Red-tailed tropicbird (Phaethon rubricauda), Kilauea Point National Wildlife Refuge, Kauai, Hawaii, United States of America, Pacific

Guardabarranco (turquoise-browed motmot), national bird of Nicaragua, on the slopes of Telica volcano, Leon, Nicaragua, Central America

Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher (Ptiliogonys caudatus), Costa Rica

Female Costa's hummingbird (Calypte costae), in Bahia Concepcion, Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez, Mexico, North America

Pin-tailed whydah (Vidua macroura), male in breeding plumage, South Africa, Africa

Southern carmine bee-eater (Merops nubicoides), Chobe National Park, Botswana, Africa

Indian Rufous Treepie, Dendrocitta vagabunda, bird in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Spotted Owlet bird, Athene brama, in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Shikra Hawk bird of prey, Accipiter Badius, in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Shikra Hawk bird of prey, Accipiter Badius, in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Indian Rufous Treepie, Dendrocitta vagabunda, bird in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Spotted Owl bird, Athene brama, in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Long tailed tits feeding on a garden bird feeder

White-tailed Tropicbird (Phaethon lepturus), Island of Mahe, Seychelles, Africa, Indian Ocean

Portrait of a male, common ostrich (Struthio camelus) lowering head and walking through the long grass at the Gabus Game Ranch; Otavi, Otjozondjupa, Namibia

A African paradise flycatcher, Terpsiphone viridis, sits in a nest in a tree, its long tail hangs out of the nest, Londolozi Game Reserve, Sabi Sands, Greater Kruger National Park, South Africa