Bird

Beak comparison in Darwin’s finches showing use feeding, singing, and preening.  Line drawing.

Singing Darwin’s Finch Geospiza fulginosa showing beak in use.  

Singing Darwins Finch Geospiza fuliginosa.  Line drawing showing Galapagos finch and beak use.

Bird preening Darwins Finch Geospiza magnirostris line drawing showing the beak in use in parasite removal

Preening Darwins Finch Geospiza magnirostris line drawing showing the beak in use in parasite removal

Darwins Finch Geospiza magnirostris with Tribulus seed.  Stippled illustration showing beak adaptability.

Darwin’s Finch Geospiza magnirostris with Tribulus seed (line drawing)

Collared dove Streptopelia decaocto in copper beech tree in spring time.

Collared dove Streptopelia decaocto in flight with outstretched wings.

Seated collared dove, cut to white, showing black collar.  Private commission

Short-eared owl Asio flammeus in heather

Breast feather of Cockerel, showing orange colour and area of green glittering iridescence.

Two Little stint Calidris minuta in summer plumage on shoreline

Little stint Calidris minuta in summer plumage

Scarlet macaw parrot Ara macao perched on a branch with foliage.  From The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli

Woodpecker skull with hyoid structure and tongue Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).

Blue tit cut to white

Robin cut to white

Splendid Lyre bird displaying

Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).  Illustration shows an albatross above the wides with distinctive wide wing span and hooked book with tube nostrils.

Kingfisher Alcedo atthis, an animal used by humans for biomimicry. Illustration from the cover of “30 animals that made us smarter” by Partick Aryee.  This illustration cannot be re-used in any other book titles.

  Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto pair on Copper beech

Willow warbler Phylloscopus trochilus on branch showing green grey back and yellowish chest.

Pied wagtail Montacilla alba with grass and stone