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		                ![Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8522]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_8522.JPG) Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8522] (Belize)
 
		                 Guira cuckoo eating a cricket (0)
 
		                ![Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5152]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5152.jpg) Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5152] (Colombia)
 
		                 Hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5842]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5842.jpg) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5842] (Colombia)
 
		                 Bald eagle in flight (United States)
 
		                 Blue bird in Vietnam (Vietnam)
 
		                ![Baby bird [colombia_5540]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5540.jpg) Baby bird [colombia_5540] (Colombia)
 
		                 Knobbed hornbill (0)
 
		                 Peacock showing off to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Waldrapp (Geronticus eremita) (0)
 
		                 Coeligena (inca) torquata hummingbirds at bird feeder (Peru)
 
		                ![Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis) [madagascar_perinet_0485]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_perinet_0485.jpg) Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis) [madagascar_perinet_0485] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Knobbed hornbill (0)
 
		                 Nicobar pigeon (0)
 
		                 Juvenile great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Baby bird (Colombia)
 
		                 Hoatzins in the Amazon (Peru)
 
		                 Parrots feeding on clay (Peru)
 
		                ![Jackass penguins (Spheniscus demersus) [south_africa_capetown_0264]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0264.jpg) Jackass penguins (Spheniscus demersus) [south_africa_capetown_0264] (South Africa)
 
		                 Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Scarlet macaws (Peru)
 
		                 Lava lizard (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) [costa-rica_0028]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0028.jpg) Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) [costa-rica_0028] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Unidentified bird [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0158]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0158.jpg) Unidentified bird [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0158] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata) (0)
 
		                 Raptor (Colombia)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5393]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5393.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5393] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) bower [australia_fnq_0451]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0451.jpg) Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) bower [australia_fnq_0451] (Australia)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Napoleon Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis) (0)
 
		                 Kingfisher (Indonesia)
 
		                 Marine iguana on a white sand beach (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5782]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5782.jpg) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5782] (Colombia)
 
		                 Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) (0)
 
		                ![Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) [costa_rica_la_selva_1207]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1207.jpg) Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) [costa_rica_la_selva_1207] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Great Curassow (Crax rubra) [male] [costa-rica_1103]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1103.jpg) Great Curassow (Crax rubra) [male] [costa-rica_1103] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Bird (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue-capped Cordon-bleu finch (0)
 
		                ![Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis) [madagascar_perinet_0489]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_perinet_0489.jpg) Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis) [madagascar_perinet_0489] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Sulawesi Scops-Owl (Otus manadensis) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Parrots in flight (Peru)
 
		                 White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) (India)
 
		                ![Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis) [costa-rica_0089]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0089.jpg) Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis) [costa-rica_0089] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Northern Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) (Colombia)
 
		                 Cobalt-winged parakeets (Brotogeris cyanoptera)  at a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Cobalt-winged parakeets (Brotogeris cyanoptera)  at a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Bald eagle (United States)
 
		                 Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis) (Ecuador)
 
		                 Roosters kept for cock fighting in the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Pair of Rufous Motmot following a column of army ants in order to catch insects stirred up by the activity (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Marine iguana (Ecuador)
 
		                 Bird of prey (Mexico)
 
		                ![Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0207]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0207.jpg) Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0207] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Pair of Sulawesi knobbed hornbills (Indonesia)
 
		                 Pelicans in flight over Big Sur (United States)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Male ostrich defending chicks -- tz_1872 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Guira cuckoo feeding (0)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5034]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5034.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5034] (Colombia)
 
		                 Bird (Indonesia)
 
		                 Entire clay lick (Peru)
 
		                 Sleeping bird -- sabah_3575 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus) (0)
 
		                ![Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) [colombia_5653]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5653.jpg) Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) [colombia_5653] (Colombia)
 
		                 Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) (0)
 
		                 rhinoceros hornbill in flight (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Heron [sabah_kinabatangan_0272]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0272.jpg) Heron [sabah_kinabatangan_0272] (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1419]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1419.jpg) Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1419] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5627]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5627.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5627] (Colombia)
 
