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 Last update: 2017-07-27
 
 
    
		        
		            
		            
		                 Macaws in the rainforest canopy (Peru)
 
		                 Black-necked stork (Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Green and black bird (Indonesia)
 
		                 Snow geese (Chen caerulescens) at Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico (United States)
 
		                 Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) and orange-cheeked parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi) a clay lick in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) (0)
 
		                 Blue-tailed bee-eater (Merops philippinus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Crowned Hawk-eagle (0)
 
		                 Galapagos sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) bower [australia_fnq_0454]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0454.jpg) Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) bower [australia_fnq_0454] (Australia)
 
		                 Red-billed leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) (0)
 
		                 Green Ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis) (Colombia)
 
		                 Knobbed hornbill (0)
 
		                 Blacksmith Plover (Vanellus armatus) (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Female Velvet Asity (Philepitta castanea) gathering leaves [madagascar_5238]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_5238.jpg) Female Velvet Asity (Philepitta castanea) gathering leaves [madagascar_5238] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) foraging in Chobe National Park (Botswana)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis) [costa_rica_la_selva_0138]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0138.jpg) Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis) [costa_rica_la_selva_0138] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Red lored parrots in flight [costa-rica_1173]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1173.jpg) Red lored parrots in flight [costa-rica_1173] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Gilded barbet in the rainforest canopy (Peru)
 
		                ![Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0209]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0209.jpg) Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0209] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Marine iguana (Ecuador)
 
		                 African Pygmy-falcon (Polihierax semitorquatus) -- tz_1520 (Tanzania)
 
		                 Lesser sooty owl (Australia)
 
		                ![Tanager [colombia_5578]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5578.jpg) Tanager [colombia_5578] (Colombia)
 
		                 Marine iguana (Ecuador)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) [australia_fnq_0375]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0375.jpg) Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) [australia_fnq_0375] (Australia)
 
		                 Common Bulbul, Pycnonotus barbatus (Kenya)
 
		                ![Bird [south_africa_capetown_0091]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_capetown_0091.jpg) Bird [south_africa_capetown_0091] (South Africa)
 
		                ![Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) [west-papua_5162]](http://s3.amazonaws.com/mongabay/papua/150/west-papua_5162.jpg) Northern Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) [west-papua_5162] (Indonesia)
 
		                 Great hornbill (Thailand)
 
		                 Enrichment activity for a male lesser bird of paradise that doesn't know how to attract females (0)
 
		                 Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher (Nosy Mangabe) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) (Peru)
 
		                 Kicker Rock (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Hammerkop [south_africa_kruger_5141]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_5141.jpg) Hammerkop [south_africa_kruger_5141] (South Africa)
 
		                 Rescued spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) (Peru)
 
		                ![Madagascar Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis) [animals_zh_028]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/animals/zh/150/animals_zh_028.jpg) Madagascar Red Fody (Foudia madagascariensis) [animals_zh_028] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Island off Isla Santiago (Ecuador)
 
		                 Hoatzin in the Amazon (Peru)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Gal‡pagos sharks (Ecuador)
 
		                 Guira cuckoo feeding on a cricket (0)
 
		                 Island off Isla Santiago (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_daintree_338]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_daintree_338.jpg) Bird [australia_daintree_338] (Australia)
 
		                 Yellow-billed Stork (Mycteria ibis) atop a tree (Kenya)
 
		                 Blue-and-yellow macaws in flight (Suriname)
 
		                 Slender-billed kite (Helicolestes hamatus) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Flock of storks in flight [madagascar_7483]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_7483.jpg) Flock of storks in flight [madagascar_7483] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5414]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5414.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5414] (Colombia)
 
		                 Blue-and-yellow macaws inflight (Peru)
 
		                ![Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) - juvenile [co07-0579a]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/150/co07-0579a.jpg) Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) - juvenile [co07-0579a] (Colombia)
 
		                 Red-vented bulbul (India)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Tricolored Lory (Lorius lory) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_4339]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4339.jpg) Bird [colombia_4339] (Colombia)
 
		                 Grey-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala, on a Euphorbia plant (Uganda)
 
		                 Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) (0)
 
