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		                 Changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Lesser Adjutant Stork (0)
 
		                ![Forest groundbird [panama_0155]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0155.jpg) Forest groundbird [panama_0155] (Panama)
 
		                ![Blue-eared Kingfishers [sabah_kinabatangan_0306]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0306.jpg) Blue-eared Kingfishers [sabah_kinabatangan_0306] (Malaysia)
 
		                 Group of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) (Peru)
 
		                 Peacock displaying (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Green bee-eater (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Eastern yellow robin (Eopsaltria australis) [australia_fnq_0271]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0271.jpg) Eastern yellow robin (Eopsaltria australis) [australia_fnq_0271] (Australia)
 
		                 Starling (0)
 
		                ![Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0303]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0303.jpg) Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0303] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5579]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5579.jpg) Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5579] (Colombia)
 
		                 Malagasy Coucal (Centropus toulou) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Male orange weaver (Ploceus aurentius) on a papyrus plant (Uganda)
 
		                 Young sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                 Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) (0)
 
		                 Bird (Indonesia)
 
		                 Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) (0)
 
		                ![bird [panama_0525]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0525.jpg) bird [panama_0525] (Panama)
 
		                ![Flock of egrets [colombia_3548]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3548.jpg) Flock of egrets [colombia_3548] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Storks [sabah_kinabatangan_0241]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0241.jpg) Storks [sabah_kinabatangan_0241] (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Hoatzin [colombia_3507]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3507.jpg) Hoatzin [colombia_3507] (Colombia)
 
		                 Stork (India)
 
		                 Peacock displaying to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Bird [panama_0394]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0394.jpg) Bird [panama_0394] (Panama)
 
		                 Blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Leucippus chionogaster hummingbird and Coeligena (inca) torquata hummingbirds around bird feeder (Peru)
 
		                 Asian openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) (India)
 
		                 Female Madagascar Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Jacana among floating plants (Peru)
 
		                 Sunbird (0)
 
		                ![Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) [australia_fnq_0409]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0409.jpg) Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) [australia_fnq_0409] (Australia)
 
		                ![birds [colombia_1497]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1497.jpg) birds [colombia_1497] (Colombia)
 
		                 American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) (Colombia)
 
		                ![Cassoworow [panama_0436]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0436.jpg) Cassoworow [panama_0436] (Panama)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0231]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0231.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0231] (Australia)
 
		                 Sun conure (Aratinga solstitialis) (0)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                 Chinese Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) (0)
 
		                 African skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris) in Iguela lagoon (Gabon)
 
		                 Sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                ![African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0026]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0026.jpg) African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0026] (South Africa)
 
		                 Nazca booby with a chick (Ecuador)
 
		                 Sally lightfoot crab (Ecuador)
 
		                 Blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5334]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5334.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5334] (Colombia)
 
		                 Male and Female Sulawesi Wrinkled Hornbill (Aceros cassidix) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Bali Starling (Leucopsar rothschild) (0)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5624]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5624.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5624] (Colombia)
 
		                 Crested owl (Lophostrix cristata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) in tree [manu-Manu_1024_2603]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2603.JPG) Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) in tree [manu-Manu_1024_2603] (Peru)
 
		                ![Baby bird [colombia_5129]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5129.jpg) Baby bird [colombia_5129] (Colombia)
 
		                 Asian pied hornbill (Malaysia)
 
		                 Yellow flower (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0335]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0335.jpg) Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0335] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Orinoco geese [colombia_3377]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3377.jpg) Orinoco geese [colombia_3377] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6103]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6103.jpg) Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6103] (Colombia)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 A tern in flight at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Magpie-robin (South Africa)
 
		                 Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela) -- sabah_3819 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Crimson-backed Tanager (Colombia)
 
		                 Spur-winged Goose (Plectropterus gambensis) (Tanzania)
 
		                 Javan Kingfisher (Halcyon cyanoventris) (0)
 
		                ![Horned screamer [colombia_6085]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6085.jpg) Horned screamer [colombia_6085] (Colombia)
 
		                 Magpie Goose (Anseranas semipalmata) (0)
 
		                 Penguins on Chinese Hat Island (Ecuador)
 
		                 Parrots gathering to feed on clay (Peru)
 
