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Thomas Poulsom

Lego birds: the tropical collection - in pictures

Lego birds: Lovebirds
Leeto and Latifah the African lovebirds
It took an age for me to work out how to recreate these lovebirds' cute little features.
Photograph: Thomas Poulsom
Lego birds: Canary
Carona Canary
I think Canaries are incredibly cute and I love their bright yellow feathers. They originate from the Canary Islands and are very popular birds to keep in aviaries.
Photograph: Thomas Poulsom
Lego birds: Finch
Gordon the gouldian finch
The gouldian or rainbow finch is native to Australia, and was classified as 'endangered in the wild' in 1992.
Photograph: Thomas Poulsom
Lego birds: Macaw
Marky the scarlet macaw
This is one of my favourite Lego birds so far, as I think he is pretty accurate apart from the size (he's about half the size of a real macaw).
Photograph: Thomas Poulsom
Lego birds: Hyacinth macaw
Horace the hyacinth macaw
The hyacinth macaw, a large parrot native to South America, is classified as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List.
Photograph: Thomas Poulsom
Lego birds: Hummingbird
Victor the violet-eared hummingbird
This was the smallest bird I've built so far and it was rather tricky to get all his features right on such a small scale.
Photograph: Thomas Poulsom
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