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Tweet of the Day
Discover birds through their songs and calls. Each Tweet of the Day begins with a call or song, followed by a story of fascinating ornithology inspired by the sound.
Episodes
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Greater Roadrunner
Michael Palin presents the greater roadrunner of south western North America. A cuckoo that can run at 20 miles per hour and snap up venomous reptiles might…
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Horned Screamer
Michael Palin presents the Venezuelan horned screamer. Soundling as if someone is using a giant plunger in the Venezuelan marshes, these are the mating calls…
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Kakapo
Michael Palin presents the New Zealand Kakapo, high on the ferny slopes of its island fortress off the coast of New Zealand. Kakapos are flightless and the…
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Harpy Eagle
Michael Palin presents the harpy eagle flying over the Brazilian rainforest. This is one of the most powerful birds of prey and links mythological…
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Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world.Liz Bonnin presents the raucous calling sulphur-crested cockatoo…
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Trumpeter Swan
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents the sonorous trumpeter swan of North America…
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Adelie Penguin
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents the adelie penguin on a windswept Antarctic…
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Black-footed Albatross
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents the black-footed albatross of Midway Atoll in…
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Snow Petrel
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents an Antarctic specialist, the delicate looking…
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Montserrat Oriole
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world.Liz Bonnin presents Montserrat oriole from the Caribbean island of…
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Brown Skua
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents brown skua hunting over an Antarctic…
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Blue Rock Thrush
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world.Liz Bonnin presents the blue rock thrush, perched high on a…
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Spoon-billed Sandpiper
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents the diminutive spoon-billed sandpiper of the…
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Raggiana Bird-of-Paradise
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents the displaying Raggiana bird-of-paradise from…
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Black Swan
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Sir David Attenborough presents a widely regarded symbol of…
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White Tern
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Sir David Attenborough presents the widespread marine species…
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Greater Hill Mynah
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Sir David Attenborough presents the mimic specialist Greater Hill…
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Laughing Kookaburra
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Sir David Attenborough presents Australia's laughing kookaburra…
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Red-throated Caracara
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Sir David Attenborough presents the red-throated caracara from…
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Wandering Albatross
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Sir David Attenborough presents the wandering albatross of the…
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Christmas Shearwater
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world.Sir David Attenborough presents the Christmas shearwater. 2000km…
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House Wren
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Sir David Attenborough presents the house wren found across the…
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Hyacinth Macaw
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Sir David Attenborough presents the hyacinth macaw of the…
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New Zealand Robin
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Sir David Attenborough presents the New Zealand robin. The…
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Eastern Orphean Warbler
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents the eastern orphean warbler in an olive grove…
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Greater Racket-tailed Drongo
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents the greater racket-tailed drongo of…
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Saddleback
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents the formerly widespread saddleback of New…
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Blue Manakin
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents the advancing, leaping and queuing male blue…
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Hawaiian Goose (Nene)
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents the Nene, or the endemic and rare Hawaiian…
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Morepork
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents the morepork or Ru-Ru, New Zealand's only…
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Marabou Stork
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents the gaunt undertaker-looking marabou stork in…
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Northern Jacana
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents the northern jacana at home in Central…
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Black-chinned Hummingbird
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents the North American black chinned hummingbird…
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Red-crowned Crane
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Liz Bonnin presents the red-crowned crane from Japan and Asia…
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Brown Thrasher
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world.Chris Packham presents the brown thrasher, usually seen in North…
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Red-necked Nightjar
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the nocturnal red-necked nightjar of the…
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Atlantic (Island) Canary
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the Atlantic canary singing in the…
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Greater Rhea
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the greater rhea roaming the South…
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Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the wedge-tailed shearwater of the Indian…
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Madagascar Harrier-hawk
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the Madagascan Harrier-hawk from…
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Wild Turkey
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world.Chris Packham presents the wild turkey of North American…
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Great Snipe
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the superbly camouflaged great snipe of…
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Flightless Cormorant
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the flightless cormorant adapted to its…
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Red-billed Tropicbird
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents a true global ocean going mariner, the…
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Ivory Gull
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the ivory gull from the northern polar…
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Purple Martin
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the purple martin from eastern North…
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Asian Crested Ibis
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the rare Asian crested Ibis formerly…
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Rhinoceros Auklet
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the rhinoceros auklet found around the…
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Arabian Babbler
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the Arabian babbler of a Yemeni Desert…
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Bell Miner
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world.Chris Packham presents the bell miner of eastern Australia. The…
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Plumbeous Antbird
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world.Chris Packham presents the Plumbeous antbird in a Bolivian…
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Common Indian Cuckoo
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the Indian cuckoo found across much of…
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Southern Cassowary
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the roaring southern cassowary of…
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Vegetarian Tree Finch
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the vegetarian tree finch on the Galapagos…
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Blue Jay
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the North American blue jay. The loud…
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North Island Kokako
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the North Island kokako from New Zealand…
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Red-breasted Goose
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world. Chris Packham presents the red-breasted goose in Siberia…
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New Zealand Bellbird
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world.Chris Packham presents the New Zealand bellbird. In 1770, during…
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Toco Tucan
Chris Packham presents the South American toco tucan. Few of us are lucky enough to have seen or heard a Toco Toucan at home in its South American strongholds…
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Vampire Finch
Tweet of the Day is the voice of birds and our relationship with them, from around the world.Miranda Krestovnikoff presents the blood sucking vampire finch. On…