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		                 Blue-headed parrots (Pionus menstruus) in tree (Peru)
 
		                ![Hoatzin [colombia_5454]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5454.jpg) Hoatzin [colombia_5454] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Blue Coua (Coua caerulea)  [madagascar_5511]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_5511.jpg) Blue Coua (Coua caerulea)  [madagascar_5511] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0227]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0227.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0227] (Australia)
 
		                ![Tricolored Lory (Lorius lory) [west-papua_5118]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_5118.jpg) Tricolored Lory (Lorius lory) [west-papua_5118] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Swainson's Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) in flight [costa-rica_1110]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1110.jpg) Swainson's Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) in flight [costa-rica_1110] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Giant cowbird (Peru)
 
		                ![Common bush-tanager [manu_0138]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0138.jpg) Common bush-tanager [manu_0138] (Peru)
 
		                 Aplomado falcon (Colombia)
 
		                 Great Argus pheasant (Arguslanus argus) on the road in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia (Malaysia)
 
		                 Oriental white ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus) (India)
 
		                 Sunset in the Galapagos (Ecuador)
 
		                 Umbrella leaf (Ecuador)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_6060]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6060.jpg) Bird [colombia_6060] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Birds [namibia_1577]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/namibia/150/namibia_1577.jpg) Birds [namibia_1577] (Namibia)
 
		                ![Raptor in Riau [riau_5547]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/riau/150/riau_5547.jpg) Raptor in Riau [riau_5547] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Long-tailed tyrant (Peru)
 
		                ![Buff-necked Ibis (Theristicus caudatus) [colombia_6044]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6044.jpg) Buff-necked Ibis (Theristicus caudatus) [colombia_6044] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis) [madagascar_perinet_0490]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_perinet_0490.jpg) Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis) [madagascar_perinet_0490] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Roseate Cockatoo (Eolophus roseicapilla) (0)
 
		                 Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) (0)
 
		                ![Macaws in flight [manu_1026]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_1026.jpg) Macaws in flight [manu_1026] (Peru)
 
		                ![Black swans in Australia [australia_fnq_0430]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0430.jpg) Black swans in Australia [australia_fnq_0430] (Australia)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_6517]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6517.jpg) Bird [colombia_6517] (Colombia)
 
		                 Ducks (Laos)
 
		                ![Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2777A]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2777A.jpg) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2777A] (Peru)
 
		                 Hummingbird (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Red-throated guan [panama_0239]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0239.jpg) Red-throated guan [panama_0239] (Panama)
 
		                 Madagascar Ibis (Madagascar)
 
		                ![bird [wayquecha-andes_0495]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0495.jpg) bird [wayquecha-andes_0495] (Peru)
 
		                 Sun parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis) (0)
 
		                 A frigate bird soars over Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                ![Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) [australia_fnq_0386]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0386.jpg) Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) [australia_fnq_0386] (Australia)
 
		                 Blue-and-Gold Macaw (Ara ararauna) (Colombia)
 
		                 Ray (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Bird [panama_0406]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0406.jpg) Bird [panama_0406] (Panama)
 
		                ![Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) [colombia_4714]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4714.jpg) Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) [colombia_4714] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Birds [namibia_1298]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/namibia/150/namibia_1298.jpg) Birds [namibia_1298] (Namibia)
 
		                 Rufous-bellied bush-tyrant (Peru)
 
		                ![Black vulture [colombia_2488]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_2488.jpg) Black vulture [colombia_2488] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Magnificent Birds-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male and females in courtship dance at lek] [west-papua_0867]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0867.jpg) Magnificent Birds-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male and females in courtship dance at lek] [west-papua_0867] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Kingfisher (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sleeping kingfisher -- sabah_3621 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) (0)
 
		                 White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis) (0)
 
		                 Male ostrich with chicks -- tz_1864 (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Hoatzin [colombia_3309]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3309.jpg) Hoatzin [colombia_3309] (Colombia)
 
