo: A spotted palm-thrush (Cichladusa guttata) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

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A spotted palm-thrush (Cichladusa guttata) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

Photo: An Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius glandarius) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

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An Eurasian Jay (Garrulus glandarius glandarius) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

Photo: An Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius glandarius) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

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An Eurasian jay (Garrulus glandarius glandarius) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

Photo: Two blue-bellied cordonbleu or purple grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

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Two blue-bellied cordonbleu or purple grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) from a private collection in Choussy, France. The male has the color, while the female is tan.

Photo: Two blue-bellied cordonbleu or purple grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) from a private collection in Choussy, France.

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Two blue-bellied cordonbleu or purple grenadier (Granatina ianthinogaster) from a private collection in Choussy, France. The male has the color, while the female is tan.

A picture of a Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae), wild color form with a black head, from a private collection in Choussy, France.

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A Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae), wild color form with a black head, from a private collection in Choussy, France.

A picture of a Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae), wild color form with a black head, from a private collection in Choussy, France.

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A Gouldian finch (Chloebia gouldiae), wild color form with a black head, from a private collection in Choussy, France.

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