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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) Columbidae 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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Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex).
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Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin).
Painting by Murrell Butler
Shoebill (Balaeniceps rex)
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Columbidae
Victoria Crowned Pigeon (Goura victoria).
Adrian Pingstone
Dodo
Illustration of an adult dodo (Raphus cucullatus).
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc./Christine McCabe
northern shoveler
Northern shoveler (Anas clypeata).
Al Wilson/Naturespicsonline.com
Papuan frogmouth
Papuan frogmouth (Podargus papuensis).
© Joyce Mar/Shutterstock.com
Southern helmeted curassow (Crax unicornis)
Albert E. Gilbert
southern ground hornbill
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Iiwi (Vestiaria coccinea).
© Kendall Collett/Shutterstock.com