there is the condors, also the secretary birds.

I know of both of those, seen them both in captivity and condors in the wild. :>

I always thought this one was interesting :) http://img134.imageshack.us/img134/.....aradiseij8.jpg

Bulwer's pheasant

Actually just saw that on Life of Birds! Amazing timing!

LOL Ok, how about....

Crested Wood Partridge
Cabot's Tragopan
Great Blue Turaco
Himalayan Monal
Vulturine Guineafowl

I've always wanted a monal.

My parents had an outdoor aviary and kept a number of different birds over the years including various pheasants, finches, button quail, and diamond doves. My father worked to breed canaries to be naturally orange, no feeding them beta-carotene or other compounds.

I think the birds I miss the most are the Peking robins (Leiothrix lutea). They were so cute and would come to eat bugs out of your hand.

How about the Lammergeier? gorgeous gorgeous birds! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bearded_Vulture

I've never seen Life of Birds, but here are a few:

Carolina Parakeet (an extinct species of parrot native to eastern US)
Pitohui (a really pretty poisonous bird)
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choise.....igeon]Choiseul Crested Pigeon (discovered barely 100 years ago and was extinct soon after being described by European explorers)


Idk, there's lots of really pretty extinct birds... but maybe that's not what you're looking for. :D

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choise.....Crested_Pigeon <--- Wow, bad link on that one. XD

Crested Pigeon is entirely new to me, and I do occasionally crawl around looking at extinct birds. :D

Haha... I love browsing around for extinct animals. :'D Some of them are so fabulous to look at.

Well...Brazillians ones

Papagaio: http://animais.culturamix.com/blog/.....o-papagaio.jpg
Arara: http://www.blogdoprofessorbolivar.c.....ages/Arara.jpg
Sinhaço: http://www.cobrap.org.br/imagens/galeria/282.jpg
Tucano: http://blogs.jovempan.uol.com.br/pe...../09/Tucano.jpg

..Did I Help?

Can you tell me the latin name for the Sinhaço?

Thraupis ..which comprehends nine species of Sinhaço

A tanager! Ah! I am very iffy on knowing tanagers...

What about the Marabu? They just look fucking weird:
http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs71/i/2.....kulatraxas.png
http://www.google.de/images?q=marab.....=de&tab=wi
And
The KingVultures look like out of a mind of a concept Artist :D
http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2.....as-d300qii.jpg

Indian Roller : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Roller
Carmine bee eater (northern or southern) : http://www.wildlife-pictures-online.....r_shk-2813.jpg

I have a victorian study skin of an indian roller and a different species of bee eater. I love bee eaters!

Oh awesome! I heard Indian rollers are like the blue jay of India hehe. And bee eaters were a new bird I saw in a nature clip on the internet. Their behavior is quite cute!

Thanks for posting this journal btw, it's awesome looking at all of these new birds I haven't seen before. =)

Totally new to me, thank you!

Mandarine Bird - http://www.zveryshki.ru/uploads/pos.....83841_mand.jpg
Colius striatus, mouse-bird - http://www.goldensites.ru/media/1/2.....0507-b_744.jpg
Heaven Bird, or legendary Bird of Happiness - http://content.foto.my.mail.ru/mail.....ook/i-5322.jpg http://www.stihi.ru/pics/2009/10/07/6745.jpg
Sagittarius serpentarius - http://kakadu.509.com1.ru:8018/WWW/...../birds/136.jpg
Yes, it's an Owl. Eagle Owl - http://img-fotki.yandex.ru/get/28/s.....c37a8c29_L.jpg
Bird of Paradise, Red, male - http://gatchina3000.ru/big/img3/enc.....-272021366.jpg
Just to inspire - http://www.gandex.ru/upl/oboi/g3802.jpg
Konuk, big - http://www.naturelight.ru/photo/2007-07-01/634.jpg
Manucodia keraudrenii, or "Drummer Bird" - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped.....ler_Sharpe.jpg
Bittern (stupid feathered loud thing...) - http://www.photogorky.ru/photos/771.....1244dc8e93.jpg
Pteridophora alberti, Scaled PB - http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Фай.....w_Guinea-8.jpg
Paradisaea guilielm, Emperor PB - http://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/Фай.....ler_Sharpe.jpg

And Owls, Owls...
There is one more... interesting thing, called Swampknock, or Pereklest around here. NEver seen it's photoes and managed to make only one myself. Bird is small, has very long and thin "needle-like" beak and produces a creepy whistling sound. Can be found in European folklore.
If you'd like, I can sketch it.

