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

Konrad Wothe / Magnificent riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus) male perched in rainforest, Iron Range National Park, Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland, Australia, November

Konrad Wothe / Victoria's riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male displaying in rainforest, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, October

Tim Laman / Berlepschi's Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia berlepschi) male on the perch at his display court. Foja Mountains, Papua, Indonesia, 2008. (taken during Conservation International Rapid Assessment Pro...

Jeff Wilson / Jeff Wilson searching for Birds of Paradise, tropical rainforest, Papua New Guinea. For BBC Planet Earth, Jungles episode, 2005

Tim Laman / Paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) on leafy branch in rainforest, Borneo

Tim Laman / Paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) on tree branch preparing to leap into the air to cross between trees, Borneo

Tim Laman / Paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) on tree branch preparing to leap into the air to cross between trees, Gunung Palung National Park, Borneo, West Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Aerial view of Bora Bora Island, Society Islands, French Polynesia. July 2006

Onne van der Wal / Crystal clear shallows under a blue sky. Exumas, Bahamas, Caribbean, June 2009.

Tim Laman / Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male calling on calling perch near his display court, Huon Peninsula, YUS Conservation Area, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Near-threatened

Tim Laman / Wilson's Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus respublica) male and two females in display court, Batanta Island, Papua, Indonesia. Near-threatened.

Tim Laman / Female and young male Ribbon-tailed Astrapia (Astrapia mayeri) bird of paradise on Schefflera fruits, Southwestern slopes of Mt. Hage, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Red Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea rubra) adult male at lek display site in the top of a canopy tree. Batanta Island, Papua, Indonesia. Near-threatened.

Tim Laman / Adult male Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleuca) on display pole in swamp forest along the Karawari River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Blue Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea rudolphi) male calling in the vicinity of the Tari Valley, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Adult male Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleuca) on his display pole in the swamp forest along the Karawari River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Goldie's Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea decora) male perched, Fergusson Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Near-theatened

Tim Laman / Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male perched, Arfak Mountains, Papua, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Wallace's Standardwing Bird of Paradise (Semioptera wallacei) male calling at display site in rainforest canopy, Kali Batu Putih, Halmahera Island, North Moluccas, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / King of Saxony (Pteridophora alberti) bird of paradise, male on display perch performing a practice display, Southwestern slopes of Mt. Hage, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male perched with fruit on calling perch near his display court, Huon Peninsula, YUS Conservation Area, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. Near-thr...

Tim Laman / Male Wahnes Parotia (Parotia wahnesi) bird of paradise in the YUS Conservation Area, Huon Peninsula, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea, Endangered

Tim Laman / Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male erecting his cape in display on calling perch near his display court, Huon Peninsula, YUS Conservation Area, Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea...

Tim Laman / Wallace's Standardwing Bird of Paradise (Semioptera wallacei) male at display site in rainforest canopy, Halmahera, North Moluccas, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Male Carola's Parotia (Parotia carolae) bird of paradise displaying on his display court to five females perched above, Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New...

Tim Laman / Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male displaying to female at lek, Arfak Mountains, Papua, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Superb Bird of Paradise (Lophorina superba) male in rainforest canopy in the vicinity of the Tari Valley, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Male Carola's Parotia (Parotia carolae) bird of paradise displaying on his display court to five females perched above, Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New...

Tim Laman / Male King Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus regius) on his display vine in the rainforest canopy, in the vicinity of the Karawari River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Female Brown Sicklebill (Epimachus meyeri) bird of paradise in the vicinity of Mt. Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / King of Saxony Bird of Paradise (Pteridophora alberti) male displaying on display perch, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Goldie's Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea decora) male displaying to female at lek, Fergusson Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. Near-threatened.

Tim Laman / Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male perched, Arfak Mountains, Papua, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Wallace's Standardwing Bird of Paradise (Semioptera wallacei) male at display site in the rainforest canopy, Kali Batu Putih, Halmahera Island, North Moluccas, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Wilson's Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus respublica) male, Batanta Island, Papua, Indonesia, Near-threatened.

Tim Laman / Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male displaying to female at lek display site, Arfak Mountains, Papua, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Male Victoria's Riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) bird of paradise perched, calling on display perch. Atherton Tablelands, Wooroonooran National Park, Queensland, Australia.

Tim Laman / Male Carola's Parotia (Parotia carolae) bird of paradise displaying at his display court, Crater Mountain Wildlife Management Area, Eastern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Adult male Ribbon-tailed Astrapia (Astrapia mayeri) feeding on fruits of a Schefflera plant. Southwestern slopes of Mt. Hage, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Goldie's Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea decora) displaying to female, Fergusson Island, Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Red Bird of Paradise (Paradisaea rubra) adult male at lek display site in the top of a canopy tree. Batanta Island, Papua, Indonesia.

Juergen Freund / Split level of a diver and hobycat sailing boat in front of Club Paradise, Dimakya Island, Palawan, Philippines

Gavin Hellier / Tropical sea and beach, Seychelles, Indian Ocean

Phil Savoie / Raggiana bird of paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) male displaying to female, Papua New Guinea, Varirata NP.

Phil Savoie / Raggiana bird of paradise (Paradisaea raggiana) male displaying at lek Papua New Guinea, Varirata NP.

RICHARD KIRBY / Wilson's Bird of Paradise male displays to females on twig above. Irian Jaya, Western New Guinea (West Papua).

RICHARD KIRBY / Wilson's Bird of Paradise male displaying to females on twig above. Irian Jaya, Western New Guinea (West Papua).

Dave Watts / Superb lyrebird displaying {Menura novaehollandiae} SE Australia

Tim MacMillan / John Downer Pr / Multiple exposure of flying Paradise tree snake showing how it forms a loop for maximum thrust as it lauches itself into air (Resolution restriction - image digitised from film, 'Weird Nature' tv seri...

