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Last update: 2017-07-27
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Macaws in the rainforest canopy
(Peru)
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Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus)
(Cambodia)
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Green and black bird
(Indonesia)
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Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico
(United States)
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Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) and orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)
(0)
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Blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus)
(Sri Lanka)
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Crowned Hawk-eagle
(0)
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Galapagos sea lion
(Ecuador)
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Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) bower [australia_fnq_0454]
(Australia)
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Red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea)
(0)
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Green Ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis)
(Colombia)
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Knobbed hornbill
(0)
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Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus)
(Tanzania)
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Female Velvet Asity (Philepitta castanea) gathering leaves [madagascar_5238]
(Madagascar)
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Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) foraging in Chobe National Park
(Botswana)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis) [costa_rica_la_selva_0138]
(Costa Rica)
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Red lored parrots in flight [costa-rica_1173]
(Costa Rica)
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Gilded barbet in the rainforest canopy
(Peru)
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Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0209]
(Costa Rica)
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Marine iguana
(Ecuador)
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African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) -- tz_1520
(Tanzania)
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Lesser sooty owl
(Australia)
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Tanager [colombia_5578]
(Colombia)
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Marine iguana
(Ecuador)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) [australia_fnq_0375]
(Australia)
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Common Bulbul, Pycnonotus barbatus
(Kenya)
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Bird [south_africa_capetown_0091]
(South Africa)
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Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) [west-papua_5162]
(Indonesia)
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Great hornbill
(Thailand)
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Enrichment activity for a male lesser bird of paradise that doesn't know how to attract females
(0)
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Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
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Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera)
(Peru)
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Kicker Rock
(Ecuador)
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Hammerkop [south_africa_kruger_5141]
(South Africa)
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Rescued spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
(Peru)
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Madagascar Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis) [animals_zh_028]
(Madagascar)
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Island off Isla Santiago
(Ecuador)
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Hoatzin in the Amazon
(Peru)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Gal‡pagos sharks
(Ecuador)
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Guira cuckoo feeding on a cricket
(0)
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Island off Isla Santiago
(Ecuador)
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Bird [australia_daintree_338]
(Australia)
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Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) atop a tree
(Kenya)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws in flight
(Suriname)
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Slender-billed kite (Helicolestes hamatus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Flock of storks in flight [madagascar_7483]
(Madagascar)
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Scarlet ibis [colombia_5414]
(Colombia)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws inflight
(Peru)
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Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) - juvenile [co07-0579a]
(Colombia)
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Red-vented bulbul
(India)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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Tricolored Lory (Lorius lory)
(Indonesia)
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Bird [colombia_4339]
(Colombia)
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Grey-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala, on a Euphorbia plant
(Uganda)
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Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco)
(0)
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Madagascar Bee-eater (Merops superciliosus) [madagascar_4481]
(Madagascar)
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Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) [belize_0098]
(Belize)
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Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) in flight
(Peru)
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Hammerhead shark
(Ecuador)
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Parrots (species?) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Gray Gull
(Colombia)
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A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0580]
(Suriname)
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Scarlet ibis [colombia_5419]
(Colombia)
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Sumatran heron
(Indonesia)
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Hoatzin [colombia_5386]
(Colombia)
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Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) [south_africa_kruger_0414]
(South Africa)
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Hammerhead sharks
(Ecuador)
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Macaw clay lick from a distance
(Peru)
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Blue-eared Kingfishers (Alcedo meninting phillipsi) [sabah_kinabatangan_0271]
(Malaysia)
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Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
(Peru)
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Hoatzin [colombia_3311]
(Colombia)
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Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5573]
(Colombia)
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Lava lizard
(Ecuador)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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Brown-throated Parakeets (Aratinga pertinax) [colombia_5688]
(Colombia)
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Marine iguanas
(Ecuador)
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Blue-headed Amazon
(Peru)
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Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) bower [australia_fnq_0452]
(Australia)
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King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
(0)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws in flight [suriname_2628]
(Suriname)
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Black-fronted Nunbirds (Monasa nigrifrons)
(Peru)
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African White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus)
(Tanzania)
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Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5497]
(Colombia)
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Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis)
(0)
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Asian black chicken (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi)
(Indonesia)
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Blue-throated Bee-eater
(Malaysia)
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Black-chested Snake eagle (Circaetus pectoralis)
(Tanzania)
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Marine iguana on a white sand beach
(Ecuador)
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Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) [australia_fnq_0405]
(Australia)
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Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis)
(Sri Lanka)
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Waldrapp ibis (Geronticus eremita)
(0)
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Green magpie (Cissa chinensis)
(0)
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Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight over crashing surf [costa-rica_1430]
(Costa Rica)
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Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus)
(Belize)
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Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus)
(Kenya)
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Blue-tailed Bee-eater
(Sri Lanka)
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Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) eating a worm/grub/insect larvae
(Malaysia)
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Marine iguanas
(Ecuador)
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Black skimmer [colombia_3383]
(Colombia)
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Knobbed hornbill
(0)
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Hoatzins in Peru
(Peru)
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Jaguar footprint in mud
(Peru)
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Scarlet ibis [colombia_5327]
(Colombia)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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Hoatzins [colombia_5071]
(Colombia)
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Male and female Papuan Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus) in the rainforest canopy in New Guinea
(Indonesia)
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Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) [australia_fnq_0384]
(Australia)
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Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
(United States)
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Changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus)
(0)
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Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic.
