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		                 Lilac-breasted Roller, Coracias caudata -- tz_1541 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus) (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_271]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_daintree_271.jpg) Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_271] (Australia)
 
		                 Male cock-of-the rock performing in the Manu cloud forest (Peru)
 
		                 Knobbed Hornbil (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Mountain Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles albertisi) [west-papua_5821]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_5821.jpg) Mountain Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles albertisi) [west-papua_5821] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Black skimmers [colombia_3464]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3464.jpg) Black skimmers [colombia_3464] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Female Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_masoala_0296]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0296.jpg) Female Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_masoala_0296] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) (0)
 
		                 Great hornbill in a rescue center (Cambodia)
 
		                 A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) (0)
 
		                ![Social flycatcher bathing [colombia_2415]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_2415.jpg) Social flycatcher bathing [colombia_2415] (Colombia)
 
		                 Male Wreathed Hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus) (0)
 
		                 King penguin (0)
 
		                 Oriental Pied Hornbill eating fruit -- sabah_3129 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius) (0)
 
		                ![Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) [pan02-2148]](http://travel.mongabay.com/panama/150/pan02-2148.jpg) Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus) [pan02-2148] (Panama)
 
		                ![Orinoco geese [colombia_6422]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6422.jpg) Orinoco geese [colombia_6422] (Colombia)
 
		                 Pink Pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri) (0)
 
		                ![Great Blue Heron in Egypt [egypt_0287]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/egypt/150/egypt_0287.jpg) Great Blue Heron in Egypt [egypt_0287] (Egypt)
 
		                 Red-footed booby (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Macaws in flight [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4087]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_4087.JPG) Macaws in flight [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4087] (Peru)
 
		                 Cloud forest (Ecuador)
 
		                 Crowned crane (0)
 
		                ![Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females [west-papua_0740]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0740.jpg) Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females [west-papua_0740] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (United States)
 
		                 Hyena and sacred ibis on the shore of Lake Magadi -- tz_2471 (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_282]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_daintree_282.jpg) Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_282] (Australia)
 
		                ![Jackass penguins [south_africa_capetown_0291]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0291.jpg) Jackass penguins [south_africa_capetown_0291] (South Africa)
 
		                ![Southern Cassowary [australia_fnq_1018]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_1018.jpg) Southern Cassowary [australia_fnq_1018] (Australia)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0220]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0220.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0220] (Australia)
 
		                ![Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6512]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6512.jpg) Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6512] (Colombia)
 
		                 Peacock showing off to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus) (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Birds [colombia_5198]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5198.jpg) Birds [colombia_5198] (Colombia)
 
		                 Knobbed hornbill (0)
 
		                ![American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea) [costa-rica_0655]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0655.jpg) American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea) [costa-rica_0655] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Superb Starling, Lamprotornis superbus -- tz_1371 (Tanzania)
 
		                ![African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0016]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0016.jpg) African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0016] (South Africa)
 
		                ![Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii) [costa_rica_la_selva_0693]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0693.jpg) Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii) [costa_rica_la_selva_0693] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0311]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0311.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0311] (Australia)
 
		                 Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) (Mexico)
 
		                ![Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5567]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5567.jpg) Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5567] (Colombia)
 
		                 Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) (0)
 
		                ![Buff-necked Ibis (Theristicus caudatus) [colombia_5656]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5656.jpg) Buff-necked Ibis (Theristicus caudatus) [colombia_5656] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) [sumatra_9005]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_9005.jpg) Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) [sumatra_9005] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay (Peru)
 
		                 Bird (Indonesia)
 
		                 Great hornbill in captivity (Cambodia)
 
		                 Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza, being measured by researchers (Costa Rica)
 
		                 White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) (Laos)
 
		                 Namaqua Dove (Oena capensis) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Red-footed booby (Ecuador)
 
		                 Manu Cloud Forest Lodge (Peru)
 
		                 Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) (Peru)
 
		                 Coqui Francolin, Francolinus coqui (Kenya)
 
		                 Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) (0)
 
		                 Red-footed booby (Ecuador)
 
		                 Heron in flight (Sulawesi - Celebes) -- sulawesi7620 (Indonesia)
 
		                 Common iora (Aegithina tiphia) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6090]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6090.jpg) Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6090] (Colombia)
 
