Tim Laman / Huli 'singsing' dance ceremony. Huli wigmen wearing human hair wigs and feathers of various birds of paradise and other bird species. Tari Valley, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea. Novem...

Tim Laman / King of Saxony Bird of Paradise (Pteridophora alberti) adult male on calling perch above the rainforest canopy. Tari Pass area, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / King of Saxony Bird of Paradise (Pteridophora alberti) adult male on calling perch, Southern Highlands province, Papua New Guinea

Tim Laman / Black Sicklebill Bird of Paradise (Epimachus fastuosus) male feeding on fruits of Shefflera tree. New Guinea

Matthias Breiter / Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) surfacing, Gonzalez Videla Antarctic Base, Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Felicity Lanchester,Felicity Lanchester / Cloud iridescence forming above a cumulonimbus cloud, caused by light refraction through individual water droplets and ice crystals at high altitude, Sierra Leone.

Cyril Ruoso / Raggiana Bird-of-paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) portrait, native to Papua New Guinea

David Tipling / Tribal performers from Hagen at Sing-sing, Mount Hagen Show in Western Highlands Papua New Guinea. Headress contains Papuan Lorikeet birds and King of Saxony plumes. August 2011

David Tipling / Tribal performer from the Anglimp District in Waghi Province Western Highlands Papua New Guinea performing at a Sing-sing, Hagen Show Western Highlands Papua New Guinea.With bird of paradise plumes in...

David Tipling / Men of Mendi from the Southern Highlands at Hagen Show, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea. Head dress has King of Saxony plumes and breast shield of Superb Bird of Paradise plus plumes from Blue bir...

Christophe Courteau / African Paradise Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) male sitting on nest on small branches in the shade. Okavango Delta, Botswana

Martin Willis / Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male displaying for female on vine lek, Malanda, Queensland, Australia