		                ![Madagascar Bee-eater (Merops superciliosus) [madagascar_4481]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4481.jpg) Madagascar Bee-eater (Merops superciliosus) [madagascar_4481] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) [belize_0098]](http://travel.mongabay.com/belize/150/belize_0098.JPG) Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) [belize_0098] (Belize)
 
		                 Blue-and-yellow macaw (Ara ararauna) in flight (Peru)
 
		                 Hammerhead shark (Ecuador)
 
		                 Parrots (species?) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Gray Gull (Colombia)
 
		                 A cattle egret in mangrove trees in Estero Hondo Marine Sanctuary in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                ![Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0580]](http://travel.mongabay.com/suriname/150/suriname_0580.JPG) Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_0580] (Suriname)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5419]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5419.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5419] (Colombia)
 
		                 Sumatran heron (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Hoatzin [colombia_5386]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5386.jpg) Hoatzin [colombia_5386] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) [south_africa_kruger_0414]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0414.jpg) Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) [south_africa_kruger_0414] (South Africa)
 
		                 Hammerhead sharks (Ecuador)
 
		                 Macaw clay lick from a distance (Peru)
 
		                ![Blue-eared Kingfishers (Alcedo meninting phillipsi) [sabah_kinabatangan_0271]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0271.jpg) Blue-eared Kingfishers (Alcedo meninting phillipsi) [sabah_kinabatangan_0271] (Malaysia)
 
		                 Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) (Peru)
 
		                ![Hoatzin [colombia_3311]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3311.jpg) Hoatzin [colombia_3311] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5573]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5573.jpg) Melanerpes Woodpecker [colombia_5573] (Colombia)
 
		                 Lava lizard (Ecuador)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Brown-throated Parakeets (Aratinga pertinax) [colombia_5688]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5688.jpg) Brown-throated Parakeets (Aratinga pertinax) [colombia_5688] (Colombia)
 
		                 Marine iguanas (Ecuador)
 
		                 Blue-headed Amazon (Peru)
 
		                ![Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) bower [australia_fnq_0452]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0452.jpg) Golden Bowerbird (Prionodura newtoniana) bower [australia_fnq_0452] (Australia)
 
		                 King vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) (0)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaws in flight [suriname_2628]](http://travel.mongabay.com/suriname/150/suriname_2628.JPG) Blue-and-yellow macaws in flight [suriname_2628] (Suriname)
 
		                 Black-fronted Nunbirds (Monasa nigrifrons) (Peru)
 
		                 African White-backed Vulture (Gyps africanus) (Tanzania)
 
		                ![Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5497]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5497.jpg) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5497] (Colombia)
 
		                 Saddle-billed stork (Ephippiorhynchus senegalensis) (0)
 
		                 Asian black chicken (Toraja Land (Torajaland), Sulawesi) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Blue-throated Bee-eater (Malaysia)
 
		                 Black-chested Snake eagle (Circaetus pectoralis) (Tanzania)
 
		                 Marine iguana on a white sand beach (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) [australia_fnq_0405]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0405.jpg) Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) [australia_fnq_0405] (Australia)
 
		                 Spotted dove (Spilopelia chinensis) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Waldrapp ibis (Geronticus eremita) (0)
 
		                 Green magpie (Cissa chinensis) (0)
 
		                ![Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight over crashing surf [costa-rica_1430]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1430.jpg) Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight over crashing surf [costa-rica_1430] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Black-headed Trogon (Trogon melanocephalus) (Belize)
 
		                 Ruppell's Long-tailed Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus) (Kenya)
 
		                 Blue-tailed Bee-eater (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) eating a worm/grub/insect larvae (Malaysia)
 
		                 Marine iguanas (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Black skimmer [colombia_3383]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3383.jpg) Black skimmer [colombia_3383] (Colombia)
 
		                 Knobbed hornbill (0)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                 Jaguar footprint in mud (Peru)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5327]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5327.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5327] (Colombia)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5071]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5071.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5071] (Colombia)
 
		                 Male and female Papuan Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus) in the rainforest canopy in New Guinea (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) [australia_fnq_0384]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0384.jpg) Bar-shouldered Dove (Geopelia humeralis) [australia_fnq_0384] (Australia)
 
		                 Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) (United States)
 
		                 Changeable hawk-eagle (Nisaetus cirrhatus) (0)
 
