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Bird Photos
Below are selected pictures of birds from around the world. More photographs of birds are available in the country-specific sections found on the left.
Except where noted, all images are the property of Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2004. Contact me with questions regarding use, reproduction, or purchase of any of the pictures.
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Andean Condor (Vultur gryphus) |
Andean Vulture |
Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis) |
Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) |
King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) |
Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) |
Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) |
Pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri) |
Yellow-crested Cockatoo (Cacatua sulphurea) |
Blue and Gold Macaw (Ara ararauna) |
Black-and-red bird |
Scarlet ibis (Eudocimus ruber) |
Mohawk bird |
Purple Glossy Starling (Lamprotornis purpureus) |
Southern Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri) |
Swainson's Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) |
Golden-neck Cassowary (Casuarius unappendiculatus) |
Rhinoceros Hornbill |
Rhinoceros Hornbill (Buceros rhinoceros) |
Wreathed Hornbill (Aceros undulatus) |
Stork |
Stork |
Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica) |
White-crested Laughingthrush (Garrulax leucolophus) |
Asian Pied Hornbill (Antbracocerus albirostris) |
Rainbow Lory (Trichoglossus haematodus haematodus) |
Red lorrikeet |
Lorikeet |
Lorikeet |
Oriental Pied Hornbill (Antbracocerus albirostris)
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Double wattled Cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) |
Pheasant |
Purple heron in flight |
Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) |
Male heron of Petulu |
Fish Eagle, Botswana |
Hyancinth Macaws, Brazil |
Toucan, Brazil |
Fiery Billed Aracari, Costa Rica |
Scarlet Macaws, Costa Rica |
Green Parrot, Honduras |
Scarlet Macaw, Honduras |
Lafresnaya lafresnayi hummingbird in mid-flight |
Coeligena (inca) torquata hummingbird |
Andean Cock-of-the-rock |
Green heron (Butorides striatus) |
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) |
Red-and-green macaws in flight above clay lick |
Hummingbird feeding on Heliconia flower |
Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) in Oxbow lake |
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay |
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna), Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala), and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay |
Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) headshot |
Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) headshot |
Scarlet macaw (Ara macao) |
Blue-and-yellow macaws flying toward clay lick |
Blue-and-yellow macaw flying in front of purple flowers |
Close-up on face of a Red-and-green macaw |
Chestnut Eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis)
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Chestnut Eared Araçari (Pteroglossus castanotis) |
Red-and-green macaw in flight |
jungle fowl, Cambodia |
Yellow weavers at breakfast |
Egyptian Goose, Alopochen aegyptiacus |
African fish eagle |
Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) |
Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a treetop |
Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) |
Cinnamon-chested bee-eater (Merops oreobates) |
Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched on a branch |
Long-crested Eagle, Lophaetus occipitalis, perched on a tree stump |
Pair of Grey crowned cranes "kissing" |
Pair of Helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) |
African fish eagle |
Great cormorants, Pink-backed pelicans, Great white pelicans on a Lake Edward/Kazinga Channel beach |
Great White Pelicans (Pelecanus onocrotalus) |
Andean Vulture |
Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus Leucocephalus) |
Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) |
Fairy Bluebird (Irena puella) |
Red-billed Leiothrix (Leiothrix lutea) |
Hatchling parrot at rehabilitation center |
Mohawk bird |
Mohawk bird |
African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) |
Laughing Kookaburra (Dacela novaeguineae) |
Toucan |
Duck |
Stork
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Pied Hornbill (Antbracocerus albirostris) |
Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor) |
Black bird yellow markings |
Western Crowned Pigeon (Goura cristata) |
Blue-crowned pigeon (Goura cristata) |
Western Crowned Pigeon |
Parrot |
Red lorri |
Ground pheasant |
Hornbill |
Stork |
Pelican |
Palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) in flight |
Blue-breasted bee-eater (Merops variegates variegatus) |
African skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris) |
African skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris) |
African skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris) in flight |
White-crested Laughingthrush |
Male Argusianus argus |
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) |
Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Ceiba seeds |
Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying |
Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex) with its mouth slightly agape |
Male Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus) nest building |
Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched on a branch |
Black-headed Heron (Ardea melanocephala) atop a Euphorbia plant |
Pair of African crowned cranes (Balearica regulorum) |
Yellow-billed Stork, Mycteria ibis |
African skimmers (Rhynchops flavirostris) on a beach along the Kazinga Channel |
Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) drying its wings in the sun
