20 Most Beautiful Birds in the World (Pics)

There are so many different types of birds, it has been challenging to choose the 20 most beautiful birds in the world. Wherever you go in the world you’re likely to see a bird or hear them sing. Whether you’re in a city, up a mountain, in the rainforest, or even the desert, they’ll be at least one of 10,000 species of birds in the world living there.

The Ocellated Turkey (Meleagris ocellata) is an endangered species that resides mainly in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. Ocellated Turkey Meleagris ocellata is a large, striking gamebird endemic to the Yucatán Peninsula of Middle America. Its conservation status is currently assessed as Near Threatened and the species' range extends from north Belize west to east Chiapas, Mexico, and south to north Petén, Guatemala. Chiquibul Forest, in central-west Belize, is at the south-eastern limit of the species' range. In 1994 a research station was opened at Las Cuevas, in the heart of Chiquibul, permitting long-term observations of the local flora and fauna to be made for the first time. Here we present informal observations of the distribution and biology of M. ocellata in Chiquibul, made between July 1994 and August 1996. Image credit: Antonio García Bernal