		                 Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata) (0)
 
		                 Eurasian Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) (0)
 
		                 Orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor) [male]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0888.jpg) Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor) [male] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) (Colombia)
 
		                 Indian Pond Heron (India)
 
		                 Peacock displaying to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Petulu herons nesting in trees (Ubud, Bali) (Indonesia)
 
		                 White ibis, Eudocimus albus (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis) (Ecuador)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Parrot (Indonesia)
 
		                 Scarlet ibis in flight (Colombia)
 
		                ![Birds [namibia_2010]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/namibia/150/namibia_2010.jpg) Birds [namibia_2010] (Namibia)
 
		                 Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) (0)
 
		                 Marine iguana (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5533]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5533.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5533] (Colombia)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [cr_3895]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/cr_3895.JPG) Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [cr_3895] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) along the Tembeling River (Malaysia)
 
		                 Little Bee-eater (Merops pusillus) (Botswana)
 
		                 Parrots (Colombia)
 
		                 Marine iguana (Ecuador)
 
		                 Bald eagle atop a tree in Glacier Bay National Park (United States)
 
		                 Hoatzins mating (Peru)
 
		                ![Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa-rica_1014]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1014.jpg) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa-rica_1014] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Manta ray (Ecuador)
 
		                 Great blue heron (Ecuador)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Peacock showing off to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata) (0)
 
		                 Green heron (Butorides virescens) (Peru)
 
		                 Peacock displaying its tail feathers (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Starling (Indonesia)
 
		                 Cattle egret (India)
 
		                 Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) (0)
 
		                 Sunbird (Kenya)
 
		                 Coucal (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Knobbed Hornbil (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) (Peru)
 
		                 Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) (0)
 
		                ![Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [cr_3891]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/cr_3891.JPG) Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [cr_3891] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Crested owl (Lophostrix cristata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Black-tailed Trogon (Trogon melanurus) (Peru)
 
		                 Kingfisher (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5382]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5382.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5382] (Colombia)
 
		                 Asian black rooster (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Victoria Crowned Pigeon (0)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                ![Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) [west-papua_5151]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_5151.jpg) Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) [west-papua_5151] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Bird (China)
 
		                 Peacock showing off to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Hoatzin in the Amazon (Peru)
 
		                 Bird in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Adult wattled jacana [colombia_4874]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4874.jpg) Adult wattled jacana [colombia_4874] (Colombia)
 
		                 Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis) (Ecuador)
 
		                 White heron wading in a rice field in Bali (Ubud, Bali) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Splendid sunbird (0)
 
		                 Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in flight (Peru)
 
		                 Black skimmer (Colombia)
 
		                 Yellow-rumped cacique (0)
 
		                 Orange-crowned Oriole (Icterus auricapillus) (Colombia)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Lesser Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna javanica) (India)
 
		                ![Jackass penguins [south_africa_capetown_0249]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0249.jpg) Jackass penguins [south_africa_capetown_0249] (South Africa)
 
		                 Lava lizard (Ecuador)
 
		                 Group of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) (Peru)
 
		                ![African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0022]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0022.jpg) African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0022] (South Africa)
 
		                 Detail of sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in Quito, Ecuador. (Ecuador)
 
		                 Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) in Borneo (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Hummingbird feeding its chick [costa_rica_la_selva_0681]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0681.jpg) Hummingbird feeding its chick [costa_rica_la_selva_0681] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Tawny frogmouth (0)
 
		                 Peacock showing off to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Chickens crossing a rice paddy (Ubud, Bali) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Peacock displaying for a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Red bird (Panama)
 
		                 Peacock in Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Hammerhead sharks (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Blue-and-Gold macaw [colombia_6186]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6186.jpg) Blue-and-Gold macaw [colombia_6186] (Colombia)
 
		                 Palmchat (Dulus dominicus) on a palm in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Marine iguana (Ecuador)
 
		                 Cattle egret (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0126]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0126.jpg) Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0126] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0389]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0389.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0389] (Australia)
 
