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		                ![Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) [colombia_1575]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1575.jpg) Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) [colombia_1575] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Asian pied hornbill [sabah_kinabatangan_0258]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0258.jpg) Asian pied hornbill [sabah_kinabatangan_0258] (Malaysia)
 
		                 Unknown birds (Botswana)
 
		                 Loon (United States)
 
		                ![Pair of Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4152]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_4152.JPG) Pair of Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4152] (Peru)
 
		                ![bird [panama_0524]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0524.jpg) bird [panama_0524] (Panama)
 
		                 Male Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) (Peru)
 
		                 Blue-throated Bee-eater -- sabah_3051 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Unknown bird (Malaysia)
 
		                 Enrichment activity for a male lesser bird of paradise that doesn't know how to attract females (0)
 
		                 Shark in Galapagos (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_5565]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5565.jpg) Bird [colombia_5565] (Colombia)
 
		                 Northern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) (0)
 
		                ![Raptor [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0327]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0327.jpg) Raptor [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0327] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4909]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_4909.JPG) Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4909] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Nazca booby (Ecuador)
 
		                 Male Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5084]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5084.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5084] (Colombia)
 
		                 Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Mealy parrots (Amazona farinosa) and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay (Peru)
 
		                 Grebe (Mexico)
 
		                ![Saffron-crowned Tanager [Tangara xanthocephala]  [machu_picchu-Machu_1019_1103]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/machu_picchu/Machu_1019_1103.JPG) Saffron-crowned Tanager [Tangara xanthocephala]  [machu_picchu-Machu_1019_1103] (Peru)
 
		                 Bird (0)
 
		                ![Aplomado falcon [colombia_5664]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5664.jpg) Aplomado falcon [colombia_5664] (Colombia)
 
		                 Mongabay Latam team (Ecuador)
 
		                 Tanager (Peru)
 
		                 Augur buzzard -- tz_1964 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Macaws on claylick (Peru)
 
		                ![Harpy eagle [belize_0163]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_0163.JPG) Harpy eagle [belize_0163] (Belize)
 
		                ![Madagascar Coucal (Centropus toulou) [madagascar_perinet_0062]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_perinet_0062.jpg) Madagascar Coucal (Centropus toulou) [madagascar_perinet_0062] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Nazca booby with its egg (Ecuador)
 
		                 Rays (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Sakalava Weaver (Ploceus sakalava) [madagascar_7710]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_7710.jpg) Sakalava Weaver (Ploceus sakalava) [madagascar_7710] (Madagascar)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Blue Masked Lovebirds (Agapornis personata personata) in the wild -- tz_1819 (Tanzania)
 
		                 African Grey Hornbill (Tockus nasutus) -- tz_2136 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Female Red-crowned Ant Tanager (Habia rubica) (Mexico)
 
		                 Female giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) (Gabon)
 
		                ![Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina) [wayquecha-andes_0372]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0372.jpg) Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina) [wayquecha-andes_0372] (Peru)
 
		                ![Madagascar Crested Ibis (Lophotibis cristata) in captivity [animals_zh_051]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/animals/zh/150/animals_zh_051.jpg) Madagascar Crested Ibis (Lophotibis cristata) in captivity [animals_zh_051] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Asian Fairy-bluebird (Irena puella) (0)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5131]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5131.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5131] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Hawk [colombia_4776]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4776.jpg) Hawk [colombia_4776] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1418]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1418.jpg) Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1418] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5231]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5231.jpg) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5231] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Female Velvet Asity (Philepitta castanea) gathering leaves [madagascar_5235]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_5235.jpg) Female Velvet Asity (Philepitta castanea) gathering leaves [madagascar_5235] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Yellow-necked Spurfowl, Francolinus leucoscepus (Kenya)
 
		                ![Hummingbird feeding its chick [costa_rica_la_selva_0682]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0682.jpg) Hummingbird feeding its chick [costa_rica_la_selva_0682] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) [colombia_5094]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5094.jpg) Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) [colombia_5094] (Colombia)
 
		                 Male Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5186]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5186.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5186] (Colombia)
 
		                 Great kiskadees (Pitangus sulphuratus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Orinoco geese [colombia_3338]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3338.jpg) Orinoco geese [colombia_3338] (Colombia)
 
		                 Perching cattle egrets (Guyana)
 
		                 Large flock of Red-billed quela (Quela quela) flying above the grass of the savanna (Uganda)
 
