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 Last update: 2017-07-27
 
 
    
		        
		            
		            
		                 Blue butterfly with orange and yellow spots (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Scarlet macaws in flight [costa-rica_1181]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1181.jpg) Scarlet macaws in flight [costa-rica_1181] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Male Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Flock of egrets [colombia_3537]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3537.jpg) Flock of egrets [colombia_3537] (Colombia)
 
		                 Yellow flower (Ecuador)
 
		                 Splendid starling (Lamprotornis splendidus) (Kenya)
 
		                 Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana) (Colombia)
 
		                 Sumatran hawk (Indonesia)
 
		                 Masked trogon (Trogon personatus) (Ecuador)
 
		                 Bornean crested fireback (Lophura ignita) (0)
 
		                ![Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) [australia_fnq_0385]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0385.jpg) Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) [australia_fnq_0385] (Australia)
 
		                 Blue Eared Kingfisher (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) [south_africa_kruger_0210]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0210.jpg) Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) [south_africa_kruger_0210] (South Africa)
 
		                 Male Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                 Male cock-of-the rock (Peru)
 
		                 Leaves with red spots (Ecuador)
 
		                 Bird with white head, black wings, and an orange chest -- borneo_3918 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Male ostrich defending chicks -- tz_1870 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii) (0)
 
		                 Bird (Peru)
 
		                 Bird on Tiputini River in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 rhinoceros hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                 Emu (0)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Black skimmers [colombia_3468]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3468.jpg) Black skimmers [colombia_3468] (Colombia)
 
		                 Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea) (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) (0)
 
		                 Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Splendid sunbird (0)
 
		                 Yellow-fronted Canary (Serinus mozambicus) (Kenya)
 
		                 Scarlet macaw (Peru)
 
		                 Changeable hawk-eagle (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Sumatran heron (Indonesia)
 
		                 Peacock displaying to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0332]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0332.jpg) Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0332] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Pigeon (Panama)
 
		                ![Bird [panama_0494]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0494.jpg) Bird [panama_0494] (Panama)
 
		                ![Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_285]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_daintree_285.jpg) Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_285] (Australia)
 
		                 Swifts (unidentified) in cliffs along the Kinabantagan River in Sabah, Malaysia (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) [tambopata-Tambopata_1029_4695]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1029_4695.JPG) Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) [tambopata-Tambopata_1029_4695] (Peru)
 
		                 Purple Grenadier (Ureaginthus Ianthinogaster) (Kenya)
 
		                 Crested bird (0)
 
		                ![Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1511]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1511.jpg) Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1511] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Fish eagle in its nest (Indonesia)
 
		                 Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 White-tipped reef shark (Ecuador)
 
		                 Large flock of African skimmers (Rhynchops flavirostris) over the Kazinga Channel (Uganda)
 
		                 Red-footed booby (Ecuador)
 
		                 Flower (Ecuador)
 
		                 Woodpecker (Panama)
 
		                ![Sunbirds [namibia_1317]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/namibia/150/namibia_1317.jpg) Sunbirds [namibia_1317] (Namibia)
 
		                ![Snake bird [sabah_kinabatangan_0179]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0179.jpg) Snake bird [sabah_kinabatangan_0179] (Malaysia)
 
		                 Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) (India)
 
		                ![Crested coua [madagascar_ankarana_0396]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarana_0396.jpg) Crested coua [madagascar_ankarana_0396] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Pair of Sulawesi knobbed hornbills (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0806]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0806.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0806] (Australia)
 
		                ![Curassow [costa_rica_la_selva_1844]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1844.jpg) Curassow [costa_rica_la_selva_1844] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant [costa-rica_0873]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0873.jpg) Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant [costa-rica_0873] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Crested hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                 Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) (0)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Ibis at the Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Scarlet macaw (Peru)
 
		                 Oriental Pied Hornbill eating fruit -- sabah_3140 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Raptor [colombia_5529]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5529.jpg) Raptor [colombia_5529] (Colombia)
 
		                 Yellow-wattled lapwing (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Golden Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) (0)
 
		                 Flowers (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Madagascar Crested Ibis (Lophotibis cristata) in captivity [animals_zh_052]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/animals/zh/150/animals_zh_052.jpg) Madagascar Crested Ibis (Lophotibis cristata) in captivity [animals_zh_052] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Pied Imperial-pigeon (Ducula bicolor) (0)
 
