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10. California Condor: The largest North American land bird. This species became extinct. The total number of known Californian condors in the world is just 437. California Condor has huge wingspan than any other North American bird, measures 3 meters in length. It weighs between 10 to 14 kilograms, have the longest lifespan of 60 years. They can fly at the height of 15000 feet. 9. Sri Lanka Frogmouth: Sri Lanka Frogmouth have large gaping mouth, wide head, and hooked bill. This birds are mainly found within The Southwest part of India and Sri Lanka. They reach up to a length of 9.1 inches. Male and female Sri Lanka Frogmouth are varied by a color of a feather, female are rufous and male have gray coloration on the feather. 8. Long Wattled Umbrellabird: Their wattle has length up to 35 cm, covered with short feathers and it is inflatable, used during courtship. Both crest and wattle of female bird is much shorter than that of a male bird. They live in the wet forest of Colombia and Ecuador. 7. Marabou Stork: They grow up to a height of 60 inches and gain weight up to 9 kilograms. Marabou storks mainly live within dry South African regions. Marabou stork is also one of the birds with the largest wingspan in the world, have a length up to 3.7 meter from tip to tip. 6. Shoebill: This huge bills have the length between 7.5 to 9.5 inches. Shoebills are also one of endangered species of birds in the world. Only 8000 shoebills are left in the world. Shoebills have an average height of 5 feet and weigh between 4 to 8 kilogram. During nesting season. 5. Magnificent Frigate Bird: They are much known for their bright red throat pouch, only found within male magnificent frigate birds during breeding season. Female frigate birds are also black in color, but they have white breast. Magnificent frigate birds live within the coast of Florida and California. 4. Andean Cock of The Rock: The large disc like the crest of male bird gives it completely different look. They also have bright orange colored head, neck and chest, have a black body and gray wings. Females have the small crest and have brownish-orange color in the upper body part. They mainly live within Andean mountains of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia. Andean cock of the rocks only grow up to the length of 32 centimeters and weighs up to 230 grams. 3. Ribbon Tailed Astrapia: This is a medium sized bird endemic to highlands of Papua New Guinea. The tail of ribbon tailed astrapia pia have a length up to 3 feet where it’s body length is only 1 feet. They have olive green and bronze colored feathers on its body. The long tail is misses within female birds. 2. King of Saxony Bird of Paradise: The much elongated scalloped or ornamental feathers of the king of saxony bird of paradise make a bizarre appearance. The long head plumes of this bird measured up to 50cm. They are endemic to New Guinea. They make a nest in Kratke mountain range at the height of 1400 to 2800 meters above sea level. 1. Superb Bird of Paradise: Renowned for their bright ornamental plumage and mating dance, endemic to New Guinea forests. The male bird has bright blue crest, blue-green mix shield on chest and velvet black at it’s back. Female bird, it has reddish brown color. It is a small sized bird only have the length up to 26 cm and weighs between 60 to 100 grams. This Birds live in sloping mountain ridges of New Guinea at an elevation of 1600 to 2300 meters above sea level. IMAGE SOURCE: "GOOGLE SEARCH" SOURCE: http://themysteriousworld.com/top-10-most-strange-looking-birds-in-the-world/