There are really no boundaries when it comes to diversity in the animal kingdom and birds are no exception to this rule, especially with birds and their appearance.
In fact, some birds look so outlandish they appear as though they could quite possibly come from another planet!
That being the case we have put together some photos of the most beautiful and most unusual birds from all over the world. Some are quite simply amazing.
1/ Yellow Throated Toucan
Photo Courtesy of Instagram
2/ Greater Prairie-Chicken
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3/ Altamira Oriole
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4/ Blue Paradise Flycatcher
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5/ Crowned pigeon
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6/ Bare-necked Umbrellabird
Photo Courtesy of Instagram/native_marsh
7/ European Robin
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8/ Dwarf Kingfisher
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9/ Strawberry Finch
Photo Courtesy of Instagram
10/ Painted Bunting
Photo Courtesy of Instagram
11/ Guianan cock-of-the-rock
Photo Courtesy of Instagram
12/ Bearded Reedling
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13/ Northern red bishop
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14/ Purple-rumped Sunbird
Photo Courtesy of Instagram
15/ Shoebill
Photo Courtesy of Instagram/Tim Flach Photography
16/ Polish Chicken
Photo Courtesy of Instagram/Tim Flach Photography
17/ Wilsons Bird of Paradise
Photo Courtesy of Serhanoksay / CC BY-SA 3.0