		                 Royal Terns (Thalasseus maximus) Los Haitises National Park in the Dominican Republic. (Dominican Republic)
 
		                 Peacock showing off to a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Openbill stork (Anastomus oscitans) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Bird (Peru)
 
		                 Sumatran heron (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0238]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0238.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0238] (Australia)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Hammerkop (0)
 
		                ![Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4929]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_4929.JPG) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4929] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_1284]](http://travel.mongabay.com/suriname/150/suriname_1284.JPG) Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) [suriname_1284] (Suriname)
 
		                 Common hill myna (Gracula religiosa) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Manta rays (Ecuador)
 
		                 Blue Crowned Pigeon (Goura cristata) (0)
 
		                 Ground bird (0)
 
		                 Green heron (Butorides virescens) (Peru)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5645]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5645.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5645] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Horned screamer [colombia_6041]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6041.jpg) Horned screamer [colombia_6041] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Birds [namibia_1340]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/namibia/150/namibia_1340.jpg) Birds [namibia_1340] (Namibia)
 
		                ![Removing a bird from a net during a species survey [cr_3875]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/cr_3875.JPG) Removing a bird from a net during a species survey [cr_3875] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Ibis (Australia)
 
		                 Group of sharks (Ecuador)
 
		                 Bald eagle with chick (United States)
 
		                 Malagasy Kingfisher (Alcedo vintsioides) (Nosy Mangabe) (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_5438]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5438.jpg) Bird [colombia_5438] (Colombia)
 
		                 Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus) (0)
 
		                 Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Female Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_perinet_0502]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar-2012/150/madagascar_perinet_0502.jpg) Female Madagascar paradise flycatcher [madagascar_perinet_0502] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Flock of egrets [colombia_3539]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3539.jpg) Flock of egrets [colombia_3539] (Colombia)
 
		                 Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola) (0)
 
		                 Rufous treepie (Dendrocitta vagabunda) (India)
 
		                 Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis) (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata) [colombia_5606]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5606.jpg) Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata) [colombia_5606] (Colombia)
 
		                 Kingfisher (Indonesia)
 
		                 Bare-throated tiger heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum) (Belize)
 
		                 Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) landing on water (United States)
 
		                 Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Black-capped donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Heron (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Black-headed ibis (Threskiornis melanocephalus) (India)
 
		                ![Blue-eared Kingfishers (Alcedo meninting phillipsi) [sabah_kinabatangan_0284]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0284.jpg) Blue-eared Kingfishers (Alcedo meninting phillipsi) [sabah_kinabatangan_0284] (Malaysia)
 
		                 Lava lizard (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5117]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5117.jpg) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) [colombia_5117] (Colombia)
 
		                 Green-backed Heron (Colombia)
 
		                ![American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) [colombia_4851]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_4851.jpg) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) [colombia_4851] (Colombia)
 
		                 Gray headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps); "Paisana" (Panama)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Javan Kingfisher (Halcyon cyanoventris) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Vulture (Panama)
 
		                 Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) (0)
 
		                 Golden pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) (0)
 
		                ![Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum) [costa-rica_0648]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0648.jpg) Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum) [costa-rica_0648] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Blue-banded Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis) (Peru)
 
		                 Flock of African skimmers (Rhynchops flavirostris) on the Kazinga Channel (Uganda)
 
		                 Chestnut-mandibled Toucan swallowing a flower (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Rescued spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) (Peru)
 
		                 Land iguana (Ecuador)
 
		                 Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) (0)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Rufescent tiger heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Grass-green Tanager (Chlorornis riefferii) (Peru)
 
		                ![Blue-gray tanager [colombia_5564]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5564.jpg) Blue-gray tanager [colombia_5564] (Colombia)
 
		                 Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius) (0)
 
		                 Madagascar Pygmy-kingfisher (Ceyx madagascariensis) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Roseate Spoonbill (0)
 
		                 Galapagos sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                ![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]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_4125.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_4125] (Peru)
 
		                 Peacock in Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Land iguana (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus [cr_3859]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/cr_3859.JPG) Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus [cr_3859] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_5006]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5006.jpg) Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_5006] (Colombia)
 
		                 Madagascar Coucal (Centropus toulou) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Victoria crowned pigeon (Goura victoria) (0)
 
