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You might not have heard of the ivory billed woodpecker, but it could well be the most endangered animal in the world. That is, if it is not already extinct. This bird exists (or perhaps existed) in the Southeastern part of America, but 10 years ago it was believed to have become extinct. However, there are still occasional reports of sightings in Florida and Arkansas. Sadly, no definitive proof has been found that a population still exists. [Source]

Ivory Billed Woodpecker

At this point some people are going to be looking a little puzzled – isn’t the dodo already extinct? The little dodo bird is actually a distant cousin of the dodo that most people are familiar with. It also goes by the name “tooth billed pigeon”. There are believed to only be a few hundred little dodo birds left on two islands in Samoa. Its link with the famously extinct Mauritian dodo makes conservationists particularly keen to preserve this species. [Source]

The Little Dodo Bird

The Martial Eagle is a large eagle found in open and semi-open habitats of sub-Saharan Africa. The adult's plumage consists of dark grey-brown coloration on the upperparts, head and upper chest, with slightly lighter edging to these feathers. The body underparts are white with blackish-brown spotting. The Martial Eagle can be found in most of sub-Saharan Africa, wherever food is abundant and the environment favourable. It is never common, but greater population densities do exist in southern Africa, especially in Zimbabwe and South Africa. [Wiki]

Martial Eagle

The Blue Jay is a passerine bird in the family Corvidae, native to North America. It is resident through most of eastern and central United States and southern Canada, although western populations may be migratory. The Blue Jay mainly feeds on nuts and seeds such as acorns, soft fruits, arthropods, and occasionally small vertebrates. It typically gleans food from trees, shrubs, and the ground, though it sometimes hawks insects from the air. It builds an open cup nest in the branches of a tree, which both sexes participate in constructing. [Wiki]

Beautiful Blue Jay Bird

10. Lori Parrot [Source]

9. American Kestrel [Source]

8. Atlantic Puffin [Source]

7. Crowned Crane [Source]

6. Red Cardinal [Source]

5. Kingfisher [Source]

4. Red macaw [Source]

3. Mandarin duck [Source]

2. Peacock [Source]

1. Paradise Tanagra [Source]

Top 10 Most Beautiful Birds

The Saddle-billed Stork is a large wading bird in the stork family, Ciconiidae. It is a widespread species which is a resident breeder in sub-Saharan Africa from Sudan, Ethiopia and Kenya. [Source]

Beautiful Saddlebilled Stork

1. Canada Goose Gosling [Source]

2. Atlantic Puffin [Source]

3. Rainbow Finch [Source]

4. Black-capped Chickadee [Source]

5. European Robin [Source]

6. Dunlin [Source]

7. African Penguin [Source]

8. Blue-footed Boobie [Source]

9. Costa's Hummingbird [Source]

10. Toucan [Source]

Top 10 Cutest Birds

The Gouldian Finch, also known as the Lady Gouldian Finch, Gould's Finch or the Rainbow Finch, is a colourful passerine bird endemic to Australia. The Gouldian Finch was described by British ornithological artist John Gould in 1844 and named after his wife Elizabeth. It is also known in America as the Rainbow Finch, Gould's Finch, or the Lady Gouldian Finch. Both sexes are brightly colored with black, green, yellow, and red markings. The females tend to be less brightly colored. One major difference between the sexes is that the male's chest is purple, while the female's is a lighter mauve. [Wiki]

Beautiful Gouldian Finch

The Yellow-bibbed Lory is 28 cm (11 in) long. It is mostly red with black on top of head and green wings. It has a yellow transverse band on upper chest and a crescent-shaped black patch on each side of neck. However, they are very sweet, kind birds. It has blue/green thighs and dark-grey legs. It has an orange-red beak, dark-grey eyerings, and orange irises. [Wiki]

Amazing Yellow-bibbed Lory

The Blue-and-Yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna), also known as the Blue-and-Gold Macaw, is a large blue (top parts) and yellow (under parts) South American parrot, a member of the large group of Neotropical parrots known as macaws. There has been a small breeding population in Miami-Dade County, Florida, since the middle 1980's. These birds can reach 76 to 86 cm (30 to 34 in) long and weigh 900 to 1500 grams (1.9 to 3.3 lbs), making it one of the larger members of its family. [Wiki]

