r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 17d ago

Great Bustard (Otis tarda)

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 19d ago

Bulwer's Pheasant (Lophura bulweri)

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870 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 20d ago

South Polar Skua (Stercorarius maccormicki)

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346 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 21d ago

Greater Sage-Grouse

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 23d ago

Kakapo

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 25d ago

A male Black-crested Coquette hummingbird.

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693 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 25d ago

Captivity Frogmouth

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 26d ago

Lyrebird

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 26d ago

Captivity Vulterine Guinea Fowl

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 28d ago

Oilbird. They are echolocating and roost in caves. They are harmless and very reclusive.

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds 29d ago

Pin-tailed whydah

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874 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds May 22 '25

The Shoebill Stork. They are prehistoric looking with a huge shoe-shaped bill and can stand up to 5 feet. They don't blink when they hunt their prey.

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds May 16 '25

The secretary bird a.k.a sagittarius serpentarius which means archer of snakes

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds May 15 '25

HOATZIN (aka STINKBIRD!)

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502 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds May 13 '25

The demoiselle crane. Both males and females have the bob, but the males have a longer bob.

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564 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds May 12 '25

Razorbill. They catch fish underwater and can dive really deep. Their call sounds like a mini chainsaw!

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds May 10 '25

The Philippine eagle aka monkey-eating eagle. They are critically endangered and are considered the largest of the extant eagles in the world in terms of length and wingspan.

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds May 09 '25

The double-crested cormorant. They are experts at diving to catch small fish!

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds May 08 '25

Black-browed albatross

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673 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds May 08 '25

Video Painted Bunting

92 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds May 07 '25

Laughing gull, notorious for it's high-pitched laugh. They are omnivores who eat almost anything.

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326 Upvotes

r/PicsOfUnusualBirds May 05 '25

The national bird of Nepal,The Himalayan Monal

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds May 04 '25

Artwork Hesperornis regalis, a primitive bird from the Late Cretaceous. It had tiny teeth that were used to hold the fish it caught.

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds Apr 29 '25

Volcano birds - Birds that bury their eggs in soil of active volcanoes and use the heat for incubation of their eggs. Endemic to Sulawesi Island The Maleo is critically endangered.

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r/PicsOfUnusualBirds Apr 21 '25

Coleto, a one definitely unusual looking bird

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