Designed to Dance: Birds of Paradise

New Guinea is a true garden of Eden for birds. Some of the most unique are birds of paradise. With plenty of food such as nuts and fruits and very few natural predators, they've been able to leisurely hone their courting skills. The ribbon-tailed astrapia flaps its long white tail feathers, while the blue bird-of-paradise unfurls its feathers to create a pulsating eye-like shape. Since they live deep in the jungle, their courtship displays have long been steeped in mystery. Tadashi Shimada, a...

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From: Wild Animals

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Black-billed Magpie in Ladakh

The adult Black-billed Magpie is 45--60 cm (18--24 in) long and weighs 145-210 g (5-7.5 ounces). The tail is long and makes up half of the bird's length. Wingspan is about 60 cm (24 in). The male is larger than the female (16-20% heavier). The bird is black with white shoulders, a white belly, and iridescent dark blue-green wings and tail. There are large white markings on the primaries, clearly visible in flight.

This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of...

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From: WildFilmsIndia

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Black-billed or Pied Magpie in Ladakh, Kashmir

The adult Black-billed Magpie is 45--60 cm (18--24 in) long and weighs 145-210 g (5-7.5 ounces). The tail is long and makes up half of the bird's length. Wingspan is about 60 cm (24 in). The male is larger than the female (16-20% heavier). The bird is black with white shoulders, a white belly, and iridescent dark blue-green wings and tail. There are large white markings on the primaries, clearly visible in flight.

This footage is part of the professionally-shot stock footage archive of...

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From: WildFilmsIndia

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Blue Jay

Blue Jays are birds of forest edges. A favorite food is acorns, and they are often found near oaks, in forests, woodlots, towns, cities, parks. Blue Jays are most often detected by their noisy calls. Near shorelines they migrate in loose flocks; you can recognize them by their steady flight, rounded wings, long tail, and white underside. Resident birds may associate in flocks; they usually fly across open areas one at a time, often silently. Also watch for them at feeders. Blue Jays prefer...

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From: LilyAudrey

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Flamingo Land Parrots Enclosure

The Orange-winged Amazon Parrot has no protective status at the moment, but it is now treated as a pest by farmers.

As its name suggests, this Amazon parrot has a band of orange on the secondary feathers of the wing. These are only truly visible when the bird is in flight. The head has varying degrees of blue and yellow around the forehead, eyes and cheeks. Like most of the Amazon parrots belonging to genus Amazona, they are mostly green in colour with varying feather markings of red, blue,...

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From: Flamingo Land Theme Park

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Lady Amherst's pheasant and Red legged partridges

The Lady Amherst's pheasant (Chrysolophus amherstiae) is a bird of the order Galliformes and the family Phasianidae. The genus name is from Ancient Greek khrusolophos, "with golden crest". The English name and amherstiae commemorates Sarah Countess Amherst, wife of William Pitt Amherst, Governor General of Bengal, who was responsible for sending the first specimen of the bird to London in 1828.

The adult male is 100–120 cm (23 in.) in length, its tail accounting for 80 cm of the total length....

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From: Chokri Hizem

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Blue Headed Parrot at Safarick's Zoo Panama

The blue-headed parrot, also known as the blue-headed pionus (Pionus menstruus) is a medium large parrot. It is about 27 cm long and they are mainly green with a blue head and neck, and red under tail feathers. It is a resident bird in tropical and subtropical South America and southern Central America, from Costa Rica, Venezuela and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Brazil. It is named for its medium-blue head and neck.

Its habitat is forest and semi-open country, including cultivated areas. It...

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From: Randy Hilarski

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