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Meet the Inca tern, a dark seabird with curling white facial feathers, bright red feet, and a life linked to the rich waters off Peru and Chile.
Discover how the purple gallinule uses long yellow toes to cross floating plants, climb marsh stems, and search for food in colorful wetlands.
Meet the great blue turaco, the largest turaco, with blue-green feathers, an upright crest, and a life spent feeding high in African forests.
Discover the violet turaco's purple plumage, yellow forehead, red wing flash, and fruit-eating life among the branches of West African forests.
Meet the red-crested turaco, a green forest bird from Angola with a scarlet crest, white face, hidden red wings, and a talent for climbing.
Explore the violet-crowned woodnymph's shining green and violet feathers, its place within crowned woodnymphs, and its flower-filled forest life.
Meet the white-booted racket-tail, an Andean hummingbird with fluffy leg feathers and, in males, long tail shafts ending in broad flags.
Discover the marvelous spatuletail, a northern Peruvian hummingbird whose male carries two long, paddle-tipped tail feathers used in courtship.
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Meet the violet sabrewing, a large hummingbird with a curved bill, flashing violet plumage, and a life linked to flowering forest plants.
Discover the southern carmine bee-eater's pink-red feathers, airborne insect hunts, seasonal journeys, and large colonies in sandy riverbanks.
Meet the European bee-eater, a brightly colored migrant that hunts airborne insects, prepares stinging prey, and digs a nest into sandy banks.
Explore the rainbow bee-eater's airborne hunting, careful handling of stinging prey, bright plumage, and surprising underground nest.
Meet the red-fan parrot, also called the hawk-headed parrot, whose blue-edged neck feathers rise into a dramatic display when it is alarmed.
Discover the palm cockatoo's red cheeks, dramatic crest, handmade drumming tools, and the nesting trees this remarkable parrot depends on.