		                ![Red-throated caracara [suriname_2623]](http://travel.mongabay.com/suriname/150/suriname_2623.JPG) Red-throated caracara [suriname_2623] (Suriname)
 
		                ![Hoopoe (Upupa epops) [egypt_0930]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/egypt/150/egypt_0930.jpg) Hoopoe (Upupa epops) [egypt_0930] (Egypt)
 
		                 Knobbed hornbill (0)
 
		                ![Madagascar crested drongo [madagascar_4468]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4468.jpg) Madagascar crested drongo [madagascar_4468] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Hawk [colombia_4671]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4671.jpg) Hawk [colombia_4671] (Colombia)
 
		                 Sea lions in the Galapagos (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Violaceous Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus) [colombia_4908]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4908.jpg) Violaceous Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus) [colombia_4908] (Colombia)
 
		                 Egyptian Geese, Alopochen aegyptiacus (Uganda)
 
		                 Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus) (Ecuador)
 
		                 White-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Hoopoe (Upupa epops) [egypt_0926]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/egypt/150/egypt_0926.jpg) Hoopoe (Upupa epops) [egypt_0926] (Egypt)
 
		                ![Blue-eared Kingfishers [sabah_kinabatangan_0293]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0293.jpg) Blue-eared Kingfishers [sabah_kinabatangan_0293] (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0627]](http://travel.mongabay.com/suriname/150/suriname_0627.JPG) Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0627] (Suriname)
 
		                ![Red-and-green macaws [manu-Manu_1024_2640]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2640.JPG) Red-and-green macaws [manu-Manu_1024_2640] (Peru)
 
		                 Bromeliad (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Parrot [colombia_4721]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4721.jpg) Parrot [colombia_4721] (Colombia)
 
		                 White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) (India)
 
		                 Yellow-wattled lapwing (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Lilac-breasted roller (Kenya)
 
		                 Knobbed Hornbil (Indonesia)
 
		                 African fish eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer, perched on Euphorbia (Uganda)
 
		                ![Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_5871]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5871.jpg) Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_5871] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Mealy parrot [manu_0485]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0485.jpg) Mealy parrot [manu_0485] (Peru)
 
		                 Male Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sandhill crane (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (United States)
 
		                 Wreathed hornbill (Cambodia)
 
		                 Stork-billed Kingfisher in Borneo -- sabah_3181 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Santiago Island (Ecuador)
 
		                 Bird (India)
 
		                 Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) and Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Cattle egret (Colombia)
 
		                ![Scarlet macaws in flight [manu_1014]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_1014.jpg) Scarlet macaws in flight [manu_1014] (Peru)
 
		                 Changeable hawk-eagle (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Stork (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Pitta-like Ground-roller (Atelornis pittoides) [madagascar_4907]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4907.jpg) Pitta-like Ground-roller (Atelornis pittoides) [madagascar_4907] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Egyptian goose [south_africa_kruger_0066]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0066.jpg) Egyptian goose [south_africa_kruger_0066] (South Africa)
 
		                 Raptor in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Bird [panama_0492]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0492.jpg) Bird [panama_0492] (Panama)
 
		                ![Juvenile Malagasy Coucal [madagascar_ankarana_0073]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarana_0073.jpg) Juvenile Malagasy Coucal [madagascar_ankarana_0073] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Great hornbill (Thailand)
 
		                ![Birds [namibia_1337]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/namibia/150/namibia_1337.jpg) Birds [namibia_1337] (Namibia)
 
		                ![Parrot [panama_0560]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0560.jpg) Parrot [panama_0560] (Panama)
 
		                 Bird captured for study (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Red-breasted parakeet (Psittacula alexandri) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Scarlet macaw in the Amazon [manu_0993]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0993.jpg) Scarlet macaw in the Amazon [manu_0993] (Peru)
 
		                 Amethyst Starling (Cinnyricinlus leucogaster) (0)
 
		                ![Pair of scarlet macaws [manu_0985]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0985.jpg) Pair of scarlet macaws [manu_0985] (Peru)
 
		                ![Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) [wayquecha-andes_0612]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0612.jpg) Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) [wayquecha-andes_0612] (Peru)
 
		                 Macaws in the rainforest canopy (Peru)
 
		                ![Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0204]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0204.jpg) Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0204] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                 Neon planthopper (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Black skimmer [colombia_3301]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3301.jpg) Black skimmer [colombia_3301] (Colombia)
 
