Caudatus Gallery

Great tit, blue tit, marsh tit, coal tit, crested

Great tit, blue tit, marsh tit, coal tit, crested tit and reedling. . Great tit, Parus major 1, blue tit, Parus caeruleus 2, marsh tit, Poecile palustris 3, long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus 4, coal tit, Periparus ater 5, crested tit, Lophophanes cristatus 6, and bearded reedling, Panurus biarmicus 7. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Friedrich Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1798

© Florilegius / Mary Evans

Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus)

Lilac-breasted roller (Coracias caudatus), considered by many to be among the world's most beautiful birds. Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

© Joe McDonald/AUSCAPE All rights reserved

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Eggs of European birds, lithograph, published in 1897

Eggs of European birds: 1) Kingfisher; 2) Bee-eater; 3) Black woodpecker; 4) Lesser spotted woodpecker; 5) Roller; 6) Eagle-owl; 7) Long-eared owl; 8) Scops owl; 9) Pygmy owl; 10) Tawny owl; 11) Nightjar; 12) Hoopoe; 13) Swift; 14) Long-tailed tit; 15) Penduline tit; 16) Bearded reedling; 17) Great tit; 18) Marsh tit; 19) Blue tit; 20) Nuthatch; 21) Treecreeper; 22) Wryneck; 23) Wren; 24) Goldcrest; 25) Firecrest; 26) Barn swallow; 27) House martin ; 28) Sand martin; 29) Zilpzalp; 30) Lesser whitethroat; 31) Orphean warbler; 32) Cuckoo; 33) Goshawk; 34) Sparrowhawk; 35) Red kite; 36) Golden eagle; 37) Osprey; 38) Peregrine falcon; 39) Kestrel; 40) Honey buzzard ; 41) Hen harrier; 42) Great grey shrike; 43) Red-backed shrike; 44) Crested tit; 45) Robin; 46) Nightingale; 47) Bluethroat; 48) Dunnock; 49) Spotted flycatcher; 50) Pied flycatcher; 51) Red-breasted flycatcher; 52) Whitethroat; 53) Blackcap; 54) Stonechat; 55) Whinchat; 56) Wheatear; 57) Starling; 58) Golden oriole; 59) Rock thrush; 60) Fieldfare; 61) Song thrush; 62) True thrush; 63) Mistle thrush; 64) Raven; 65) Jackdaw; 66) Alpine chough; 67) Magpie; 68) Jay; 69) Great reed warbler; 70) Reed warbler; 71) Sedge warbler; 72) Tree warbler; 73) Tree pipit; 74) Meadow pipit; 75) Wood warbler; 76) Western yellow wagtail; 77) White wagtail; 78) Skylark. Lithograph, published in 1897