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Staff photo index
Last update: 2017-07-27
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Lilac-breasted Roller, Coracias caudata -- tz_1541
(Tanzania)
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Blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus)
(Ecuador)
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Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_271]
(Australia)
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Male cock-of-the rock performing in the Manu cloud forest
(Peru)
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Knobbed Hornbil
(Indonesia)
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Mountain Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles albertisi) [west-papua_5821]
(Indonesia)
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Nazca booby with chick
(Ecuador)
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Black skimmers [colombia_3464]
(Colombia)
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Female Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_masoala_0296]
(Madagascar)
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Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis)
(0)
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Great hornbill in a rescue center
(Cambodia)
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A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)
(0)
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Social flycatcher bathing [colombia_2415]
(Colombia)
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Male Wreathed Hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus)
(0)
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King penguin
(0)
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Oriental Pied Hornbill eating fruit -- sabah_3129
(Malaysia)
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Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius)
(0)
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Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) [pan02-2148]
(Panama)
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Orinoco geese [colombia_6422]
(Colombia)
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Pink Pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri)
(0)
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Great Blue Heron in Egypt [egypt_0287]
(Egypt)
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Red-footed booby
(Ecuador)
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Macaws in flight [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4087]
(Peru)
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Cloud forest
(Ecuador)
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Crowned crane
(0)
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Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females [west-papua_0740]
(Indonesia)
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Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
(United States)
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Hyena and sacred ibis on the shore of Lake Magadi -- tz_2471
(Tanzania)
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Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_282]
(Australia)
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Jackass penguins [south_africa_capetown_0291]
(South Africa)
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Southern Cassowary [australia_fnq_1018]
(Australia)
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Bird [australia_fnq_0220]
(Australia)
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Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6512]
(Colombia)
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Peacock showing off to a peahen
(Sri Lanka)
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Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)
(Ecuador)
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Birds [colombia_5198]
(Colombia)
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Knobbed hornbill
(0)
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American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea) [costa-rica_0655]
(Costa Rica)
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Superb Starling, Lamprotornis superbus -- tz_1371
(Tanzania)
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African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0016]
(South Africa)
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Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii) [costa_rica_la_selva_0693]
(Costa Rica)
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Bird [australia_fnq_0311]
(Australia)
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Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)
(Mexico)
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Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5567]
(Colombia)
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Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus)
(0)
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Buff-necked Ibis (Theristicus caudatus) [colombia_5656]
(Colombia)
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Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) [sumatra_9005]
(Indonesia)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay
(Peru)
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Bird
(Indonesia)
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Great hornbill in captivity
(Cambodia)
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Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza, being measured by researchers
(Costa Rica)
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White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
(Laos)
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Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis)
(Madagascar)
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Red-footed booby
(Ecuador)
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Manu Cloud Forest Lodge
(Peru)
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Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii)
(Peru)
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Coqui Francolin, Francolinus coqui
(Kenya)
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Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus)
(0)
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Red-footed booby
(Ecuador)
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Heron in flight (Sulawesi - Celebes) -- sulawesi7620
(Indonesia)
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Common iora (Aegithina tiphia)
(Sri Lanka)
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Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6090]
(Colombia)
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African White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) and Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) perched in a tree
(Uganda)
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Black scorpion
(Ecuador)
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Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus) [colombia_3493]
(Colombia)
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Sunset in the Galapagos
(Ecuador)
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake
(Peru)
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Starling
(Indonesia)
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Nazca booby with chick
(Ecuador)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Red-bellied macaws (Ara manilata)
(Peru)
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bird [costa-rica_1226]
(Costa Rica)
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Changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)
