A colourful, medium-sized bird of the motmot family,
Momotidae. It inhabits Central America from south-east Mexico (mostly
the Yucatán Peninsula), to Costa Rica, where it is common and not
considered threatened. It lives in fairly open habitats such as forest
edge, gallery forest and scrubland. It is more conspicuous than other
motmots, often perching in the open on wires and fences. From these
perches it scans for prey, such as insects and small reptiles. White
eggs (3–6) are laid in a long tunnel nest in an earth bank or sometimes
in a quarry or fresh-water well. Its name originates from the turquoise
color of its brow.
Smooth-Billed Ani
I finally found this bird, the Smooth-billed Ani at
ARM-Lox where I spent a few unsuccessful days searching. It was very hot
and humid and I couldn't stay for too long. When we lived in Honduras,
there were Anis all over the place but then I wasn't into wildlife
photography yet.
Striped Manakin
The striped manakin is a small South American species
of bird in the Pipridae family. Its distribution is highly disjunct: The
nominate subspecies is found in Atlantic Forest in eastern Brazil,
while ... the striolatus group is found in forests in western Brazil,
northeastern Peru, eastern Ecuador, Colombia, and western and southern
Venezuela. Males of the former group have redder underparts than males
of the latter, and the two are sometimes treated as separate species,
the eastern striped manakin (M. regulus) and the western striped manakin
(M. striolatus). In both, the males have a bright red crown, which the
female lack.
Like many other manakins, the males cluster in a leks to attract females. After mating, the females rear the chicks on without the help of the males.
Scientific name: Machaeropterus regulus
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Machaeropterus
Like many other manakins, the males cluster in a leks to attract females. After mating, the females rear the chicks on without the help of the males.
Scientific name: Machaeropterus regulus
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Machaeropterus
Yellow-Fronted Woodpecker
The yellow-fronted woodpecker is a species of bird in
the Picidae family. It is found in Argentina, Brazil, and Paraguay. Its
natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and
heavily degraded former forest.
Scientific name: Melanerpes flavifrons
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Melanerpes
Scientific name: Melanerpes flavifrons
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Melanerpes
Rufous-backed Kingfisher
The rufous-backed kingfisher is a species of bird in the Alcedinidae
family. It is found in Brunei, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the
Philippines, and Thailand in tropical lowland forests near lakeshores
and streamsides. The small bird is solitary and hunts from a low perch
over the water by diving for insects and frogs. It is sometimes
considered a subspecies of the Oriental dwarf kingfisher.
The Yellow Finch
The yellow finch, or Spinus tristis, is also known as
the American goldfinch because this bright yellow and black-trimmed bird
is found in North America. Like most finches, it prefers open spaces
over the heavily wooded forest, but makes its home wherever temperatures
are amenable and food is readily available.
The Amazing Colors of Malayan Banded Pitta
This is one of
three separate species of banded pittas that were lumped together as one. Due
to their vocal and visual differences the species were in recent times split. The
Malayan banded pitta (Hydrornis irena) is a species of bird in the Pittidae
family. The bird can be found in Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and Sumatra. It
was previously considered conspecific with the Bornean and Javan banded pittas.
Together, they were referenced as the banded, but this is recently split
species is listed as near threatened on the basis that the constant destruction
of its habitats and capture for the illegal bird trade are suspected to be
driving a moderately rapid decline in its population. More research is needed
into the impact of these threats, the results of which could influence its Red
List status. 20-23 cm.
Moreover, the gorgeous
and amazingly colored Pitta species male has black crown and broad mask, with wide
bright yellow supercilium, becoming flame orange on the nape. The underparts
are deep blue, save for orange barring on the breast sides. Moreover upperparts
plain chestnut-brown; rump and tail deep blue. The beautiful wings are blackish-brown
with a white spot in the primaries and some white in the outer secondary’s. The
median and greater coverts are broadly tipped white. The chin and throat are
also white. However, female birds are similar except for white underparts with
fine black barring, and juveniles and immature have bold, pure white spotting
on the upper wing coverts. It is called as locally common, though now infrequent
in Thailand and decidedly local in Sumatra, though the population size has not
been quantified and further research is required.
