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

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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) Brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia Coeligena (inca) torquata hummingbird Also known as the Collared Inca Hummingbird. Locally called the Picaflor de Collar Inca Location: Pueblo at Machu PicchuV (Peru) Western Crowned Pigeon Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor) Lafresnaya lafresnayi hummingbird in mid-flight Location: Pueblo at Machu Picchu (Peru) Pair of scarlet macaws playing Macaw in flight Micronesian Kingfisher (Todiramphus cinnamominus) Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) Malaysian Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) (Malaysia) Rufous-capped thornbill Hadada ibis (Bostrychia hagedash) in a swampy area (Gabon) Slogging through mud along the Tambopata Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Marianas Fruit Dove (Ptilinopus roseicapilla) Rhinoceros Hornbill (Indonesia) Owl; Cambodia Chestnut-mandibled Toucan swallowing a flower (Costa Rica) Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) eating a catfish on the Mpivie river in Gabon (Gabon) Wreathed Hornbill (Indonesia) Great blue turaco Male Great Argus Pheasant (Argusianus argus) (Malaysia) Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria) Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea) Piping hornbills feeding on orange palm fruit in Gabon (Gabon) Parrot Scarlet macaw in the Amazon African darter drying its wings before flight (Gabon) Manu Cloud Forest Lodge Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria) Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) Red lored parrots in flight (Costa Rica) Asian Pied Hornbill (Indonesia) Red lored parrots in flight (Costa Rica) Great blue turaco (Corythaeola cristata) (Gabon) Birds (unidentified species) in tree in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia Scarlet macaws in flight (Costa Rica) Scarlet macaws in flight (Costa Rica) juvenile Yellow-headed Caracara, Milvago chimachima Scarlet macaw perched pied crow in flight (Manambolo) Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) (Malaysia) Pied kingfisher (Ceryle rudis rudis) (Gabon) Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis) (Costa Rica) Lorikeet Neotropical cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) in Oxbow lake Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) Purple-bellied Lory (Lorius hypoinochrous) King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) Blue-eared Kingfisher (Alcedo meninting) on branch above stream (Indonesia) (Indonesia) Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus), a bird of prey that follows squirrel monkeys (Costa Rica) Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) in flight (Gabon) Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) Swainson's Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) in flight (Costa Rica) Brown wood owl (Strix leptogrammica) in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Malaysia Macaws in flight Giant coua (Cuoa gigas) (Tsingy de Bemaraha) Green parrot Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) (Costa Rica) White Heron of Putulu; Ubud (Indonesia) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Orange-backed Woodpecker (Reinwardtipicus validus) eating a worm/grub/insect larvae (Malaysia) Pied hornbill in canopy (Malaysia) Harpy Eagle; Harpia harpyja; at a rehabilitation center Harpy eagle with its beak open Red lored parrots in flight (Costa Rica) Pair of nuzzling Red-fan Parrots (Deroptyus accipitrinus) Swainson's Toucan (Costa Rica) Scarlet macaws in flight Grey-Cheeked Hornbill (Bycanistes subcylindricus) Rainbow Lory (Indonesia) African darter taking flight (Gabon) Rainbow Lorikeet; Australia Male Crested Partridge (Rollulus rouloul) Blue and gold macaw Chestnut-mandibled Toucan in its nest (Costa Rica) Highland Motmot (Momotus aequatorialis) Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) (Gabon) Male cock-of-the rock Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) Scarlet macaws in flight (Costa Rica) Parrot Parrot Blue-banded Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis) Violet Turaco (Musophaga violacea) Scarlet macaw in the Amazon Rhinoceros Hornbill (Indonesia) rainforest birds: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4