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Category: Birds
Ostrich
The largest living bird, flightless with long bare neck and legs, powerful runner reaching 70 km/h, farmed for…
Emu
The second-largest living bird, a tall flightless bird with shaggy gray-brown plumage, strong long legs and a …
Greater Rhea
A large flightless bird of South America with gray-brown plumage and long legs, living in flocks across open g…
Southern Cassowary
A large flightless bird with glossy black plumage, a horn-like casque on the head and vivid blue neck, a power…
North Island Brown Kiwi
A small flightless nocturnal bird with hair-like feathers, tiny wings and a long curved bill, the iconic natio…
Little Spotted Kiwi
The smallest kiwi species, secretive and nocturnal, feeding on invertebrates with its sensitive long bill.
Budgerigar
A small sociable parakeet, wild-type green/yellow, bred in many colors.
Cockatiel
A small crested cockatoo with orange cheek patches, gentle and affectionate, one of the most popular companion…
Lovebird
A small stocky short-tailed African parrot forming strong pair bonds, colorful, social and best kept in pairs.
Monk Parakeet
A bright green parrot with gray face, builds large communal nests, highly intelligent and adaptable.
Green-cheeked Conure
A small affectionate conure, gray-brown with maroon tail, quieter than larger conures, popular house parrot.
Golden Conure
A striking all-golden conure endemic to Brazil, intelligent and affectionate, rare in captivity.
African Grey Parrot
A gray parrot with white face mask and red tail, among the most intelligent talking birds.
Blue-and-gold Macaw
A large vivid macaw with blue back, golden chest and long tail, highly intelligent, loud and long-lived.
Scarlet Macaw
A spectacular large macaw with bright red body, yellow and blue wings, iconic of tropical rainforests.
Military Macaw
A large olive-green macaw with red forehead, named for its soldier-like coloration, social and intelligent.
Hyacinth Macaw
The largest flying parrot, with a deep blue body and yellow eye ring, gentle but needing vast space.
Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
A large white cockatoo with a yellow crest, noisy, social, intelligent and highly affectionate.
Greater Sulphur-crested Cockatoo
A white cockatoo with an enormous forward-curling yellow crest, rare and endangered in the wild.
Major Mitchell's Cockatoo
A beautiful pink-and-white cockatoo with a spectacular red-and-yellow crest, calm and elegant.
Rainbow Lorikeet
A vivid nectar-feeding parrot with blue head, green wings and orange chest, very active and social.
Senegal Parrot
A small African parrot, gray head, green back, orange/yellow belly, calm and good for apartments.
Yellow-headed Amazon
A green parrot with a bright yellow head, exceptional talker, endangered in the wild.
Blue-fronted Amazon
A green Amazon with a blue patch on the forehead and yellow face, famous talker.
