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For ducks sake

for @turningthefrogsgayy

Long-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia linearis), male, family Pipridae, order Passeriformes, Costa Rica

photograph by Jory Freimann

Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno), male, family Trogonidae, order Trogoniformes, Costa Rica

photograph by Dick van Duijn

Long-tailed Widowbird (Euplectes progne), male, family Ploceidae, order Passeriformes, South Africa

photograph by Braam Snr Collins

Scissor-tailed Flycatchers (Tyrannus forficatus), males, family Tyrannidae, order Passeriformes, South-central United States

photograph by Shiraz H Reels

Pheasant-tailed Jacanas (Hydrophasianus chirurgus), males getting spicy w/ each other, family Jacanidae, Bankura, India

photograph by samars_wildlife

Bornean Crested Fireback (Lophura ignita), male and female, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, Sabah, Borneo

photograph by Yung Niem

Black Paradise Flycatcher aka Japanese Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone atrocaudata), parent with chicks, family Monarchidae, South Korea

photograph by Young Sung Bae 

Reeves’s Pheasant (Syrmaticus reevesii), male, family Phasianidae, order Galliformes, China

Sulphur-billed Nuthatch (Sitta oenochlamys), family Sittidae, order Passeriformes, endemic to the Philippines

Some individuals have yellowish coloration on the belly, but not all of them do.

photograph by Delio Tolosa

White-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta carolinensis), family Sittidae, order Passeriformes, NYC, NY, USA

photograph by Rhododendrites 

Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sitta canadensis), family Sittidae, order Passeriformes, Saranac Lake, NY, USA

photograph by Jack Peneston

Brown-headed Nuthatch (Sitta pusilla), family Sittidae, order Passeriformes, Lufkin, TX, USA

photograph by Jim Grantham

Blue Nuthatch (Sitta azurea), family Sittidae, order Passeriformes, East Java, Indonesia

photograph by Jeyaramsankar Gurusamy

Chestnut-bellied Nuthatch (Sitta cinnamoventris), family Sittidae, order Passeriformes, India

photograph by Rahul Chakraborty

Velvet-fronted Nuthatch (Sitta frontalis), family Sittidae, order Passeriformes, India

photograph by @wildtamilnadu

Eurasian Nuthatch (Sitta europaea), family Sittidae, Forest Farm Country Park, Cardiff, Wales

photograph by Mike Brownhill

Beautiful Nuthatch (Sitta formosa), family Sittidae, Bhutan

Oh I think I can come up with 5 cool birds from NE India...

Ruddy-breasted Crake (Zapornia fusca), family Rallidae, order Gruiformes, India

photograph by Dalip Kaul

Ibisbill (Ibidorhyncha struthersii), family Ibidorhynchidae, order Charadriiformes, India

The only member of this family.

photograph by Himanshu Gupta

Orange Bullfinch (Pyrrhula aurantiaca), family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes, India

photograph by Reyan Sofi

Greater Painted-snipe (Rostratula benghalensis), L - female, R - male, family Rostratulidae, order Charadriiformes, India

The larger and more colorful females court the males, and are polyandrous (having multiple mates).

Males provide all incubation and paternal care.

photograph by Ajay Kumar

Spectacled Finch (Callacanthis burtoni), family Fringillidae, order Passeriformes, India

OH YES MOST DEFINITELY!!!

Bald Parrot (Pyrilia aurantiocephala), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Brazil

photograph by Source

Brown-hooded Parrot (Pyrilia haematotis), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Costa Rica

Photograph by Pieter-Jan D'Hondt

Red-breasted Pygmy Parrot (Micropsitta bruijnii), male, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, New Guinea

These tiny parrots are only 8 cm (3 in) in length. (This measurement does not include the tail feathers).

photographs by Lev Frid

Dracula Parrot aka Pesquet’s Parrot (Psittrichas fulgidus), family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, endemic to New Guinea

photograph by Mike Peel

Kakapo aka Owl Parrot (Strigops habroptila), family Strigopidae, order Psittaciformes, New Zealand

CRITICALLY ENDANGERED.

Photographs by New Zealand Dept. of Conservation

Plum-headed Parakeet (Psittacula cyanocephala), male, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, India

photograph by pradeep.wildlens

Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Panatal, Brazil

photograph by Glen Bartley

Spix’s Macaw (Cyanopsitta spixii), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, historically found in the Caatinga habitat of eastern Brazil

ENDANGERED.

This species went extinct in the wild, and is being reintroduced into a small area of its historic habitat.

photographs by Danny Ye

Moluccan Eclectus Parrot (Eclectus roratus), male and female, family Psittaculidae, order Psittaciformes, native to the Maluku islands of Indonesia

photograph by Papagoi Keskus – Erispapagoi

Red-fan Parrot aka Hawk-headed Parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus), family Psittacidae, order Psittaciformes, Brazil

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