Pictures of birds [last update 2011-12-25]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from various places. Except where noted, pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 1994-2012. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

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Red-necked Francolin (Tanzania) Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) Stork or Ibis (Belize) Cobalt-winged parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera) feeding on Kapok (Ceiba) seeds Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in flight Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Sulawesi Scops-Owl (Otus manadensis) Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight (Costa Rica) Pied hornbill in canopy tree (Malaysia) Secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius)) about to take flight (Kenya) Madagascar Nightjar (Caprimulgus madagascariensis) Oriental Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) Magnificent Bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male] Bird fluffing feathers to keep warm on Mt. Kenya (Kenya) Scissor-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis torquata) (Brazil) Magnificent Birds-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) [male and females in courtship dance at lek] Red-billed oxpecker on a water buffalo (Kenya) Gray heron; cattle egret; sacred ibis; yellow billed stork (Tanzania) Turquoise-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva) (Brazil) Malaysian Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) (Malaysia) Rufous-capped thornbill Hadada ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) in a swampy area (Gabon) Blue-and-yellow macaw pied crow sandbar (Manambolo) Blue hummingbird (Costa Rica) Black-and-white-casqued Hornbill (Bycanistes subcylindricus) Green Ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis) (Costa Rica) Greater ani (Crotophaga major) Local name: Locrero Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Red-rumped swallow (Hirundo daurica) (Tanzania) Scarlet ibis Blue-and-yellow macaw Pink flamingos in Lake Nakuru National Park; Kenya (Kenya) Hoatzin Blue-fronted Amazon Parrot (Amazona aestiva) (Brazil) Yellow-rumped cacique Hawk Anhinga (Brazil) Guira cuckoo eating a cricket Red-billed Hornbill (Tockus erythrorhynchus) (Tanzania) Heron Hoatzins Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana) Great hornbill (Thailand) Blue-and-black Tanager (Tangara vassorii) Pesquet's Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus) Crimson-winged Parrot (Aprosmictus erythropterus) Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas) Sakalava weavers Hoatzins Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) (Belize) Orinoco Geese (Neochen jubata) Hoatzin Forest groundbird Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying toward clay lick (Peru) Bird African skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris) in flight (Gabon) Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) Egyptian Geese; Alopochen aegyptiacus; walking in the shallows of the Kazinga Channel (Uganda) Slogging through mud along the Tambopata Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Bateleur eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) (Kenya) White-breasted Wood-Wren; Henicorhina leucosticta (Costa Rica) Leucippus chionogaster hummingbird Common name: White-bellied Hummingbird. Local name: Amazilia ventriblanca Location: Pueblo at Machu Picchu (Peru) American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) Marianas Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla) Bald eagle atop a tree in Glacier Bay National Park (Alaska) Toucan (Brazil) Splendid sunbird Lineated Barbet (Megalaima lineata) Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) in Chobe National Park Crowned Lapwing (Vanellus coronatus) (Tanzania) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) in flight Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) (Suriname) Northern Oriole (Icterus galbula) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) Male and female Papuan Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus) in the rainforest canopy in New Guinea Male ostrich defending chicks (Tanzania) Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) (Costa Rica) Ostrich chicks (Tanzania) Blue-and-gold Macaw (Ara ararauna) Rhinoceros Hornbill (Indonesia) Bird Waldrapp ibis (Geronticus eremita) Black-capped Lory (Lorius lory) Brown-throated Parakeets (Aratinga pertinax) Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Goliath heron; Ardea goliath; in Uganda (Uganda) Great hornbill (Thailand) birds: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21 | Page 22 | Page 23 | Page 24 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30 | Page 31 | Page 32 | Page 33 | Page 34 | Page 35 | Page 36 | Page 37 | Page 38 | Page 39 | Page 40 | Page 41 | Page 42 | Page 43 | Page 44 | Page 45 | Page 46 | Page 47 | Page 48 | Page 49 | Page 50 | Page 51 | Page 52 | Page 53 | Page 54 | Page 55 | Page 56 | Page 57 | Page 58 | Page 59 | Page 60 | Page 61 | Page 62 | Page 63 | Page 64 | Page 65 | Page 66 | Page 67 | Page 68 | Page 69 | Page 70 | Page 71