Birds Perched in Nature

A selection of birds perched on branches, showcasing their colors and features against lush green backgrounds or clear skies.

The Bateleur Eagle (Terapothius ecaudatus). Botswana.

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Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga) perched on a branch in the Pantanal region of Brazil.

Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros gingalensis) adult female, perched on branch, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka, december

ANHINGA OR AMERICAN DARTER (anhinga anhinga), ADULT STANDING ON BRANCH, LOS LIANOS IN VENEZUELA

kenya, masai mara, secretary bird in tree

Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), adult on tree, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

American Black Vulture, (Coragyps atratus),Pantanal,Brazil,adult,on tree

Neotropic cormorant, olivaceous cormorant, (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), adult on branch stretching, Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, USA

Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), adult male on tree dries feathers, Merritt Island, Black Point Wildlife Drive, Florida, USA

White-breasted ground dove (Alopecoenas jobiensis), Purple Pigeon, adult pair mating, Papua New Guinea, Oceania

The Bateleur Eagle (Terapothius ecaudatus). Botswana.

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), Germany, Europe

Southern Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) adult, perched in tree, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), adult male on tree dries feathers, Merritt Island, Black Point Wildlife Drive, Florida, USA

Anhinga or American Darter (anhinga anhinga), Drying Wings in the Sun, Los Lianos in Venezuela

Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) eating a snail, Florida

Western Reef-Egret (Egretta gularis) juvenile balancing, Cape Point, Gambia

Majestic Black Bird Singing on a Branch Against a Clear Blue Sky

Osprey attacked by a crow Allier France

Double-crested Cormorant (Phalacrocorax auritus) adult, non-breeding plumage, with wings spread, drying feathers, Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, U.S.A., March

Turkey Vulture, Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve, San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles, California, USA

Anhingas, American Darters (Anhinga anhinga), Ruderfeet, Animals, Birds, Anhinga

Southern Yellow-billed Hornbill (Tockus leucomelas) in tree, Palmwag, Namibia

Beautiful view to Snail Kite hawk over tree, Mamirau Reserve

Crested Caracara (Polyborus plancus) perching on branch, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Eastern Paradise-Whydah couple standing on branch isolated in blue sky in Greater Kruger National park, South Africa ; Specie Vidua paradisaea family of Viduidae

Southern Ground Hornbill, Ground Hornbill, (Bucorvus leadbeateri), adult on tree alert, Kruger Nationalpark, South Africa, Africa

USA, Texas, Linn, Cozad Ranch. Crested caracara landing on tree branch.

Afircain vulture on a branch Serengeti Tanzania

South America, Brazil, Amazon, Near Manaus. This juvenile harpy eagle returns to its nesting tree.

Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) perched on the nest, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyia), juvenile, 15 months, perched on a tree branch, Amazon, Brazil, South America

Gelbschnabeltoko

Africa, Kenya, Masai Mara. Hemprich's Hornbill (Tockus hemprichii)

Oriental pied hornbill on a branch Bardia Terai Nepal

Sri Lanka Grey Hornbill (Ocyceros gingalensis) male, Kitulgala, Sri Lanka

An adult horned screamer, Anhima cornuta, on the Nauta Caño, Amazon Basin, Loreto, Peru.

Woolly-necked stork, white-necked stork, (Ciconia episcopus episcopus), adult on branch, captive, Asia

A Southern crested caracara (Caracara plancus) perched in a tree near the Aymara Lodge in the Northern Pantanal, State of Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Magpie shrike (Urolestes melanoleucus), Magpie Shrike, songbirds, animals, birds, Magpie Shrike (Corvinella melanoleuca) adult, perched on stick, Okavango Delta, Botswana, Africa

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), Alster, Hamburg, Germany, Europe

New Zealand, South Island, Marlborough Sounds. Pied Shag (Phalacrocorax varius) and juvenile on it's nest.

NEW ZEALAND The New Zealand endemic Pigeon kereru Hemiphaga novaeseelandiae

White-necked raven (Corvultur albicollis) close-up, sitting on a branch

Bateleur Eagle (terathopius ecaudatus), Adult perched on the top of Tree, Masai Mara Park in Kenya

A vulture rests in a tree in the city of Harar, Ethiopia, Africa

A hamerkop (Scopus umbretta) perched in a tree, preening, in the Moremi Game Reserve in the eastern part of the Okavango Delta in Botswana.

Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) with snail prey, Florida

Double Crested Cormorant, (Phalacrocorax auritus), Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, USA, Northamerica, adult with young feeding

Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) female gathering twigs to line her nest, Aguarico River drainage, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), pair at nest, Essen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Schreiseeadler auf Baum, afrikanischer Fischadler, S

Yellow-tailed black cockatoo, (Calyptorhynchus funereus), adult on tree, Kangaroo Island, South Australia, Australia

Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) on a branch, Pantanal, Brazil

Eurasian Griffon Vulture Eurasian Griffon Vulture, Gyps fulvus, Mediterranean Forest, Castilla y Leon, Spain, Europe Copyright: xZoonar.com/AlxCarrerax 21924417

Wood Stork, (Mycteria americana),Florida,USA,adult on tree spread wings

Specie Sagittarius serpentarius family of Sagittariidae. Secretary bird in Kruger National park, South Africa

Eastern Yellow-billed Hornbill NP Kruger South Africa

parrots in their jungle habitat surrounded

View to Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)

Black Grouse (Tetrao tetrix) Male, Sweden, Europe

Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) in tree, Pantanal, Brazil

Secretarybird Sagittarius serpentarius at roost, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, South Africa, Africa

An adult capped heron, Pilherodius pileatus, Supay Caño, Río Ucayali, Amazon Basin, Loreto, Peru.

Osprey Pandion haliaetus

White backed Vulture standing on a log isolated in natural background in Kruger National park, South Africa ; Specie Gyps africanus family of Accipitridae. White backed Vulture in Kruger National park, South Africa

Africa, Naminia, Etosha NP. Black Shouldered or Black Winged Kite (Elanus caeruleus). Immature perched on tree.

Single Great Blue Herons cranes neck in a curious fashion. Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii), Queensland, Australia

African Pied Hornbill (Tockus fasciatus) adult, perched in tree, Gambia, Africa

Gelbschnabeltoko

Eastern Plantain-eater(Crinifer zonurus) mle giving food to his female, Uganda

Secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius), South Africa, Kalahari Gemsbok Park, Kalahari Gemsbok Park, Africa

An older juvenile brewer's blackbird sings out while perched near Liberty Lake, Washington.

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura), adult bird taking a sunbath in the morning sun, Turkey Vulture adult bird taking a sunbath in the morning sun (Turkey Buzzard)

King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) with full crop, Ecuador

Cayman Islands, Little Cayman Island, Red-footed Boobies (Sula sula) nesting along Booby Pond Preserve

Harris' Hawk, (Parabuteo unicinctus), adult immature alert on tree calling in autumn, captive, Bohemian Forest, Czech Republic, Europe

Malabar Pied Hornbill, (Anthracoceros coronatus), adult couple on branch, Yala Nationalpark, Sri Lanka, Asia

Night heron, Nycticorax, nicticorax, Pantanal, Brasil

Africa, Tanzania, Serengeti. White-headed Buffalo Weaver (Dinemellia dinemelli)

Australian Magpie,(Gymnorhina tibicen),Australia,adult on branch

South America, Ecuador, Galapagos Islands, Red-footed Booby, white colour form on Genovesa Island, perched in bush

Great frigatebird (Fregata minor) about to take off, North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- An Egretta Heron, also known as a Tricolored Heron, takes a break from flying just north of the Shuttle Landing Facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Kennedy coexists with the Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge, habitat to more than 310 species of birds, 25 mammals, 117 fish and 65 amphibians and reptiles.

Hornbill (Tockus monteiri) on an acacia tree, Etosha National Park, Namibia, Africa

An adult black caracara, Daptrius ater, perched in a tree on Nauta Creek, Peru

Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) carcass strung up in car park at Anhinga Trail to discourage Black Vultures from stripping rubber from parked cars, Everglades, Florida, USA, North America

Abyssinian Ground Hornbill posed in the foliage Ethiopia

Tui (Prosthemadera novaeseelandiae) in Kowhai Tree (Sophora sp), Pukaha Mount Bruce Wildlife Centre, Wairarapa, North Island, New Zealand

Kenya, A black and white casqued hornbill

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Von der Decken's Hornbill (Tockus deckeni), Kenya

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) perched on a branch in Ecuador, South America.

Collared falconet, Microhierax caerulescens, Jim Corbett National Park, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India.. Collared falconet, Microhierax caerulescens, Jim Corbett National Park, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India

Bateleur Eagle (Terathopius ecaudatus) perched in dead tree, Makgadikgadi, Botswana

Great Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) Resting on a Tree

African Darter

Fieldfare (Turdus pilaris), Emsland, Lower Saxony, Germany, Europe

Pied currawong (Strepera graculina) perched in tree, Gibraltar Range National Park, New South Wales, Australia

The great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo drying his feathers. The great cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo known as the great black cormorant across the Northern Hemisphere, the black cormorant in Australia and the black shag further south in New Zealand Copyright: xZoonar.com/RudolfxErnstx 13675717

King Vulture in Costa Rica.

