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Featured pictures of eagles, hawks, falcons and other birds of prey
(Accipitriformes, Falconiformes)

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  Long-crested eagle
  Lophaetus occipitalis
  
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  African fish eagle
  Haliaeetus vocifer
  
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  African hawk-eagle
  Aquila spilogaster
  
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  Black-chested snake-eagle
  Circaetus pectoralis
  
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  Crested hawk-eagle
  Nisaetus cirrhatus cirrhatus
  with Indian garden lizard
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  Crested hawk-eagle
  Nisaetus cirrhatus ceylanensis
  
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  Eastern chanting goshawk
  Melierax poliopterus
  
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  Southern pale chanting goshawk juvenile
  Melierax canorus argentior
  
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  Common black-hawk
  Buteogallus anthracinus
  
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  Savanna hawk
  Buteogallus meridionalis
  
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  Turkey vulture
  Cathartes aura
  
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  Roadside hawk
  Rupornis magnirostris
  
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  Roadside hawk
  Rupornis magnirostris griseocauda
  
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  Steppe buzzard
  Buteo buteo vulpinus
  
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  Andean condor
  Vultur gryphus
  ♂
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  Andean condors
  Vultur gryphus
  
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  Southern crested caracara
  Caracara plancus
  
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  Southern crested caracara
  Caracara plancus
  
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  Chimango caracara
  Daptrius chimango temucoensis
  ♀
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  Mauritius kestrel
  Falco punctatus
  
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  American kestrel
  Falco sparverius cinnamominus
  ♂
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  Black kite
  Milvus migrans affinis
  

Featured pictures of kingfishers, rollers and bee-eaters
(Coraciiformes)

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  Giant kingfisher
  Megaceryle maxima
  ♀
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  Malachite kingfisher
  Corythornis cristatus cristatus
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  Malachite kingfisher
  Corythornis cristatus cristatus
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  Malachite kingfisher
  Corythornis cristatus stuartkeithi
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  Malachite kingfisher
  Corythornis cristatus galerita
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  São Tomé malachite kingfisher
  Corythornis cristatus thomensis
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  Príncipe malachite kingfisher
  Corythornis cristatus nais
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  Pied kingfisher
  Ceryle rudis rudis
  ♀
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  Pied kingfishers
  Ceryle rudis rudis
  ♀♀
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  Pied kingfishers
  Ceryle rudis rudis
  ♀♀
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  Pied kingfisher
  Ceryle rudis leucomelanurus
  ♀
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  Green kingfisher
  Chloroceryle americana
  ♂
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  Common kingfisher
  Alcedo atthis ispida
  ♀
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  Common kingfisher
  Alcedo atthis ispida
  ♀
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  Flat-billed kingfisher
  Todiramphus recurvirostris
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  Laughing kookaburra
  Dacelo novaeguineae
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  Swallow-tailed bee-eater
  Merops hirundineus chrysolaimus
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  White-fronted bee-eater
  Merops bullockoides
  
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  Little bee-eater
  Merops pusillus argutus
  
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  European bee-eaters
  Merops apiaster with dragonflies
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  Blue-tailed bee-eater
  Merops philippinus
  
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  Blue-tailed bee-eater
  Merops philippinus
  
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  Chestnut-headed bee-eater
  Merops leschenaulti
  
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  Rainbow bee-eater
  Merops ornatus
  
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  Indian roller
  Coracias benghalensis
  
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  Rufous-headed ground-roller
  Atelornis crossleyi
  
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  Lilac-breasted roller
  Coracias caudatus
  
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  Purple roller
  Coracias naevius mosambicus
  
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  European roller
  Coracias garrulus
  
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  Andean motmot
  Momotus aequatorialis
  

Featured pictures of parrots, macaws, lovebirds, parakeets and cockatoos
(Psittaciformes)

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  Turquoise-fronted amazon
  Amazona aestiva
  
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  Orange-winged parrots
  Amazona amazonica tobagensis
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  Rosy-faced lovebird
  Agapornis roseicollis
  
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  Rosy-faced lovebirds
  Agapornis roseicollis
  
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  Hyacinth macaw
  Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
  
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  Hyacinth macaw
  Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus
  
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  Red-and-green macaw
  Ara chloropterus
  juvenile
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  Scarlet macaw
  Ara macao cyanopterus
  
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  Scarlet macaw
  Ara macao cyanopterus
  
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  Scarlet macaw
  Ara macao macao
  
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  Rose-ringed parakeet
  sittacula krameri borealis
  ♂
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  Galah
  Eolophus roseicapilla
  ♂
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  Galah
  Eolophus roseicapilla
  ♀
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  Little corella
  Cacatua sanguinea gymnopis
  
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  Rainbow lorikeet
  Trichoglossus moluccanus
  