		                 Lorikeet (Sulawesi - Celebes) -- sulawesi6553 (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sunset in the Galapagos (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris) [belize_8553]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_8553.JPG) Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris) [belize_8553] (Belize)
 
		                 Kingfisher (Indonesia)
 
		                 Swallow-tailed gulls mating (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Blue stork [australia_fnq_0761]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0761.jpg) Blue stork [australia_fnq_0761] (Australia)
 
		                 Peacock displaying to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Guan (Brazil)
 
		                 Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake (Peru)
 
		                 Stork in flight (India)
 
		                 Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in Quito, Ecuador. (Ecuador)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Sunbird [madagascar_ankarana_0365]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarana_0365.jpg) Sunbird [madagascar_ankarana_0365] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) landing on water (United States)
 
		                ![Oxpecker on a rhino [south_africa_kruger_0393]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0393.jpg) Oxpecker on a rhino [south_africa_kruger_0393] (South Africa)
 
		                 Common Egret (Ardea alba) (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Rhinoceros hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) (0)
 
		                 Loon (United States)
 
		                 Bird of prey (Mexico)
 
		                 Gulls in flight (United States)
 
		                 Sparkling violetear hummingbird (Colibri coruscans) in Quito, Ecuador. (Ecuador)
 
		                 Green bee-eater (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Australian scrub turkey [australia_mossman_gorge_178]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_mossman_gorge_178.jpg) Australian scrub turkey [australia_mossman_gorge_178] (Australia)
 
		                 Mangrove swallows (Tachycineta albilinea) (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Ruddy Pigeon (Patagioenas subvinacea), although possibly a Short-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris) (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Cattle egrets nesting in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                ![Black skimmer [colombia_3299]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3299.jpg) Black skimmer [colombia_3299] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Sunbirds [namibia_1314]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/namibia/150/namibia_1314.jpg) Sunbirds [namibia_1314] (Namibia)
 
		                 Scarlet macaws in flight (Peru)
 
		                 Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus) (Mexico)
 
		                 Blue-and-yellow macaws inflight (Peru)
 
		                 Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) (0)
 
		                ![Common bush-tanager [manu_0140]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0140.jpg) Common bush-tanager [manu_0140] (Peru)
 
		                 Guineafowl (0)
 
		                ![Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake [manu-Manu_1022_2165]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1022_2165.JPG) Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake [manu-Manu_1022_2165] (Peru)
 
		                 Sea lions underwater (Ecuador)
 
		                 Green peafowl (Pavo muticus) (Cambodia)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_5776]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5776.jpg) Bird [colombia_5776] (Colombia)
 
		                 Weaverbird nests (Tanzania)
 
		                 Golden-mantled Rosella (Platycercus eximius) in captivity (0)
 
		                 Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Sunbird [madagascar_ankarana_0361]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarana_0361.jpg) Sunbird [madagascar_ankarana_0361] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Emerald starling (Lamprotornis iris) (0)
 
		                 Cloud forest near Mindo (Ecuador)
 
		                 Moustached Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Group of Black Vultures (Coragyps atratus) (Peru)
 
		                 Red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) (India)
 
		                 Turquoise water off Rabida Island (Ecuador)
 
		                 Papuan wreathed hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus) (0)
 
		                 African pied wagtail perched on a wall (Uganda)
 
		                 Lesser Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna javanica) (India)
 
		                ![Great Blue Heron in Egypt [egypt_0286]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/egypt/150/egypt_0286.jpg) Great Blue Heron in Egypt [egypt_0286] (Egypt)
 
		                 Grey crowned cranes near a savanna waterhole (Uganda)
 
		                 Great kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) -- sabah_3151 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Red-faced bird (0)
 
		                ![Cocui heron [colombia_3321]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3321.jpg) Cocui heron [colombia_3321] (Colombia)
 
		                 Fish eagle in its nest (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Hoopoe (Upupa epops) [egypt_1010]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/egypt/150/egypt_1010.jpg) Hoopoe (Upupa epops) [egypt_1010] (Egypt)
 
		                 Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus) (Kenya)
 
		                 Eastern rosella (Platycercus eximius) (0)
 
		                 Red sand beach on Rabida Island (Ecuador)
 
