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The plump, small , ground-dwelling whiskered pitta is considered the jewel of the northern Luzon island’s montane forests of Sierra Madre and Cordillera central ranges in the Philippines.
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The plump, small , ground-dwelling whiskered pitta is considered the jewel of the northern Luzon island’s montane forests of Sierra Madre and Cordillera central ranges in the Philippines.
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The plump, small , ground-dwelling whiskered pitta is considered the jewel of the northern Luzon island’s montane forests of Sierra Madre and Cordillera central ranges in the Philippines.
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The ivory-breasted pitta, one of the five pitta species found in the Philippines.
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The azure-breasted pitta, endemic to Mindanao Island in the Philippines.
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An injured Philippines eagle being nursed back to health in a rescue centre. The Filipino government started the Philippine Raptors Conservation Programme in 1990 to help conserve the Philippines eagle and other raptors.
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The purple-breasted bee-eater.
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The Vogelkop Bower Bird and its nest in the Arfak rainforest in West Papua, Indonesia. The male Vogelkop builds the nest in November-December to lure the female.
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The bower bird.
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The wired bird of paradise in West Papua.
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The Sultan’s sahul pitta, endemic to Halmehara island, Indonesia.
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The umbrella cockatoo, found in the rainforests of Indonesia.
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The white-striped forest rail.
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The red-breasted paradise kingfisher in West Papua.
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the Satanic nightjar in Sulawesi. The bird opens its mouth wide on sensing danger.
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Serendib scops owl fledglings.
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The Sri Lankan blue magpie.
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Sabu Kinattukara.
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The Egyptian Plover, or crocodile bird.
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The African emerald cuckoo, in Ghana.
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The emerald cuckoo.
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The yellow-headed picathartes in Ghana.
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