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  Collared lory
  Vini solitaria
  
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  Red shining-parrot
  Prosopeia tabuensis
  

Featured pictures of toucans, barbets and woodpeckers
(Piciformes)

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  Keel-billed toucan
  Ramphastos sulfuratus
  
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  Grey-breasted mountain toucan
  Andigena hypoglauca
  
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  Campo flicker
  Colaptes campestris
  
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  Red-crowned woodpecker
  Melanerpes rubricapillus ♀
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  Cuban green woodpecker
  Xiphidiopicus percussus
  ♀
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  Golden-fronted (Velasquez's) woodpecker
  Melanerpes aurifrons
  ♂
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  Red-crowned woodpecker
  Melanerpes rubricapillus
  ♂
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  Red-headed barbet
  Eubucco bourcierii occidentalis
  ♀
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  Red-headed barbet
  Eubucco bourcierii aequatorialis
  ♂
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  Toucan barbet
  Semnornis ramphastinus
  
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  Toucan barbet
  Semnornis ramphastinus
  
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  Crimson-rumped toucanet
  Aulacorhynchus haematopygus sexnotatus
  
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  Crimson-rumped toucanet
  Aulacorhynchus haematopygus sexnotatus
  

Featured pictures of hummingbirds
(Apodiformes)

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  Vervain hummingbird
  Mellisuga minima
  
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  Red-billed streamertail
  Trochilus polytmus
  ♀
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  Bee hummingbird
  Mellisuga helenae
  immature ♂
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  Cuban emerald
  Chlorostilbon ricordii
  ♂
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  Volcano hummingbird
  Selasphorus flammula
  ♀
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  2 of 3
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  3 of 3
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  Sapphire-throated hummingbird
  Lepidopyga coeruleogularis
  ♂
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  Snowy-bellied hummingbird
  Amazilia edward
  
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  Violet sabrewinɡ
  Campylopterus hemileucurus mellitus
  ♂
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  Green-crowned brilliant
  Heliodoxa jacula henryi)
  ♀
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  Talamanca hummingbird
  Eugenes spectabilis
  ♂
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  Cinnamon hummingbird
  Amazilia rutila
  
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  Lesser violetear
  Colibri cyanotus
  
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  Brown violetear
  Colibri delphinae
  
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  Sword-billed hummingbird
  Ensifera ensifera
  
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  Buff-tailed coronet
  Boissonneaua flavescens
  
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  Buff-tailed coronet - set 1 of2
  Boissonneaua flavescens
  
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  Buff-tailed coronet - set 2 of2
  Boissonneaua flavescens
  
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  Fawn-breasted brilliant
  Heliodoxa rubinoides aequatorialis
  
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  Fawn-breasted brilliant
  Heliodoxa rubinoides aequatorialis
  
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  Violet-tailed sylph
  Aglaiocercus coelestis
  ♂
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  Tawny-bellied hermit
  Phaethornis syrmatophorus
  
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  Andean emerald
  Uranomitra franciae viridiceps
  ♂

Featured pictures of songbirds
(Passeriformes)

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  Chestnut-naped antpitta
  Grallaria nuchalis
  
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  Slaty-crowned antpitta
  Grallaricula nana occidentalis
  
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  Crescent-faced antpitta
  Grallaricula lineifrons
  
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  Chestnut-crowned antpitta
  Grallaria ruficapilla
  
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  Brown-banded antpitta
  Grallaria milleri
  
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  Inca jay
  Cyanocorax yncas galeatus
  
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  Ecuador}
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  Yellow-billed oxpeckers
  Buphagus africanus africanus
  
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  Pied-winged swallow
  Hirundo leucosoma
  
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  Southern rough-winged swallow
  Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
  
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  Uruguay}
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  Tropical kingbird
  Tyrannus melancholicus
  
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  Northern masked weaver
  Ploceus taeniopterus
  ♀
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  Red-headed weaver
  Anaplectes rubriceps leuconotus
  ♂
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  Village weaver
  Ploceus cucullatus
  ♀
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  Village weaver
  Ploceus cucullatus
  ♂
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  Village weavers
  Ploceus cucullatus
  ♀♂
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  Black-headed weaver
  Ploceus cucullatus bohndorffi
  ♂
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  Spotted-backed weaver
  Ploceus cucullatus spilonotus
  ♂
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  Vieillot's black weaver
  Ploceus nigerrimus castaneofuscus
  ♂
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  Sociable weaver
  Philetairus socius
  
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  Spectacled weaver
  Ploceus ocularis
  ♂
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  Príncipe golden weaver
  Ploceus princeps
  ♀
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  Asian golden weaver
  Ploceus hypoxanthus chryseus
  ♀
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  Madagascar fody
  Foudia madagascariensis
  ♂
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  Mauritius fody
  Foudia rubra
  ♂
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  Dunnock
  Prunella modularis occidentalis
  