Ground Hornbill (Bucorvus leadbeateri), Kruger National Park, South Africa

Southern Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) Naples, FL

Harpy Eagle (Harpia harpyja) adult female, perched on branch, reintroduction program, Panama, November

Roadside Hawk, roadside hawks (Buteo magnirostris), Buzzard, Buzzards, Birds of Prey, Animals, Birds, Roadside Hawk Perched on branch with dead leaves, Venezuela, South America

Grey Hornbill, (Tockus nasutus), adult male on tree alert, Kruger Nationalpark, South Africa, Africa

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Boat Tailed Grackle, (Quiscalus major), Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, USA, Northamerica, two males on branch

Yellow-billed Stocko (Tockus leucomelas) Savuti, Botswana, Africa

Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) Mating adults, Santa Clara Ranch, Starr County, Texas, USA

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), adult bird brings nesting material, Essen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Kenya, Rift Valley Province, Goliath heron in a tree

Crested Caracara, (Polyborus plancus), adult on tree, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

Black grouse (Tetrao tetrix) (Lyrurus tetrix) male in spruce tree, Dalarna, Sweden, Europe

Female Von der Decken's hornbill on a branch Samburu Kenya

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), pair at nest, Essen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Adult red-winged starling (Onychognathus morio), sitting on a dead tree needle, Tsavo West N. P. Kenya

Crimson-crested woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos) Pantanal Brazil

Turkey Vulture on a branch Arenal volcano Costa Rica

Woodland kingfisher standing on a branch spreading witngs isolated in blue sky in Greater Kruger National park, South Africa ; specie Halcyon senegalensis family of Alcedinidae

Ringed Kingfisher on a branch Pantanal Brazil

Black-Collared Hawk, (Busarellus nigricollis), adult on tree, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

Violet turaco (Musophaga violacea) perched on branch, Brufut Forest, The Gambia.

Secretary bird in Kruger National park, South Africa

Silvery-cheeked Hornbill - in flight (Bycanistes brevis). Awasa - Arsi Region - Ethiopia.

Two pied currawongs perching on gum tree

Crested oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus) leaping from branch, Pantanal wetlands, Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Male And Female Anhinga Birds In The Nest

Eastern yellow-billed hornbill (tockus flavirostris), adult on branch, South Africa, Africa

waldrapp or northern bald ibis geronticus eremita endangered species

Male Thick billed Weaver - South Africa

Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis), on a branch, Pantanal area, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Seeadler auf der Jagd im Wald *** White-tailed eagle at the Hunting at Forest 1102201778

Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. Great frigatebird (Fregata minor), Isla Lobos off Isla San Cristobal (San Cristobal Island).

Spectacled owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata) perched on tree stump in tropical rain forest, native to the neotropics

Lark Bunting perched on branch

Southern crested caracara (Polyborus plancus), adult, on the lookout, Pantanal, Mato Grosso, Brazil, South America

Boat-billed heron (Cochlearius cochlearius), boatbill juvenile perched in tree, nocturnal bird native to Central and South America

Piliated woodpecker Dryocopus pileatus} at nest hole, Florida, USA

Snail Kite, Rostrhamus sociabilis, perched, Brazil, South America

Great frigatebird (Fregata Minor), North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Specie Ceryle rudis family of Alcedinidae. Pied kingfisher in Kruger National park, South Africa

Specie Haliaeetus vocifer family of Accipitridae. African fish eagle in Kruger National park, South Africa

A Bare-faced curassow, Crax fasciolata, perching on a log. Mato Grosso Do Sul State, Brazil.

Brazil, Pantanal, Southern Crested Caracara on sandy road (Caracara plancus)

Tawny Eagle (aquila rapax), Adult standing in Acacia Tree, Nakuru Park in Kenya

A yellow-billed hornbill is sitting on top of a tree stump in the Samburu National Reserve in Kenya.

Green-Backed Heron (Butorides virescens)

Grey Currawong, Grampians National Park, Victoria, Australia.

Zwei Schopfkarakara auf Sitzwarte, Caracara plancus McPMAS McP_MAS_2025_005273 *** Two Common Caracara at Seat control, Caracara plancus McPMAS McP MAS 2025 005273 McPMAS

Colony of great cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) perched in dead tree in summer

Burchell's coucal (Centropus burchellii) perched in a bush. Mashatu, Northern Tuli Game Reserve. Botswana

Pileated woodpecker (Dryocopus pileatus) Female flies from her nesting box. Mauricie region. Quebec. Canada

Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway) Welder Flats, Texas

Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga), adult drying plumage, Wakodahatchee Wetlands, Delray Beach, Florida, USA, North America

Pileated Woodpecker in Florida Wetlands Pileated Woodpecker on a tree in Florida Wetlands Copyright: xZoonar.com/SvetlanaxFootex 14347284

Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis) tagged, Rio Grande Valley, Texas

Couple of beautiful crested caracara birds together on palm tree outdoors. Couple of beautiful crested caracara birds together on palm tree

