Cheering up bird number 5 is a bird of paradise
So many birds of paradise look truly ridiculous, as well as magnificent.
This image comes from the royalty-free image site http://www.sxc.hu/photo/780038 and is acredited to "chirio", 2007.
Another of my personal favourite species is the Raggiana Bird of Paradise,which can be seen here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raggiana_Bird_of_Paradise . The male of this species compounds his outlandish appearance by hanging upside down from branches whilst throwing his feathers above his head in a display to impress females.
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