Many-colored Rush Tyrant

Birds > Tyrannidae & Tyrant Flycatchers

The Many-colored Rush Tyrant (Tachuris rubrigastra), known in Spanish as the ‘siete colores’ (seven colors), is widely regarded as one of the most spectacularly plumaged small passerines in South America. The sole representative of the genus Tachuris, this...

Red-billed Streamertail

Birds > Hummingbirds

The Red-billed Streamertail (Trochilus polytmus), locally cherished as the ‘Doctor Bird,’ is the national bird of Jamaica and one of the most visually mesmerizing hummingbirds on planet Earth. Endemic strictly to the lush Caribbean island of Jamaica, adult...

Chinese Monal

Birds > Phasianidae & Pheasants

The Chinese Monal (Lophophorus lhuysii) is one of the largest and most spectacularly iridescent pheasants in the world. Endemic to the rugged subalpine zones and precipitous cliff slopes of the Hengduan Mountains in southwest China, this regal high-altitude bird is...

Crimson Topaz

Birds > Hummingbirds

The Crimson Topaz (Topaza pella) is widely regarded as one of the most spectacularly plumaged avian species on Earth. Ruling the sun-drenched riparian corridors and emergent canopy treetops of the Guiana Shield and Amazon Basin, this gigantic hummingbird dazzles...

Golden-headed Quetzal

Birds > Trogons

The Golden-headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps) is an aristocratic, breathtaking denizen of South America’s misty Andean cloud forests. Revered as one of the most spectacularly colored birds in the Neotropics, it combines a resplendent, iridescent...