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		                 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica), the most widespread species of swallow in the world (Indonesia)
 
		                 Hoatzins sitting on a branch (Peru)
 
		                 Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Green peafowl (Pavo muticus) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Sumatran heron (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Orange cheeck parrots (Pionopsitta barrabandi) or Pionites leucogaster feeding on clay; very small [tambopata-Tambopata_1029_4738]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1029_4738.JPG) Orange cheeck parrots (Pionopsitta barrabandi) or Pionites leucogaster feeding on clay; very small [tambopata-Tambopata_1029_4738] (Peru)
 
		                ![Black-footed penguin (Spheniscus demersus) [south_africa_capetown_0314]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0314.jpg) Black-footed penguin (Spheniscus demersus) [south_africa_capetown_0314] (South Africa)
 
		                 Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata) (0)
 
		                ![Red-and-green macaws [manu-Manu_1024_2594]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2594.JPG) Red-and-green macaws [manu-Manu_1024_2594] (Peru)
 
		                ![Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [colombia_1962]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1962.jpg) Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [colombia_1962] (Colombia)
 
		                 Hummingbird (Ecuador)
 
		                 Red-footed booby (Ecuador)
 
		                 African Gray Parrot (0)
 
		                 Sea lion pups playing (Ecuador)
 
		                 Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) and Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Grey heron (Ardea cinerea) (Cambodia)
 
		                 School of fish (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) [south_africa_kruger_0409]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0409.jpg) Greater Blue-eared Starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) [south_africa_kruger_0409] (South Africa)
 
		                 Emu (0)
 
		                 Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) (0)
 
		                 Vermilion-crowned Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis) (Peru)
 
		                ![Black-footed penguin [south_africa_capetown_0263]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0263.jpg) Black-footed penguin [south_africa_capetown_0263] (South Africa)
 
		                 Royal Starling (Cosmopsarus regius) (0)
 
		                ![Snake birds [sabah_kinabatangan_0231]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0231.jpg) Snake birds [sabah_kinabatangan_0231] (Malaysia)
 
		                 Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) -- sabah_3035 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Greater ani (Crotophaga major) (Peru)
 
		                 Blue butterfly with orange and yellow spots (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Australian pelican [australia_fnq_0740]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0740.jpg) Australian pelican [australia_fnq_0740] (Australia)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                 Porcupine pufferfish (Ecuador)
 
		                 Scarlet macaws (Peru)
 
		                 Green heron (Butorides virescens) (Peru)
 
		                ![Hawk [colombia_4672]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4672.jpg) Hawk [colombia_4672] (Colombia)
 
		                 Burrowing owl (Speotyto cunicularia) (0)
 
		                 Shark in Galapagos (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_272]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_daintree_272.jpg) Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_272] (Australia)
 
		                ![Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) [sabah_kinabatangan_0024]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0024.jpg) Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) [sabah_kinabatangan_0024] (Malaysia)
 
		                 Cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus) (0)
 
		                ![Coucal [south_africa_kruger_0332]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0332.jpg) Coucal [south_africa_kruger_0332] (South Africa)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0329]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0329.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0329] (Australia)
 
		                 Bellavista cloud forest (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Female Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0133]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0133.jpg) Female Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0133] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0263]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0263.jpg) Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0263] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Hoatzin [colombia_5216]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5216.jpg) Hoatzin [colombia_5216] (Colombia)
 
		                 Seastars on the sea floor (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0154]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0154.jpg) Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0154] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola, being measured by researchers [costa_rica_4848]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_4848.JPG) Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola, being measured by researchers [costa_rica_4848] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Baltimore Orioles (Icterus galbula) [costa-rica_0380]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0380.jpg) Baltimore Orioles (Icterus galbula) [costa-rica_0380] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Male cock-of-the rock performing in the Amazon cloud forest (Peru)
 
		                 Pair of Sulawesi wrinkled hornbills (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue and yellow macaw (Peru)
 
