Birds
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Albatross
Albatrosses (family Diomedeidae) are among the most magnificent and biologically extraordinary birds...
Atlantic Puffin
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) is one of the most beloved and recognizable seabirds in the...
Barn Owl
The barn owl (Tyto alba) is one of the most widely distributed land birds on Earth, found on every c...
Bald Eagle
The bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is one of the most powerful and iconic birds of prey in th...
Cassowary
The cassowary is one of the most extraordinary and ancient-looking birds on Earth — a massive, fligh...
Cockatoo
Cockatoos, comprising the family Cacatuidae with 21 recognized species, are among the most cognitive...
Common Crane
The common crane (Grus grus) is a large, elegant migratory wading bird of the family Gruidae — one o...
Dodo
The dodo was a large, flightless bird endemic to the island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean, and it...
Emperor Penguin
The emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest and heaviest of all living penguin species...
Emu
The emu (Dromaius novaehollandiae) is the world's second-largest living bird by height — surpassed o...
Flamingo
The flamingo is one of the most immediately recognizable birds on Earth — a creature of such improba...
Golden Eagle
The golden eagle (Aquila chrysaetos) is one of the most widely distributed and best-studied raptors ...
Great Horned Owl
The great horned owl (Bubo virginianus) is the largest and most powerful owl in the Americas and arg...
Greater Flamingo
The greater flamingo is the largest and most widespread of the six flamingo species, an unmistakable...
Harpy Eagle
The Harpy Eagle (*Harpia harpyja*) is widely considered one of the largest, most powerful, and unden...
Hummingbird
Hummingbirds constitute the family Trochilidae, a spectacularly diverse lineage of more than 360 rec...
Common Kingfisher
The common kingfisher (Alcedo atthis) is among the most visually striking birds in the world — a com...
Kiwi
The kiwi is one of the most extraordinary and evolutionarily anomalous birds on Earth — a small, fli...
King Penguin
The second-largest penguin species, intensely famous universally totally cleanly entirely explicitly...
Kookaburra
The kookaburras are a genus of four species of large, terrestrially oriented kingfishers in the fami...
Macaw
Macaws are the largest and most visually spectacular members of the parrot order Psittaciformes, com...
Mandarin Duck
The Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) is widely considered one of the most beautiful birds in the wor...
Marabou Stork
The marabou stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) is one of the largest and most ecologically consequential...
Mute Swan
The mute swan is one of the largest and heaviest flying birds in the world, an iconic waterfowl nati...
Osprey
The osprey (Pandion haliaetus) is one of the most remarkable and most widely distributed raptors in ...
Ostrich
The ostrich (Struthio camelus) is the largest and heaviest living bird on Earth, a flightless ratite...
Peregrine Falcon
The peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) holds the extraordinary distinction of being the fastest ani...
Indian Peafowl
The Indian peafowl (Pavo cristatus), commonly referred to as the peacock (though technically 'peacoc...
Pelican
The pelican is one of the most ancient and architecturally extraordinary birds alive today — a livin...
Atlantic Puffin
The Atlantic puffin (Fratercula arctica) is a charismatic, compact seabird belonging to the family A...
Common Raven
The common raven (Corvus corax) is the largest passerine (perching bird) in the world, and by almost...
Scarlet Macaw
The scarlet macaw is the largest and among the most spectacular members of the macaw genus Ara — a b...
Secretary Bird
The secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) is one of the most distinctive and unusual birds of pr...
Snowy Owl
The snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus) is one of the most striking birds of prey in the world — a large, po...
Southern Cassowary
The southern cassowary (Casuarius casuarius) is among the most extraordinary and dangerous birds ali...
Toucan
Toucans are among the most visually extravagant and instantly recognizable birds in the world — a fa...
Wild Turkey
The wild turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) is the largest game bird native to North America and the direc...
White Stork
The white stork (Ciconia ciconia) is one of Europe's most iconic migratory birds and one of the larg...
Woodpecker
Woodpeckers (family Picidae) comprise approximately 240 species distributed across nearly every fore...