Not your typical bird

[HIvill]

Bird of paradise

 

[dxqcanada1]

Hmm, the Merlin bird app does not recognize this one.

 

[HIvill]

Hmm, the Merlin bird app does not recognize this one.

I had to look it up. That's a neat app thanks haha

 

[RowdyRay]

dxqcanada beat me to it. Great shot.

 

[Donde1]

They call it Ave de Paraiso (bird of Paradise) here. It´s scienific name is Strelitzia reginae. It´s native to South Africa but grown all over the tropics. There´s a big cultivation of it just down the road from me. Use it a lot in flower arrangements here.