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If you've got it, flaunt it!
If you've got it, flaunt it!
Some birds flaunt impressive collar and tail displays to attract mates, and others are simply fabulous day in, day out. National Geographic's photographers capture some of the flashiest fowl, and several of them are native to our part of the world.
Clockwise from upper left...
Showing off what looks like the ultimate bad hair day, these domestic silkie showgirl chickens strike a pose. "They looked so good, I just couldn't say no to photographing them," the photographer wrote.
A male magnificent bird of paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) poses for the ladies on his perch in Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Females of the species are a comparatively drab olive brown.
The Jacobin pigeon with its amazing neck ruff is one of approximately 350 breeds of domesticated pigeon around the world. Most such breeds descend from the wild rock pigeon (Columba livia).
A male red bird of paradise poses in an upside-down display on Batanta Island, Indonesia.
A great blue heron (Ardea herodias) hunches on a semi-submerged rock on the Occoquan river in Northern Virginia. The birds are the largest of North America's herons and are expert fishers.
A male greater bird of paradise (Paradisaea apoda) poses in the hope of attracting a female in the Aru Islands of Indonesia. This courtship display happens on treetop branches the birds have stripped of their leaves, leaving a clear space in which to put on displays in the early morning light.
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