		                 African White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) and Lappet-faced Vulture (Torgos tracheliotus) perched in a tree (Uganda)
 
		                 Black scorpion (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus) [colombia_3493]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3493.jpg) Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus) [colombia_3493] (Colombia)
 
		                 Sunset in the Galapagos (Ecuador)
 
		                 Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake (Peru)
 
		                 Starling (Indonesia)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                 Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Red-bellied macaws (Ara manilata) (Peru)
 
		                ![bird [costa-rica_1226]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1226.jpg) bird [costa-rica_1226] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata) [colombia_5695]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5695.jpg) Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata) [colombia_5695] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Greater Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis vasa) [madagascar_4320]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4320.jpg) Greater Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis vasa) [madagascar_4320] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Flowers (Ecuador)
 
		                 Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) -- tz_1535 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Sulawesi Tarictic Hornbill (Penelopides exarhatus) (0)
 
		                 Scarlet ibis (0)
 
		                 Birds (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Red-fronted Macaw (Ara rubrogenys) in captivity (0)
 
		                 Long-crested Eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis, atop a bush (Uganda)
 
		                 Bird of prey (Mexico)
 
		                 Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Clearing winged Cithaerias pireta butterfly (Peru)
 
		                ![Grey-necked Wood Rail (Aramides cajanea) [colombia_3343]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3343.jpg) Grey-necked Wood Rail (Aramides cajanea) [colombia_3343] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1581]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1581.jpg) Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1581] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus) (Ecuador)
 
		                 Common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Nazca booby with a chick (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Cocui heron [colombia_4743]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4743.jpg) Cocui heron [colombia_4743] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0060]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0060.jpg) Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0060] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Red-billed Oxpecker [south_africa_kruger_0390]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0390.jpg) Red-billed Oxpecker [south_africa_kruger_0390] (South Africa)
 
		                 Sunset in the Galapagos (Ecuador)
 
		                 Paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis) (0)
 
		                 Baby Eclectus Parrots (Eclectus roratus polychloros) (0)
 
		                 Stork (India)
 
		                 Sharks (Ecuador)
 
		                 Blue-headed Amazon (Peru)
 
		                 Scarlet macaw (Peru)
 
		                 sleeping yellow bird (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) [wayquecha-andes_0620]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0620.jpg) Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) [wayquecha-andes_0620] (Peru)
 
		                ![Snake birds [sabah_kinabatangan_0229]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0229.jpg) Snake birds [sabah_kinabatangan_0229] (Malaysia)
 
		                 Tortuga bay beach (Ecuador)
 
		                 Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) (Mexico)
 
		                 Red-fronted Macaw (Ara rubrogenys) in captivity (0)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Gray headed, yellow and orange bodied bird (Kenya)
 
		                 Parakeet (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) -- tz_1522 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                 Bromeliad (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Baby heron [colombia_5010]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5010.jpg) Baby heron [colombia_5010] (Colombia)
 
		                 Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata) (0)
 
		                 Hummingbird (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris) in flight over the Amazon [colombia_0168]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_0168.jpg) Yellow-billed Tern (Sternula superciliaris) in flight over the Amazon [colombia_0168] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Egyptian goose [south_africa_kruger_0065]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0065.jpg) Egyptian goose [south_africa_kruger_0065] (South Africa)
 
		                 Bellavista cloud forest (Ecuador)
 
		                 Flowers (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_5124]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5124.jpg) Bird [colombia_5124] (Colombia)
 
		                 Passerini's Tanager (Yellow and chestnut breasted bird with dark gray wings) (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Parrot [colombia_6292]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6292.jpg) Parrot [colombia_6292] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_4693]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4693.jpg) Bird [colombia_4693] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Hoatzin [colombia_5473]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5473.jpg) Hoatzin [colombia_5473] (Colombia)
 
		                 Bird (0)
 
		                 Blue-headed parrot; Pionus menstruus (Peru)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                 Starling (unsure of species) (Botswana)
 
		                 Heron in flight (Sulawesi - Celebes) -- sulawesi7618 (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Malagasy Turtle Dove (Streptopelia picturata) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0483]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0483.jpg) Malagasy Turtle Dove (Streptopelia picturata) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0483] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Red-footed booby (Ecuador)
 