The Konuk is new to me!

Should I look for more?

Only if you want to, I enjoy looking at what people post.

Those are for Russia (except Marabu an an Owl).

Marabu (oh my...) - http://i.focus.ua/img/a/0/1/58210.jpg?1250499923
Flycatcher - http://www.about-birds.ru/ptica57.html
Reel - http://www.about-birds.ru/ptica59.html
Siberian Reel - http://www.about-birds.ru/ptica58.html
Lentil - http://www.about-birds.ru/ptica60.html
Swallow (country, beach and "orange-belted") - http://www.about-birds.ru/ptica61.html http://www.about-birds.ru/ptica62.html http://www.about-birds.ru/ptica64.html
Funnels - http://www.about-birds.ru/ptica63.html
Grits (...) - http://www.about-birds.ru/ptica65.html
Don't remember this... - http://softtutograf.com/files/image.....тицы_0.jpg
Tyto Multipunctata (Totem Owl) - http://www.owlpages.com/pictures/sp.....punctata-4.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3488.....d8c3bbc9_m.jpg http://www.mangoverde.com/wbg/image.....0000015223.jpg Guess, that's why man compared Owls with some dark issues too...

The one without name is Merops apiaster, European bee-eater. They're so cuuuute!

Danke)

Well, I can mention a few local species: the soimanga, the fody and the ankoay. Admittedly, nothing too special about them beyond their rarity.

As an anecdote though, the window in the corridor on the third floor of our house seems to regularly attract a male red fody (no idea whether it's always the same one). It keeps knocking on the glass with its beak every morning, go figure.

Fody and ankoay are new to me! Thank you! I actually have an antique stuffed soimanga.

Ther's a new Attenborough documentary on the Birds of Paradise, you should catch that if you can.

I've seen it so hard, I've been obsessed with BoP's since I was a wee kid.

It was fascinating, wasn't it? ^_^

Bee Eaters are very lovely birds and Casowaries (sp?) are REAL Dinosaurs and cool looking (not very bird looking realy). You most likely know both, but hey, it's to early and they are what came to mind!

Yellow Tit, a special kind in Taiwan.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Tit
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&.....=&gs_rfai=
I love it's "head fur". XD

Another special kind in Taiwan:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swinho.....039;s_Pheasant
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&.....=&gs_rfai=

Formosan Blue Magpie, Taiwan's national bird.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formosan_Blue_Magpie
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&.....=&gs_rfai=

And Mikado Pheasant, also a special kind in Taiwan, we have it on our paper money.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikado_Pheasant
http://www.google.com/images?hl=en&.....=&gs_rfai=

I hope that helps. :)

Yes! All but the magpie are new. Thank you! That tit, WHY are tits so cute?

Birds you don't know about? Errr... It's hard to guess which ones you know! You probably know most of the 'outstanding' ones. James's Flamingo? Plate-billed Mountain-toucan? Some Dutch I was lucky enough to see in the wild (some once but in many cases daily) Eurasian Nuthatch, Long-tailed Tit, Black Redstart, Green Woodpecker, Hawfinch, European Goldfinch, Eurasian Bullfinch (actually called goldfinch in Dutch??), Chaffinch, Blue Tit, European Robin, White Wagtail, Eurasian Collared Dove, Eurasian Oystercatcher, Eurasian Sparrowhawk (the males are very pretty, one caught a blackbird in our tiny garden in the middle of a town once :O) Great Crested Grebe, Eurasian Kingfisher, etc...
And I SWEAR I saw a European Pied Flycatcher in the garden last week.