Crested Caracara (Polyborus plancus) Pantanal, Brazil, South America

trinidad piping guans aburria pipile northern range, trinidad. endangered. endemic

A Long crested Eagle with its long loose crest blowing in the breeze, Uganda, Africa

Great Frigate Fregata minor

Male California Quail at Reifel Bird Sanctuary, Vancouver BC Canada

Male anhinga perched on a mangrove tree

Majestic African Von der Decken's Hornbill Perched on Thorny Branch: A Glimpse into Kenya's Wildlife Wonders

Koenigsgeier, Koenigs-Geier Sarcorhamphus papa, steht auf totem Baum, Seitenansicht, Costa Rica, Boca Tapada king vulture Sarcorhamphus papa, standing on a dead tree, side view, Costa Rica, Boca Tapada BLWS708066 *** King Vulture, Koenigs Geier Sarcorhamphus Daddy , is at Totem Tree, Side view, Costa Rica, Boca Tapada King vulture Sarcorhamphus Daddy , standing ON a Dead tree, Side view, Costa Rica, Boca Tapada BLWS708066 Copyright: xblickwinkel/M.xWoikex

Yellow Hornbill, Tockus leucomelas, perched in a tree, Namibia.

Great Black Cormorants (Phalacrocorax carbo) on their nest, Ruegen Island, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Red-throated Piping-guan (Pipile cujubi) adult, perched on branch, Iguazu N.P., Argentina

seagull in south africa coastline cape of good hope and natural park reserve

Great cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo), breeding colony in the Grosser Rosin nature reserve, Peenetal River Landscape nature park Park, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Europe

Scrub Blackbird, Scrub Blackbird, Scrub Blackbirds, Starling, Starling, Starlings, Songbirds, Animals, Birds, Scrub Blackbird, Dives warszewiczi, Guayaquil, Ecuador, South America

White-Bellied Sea-Eagle Haliaeetus Leucogaster Adult Perched In Tree Eating Fish Photographed In Tasmania, Australia

Close up portrait of Dusky Broadbill (Corydon sumatranus) perching a branch isolate on white background

Soaking wet Northern European hooded crow (Corvus cornix cornix, Corvus corone cornix) perched on branch in the rain in winter

Old bearded vulture (Gypaetus barbatus), portrait, evening light, Catalonia, Pyrenees, Spain, Europe

Magpie Goose, (Anseranas semipalmata), adult sitting on tree, Mount Lofty, South Australia, Australia

Magpie with open wings in front of garden hedge and blue sky flying off to the left

Maroon-fronted Parrot (Rhynchopsitta terrisi) pair perched in tree, Nuevo Leon, Sierra Madre, Mexico

Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus) perched on a pine branch, Schwaebische Alb, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Grey Heron (ardea cinerea) with squabs

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Slender-Billed Starling

African Fish-Eagle (haliaeetus vocifer), Pair singing at the top of the Tree, Naivasha Lake in Kenya

White-Necked Heron (ardea cocoi), Adult with Fish in Beak, Los Lianos in Venezuela

Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), young bird perched on a post

Turkey Vultures (Cathartes aura), Baja California Sur, Mexico, Central America

Star, European Starling, Sturnus vulgaris

A Secretary bird (Sagittarius serpentarius) sitting on top of a tree in the Samburu National Reserve in Kenya.

Great frigatebird (Fregata Minor), North Seymour Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

Lappet faced Vulture in Kruger National park, South Africa

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magnificent frigatebird in tree fregata magnificens galapagos

An Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga) is perched in a flowering Taruma tree along a tributary of the Cuiaba River near Porto Jofre in the northern Pantanal, Mato Grosso province in Brazil.

USA, Wyoming, Sublette County. Two turkey vultures perch on dead branch.

Secretary bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, Masai Mara National Park, Kenya, Africa.

USA, Wyoming, Northern Flicker male feeding chick at cavity nest in aspen tree.

Crested Caracara (Polyborus plancus) perched on a branch in Costa Rica.

Common Cuckoo (cuculus canorus), Adult in Flight, Normandy in France

Oxpecker (Buphagus), Oxpecker starlings on african buffalo (Syncerus caffer), Meru National Park, Kenya, Africa

Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus) perched on a branch in the rainforest of Guyana.

Griffon vulture (Gyps fulvus) with prey, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, Europe

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Black-banded Owl (Strix huhula), Ecuador

Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus) Pantanal Brazil

American Kestrel (Falco sparverius) parent tending to nestlings in hollow of a Saguaro (Carnegiea gigantea) cactus, Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona

L'Aracari, à ceinture rouge, 1806, by Jacques Barraband (1767-1809). Chromolithograph measuring 51 x 33 cm, published in Paris by Chez Denne le jeune. The artwork features a bird of paradise