(Dominican Republic)
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Peacock showing off to a peahen
(Sri Lanka)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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Openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans)
(Sri Lanka)
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Bird
(Peru)
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Sumatran heron
(Indonesia)
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Bird [australia_fnq_0238]
(Australia)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Hammerkop
(0)
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Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4929]
(Costa Rica)
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Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_1284]
(Suriname)
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Common hill myna (Gracula religiosa)
(Cambodia)
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Manta rays
(Ecuador)
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Blue Crowned Pigeon (Goura cristata)
(0)
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Ground bird
(0)
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Green heron (Butorides virescens)
(Peru)
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Scarlet ibis [colombia_5645]
(Colombia)
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Horned screamer [colombia_6041]
(Colombia)
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Birds [namibia_1340]
(Namibia)
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Removing a bird from a net during a species survey [cr_3875]
(Costa Rica)
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Ibis
(Australia)
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Group of sharks
(Ecuador)
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Bald eagle with chick
(United States)
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Malagasy Kingfisher (Alcedo vintsioides) (Nosy Mangabe)
(Madagascar)
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Bird [colombia_5438]
(Colombia)
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Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)
(0)
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Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)
(Sri Lanka)
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Female Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_perinet_0502]
(Madagascar)
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Flock of egrets [colombia_3539]
(Colombia)
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Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
(0)
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Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda)
(India)
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Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)
(Ecuador)
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Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata) [colombia_5606]
(Colombia)
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Kingfisher
(Indonesia)
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Bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
(Belize)
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Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) landing on water
(United States)
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Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
(Costa Rica)
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Black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Heron
(Sri Lanka)
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Black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus)
(India)
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Blue-eared Kingfishers (Alcedo meninting phillipsi) [sabah_kinabatangan_0284]
(Malaysia)
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Lava lizard
(Ecuador)
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Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5117]
(Colombia)
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Green-backed Heron
(Colombia)
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American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) [colombia_4851]
(Colombia)
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Gray headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps); "Paisana"
(Panama)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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Javan Kingfisher (Halcyon cyanoventris)
(Indonesia)
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Vulture
(Panama)
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Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)
(0)
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Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
(0)
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Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum) [costa-rica_0648]
(Costa Rica)
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Blue-banded Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis)
(Peru)
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Flock of African skimmers (Rhynchops flavirostris) on the Kazinga Channel
(Uganda)
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Chestnut-mandibled Toucan swallowing a flower
(Costa Rica)
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Rescued spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
(Peru)
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Land iguana
(Ecuador)
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Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis)
(0)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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Rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Grass-green Tanager (Chlorornis riefferii)
(Peru)
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Blue-gray tanager [colombia_5564]
(Colombia)
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Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius)
(0)
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Madagascar Pygmy-kingfisher (Ceyx madagascariensis)
(Madagascar)
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Roseate Spoonbill
(0)
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Galapagos sea lion
(Ecuador)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4125]
(Peru)
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Peacock in Sri Lanka
(Sri Lanka)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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Land iguana
(Ecuador)
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Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus [cr_3859]
(Costa Rica)
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0
(Malaysia)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_5006]
(Colombia)
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Madagascar Coucal (Centropus toulou)
(Madagascar)
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Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria)
(0)
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Crested bird
(0)
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Saffron-crowned Tanager [Tangara xanthocephala]
(Peru)
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Madagascar Pygmy-kingfisher (Ceyx madagascariensis) [madagascar_4889]
(Madagascar)
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Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6119]
(Colombia)
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Blyth's Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus); local name: kokomo
(Indonesia)
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White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis)
(India)
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Pelagic Cormorant in flight
(United States)
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Common Piping Guan; Pipile pipile
(Peru)
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Javan Kingfisher (Halcyon cyanoventris)
(0)
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Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_5804]
(Colombia)
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Herons in flight above Petulu village (Ubud, Bali)
(Indonesia)
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Beryl-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia decora) being examined [costa_rica_4948]
(Costa Rica)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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Brown-throated Parakeets (Aratinga pertinax) [colombia_5654]
(Colombia)
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Green bee-eater
(Sri Lanka)
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Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
(India)
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Gal‡pagos shark
(Ecuador)
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Chinese Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus)