The goldcrest and the firecrest are the two smallest birds that live here, I believe the Great Bustard is the biggest/heaviest one. The Golden Oriole is probably the most exotic looking one... (never saw them irl)

By the way, you'd like it here as this is a birding country, not too much wildlife but LOTS of birds. We moved to a newly built house so sadly not that many birds in this garden (there are no grown trees), but the most common birds are here already. Any time I look out of the window I see great tits, blue tits, jackdaws, blackbirds, sparrows, wood pidgeons, collared doves, and especially lots and lots of magpies :D The field close to our house has lots of ducks, gulls and lapwings, I can hear them at night :)
Whenever I'm in Vienna I freak out over the hooded crows that are EVERYWHERE. Here we only have black crows (or at least the hooded crow is very rare, I never saw one).
If I go to zoos or places with lots of water (including cities with canals!), I also always see plenty of storks and herons :D Blue and night herons stealing your lunch! YAY BIRDS

Auuugh that sounds lovely.

As far as birds I don't know, well the most crazy random bird people can think of...I've learned about some cool new ones already and I am super happy! "Plate-billed Mountain-toucan" is good! I have seen it before but didnt know what it was. So stuff like that that people love and is hardly ever mentioned, like asities, mot mots, bellbirds, sunbirds, and so on.

PIGEONS. Any kind of pigeon. Coolest bird ever, and so underrated and looked down upon, they need more fame so people can see their true beauty!

I also like great-tailed grackles. They look like crows, are smart like crows, but got a much prettier voice! When I first heard them, I didn't yet get a visual of them, and thought they were parrots, so diverse was their vocal range! They also have some rad irridesence going on and are fascinating to watch.

http://www.jrcompton.com/photos/The.....-GTGrackle.jpg handsome stud grackle
http://davidlarkin.files.wordpress......le-female2.jpg hot babe grackle

I'd show you their voice as well but youtube only brings up other kinds of grackles with far less interesting voices, not the great-tail.

Also, very unrelated but we have wild peach-face lovebirds in my area too. We think a pet broke out and flourished. xD

holy hell, what a pimp that guy is

When they fly, they hold their tail in a V shape because its too uncanny to fly with :D

isn't he rockin! I love grackles, could seriously watch and listen to 'em all day!

Omg that photo is so awesome!
I photographed the hell out of those when I was in Florida! (or at least, I tried.)

Haha xD I can't photograph worth shit so I don't even bother trying

..Doesn't help that my only camera is an old as dirt cell phone either :D

I used to call the boat tail grackles to me, it was fun!

I love pigeons! ...but most species are not new to me.

I wish I had the time to get really into this, but passing finals are cool. This one had somehow managed to elude me until it caught my attention a few days ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Eagle

Also these two surprised me, and won my heart a few months ago: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicobar_pigeon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-.....d_Green_Pigeon

YEAAAH PIGEONS

Also that eagle is really rad, I love how fluffy he looks!

The green pigeon may be new, and if I can't remember, then it counts IT"S NEW TO ME! Thank you!

...I think the Nicobar pigeon is the most common pig in aviaries.

Let's see:
Go-away-birds http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Go-away-bird
Turacos? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turaco
Bleeding Heart Doves http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luzon_Bleeding-heart They're quite macabre with their little red spot. But so pretty!
Hoatzin/Stinkbird http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stinkbird
Hoopoes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoopoe Not sure if you know about them. They throw poop at intruders. XD
Stygian Owl http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stygian_Owl or look at this: http://www.travellingbirder.com/tri.....tygian-Owl.jpg In some photos their spots look like screaming faces and.. and.. pure evil. :C
Eurasian Coots. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian_coot These guys are really creepy. Reminds me of the Plague Doctor's beak masks. They also are Jesus because they walk on water, somewhat. And tend to get sudden aggressions, attacking everyone and everything. Or something like that.
Tiputip http://www.feuerwanze.de/suedafrika/Tiputip.JPG don't have a wiki article for that guy, but it's a cuckoo, looks badass though.


