American White Ibis

Birds > Pelecaniformes

The American White Ibis (Eudocimus albus) is one of the most familiar and ecologically significant wading birds throughout the coastal wetlands of the tropical and subtropical Americas. With its pristine snow-white plumage, scarlet face, and dramatically downcurved...

Carmine Bee-eater

Birds > Coraciiformes

The Carmine Bee-eater (Merops nubicoides), celebrated across Africa as the ‘Flying Ruby’, is one of the most breathtakingly gorgeous, gregarious, and vividly colored migratory birds on planet Earth. Clad in an incandescent plumage of glowing crimson-pink,...

White Stork

Birds > Storks

The White Stork (Ciconia ciconia) is one of the most culturally iconic, ecologically prominent, and widely celebrated wading birds in the Old World. Renowned for centuries across European, Middle Eastern, and North African folklore as a benevolent harbinger of spring,...

Painted Stork

Birds > Storks

The Painted Stork (Mycteria leucocephala) is one of the most visually spectacular and culturally celebrated wading birds of tropical Asia. Belonging to the wood-stork genus Mycteria, this large, gregarious bird derives its name from the magnificent wash of delicate...

European Bee-eater

Birds > Kingfishers & Allies

The European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is widely regarded as one of the most dazzling and brilliantly plumage-rich birds native to the Western Palearctic. Sporting a kaleidoscopic palette of rich chestnut, golden-yellow, sky-blue, emerald-green, and turquoise...