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  Dunnock
  Prunella modularis occidentalis
  
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  Robin (juvenile)
  Erithacus rubecula
  
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  Saffron finch
  Sicalis flaveola
  ♂
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  Baywing
  Agelaioides badius
  
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  Seedeater
  Sporophila sp.
  ♀
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  Hawfinch (juvenile)
  Coccothraustes coccothraustes
  
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  African Chaffinch
  Fringilla spodiogenys
  ♀
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  Trumpeter finch
  Bucanetes githagineus zedlitzi
  ♀
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  Bank myna
  Acridotheres ginginianus
  
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  Asian pied starlings
  Gracupica contra
  
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  Violet-backed starling
  Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
  ♂
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  Violet-backed starling
  Cinnyricinclus leucogaster
  ♀
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  Cape starling
  Lamprotornis nitens
  
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  Greater blue-eared starling
  Lamprotornis chalybaeus nordmanni
  
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  Paddyfield pipit
  Anthus rufulus
  
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  Brown rock chat
  Oenanthe fusca
  
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  Pied bushchat
  Saxicola caprata
  ♀
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  European stonechat
  Saxicola rubicola
  ♂
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  Réunion stonechat
  Saxicola tectes
  ♂ Réunion
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  Sedge warbler
  Acrocephalus schoenobaenus
  
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  Madagascar stonechat
  Saxicola sibilla
  ♂
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  Palestine sunbird
  Cinnyris osea
  ♂
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  Príncipe sunbird
  Anabathmis hartlaubii
  ♂
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  Príncipe sunbird
  Anabathmis hartlaubii
  ♀
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  Western olive sunbird
  Cyanomitra olivacea obscura
  
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  Scarlet-chested sunbird
  Chalcomitra senegalensis lamperti
  ♀
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  Olive-backed sunbird
  Cinnyris jugularis flammaxillaris
  ♀
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  Madagascar magpie-robin
  Copsychus albospecularis
  ♀
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  Amber mountain rock thrush
  Monticola sharpei erythronotus
  ♂
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  White-lined tanager
  Tachyphonus rufus
  ♀
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  Flame-faced tanager
  Tangara parzudakii
  
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  Hooded mountain tanager
  Buthraupis montana cucullata
  
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  Flame-rumped tanager
  Ramphocelus flammigerus
  ♀
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  Slaty brushfinch
  Atlapetes schistaceus
  
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  Yellow-billed cardinal
  Paroaria capitata
  
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  Yellow-billed cardinal (juvenile)
  Paroaria capitata
  
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  Samoan myzomela
  Myzomela nigriventris
  ♂
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  Common blackbird
  Turdus merula mauretanicus
  ♀
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  Rufous-collared sparrow
  Zonotrichia capensis
  
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  Rufous-tailed flycatcher
  Myiarchus validus
  
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  Rusty-margined flycatcher
  Myiozetetes cayanensis hellmayri
  
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  Fork-tailed flycatcher
  Tyrannus savana monachus
  
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  Cinnamon flycatcher
  Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus pyrrhopterus
  
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  Dusky-capped flycatcher
  Myiarchus tuberculifer atriceps
  
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  Cinnamon-bellied flowerpiercer
  Diglossa baritula ♂
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  Red-whiskered bulbul
  Pycnonotus jocosus
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  Mauritius grey white-eye
  Zosterops mauritianus
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  Morrison's fulvetta
  Alcippe morrisonia
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  Redstart (ringed)
  Phoenicurus phoenicurus ♂
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  North African Thekla's lark
  Galerida theklae carolinae
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  Western wattled-honeyeater
  Foulehaio procerior
  
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  North Island saddleback
  Philesturnus rufusater
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  Tui
  Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
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  Tui
  Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae
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  Yellow-billed shrike
  Corvinella corvina corvina
  
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  Rufous hornero
  Furnarius rufus
  

Featured pictures of storks, herons, ibis, pelican and hamerkop
(Ciconiformes, Pelecaniformes)

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  Marabou stork
  Leptoptilos crumenifer
  
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  Marabou stork
  Leptoptilos crumenifer
  
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  Jabiru
  Jabiru mycteria
  
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  Jabirus
  Jabiru mycteria on nest
  ♀ ♂
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  Painted stork
  Mycteria leucocephala
  
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  Painted storks
  Mycteria leucocephala
  
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  White stork
  Ciconia ciconia
  
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  Sacred ibis
  Threskiornis aethiopicus
  
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  Australian ibis
  Threskiornis molucca
  
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  Pacific reef heron
  Egretta sacra) dark morph
  
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  Western reef egret (slate grey morph)
  Egretta gularis schistacea
  