		                 White sand beach on Chinese Hat Island (Ecuador)
 
		                 Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Blue-capped Cordon-bleu (Uraeginthus cyanocephalus) (0)
 
		                 Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata) (0)
 
		                ![Red cardinal fody (Foudia madagascariensis) [madagascar_6326]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6326.jpg) Red cardinal fody (Foudia madagascariensis) [madagascar_6326] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) (0)
 
		                ![Black skimmer [colombia_3296]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3296.jpg) Black skimmer [colombia_3296] (Colombia)
 
		                 Northern helmeted curassow (Pauxi pauxi) (0)
 
		                 Milky Stork (Mycteria cinerea) (0)
 
		                ![Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1506]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1506.jpg) Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1506] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) [south_africa_capetown_0322]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0322.jpg) African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) [south_africa_capetown_0322] (South Africa)
 
		                 Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                 Ray (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Sunbird [madagascar_ankarana_0359]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarana_0359.jpg) Sunbird [madagascar_ankarana_0359] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Malachite Kingfisher, a river kingfisher which is widely distributed in sub-Saharan Africa (Kenya)
 
		                 Gulls in flight (United States)
 
		                ![Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus [cr_3860]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/cr_3860.JPG) Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus [cr_3860] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Snake birds [sabah_kinabatangan_0236]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0236.jpg) Snake birds [sabah_kinabatangan_0236] (Malaysia)
 
		                 Kingfisher (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Greater Ani (Crotophaga major) [colombia_3473]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3473.jpg) Greater Ani (Crotophaga major) [colombia_3473] (Colombia)
 
		                 Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) -- sabah_3177 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Hoatzins sitting on a branch (Peru)
 
		                 Tortuga bay beach (Ecuador)
 
		                 Common Piping Guan; Pipile pipile (Peru)
 
		                 Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus) (Ecuador)
 
		                 Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) (0)
 
		                ![Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) bower [australia_fnq_0453]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0453.jpg) Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) bower [australia_fnq_0453] (Australia)
 
		                ![Van Dam's Vanga (Xenopirostris damii) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0195]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0195.jpg) Van Dam's Vanga (Xenopirostris damii) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0195] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                 Unidentified raptor on the banks of the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia (Malaysia)
 
		                 School of fish (Ecuador)
 
		                 Cloud forest bromeliad (Ecuador)
 
		                 Finch (Sulawesi - Celebes) -- sulawesi7543 (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Birds [colombia_4576]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4576.jpg) Birds [colombia_4576] (Colombia)
 
		                 rhinoceros hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Female Madagascar Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata) [madagascar_1890]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_1890.jpg) Female Madagascar Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata) [madagascar_1890] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Swainson's Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) in flight [costa-rica_1112]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1112.jpg) Swainson's Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) in flight [costa-rica_1112] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Heron (India)
 
		                ![Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2809a]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2809a.jpg) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2809a] (Peru)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Scarlet macaw [panama_0432]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0432.jpg) Scarlet macaw [panama_0432] (Panama)
 
		                ![Lesser sooty owl [australia_fnq_1003]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_1003.jpg) Lesser sooty owl [australia_fnq_1003] (Australia)
 
		                 Bird (Indonesia)
 
		                 Whitetip reef shark (Triaenodon obesus) (Ecuador)
 
		                 Sea lion nursing its pup (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Male and female Papuan Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus) [west-papua_0302]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0302.jpg) Male and female Papuan Hornbill (Rhyticeros plicatus) [west-papua_0302] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Trogons -- sabah_3608 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Chattering Lory (Lorius garrulus) (0)
 
		                 Red sand beach on Rabida Island (Ecuador)
 
		                 Pair of Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in flight (Peru)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5554]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5554.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5554] (Colombia)
 
		                 Sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Parrots in tree [manu-Manu_1024_2587]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2587.JPG) Parrots in tree [manu-Manu_1024_2587] (Peru)
 
		                ![Crested Coua (Coua cristata) [madagascar_4166]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4166.jpg) Crested Coua (Coua cristata) [madagascar_4166] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Turquoise water off Rabida Island (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Bird [panama_0236]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0236.jpg) Bird [panama_0236] (Panama)
 