(Indonesia)
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Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata) [colombia_5695]
(Colombia)
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Greater Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis vasa) [madagascar_4320]
(Madagascar)
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Flowers
(Ecuador)
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Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) -- tz_1535
(Tanzania)
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Sulawesi Tarictic Hornbill (Penelopides exarhatus)
(0)
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Scarlet ibis
(0)
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Birds
(Costa Rica)
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Red-fronted Macaw (Ara rubrogenys) in captivity
(0)
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Long-crested Eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis, atop a bush
(Uganda)
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Bird of prey
(Mexico)
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Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris)
(Indonesia)
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Clearing winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly
(Peru)
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Grey-necked Wood Rail (Aramides cajanea) [colombia_3343]
(Colombia)
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Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1581]
(Costa Rica)
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Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus)
(Ecuador)
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Common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
(Cambodia)
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Nazca booby with a chick
(Ecuador)
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Cocui heron [colombia_4743]
(Colombia)
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Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0060]
(Costa Rica)
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Red-billed Oxpecker [south_africa_kruger_0390]
(South Africa)
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Sunset in the Galapagos
(Ecuador)
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Paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis)
(0)
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Baby Eclectus Parrots (Eclectus roratus polychloros)
(0)
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Stork
(India)
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Sharks
(Ecuador)
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Blue-headed Amazon
(Peru)
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Scarlet macaw
(Peru)
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sleeping yellow bird
(Indonesia)
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Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) [wayquecha-andes_0620]
(Peru)
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Snake birds [sabah_kinabatangan_0229]
(Malaysia)
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Tortuga bay beach
(Ecuador)
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Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata)
(Mexico)
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Red-fronted Macaw (Ara rubrogenys) in captivity
(0)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Gray headed, yellow and orange bodied bird
(Kenya)
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Parakeet
(Sri Lanka)
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African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) -- tz_1522
(Tanzania)
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Nazca booby with chick
(Ecuador)
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Bromeliad
(Ecuador)
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Baby heron [colombia_5010]
(Colombia)
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Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata)
(0)
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Hummingbird
(Ecuador)
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Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris) in flight over the Amazon [colombia_0168]
(Colombia)
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Egyptian goose [south_africa_kruger_0065]
(South Africa)
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Bellavista cloud forest
(Ecuador)
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Flowers
(Ecuador)
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Bird [colombia_5124]
(Colombia)
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Passerini's Tanager (Yellow and chestnut breasted bird with dark gray wings)
(Costa Rica)
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Parrot [colombia_6292]
(Colombia)
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Bird [colombia_4693]
(Colombia)
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Hoatzin [colombia_5473]
(Colombia)
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Bird
(0)
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Blue-headed parrot; Pionus menstruus
(Peru)
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Hoatzins in Peru
(Peru)
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Starling (unsure of species)
(Botswana)
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Heron in flight (Sulawesi - Celebes) -- sulawesi7618
(Indonesia)
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Malagasy Turtle Dove (Streptopelia picturata) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0483]
(Madagascar)
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Red-footed booby
(Ecuador)
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Eurasian white spoonbill (Platalea leucorida leucorida)
(0)
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Moray eel in the Galapagos
(Ecuador)
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Nazca booby
(Ecuador)
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Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)
(Peru)
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Male Great Curassow (Crax rubra) at the Belize Zoo [belize_7440]
(Belize)
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Papuan Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus); local name: kokomo [west-papua_0279]
(Indonesia)
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Bird [colombia_5571]
(Colombia)
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Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) [wayquecha-andes_0611]
(Peru)
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Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) [australia_fnq_0038]
(Australia)
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Turquoise water off Rabida Island
(Ecuador)
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Sleeping bird -- borneo_3599
(Malaysia)
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Nicobar pigeon
(0)
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Blue bird [south_africa_kruger_5147]
(South Africa)
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Magnificent Birds-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male and females in courtship dance at lek] [west-papua_0856]
(Indonesia)
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Raptor (species unknown) in the Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge just outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico
(United States)
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White-faced whistling ducks (Dendrocygna viduata)
(Botswana)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Vulture
(South Africa)