The species’
population is suspected to be undergoing a reasonably rapid decline owing
primarily to on-going deforestation and hunting for trade. The species inhabits
lowland floodplain forest, but is also found at higher elevations, maybe up to
c.1,500 m. Indeed, it appears to depend on to a large extent on lowland
evergreen forest and swamp forest. It favors the interior of primary forest,
but is also found in secondary forest, although observations recommend that it
does not persevere well in altered habitats. Its diet perhaps comprises
invertebrates and berries, which it forages for on the ground and in understory
vegetation. Breeding probably takes place throughout the year.
In spite of some
apparent tolerance of habitat alteration, it is threatened by forest loss and
degradation, apparently driven by timber extraction and agricultural expansion,
as well as capture for the illegal bird trade either through trapping or
nest-raiding. The bird is now considered rare in Thailand, where the majority
lowland forest has been logged. Moreover, a same situation is existing in
Malaysia, where the bird has been almost disappeared from Panti Forest Reserve
since 1994. The species come about in a number of protected areas across its outsized
range, including Khao Nor Chuchi Wildlife Sanctuary (Thailand), Taman Negara
National Park (Malaysia) and Way Kambas National Park (Sumatra). No other
targeted conservation actions are recognized for this species.
Many-Coloured Rush Tyrant
The many-coloured rush tyrant is a small passerine
bird of South America belonging to the tyrant flycatcher family. It is
the only member of the genus Tachuris and its relationships with the
other members of the family are uncertain. It inhabits marshland and
reedbeds around lakes and rivers. It is particularly associated with
stands of Scirpus. The nest is built among plant stems.
Scientific name: Tachuris rubrigastra
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Tachuris
Scientific name: Tachuris rubrigastra
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Tachuris
Asian Golden Weaver Male
The Asian golden weaver (Ploceus hypoxanthus) is a
species of bird in the Ploceidae family. It is found in Cambodia,
Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. Its natural habitats
are subtropical or tropical seasonally wet or flooded lowland grassland,
swamps, and arable land. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Red Avadavat Bird
The red avadavat, red munia or strawberry finch is a
sparrow-sized bird of the Estrildidae family. It is found in the open
fields and grasslands of tropical Asia and is popular as a cage bird due
to the colourful plumage of the males in their breeding season. It
breeds in the Indian Subcontinent in the monsoon season. The species
name of amandava and the common name of avadavat are derived from the
city of Ahmedabad in Gujarat, India, from where these birds were
exported into the pet trade in former times.
Scientific name: Amandava amandava
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Amandava
Scientific name: Amandava amandava
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Amandava
Azure-Winged Magpie
The azure-winged magpie is a bird in the crow family.
It is 31–35 cm long and similar in overall shape to the Eurasian magpie
but is more slender with proportionately smaller legs and bill. It
belongs to the genus Cyanopica.
It has a glossy black top to the head and a white throat. The underparts and the back are a light grey-fawn in colour with the wings and the feathers of the long (16–20 cm) tail are an azure blue. It inhabits various types of coniferous (mainly pine) and broadleaf forest, including parks and gardens in the eastern populations.
Scientific name: Cyanopica cyanus
Rank: Species
It has a glossy black top to the head and a white throat. The underparts and the back are a light grey-fawn in colour with the wings and the feathers of the long (16–20 cm) tail are an azure blue. It inhabits various types of coniferous (mainly pine) and broadleaf forest, including parks and gardens in the eastern populations.
Scientific name: Cyanopica cyanus
Rank: Species
Greater Blue-eared Glossy- Starling Bird
The greater blue-eared starling or greater blue-eared
glossy-starling is a bird that breeds from Senegal east to Ethiopia and
south through eastern Africa to northeastern South Africa and Angola. It
is a very common species of open woodland bird, and undertakes some
seasonal migration.
Scientific name: Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Lamprotornis
Scientific name: Lamprotornis chalybaeus
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Lamprotornis
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