		                 Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) -- sabah_3126 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) (0)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena) [panama_0255]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0255.jpg) Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena) [panama_0255] (Panama)
 
		                ![Parrot [colombia_6296]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6296.jpg) Parrot [colombia_6296] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_4812]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4812.jpg) Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_4812] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_osa_0813]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0813.jpg) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_osa_0813] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Rainforest bird in flight at dusk (Malaysia)
 
		                 Madagascar magpie robin (Madagascar)
 
		                 Red-footed booby (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Red lored parrot on a palm tree [costa-rica_1232]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1232.jpg) Red lored parrot on a palm tree [costa-rica_1232] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Red-footed booby with a broken wing (Ecuador)
 
		                 Southern Ground Hornbill holding an insect in its mouth (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Horned screamer [colombia_6170]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6170.jpg) Horned screamer [colombia_6170] (Colombia)
 
		                 Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) (Peru)
 
		                 Cobalt-winged parakeets (Brotogeris cyanoptera)  at a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Splendid sunbird (0)
 
		                 Malay Great Argus (Argusianus argus argus) (0)
 
		                 Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata) (0)
 
		                 Glossy Ibis (Plegadis falcinellus) (0)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4104]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_4104.JPG) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4104] (Peru)
 
		                ![Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis) [madagascar_perinet_0488]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_perinet_0488.jpg) Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis) [madagascar_perinet_0488] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Golden-collared tanager [wayquecha-andes_0677]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0677.jpg) Golden-collared tanager [wayquecha-andes_0677] (Peru)
 
		                 Hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                 Female and juvenile male Great Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus) (Malaysia)
 
		                 Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis) in captivity (0)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_5558]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5558.jpg) Bird [colombia_5558] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Parrot [manu_0329]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0329.jpg) Parrot [manu_0329] (Peru)
 
		                 rhinoceros hornbill in flight (Indonesia)
 
		                 Group of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) (Peru)
 
		                 Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) -- tz_2480 (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1583]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1583.jpg) Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1583] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) [australia_fnq_0767]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0767.jpg) Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua galerita) [australia_fnq_0767] (Australia)
 
		                ![Female green kingfisher [costa_rica_osa_0428]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0428.jpg) Female green kingfisher [costa_rica_osa_0428] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) feeding at sunset in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (United States)
 
		                 Green heron (Butorides virescens) (Peru)
 
		                ![Red-capped cardinal [colombia_5741]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5741.jpg) Red-capped cardinal [colombia_5741] (Colombia)
 
		                 Group of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) (Peru)
 
		                 rhinoceros hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Unidentified bird [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0161]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0161.jpg) Unidentified bird [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0161] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Kingfisher (Indonesia)
 
		                 Black-headed Heron on a Euphorbia tree (Uganda)
 
		                 Eurasian Eagle-owl (Bubo bubo) (0)
 
		                 Vulture (Peru)
 
		                 Peacock displaying to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Wattled jacanas (Colombia)
 
		                 Hoatzin in the Amazon (Peru)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Thraupis bonariensis) [wayquecha-andes_0034]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0034.jpg) Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Thraupis bonariensis) [wayquecha-andes_0034] (Peru)
 
		                ![Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [female: green in color]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0414.jpg) Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [female: green in color] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Peacock showing off to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0360]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0360.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0360] (Australia)
 
		                 Hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Raptor in Riau [riau_5551]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/riau/150/riau_5551.jpg) Raptor in Riau [riau_5551] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) (0)
 
		                ![Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5597]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5597.jpg) Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5597] (Colombia)
 
		                 Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) (0)
 
		                ![Red macaw [panama_0433]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0433.jpg) Red macaw [panama_0433] (Panama)
 
		                 Male Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) (Peru)
 
		                 Hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                ![Greater Blue-eared Starling [south_africa_kruger_0411]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0411.jpg) Greater Blue-eared Starling [south_africa_kruger_0411] (South Africa)
 
		                 Blue butterfly with orange and yellow spots (Ecuador)
 