Soo, these are the more fancy kinds of birds I could recall from going through endless lists of birds to find inspiration for bird characters. Hopefully some will strike your fancy too. :D

The tiputip is new and COOL. Thank you!

Did some searching, Tiputip seems to be a Burchell's Coucal. Tiputip might be the German name for it.

http://floridabirdingtrail.com/inde.....burrowing_owl/

Burrowing owls. We used to have them all over my elementary school I went to, fenced off so kids wouldn't mess with them. But they would sit on the fence staring at you sometimes.

Take a peek through this list:
http://floridabirdingtrail.com/inde.....rvation/birds/
I imagine many of these birds aren't very common to the northern half of the country.

RASTA BURD for you.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicobar_pigeon

I love those guys.

I would say Turkey Vulture, one of the few birds I know a decent bit about.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkey_Vulture

I loveses them, they were one of the first birds I ever learned about, I think. "Buzzards" as folks in the south call 'em.

Lol could be, we have them locally and love watching them fly. <3

How about the ivory-billed woodpecker? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivory-.....led_Woodpecker

I doubt any of these are new for you but they are faves so I post anyway :D

Fairy PENGUINS: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F.....bourne_zoo.jpg
Fairy WRENS: http://www.surfbirds.com/media/Phot.....ec03screen.jpg
Black shouldered kite: http://www.israbirding.com/reports/.....kite_klaus.jpg
Purple Heron (Who's actually got tons of orange, so I <3): http://www.birdforum.net/opus/image.....rple_Heron.jpg
More orange (white belly caique): http://www.wildanimalstickers.com/i....._caique_lg.jpg
More orange (orange weaver): http://animal-world.com/encyclo/bir.....rWBF_C2701.jpg
More orange (cock of the rock): http://www.birdfinders.co.uk/images.....-peru-2005.jpg

YAY indigo and orange.

Purple heron is NEW

Taiwan Blue Magpie? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formosan_Blue_Magpie http://blogs.nationalgeographic.com.....mb-500x392.jpg

Doh, repost~

But that is still a cool photo. :D

dont know about new but i got geese. ever seen a hybrid canadian goose? :P if not i can show you pixs. they are a mix between like giant canadian and like lesser i think

I always thought the Honey Creeper had a fun name.

Let's see... In North America we have the Pyrrhuloxia and the chachalaca. Those aren't particularly well-known.

There's also the pitohui, the world's only poisonous bird; the kea, a sort of plain-looking parrot from New Zealand that is very clever; and the hoatzin or stinkbird that maintains a primitive, archaeopteryx-like claw.

Here's an article on that last one: http://www.damninteresting.com/the-.....inkbird-enigma

I wrote a poem about the hoatzin when I was in 5th grade. It was terrible. I like the keas for their baby bird chomping habits.

How about the wedge-tailed eagle from Australia, which is among the biggest birds in the world. I'm not sure if this was mentioned by someone above.

http://www.australianfauna.com/wedg.....ailedeagle.php

Looking through my collection of bird images I've archived to send my folks... (these are all dA photos, sorry...:< )
http://mariangutu.deviantart.com/ar.....rbet-179319659 Crested barbet-- I don't know anything about them other than they look like they may be in the grosbeak family? Honestly dunno.
http://wow-sky.deviantart.com/art/G.....sant-187870039 Golden pheasant...I think this is either an immature male or someone pulled out the rest of his tailfeathers. D:
http://sirtimid.deviantart.com/art/.....ll-2-188295528 Eastern Spinebill
http://mariangutu.deviantart.com/ar.....sher-179319763 You probably know kingfishers pretty well but this Great Kingfisher is just kind of awesome looking.
http://deseonocturno.deviantart.com.....g-ll-188799583 Any of the non-European starling starlings, if you don't know them already. They're all pretty awesome.
http://swordtemper.deviantart.com/a.....-Tit-188337103 I haven't seen this particular tit before and I must say I rather adore it.
http://greyfading.deviantart.com/ar.....tics-189444109 Koil bustard? I thought the name was a typo, but no, confirmed it! Where have these guys been hiding all my life?