		                 Eurasian white spoonbill (Platalea leucorida leucorida) (0)
 
		                 Moray eel in the Galapagos (Ecuador)
 
		                 Nazca booby (Ecuador)
 
		                 Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi) (Peru)
 
		                ![Male Great Curassow (Crax rubra) at the Belize Zoo [belize_7440]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_7440.JPG) Male Great Curassow (Crax rubra) at the Belize Zoo [belize_7440] (Belize)
 
		                ![Papuan Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus); local name: kokomo [west-papua_0279]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0279.jpg) Papuan Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus); local name: kokomo [west-papua_0279] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_5571]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5571.jpg) Bird [colombia_5571] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) [wayquecha-andes_0611]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0611.jpg) Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) [wayquecha-andes_0611] (Peru)
 
		                ![Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) [australia_fnq_0038]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0038.jpg) Australian pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) [australia_fnq_0038] (Australia)
 
		                 Turquoise water off Rabida Island (Ecuador)
 
		                 Sleeping bird -- borneo_3599 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Nicobar pigeon (0)
 
		                ![Blue bird [south_africa_kruger_5147]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_5147.jpg) Blue bird [south_africa_kruger_5147] (South Africa)
 
		                ![Magnificent Birds-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male and females in courtship dance at lek] [west-papua_0856]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0856.jpg) Magnificent Birds-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male and females in courtship dance at lek] [west-papua_0856] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Raptor (species unknown) in the Las Vegas National Wildlife Refuge just outside of Las Vegas, New Mexico (United States)
 
		                 White-faced whistling ducks (Dendrocygna viduata) (Botswana)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Vulture (South Africa)
 
		                 Sunset over Quito (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Raptor [colombia_5025]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5025.jpg) Raptor [colombia_5025] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Birds [colombia_5195]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5195.jpg) Birds [colombia_5195] (Colombia)
 
		                 Sea lions (Ecuador)
 
		                 Nazca boobies displaying (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Blue vanga (Cyanolanius madagascarinus) [madagascar_perinet_0583]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_perinet_0583.jpg) Blue vanga (Cyanolanius madagascarinus) [madagascar_perinet_0583] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Beryl-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia decora) being examined [costa_rica_4949]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_4949.JPG) Beryl-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia decora) being examined [costa_rica_4949] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Peacock displaying for a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Mariana Fruit-dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla) (0)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                ![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0179]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0179.jpg) Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0179] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Oriole [colombia_6237]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6237.jpg) Oriole [colombia_6237] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0149]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0149.jpg) Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_0149] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaws inflight [manu-Manu_1022_2025]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1022_2025.JPG) Blue-and-yellow macaws inflight [manu-Manu_1022_2025] (Peru)
 
		                 Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) -- borneo_4796 (Malaysia)
 
		                 African skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris) (Gabon)
 
		                 Sea lions in the Galapagos (Ecuador)
 
		                 Male Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                 A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                ![Parrot [manu_0323]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0323.jpg) Parrot [manu_0323] (Peru)
 
		                 Lilac-breasted Roller, Coracias caudata -- tz_1356 (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) in tree [manu-Manu_1024_2609]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2609.JPG) Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) in tree [manu-Manu_1024_2609] (Peru)
 
		                ![Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5844]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5844.jpg) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5844] (Colombia)
 
		                 Scarlet macaws (Peru)
 
		                 Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus) (Kenya)
 
		                ![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0238]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0238.jpg) Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0238] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens) [costa_rica_la_selva_0228]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0228.jpg) Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens) [costa_rica_la_selva_0228] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Kingfisher (Indonesia)
 
		                 Aplomado falcon (Falco femoralis) (Colombia)
 
		                 Antbird (Panama)
 
		                 Oriental Pied Hornbill eating fruit -- sabah_3138 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) (Peru)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6048]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6048.jpg) Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6048] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5768]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5768.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5768] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Orinoco geese [colombia_3335]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3335.jpg) Orinoco geese [colombia_3335] (Colombia)
 
		                 Female green kingfisher (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Red-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) (0)
 
		                 Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris) (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) (Mexico)
 
		                 African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) -- tz_1519 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Tortuga bay beach (Ecuador)
 