		                 Crested bird (0)
 
		                ![Saffron-crowned Tanager [Tangara xanthocephala]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/machu_picchu/Machu_1019_1098.JPG) Saffron-crowned Tanager [Tangara xanthocephala] (Peru)
 
		                ![Madagascar Pygmy-kingfisher (Ceyx madagascariensis) [madagascar_4889]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_4889.jpg) Madagascar Pygmy-kingfisher (Ceyx madagascariensis) [madagascar_4889] (Madagascar)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6119]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6119.jpg) Blue-and-yellow macaw [colombia_6119] (Colombia)
 
		                 Blyth's Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus); local name: kokomo (Indonesia)
 
		                 White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) (India)
 
		                 Pelagic Cormorant in flight (United States)
 
		                 Common Piping Guan; Pipile pipile (Peru)
 
		                 Javan Kingfisher (Halcyon cyanoventris) (0)
 
		                ![Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_5804]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5804.jpg) Sharp-tailed Ibis (Cercibis oxycerca) [colombia_5804] (Colombia)
 
		                 Herons in flight above Petulu village (Ubud, Bali) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Beryl-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia decora) being examined [costa_rica_4948]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_4948.JPG) Beryl-crowned Hummingbird (Amazilia decora) being examined [costa_rica_4948] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Brown-throated Parakeets (Aratinga pertinax) [colombia_5654]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5654.jpg) Brown-throated Parakeets (Aratinga pertinax) [colombia_5654] (Colombia)
 
		                 Green bee-eater (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) (India)
 
		                 Gal‡pagos shark (Ecuador)
 
		                 Chinese Pheasant (Chrysolophus pictus) (0)
 
		                 Sumatran raptor (Indonesia)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                 Hoatzins in Peru (Peru)
 
		                 Peacock displaying for a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Heron (India)
 
		                 Single red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) on branch preparing to feed on clay wall (Peru)
 
		                 Lories (0)
 
		                 Helmet vanga bird (Masoala NP) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Cattle egret (India)
 
		                 Group of sharks (Ecuador)
 
		                 Parrot (Peru)
 
		                 Small finch-like birds with blue heads and light orange on the breast (Kalimantan, Borneo - Indonesian Borneo) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) [south_africa_kruger_0405]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/south-africa/150/south_africa_kruger_0405.jpg) Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling (Lamprotornis chalybaeus) [south_africa_kruger_0405] (South Africa)
 
		                 Green-tailed Jacamar (Colombia)
 
		                 Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris) [madagascar_6322]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_6322.jpg) Madagascar Wagtail (Motacilla flaviventris) [madagascar_6322] (Madagascar)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Peacock in Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Bird in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 0 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Bald eagle atop a tree in Glacier Bay National Park (United States)
 
		                ![Bird [australia_fnq_0236]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0236.jpg) Bird [australia_fnq_0236] (Australia)
 
		                 Marine iguana on a red sand beach (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Snake birds [sabah_kinabatangan_0226]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/malaysia/150/sabah_kinabatangan_0226.jpg) Snake birds [sabah_kinabatangan_0226] (Malaysia)
 
		                ![Madagascar bee-eater [madagascar_7308]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/madagascar/150/madagascar_7308.jpg) Madagascar bee-eater [madagascar_7308] (Madagascar)
 
		                 Rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0103]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_0103.jpg) Blue-grey Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) [costa_rica_la_selva_0103] (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4179]](http://www.mongabay.com/thumbnails/peru/tambopata/Tambopata_1027_4179.JPG) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay [tambopata-Tambopata_1027_4179] (Peru)
 
		                 Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) (0)
 
		                 Red-breasted blackbird (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata) [colombia_5774]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5774.jpg) Orinoco Goose (Neochen jubata) [colombia_5774] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Bird [colombia_5572]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5572.jpg) Bird [colombia_5572] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Blue-and-yellow Macaw [br_co-0029]](http://travel.mongabay.com/colombia/brodie-150/br_co-0029.jpg) Blue-and-yellow Macaw [br_co-0029] (Colombia)
 
		                 Paradise tanager (Tangara chilensis) (0)
 