MAN looking for birds YOU probably haven't heard of is hard. D8

Bearded tit is new!!! I just saw that spinebill photo, though i dont know anything about them.

barbets are cool, i've got a skin of that species. that reminds me i need to edit my scans of barbet sketches...

Tangentially related:

This songis from the documentary Winged Migration. I'm certain you're prolly not going to go out of your way to purchase it; though you can always listen to the song and pretend.

also, how about the victoria crested pigeon? I saw them at the toronto zoo, and I have a link for you from the zoo as well.



http://torontozoo.com/ExploretheZoo.....p?AnimalId=640


they are about the size of a large pigeon if it helps.

One was flrting with my buddy rah bop at the aviary...he was all hay bb hay bb

when I was trying to take a pic of the pair, they just kinda ignored me

Lyrebirds! :D

its already been mentioned, but I'm going to say it again; Hoatzins

and also the northern whiteface owl AKA the transformer owl :U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCgbYnNAbSM


Birds aren't my strong suite when it comes to naming cool animals, I know more about fish, some mammals, insects, arachnids, and crustaceans (I'd say arthropods as a whole but I'm a tad rusty with my myriapods lol)

The Transformer Owl was the one I was going to suggest. I'm not surprised somebody else suggested it first, it's pretty cool. The Wikipedia article is rather short, but provides some basic info on it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northe.....hite-faced_Owl
Some say Slender Mode makes it look like a tree branch for camouflage, while others(& I) say it looks downright sinister.

Wuff rather likes the lovely "hairdo" and floofy feathers on these: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/30785/

Troglodytes troglodytes, also known as "chochin" in Spain. These guys are so tiny and adorable!

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl.....V_-ulLdqORfM=&amp;h=600&w=800&sz=140&hl=en&start=39&zoom=1&tbnid=giQ7o6CvN3wvVM:&tbnh=133&tbnw=179&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dchochin%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN%26biw%3D1259%26bih%3D604%26tbs%3Disch:10%2C834&um=1&itbs=1&ei=PKULTdmvBpK1hAfbgrj6Cw&biw=1259&bih=604&iact=rc&dur=109&oei=JaULTebZBMqZOpm3jPEI&esq=7&page=3&ndsp=19&ved=1t:429,r:9,s:39&tx=50&ty=71

I like Crows and Ravens, because they're everywhere and everyone knows about them, but people tend to overlook them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjgpenWavO8

If they could talk, you could probably have a conversation with them.

LIMPKIN (Aramus guarauna) - native to SE USA. I've never seen one, although I searched. Found plenty of Anhinga, though. :>

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/gude/limpkin/id

Oh, I'm sure you already know about these, but finches and love birds are the most fun birds (domestic) I can think of. :D Love birds always look like they're smiling and joyful, so I could see sketching or painting one would be a joyful experience. :3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7qcNiJTfVU

These guys are one of my favorites right now. They are so wicked. <3

Got another one from the SE USA:

CHUCK-WILL'S WIDOW (Caprimulgus carolinensis) I've heard dozens and dozens of these, as I used to do nightjar surveys back when I lived in southern Missouri, where there are three species of native Caprimulgids. They call most often and vigorously when the moon is full. :>

http://www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/.....ow/lifehistory

How about some weird duck that was at the Arizona Zoo???

http://s112.photobucket.com/albums/...../Weird%20duck/

hell I'll even take an ID on this bugger because I have NO IDEA what it is

A coot. :>

Awesome thanks!!! They were the weirdest little guys with those leafy little feet

blue footed boobie. also, http://www.weirdworm.com/5-weird-birds/

Oh c'mon everyone knows about blue footed boobies...and never any love for the other booby species or the related gannets.

that's because nobody LIKES gannets :p

Personally I love raptors, so you're likely to know these, since they're so popular.

