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Birds
Bali starling
This beautiful little bird was discovered on the island of Bali by Baron Rothschild in 1912.
Blue-bellied roller
Out of the four different types of roller, the blue-bellied roller is seen as the most colourful.
Blue-crowned laughing thrush
Blue-crowned laughing thrushes are noisy birds with a wide range of songs and chattering noises.
Blue-eyed cockatoo
Blue-eyed cockatoos are beautiful birds with very striking crests who are found mainly in Papua New Guinea.
Cattle egret
Cattle egrets are a species of heron and are noted for their sturdy yellow bills, dark legs and feet and short, thick necks.
Chestnut-backed thrush
The chestnut-backed thrush is appropriately named due to the chestnut colour on its back.
Citron-crested cockatoo
Citron-crested cockatoos are one of the rarest species of cockatoo and are found only on the island of Sumba in Indonesia.
Common peafowl
Common peafowls, also known as Indian peafowls, are famous for their beautiful blue-green plumages.
Coscoroba swan
Coscoroba swans are often mistaken for white geese because of their short necks and the lack of black pigment around their eyes.
Demoiselle crane
Demoiselle cranes are the smallest members of the crane family and are famous for their ballet-like dance which they perform during courtship.
East African crowned crane
East African crowned cranes live in mixed wetlands and grasslands in east Africa.
Edward’s pheasant
Edward’s pheasants were thought to be extinct in the wild until 1996 when a bird was spotted in Vietnam.
Embden goose
The Embden goose is white with an orange beak and legs. The legs are short but the neck is long, graceful and swan-like.
Fulvous whistling duck
Fulvous whistling ducks have chestnut tails and wings and a white crescent on their upper tails which is visible during flight.
Gentoo penguin
At sea, gentoo penguins are attacked by killer whales, sea lions and leopard seals while, on land, they often fall prey to birds such as skuas, gulls and caracara falcons.
Great Chinese cormorant
In China, cormorants have, for generations, been employed by fishermen to catch fish and are trained to dive on command.
Great white pelican
Great white pelicans are found across Africa, in eastern Europe and in some parts of Asia.
Greater flamingo
Greater flamingos spend most of their time by water, filter feeding with their special beaks, and are found in Africa and in parts of Europe.
Humboldt’s penguin
Unlike other penguin species, Humboldt’s penguins live in the seas off South America, rather than Antarctica.
Leadbeater’s cockatoo
The leadbeaters cockatoo has a very beautiful salmon pink and white plumage and a very striking scarlet and yellow crest.
Luzon bleeding heart dove
Luzon bleeding heart doves get their unusual name from the splash of vivid red on their white breasts.
Mindanao bleeding-heart dove
The Mindanao bleeding-heart dove gets its name from the splash of vivid red on its white breast.
Moluccan cockatoo
Moluccan cockatoos have one of the shrillest calls of all birds and can mimic the sound of other animals, including humans.
Nicobar pigeon
Nicobar pigeons are found in south-east Asia, New Guinea, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Norfolk black turkey
The black turkey is not bred in America, but is bred extensively in Norfolk and Normandy in France.
Norfolk grey chicken
The Norfolk grey is a breed of chicken that originated in the city of Norwich, in Norfolk, England.
Northern helmeted curassow
The Northern helmeted curassow gets its name from the blue- grey fig- shaped casque on top of its beak.
Orange-headed ground thrush
The male orange-headed ground thrush has grey upper parts while the female and young have brown upper parts with an orange head.
Ostrich
Ostriches are the largest of all birds and are found on the short grass plains and arid savannahs of sub-Saharan Africa.
Pied imperial pigeon
Pied imperial pigeons are mainly found on small islands in the Indian Ocean and also in parts of Australia.
Red-crested turaco
Red-crested turacos are sometimes referred to as the ‘go away birds’ because their call sounds like ‘go away’.
Red-tailed black cockatoo
Red-tailed black cockatoos are common in parts of Australia but, in some parts of southern Australia, they are considered endangered.
Ringed teal
Both male and female ringed teals have distinctive white patches on their wings and their call sounds like a cat.
Rockhopper penguin
To attract a mate and declare their ownership of an area, Rockhopper penguins shake their feathers and perform a series of bows.
Scheepmaker’s crowned pigeon
Scheepmaker’s crowned pigeons are related to the grey pigeons we see on our streets everyday.
Silkie bantam
The main characteristic that sets them apart from other chickens is the texture of their feathers, they are silk like hence the name.
Socorro dove
Male Socorro doves are cinnamon-coloured while females and younger birds are a slightly duller colour.
Southern bald ibis
Southern bald ibises have blue and black plumages, red heads, legs, feet and bills and white faces.
Southern screamer
Southern screamers act as sentinels and emit screams which can be heard more than three kilometres away if they are approached by hunters.
Sunbittern
Sunbittern are not social animals and are often difficult to locate in the wild. They are quiet birds but can make quite a mechanical sound.
Temminck’s tragopan
Temminck’s tragopans are one of the most beautiful pheasants in the world thanks to their striking blue faces and wattles.
Turkey
Turkeys are large birds which are famous for their raised tail feathers and ‘gobbling’ sounds.
Vietnamese pheasant
Vietnamese pheasants were only discovered in 1964 and are thought to be the rarest pheasants in captivity.
Violaceous turaco
Violaceous turacos have long been exploited by man and their feathers are used in western fashion.
Vorwerk chicken
The Vorwerk chicken was developed in Germany in 1900 by Oskar Vorwerk, a poultry breeder.
White-cheeked turaco
White-cheeked turacos are green with deep green and blue tails and their heads have beautiful crests which stand up when the birds are excited.
White-crested turaco
White-crested turacos are one of the most colourful African birds due to their red and green colour.
White-tailed sea eagle
White-tailed sea eagles are the largest of all European eagles and are broader and more vulture-like than golden eagles.