		                 Brahminy kite (Haliastur indus) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                ![Flock of egrets [colombia_3552]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_3552.jpg) Flock of egrets [colombia_3552] (Colombia)
 
		                 Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea) (0)
 
		                 Pair of Sulawesi knobbed hornbills (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Green-tailed Jacamar [colombia_5792]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5792.jpg) Green-tailed Jacamar [colombia_5792] (Colombia)
 
		                 Peacock displaying for a peahen (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Common Fiscal (Lanius collaris) (Tanzania)
 
		                 Ringed kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) in Yasuni National Park in the Ecuadorian Amazon (Ecuador)
 
		                 Indian stone-curlew (Burhinus indicus) (India)
 
		                ![Hoatzins [colombia_5491]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5491.jpg) Hoatzins [colombia_5491] (Colombia)
 
		                 Knobbed hornbill (0)
 
		                ![Scarlet macaws in flight [costa-rica_1153]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_1153.jpg) Scarlet macaws in flight [costa-rica_1153] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Saffron finch (0)
 
		                 Red-billed oxpecker on a water buffalo (Kenya)
 
		                 Three Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying (Peru)
 
		                 Indian crow (India)
 
		                 Roseated Spoonbills (Platalea ajaja) in flight (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Changeable hawk-eagle (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Genovesa island (Ecuador)
 
		                 Great hornbill (Buceros bicornis) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis) (Ecuador)
 
		                 Galapagos tortoise (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Pale-billed woodpecker [costa_rica_la_selva_1221]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_la_selva_1221.jpg) Pale-billed woodpecker [costa_rica_la_selva_1221] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Fairy bluebird (0)
 
		                 Malagasy Scops-Owl (Otus rutilus) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Moustached Parakeet (Psittacula alexandri) (Indonesia)
 
		                 Rhinoceros hornbill (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Hoatzin [colombia_5436]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5436.jpg) Hoatzin [colombia_5436] (Colombia)
 
		                 Gal‡pagos shark (Ecuador)
 
		                 Oriental Pied Hornbill eating fruit -- sabah_3133 (Malaysia)
 
		                 Madagascar White-eye (Zosterops maderaspatanus) (Madagascar)
 
		                 Galapagos sea lion (Ecuador)
 
		                 Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) (0)
 
		                 Galapagos Short-eared Owl (Asio flammeus galapagoensis) (Ecuador)
 
		                 Removing a bird from a net during a species survey (Costa Rica)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5190]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5190.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5190] (Colombia)
 
		                 Marine iguana (Ecuador)
 
		                ![Passerini's Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii) [costa-rica_0366]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa-rica_0366.jpg) Passerini's Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii) [costa-rica_0366] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) (United States)
 
		                ![Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) [australia_fnq_0402]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_0402.jpg) Magpie goose (Anseranas semipalmata) [australia_fnq_0402] (Australia)
 
		                ![Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4881]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/cr/150/costa_rica_4881.JPG) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) [costa_rica_4881] (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Green magpie (Cissa chinensis) (0)
 
		                ![Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6167]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_6167.jpg) Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) [colombia_6167] (Colombia)
 
		                ![Southern Cassowary [australia_fnq_1008]](http://mongabay-images.s3.amazonaws.com/i/australia/150/australia_fnq_1008.jpg) Southern Cassowary [australia_fnq_1008] (Australia)
 
		                 Raptor -- sabah_3413 (Malaysia)
 
		                 rhinoceros hornbill in flight (Indonesia)
 
		                 Malachite Kingfisher, a river kingfisher which is widely distributed in Africa south of the Sahara (Kenya)
 
		                 Painted stork (Mycteria leucocephala) (Sri Lanka)
 
		                 Small gray grebe or duck (Costa Rica)
 
		                 Blue-headed coucal, Centropus monachus (Uganda)
 
		                 Brown bird with a blue beak and a red chest (Malaysia)
 
		                 Lesser adjutant stork (Leptoptilos javanicus) (Cambodia)
 
		                 Lorikeet (Sulawesi - Celebes) (Indonesia)
 
		                ![Scarlet ibis [colombia_5706]](http://mongabay.s3.amazonaws.com/colombia/150/colombia_5706.jpg) Scarlet ibis [colombia_5706] (Colombia)
 
		                 Stork (Sri Lanka)
 
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