Explore Exotic Birdies of Unimaginable Beauty to Mark International Bird Day

16:28 GMT, 1 April 2019

To give the wonderful birds the attention they deserve on this day, Sputnik has compiled for you a series of images displaying the stunning, extraordinary and exotic species that inhabit our big and beautiful planet, featuring a peculiar-looking toucan, a white peafowl and a gorgeous crane.

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Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) in Costa Rica.

CC BY-SA 3.0 / Ttschleuder / Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus) in Costa Rica

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White peafowl.

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A girl with a barn owl.

© Sputnik / Evgenya Novozhenina

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A southern cassowary in the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore.

CC BY-SA 3.0 / Bjørn Christian Tørrissen / A southern cassowary in the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore

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Malabar pied hornbill.

CC BY-SA 4.0 / VikasPatil / Malabar Pied Hornbill (cropped photo)

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Shoe-billed, or Whale-headed stork.

CC BY-SA 2.0 / No-cha / Shoebill #3

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Royal flycatcher.

CC BY-SA 4.0 / Tom Ambrose / Royal Flycatcher (Cropped photo)

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Blue-footed booby.

CC BY-SA 2.0 / Pete / Blue-footed Booby (Crooped photo)

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Hummingbird.

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Flamingo.

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Black-crowned crane.

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Mandarin duck.

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Andean cock-of-the-rock.

CC BY 2.0 / Jerry Thompson /

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Macaws.

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Stuffed Kiwi bird.

CC BY-SA 2.5 / Hannes Grobe / Kiwi with egg in the Kauri Museum, New Zealand

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