Rob Bounds 🏳️‍🌈さんのイラストまとめ

For @AnimalAlphabets here is the Zebra Finch, also known as the spotted-sided finch, chestnut-eared finch as well as the Aboriginal names Nyi-Nyi and Nyeen-ka, it has also been bred in a variety of colours including white, fawn & black cheeked. #AnimalAlphabets #ZebraFinch

For #illo_advent Day 12 here's Swynnerton Robin found in the forests of Tanzania, Mozambique & Zimbabwe and named after the entomologist Charles Swynnerton
#robin #birds #illo_advent2019

For #illo_advent here is Johnstone's Robin, also known as the collared bush robin it is unique to Taiwan.
I had hoped to illustrate another round of 24 robins to add to my collection from 2017 but unfortunately I'm so behind schedule I'm not sure I can catch up now!

The word "grosbeak" was first used in the late 1670s & is a partial translation of the French grosbec, where gros means "large" and bec means "beak"
@AnimalAlphabets #ultramarineGrosbeak #AnimalAlphabets #birds

I wonder if any of these will be contenders for the letter n for the #AnimalAlphabets bird series....
Nanday conure
Namaqua dove
Nuthatch
Nightjar
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The Chinese refer to the #MandarinDuck as “yuanyang” & they are symbols of wedded bliss. However because the plumage of the male ‘yuan’ & female ‘yang’ is so different “yuan-yang” is also used to mean 'unlikely pair' or 'odd couple'
@AnimalAlphabets #animalalphabets #birds

The length of an Inca tern’s moustache indicates its health, with healthier birds having longer moustaches.
Research shows birds with longer moustaches are more attracted to one another & produce larger chicks with better immune responses @AnimalAlphabets #AnimalAlphabets #birds

For @pinchpunchpost here's a Mandarin Duck, a perching species of duck native to East Asia.
#pinchpunchpost #duck 🦆

Here's an Eastern Yellow Robin with a #butter plumed chest for #colour_collective

Here's my completed @AnimalAlphabets #Sealife set illustrated as a series of patchworks & in a single repeat design with all* of them together.
(*well most of them so bonus points if you can spot the missing marine creatures!)
#animalalphabets