		                ![Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5215]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5215.jpg) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5215] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Male Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_masoala_0255]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0255.jpg) Male Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_masoala_0255] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Oropendula in flight [costa_rica_la_selva_1376]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1376.jpg) Oropendula in flight [costa_rica_la_selva_1376] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 White-tipped reef shark (Ecuador)
 
		                 Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus} -- tz_1570 (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2824]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2824.JPG) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2824] (Peru)
 
		                ![Male Great Curassow (Crax rubra) [belize_7162]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_7162.JPG) Male Great Curassow (Crax rubra) [belize_7162] (Belize)
 
		                 rhinoceros hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                 White throated kingfisher (India)
 
		                ![Horned screamer [colombia_4818]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4818.jpg) Horned screamer [colombia_4818] (Colombia)
 
		                 Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata) (0)
 
		                 Bird (China)
 
		                 Red-and-green macaws in flight above clay lick (Peru)
 
		                ![Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2808a]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2808a.jpg) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2808a] (Peru)
 
		                 Capped heron (Suriname)
 
		                 Orange flower (Ecuador)
 
		                 Vultures (Zimbabwe)
 
		                 Tufted puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) (0)
 
		                ![White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)? [sumatra_0911]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_0911.jpg) White-throated Kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)? [sumatra_0911] (Indonesia)
 
		                 rhinoceros hornbill in flight (Indonesia)
 
		                 Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) and Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Red-fan Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus) (0)
 
		                 Pink parrot (0)
 
		                ![Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8524]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_8524.JPG) Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) [belize_8524] (Belize)
 
		                 Crested partridge (Rollulus rouloul) (0)
 
		                ![Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis) [costa_rica_siquirres_0129]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_siquirres_0129.jpg) Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis) [costa_rica_siquirres_0129] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Reeves's Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii), endemic to China (0)
 
		                ![Herons on a tropical beach [java_0707]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia-java/150/java_0707.jpg) Herons on a tropical beach [java_0707] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_1521]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1521.jpg) Bird [costa_rica_la_selva_1521] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Peacock displaying for a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala) [headshot]](http://www.mongabay.com/images/uganda/150/ug6_5365.JPG) Black-headed heron (Ardea melanocephala) [headshot] (Uganda)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Female Eclectus Redsided Parrot (Eclectus roratus) [red, blue, purple]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/animals/150/animals_01824.jpg) Female Eclectus Redsided Parrot (Eclectus roratus) [red, blue, purple] (0)
 
		                 Rescued spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) (Peru)
 
		                 Collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) (0)
 
		                ![Blue bird [south_africa_kruger_5143]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_5143.jpg) Blue bird [south_africa_kruger_5143] (South Africa)
 
		                ![Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0206]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0206.jpg) Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0206] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 African fish eagle in a marsh (Tanzania)
 
		                 Megapode (Indonesia)
 
		                 Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Oriole (Mexico)
 
		                ![Heron [colombia_4803]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4803.jpg) Heron [colombia_4803] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0265]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0265.jpg) Hummingbird [costa_rica_la_selva_0265] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Bird [panama_0057]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0057.jpg) Bird [panama_0057] (Panama)
 
		                 Pair of Amazon Kingfishers (Chloroceryle amazona) (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinals) (0)
 
		                ![Orinoco geese in flight [colombia_6413]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6413.jpg) Orinoco geese in flight [colombia_6413] (Colombia)
 
		                 Marbled Murrelet (Brachyramphus marmoratus) in Glacier Bay (United States)
 
		                ![Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) [south_africa_kruger_0340]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0340.jpg) Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) [south_africa_kruger_0340] (South Africa)
 
		                 Tyrian Metaltail (Metallura tyrianthina) (Peru)
 
		                 King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) (0)
 
		                 Common Murre (Uria aalge) (United States)
 
		                 Cattle egrets nesting in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Bald eagle (United States)
 
		                ![Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4926]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_4926.JPG) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4926] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Whitetip reef sharks (Triaenodon obesus) (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Crested Wood Partridge (Rollulus rouloul) [male in front, female in background]](http://travel.mongabay.com/animals/images/150/animals_00242.jpg) Crested Wood Partridge (Rollulus rouloul) [male in front, female in background] (0)
 
