Black-Headed Ibis, Threskiornis melanocephalus, pair feeding in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

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

Sing Sing of Mount Hagen, a cultural show with ethnic groups, Mount Hagen, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, Pacific

Dressed up girl at the Carnival of Montserrat, British Overseas Territory, West Indies, Caribbean, Central America

Naga tribal man in traditional outfit playing drum, Kisima Nagaland Hornbill festival, Kohima, Nagaland, India, Asia

Black-Headed Ibis, Threskiornis melanocephalus, in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Teal Duck in pond North Norfolk, UK

Pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea), Red Feather Lakes District, Roosevelt National Forest, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Musician near Main Market Square, Krakow (Cracow), Poland, Europe

Bald eagle, Haliaeetus leucocephalus, UK

Cree Indian child, First Nation Canadian, in traditional costume with face painted at heritage display in Regina, Canada

Swiss Guards attend a swearing in ceremony for the new Swiss Guards recruits in San Damaso Courtyard in Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Black Drongo, Dicrurus macrocercus, bird in Ranthambhore National Park, Rajasthan, Northern India

Annual swearing-in ceremony for the new papal Swiss Guards, Vatican City, Rome, Lazio, Italy, Europe

Naga man dancing and playing musical instrument, wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar's teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men at Grand Finale (tribal dancing) in headdresses of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth and bear fur topped with a hornbill feather, with tiger claw straps, wearing tiger teeth necklaces, heirloom ivory armbands and aprons decoratated with cowrie shells, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga New Year Festival, Naga people walking to festival ground, the men wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wildboar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather also with conch shell ear ornaments, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga tribal groups lined up waiting for the arrival of the General, (the shorts are not part of their traditional clothes but supplied by the govenment, for them to wear in place of their traditional loin cloth), wearing headdresses made of woven cane decorated with wildboar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, with tiger jaw necklaces, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur, topped with hornbill feather and tiger claw neckband also tiger teeth necklace, ivory armbands and apron decorated with cowrie shells, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Mute Swan, Hoeckerschwan, Cygnus olor, breeding, Switzerland

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing woven cane headdress decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, and tiger teeth necklace, ivory arm bands, bear fur anklets and aprons decorated with cowrie shells, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga man dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur, topped with hornbill feather, and tiger claw neckstrap, also tiger teeth necklace and conch shell ear ornament, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Claws of bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Naga men wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur, red dyed goats hair topped with hornbill feather, and wearing tiger teeth necklace, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Eurasian eagle owl, bubo bubo, portrait, in winter, national park bayrischer wald, germany, captiv

Naga tribal groups lined up in traditional clothes waiting for the arrival of the General, wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wildboar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, with bear teeth necklaces, also wearing aprons decorated with cowrie shells, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur topped with Hornbill feather with Tiger teeth necklaces and conch shell ear ornament, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Capercaillie / western capercaillie / wood grouse, tetrao urogallus, adult male, in winter, national park bayrischer wald, germany, captiv

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Victoria crowned pigeon (goura victoria) native of indonesia, papua new guinea (captive bristol zoo

Mute Swan, Hoeckerschwan, Cygnus olor, breeding, Switzerland

Naga tribal groups lined up in traditional clothes waiting for the arrival of the General, wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wildboar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, with bear teeth necklaces, also wearing aprons decorated with cowrie shells, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, Mithan horns (wild cow) and bear fur topped with hornbill feather with tiger teeth necklaces and cowrie shell aprons, Lahe village, Naga New Year Festival, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Mallard (anas platyrhynchos) drake, close-up of blue wing feathers, oxfordshire, uk

Naga men dancing at Grand Finale wearing woven cane headdress decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, and tiger teeth necklace, ivory arm bands, bear fur anklets and aprons decorated with cowrie shells, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Naga tribal groups lined up waiting for the arrival of the General, (the shorts are not part of their traditional clothes but supplied by the govenment, for them to wear in place of their traditional loin cloth), wearing headdresses made of woven cane decorated with wildboar teeth, bear fur and topped with hornbill feather, with tiger jaw necklaces, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

Snowy egret (egretta thula) florida, usa, portrait against blue sky

Mallard (anas platyrhynchos) male stretching wings, showing colouration, slimbridge, uk

Naga tribes sitting on bench seating with shields whilst the dignitaries make their speeches, they wear headdress made of woven cane decorated with wild boar teeth, bear fur and topped with s hornbill feather, Naga New Year Festival, Lahe village, Sagaing Division, Myanmar (Burma), Asia

King penguin (aptenodytes patagonicus) right whale bay, south georgia, close-up of head and neck

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Mute Swan, Hoeckerschwan, Cygnus olor, breeding, Switzerland

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Mute Swan, Hoeckerschwan, Cygnus olor, breeding, Switzerland

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Mute Swan, Hoeckerschwan, Cygnus olor, breeding, Switzerland

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Mute Swan, Hoeckerschwan, Cygnus olor, breeding, Switzerland