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Sunset over Quito
(Ecuador)
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Raptor [colombia_5025]
(Colombia)
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Birds [colombia_5195]
(Colombia)
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Sea lions
(Ecuador)
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Nazca boobies displaying
(Ecuador)
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Blue vanga (Cyanolanius madagascarinus) [madagascar_perinet_0583]
(Madagascar)
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Beryl-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia decora) being examined [costa_rica_4949]
(Costa Rica)
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Peacock displaying for a peahen
(Sri Lanka)
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Mariana Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla)
(0)
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Hoatzins in Peru
(Peru)
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Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0179]
(Costa Rica)
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Oriole [colombia_6237]
(Colombia)
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Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0149]
(Costa Rica)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws inflight [manu-Manu_1022_2025]
(Peru)
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Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) -- borneo_4796
(Malaysia)
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African skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris)
(Gabon)
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Sea lions in the Galapagos
(Ecuador)
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Male Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill
(Indonesia)
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A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Parrot [manu_0323]
(Peru)
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Lilac-breasted Roller, Coracias caudata -- tz_1356
(Tanzania)
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Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) in tree [manu-Manu_1024_2609]
(Peru)
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Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5844]
(Colombia)
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Scarlet macaws
(Peru)
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Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus)
(Kenya)
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Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0238]
(Costa Rica)
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Sea lion
(Ecuador)
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Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens) [costa_rica_la_selva_0228]
(Costa Rica)
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Kingfisher
(Indonesia)
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Aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis)
(Colombia)
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Antbird
(Panama)
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Oriental Pied Hornbill eating fruit -- sabah_3138
(Malaysia)
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Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus)
(Peru)
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Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6048]
(Colombia)
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Scarlet ibis [colombia_5768]
(Colombia)
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Orinoco geese [colombia_3335]
(Colombia)
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Female green kingfisher
(Costa Rica)
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Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus)
(0)
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Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)
(Costa Rica)
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Red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus)
(Sri Lanka)
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Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata)
(Mexico)
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African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) -- tz_1519
(Tanzania)
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Tortuga bay beach
(Ecuador)
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Madagascar Paradise Flycatcher (female) fanning her tail
(Madagascar)
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Bird [madagascar_2549]
(Madagascar)
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Red Cardinal Fody (Foudia madagascariensis)
(Madagascar)
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Madagascar kingfisher [madagascar_masoala_1052]
(Madagascar)
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Purple flower
(Ecuador)
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Malagasy bee-eater [madagascar_ankarana_0291]
(Madagascar)
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Jabiru stork standing in its nest [colombia_3445]
(Colombia)
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Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
(Peru)
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Madagascar kingfisher (Alcedo vintsioides) [madagascar_masoala_0471]
(Madagascar)
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Guest room at Posada Amazonas lodge
(Peru)
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Bird [australia_fnq_0371]
(Australia)
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Male Red-crowned Ant Tanager (Habia rubica)
(Mexico)
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Plain-colored Tanager (Tangara inornata) [costa_rica_la_selva_0213]
(Costa Rica)
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Grebe
(Mexico)
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Female Red-tailed Vanga (Calicalicus madagascariensis) holding a stick insect [madagascar_5278]
(Madagascar)
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Crimson-collared Tanager (Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta) [costa_rica_la_selva_0163]
(Costa Rica)
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Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria) at the Belize Zoo
(Belize)
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Scarlet macaw
(Peru)
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Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0328]
(Madagascar)
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Sapi Island -- sabah_0167
(Malaysia)
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Bromeliad
(Ecuador)
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Blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus)
(Ecuador)
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Baby heron
(Colombia)
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Unknown raptor in flight
(Uganda)
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Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata)
(0)
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Ibis [south_africa_hermanus_1345]
(South Africa)
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Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis) -- sabah_3048
(Malaysia)
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African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0018]
(South Africa)
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A seabird at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Greater Blue-eared Starling [south_africa_kruger_1132]
(South Africa)
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Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus)