		                 Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) (Peru)
 
		                 Boat-billed Herons (Cochlearius cochlearius) nesting (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in tree (Peru)
 
		                 Scarlet macaw in flight (Peru)
 
		                 Kingfisher (Indonesia)
 
		                 Bird (India)
 
		                 Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii) (0)
 
		                 Black-capped lory in captivity (0)
 
		                 Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius) (0)
 
		                 Oropendula (Peru)
 
		                 Nazca booby nesting (Ecuador)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                ![Hummingbird under examination [costa_rica_4940]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_4940.JPG) Hummingbird under examination [costa_rica_4940] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus) with its chick (Ecuador)
 
		                 White-faced Whistling-duck (Dendrocygna viduata) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus, in flight (Uganda)
 
		                 Wreathed hornbill (Cambodia)
 
		                ![Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0121]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0121.jpg) Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0121] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Hoopoe (Upupa epops) [egypt_1020]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/egypt/150/egypt_1020.jpg) Hoopoe (Upupa epops) [egypt_1020] (Egypt)
 
		                 Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) and Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Burrowing owl (Speotyto cunicularia) (0)
 
		                 Masked trogon (Trogon personatus) (Ecuador)
 
		                 Palmchat (Dulus dominicus) on a palm in the village of Mencia,Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                ![Parrot [colombia_6294]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6294.jpg) Parrot [colombia_6294] (Colombia)
 
		                 Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius) (0)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0357]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0357.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0357] (Australia)
 
		                ![Curassow [costa_rica_la_selva_1848]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1848.jpg) Curassow [costa_rica_la_selva_1848] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Group of hoatzin (Peru)
 
		                 Luzon Bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba luzonica) (0)
 
		                 Green heron (Butorides virescens) (Peru)
 
		                ![Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0305]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0305.jpg) Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0305] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_6037]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6037.jpg) Bird [colombia_6037] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Madagascar bee-eater [madagascar_7315]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_7315.jpg) Madagascar bee-eater [madagascar_7315] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Male and Female Sulawesi Wrinkled Hornbill (Aceros cassidix) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Wreathed hornbill at a rescue center (Cambodia)
 
		                 Giant Coua (Coua gigas) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Hummingbird (Ecuador)
 
		                 Vulture (not sure of species) (Zimbabwe)
 
		                 Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) (United States)
 
		                ![Crested Coua (Coua cristata) [madagascar_4159]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4159.jpg) Crested Coua (Coua cristata) [madagascar_4159] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Openbill stork in flight (India)
 
		                 Common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) (India)
 
		                 Madagascar Crested Ibis (Lophotibis cristata) (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Parrots [colombia_5461]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5461.jpg) Parrots [colombia_5461] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis) [costa_rica_siquirres_0132]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0132.jpg) Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis) [costa_rica_siquirres_0132] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Red-footed booby (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) [belize_8261]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_8261.JPG) Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) [belize_8261] (Belize)
 
		                 Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumeniferus) (0)
 
		                ![Blue-eared Kingfishers (Alcedo meninting phillipsi) [sabah_kinabatangan_0302]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0302.jpg) Blue-eared Kingfishers (Alcedo meninting phillipsi) [sabah_kinabatangan_0302] (Malaysia)
 
		                ![African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0024]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0024.jpg) African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0024] (South Africa)
 
		                 Cloud forest (Ecuador)
 
		                 Baby ostrich (0)
 
		                 Asian openbill (India)
 
		                 Red fody of Madagascar (Madagascar)
 
		                 Red lored parrot (Amazona autumna autumnalis) at the Belize Zoo (Belize)
 
		                 Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata) (0)
 
		                 Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) (Ecuador)
 
		                 A tern at Cabo Rojo in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Tanager (Brazil)
 
		                ![Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5192]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5192.jpg) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5192] (Colombia)
 
		                 Bird's nest on sunken tree in Tiputini River in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Hoatzins mating (Peru)
 
