South Africa's bird-of-paradise (Strelitzia reginae) is a member of the banana family. It sports a beautiful flower believed to resemble the avian bird of paradise in flight.

Both hens and humans can’t help but be impressed. Among the most beautiful birds of paradise, the beauty of Lawes’s parotia is almost too much of a muchness, but as the blue bird looks ...

Images of a wide variety of birds including birds of paradise in the wild. The birds display their feathers and their exotic beauty and colour is a spectacle. This is from the series: Wonders of ...

Reasons for the rapid decline in paradise parrots around the turn of the 20th century remain ... [+] unknown. However, because it was so beautiful, many speculate that hunting by bird collectors ...