		                 Lava lizard (Ecuador)
 
		                 Lava lizard (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0228]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0228.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0228] (Australia)
 
		                 Ibis and march crocodile (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) in the forest canopy (Malaysia)
 
		                 Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Manta ray (Ecuador)
 
		                 Pelagic Cormorant (United States)
 
		                 Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched on a branch (Uganda)
 
		                ![Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_5220]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5220.jpg) Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_5220] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Neotropic cormorant [manu-Manu_1022_2094a]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1022_2094a.jpg) Neotropic cormorant [manu-Manu_1022_2094a] (Peru)
 
		                 Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) (0)
 
		                 Crested partridge (0)
 
		                 Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis) (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Blue dacnis [Dacnis cayana] (male)](http://travel.mongabay.com/animals/081022/150/calacad_129.jpg) Blue dacnis [Dacnis cayana] (male) (0)
 
		                 Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) (0)
 
		                 Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (0)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Mariana Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla) (0)
 
		                 Pair of Sulawesi wrinkled hornbills (Indonesia)
 
		                 Orange-breasted green pigeon (Treron bicinctus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Spix's Guan; Penelope jacquacu; on clay lick [tambopata-Tambopata_1029_4952]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1029_4952.JPG) Spix's Guan; Penelope jacquacu; on clay lick [tambopata-Tambopata_1029_4952] (Peru)
 
		                 Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius) (0)
 
		                 Ruddy kingfisher (Halcyon coromanda) (0)
 
		                 Group of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) (Peru)
 
		                ![Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5621]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5621.jpg) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5621] (Colombia)
 
		                 Female great argus (0)
 
		                 Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Blue-gray tanager (Thraupis episcopus) (0)
 
		                 Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Red-breasted goose (Branta ruficollis) (0)
 
		                 Northern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) (0)
 
		                 Marine iguana (Ecuador)
 
		                 Mockingbird in a pile of bones (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) in flight [costa-rica_0386a]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0386a.jpg) Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) in flight [costa-rica_0386a] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Hooded Pitta (Pitta sordida) (0)
 
		                ![Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0157]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0157.jpg) Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0157] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Pteroglossus torquatus Aracari (Panama)
 
		                 Red-vented bulbul (India)
 
		                ![Australian white ibis (Threskiornis moluccus) [australia_fnq_0027]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0027.jpg) Australian white ibis (Threskiornis moluccus) [australia_fnq_0027] (Australia)
 
		                ![Scarlet macaw in flight [costa-rica_1377]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1377.jpg) Scarlet macaw in flight [costa-rica_1377] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Lava lizard (Ecuador)
 
		                 Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) (0)
 
		                 Jungle fowl (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Four Neotropic cormorants (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) on tree branch (Peru)
 
		                ![Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6016]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6016.jpg) Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6016] (Colombia)
 
		                 Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying (Peru)
 
		                 Heron (Ecuador)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 House Wren (Troglodytes aedon) (Colombia)
 
		                ![Madagascar Ibis (Lophotibis cristata) [madagascar_4461]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4461.jpg) Madagascar Ibis (Lophotibis cristata) [madagascar_4461] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Oropendola (species?) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) (United States)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5648]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5648.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5648] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Grey-necked Wood Rail (Aramides cajaneus) [Bird with yellow beak and red legs]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_6892.JPG) Grey-necked Wood Rail (Aramides cajaneus) [Bird with yellow beak and red legs] (Belize)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Group of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) (Peru)
 
		                 Male cock-of-the rock (Peru)
 
		                 White-chinned jacamar (Galbula tombacea) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake (Peru)
 
		                ![Stork-billed Kingfisher [sabah_kinabatangan_0029]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0029.jpg) Stork-billed Kingfisher [sabah_kinabatangan_0029] (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4129]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_4129.JPG) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4129] (Peru)
 
		                 Gal‡pagos sharks (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Jackass penguins (Spheniscus demersus) [south_africa_capetown_0306]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0306.jpg) Jackass penguins (Spheniscus demersus) [south_africa_capetown_0306] (South Africa)
 