		                 Bird (0)
 
		                ![Hoatzin [colombia_3506]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3506.jpg) Hoatzin [colombia_3506] (Colombia)
 
		                 Jungle fowl (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Knobbed hornbill (0)
 
		                 Sea lion nursing its pup (Ecuador)
 
		                 Hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Social flycatcher bathing [colombia_2423]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_2423.jpg) Social flycatcher bathing [colombia_2423] (Colombia)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                 Hawk-headed Parrots (Deroptyus accipitrinus) (0)
 
		                 Woodpeckers on dead tree (Peru)
 
		                 Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) (Mexico)
 
		                ![Male peacock displaying to a female [colombia_1665]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1665.jpg) Male peacock displaying to a female [colombia_1665] (Colombia)
 
		                 Hummingbird (Ecuador)
 
		                 Stork (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Augur buzzard -- tz_2197 (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0260]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0260.jpg) Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0260] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Turquoise water off Rabida Island (Ecuador)
 
		                 Marabou stork flying overhead (Uganda)
 
		                ![Oropendula [manu_0305]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0305.jpg) Oropendula [manu_0305] (Peru)
 
		                ![Aplomado falcon [colombia_5707]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5707.jpg) Aplomado falcon [colombia_5707] (Colombia)
 
		                 Flowers (Ecuador)
 
		                 Male ostrich defending chicks -- tz_1867 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Sulawesi Wrinkled Hornbill (Aceros cassidix) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Parrot [costa_rica_osa_0831]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0831.jpg) Parrot [costa_rica_osa_0831] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Bird (Indonesia)
 
		                 Tidepools at Cerro Brujo (Ecuador)
 
		                 Group of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) (Peru)
 
		                 Sulawesi Scops-Owl (Otus manadensis) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Great cormorants, Pink-backed pelicans, Great white pelicans, Little egret, yellow-billed storks (Uganda)
 
		                 African Orange-bellied Parrot, Poicephalus rufiventris (Tanzania)
 
		                 Nazca booby with a chick (Ecuador)
 
		                 Parrots gathering to feed on clay (Peru)
 
		                 Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Hooded mountain-tanager (Buthraupis montana) (Peru)
 
		                 Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) in Borneo -- sabah_3036 (Malaysia)
 
		                 A Vervain Hummingbird (Mellisuga minima),the second smallest hummingbird in the world,in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Red-billed Oxpecker on a rhino (South Africa)
 
		                 Highland Motmot (Momotus aequatorialis) (Peru)
 
		                 Common Fiscal (Lanius collaris) -- tz_1400 (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) [costa-rica_0061]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0061.jpg) Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) [costa-rica_0061] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Golden-mantled Rosella (Platycercus eximius) in captivity (0)
 
		                 Hummingbird (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0085]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0085.jpg) Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0085] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Southern Ground Hornbills (Bucorvus leadbeateri) -- tz_1998 (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Female green kingfisher [costa_rica_osa_0431]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0431.jpg) Female green kingfisher [costa_rica_osa_0431] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Bird [costa_rica_osa_0676]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0676.jpg) Bird [costa_rica_osa_0676] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Megapode nest (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) [west-papua_5148]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_5148.jpg) Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) [west-papua_5148] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Bird (Mexico)
 
		                 Young sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_5750]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5750.jpg) Bird [colombia_5750] (Colombia)
 
		                 Twelve-wired Bird-of-paradise (Seleucidis melanoleucus) (0)
 
		                ![Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) in flight [colombia_5927]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5927.jpg) Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) in flight [colombia_5927] (Colombia)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5493]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5493.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5493] (Colombia)
 
		                 Hoatzin in the Amazon (Peru)
 
		                ![Hawk [colombia_4855]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4855.jpg) Hawk [colombia_4855] (Colombia)
 
		                 Amethyst starling (Cinnyricinclus leucogaster) (0)
 
		                 Hoatzin in the Amazon (Peru)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_5893]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5893.jpg) Bird [colombia_5893] (Colombia)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Goliath heron, Ardea goliath (Uganda)
 