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Hundreds of cormorants and pelicans gathered on a sanbar |
African fish eagle perched in a thorn bush |
African fish eagle in flight |
African fish eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer |
Andean Vulture |
Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) |
Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) |
Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides) |
Grey-Cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes subcylindricus) |
Cinereous Vulture (Aegypius monachus) |
Concave-casqued hornbill (Buceros bicornis) |
Congo Peafowl (Afropavo congolensis) |
Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) |
Flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) |
Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) |
Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) |
Golden Lion Tamarin (Leontopithecus rosalia) |
King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) |
Marianas Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla) |
Marianas Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla) |
Milky Eagle Owl (Bubo lacteus) |
Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) |
Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) |
Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) |
Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) |
Indian Peafowl (Pavo cristatus) |
Pink pigeon (Nesoenas mayeri) |
Purple-bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous) |
Purple-bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous) |
Taveta Golden Weaver (Ploceus castaneiceps)
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Asio madagascariensis owl |
Black kite (Milvus migrans) perched in tree |
Giant coua (Cuoa gigas) |
Madagascar bee-eaters (Merops superciliosus) |
Madagascar paradise flycatcher |
Malagasy Kingfisher |
Angry owl in bungalow |
pied crow in flight |
Weaver bird nests in a palm tree |
Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis rudis) |
African darter taking flight |
Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) |
Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) |
Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus nigerrimus) working on a nest that once belonged to a Village weaver (P. subpersonatus) |
Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus nigerrimus) working on a nest |
White Heron of Putulu, Ubud |
Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) on branch above stream |
Yellow-crested Cockatoo |
Rhinoceros Hornbill |
Rhinoceros Hornbill |
Wreathed Hornbill |
Asian Pied Hornbill |
Rainbow Lory |
Fish eagle in treetop |
Fish eagle nest in tree |
Malaysian Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) |
Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) |
Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) eating a worm/grub/insect larvae |
Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) in the forest canopy |
Pied hornbill in canopy tree
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Pied hornbill in canopy |
Pied hornbill at the top of a canopy tree |
Pied hornbill in flight |
Male Great Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus) |
Male Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus) |
Oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) in flight |
Stork-billed Kingfisher (Pelargopsis capensis) along the Tembeling River |
Eagle nest |
Australia |
Fairy Wren, Australia |
Rainbow Lorikeet, Australia |
Blue-crowned Motmot |
condors, Grand Canyon |
Heron, Honduras |
Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) |
Yellow-crowned parrot (Amazona ochrocephala) |
Macaws feeding on clay lick |
Feathers of scarlet macaw (Ara macao) |
Flock of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying toward clay lick |
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying toward clay lick |
Owl, Cambodia |
Pied Kingfisher eating a minnow |
Male orange weaver (Ploceus aurentius) on a papyrus stalk |
Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) wading in duckweed |
Male weaverbird working on building a nest in the early evening |
Blue bird with a moderately long tail (African blue-flycatcher (Elminia longicauda)?) |
Blue-headed coucal, Centropus monachus |
Variable sunbird (Cinnyris venusta) or Collared sunbird (Hedydipna collaris) |
Woodland kingfisher (Halcyon senegalensis) perched on a branch
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Woodland kingfisher |
Woodland kingfisher with Rwenzori mountains behind |
Crowned hornbill (Tockus alboterminatus) |
Rueppell's Glossy-Starling (Lamprotornis purpuropterus) |
Flock of Grey crowned crane (Balearica regulorum) on the African savanna |
Flock of African skimmers (Rhynchops flavirostris) on the Kazinga Channel |
Sacred ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus) |
Goliath heron, Ardea goliath, in Uganda |
Egyptian Geese, Alopochen aegyptiacus, with pied kingfishers in the background |
African skimmers on a beach along the Kazinga Channel |
Pair of African fish eagles, Haliaeetus vocifer |
Group of great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) on a beach of the Kazinga Channel |
Buffalo, pelicans, cormorants on a sandbar in the Kazinga Channel |
Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) |
Great White Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus), Pink-backed Pelican (Pelecanus rufescens), and Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) |
African fish eagle perched in a thorny bush |
Egyptian Geese, Alopochen aegyptiacus, walking in the shallows of the Kazinga Channel |
African fish eagle, Haliaeetus vocifer, in flight |
Grey-headed kingfisher, Halcyon leucocephala, on a Euphorbia plant |
Immature Black-headed heron
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Birds in Peru |
Birds in Indonesia |
Birds in Malaysia
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