		                ![Jabiru stork standing in its nest [colombia_3447]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3447.jpg) Jabiru stork standing in its nest [colombia_3447] (Colombia)
 
		                 Montezuma Oropendola (Gymnostinops montezuma) in a palm tree (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Sulawesi Green Imperial Pigeon (Ducula aenea) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Stork-billed Kingfisher along the Kinabatangan River -- sabah_3182 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) (0)
 
		                ![Baby bird [colombia_5150]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5150.jpg) Baby bird [colombia_5150] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Invasive Guinea fowl in Madagascar [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0407]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0407.jpg) Invasive Guinea fowl in Madagascar [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0407] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Blue bird in Vietnam (Vietnam)
 
		                ![Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [manu_0438]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0438.jpg) Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [manu_0438] (Peru)
 
		                 Starling (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sea lions in the Galapagos (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Violaceous Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus) [colombia_4906]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4906.jpg) Violaceous Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus) [colombia_4906] (Colombia)
 
		                 Young sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                 Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (United States)
 
		                 Sun parakeet (0)
 
		                 Mountain Owlet-Nightjar (Aegotheles albertisi) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Bali Starling in captivity (0)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                 Masked crimson tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Knobbed Hornbil (Indonesia)
 
		                 Budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus) (0)
 
		                ![Blue stork [australia_fnq_0765]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0765.jpg) Blue stork [australia_fnq_0765] (Australia)
 
		                 Passerini's Tanager (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Pair of scarlet macaws [manu_0987]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0987.jpg) Pair of scarlet macaws [manu_0987] (Peru)
 
		                 Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Yellow-rumped cacique [colombia_5598]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5598.jpg) Yellow-rumped cacique [colombia_5598] (Colombia)
 
		                 Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) (0)
 
		                 Turquoise tanager (Tangara mexicana) (0)
 
		                 Snake bird (Malaysia)
 
		                 Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica) (Peru)
 
		                 Juvenile great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) (Cambodia)
 
		                ![Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6033]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6033.jpg) Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6033] (Colombia)
 
		                 Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) (Peru)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Yellow-billed Stork, Mycteria ibis, along the Kazinga channel (Uganda)
 
		                 Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Kori Bustard (Ardeotis kori) -- tz_2421 (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Male peacock displaying to a female [colombia_1667]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_1667.jpg) Male peacock displaying to a female [colombia_1667] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Red-and-green macaws [manu-Manu_1024_2595]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2595.JPG) Red-and-green macaws [manu-Manu_1024_2595] (Peru)
 
		                ![Adult wattled jacana [colombia_4877]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4877.jpg) Adult wattled jacana [colombia_4877] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Pitta-like Ground-roller (Atelornis pittoides) [madagascar_4905]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4905.jpg) Pitta-like Ground-roller (Atelornis pittoides) [madagascar_4905] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                 Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) (Peru)
 
		                 Young Cabybaras (Hydrochaeris hydrochaeris) along Rio Tambopata (Peru)
 
		                ![Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight over crashing surf [costa-rica_1433]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1433.jpg) Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight over crashing surf [costa-rica_1433] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females [west-papua_0754]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_0754.jpg) Vogelkop Bowerbird bower with red fruit and other items to attract females [west-papua_0754] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Pelican (0)
 
		                 Changeable hawk-eagle (0)
 
		                 Greater Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea apoda) (0)
 
		                 Gulls on the shore of Glacier Bay (United States)
 
		                 Young sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                 Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus) (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Stork-billed Kingfisher [sabah_kinabatangan_0019]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0019.jpg) Stork-billed Kingfisher [sabah_kinabatangan_0019] (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Heron on a tropical beach [java_0682]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/indonesia-java/150/java_0682.jpg) Heron on a tropical beach [java_0682] (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Red-and-green macaws [manu-Manu_1024_2637]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2637.JPG) Red-and-green macaws [manu-Manu_1024_2637] (Peru)
 
		                 Yellow-wattled lapwing (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Male Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_masoala_0258]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0258.jpg) Male Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_masoala_0258] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_4262]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4262.jpg) Bird [colombia_4262] (Colombia)
 
		                 Southern yellow-billed hornbill  (Tockus leucomelas) (Botswana)
 
		                ![Tanager [colombia_5590]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5590.jpg) Tanager [colombia_5590] (Colombia)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Parrot [manu_0324]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0324.jpg) Parrot [manu_0324] (Peru)
 
