David Noton / Palm trees line the beach at Pigeon Point, Tobago

Martin Willis / Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male in courtship display, Atherton Tableland, Queensland, Australia. Sequence 2 of 3

Shane P. White / Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri), Kumul Lodge, Papua New Guinea

Piotr Naskrecki / African Paradise-Flycatcher (Terpsiphone viridis) flying, Gorongosa National Park, Mozambique

Chien Lee / Minden / Magnificent Bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male at lek, Arfak Mountains, West Papua, Indonesia

Staffan Widstrand / Wilson's bird-of-paradise (Cicinnurus respublica), Waigeo, Raja Ampat, Western Papua, Indonesian New Guinea

Colin Monteath/ Hedgehog House / Coastal peaks, Lemaire Island, Paradise Bay, Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica

Cyril Ruoso / Heleconia flower (Heliconia rostrata) Amazon, Peru.

Alan Murphy / Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus) male flying, Texas

Dong Lei / Asian paradise-flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) pair perched on branch, Shanyang town, Gutian County, Hubei province, China.

Ross Hoddinott / Sunset at Trebarwith Strand with incoming tide, North Cornwall, UK. March 2014.

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...