Mute Swan, Hoeckerschwan, Cygnus olor, Switzerland

Feather white feather covered with waterdrops; closeup

Feather. White feather with waterdrops; in green tundra vegetation; closeup

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Bald eagle, haliaeetus leucocephalus, weisskopfseeadler, homer, kenai peninsula, alaska, usa

Feather. White feather in red tundra; closeup; autumn colours

Feather from a mute swan (Cygnus olor)

Ice feathers formed during a hard frost, when temperatures fell below minus 10 during the December 2010 cold snap, Ambleside, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Fan coral (Subergorgia sp.), with black feather stars attached, Namu atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific

Sea star (Nardoa novaecaledoniae) and feather star (Comanthina nobilis) at night, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Molting gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) feather detail in Antarctica

Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) in flight over a saltwater lagoon in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) foraging for small pink shrimp (Artemia salina) in saltwater lagoon in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on North Seymour Island in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Adelie penguin chick (Pygoscelis adeliae) fledging its downy feathers for the adult feathers underneath on Devil Island, Antarctica.

Male great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) foraging for small pink shrimp (Artemia salina) in saltwater lagoon in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Adult female Barrow's Goldeneye (Bucephala islandica) in full breeding plumage in the calm waters of Red Bluff Bay, Southeastern Alaska, USA

Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Male Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) in breeding plumage (note the red gular pouch) on Genovesa (Tower) Island, in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) parent feeding downy chick on Pleneau Island, near the Antarctic Peninsula.

Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber) foraging for small pink shrimp (Artemia salina) in saltwater lagoon in the Galapagos Island Archipelago, Ecuador

Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica) chick head detail at colony on Useful Island near the Antarctic Peninsula. There are an estimated 2 million breeding pairs of chinstrap penguins in the Antarctic peninsula region alone, perhaps as many as 7.5 million breeding pairs in all of Antarctica. Their name derives from the narrow black band under their heads which makes it appear as if they are wearing black helmets, making them one of the most easily identified types of penguin. Other names for them are "Ringed Penguins", "Bearded Penguins", and "Stonecracker Penguins" due to their harsh call. They grow to 68 cm (27 in). The average adult weight of a Chinstrap Penguin is 4.5 kg (10 lbs). Weight can range from 3 to 6 kg (6.6-13.2 lbs), with males being slightly larger and weight varying based on where the penguin is in the breeding cycle. Their diet consists of krill, shrimp, and fish. On land they build circular nests from stones, and lay two eggs, which are incubated by both the male and the female for shifts of five to ten days. They can also breed on icebergs, though they prefer non-icy conditions. The chicks hatch after about 35 days, and have fluffy gray backs and white fronts. The chicks stay in the nest for 20?30 days before they go to join a creche. At around 50?60 days old, they moult, gaining their adult plumage and go to sea. The Chinstrap Penguin was first described by German naturalist Forster in 1781. Its specific epithet was often seen as antarctica, however a 2002 review determined the genus Pygoscelis was masculine, and hence the correct binomial name is Pygoscelis antarcticus.

Mallard (Anas Pltyrhynchos), alert in long grass while it is raining.

Feather Duster Worm (Species unknown) Babbacombe, Torquay, South Devon, UK Restricted resolution (Please contact us). (RR)

Adult male common eider duck (Somateria mollissima) in breeding plumage in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Barents Sea, Norway

An adult Galapagos dove (Zenaida galapagoensis) in beautiful breeding plumage on Espanola Island in the Galapagois Island Archipelago, Ecuador, Pacific Ocean

Adult male common eider duck (Somateria mollissima) in breeding plumage in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Barents Sea, Norway

A close-up view of mountain avens (Dryas octopetala) on open tundra in Svalbard, Norway

Wild Adult Tufted Puffins (Fratercula cirrhata), Colony, In breeding plumage, Bering Islands (Bering sea), Russia, Asia.

Blue sea star (Linckia laevigata) shares the reef with sponges, feather stars and coral, Apo Island marine reserve, Philippines, Visayan sea, Southeast Asia, Asia

Diver enjoys the sight of colorful sponges, corals and feather stars at Coconut Point, Apo island Marine Reserve, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Fan coral (Subergorgia sp.), with black feather stars attached, Namu atoll, Marshall Islands, Pacific

Black Headed Gull (Larus ridibundas) and Herring Gull (Larus argentatus) juvenile taking off from pond with winter plumage . Maryhill Canal, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

Colorful sponges, corals and feather stars populate the reef at Coconut point, Apo island Marine Reserve, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Adult male common eider duck (Somateria mollissima) in breeding plumage in the Svalbard Archipelago in the Barents Sea, Norway

Colorful sponges, corals and feather stars populate the reef at Coconut point, Apo island Marine Reserve, Philippines, Southeast Asia, Asia

Blue sea star (Linckia laevigata) shares the reef with sponges, feather stars, and coral, Apo Island marine reserve, Philippines, Visayan sea, Southeast Asia, Asia

A multitude of sponges, tunicates, feather stars, sea stars, soft and hard corals as well as fish co-exist harmoniously in the reefs at Cogon, Apo Island marine reserve, Philippines, Visayan sea, Southeast Asia, Asia