Yukihiro Fukuda / Looking out across sea from deserted beach, Christmas Island, July 2008

Yukihiro Fukuda / Looking out across sea from deserted beach, Christmas Island, July 2008

David Noton / San Juan Beach with palm trees at dusk, Siquijor, The Visayas, Philippines. February 2011

David Noton / Dawn over the ocean with palm trees at Bottom Bay, South East Coast, Barbados

Dave Watts / Buff breasted kingfisher / White tailed kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia) adult pair, north Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Buff breasted kingfisher / White tailed kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia) adult pair, north Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Buff breasted kingfisher / White tailed kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia) male, North Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Buff breasted kingfisher / White tailed kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia) adult pair, North Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Buff breasted kingfisher / White tailed kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia) male displaying, North Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Buff breasted kingfisher / White tailed kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia) male, North Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Buff breasted kingfisher / White tailed kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia) male, North Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Buff breasted kingfisher / White tailed kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia) adults displaying, male on right, North Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Buff breasted kingfisher / White tailed kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia) male, North Queensland, Australia

Dave Watts / Buff breasted kingfisher / White tailed kingfisher (Tanysiptera sylvia) nest in termite mound, Queensland, Australia

Konrad Wothe / Magnificent riflebird (Ptiloris magnificus) male perched in rainforest, Iron Range National Park, Cape York Peninsula, North Queensland, Australia, November

Konrad Wothe / Victoria's riflebird (Ptiloris victoriae) male perched in rainforest, Atherton Tablelands, Queensland, Australia, October

Tim Laman / Magnificent Bird of Paradise (Cicinnurus magnificus) male in courtship plumage. Foja Mountains, Papua, Indonesia, 2008. (taken during Conservation International Rapid Assessment Program expedition)

Tim Laman / Ed Scholes in a blind / hide, built at a court of the Berlepschi's Parotia Bird of Paradise. Model released.

Tim Laman / Berlepschi's Parotia Bird of Paradise (Parotia berlepschi) female found at 1650 m elevation. Endemic species to the Foja Mountains, Papua, Indonesia, 2008. (taken during Conservation International Rap...

Tim Laman / Male Black Sicklebill (Epimachus fastosus) on his display perch. Foja Mountains, Papua, Indonesia, 2007.

Tim Laman / Wallace's Standardwing Bird of Paradise (Semioptera wallacei) male at his display site in the rainforest canopy, Halmahera, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Wallace's Standardwing Bird of Paradise (Semioptera wallacei) male at his display site in the rainforest canopy, Halmahera, Indonesia.

Tim Laman / Aerial view of the Wayag Islands, an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands, NW of Waigeo Island. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / A trio of peaks in the Wayag Islands, an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands, NW of Waigeo Island. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / Aerial view of the Wayag Islands, an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands, NW of Waigeo Island. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / Aerial view of a boat making its way through the Wayag Islands, an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands, NW of Waigeo Island. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Tim Laman / Aerial view of a boat making its way through the Wayag Islands, an uninhabited group of uplifted limestone (karst) islands, NW of Waigeo Island. West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007

Jeff Wilson / Portrait of Huli tribesman who helped film crew film Birds of Paradise, Papua New Guinea. Filming for BBC Planet Earth, Jungles episode, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Portrait of Huli tribesman holding symbolic moon rock. He helped filmakers in the areas where Birds of Paradise were filmed for BBC Planet Earth, Jungles episode, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Portrait of Huli tribesman who helped film crew film Birds of Paradise, Papua New Guinea. Filming for BBC Planet Earth, Jungles episode, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Hornbill bird's beak and wild pig tusk used as decoration by Huli tribesman, who helped film crew film Birds of Paradise, Papua New Guinea. Filming for BBC Planet Earth, Jungles episode, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Portrait of Huli tribesman, and villagers, who helped film crew film Birds of Paradise, Papua New Guinea. Filming for BBC Planet Earth, Jungles episode, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Portrait of Huli tribesman, and villagers, who helped film crew film Birds of Paradise, Papua New Guinea. Filming for BBC Planet Earth, Jungles episode, 2005

Jeff Wilson / Jeff Wilson and field assistants build tree hide for filming Birds of Paradise, tropical rainforest, Papua New Guinea. For BBC Planet Earth, Jungles episode, 2005

Tim Laman / Paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) climbing down a tree trunk in rainforest, Borneo

Tim Laman / Paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) on tree branch in rainforest, Borneo

Tim Laman / Paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) on wild ginger plant in rainforest, Borneo

Tim Laman / Paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) on wild ginger plant in rainforest, Borneo

Tim Laman / Paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) detail of belly scales in rainforest, Borneo

Tim Laman / Paradise tree snake (Chrysopelea paradisi) detail of belly scales in rainforest, Borneo

Tim Laman / Female Asian Paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) on nest, Borneo

Tim Laman / Male Asian Paradise flycatcher (Terpsiphone paradisi) on nest, Borneo

Eric Baccega / Male King bird of paradise (Cicinnurus regius) in the rainforest canopy. Western Papua, Indonesia

Stephen Dalton / Amazilia hummingbird (Amazilia amazilia dumerillii) flying to Bird of paradise (Strelitzia) flower, South America, controlled conditions

Tim Laman / Adult male Twelve-wired Bird of Paradise (Seleucidis melanoleuca) on his display pole in the swamp forest along the Karawari River, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea.

Tim Laman / Immature male Brown Sicklebill {Epimachus meyeri} showing transitional plumage to adult male, foraging for insects in a tree stump, Mt. Hagen, Enga Province, Papua New Guinea.