(0)
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White-backed Vultures, Gyps africanus, atop a tree
(Kenya)
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Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0320]
(Madagascar)
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Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) -- borneo_4795a
(Malaysia)
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Vulture [south_africa_kruger_0504]
(South Africa)
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Cocui heron [colombia_3323]
(Colombia)
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Blue Coua (Coua caerulea) [madagascar_masoala_1044]
(Madagascar)
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Blue-headed coucal, Centropus monachus
(Uganda)
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Heron on a tropical beach [java_0693]
(Indonesia)
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Bald eagles in the temperate rainforest of Alaska
(United States)
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Black-footed penguin [south_africa_capetown_0320]
(South Africa)
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Egyptian goose [south_africa_kruger_0067]
(South Africa)
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Oropendula nests [costa_rica_la_selva_1382]
(Costa Rica)
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Peahen crossing a road
(Sri Lanka)
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birds [colombia_4526]
(Colombia)
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Napoleon Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis)
(0)
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Magnificent Birds-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male and females in courtship dance at lek] [west-papua_0865]
(Indonesia)
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Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber)
(0)
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Pigeons or doves
(Colombia)
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Turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana)
(0)
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Young sea lion
(Ecuador)
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Red-footed booby
(Ecuador)
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Malaysian Pied Hornbill
(Malaysia)
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Black skimmer [colombia_3291]
(Colombia)
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Sunbird -- borneo_6205
(Malaysia)
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Blue-headed Amazon
(Peru)
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0
(Malaysia)
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id
(0)
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Hoatzin in the Amazon
(Peru)
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Starling
(Indonesia)
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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) [colombia_4147]
(Colombia)
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Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Bird [west-papua_0995]
(Indonesia)
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Sea gull
(United States)
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Red-footed booby
(Ecuador)
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Hummingbird nest
(Belize)
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A young Narrow-billed Tody (Todus angustirostris) in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Sumba Island hornbill (Aceros everetti)
(0)
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Common bush-tanager [manu_0139]
(Peru)
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Bird - Broad-billed Roller (?)
(Madagascar)
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Splendid sunbird
(0)
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Red-breasted Blackbird (Sturnella militaris) [costa-rica_0357]
(Costa Rica)
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Palawan Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis)
(0)
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Red-capped cardinal [colombia_5674]
(Colombia)
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Juvenile great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
(Cambodia)
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Group of helmeted guineafowl
(Kenya)
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Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus) [colombia_6140]
(Colombia)
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Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) [manu_1069]
(Peru)
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Snake birds [sabah_kinabatangan_0235]
(Malaysia)
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Heron [sabah_kinabatangan_0276]
(Malaysia)
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Scarlet ibis [colombia_5663]
(Colombia)
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Woodcreeper
(Colombia)
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Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius)
(0)
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Blue tanager [panama_0032]
(Panama)
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Swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus) with its chick
(Ecuador)
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Pair of scarlet macaws [manu_1007]
(Peru)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Pelicans in flight
(Panama)
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Flock of egrets [colombia_3547]
(Colombia)
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Bird
(Peru)
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Male sunbird
(Kenya)
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Sulawesi Scops-Owl (Otus manadensis)
(Indonesia)
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Black skimmers [colombia_3467]
(Colombia)
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Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) -- tz_2414
(Tanzania)
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White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
(Sri Lanka)
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Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus)
(0)
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Scarlet macaw
(Peru)
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Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females [west-papua_0737]
(Indonesia)
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Sulawesi Wrinkled Hornbill (Aceros cassidix)
(Indonesia)
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Young sea lion
(Ecuador)
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Pearled Treerunner (Margarornis squamiger) [wayquecha-andes_0624]
(Peru)
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Stork in flight
(India)
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Parrots gathering to feed on clay
(Peru)
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Male Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_masoala_0262]
(Madagascar)
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Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) searching for prey in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
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Orinoco geese in flight [colombia_6411]
(Colombia)
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Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) [manu_1072]
(Peru)
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Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_275]
(Australia)
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