		                 Young sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) [colombia_4713]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4713.jpg) Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus) [colombia_4713] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Madagascar Jacana (Actophilornis albinucha) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0713]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0713.jpg) Madagascar Jacana (Actophilornis albinucha) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0713] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Horned screamer [colombia_6177]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6177.jpg) Horned screamer [colombia_6177] (Colombia)
 
		                 Sunbird (Madagascar)
 
		                 Cloud forest (Ecuador)
 
		                 White-backed Vulture, Gyps africanus, in safari grass (Kenya)
 
		                 Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) (Mexico)
 
		                 Bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) in flight -- tz_1902 (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Red lored parrots in flight [costa-rica_1192a]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1192a.jpg) Red lored parrots in flight [costa-rica_1192a] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Male green kingfisher [costa_rica_osa_0335]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0335.jpg) Male green kingfisher [costa_rica_osa_0335] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Golden-hooded Tanager (Tangara larvata) [costa-rica_0661]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0661.jpg) Golden-hooded Tanager (Tangara larvata) [costa-rica_0661] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Brown-throated Parakeets (Aratinga pertinax) [colombia_5850]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5850.jpg) Brown-throated Parakeets (Aratinga pertinax) [colombia_5850] (Colombia)
 
		                 Red-footed booby with a broken wing (Ecuador)
 
		                 Golden-headed quetzal (0)
 
		                 Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Female Red Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea rubra) (0)
 
		                 Young Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) (0)
 
		                 Tourists in a boat in the Galapagos (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Horned screamer [colombia_6083]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6083.jpg) Horned screamer [colombia_6083] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0223]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0223.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0223] (Australia)
 
		                ![Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_264]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_daintree_264.jpg) Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_264] (Australia)
 
		                ![Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) [sabah_kinabatangan_0115]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0115.jpg) Black-and-red Broadbill (Cymbirhynchus macrorhynchos) [sabah_kinabatangan_0115] (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5463]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5463.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5463] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Macaws feeding on clay lick [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_3898]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_3898.JPG) Macaws feeding on clay lick [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_3898] (Peru)
 
		                 Javan Hawk-eagle (Nisaetus bartelsi) (0)
 
		                 Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Gray heron, cattle egret, sacred ibis, yellow billed stork -- tz_2487 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Nazca booby (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Female Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_perinet_0500]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_perinet_0500.jpg) Female Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_perinet_0500] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) (0)
 
		                 Vulture (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_270]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_daintree_270.jpg) Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_270] (Australia)
 
		                 Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Pelicans and cormorants on the sandy shore of Lake Edward (Uganda)
 
		                 Yellow flower (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_6178]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6178.jpg) Bird [colombia_6178] (Colombia)
 
		                 id (0)
 
		                 Gulls in flight (United States)
 
		                 Scarlet macaw (0)
 
		                ![Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides) [costa-rica_0865]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0865.jpg) Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides) [costa-rica_0865] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Crocodiles and an Asian openbill (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Whitenecked stork (Ciconia episcopus) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay (Peru)
 
		                ![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0262]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0262.jpg) Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0262] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Black skimmer [colombia_3300]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3300.jpg) Black skimmer [colombia_3300] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Jackass penguins (Spheniscus demersus) [south_africa_capetown_0294]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0294.jpg) Jackass penguins (Spheniscus demersus) [south_africa_capetown_0294] (South Africa)
 
		                 Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii) (0)
 
		                 Peacock showing off to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 African Green Pigeon, Treron calva (Kenya)
 
		                 Large-billed Crow (Corvus macrorhynchos) (0)
 
		                ![Heron [sabah_kinabatangan_0006]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0006.jpg) Heron [sabah_kinabatangan_0006] (Malaysia)
 
		                 Madagascar Scops Owl (Madagascar)
 
		                 Peacock in Ranthambore (India)
 
		                 Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) [costa-rica_0215]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0215.jpg) Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) [costa-rica_0215] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Parakeet (India)
 
		                ![Great Blue Heron in Egypt [egypt_0285]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/egypt/150/egypt_0285.jpg) Great Blue Heron in Egypt [egypt_0285] (Egypt)
 
		                 Fruit in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Knobbed Hornbil (Indonesia)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                 Northern Flicker (0)
 
		                 Splendid sunbird (0)
 
		                 Great Blue Heron Fishing in Virgin River (United States)
 
