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Aix galericulata by Phil Burton

The Mandarin lives in the forests of Japan and China. The male has a pair of "sail" feathers that are raised vertically above the back, a crest of orange and cream feathers, and a broad white eye-stripe that is bounded above and below by darker feathers.

Chrysolophus Pictus by Alexander Vasiljev

The males Golden Pheasant are one of the most brilliantly colored of all birds. They have a full, silky golden-yellow crest with perhaps a slight tinge of red at the tip.

Gould Amandina Chloebia Gouldiae by Clarence Lewis

The Gouldian Finches are brightly colored with red, black, green and yellow. But the male's chest is purple, while the female's is a mauve.

Carduelis Tristis by James N. Perdue

American goldfinches are small finches with small conical bills. Males have bright yellow throats and jet black wing feathers.

Sialia Currucoides by Elaine R. Wilson

The male mountain bluebird is a deep sky blue above and a paler blue below with a white stomach.

Passerina Ciris by Claudia Dornenig

The orange-bellied bunting is endemic to Mexico where it resides in dry forests and shrubland in the tropics and subtropics.

Alisterus scapularis by George Olioso

The male King Parrot is a beautiful rainforest bird with green and red feathers and blue on the wing coverts.

Pavo Cristatus by Jan Harteman

Peacocks are native to Sri Lanka and India, but can also be found naturally in Java, Congo, Pakistan or Nepal. It has three variations, Indian blue peafowl are known best for their exquisite train and plumage.

Paradisaeidae, credit: Don Roberson

Magnificent birds-of-paradise are found in the upper canopy of the rainforest, almost exclusively in the mountains, for example in New-Guinea.

Cardinalis by D.W. Maiden

Cardinalis sinuatus is distributed in Mexico and the southwestern USA. Male Cardinalis sinuatus are mainly gray with red located on the crest, wing, face and tail.

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