		                 Crimson-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) (0)
 
		                ![Male Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_masoala_0257]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0257.jpg) Male Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_masoala_0257] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Southern Ground Hornbills (Bucorvus leadbeateri) -- tz_1999 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) feeding at sunset in Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (United States)
 
		                ![Papuan Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus) [Male and female]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0277.jpg) Papuan Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus) [Male and female] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria) (0)
 
		                ![White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis) [female] -- tz_1983](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/tanzania/150/tz_1983.jpg) White-bellied Bustard (Eupodotis senegalensis) [female] -- tz_1983 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (United States)
 
		                 Blue-and-yellow macaw (Peru)
 
		                 Nazca boobies doing a display (Ecuador)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Blue Crowned Pigeon (Goura cristata) (0)
 
		                ![Horned screamer [colombia_6061]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6061.jpg) Horned screamer [colombia_6061] (Colombia)
 
		                 Blue-bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster) (0)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Seastars on the sea floor (Ecuador)
 
		                 Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Sacred ibis in flight (Tanzania)
 
		                ![bird [costa-rica_0549]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0549.jpg) bird [costa-rica_0549] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Red-footed booby (Ecuador)
 
		                 Changeable hawk-eagle (0)
 
		                 Demoiselle Crane (Anthropoides virgo) (0)
 
		                 Ringneck parakeet (Psittacula krameri) (India)
 
		                ![Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0125]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0125.jpg) Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0125] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Pair of jawing scarlet macaws [manu_1020]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_1020.jpg) Pair of jawing scarlet macaws [manu_1020] (Peru)
 
		                 King vulture (Peru)
 
		                 Heron of Putulu, Ubud (Ubud, Bali) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Helmeted guineafowl looking for grubs (Kenya)
 
		                ![bird [costa-rica_0668]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0668.jpg) bird [costa-rica_0668] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) (0)
 
		                 African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) -- tz_1523 (Tanzania)
 
		                 A little blue heron at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Nazca booby (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Hoatzin [colombia_5466]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5466.jpg) Hoatzin [colombia_5466] (Colombia)
 
		                 Cloud forest near Mindo (Ecuador)
 
		                 Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Sharks (Ecuador)
 
		                 Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) (0)
 
		                ![Sunbird [madagascar_ankarana_0373]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarana_0373.jpg) Sunbird [madagascar_ankarana_0373] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) [south_africa_kruger_0861]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0861.jpg) Saddle-billed Stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) [south_africa_kruger_0861] (South Africa)
 
		                 Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis/Halcyon capensis) (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Bird [south_africa_capetown_0093]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0093.jpg) Bird [south_africa_capetown_0093] (South Africa)
 
		                 African Wattled Plover (Vanellus senegallus) (Kenya)
 
		                 Madagascar Scops-Owl (Otus rutilus) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) (Mexico)
 
		                 Macaws in the rainforest canopy (Peru)
 
		                 Pigeon in India (India)
 
		                ![Eastern yellow robin (Eopsaltria australis) [australia_fnq_0265]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0265.jpg) Eastern yellow robin (Eopsaltria australis) [australia_fnq_0265] (Australia)
 
		                 Hummingbird (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Guineafowl [south_africa_capetown_0105]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0105.jpg) Guineafowl [south_africa_capetown_0105] (South Africa)
 
		                 Horned screamer (Peru)
 
		                 Roosters kept for cock fighting in the village of Mencia in the Pedernales Province of the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) (0)
 
		                 Black-backed Kingfisher (Ceyx erithacus) -- borneo_4099 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                ![Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2754]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2754.JPG) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2754] (Peru)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Green-back heron (Butorides virescens) (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Black-faced brush-finch (Peru)
 
		                ![Australian pelican [australia_fnq_0747]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0747.jpg) Australian pelican [australia_fnq_0747] (Australia)
 