		                ![Black skimmer [colombia_3290]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3290.jpg) Black skimmer [colombia_3290] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Flock of egrets [colombia_3549]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3549.jpg) Flock of egrets [colombia_3549] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6115]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6115.jpg) Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6115] (Colombia)
 
		                 Golden-breasted Starling (Cosmopsarus regius) (0)
 
		                 Crested hawk-eagle (0)
 
		                ![Hoatzin [colombia_5315]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5315.jpg) Hoatzin [colombia_5315] (Colombia)
 
		                 Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) (0)
 
		                ![Scarlet macaws in flight over the Costa Rican rainforest [costa_rica_osa_0404]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0404.jpg) Scarlet macaws in flight over the Costa Rican rainforest [costa_rica_osa_0404] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Pelican in flight (Gabon)
 
		                ![Parrot [colombia_4719]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4719.jpg) Parrot [colombia_4719] (Colombia)
 
		                 Social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis) (Peru)
 
		                 Large black bird (Guyana)
 
		                ![African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0015]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0015.jpg) African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0015] (South Africa)
 
		                 Black-and-yellow Broadbill (Eurylaimus ochromalus) -- borneo_4917 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Pair of Egyptian Geese (Alopochen aegyptiacus) (Kenya)
 
		                 Ringneck parakeet (Psittacula krameri) (India)
 
		                 Nazca boobies doing a display (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0062]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0062.jpg) Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0062] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Pied kingfisher and a heron (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Barbett (0)
 
		                 Bird (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Golden-collared tanager [wayquecha-andes_0645]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0645.jpg) Golden-collared tanager [wayquecha-andes_0645] (Peru)
 
		                 bird (Peru)
 
		                 Crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul) (0)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4173a]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_4173a.jpg) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4173a] (Peru)
 
		                ![Parrot [colombia_4720]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4720.jpg) Parrot [colombia_4720] (Colombia)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2810a]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2810a.jpg) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2810a] (Peru)
 
		                ![Birds [namibia_1637]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/namibia/150/namibia_1637.jpg) Birds [namibia_1637] (Namibia)
 
		                 Sapi Island -- sabah_0169 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Black skimmer [colombia_3283]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3283.jpg) Black skimmer [colombia_3283] (Colombia)
 
		                 Pygmy falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) (0)
 
		                 Group of hoatzin (Peru)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_3314]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3314.jpg) Bird [colombia_3314] (Colombia)
 
		                 White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) -- tz_1957 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) (0)
 
		                ![Golden-necked cassowary [australia_fnq_1020]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_1020.jpg) Golden-necked cassowary [australia_fnq_1020] (Australia)
 
		                 Wompoo Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) (0)
 
		                 Wattled jacana (Colombia)
 
		                 Water bird (0)
 
		                ![African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) [south_africa_capetown_0247]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0247.jpg) African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) [south_africa_capetown_0247] (South Africa)
 
		                 Pheasant (0)
 
		                ![Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) [australia_fnq_0398]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0398.jpg) Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) [australia_fnq_0398] (Australia)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_5714]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5714.jpg) Bird [colombia_5714] (Colombia)
 
		                 Hawk at the Belize Zoo (Belize)
 
		                 Tourist boat below cliffs at Cerro Brujo (Ecuador)
 
		                 Hammerkop (0)
 
		                 Water-Turkey atop a tree (India)
 
		                 Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) (0)
 
		                 Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_6262]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6262.jpg) Bird [colombia_6262] (Colombia)
 
		                 Eclectus Parrot (0)
 
		                 Terns and pelicans perch in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                ![Crested Coua (Coua cristata) [mcar_0102]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/mcar_0102.jpg) Crested Coua (Coua cristata) [mcar_0102] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Sunbird (Kenya)
 
		                 Bird (Indonesia)
 
		                 Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) (India)
 
		                ![Birds [namibia_1638]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/namibia/150/namibia_1638.jpg) Birds [namibia_1638] (Namibia)
 
		                ![Australian white ibis (Threskiornis moluccus) [australia_fnq_0036]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0036.jpg) Australian white ibis (Threskiornis moluccus) [australia_fnq_0036] (Australia)
 
		                 Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) (0)
 
		                 Sumatran heron (Indonesia)
 
		                 White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) (India)
 