		                ![Green Ibis [colombia_5350]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5350.jpg) Green Ibis [colombia_5350] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis) [madagascar_perinet_0493]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_perinet_0493.jpg) Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis) [madagascar_perinet_0493] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Male Madagascar Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata [madagascar_4437]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4437.jpg) Male Madagascar Paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata [madagascar_4437] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Bird (0)
 
		                ![Black-hooded Antshrike (Thamnophilus bridgesi) [cr_3917]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/cr_3917.JPG) Black-hooded Antshrike (Thamnophilus bridgesi) [cr_3917] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Black vulture [colombia_2486]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_2486.jpg) Black vulture [colombia_2486] (Colombia)
 
		                 Rescued spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) (Peru)
 
		                 Female Red-crowned Ant Tanager (Habia rubica) (Mexico)
 
		                ![Juvenile Malagasy Coucal [madagascar_ankarana_0075]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarana_0075.jpg) Juvenile Malagasy Coucal [madagascar_ankarana_0075] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Water turkey (Peru)
 
		                 Male knobbed hornbill (Rhyticeros cassidix) (Indonesia)
 
		                 American snakebird (Peru)
 
		                ![Rosella [australia_fnq_0445]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0445.jpg) Rosella [australia_fnq_0445] (Australia)
 
		                ![Blyth's Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus); local name: kokomo [west-papua_0272]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0272.jpg) Blyth's Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus); local name: kokomo [west-papua_0272] (Indonesia)
 
		                 African darters (Anhinga rufa) in Chobe National Park (Botswana)
 
		                ![Great blue heron [egypt_1738]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/egypt/150/egypt_1738.jpg) Great blue heron [egypt_1738] (Egypt)
 
		                 Brown pelicans in flight (Colombia)
 
		                ![Snake birds [sabah_kinabatangan_0230]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0230.jpg) Snake birds [sabah_kinabatangan_0230] (Malaysia)
 
		                 Three Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in flight (Peru)
 
		                 Rainbow Lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) (0)
 
		                 Peacock showing off to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) (0)
 
		                 Red-and-green macaw flying over forest (Peru)
 
		                 Madagascar Turtle-dove (Streptopelia picturata) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Lineated Woodpecker (Colombia)
 
		                 Anhinga or snake bird (Anhinga anhinga) (Costa Rica)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Baltimore Orioles (Icterus galbula) [costa-rica_0378]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0378.jpg) Baltimore Orioles (Icterus galbula) [costa-rica_0378] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Small gray grebe or duck [costa_rica_5332]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_5332.JPG) Small gray grebe or duck [costa_rica_5332] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Bird (Sulawesi - Celebes) (Indonesia)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Bald eagle (United States)
 
		                 Finches perched on rope in Borneo (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Bird [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0756]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0756.jpg) Bird [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0756] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_3009]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3009.jpg) Bird [colombia_3009] (Colombia)
 
		                 Parakeet (India)
 
		                ![Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) [australia_fnq_0383]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0383.jpg) Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) [australia_fnq_0383] (Australia)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0350]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0350.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0350] (Australia)
 
		                 Sakalava Weavers (Ploceus sakalava) nesting (Madagascar)
 
		                 Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) (0)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5504]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5504.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5504] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Mangrove swallow (Tachycineta albilinea) [costa-rica_0223]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0223.jpg) Mangrove swallow (Tachycineta albilinea) [costa-rica_0223] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) flying with underwings visible (Peru)
 
		                ![Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) [sumatra_9002]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_9002.jpg) Barn Swallows (Hirundo rustica) [sumatra_9002] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Hadida ibis in a tree (Uganda)
 
		                 Young sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                 Shorebird at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) (Peru)
 
		                 Northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinals) (0)
 
		                 Raptor -- sabah_3415 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Jabiru stork standing in its nest [colombia_3385]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3385.jpg) Jabiru stork standing in its nest [colombia_3385] (Colombia)
 
		                 Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala) in tree (Peru)
 
		                 Rhinoceros hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                 Black-fronted nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Flock of egrets [colombia_3524]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3524.jpg) Flock of egrets [colombia_3524] (Colombia)
 
		                 Sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Pair of Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4151]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_4151.JPG) Pair of Scarlet macaws (Ara macao) [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4151] (Peru)
 
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