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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Horned screamer Female giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) (Gabon) Black skimmer Red-necked Francolin (Tanzania) Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) (Costa Rica) Hoatzin Bald eagle with chick (Alaska) Black skimmers Blue-gray tanager Chestnut-eared Aracari (Pteroglossus castanotis) Pigeon Guillemot (Cepphus columba) landing on water (Alaska) Red-billed oxpecker on a water buffalo (Kenya) Neotropical cormorants (Phalacrocorax olivaceus). (Costa Rica) Knobbed hornbill Macaws feeding on clay lick (Peru) Swainson's Toucan (Costa Rica) Blue dacnis [Dacnis cayana] (male) Jabiru stork (Brazil) Gray-winged Trumpeters (Psophia crepitans) (Suriname) Green Jay (Cyanocorax yncas) Ground bird Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) eating a catfish on the Mpivie river in Gabon (Gabon) Hildebrandt's Starling; Lamprotornis hildebrandti (Tanzania) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Slogging through mud along the Tambopata Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Asio madagascariensis owl Magellanic Penguin (Speniscus magellanicus) Hoatzins Giant river otters (Pteronura brasiliensis) in oxbow lake Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Pink flamingos in Lake Nakuru National Park; Kenya (Kenya) Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) Red-and-green macaws Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Knobbed hornbill Tawny frogmouth (Podargus strigoides) Bird (Madagascar) Turquoise Honeycreeper [Dacnis cayana] eating a fruit Harpy eagle with its beak open Cormorants in a river (Brazil) Feathers of scarlet macaw (Ara macao) (Peru) Macaws feeding on clay wall Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Fairy bluebird Blue-eared Kingfisher (Indonesia) (Indonesia) 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) Malachite kingfisher (Alcedo cristata) in Chobe National Park Great blue heron African skimmers (Rynchops flavirostris) in flight (Gabon) Tricolored Lory (Lorius lory) Black vulture Jabiru stork standing in its nest Female Velvet Asity (Philepitta castanea) gathering leaves Northern Helmeted Curassow (Pauxi pauxi) Green Junglefowl (Gallus varius) Hoatzin Bower built by a male Brown Gardener (Amblyornis inornatus) Lilac-breasted Roller (Coracias caudatus) Male cock-of-the rock Gulls in flight (Alaska) Milky Eagle Owl (Bubo lacteus) Great hornbill (Thailand) Short-tailed Nighthawk (Lurocalis semitorquatus) (Costa Rica) Greater bird of paradise (Paradisaea apoda) Yellow-rumped cacique Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi) Hoatzin Large-billed Terns (Phaetusa simplex) (Brazil) Madagascar Bee-eater (Madagascar) Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) Bird Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda) (Belize) Spur-winged lapwing (Vanellus spinosus) (Kenya) Orinoco Geese (Neochen jubata) Flock of African skimmers (Rhynchops flavirostris) on the Kazinga Channel (Uganda) Red-fan parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus) Count Raggi's Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) Secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) walking on African savannha (Kenya) Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons) (Brazil) Ardea melanocephala heron Turquoise bird eggs in the Amazon Senegal Parrot (Poicephalus senegalus) King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) Parrot Common Piping Guan; Pipile pipile A bird in the chachalaca; guan and curassow family Cracidae. Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru (Peru) Tufted Puffin (Fratercula cirrhata) (Alaska) Cocui heron Hoatzin Hoatzin Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis) in Chobe National Park 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