		                 Madagascar Paradise Flycatcher (female) fanning her tail (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Bird [madagascar_2549]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_2549.jpg) Bird [madagascar_2549] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Red Cardinal Fody (Foudia madagascariensis) (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Madagascar kingfisher [madagascar_masoala_1052]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_1052.jpg) Madagascar kingfisher [madagascar_masoala_1052] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Purple flower (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Malagasy bee-eater [madagascar_ankarana_0291]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarana_0291.jpg) Malagasy bee-eater [madagascar_ankarana_0291] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Jabiru stork standing in its nest [colombia_3445]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3445.jpg) Jabiru stork standing in its nest [colombia_3445] (Colombia)
 
		                 Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis) (Peru)
 
		                ![Madagascar kingfisher (Alcedo vintsioides) [madagascar_masoala_0471]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0471.jpg) Madagascar kingfisher (Alcedo vintsioides) [madagascar_masoala_0471] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Guest room at Posada Amazonas lodge (Peru)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0371]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0371.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0371] (Australia)
 
		                 Male Red-crowned Ant Tanager (Habia rubica) (Mexico)
 
		                ![Plain-colored Tanager (Tangara inornata) [costa_rica_la_selva_0213]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0213.jpg) Plain-colored Tanager (Tangara inornata) [costa_rica_la_selva_0213] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Grebe (Mexico)
 
		                ![Female Red-tailed Vanga (Calicalicus madagascariensis) holding a stick insect [madagascar_5278]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_5278.jpg) Female Red-tailed Vanga (Calicalicus madagascariensis) holding a stick insect [madagascar_5278] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Crimson-collared Tanager (Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta) [costa_rica_la_selva_0163]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0163.jpg) Crimson-collared Tanager (Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta) [costa_rica_la_selva_0163] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Jabiru Stork (Jabiru mycteria) at the Belize Zoo (Belize)
 
		                 Scarlet macaw (Peru)
 
		                ![Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0328]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0328.jpg) Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0328] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Sapi Island -- sabah_0167 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Bromeliad (Ecuador)
 
		                 Blue-winged mountain tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus) (Ecuador)
 
		                 Baby heron (Colombia)
 
		                 Unknown raptor in flight (Uganda)
 
		                 Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata) (0)
 
		                ![Ibis [south_africa_hermanus_1345]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_hermanus_1345.jpg) Ibis [south_africa_hermanus_1345] (South Africa)
 
		                 Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis) -- sabah_3048 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0018]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0018.jpg) African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0018] (South Africa)
 
		                 A seabird at Bahia de las Aguilas at Jaragua National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                ![Greater Blue-eared Starling [south_africa_kruger_1132]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_1132.jpg) Greater Blue-eared Starling [south_africa_kruger_1132] (South Africa)
 
		                 Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) (0)
 
		                 White-backed Vultures, Gyps africanus, atop a tree (Kenya)
 
		                ![Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0320]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0320.jpg) Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0320] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) -- borneo_4795a (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Vulture [south_africa_kruger_0504]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0504.jpg) Vulture [south_africa_kruger_0504] (South Africa)
 
		                ![Cocui heron [colombia_3323]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3323.jpg) Cocui heron [colombia_3323] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Blue Coua (Coua caerulea) [madagascar_masoala_1044]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_1044.jpg) Blue Coua (Coua caerulea) [madagascar_masoala_1044] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Blue-headed coucal, Centropus monachus (Uganda)
 
		                ![Heron on a tropical beach [java_0693]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia-java/150/java_0693.jpg) Heron on a tropical beach [java_0693] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Bald eagles in the temperate rainforest of Alaska (United States)
 
		                ![Black-footed penguin [south_africa_capetown_0320]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0320.jpg) Black-footed penguin [south_africa_capetown_0320] (South Africa)
 
		                ![Egyptian goose [south_africa_kruger_0067]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0067.jpg) Egyptian goose [south_africa_kruger_0067] (South Africa)
 
		                ![Oropendula nests [costa_rica_la_selva_1382]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1382.jpg) Oropendula nests [costa_rica_la_selva_1382] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Peahen crossing a road (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![birds [colombia_4526]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4526.jpg) birds [colombia_4526] (Colombia)
 
		                 Napoleon Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis) (0)
 
