50 Birds of the Paris Zoo at Jardin des Plantes

Temminck's Tragopan (Pheasant)

Pied Imperial Pigeon

Mandarin Duck

Southern Cassowary

Ural Owl

Palm Cockatoo

Red-Headed Vulture

Kookaburra

Red-Vented Cockatoo

Red-Billed Blue Magpie

Alexandrine Parakeet

Egyptian Vulture

Southern Screamer

Luzon Bleeding-Heart Dove

Scarlet Macaw

King Vulture

Blue-and-Yellow Macaw

Blue-and-Yellow Macaw

Blue-and-Yellow Macaw

Blue-and-Yellow Macaw

Great Green Macaw

Tawny Owl

Spectacled Owl

Eurasian Eagle-Owl

Eurasian Magpie

Grey Wagtail

Asian Houbara Bustard

American Flamingo

American Flamingo

American Flamingo

American Flamingo

European Roller

Snowy Owl

Chestnut Teal

Demoiselle Crane

Black-Crowned Night Heron

Violet Turaco

Wood Pigeon

Palawan Peacock-Pheasant

Great Horned Owl

Red-Breasted Goose

Emu

Pigeon and Starling

Black-Winged Stilt

Kea

Bali Starling

White-Naped Crane

White-Winged Duck

Red-Legged Seriema

Emerald Dove

Eurasian Stone-Curlew

Little Egret

Mandarin Duck

Sclater's Crowned Pigeon

Red-Whiskered Bulbul

Tawny Frogmouth

Greater Rhea

Greater Rhea

Blue Crane

Hawaiian Goose

Ruddy Shelduck

Monk Parakeet

Carolina Duck - Wood Duck

Common Moorhen

Visayan Hornbill

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