		                 Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Red-billed Leiothrix (0)
 
		                ![Frigate bird in flight [colombia_sd_0059]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_sd_0059.jpg) Frigate bird in flight [colombia_sd_0059] (Colombia)
 
		                 Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Roseate Cockatoo (Eolophus roseicapilla) (0)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                ![Blue and yellow macaw [colombia_6506]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6506.jpg) Blue and yellow macaw [colombia_6506] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Red-and-green macaws [manu-Manu_1024_2630]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2630.JPG) Red-and-green macaws [manu-Manu_1024_2630] (Peru)
 
		                ![Hooded mountain-tanager (Buthraupis montana) [manu_0040]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0040.jpg) Hooded mountain-tanager (Buthraupis montana) [manu_0040] (Peru)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                 Male Sulawesi wrinkled hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                 A Narrow-billed Tody (Todus angustirostris) nest on a vine in Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                ![Pair of scarlet macaws [manu_1010]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_1010.jpg) Pair of scarlet macaws [manu_1010] (Peru)
 
		                 Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor) (0)
 
		                 White-crested Hornbill (Tropicranus albocristatus) (0)
 
		                 Jacamar (Colombia)
 
		                ![Bird [panama_0501]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0501.jpg) Bird [panama_0501] (Panama)
 
		                 Macaws in flight (Peru)
 
		                 Black Lory (Chalcopsitta atra) (0)
 
		                ![Woodpecker [colombia_0384]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_0384.jpg) Woodpecker [colombia_0384] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_5785]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5785.jpg) Bird [colombia_5785] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Guan [brazil_155419]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/brazil/150/brazil_155419.jpg) Guan [brazil_155419] (Brazil)
 
		                ![Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_273]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_daintree_273.jpg) Wompoo fruit dove (Ptilinopus magnificus) [australia_daintree_273] (Australia)
 
		                 Sunbird -- borneo_6213 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Unknown bird -- borneo_4106 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Peacock showing off to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                 Enrichment activity for a male lesser bird of paradise that doesn't know how to attract females (0)
 
		                 Little Bee-eater {Merops pusillus} -- tz_1577 (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Saddle-billed Stork [south_africa_kruger_0858]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0858.jpg) Saddle-billed Stork [south_africa_kruger_0858] (South Africa)
 
		                 A tern in flight at Oviedo Lagoon in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                ![Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0123]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0123.jpg) Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0123] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Hyacinth macaw in captivity (0)
 
		                ![Bird [sumatra_1238]](http://travel.mongabay.com/indonesia/150/sumatra_1238.jpg) Bird [sumatra_1238] (Indonesia)
 
		                 African Crowned Eagle (0)
 
		                 Buff-rumped Warbler (Basileuterus fulvicauda) (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) (0)
 
		                ![Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) [australia_fnq_0396]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0396.jpg) Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) [australia_fnq_0396] (Australia)
 
		                 Roseate Spoonbill (0)
 
		                ![Violaceous Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus) [colombia_4904]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4904.jpg) Violaceous Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus) [colombia_4904] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) flying over a forming wave in Costa Rica [costa-rica_1419a]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1419a.jpg) Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) flying over a forming wave in Costa Rica [costa-rica_1419a] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5592]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5592.jpg) Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5592] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5284]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5284.jpg) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5284] (Colombia)
 
		                 Macaws flying over the Amazon (Peru)
 
		                ![Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5837]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5837.jpg) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5837] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4121]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_4121.JPG) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4121] (Peru)
 
		                ![Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus) [wayquecha-andes_0340]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0340.jpg) Masked Trogon (Trogon personatus) [wayquecha-andes_0340] (Peru)
 
		                 Pelicans, cormorants, and other birds on a sandbar in the Kazinga Channel (Uganda)
 
		                ![Bird [panama_0491]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/panama/150/panama_0491.jpg) Bird [panama_0491] (Panama)
 
		                 Vultures feeding on a wildebeest killed by lions (Tanzania)
 
		                 Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Water bird (0)
 
		                 Baby Eclectus Parrots (Eclectus roratus polychloros) (0)
 
		                ![Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2785a]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/manu/Manu_1024_2785a.jpg) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) [manu-Manu_1024_2785a] (Peru)
 
