Satin Bowerbird (Ptilonorhynchus violaceus), immature male, Ptilonorhynchidae, order Passeriformes, Paluma National Park, Queensland, Australia

photograph by Grahame Rosen

Blond-crested Woodpeckers (Celeus flavescens), T - female and B - male, family Picidae, order Piciformes, Brazil

Photographs by Amer Cavalcant

Lesser Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisaea minor), male, family Paradisaeidae, order Passeriformes, found in northern New Guinea

photograph by eddy lee

Greater Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea apoda), male, family Paradisaeidae, endemic to western New Guinea

photograph by @dustinchen0728

King Bird-of-Paradise (Cicinnurus regius), male, family Paradisaeidae, Aru Islands

Photograph by Dustin Chen

Wilson’s Bird-of-Paradise (Cicinnurus respublica), male, family Paradisaeidae, found in rainforests of Waigeo and Batanta Islands off West Papua

photograph by @dustinchen0728

Blue Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisornis rudolphi), male, family Paradisaeidae, found in NE New Guinea

photograph by Tim Laman/Australian Museum

Blue Bird-of-Paradise (Paradisornis rudolphi), male, family Paradisaeidae, found in NE New Guinea

photograph by Tim Laman

King Bird-of-Paradise (Cicinnurus regius), male, family Paradisaeidae, New Guinea

photograph by Dustin Chen

Puna Tinamou (Tinamotis pentlandii), family Tinamidae, order Tinamiformes, found in Puna (high altitude grassland) in the Southern Andes Mountains of South America.

• The tinamous are an ancient group of birds, related to ratites (ostriches, rheas, emus, and cassowaries).
• Though they are not strong flyers, they are capable of flight.

photographs: Joxerra Aihartza, Marco Velentini, Esteban Villanueva, Luke Seitz