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A big beautiful Queen of the jungle, the harpy Eagle lives in Central and South America, and are the National bird of Panama. They are the top predator, with the largest talons of any living eagle, which they use to prey on sloths, opossums, and monkeys. The females are larger than the males and they mate for life! However, these beautiful birds are near threatened due to logging and poaching. Learn More!
This little dancing bird should be recognizable to most internet patrons. Their distinctive dance, in which their feathers form an elliptical disc around their face with the vibrant blue popping against the dark black as they hop about the female, is mesmerizing to say the very least. The female to male ratio is considerably different, and with there being less females to woo, this gives the males a better incentive to have an elaborate dance. Learn more!
(Harpy Eagle picture by Simon van der Meulen)
(Superb Bird of Paradise by BBC / possibly Doug Allan?)