(0)
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Sumatran raptor
(Indonesia)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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Hoatzins in Peru
(Peru)
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Peacock displaying for a peahen
(Sri Lanka)
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Heron
(India)
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Single red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) on branch preparing to feed on clay wall
(Peru)
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Lories
(0)
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Helmet vanga bird (Masoala NP)
(Madagascar)
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Cattle egret
(India)
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Group of sharks
(Ecuador)
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Parrot
(Peru)
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Small finch-like birds with blue heads and light orange on the breast (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo)
(Indonesia)
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Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) [south_africa_kruger_0405]
(South Africa)
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Green-tailed Jacamar
(Colombia)
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Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
(Sri Lanka)
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Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris) [madagascar_6322]
(Madagascar)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Peacock in Sri Lanka
(Sri Lanka)
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Bird in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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0
(Malaysia)
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Bald eagle atop a tree in Glacier Bay National Park
(United States)
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Bird [australia_fnq_0236]
(Australia)
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Marine iguana on a red sand beach
(Ecuador)
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Snake birds [sabah_kinabatangan_0226]
(Malaysia)
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Madagascar bee-eater [madagascar_7308]
(Madagascar)
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Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri)
(Sri Lanka)
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Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0103]
(Costa Rica)
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Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4179]
(Peru)
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Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus)
(0)
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Red-breasted blackbird
(Costa Rica)
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Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata) [colombia_5774]
(Colombia)
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Bird [colombia_5572]
(Colombia)
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Blue-and-yellow Macaw [br_co-0029]
(Colombia)
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Paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis)
(0)
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Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus)
(Sri Lanka)
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Flock of egrets [colombia_3552]
(Colombia)
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Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea)
(0)
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Pair of Sulawesi knobbed hornbills
(Indonesia)
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Green-tailed Jacamar [colombia_5792]
(Colombia)
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Peacock displaying for a peahen
(Sri Lanka)
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Common Fiscal (Lanius collaris)
(Tanzania)
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Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon
(Ecuador)
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Indian stone-curlew (Burhinus indicus)
(India)
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Hoatzins [colombia_5491]
(Colombia)
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Knobbed hornbill
(0)
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Scarlet macaws in flight [costa-rica_1153]
(Costa Rica)
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Saffron finch
(0)
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Red-billed oxpecker on a water buffalo
(Kenya)
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Three Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying
(Peru)
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Indian crow
(India)
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Roseated Spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) in flight
(Costa Rica)
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Changeable hawk-eagle
(Sri Lanka)
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Genovesa island
(Ecuador)
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Great hornbill (Buceros bicornis)
(Cambodia)
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Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)
(Ecuador)
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Galapagos tortoise
(Ecuador)
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Pale-billed woodpecker [costa_rica_la_selva_1221]
(Costa Rica)
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Fairy bluebird
(0)
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Malagasy Scops-Owl (Otus rutilus)
(Madagascar)
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Moustached Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri)
(Indonesia)
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Rhinoceros hornbill
(Indonesia)
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Hoatzin [colombia_5436]
(Colombia)
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Gal‡pagos shark
(Ecuador)
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Oriental Pied Hornbill eating fruit -- sabah_3133
(Malaysia)
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Madagascar White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus)
(Madagascar)
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Galapagos sea lion
(Ecuador)
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Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota)
(0)
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Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis)
(Ecuador)
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Removing a bird from a net during a species survey
(Costa Rica)
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Scarlet ibis [colombia_5190]
(Colombia)
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Marine iguana
(Ecuador)
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Passerini's Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii) [costa-rica_0366]
(Costa Rica)
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Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata)
(United States)
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Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) [australia_fnq_0402]
(Australia)
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Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4881]
(Costa Rica)
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Green magpie (Cissa chinensis)
(0)
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Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6167]
(Colombia)
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Southern Cassowary [australia_fnq_1008]
(Australia)
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Raptor -- sabah_3413
(Malaysia)
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rhinoceros hornbill in flight
(Indonesia)
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Malachite Kingfisher, a river kingfisher which is widely distributed in Africa south of the Sahara
(Kenya)
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Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala)
(Sri Lanka)
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Small gray grebe or duck
(Costa Rica)
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Blue-headed coucal, Centropus monachus
(Uganda)
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Brown bird with a blue beak and a red chest
(Malaysia)
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Lesser adjutant stork (Leptoptilos javanicus)
(Cambodia)
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Lorikeet (Sulawesi - Celebes)
(Indonesia)
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Scarlet ibis [colombia_5706]
(Colombia)
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Stork
(Sri Lanka)
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