Beautiful Blue-and-yellow Macaw

The Secretarybird or Secretary Bird is a large, mostly terrestrial bird of prey. It is given its own family, Sagittariidae. It is usually found in the open grasslands and savannah of the sub-Sahara. The Secretary Bird is instantly recognizable as having an eagle-like body on crane-like legs which increases the bird’s height to as much as 1.3 m (4 ft) tall. Unlike most birds of prey, the Secretary Bird is largely terrestrial, hunting its prey on foot. Adults hunt in pairs and sometimes as loose familial flocks, stalking through the habitat with long strides. [Wiki]

Beautiful Secretarybird

The White Cockatoo, also known as the Umbrella Cockatoo, is a medium-sized all white cockatoo endemic to tropical rainforest on islands of Indonesia. The White Cockatoo is around 46 cm (18 in) long, and weighs about 400 g (14 oz) for small females and up to 800 g (28 oz) for big males. In the wild, White Cockatoos feed on berries, seeds, nuts, fruit and roots. When nesting, they include insects and insect larvae. [Wiki]

Lovely White Cockatoo

The Sun Parakeet or Sun Conure is a medium-sized brightly colored parrot native to northeastern South America. On average, Sun Parakeets weigh approximately 110 g (4 oz) and are around 30 cm (12 in) long. Its exact ecological requirements remain relatively poorly known. [Wiki]

Beautiful Sun Parakeet

The Victoria Crowned Pigeon is a large, bluish-grey pigeon with elegant blue lace-like crests, maroon breast and red iris. The Victoria Crowned Pigeon is a deep blue-gray color with a small black mask. Its feather crest (the signature feature of crowned pigeons other than their size) is conspicuously white-tipped. This species is typically 73 to 75 cm (29 to 30 in) long and weighs 2.38 kilograms (5.3 lbs). Some specimens may exceed a length of 80 cm (31 in) and a weight of 3.5 kg (7.7 lb). [Wiki]

Amazing Victoria Crowned Pigeon

Kingfishers are a group of small to medium sized brightly coloured birds in the order Coraciiformes. There are roughly 90 species of kingfisher. In Britain, the word 'kingfisher' normally refers to the Common Kingfisher. The kingfishers have a long, dagger-like bill. [Wiki]

Beautiful Kingfisher Bird

Hummingbirds are birds that comprise the family Trochilidae. They are among the smallest of birds, most species measuring in the 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in) range. They hover in mid-air by rapidly flapping their wings 12–80 times per second. They can fly at speeds exceeding 15 m/s (54 km/h; 34 mph). [Wiki]

Beautiful Hummingbird

The Indian Roller, also called the Blue Jay in former times is a member of the roller family of birds. They are found mainly in the Indian Subcontinent. They are very commonly seen perched along roadside trees and wires and are commonly seen in open grassland and scrub forest habitats. [Wiki]

Beautiful Indian Roller

The Violet-tailed Sylph is a species of hummingbird. It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. This Sylph lives in areas from 300–2,100 metres (980–6,900 ft) in elevation, though typically above 900 metres (3,000 ft) on the west slope of the Andes. [Wiki]

Violet-tailed Sylph

The Green Parakeet, is a medium-sized parrot that is native to Central America, from Mexico south to northern Nicaragua. The bird is 32 cm in length, and is mostly green in color. It also has a yellow beak. The bird feed on seeds, various fruits, and corn. It can sometimes be considered a crop pest. [Wiki]

Beautiful Green Parakeet

The Wilson's Bird-of-paradise, Cicinnurus respublica, is a small, up to 21 cm long, passerine bird of the Paradisaeidae family. The female is a brownish bird with bare blue crown and the male is a red and black bird-of-paradise, with a yellow mantle on its neck, light green mouth, rich blue feet and two curved violet tail feathers. [Wiki]

Wilson's Bird-of-paradise

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