		                ![Storks [sabah_kinabatangan_0240]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0240.jpg) Storks [sabah_kinabatangan_0240] (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Kookaburra [australia_fnq_0986]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0986.jpg) Kookaburra [australia_fnq_0986] (Australia)
 
		                ![Greater Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis vasa) [madagascar_4321]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4321.jpg) Greater Vasa Parrot (Coracopsis vasa) [madagascar_4321] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Bird (Peru)
 
		                 Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Stork (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1505]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1505.jpg) Hummingbirds [costa_rica_la_selva_1505] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Parrot (0)
 
		                ![Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0106]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0106.jpg) Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0106] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Tropical Kingbird (Suriname)
 
		                 Male knobbed hornbill (Rhyticeros cassidix) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_4268]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4268.jpg) Bird [colombia_4268] (Colombia)
 
		                 Rhinoceros hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_osa_0823]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0823.jpg) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_osa_0823] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Madagascar Kingfisher (Alcedo vintsioides) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                 Horned screamer (Peru)
 
		                 Pigeon (0)
 
		                ![Black vultures atop a tree, jostling for position [colombia_6247]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6247.jpg) Black vultures atop a tree, jostling for position [colombia_6247] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Birds [colombia_6431]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6431.jpg) Birds [colombia_6431] (Colombia)
 
		                 Grey kestrel (Falco ardosiaceus) (Kenya)
 
		                 Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus) (Kenya)
 
		                 Vermilion-crowned Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis) (Colombia)
 
		                 Sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                 Sally Lightfoot Crab (Grapsus grapsus) (Ecuador)
 
		                 Smyrna kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_5274]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5274.jpg) Bird [colombia_5274] (Colombia)
 
		                 Stink birds in the Amazon (Peru)
 
		                ![Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0631]](http://travel.mongabay.com/suriname/150/suriname_0631.JPG) Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0631] (Suriname)
 
		                 Lesser adjutant (Leptoptilos javanicus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Triggerfish in a garden of eels (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Papuan frogmouth (Podargus papuensis) [australia_fnq_0322]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0322.jpg) Papuan frogmouth (Podargus papuensis) [australia_fnq_0322] (Australia)
 
		                 Cuban Amazon (Amazona leucocephala) (0)
 
		                ![Red-billed Oxpecker [south_africa_kruger_5226]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_5226.jpg) Red-billed Oxpecker [south_africa_kruger_5226] (South Africa)
 
		                ![Sunbird [madagascar_ankarana_0372]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarana_0372.jpg) Sunbird [madagascar_ankarana_0372] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                ![White-throated Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus) [colombia_0056]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_0056.jpg) White-throated Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus) [colombia_0056] (Colombia)
 
		                 Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi) (Peru)
 
		                 Lories (0)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineata) (0)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Blue-eared Kingfishers (Alcedo meninting phillipsi) [sabah_kinabatangan_0267]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0267.jpg) Blue-eared Kingfishers (Alcedo meninting phillipsi) [sabah_kinabatangan_0267] (Malaysia)
 
		                 Hoatzin eating (Peru)
 
		                ![Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0099]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0099.jpg) Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0099] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Agami heron (Agamia agami) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Jabiru stork standing in its nest [colombia_3442]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3442.jpg) Jabiru stork standing in its nest [colombia_3442] (Colombia)
 
		                 White-throated Bee-eater (Merops albicollis) (0)
 
		                ![Raptor in Riau [riau_5549]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/riau/150/riau_5549.jpg) Raptor in Riau [riau_5549] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Sandhill cranes (Grus canadensis) flying over Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (United States)
 
		                ![Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) [south_africa_kruger_0266]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0266.jpg) Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) [south_africa_kruger_0266] (South Africa)
 
		                ![Golden-headed Manakin (Pipra erythrocephala) [colombia_0636]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_0636.jpg) Golden-headed Manakin (Pipra erythrocephala) [colombia_0636] (Colombia)
 
		                 Changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Hoatzins sitting on a branch (Peru)
 
		                 Red-wattled lapwing (Vanellus indicus) (India)
 
		                ![Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5263]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5263.jpg) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5263] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Raptor [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0137]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0137.jpg) Raptor [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0137] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Bar-pouched Wreathed Hornbill (Rhyticeros undulatus) in captivity (0)
 