		                 Red-footed booby (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_osa_0803]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0803.jpg) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_osa_0803] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Tanager -- sabah_2608 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8523]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_8523.JPG) Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8523] (Belize)
 
		                 Gulls on sea weed on a rocky beach (United States)
 
		                 Nazca booby (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Blue and yellow macaw [colombia_6511]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6511.jpg) Blue and yellow macaw [colombia_6511] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) wading [costa-rica_0038]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0038.jpg) Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) wading [costa-rica_0038] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Male Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus) working on his nest (Uganda)
 
		                ![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0237]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0237.jpg) Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0237] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Northern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) (0)
 
		                 Hyena and sacred ibis on the shore of Lake Magadi (Tanzania)
 
		                 Blue-and-yellow macaws; Scarlet macaws; and parrots on clay lick (Peru)
 
		                 Sally Lightfoot Crab (Ecuador)
 
		                 Fish eagle (Malaysia)
 
		                 Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) (0)
 
		                 Oriental Pied Hornbill eating fruit -- sabah_3128 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) (0)
 
		                ![Azure Kingfisher (Alcedo azurea) [australia_babinda_boulders_126]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_babinda_boulders_126.jpg) Azure Kingfisher (Alcedo azurea) [australia_babinda_boulders_126] (Australia)
 
		                 Knobbed Hornbil (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Bird [costa_rica_osa_0103]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0103.jpg) Bird [costa_rica_osa_0103] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Long-tailed Bats (Peru)
 
		                 Great hornbill (Thailand)
 
		                ![Egret? [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0612]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0612.jpg) Egret? [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0612] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Male peacock displaying to a female [colombia_1656]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1656.jpg) Male peacock displaying to a female [colombia_1656] (Colombia)
 
		                 Black bird (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 A pelican in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Flamingos (0)
 
		                 Bird nest (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0156]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0156.jpg) Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0156] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Raptor in Riau [riau_5550]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/riau/150/riau_5550.jpg) Raptor in Riau [riau_5550] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Bird (Mexico)
 
		                 Sapi Island -- sabah_0170 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Nazca booby with a chick (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) [south_africa_kruger_1135]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_1135.jpg) Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) [south_africa_kruger_1135] (South Africa)
 
		                ![Madagascar fish eagle [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0683]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0683.jpg) Madagascar fish eagle [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0683] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) (Peru)
 
		                 Female silver-beaked tanager (Ramphocelus carbo) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis) (0)
 
		                 Crested drongo (Dicrurus forficatus) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Papuan hornbill (0)
 
		                 Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata) (0)
 
		                 Southern Ground Hornbill preparing to swallow an insect (Tanzania)
 
		                 Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi) (Peru)
 
		                 Pinnacle rock of BartolomŽ (Ecuador)
 
		                 Stork-billed Kingfisher in Borneo -- sabah_3173 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) (0)
 
		                ![Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1577]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1577.jpg) Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1577] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Red-and-green macaws (Peru)
 
		                ![Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) [colombia_5930]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5930.jpg) Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) [colombia_5930] (Colombia)
 
		                 Black; yellow; and green grasshopper on plant (Peru)
 
		                 Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) (India)
 
		                ![Blyth's Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus) [Male and female]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0284.jpg) Blyth's Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus) [Male and female] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Ground bird (0)
 
		                 Blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus) (Ecuador)
 
		                 Blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus) (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Curassow [costa_rica_la_selva_1845]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1845.jpg) Curassow [costa_rica_la_selva_1845] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Knobbed hornbill (0)
 
		                 Heliconia (Ecuador)
 
		                 Sun conure (0)
 
		                ![Male Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_perinet_0503]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_perinet_0503.jpg) Male Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_perinet_0503] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Black Coucal (Centropus grillii) (Tanzania)
 
		                 Crimson-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) (0)
 
		                ![Southern Cassowary [australia_fnq_1017]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_1017.jpg) Southern Cassowary [australia_fnq_1017] (Australia)
 
		                 Black crested drongo (Madagascar)
 
