Photos of rainforest birds [last update 2009-11-24]

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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 1994-2007. 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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African Grey Parrot (Psittacus erithacus) Close-up on face of a Red-and-green macaw Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Blue-and-gold Macaw Stork Scarlet macaws in flight (Costa Rica) Scarlet macaws atop a cecropia tree (Costa Rica) Chestnut Eared Araçari (Pteroglossus castanotis) Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Brown-throated Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax) Captive harpy eagle Scarlet macaw White-crested Laughingthrush (Indonesia) Lesser Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea minor) Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay Birds and other animals feed on clay to neutralize dietary toxins which are ingested during the comsuption of young seeds. Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus) (Costa Rica) Ground pheasant Scarlet macaw in flight (Costa Rica) Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying Location: Tambopata rainforest (Peru) Harpy Eagle; Harpia harpyja Swainson's Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) in flight (Costa Rica) Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus), a bird of prey that follows squirrel monkeys (Costa Rica) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii) (Costa Rica) Chestnut-mandibled Toucan in its nest (Costa Rica) King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) Macaws feeding on clay lick (Peru) Oriental pied hornbill (Anthracoceros albirostris) in flight (Malaysia) Turkey vulture (Cathartes aura) Piping hornbills feeding on orange palm fruit in Gabon (Gabon) Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis) (Costa Rica) Giant kingfisher (Megaceryle maxima) eating a catfish on the Mpivie river in Gabon (Gabon) Pair of nuzzling Red-fan Parrots (Deroptyus accipitrinus) Lorikeet Madagascar bee-eaters (Merops superciliosus) (Manambolo) Red lored parrots in flight (Costa Rica) Yellow-crowned parrot (Amazona ochrocephala) (Peru) African banded harrier hawk or Gymnogene (Polyboroides typus pectoralis) in flight (Gabon) Blue-breasted kingfisher (Halcyon malimbica malimbica) (Gabon) rainforest birds: Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8