		                 Peacock displaying (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Crested Coua (Coua cristata) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0201]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_ankarafantsika_0201.jpg) Crested Coua (Coua cristata) [madagascar_ankarafantsika_0201] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_2450]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/colombia/150/colombia_2450.jpg) Bird [colombia_2450] (Colombia)
 
		                 Rabida Island (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Blue-eared Kingfishers (Alcedo meninting phillipsi) [sabah_kinabatangan_0290]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0290.jpg) Blue-eared Kingfishers (Alcedo meninting phillipsi) [sabah_kinabatangan_0290] (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Pair of scarlet macaws [manu_0986]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0986.jpg) Pair of scarlet macaws [manu_0986] (Peru)
 
		                 Finch perched on rope in Borneo (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Blue bird [south_africa_kruger_5146]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_5146.jpg) Blue bird [south_africa_kruger_5146] (South Africa)
 
		                 Bird of prey -- borneo_4831 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Saddle-billed Stork [south_africa_kruger_0867]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0867.jpg) Saddle-billed Stork [south_africa_kruger_0867] (South Africa)
 
		                 Lesser whistling duck (Dendrocygna javanica) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Raptor [south_africa_kruger_0338]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0338.jpg) Raptor [south_africa_kruger_0338] (South Africa)
 
		                 Superb Starling, Lamprotornis superbus -- tz_1679 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Kingfisher (Ubud, Bali) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0092]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0092.jpg) Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus) [male] [costa_rica_la_selva_0092] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Male ostrich defending chicks -- tz_1869 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Macaws in the rainforest canopy (Peru)
 
		                 Flower (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5276]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5276.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5276] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Bird [manu_0136]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/manu_0136.jpg) Bird [manu_0136] (Peru)
 
		                ![Oropendula in flight [costa_rica_la_selva_1375]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1375.jpg) Oropendula in flight [costa_rica_la_selva_1375] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Lories (0)
 
		                 Hawk (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0311]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0311.jpg) Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0311] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Greater ani (Colombia)
 
		                 Waldrapp (Geronticus eremita) (0)
 
		                 Shark in Galapagos (Ecuador)
 
		                 Bald eagle (United States)
 
		                 Southern Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) (0)
 
		                ![Malagasy Coucal (Centropus toulou) [madagascar_perinet_0063]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_perinet_0063.jpg) Malagasy Coucal (Centropus toulou) [madagascar_perinet_0063] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                 Tortuga bay beach (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0327]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0327.jpg) Short-legged Ground Roller (Brachypteracias leptosomus) [madagascar_masoala_0327] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Madagascar kingfisher (Alcedo vintsioides) [madagascar_masoala_0472]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_masoala_0472.jpg) Madagascar kingfisher (Alcedo vintsioides) [madagascar_masoala_0472] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Parakeet (Melopsittacus undulatus) (0)
 
		                 White-breasted Mesite (Mesitornis variegata) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Female Malagasy Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone mutata) (Madagascar)
 
		                ![African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0019]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0019.jpg) African fish eagle [south_africa_kruger_0019] (South Africa)
 
		                 Swallow-tailed gulls mating (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Tanager [colombia_5602]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5602.jpg) Tanager [colombia_5602] (Colombia)
 
		                 Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) (Mexico)
 
		                 Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis) (Belize)
 
		                 A bird in the Ebano Verde Scientific Reserve in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Nazca booby with chick (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Scarlet-bellied Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus igniventris) [wayquecha-andes_0129]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/peru/150/wayquecha-andes_0129.jpg) Scarlet-bellied Mountain-tanager (Anisognathus igniventris) [wayquecha-andes_0129] (Peru)
 
		                ![Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) [belize_8265]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_8265.JPG) Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) [belize_8265] (Belize)
 
		                ![American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) [colombia_5199]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5199.jpg) American Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) [colombia_5199] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) [belize_6865]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_6865.JPG) Bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) [belize_6865] (Belize)
 
		                ![Rainbow lorikeet [australia_fnq_0790]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0790.jpg) Rainbow lorikeet [australia_fnq_0790] (Australia)
 
		                ![Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [cr_3890]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/cr_3890.JPG) Swainson’s Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [cr_3890] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_osa_0809]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_osa_0809.jpg) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_osa_0809] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Hoatzin in the Amazon (Peru)
 
		                 Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) (0)
 
		                ![Cattle egret [colombia_3271]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3271.jpg) Cattle egret [colombia_3271] (Colombia)
 
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