Birds

The snow-white, black-tipped feathers and sky blue eye patches of the Bali mynah make this one beautiful bird. It’s the only native bird on Bali, one of the Indonesian islands. In addition to being a beauty, it is also extremely rare: Fewer than 50 Bali mynahs remain in the wild, where they live in just one place, Bali Barat National Park.

The gentoo is the third largest of all penguins, just after the emperor and king. One of the family’s fastest swimmers, it can reach speeds up to 15 mph. Gentoos stand out in the Antarctic with their bright orange beaks and feet, and band of white feathers that stretch above both eyes.

The unmistakable peacock is an iridescent showman. His long tail feathers, known as coverts, stretch into a huge fan that seems to stare right back at you with eyes of blue, gold and green. These plumes are used to attract his female counterpart, the peahen. Together the handsome pair is called peafowl.