		                ![Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) [costa_rica_la_selva_1212]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1212.jpg) Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) [costa_rica_la_selva_1212] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Magnificent Birds-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male and females in courtship dance at lek] [west-papua_0854]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0854.jpg) Magnificent Birds-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male and females in courtship dance at lek] [west-papua_0854] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Black hornbills (Anthracoceros malayanus) [sabah_kinabatangan_0307]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0307.jpg) Black hornbills (Anthracoceros malayanus) [sabah_kinabatangan_0307] (Malaysia)
 
		                 Red cactus flower (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Oropendula [manu_0306]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0306.jpg) Oropendula [manu_0306] (Peru)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0334]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0334.jpg) Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0334] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Bird (0)
 
		                 Caeruleuptychia lobelia;  Perrhybris pamela and yellow and black butterflies (Peru)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_6268]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6268.jpg) Bird [colombia_6268] (Colombia)
 
		                 Blue butterfly with orange and yellow spots (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Pale-billed woodpecker [costa_rica_la_selva_1217]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1217.jpg) Pale-billed woodpecker [costa_rica_la_selva_1217] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Pygmy owl; eyeshine only (Peru)
 
		                 Yellow-billed Stork along the Kazinga channel (Uganda)
 
		                 Black-naped Oriole (Oriolus chinensis) (0)
 
		                 rhinoceros hornbill in flight (Indonesia)
 
		                 Shark in Galapagos (Ecuador)
 
		                 Parrots feeding on clay (Peru)
 
		                 bird (Peru)
 
		                 Roseate Spoonbill (0)
 
		                ![Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina) [wayquecha-andes_0492]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0492.jpg) Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina) [wayquecha-andes_0492] (Peru)
 
		                ![Striated Heron (Butorides striata) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0643]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0643.jpg) Striated Heron (Butorides striata) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0643] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Crocodiles and an Asian openbill (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_6523]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6523.jpg) Bird [colombia_6523] (Colombia)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                 Sunset in the Galapagos (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Oxpecker on a rhino [south_africa_kruger_0395]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0395.jpg) Oxpecker on a rhino [south_africa_kruger_0395] (South Africa)
 
		                 Australian Pelican (Pelecanus conspicillatus) (0)
 
		                 Parrots feeding on clay (Peru)
 
		                ![Red lored parrot on a palm tree [costa-rica_1231]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1231.jpg) Red lored parrot on a palm tree [costa-rica_1231] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Peacock showing off to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Oriole (Mexico)
 
		                 Hammerkop (Scopus umbretta) (0)
 
		                ![Oriental Pied Hornbill in flight [kalimantan_0455]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/kalimantan_0455.jpg) Oriental Pied Hornbill in flight [kalimantan_0455] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Male Madagascar Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata [madagascar_4436]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4436.jpg) Male Madagascar Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata [madagascar_4436] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Black vultures on the beach (Suriname)
 
		                 Red-orange tubular flower (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Birds [colombia_4143]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4143.jpg) Birds [colombia_4143] (Colombia)
 
		                 Rose-breasted Cockatoo (Eolophus roseicapilla) (0)
 
		                 Hoatzin eating (Peru)
 
		                ![Black-chested Mountain-Tanager (?) [wayquecha-andes_0532]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0532.jpg) Black-chested Mountain-Tanager (?) [wayquecha-andes_0532] (Peru)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Raptor [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0281]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0281.jpg) Raptor [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0281] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Sunbird [madagascar_ankarana_0360]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarana_0360.jpg) Sunbird [madagascar_ankarana_0360] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Pelicans in flight over Big Sur (United States)
 
		                 Victoria Crowned Pigeon (0)
 
		                 Flowers (Ecuador)
 
		                 Plush-crested Jay (Cyanocorax chrysops) (0)
 
		                 Female ostrich, the world's largest and heaviest bird (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis) [costa_rica_siquirres_0131]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0131.jpg) Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis) [costa_rica_siquirres_0131] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Red-billed Blue Magpie (Urocissa erythrorhyncha) (0)
 
		                ![Parrot [colombia_4722]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4722.jpg) Parrot [colombia_4722] (Colombia)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Bird (India)
 
		                ![Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6516]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6516.jpg) Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6516] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5863]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5863.jpg) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5863] (Colombia)
 
		                 Crested wood partridge (Rollulus rouloul) (0)
 
		                ![Young Red-footed Booby [belize_0404]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_0404.JPG) Young Red-footed Booby [belize_0404] (Belize)
 
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