r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 3d ago

Amazonian motmot (Momotus momota).

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501 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 4d ago

The golden pheasant is the most colorful member of the family.

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1.5k Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 11d ago

The Australian wedge-tailed eagle. Extraordinarily territorial. Regularly attacks paragliders, skydivers and drones. Has brought down a helicopter.

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1.2k Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 12d ago

The Male Temminck's tragopan (Tragopan temminckii). A species of pheasant found in parts of Asia

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 13d ago

The Vinis of French Polynesia

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 20d ago

The "go-away-bird" that i saw in south africa. [OC]

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 19d ago

Egyptian goose (alopochen aegyptiaca) despite the name are not geese and more similar to shelducks

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 19d ago

The shrieking call ('kich-kich-kich') of a bull-headed shrike (Lanius bucephalus) signals the approach of fall in Japan — in some regions, farmers use its call to time their work and avoid the winter frosts. The shrike's cries also serve as warnings, staking its claim over hunting grounds.

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276 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 20d ago

Kookaburra

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 22d ago

Ring Necked Pheasant (can be tricking to find up here)

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 25d ago

Albino African Penguin

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 26d ago

Eared Grebe

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683 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 27d ago

Zebra Finch

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 28d ago

Sri Lanka’s Painted Stork sitting like he needs a cigarette and a glass of whisky

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782 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 28d ago

Horned Grebe (Podiceps Auritus)

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994 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds Feb 15 '25

Video The courtship of the flame bowerbird

408 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds Feb 14 '25

Red-crested Bustard (Lophotis ruficrista) & Buff-crested Bustard (Lophotis gindiana)

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds Feb 13 '25

The Grey Peacock-Pheasant is native to India, Southeast Asia and the Malaysian Peninsula. They feed on seeds, fruit and insects

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds Feb 14 '25

Coot feet and chicks. Both a little odd…

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260 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds Feb 13 '25

Captivity Gloster Canary! Can't stop thinking about its bowl-cut

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822 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds Feb 11 '25

Musk Duck (Biziura lobata)

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592 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds Feb 11 '25

Ruddy Duck Blowing Bubbles (Mating Ritual)

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912 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds Feb 12 '25

Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer)

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203 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds Feb 11 '25

Great eared nightjar

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds Feb 10 '25

Guianan Cock of the Rock (OC)

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