The Curious Compendium 2023 Tour Finale: Domestic mice, rats, hamsters!

Nice Kākāriki tribe I wonder what mean Kikimalou in Maori

Thank you friends.

Christophe, if I remember the definitions of your screen name, your name would be something along the lines of "Kiki taku aroha" (if my memory serves and if you can trust Google translate )

widukind wrote:

I like parrots

Oh me too !
so many colors of diversity

Budgies! 

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These guys historically have gone by a few names; canary parrot, shell parrot, zebra parrot, warbling grass parakeet, and undulated parakeet. Budgies originally were green and yellow. A yellow morph was developed with captive breeding, but the first blue wasn't developed until 1878! Lastly, there are now 2 known types: the Australian (closer to its wild ancestors in physique) and the English (slightly larger bodied and bred specifically for the pet trade).

I chose to have one, a green one to be sure it is a wils species

Beautiful blue pic as usual

Thank you everyone! 

For us in the states it was a holiday weekend, and a very nice break for me. :) Anyway, white storks! 
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These guys can live to be 50 in captivity, but the oldest recorded wild bird got to be 39! This species features prominently in many mythologies where they are found in the world. And lastly, they appear on roughly 120 stamps for a out 60 different postal organizations!

Nice flock, those storks, even well known, are not easy to be reproduced in miniature !

Beautiful collection! How would we get babies without them? Interesting to see that you have classified the Nayabs as storks.

Thank you everyone! 

[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.], the ID of this bird has been discussed for a long time, and for ne there isn't any one species choice better than another. These two will likely end up as repaint projects eventually!

More water birds.
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Scarlet ibises are born black and develop their red feathers around 18 months old. Chicks can also swim long before they learn to fly! This bird is featured on the Trinidad's 1$ bill.

I'm missing the Safari Ltd Roseate spoonbill and it seems you are missing the Papo

Beautiful wading birds! The rosette spoonbill is one of my favorite figures. I’m so exciting to get Papo’s scarlet ibis!

Wonderful figures

Nice birds, again.
My favorite is the Black-faced spoonbill standing , by Collecta.

Thank you everyone! The papo will join the flock sometime, when the time is right.

Woodpeckers!
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Pileated woodpeckers have very large nesting holes that they make, and thus are known to snap telephone poles if they choose it to nest in one! They nearly went extinct in the 19th century, but due to protections they now number 2.6 million birds! They are distinguished from other woodpecker species by drilling slowly at first, speeding up, and then trailing off at the end (other species are more consistent in speed).

Beautiful woodpeckers! I remember being awestruck from CollectA's woodpecker when I first heard about the brand. The Bullyland one is very charming!

Nice woodpeckers.

Great selection,especially the Black woodpecker.

I can't keep up! Thank you. If it can be a stork for you, then I am sure it is fine for me too . Beautiful selection of woodpeckers. I especially like the top right one (Kaiyodo?)

Thank you everyone! @ Roger, yes that's a Kaiyodo.

Toucans!
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Their tongues are 6 inches long! Even today, we aren't 100% sure what their bill is for. Lastly, I learned a new term; they are monomorphic (meaning that both males and females are colored/patterned the same, cannot be differentiated by phenotype alone).

Colorful toucans! The Bullyland models are gorgeous. I just wish they were smaller