3473 I am a Uganda Crested crane, this is my best side don't you think? |
3503 Although I am also rather fine when you see me head on |
3187 I am a Barn Owl, renowned for my sagacity |
3191 Not just a pretty face, but a fine set of claws as well |
3457 I'm a Vulture-headed Guinea Fowl, this is my best side. |
3462 Whether I'm ugly or beautiful is all in the eye of the beholder they tell me. |
3485 Those other chaps are so frightfully dull don't you think? Me - I prefer a little bit of subtle coloration |
8049 I am a Victoria Crowned Pigeon. My style of head decoration is fequently copied by people invited to Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace. Imitation is always the sincerest form of flattery I say. |
8282 I am the young offspring of a Victoria Crowned Pigeon (above). The coloration is a bit funny because I am being reared under these special lights that keep me warm. |
8166 I truly am that thing known as "Rara Avis". I am a Green-Naped Pheasant Pigeon (Otidiphaps nobilis nobilis to my friends) and you won't find many of me around - I come from the hinterland forests of New Guinea, and believed to be a threatened species, but not very much is known about me at all. |
8160 Looking at my neck, you'll see the reason I am called the Green-Naped Pheasant Pigeon |
8037 I am known as Luzon Bleeding-heart, but formally I am Gallicolumba luzonica The reasons for the "bleeding heart" appelation is not because I am a liberal do-gooder, but would appear to be obvious. |