		                 White-collared Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola) (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) [colombia_4718]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4718.jpg) Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) [colombia_4718] (Colombia)
 
		                 Male Red-crowned Ant Tanager (Habia rubica) (Mexico)
 
		                ![Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_1517]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1517.jpg) Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_1517] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Golden-collared tanager [wayquecha-andes_0647]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0647.jpg) Golden-collared tanager [wayquecha-andes_0647] (Peru)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5073]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5073.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5073] (Colombia)
 
		                 Black-chested Snake-eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) -- tz_1533 (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6131]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6131.jpg) Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6131] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Horned screamer [colombia_6173]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6173.jpg) Horned screamer [colombia_6173] (Colombia)
 
		                 Ray (Ecuador)
 
		                 Chattering Lory (Lorius garrulus) (0)
 
		                 King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) (0)
 
		                ![Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus) [belize_7275]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_7275.JPG) Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos salfuratus) [belize_7275] (Belize)
 
		                ![African penguins [south_africa_capetown_0017]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0017.jpg) African penguins [south_africa_capetown_0017] (South Africa)
 
		                ![Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) [costa-rica_0419]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0419.jpg) Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani) [costa-rica_0419] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Grass-green Tanager (Chlorornis riefferii) (Peru)
 
		                 Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying (Peru)
 
		                ![Birds [colombia_5879]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5879.jpg) Birds [colombia_5879] (Colombia)
 
		                 Knobbed Hornbil (Indonesia)
 
		                 Knobbed hornbill (0)
 
		                ![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0268]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0268.jpg) Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0268] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Hummingbird at rest (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Bromeliad (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Hooded mountain-tanager (Buthraupis montana) [manu_0026]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0026.jpg) Hooded mountain-tanager (Buthraupis montana) [manu_0026] (Peru)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_5185]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5185.jpg) Bird [colombia_5185] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_6409]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6409.jpg) Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_6409] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5343]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5343.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5343] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [colombia_1964]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1964.jpg) Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [colombia_1964] (Colombia)
 
		                 Female orange weaver (Ploceus aurentius) on a papyrus stalk (Uganda)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Greater bird of paradise (Paradisaea apoda) (0)
 
		                 Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) (0)
 
		                 Seastar (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5187]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5187.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5187] (Colombia)
 
		                 African skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris) (Gabon)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Tufted puffin (0)
 
		                 Turquoise water off Rabida Island (Ecuador)
 
		                 Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) in Borneo -- sabah_3030 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Heron in flight (Sulawesi - Celebes) -- sulawesi7619 (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Crested Coua (Coua cristata) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0200]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0200.jpg) Crested Coua (Coua cristata) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0200] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Red-footed booby (Ecuador)
 
		                 Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Buffon's Macaw (Ara ambiguus) (0)
 
		                 Mongabay Latam team (Ecuador)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0114]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0114.jpg) Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0114] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 School of fish (Ecuador)
 
		                 Pinnacle rock of BartolomŽ (Ecuador)
 
		                 Nazca booby with egg (Ecuador)
 
		                 Pinnacle rock of BartolomŽ (Ecuador)
 
		                 Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria) (0)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Sunbird -- borneo_6211 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Crimson-collared Tanager (Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta) [costa_rica_la_selva_0217]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0217.jpg) Crimson-collared Tanager (Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta) [costa_rica_la_selva_0217] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Guineafowl [south_africa_capetown_0107]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0107.jpg) Guineafowl [south_africa_capetown_0107] (South Africa)
 
		                 Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a treetop (Uganda)
 
		                 Asian openbill (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera)  at a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) in flight [manu-Manu_1024_2861a]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2861a.jpg) Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) in flight [manu-Manu_1024_2861a] (Peru)
 
		                ![Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) [australia_fnq_0045]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0045.jpg) Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) [australia_fnq_0045] (Australia)
 
		                ![Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_6407]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6407.jpg) Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_6407] (Colombia)
 
