dazzling exotic birds

Another crazy bird of paradise that is easy to recognize with it s curly tail feathers and unique coloring. The turquoise crown of the male is actually a patch of bare skin, not feathers.

Their almost perfect semi circle crest is formed by two rows of feathers, flattened against each other. Unlike other birds, their crest is always on display.

Their song is quite different from other fairywrens because it is of lower frequency, quite loud, and usually sung as a duet.

Turacos make up the bird family Musophagidae (literally banana eaters ). Despite the name, they generally do not eat bananas.

These cotingas live in the Amazon Rainforest and are usually silent, except when alarmed by predators.

These birds live in the Atlantic Forest of South America and have one of the loudest calls of any bird.

These are an easily recognizable bird due to the large casque (the display growth on the upper bill). The tribal people of central India believed that hanging a skull of the hornbill brought wealth.

This type of trogon is found in and around Borneo and is threatened due to habitat loss.

Motmots aren t born with their signature racket tipped tails. The feathers are weakly attached and shed away easily after development.

This is one of three separate species of banded pittas that were lumped together as one. Due to their vocal and visual differences the species were recently split.