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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Male copper sunbird (Uganda) Woolly-necked stork (Ciconia episcopus) on grass (Gabon) Pair of Pied Kingfishers; Ceryle rudis; sharing a fish (Uganda) Birds in flight over QENP (Uganda) Eagle nest in canopy tree (Gabon) Pair of white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) in Loango National Park (Gabon) Blue-breasted bee-eater (Merops variegates variegatus) (Gabon) Palm nut vulture resting on dead tree (Gabon) Male weaver building a nest in a papyrus plant (Uganda) African jacana (Actophilornis africana) on riverbank (Gabon) Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) with great white herons (Gabon) Hamerkop in flight (Gabon) Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) in a tree (Uganda) Vieillot's black weaver perched near a nest (Uganda) Piping hornbill; Bycanistes fistulator sharpii (Gabon) Raptor in a savanna tree (Uganda) Red-necked Francolin (Uganda) Pair of Crowned hornbills (Tockus alboterminatus) atop tree (Uganda) Vieillot's black weaver (Ploceus nigerrimus nigerrimus) working on a nest (Gabon) Headshot of a pair of grey crowned cranes (Uganda) Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) in flight (Gabon) Malachite Kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) in a papyrus swamp (Uganda) Group of Hartlaub's duck (Pteronetta hartlaubi) in flight (Gabon) Red-necked Francolin in grass (Uganda) Blue-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica malimbica) (Gabon) Purple heron (Ardea purpurea) in flight over a stand of papyrus (Gabon) Male weaver perched on a papyrus stem (Uganda) Bird with black back; red chest; and heavy white beak (Uganda) Grey-headed kingfisher in flight (Uganda) Piping hornbill; Bycanistes fistulator sharpii (Gabon) Pair of Ploceus aurantius weaver birds nesting (Uganda) African skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris) (Gabon) Palm-nut vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) (Gabon) Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary (Gabon) Pair of Pied Kingfishers; one holding a minnow in its beak (Uganda) Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) perched in tree (Gabon) Raptor in flight (Gabon) Piping Hornbill silhouette (Gabon) Pair of great blue turacos (Gabon) Piping hornbill; Bycanistes fistulator sharpii (Gabon) Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) (Gabon) Grey-headed kingfisher; Halcyon leucocephala; in flight (Uganda) Pelicans and cormorants on the shore of Lake Edward (Uganda) Waterbirds with a Kazinga Channel village in the background (Uganda) Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) perched in tree (Gabon) Pied Kingfishers; Ceryle rudis (Uganda) Pair of African crowned cranes (Uganda) Blue-headed parrot (Pionus menstruus) (Suriname) Male Yellow-backed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) eating a seed (Uganda) Male copper sunbird (Cinnyris cuprea) (Uganda) White-throated blue swallow (Hirundo nigrita) (Gabon) Wooly-necked storks (Ciconia episcopus) (Gabon) Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis rudis) with wings spread (Gabon) African gray parrot (Gabon) Yellow-billed stork (Mycteria ibis) taking flight (Gabon) Yellow bird (Gabon) Bird species in Loango lagoon (Gabon) Yellow-billed stork in a savanna water hole (Gabon) African darter perched in bush (Gabon) Yellow bird (Gabon) Pair of white-faced whistling duck (Dendrocygna viduata) (Gabon) Great White Egret (Ardea alba); a wading egret (Uganda) Black and white and gray bird (Uganda) Flock of white and gray birds in Loango estuary (Gabon) Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) (Uganda) Flock of white and gray birds in Loango estuary (Gabon) Great White Egret (Casmerodius albus) (Gabon) Hadeda ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) in a tree (Uganda) White-throated blue swallow (Hirundo nigrita) (Gabon) Male Yellow-backed weaver (Uganda) Male weaver bird building a nest in a papyrus plant (Uganda) Pair of orange weaver birds nesting (Uganda) Piping Hornbill in flight and silhouetted by the sky (Gabon) Piping hornbill (Gabon) Pair of Cinnamon-chested bee-eaters (Merops oreobates) (Uganda) Weaver bird colony in a palm tree (Gabon) Blue-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica malimbica) (Gabon) African pygmy kingfisher (Ceyx pictus ferruginus) (Gabon) Flock of white and gray birds in Loango estuary (Gabon) Woodland kingfisher with Rwenzoris in background (Uganda) Many birds in Loango estuary (Gabon) Many birds in flight in the Loango estuary (Gabon) Hadada ibis in a swamp in Gabon (Gabon) Bird with black back; red chest; and heavy white beak (a type of seedcracker? Or barbet) (Uganda) Grey-backed Fiscal; Lanius excubitoroides (Uganda) Male Yellow-backed weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) on grass (Uganda) Woodland kingfisher in flight (blurred) (Uganda) 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 | Page 72