		                ![Magnificent Birds-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male and females in courtship dance at lek] [west-papua_0865]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0865.jpg) Magnificent Birds-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male and females in courtship dance at lek] [west-papua_0865] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) (0)
 
		                 Pigeons or doves (Colombia)
 
		                 Turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana) (0)
 
		                 Young sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                 Red-footed booby (Ecuador)
 
		                 Malaysian Pied Hornbill (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Black skimmer [colombia_3291]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3291.jpg) Black skimmer [colombia_3291] (Colombia)
 
		                 Sunbird -- borneo_6205 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Blue-headed Amazon (Peru)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 id (0)
 
		                 Hoatzin in the Amazon (Peru)
 
		                 Starling (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) [colombia_4147]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4147.jpg) Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) [colombia_4147] (Colombia)
 
		                 Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Bird [west-papua_0995]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0995.jpg) Bird [west-papua_0995] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sea gull (United States)
 
		                 Red-footed booby (Ecuador)
 
		                 Hummingbird nest (Belize)
 
		                 A young Narrow-billed Tody (Todus angustirostris) in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Sumba Island hornbill (Aceros everetti) (0)
 
		                ![Common bush-tanager [manu_0139]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0139.jpg) Common bush-tanager [manu_0139] (Peru)
 
		                 Bird - Broad-billed Roller (?) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Splendid sunbird (0)
 
		                ![Red-breasted Blackbird (Sturnella militaris) [costa-rica_0357]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0357.jpg) Red-breasted Blackbird (Sturnella militaris) [costa-rica_0357] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Palawan Peacock-pheasant (Polyplectron napoleonis) (0)
 
		                ![Red-capped cardinal [colombia_5674]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5674.jpg) Red-capped cardinal [colombia_5674] (Colombia)
 
		                 Juvenile great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Group of helmeted guineafowl (Kenya)
 
		                ![Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus) [colombia_6140]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6140.jpg) Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus) [colombia_6140] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) [manu_1069]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_1069.jpg) Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) [manu_1069] (Peru)
 
		                ![Snake birds [sabah_kinabatangan_0235]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0235.jpg) Snake birds [sabah_kinabatangan_0235] (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Heron [sabah_kinabatangan_0276]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0276.jpg) Heron [sabah_kinabatangan_0276] (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5663]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5663.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5663] (Colombia)
 
		                 Woodcreeper (Colombia)
 
		                 Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius) (0)
 
		                ![Blue tanager [panama_0032]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0032.jpg) Blue tanager [panama_0032] (Panama)
 
		                 Swallow-tailed gull (Creagrus furcatus) with its chick (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Pair of scarlet macaws [manu_1007]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_1007.jpg) Pair of scarlet macaws [manu_1007] (Peru)
 
		                 Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Pelicans in flight (Panama)
 
		                ![Flock of egrets [colombia_3547]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3547.jpg) Flock of egrets [colombia_3547] (Colombia)
 
		                 Bird (Peru)
 
		                 Male sunbird (Kenya)
 
		                 Sulawesi Scops-Owl (Otus manadensis) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Black skimmers [colombia_3467]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3467.jpg) Black skimmers [colombia_3467] (Colombia)
 
		                 Helmeted Guineafowl (Numida meleagris) -- tz_2414 (Tanzania)
 
		                 White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) (0)
 
		                 Scarlet macaw (Peru)
 
		                ![Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females [west-papua_0737]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0737.jpg) Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females [west-papua_0737] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sulawesi Wrinkled Hornbill (Aceros cassidix) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Young sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Pearled Treerunner (Margarornis squamiger) [wayquecha-andes_0624]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0624.jpg) Pearled Treerunner (Margarornis squamiger) [wayquecha-andes_0624] (Peru)
 
		                 Stork in flight (India)
 
		                 Parrots gathering to feed on clay (Peru)
 
		                ![Male Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_masoala_0262]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0262.jpg) Male Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_masoala_0262] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Pied Kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) searching for prey in Chobe National Park (Botswana)
 
		                ![Orinoco geese in flight [colombia_6411]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6411.jpg) Orinoco geese in flight [colombia_6411] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) [manu_1072]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_1072.jpg) Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) [manu_1072] (Peru)
 
		                ![Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_275]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_daintree_275.jpg) Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_275] (Australia)
 
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