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  Western reef egret (dark morph)
  Egretta gularis schistacea
  
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  Dalmatian pelican
  Pelecanus crispus
  
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  Dalmatian pelican
  Pelecanus crispus
  
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  White pelicans
  Pelecanus onocrotalus
  
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  Great white pelican
  Pelecanus onocrotalus
  
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  Hamerkop
  Scopus umbretta
  Kenya

Featured pictures of waders and other shorebirds
(Charadriiformes, Gruiformes)

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  Black-headed lapwing
  Vanellus tectus
  
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  Spur-winged lapwing
  Vanellus spinosus
  
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  Masked lapwing
  Vanellus miles
  
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  Common ringed plover
  Charadrius hiaticula
  
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  Black guillemot
  Cepphus grylle icelandicus
  
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  Black skimmeɽ
  Rynchops niger
  
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  Bronze-winged jacana
  Metopidius indicus
  
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  Oystercatcher
  Haematopus ostralegus with juvenile
  
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  Puffin
  Fratercula arctica
  
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  Puffin
  Fratercula arctica
  
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  Common greenshank
  Tringa nebularia
  
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  Purple sandpiper
  Calidris maritima
  
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  Pacific gull
  Larus pacificus
  
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  White tern
  Gygis alba candida
  
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  Common noddy
  Anous stolidus pileatus
  
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  Grey crowned crane
  Balearica regulorum gibbericeps
  
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  Eurasian coot with chicks
  Fulica atra
  
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  Eurasian hoopoe
  Upupa epops juvenile
  

Featured pictures of ducks, geese and swans
(Anseriformes)

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  Black-bellied whistling ducks
  Dendrocygna autumnalis
  
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  West Indian whistling duck
  Dendrocygna arborea
  
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  Mallard chick
  Anas platyrhynchos
  
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  Chiloe wigeon
  Mareca sibilatrix
  ♂
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  Greylag goose
  Anser anser
  
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  Greylag geese
  Anser anser
  
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  Egyptian goose
  Alopochen aegyptiaca) and goslings
  
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  Cape Barren goose
  Cereopsis novaehollandiae
  
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  Upland goose
  Chloephaga picta
  ♂
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  Cape Barren geese
  Cereopsis novaehollandiae
  
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  Mute swans and cygnets
  Cygnus olor
  
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  Mute swan
  Cygnus olor
  
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  Mute swan cygnet
  Cygnus olor
  
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  Black-necked swan
  Cygnus melancoryphus
  
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  Coscoroba swans
  Coscoroba coscoroba pair with cygnets
  

Featured pictures of other birds
(Bucerotiformes, Cariamiformes, Colombiformes, Cuculiformes, Galliformes, Nyctibiiformes, Opisthocomiformes, Phoenicopteriformes, Podargiformes, Rheiformes, Strigiformes, Suliformes, Trogoniformes)

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  African Grey Hornbill
  Tockus nasutus
  ♀
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  Malabar pied hornbill
  Anthracoceros coronatus
  ♂
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  Malabar pied hornbill
  Anthracoceros coronatus
  ♀
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  Red-legged seriema
  Cariama cristata
  
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  Spotted dove
  Spilopelia chinensis suratensis
  
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  Rufous turtle dove
  Streptopelia orientalis orii
  
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  White-throated quail-dove
  Zentrygon frenata bourcieri
  
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  New Zealand pigeon
  Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae
  
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  African emerald cuckoo
  Chrysococcyx cupreus
  ♂
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  Smooth-billed ani
  Crotophaga ani
  
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  Chaco chachalaca
  Tyrannus melancholicus
  
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  Bare-faced curassow
  Crax fasciolata
  ♀
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  Helmeted guineafowl
  Numida meleagris
  
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  Ocellated turkey
  Meleagris ocellata
  ♂
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  Australian brushturkey
  Alectura lathami
  ♀
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  Australasian swamphen
  Porphyrio melanotus
  
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  Northern potoo
  Nyctibius jamaicensis mexicanus
  
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  Hoatzin
  Opisthocomus hoazin
  
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  Greater flamingos
  Phoenicopterus roseus
  
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  Greater flamingos
  Phoenicopterus roseus
  
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  Southern burrowing owl
  Athene cunicularia
  
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  Philippine frogmouth
  Batrachostomus septimus
  ♀♂
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  Lesser rhea
  Rhea pennata
  
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  Little pied cormorant
  Microcarbo melanoleucos
  
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  Great cormorants
  Phalacrocorax carbo
  
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  Brown booby
  Sula leucogaster plotus
  ♀ & juvenile ♂
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  Brown booby
  Sula leucogaster plotus
  ♂
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  Masked trogon
  Trogon personatus temperatus
  ♂