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Pygmy Falcon

Great Hornbill

Wallcreeper

and

Cedar Waxwing

Red Crowned Crane

Brahminy Kite

Green Tree Swallow (I mean seriously - those are metallic teal feathers against stark white. Damn.) 

Bali Mynah

And, last but certainly not least, the cutest fucking puffball on this planet earth:

Hooded Pitta (or as like to call them little olives)

Coua

Mot-Mot

the Golden Pheasant,

and the Oriental Dwarf Kingfisher.

Introducing the Purple-crested Turaco (the rest of the Turaco family all.have similarly striking red wingtips in flight, although their bodies are much greener and they have white eyestripes)

Sticking with the purple theme, and similar to some of the birds above, the iridescent Violet-backed Starling is next!

Amazing camouflage and a hauntingly beautiful call, the Diederiks Cuckoo is one of the prettiest patchwork birds out there.

Proudly representing Angola, the Angola Pitta is a rare and elusive bird. It is however worth the search!

Next up, we have the beautiful (and tiny) Violet-eared Waxbill.

And my personal favourite (and national board of Kenya!): The Lilac-breasted Roller.

Look! Aren’t they so beautiful?

I love them so much!!!

Buteo - Red Hawks

{Tobias from Animorphs}

Geococcyx - Roadrunners {not pictured: Coyote, Anvil}

(THEY CAN FLY THEY JUST PREFER NOT TO)

Aphelocoma - “Scrub Jays” {not true Jays}

(FUN FACT THERE IS NO BLUE PIGMENT IN THEIR FEATHERS ITS SOME SORT OF OPTICS TRICKERY)

Callipepla - California Quail

{FLAWLESS}

I think a lot of people went in thinking pre transition trans folks are all gender nonconforming and she definitely isn’t.

But among trans people and others in the know she was really obvious because she showed a bunch of clear signs of repression and a low level obsession with her masculinity. As a combo it was possible for that to be a cis guy, but it also heavily pointed to her being trans.