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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Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) Madagascar Ibis (Lophotibis cristata) Size comparison between the eggs of an elephant bird, ostrich, and chicken Jabiru stork in flight (Brazil) Asio madagascariensis owl Male and Female Knobbed Hornbill (Aceros cassidix) Chilean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus chilensis) Bearded Barbet (Lybius dubius) Splendid sunbird Condor (Grand Canyon) Gray headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps); "Paisana" (pan02-1860) Owl; Cambodia Northern Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Neotropical cormorants in a line (Costa Rica) Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) (Belize) Birds in flight White-browed Owl (Ninox superciliaris) Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight over crashing surf (Costa Rica) Coeligena (inca) torquata hummingbirds at bird feeder Also known as the Collared Inca Hummingbird. Locally called the Picaflor de Collar Inca Location: Pueblo at Machu Picchu (Peru) Blue-bellied Roller (Coracias cyanogaster) Scarlet ibis Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) Tanager Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) (Brazil) Adult wattled jacana Jabiru stork in flight (Brazil) Scarlet ibis Single red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) on branch preparing to feed on clay wall Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Bird Chestnut-mandibled Toucan swallowing a flower (Costa Rica) Chestnut-breasted Coronet (Boissonneaua matthewsii) Red-footed Boobies (Belize) Malagasy Kingfisher (Nosy Mangabe) Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) eating a catfish on the Mpivie river in Gabon (Gabon) Melanerpes Woodpecker Wreathed Hornbill (Indonesia) Woodland kingfisher (Uganda) Ground bird Blyth's Hornbills (Rhyticeros plicatus); local name: kokomo Red-capped cardinal Gray-necked Wood-Rail (Aramides cajanea) (Brazil) Great blue turaco Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Macaws; parrots; and other birds feed on clay for mineral and salt supplementation and to counter dietary toxins they ingest from seeds. The clay lick also serves as a social setting for the birds Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis) (Costa Rica) Male Great Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus) (Malaysia) Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) Bower built by a male Brown Gardener (Amblyornis inornatus) Swainsonís Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) (Costa Rica) Kokokan heron (Indonesia) Hoatzins Hanging Oropendola nests in canopy tree Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Hammerkop Southern Caracara (Caracara plancus) doing a dance (Brazil) Black-capped Tanager (Tangara heinei) Location: Pueblo at Machu Picchu (Peru) Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata) Madagascar Paradise-Flycatcher (Nosy Mangabe) Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis) (Brazil) Crested Barbet (Trachyphonus vaillantii) (Tanzania) Purple-bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous) Blue-and-black Tanager (Tangara vassorii) Yellow-chevroned Parakeets (Brotogeris chiriri) (Brazil) Orinoco goose Southern Ground Hornbills (Bucorvus leadbeateri) (Tanzania) Blue-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva) (Brazil) Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria) Red-billed Leiothrix Red-headed backbird (?) (Brazil) Hooded Tinamou (Nothocercus nigrocapillus) Three Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) perched in tree Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Little Woodpecker (Veniliornis passerinus) (Brazil) Red-and-green macaws (Ara chloroptera) Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Great Blue Turaco (Corythaeola cristata) Passerini's Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii) (Costa Rica) Bird Snail kite (Brazil) Sulfur-crested cockatoo Pelicans atop a tree (Gabon) New Guinea Bronzewing (Henicophaps albifrons) Pair of Jabiru stork (Brazil) Blue-and-yellow macaws in flight (Suriname) Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons) Local name: Monjita Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) (Venezuela) Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea) Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Galbula ruficauda (Brazil) Angry owl in bungalow Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) Heron in flight 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