African gymnogene
Bateleur
Caracara
White gyrfalcon (a personal favorite)

and some parrots

Sun conure
white-capped caique and the other caique I can't remember
military macaw
Indian ringneck (fairly popular but absolutely beautiful)
Eclectus (same as above)

and of course, green peafowl (not blue!)

I've never seen the African Harrier called a gymnogene before. That's a cool word.

I've never seen a gymnogere called an African Harrier XD

I take it you're familiar with all of these already then? Damn, I thought I was getting somewhere with a few of those.

Yes, I am sorry. XD I used to be super amazed by the gymnogere's (i prefer that now!) bendy legs when I was young. They were featured in what, the zoo books magazines? I can't remember.

I used to care for a military macaw named Mr. Burd. We gurgled at each other a lot.

I found it in this HUGE encyclopedia I found at Barnes & Noble a few years ago. Very scientifc and has this giant section on birds organized by family, if you're interested.

I found it in this HUGE encyclopedia I found at Barnes & Noble a few years ago. Very scientifc and has this giant section on birds organized by family, if you're interested.

Tawny frogmouth !!! There is a pic of 'em at http://www.bukisa.com/articles/6527.....he-avian-world ...

They are so full of character and sit in a line up on gum tree branches!

They have so many cool expressions!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:P.....ng_in_tree.jpg

They have some of the most expressive faces out there.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1629405/soniam.jpg

How can you not love em

Cedar Waxwing: http://10mmman.files.wordpress.com/.....ar-waxwing.jpg

Senegal Parrot: http://www.thepetexpress.co.uk/pets.....gal-parrot.jpg

Palm (Black) Cockatoo: http://www.charlieandpeggy.com/Palm_Cockatoo1.jpg

Egyptian Vulture: http://www.itsnature.org/Air/images.....an-Vulture.jpg

Varied Thrush: http://www.kwantlenpark.ca/animals/.....ied-thrush.JPG (found one injured on a river bank once, that's how I found out about them...pretty birds)

These are all birds I find interesting.

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1629405/thrush.jpg

This journal is full of amazingly timed responses...just a half hour ago I was reading about palm toos and senegals.

Haha, awesome!

These amuse me - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guiana.....ck-of-the-rock http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cock-of-the-rock

Oriole - http://www.superstock.co.uk/stock-p.....ages/4179-8091

Um, how about:
Crimson Bellied Conure
Bearded Vulture
Griffon Vulture
Green Aracari
Cormorants

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrike

These are the only birds I really have any experience with... my dad's property is bordered by Russian Olive trees and in the warmer months, his yard becomes a charnel house.... they impale food items onto thorns, such as barbed wire or the thorny Russian Olive branches, and shrikes will go after food items that are much bigger than them, small snakes, and mice, as well as large insects. It's like a creepy, macabre Christmas festivity. :/ I don't know how common they are as I've never seen one anywhere but Wyoming, but I'm sure they go other places too, since they migrate.

For a weird bird, I'd suggest the Arctic tern.

Not that they're especially rare, or physically remarkable in appearance. No, what impresses me about the Arctic tern is that it's such a nasty, aggressive little bugger. I once (just once) strayed near the nest of one, and got shrieked at and beaten up for it -- and this by a creature that looks so ethereally beautiful when on the wing.

Top tip: if you hold your walking-stick up vertically then the tern will go for that instead of your eyeballs.

aaand like so many others, I have disregarded the triple-emphasised "that I don't know about" in your post... sorry! *cold nose*

Take a look at this video I made of a killdeer (technically a killdeer plover) doing a "fake broken wing to attract a predator away from the nest" routine. This should provide some good detail for feather coloring as well as behavior. Since I was walking I couldn't hold the camera really still, but it turned out well enough.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBB34hdh2UQ

I love this guy when I go to the zoo by us- http://justblieve.deviantart.com/ar.....a-lV-178935757

Poisonous birds? http://www.suite101.com/content/poi.....s-birds-a11293

Fig parrots <3 http://graemechapman.com.au/catalog.....4/f/261501.jpg just cause they're adorable.