		                 Nazca boobies displaying (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6039]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6039.jpg) Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6039] (Colombia)
 
		                 Pesquet's Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus) (0)
 
		                 Woodland kingfisher perched in a tree (Uganda)
 
		                 Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) -- sabah_3167 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Crested wood partridge (Rollulus rouloul) (0)
 
		                 Male Purple Grenadier (Ureaginthus Ianthinogaster) (Kenya)
 
		                ![Vermilion flycatcher [manu_0466]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0466.jpg) Vermilion flycatcher [manu_0466] (Peru)
 
		                 Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (United States)
 
		                 Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) (0)
 
		                 Swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus) with its chick (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Thraupis bonariensis) [wayquecha-andes_0031]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0031.jpg) Blue-and-yellow Tanager (Thraupis bonariensis) [wayquecha-andes_0031] (Peru)
 
		                ![Pollen's Vanga (Xenopirostris polleni) [madagascar_5373]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_5373.jpg) Pollen's Vanga (Xenopirostris polleni) [madagascar_5373] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha) (0)
 
		                 Black-capped lory in captivity (0)
 
		                 Nazca booby with a chick (Ecuador)
 
		                 Sally lightfoot crab (Ecuador)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Sea lions underwater (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Green-backed Heron [colombia_4275]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4275.jpg) Green-backed Heron [colombia_4275] (Colombia)
 
		                 Raptor in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Long-billed Green Sunbird (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna)  and Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4159a]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_4159a.jpg) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna)  and Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4159a] (Peru)
 
		                ![Crested coua [madagascar_ankarana_0395]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarana_0395.jpg) Crested coua [madagascar_ankarana_0395] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Saffron finch (0)
 
		                ![Bird [panama_0555]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0555.jpg) Bird [panama_0555] (Panama)
 
		                 Brown Jay (Cyanocorax morio) (Belize)
 
		                 Common buzzard (unknown identity?) (Uganda)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Male Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                 Megapode nest (Indonesia)
 
		                 Dove (Indonesia)
 
		                 Grass-green Tanager (Peru)
 
		                ![Bird [costa-rica_1352]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1352.jpg) Bird [costa-rica_1352] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 rhinoceros hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                 Male ostrich running -- tz_1765 (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0804]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0804.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0804] (Australia)
 
		                 Bald eagle atop a tree in Glacier Bay National Park (United States)
 
		                 Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons) (Colombia)
 
		                 Blue-crowned hanging parrot (Loriculus galgulus) (0)
 
		                ![Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) [sabah_kinabatangan_0123]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0123.jpg) Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) [sabah_kinabatangan_0123] (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0393]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0393.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0393] (Australia)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_6520]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6520.jpg) Bird [colombia_6520] (Colombia)
 
		                 Emu (Australia)
 
		                 Micronesian Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus cinnamominus) (0)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Gulls (United States)
 
		                 Fish eagle in its nest (Indonesia)
 
		                 Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0274]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0274.jpg) Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0274] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory) [west-papua_5101]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_5101.jpg) Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory) [west-papua_5101] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Giant Coua (Coua gigas) [mcar_0103]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/mcar_0103.jpg) Giant Coua (Coua gigas) [mcar_0103] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Oropendula in flight [costa_rica_la_selva_1373]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1373.jpg) Oropendula in flight [costa_rica_la_selva_1373] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Sea lions underwater (Ecuador)
 
		                 Detail of sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in Quito, Ecuador. (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Parrots [colombia_5771]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5771.jpg) Parrots [colombia_5771] (Colombia)
 
		                 Triggerfish (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5728]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5728.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5728] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Northern Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) [colombia_1229]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1229.jpg) Northern Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) [colombia_1229] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0325]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0325.jpg) Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0325] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Nazca booby with a chick (Ecuador)
 
		                 Enrichment activity for a male lesser bird of paradise that doesn't know how to attract females (0)
 
		                 Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant (Costa Rica)
 
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