		                 Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis) (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0273]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0273.jpg) Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0273] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis) (0)
 
		                 Peacock showing off to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Humblot's Heron (Ardea humbloti) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0632]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0632.jpg) Humblot's Heron (Ardea humbloti) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0632] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis) (Ecuador)
 
		                 Victoria Crowned Pigeon (0)
 
		                ![Male Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_masoala_0264]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0264.jpg) Male Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_masoala_0264] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Knobbed hornbill (0)
 
		                 Rhinoceros hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                 Barn owl (Tyto alba) (Peru)
 
		                 Blue and gold macaw (Ara ararauna) (Colombia)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Madagascar Magpie-robin (Copsychus albospecularis) [male] [madagascar_4069]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4069.jpg) Madagascar Magpie-robin (Copsychus albospecularis) [male] [madagascar_4069] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5376]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5376.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5376] (Colombia)
 
		                 Jungle babbler (Turdoides striata) (India)
 
		                 Blue-and-gold Macaw (Ara ararauna) (0)
 
		                ![Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) [south_africa_kruger_0264]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0264.jpg) Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) [south_africa_kruger_0264] (South Africa)
 
		                 Russet-backed Oropendula (Psarocolinus angustifrons) with hanging nests (Peru)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Stork (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Detail of sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in Quito, Ecuador. (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4117]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_4117.JPG) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4117] (Peru)
 
		                ![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0183]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0183.jpg) Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0183] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 White-browed sparrow weaver (Plocepasser mahali) (Botswana)
 
		                ![Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris) [madagascar_6323]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6323.jpg) Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris) [madagascar_6323] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis) (Ecuador)
 
		                 Male Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria) (0)
 
		                 Land iguana (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Male peacock displaying to a female [colombia_1651]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1651.jpg) Male peacock displaying to a female [colombia_1651] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5697]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5697.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5697] (Colombia)
 
		                 Red-necked Francolin (Tanzania)
 
		                 Peacock showing off to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Blacksmith lapwing (Vanellus armatus) (Zimbabwe)
 
		                 Greater blue-eared starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) (Kenya)
 
		                 Water bird (0)
 
		                 Raptor (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Leucippus chionogaster hummingbird (Peru)
 
		                ![Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa-rica_1015]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1015.jpg) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa-rica_1015] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Stork (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Eastern yellow robin (Eopsaltria australis) [australia_fnq_0264]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0264.jpg) Eastern yellow robin (Eopsaltria australis) [australia_fnq_0264] (Australia)
 
		                ![Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0101]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0101.jpg) Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0101] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Rufous-capped thornbill [manu_0127]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0127.jpg) Rufous-capped thornbill [manu_0127] (Peru)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5412]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5412.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5412] (Colombia)
 
		                 Lonesome George, the tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) (Peru)
 
		                 Rescued spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) (Peru)
 
		                 Woodland kingfisher with Rwenzori mountains behind (Uganda)
 
		                 Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) (0)
 
		                ![Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male: blue in color] [costa-rica_0542]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0542.jpg) Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male: blue in color] [costa-rica_0542] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4124]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_4124.JPG) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4124] (Peru)
 
		                 Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) (0)
 
		                 Many-banded aracari (Pteroglossus pluricinctus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake (Peru)
 
		                ![Hoatzin [colombia_5495]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5495.jpg) Hoatzin [colombia_5495] (Colombia)
 
		                 Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) (India)
 
		                 Orange-breasted green pigeon (Treron bicinctus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) [australia_fnq_0378]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0378.jpg) Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) [australia_fnq_0378] (Australia)
 
		                 Marine iguanas (Ecuador)
 
		                 Marine iguana (Ecuador)
 
		                 Land iguana (Ecuador)
 
		                 Kokokan heron (Ubud, Bali) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) (0)
 
		                 Feathers of scarlet macaw (Ara macao) (Peru)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0365]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0365.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0365] (Australia)
 
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