		                 Blue-crowned hanging parrot (Loriculus galgulus) (0)
 
		                ![Green Kingfisher [colombia_5441]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5441.jpg) Green Kingfisher [colombia_5441] (Colombia)
 
		                 Yellow-wattled lapwing (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas) (Mexico)
 
		                 Witch Hill beach (Ecuador)
 
		                 Streak-throated Bush-tyrant (Myiotheretes striaticollis) (Peru)
 
		                 Changeable hawk-eagle (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Black-footed penguin [south_africa_capetown_0018]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0018.jpg) Black-footed penguin [south_africa_capetown_0018] (South Africa)
 
		                 Blue-bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster) (0)
 
		                 Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) (0)
 
		                 Pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) (0)
 
		                 Young sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                 Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi) (Peru)
 
		                 Loon (United States)
 
		                 Parrots in flight (Peru)
 
		                ![Wattled jacana [colombia_4730]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4730.jpg) Wattled jacana [colombia_4730] (Colombia)
 
		                 White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) (India)
 
		                 Shoreline of Chinese Hat Island (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0349]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0349.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0349] (Australia)
 
		                 Hoatzins sitting on a branch (Peru)
 
		                 Knobbed hornbill (0)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_5478]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5478.jpg) Bird [colombia_5478] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Orinoco geese walking in synch [colombia_3334]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3334.jpg) Orinoco geese walking in synch [colombia_3334] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0158]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0158.jpg) Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0158] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Brown Pelican [colombia_4134]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4134.jpg) Brown Pelican [colombia_4134] (Colombia)
 
		                 A seabird at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Burrowing owl (Speotyto cunicularia) (0)
 
		                 Swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus) with its chick (Ecuador)
 
		                 Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) being examined (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory) [west-papua_5103]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_5103.jpg) Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory) [west-papua_5103] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Bird [wayquecha-andes_0643]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0643.jpg) Bird [wayquecha-andes_0643] (Peru)
 
		                ![Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_281]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_daintree_281.jpg) Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_281] (Australia)
 
		                ![Flock of egrets [colombia_3534]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3534.jpg) Flock of egrets [colombia_3534] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Blue bird [south_africa_kruger_0542]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0542.jpg) Blue bird [south_africa_kruger_0542] (South Africa)
 
		                 King penguin (0)
 
		                 Leaf (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6133]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6133.jpg) Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6133] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Heron [panama_0027]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0027.jpg) Heron [panama_0027] (Panama)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana) (0)
 
		                ![African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0023]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0023.jpg) African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0023] (South Africa)
 
		                ![Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0514]](http://travel.mongabay.com/suriname/150/suriname_0514.JPG) Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0514] (Suriname)
 
		                ![Southern Cassowary [australia_fnq_1014]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_1014.jpg) Southern Cassowary [australia_fnq_1014] (Australia)
 
		                 Bird on a pig (Colombia)
 
		                ![Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_1523]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1523.jpg) Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_1523] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Pigeon in India (India)
 
		                ![Tricolored Lory (Lorius lory) [west-papua_5100]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_5100.jpg) Tricolored Lory (Lorius lory) [west-papua_5100] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0310]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0310.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0310] (Australia)
 
		                ![Yellow-rumped cacique [colombia_5599]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5599.jpg) Yellow-rumped cacique [colombia_5599] (Colombia)
 
		                 Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris) (Colombia)
 
		                 Wreathed hornbill (Cambodia)
 
		                 Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis) -- sabah_3050 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0058]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0058.jpg) Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0058] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_5736]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5736.jpg) Bird [colombia_5736] (Colombia)
 
		                 Great hornbill in a rescue center (Cambodia)
 
		                ![Parrot [costa_rica_osa_0845]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0845.jpg) Parrot [costa_rica_osa_0845] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Dove [west-papua_5140]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_5140.jpg) Dove [west-papua_5140] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Pair of crowned crane in flight (Tanzania)
 
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