Bird pictures - featuring rainforest birds

Bird pictures: Birds of prey - Eagles.
A Brahminy Kite, or Red-backed Sea Eagle skips across still river waters leaving a trail of droplets, tasty prey clutched tightly in its claws.

Catch of the Day

Bird pictures: Birds of prey - Eagles.
A beautifully camoflaged Crested Serpent Eagle (Spilornis cheela) blends into the rainforest canopy as it silently scans for prey. Rainforest birds.

Crested Serpent Eagle

Bird Pictures - Woodland Birds.
A juvenile Greenfinch (Carduelis chloris) peeps up from behind a secret nest of pink geraniums, it's comfy nook discovered!

Greenfinch by Geranium

Bird pictures: Birds of prey - Eagles.
The intricately detailed wing markings of a juvenile White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaeetus leucogaster) contrast dramatically against the mangroves.

White-bellied Sea Eagle

Bird pictures - Rainforest birds.
High up in the rainforest canopy, an Oriental Pied-hornbill surveys the world beneath from his perfect rainforest view.

Perfect Perch

Bird pictures - Rainforest birds.
An Oriental Pied-hornbill (Merops philippinus) searches the surrounding rainforest trees for the ripest berries.

Curious Hornbill

Birds in Flight.
Red Kite flying in the hills of Wales. Its wings unfurling against a pristine blue sky as it it seaches for prey.

Red Kite

Birdlife in Winter.
Mute Swan in the centre of an icy lake, surrounded by a collection of smaller birds. A tiny pool of water remains unfrozen, protected by snowy woodland.

Mute Swan

Birdlife by the Water.
The electric blue colours of a White-throated kingfisher (Halcyon smyrnensis) shine out from amongst the tree branches.

White-throated Kingfisher

Birdlife by the Water.
Feast fit for a kingfisher. A collared kingfisher (Todiramphus chloris) gulps down a freshly caught crab with well deserved gusto.

Feasting Kingfisher

Birdlife by the Water.
A Purple Swamphen (Porphyrio porphyrio) peeps up from amongst the flower filled foliage of its pond home, having caught a tasty bug.

Peeping Swamphen

Birdlife by the Water.
Where the rainforest meets the sea, the beautiful variant blue shades of a White-throated kingfisher shine out against the clear sky.

Blue on Blue Kingfisher

Desert Birds.
European Bee Eater perched upon a peacock Acacia tree, blown by the desert winds near the Red Sea, its vibrant colours shining in the sunlight.

European Bee-Eater

Desert Bird of Prey.
Levant Sparrowhawk seeking shelter beneath the fronds of a desert palm whilst continually scanning for prey.

Levant Sparrowhawk

Island Birds.
A cheeky white-breasted waterhen (Amaurornis phoenicurus) peeps out from his hiding place amongst the twining branches of a sea lettuce.

Cheeky Waterhen

Bird Pictures - Woodland Birds.
Close-up portrait of a common myna bird (Acridotheres tristis). Myna birds are versatile, living in a variety of environments.

Common Myna

Desert Birds.
Laughing Dove perched upon a Peacock Acacia Tree with its delicately colourful plumage ruffled from preening.

Laughing Dove

Birdlife by the Water.
Exquisitely serene. Close up profile of a Mute Swan (Cygnus olor) displaying its gently arching neck as it stands perfectly still by the waters edge.

Mute Swan Profile