Birds Birds Birds

Incredulous for their name, image, and likeness

Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)

Photo by Suzie McCann / Macaulay Library – Texas, June 1, 2019

Mountain Quail (Oreortyx pictus)

Photo by Steve Rottenborn / Macaulay Library – California, December 31, 2012

Townsend’s Solitaire (Myadestes townsendi)

Photo by Tony Dvorak / Macaulay Library – Pennsylvania, December 7, 2020

White-breasted Waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus)

Photo by Simon Best / Macaulay Library – Thailand, May 20, 2018

African Harrier-Hawk (Polyboroides typus)

Photo by Ian Davies / Macaulay Library – Uganda, August 3, 2018

Northern Boobook (Ninox japonica)

Photo by Natthaphat Chotjuckdikul / Macaulay Library – Thailand, May 5, 2018

Rhinoceros Auklet (Cerorhinca monocerata)

Photo by Eric Ellingson / Macaulay Library – Washington, USA, March 20, 2020

Whistling Heron (Syrigma sibilatrix)

Photo by David Ascanio / Macaulay Library – Venezuela, December 24, 2021

Campo Flicker (Colaptes campestris)

Photo by Jorge Claudio Schlemmer/ Macaulay Library – Argentina, January 22, 2016

Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)

Photo by Josef Widmer/ Macaulay Library – Brazil, December 1, 2019

Hamerkop (Scopus umbretta)

Photo by Zak Pohlen/ Macaulay Library – Mozambique, November 3, 2016

Pacific Heron (Ardea pacifica)

Photo by Geoff Dennis/ Macaulay Library – Australia, August 10, 2022

Andean Lapwing (Vanellus resplendens)

Photo by Oscar Wainwright/Macaulay Library – Peru, February 1, 2022

Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)

Photo by Luke Seitz/Macaulay Library – Costa Rica, March 17, 2022

Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)

Photo by Alex Luna/Macaulay Library – Ecuador, September 11, 2021