What about a spurwing plover? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:S.....-Plover444.jpg These guys are everywhere and well known for dive bombing anyone that gets too close to the nest.

Oh oh and my fav, the new holland honeyeater, http://www.ficifolialodge.com.au/im.....yeater_400.jpg SO TEENY AND LOOK AT THOSE EARS AND WHISKERS OMG

That honey eater is wonderful!

I just found this site via another journal, and it is absolutely stunning! .. Click on the photo's tab, I've been looking at birds all afternoon now! The detail and dynamic poses are just stunning! Lots of unusual species I've not seen nor heard of before. I highly recommend you check it out if you haven't already!

http://www.birdbook.org/

(in the left of the screen is a little outward arrows icon, click that for full screen so you can see all of the photos)

A couple that I found striking :
Ocellated Turkey
Livingsone's Turaco

Definitely love that you're into birds- I wrote my term paper on them and have six myself. Ahh there's
Spix Macaw
caique
rosella parakeet
bourke's parakeet
I love how Bourke's resemble little pink falcons

Not sure if you're still responding to this, but all I needed to see was BIRDS and I was hooked! <3 birds, birdwatching/photography is one of my favourite things to do.

Some of my favourite local birds include:
Varied Sittella http://birdsinbackyards.net/species.....ta-chrysoptera
White-browed babbler http://birdsinbackyards.net/species.....-superciliosus (I love their scientific name, it suits them because they are super silly birds ;) )
Brown/White browed/White throated tree creeper (link to brown) http://birdsinbackyards.net/species.....teris-picumnus
Rainbow bee-eater (though you know about bee-eaters I just adore these birds. http://birdsinbackyards.net/species/Merops-ornatus
Red-capped Robin http://birdsinbackyards.net/species.....ica-goodenovii
Chestnut quail-thrush http://www.threatenedspecies.enviro......aspx?id=10168
Grey fantail (they have one of my all-time favourite songs) http://birdsinbackyards.net/species.....ura-fuliginosa
Rufous Whistler http://birdsinbackyards.net/species.....la-rufiventris
Diamond Firetail http://birdsinbackyards.net/species.....pleura-guttata

I could go on, but I'll attempt to restrain myself :P I doubt whether they're the most obscure birds, but they're some of my local favs and they all have their own character, gotta love 'em =)

I AM still responding, and with gusto! :> All but the bee eaters (of course!) are new to me, thank you so much. The quail thrush and red capped robin are my favorites of that selection.

Hmm you've probably heard of a harpy eagle... (I find these so interesting) http://rachelochoa.com/wordpress/wp.....harpyEagle.jpg
maybe a lorikeet..? http://blog.syracuse.com/zoo/2007/0.....ieStraight.jpg
there's also apparently a red lorikeet.. http://www.rictus.com/viz/photos/se.....d-lorikeet.jpg
What about a ruddy duck?(I absolutely love these) =3 http://www.bird-friends.com/pics/Ru.....ddyDuck2LR.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huia

Have you heard of/know about Bobolinks ( <i>Dolichonyx oryzivorus</i> )? http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_OYjskRx08.....olink%2B10.jpg

Others may include:

Tropicbirds are also gorgeous seabirds - includes Red-Billed, Red-Tailed, and White-Tailed species http://www.outdooralabama.com/image.....Tropicbird.jpg

Someone already listed the Brown Creeper, which I initially thought of adding before reading it.

Blackburnian Warblers are awesome little guys, and beautiful to see! http://www.ownbyphotography.com/Bla.....an-Warbler.jpg

I'll assume you already know of all of these, but enjoy the photos in any case!

Do you know about harlequin macaws? http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5203.....f88ff825_b.jpg