Funky Feathers: 10 Bizarre Birds: Quick Facts

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A Shoebill Stork (Balaeniceps rex) with a large, shoe-shaped bill stands in a green marsh surrounded by dense vegetation.

Illustration of a hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin), a bird with a spiky crest, blue facial skin, reddish eyes, and brown and buff plumage, perched on a branch with green leaves.

Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)

Illustration of a dodo bird, Raphus cucullatus, showing a large, flightless bird with a robust body, thick legs, and a hooked beak, with a size scale indicating a height of about 40 centimeters.

northern shoveler

Papuan frogmouth (Podargus papuensis), a large brown nocturnal bird with mottled plumage and a wide, flat beak, perched on a pale log on sandy ground.

Southern helmeted curassow (Crax unicornis)

southern ground hornbill

The Iiwi (Vestiaria coccinea), a bright red Hawaiian honeycreeper with a long, curved orange bill, perches on a leafy branch.

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