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The birds we share our planet with come in every colour of the rainbow! But their flashy feathers aren’t just for our viewing pleasure. The colours serve an important
purpose,such as attracting mates and warding off competition from others.

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Lucas Bustamante / Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) portrait, perched on twig, Pinas, El Oro, Ecuador.

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Mary McDonald / Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) perched on branch, Atlantic coastal jungle, Laguna del Lagarto, Costa Rica, Central America, January.

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Patricio Robles Gil / Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) male at nest hole in tree, El Triunfo biosphere reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico

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Thomas Marent / Green Violet-ear (Colibri thalassinus) hummingbird perched on leaf, Costa Rica

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Phil Savoie / Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza), La Selva Field Station, Costa Rica.

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Mary McDonald / Green-breasted Mango Hummingbird (Anthracothorax prevostii) male hovering at feeder~ Rancho Naturalista, Turrialba, Costa Rica, Central America.

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Konrad Wothe / Sword-billed hummingbird (Ensifera ensifera) hovering in flight, North-Ecuador.

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Melvin Grey / Crimson-rumped toucanet (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus) adult male, feeding on rainforest berries. Mindo Loma, Ecuador

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Kevin Schafer / Green Bee-eater (Merops orientalis) perched on a branch. Yala National Park, Sri Lanka.

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Thomas Marent / Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza) female, Valle del Cauca, Colombia

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Markus Varesvuo / Golden oriole (Oriolus oriolus) female portrait. Hungary. May

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Andy Rouse / Wood Warbler (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) perched on branch in Oak (Quercus) woodlands, Snowdonia NP, Wales, UK. May.

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Gerrit Vyn / Adult male Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla) perched on branches, Seward Peninsula, Alaska, USA, June.

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Steve Gettle / Prairie Warbler (Setophaga discolor) calling, Crane Creek State Park, Ohio

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Marie Read / American Goldfinch (Carduelis tristis) male, perched amid yellow Threadleaf Coreopsis flowers in summer, New York, USA, July.

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Alan Williams / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) male perched in Rapeseed crop, Essex, UK, May

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Alan Williams / Yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) male perched in Rapeseed crop, Essex, UK, May

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Gerrit Vyn / Yellow warbler (Dendroica petechia) male, Seward peninsula, Alaska, USA. June.

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Tomasz Zawadzki/ BIA / Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava) calling, Poland

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Oliver Richter / Blue-headed Wagtail (Motacilla flava) male singing, Saxony, Germany

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Steve Gettle / Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia) male calling, Crane Creek State Park, Ohio

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Neil Aldridge / Natal Robin/ Red capped robin chat (Cossypha natalensis), Hluhluwe Imfolozi Park.South Africa August

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Alan Murphy / Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis), Texas

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Alan Murphy / Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis), Texas

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Rolf Nussbaumer / Hooded Oriole (Icterus cucullatus), male perched. Laredo, Webb County, South Texas, USA, April.

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Alan Murphy/ BIA / Altamira Oriole (Icterus gularis) male calling, Texas

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Marie Read / Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) male in breeding plumage, perched among ornamental crabapple (Malus sp) blossoms in spring, New York, USA, May.

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Alan Murphy / Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula) male, Texas

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David Tipling / Regent Bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) male, O'Reilly's, Lamington NP, Queensland, Australia

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Konrad Wothe / Sun conure / parakeet (Aratinga solstitialis) South America, captive, endangered species

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Andres M. Dominguez / Kingfisher (Alcedo athis) perched on bull rush, Ubrique, Andalusia, Southern Spain, November.

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Andy Rouse / European Robin (Erithacus rubecula) perched on lichen covered twig. Wales, UK, February.

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ZSSD / Andean Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) portrait, native to Andean cloud forests

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Sylvain Cordier / Guianan Cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola rupicola), during courtship display, Guianan Shield, Suriname

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Staffan Widstrand / Wild Wonders of China / Red-headed trogon (Harpactes erythrocephalus) Tongbiguan Nature Reserve, Dehong, Yunnan, China

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Alan Murphy / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male, Texas

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Tom Vezo / Male Northern cardinal perched in tree, Long Island, USA

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Alan Murphy/ BIA / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male, Texas

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Rolf Nussbaumer / RF- Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) immature male perched on Texas Red Oak (Quercus Texana). New Braunfels, San Antonio, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA. (This image may be licensed either...

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Rolf Nussbaumer / Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) male perched on branch of Crape Myrtle (Lagerstroemia) New Braunfels, San Antonio, Hill Country, Central Texas, USA