Green-headed Tanager is a bird found in the Atlantic forest in south-eastern Brazil, far Eastern Paraguay,and far
north-eastern Argentina. It is a small colorful bird measuring an
average of 13.5 centimeters (5.3 in). While essentially a bird of humid
forests, it is also common in orchards and parks,as its apparently flashy
blue-green coloration camouflage it will among the foliage.
The eclectus parrot
The eclectus parrot (Eclectus roratus) is a parrot native to the Solomon
Islands, Sumba, New Guinea and nearby islands, northeastern Australia
and the Maluku Islands (Moluccas). It is unusual in the parrot family
for its extreme sexual dimorphism of the colours of the plumage; the
male having a mostly bright emerald green plumage and the female a
mostly bright red and purple/blue plumage. Joseph Forshaw, in his book
Parrots of the World, noted that the first European ornithologists to
see eclectus parrots thought they were of two distinct species. Large
populations of this parrot remain, and they are sometimes considered
pests for eating fruit off trees. Some populations restricted to
relatively small islands are comparably rare. Their bright feathers are
also used by native tribes people in New Guinea as decorations.
Blue-Crowned Motmot
The blue-crowned motmot (Momotus momota) is a
colourful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of eastern
Mexico, Central America, northern and central South America, and
Trinidad and Tobago. As presently defined, it includes several taxa that
possibly should be recognized as valid species, including the Andean
motmot (or highland motmot), Momotus aequatorialis.
Horned Sungem,
Horned Sungem,a South American Hummingbird, the only species of the genus Heliactin. A
wingbeat is one complete up and down movement ,which means that the
horned sungem moves its wings muscles at a rate of more than 10,000 per
minute. It occurs in Bolivia, Brazil and Suriname. It prefers fairly dry open or semi-open habitats,such as savanna and Cerrado. It avoids dense humid forest.
White-Headed Buffalo Weaver
Known as the White-headed Buffalo Weaver (the Buffalo
bit is derived from their tendency to follow buffalos in order to prey
on any insects that they flush), this East African species occurs in
Acacia woodland and other wooded habitats in Kenya, Tanzania, Somalia,
Sudan, Ethiopia and parts of Uganda. Markus photographed this bird in
Kenya.
Orange-Breasted Sunbird
The orange-breasted sunbird is a small passerine
sunbird endemic to South Africa, and is found in shrubland or heathland
vegetations called fynbos. Orange-breasted sunbird males average 17 cm
long and females 13 cm long. The male's head, throat, and mantle are
bright metallic green and the rest of the upper parts are olive green.
The upper breast is metallic violet and the rest of the under-side is
shades of orange. The female is olive-green on the top-side and
olive-yellow on the under-side. These birds have long down-curved bills
and brush-tipped tubular tongues. Both of these are adaptations for
nectar feeding, the orange-breasted sunbird's primary food source.
However, the bird also feeds on insects.
Red-bellied Woodpecker
The red-bellied woodpecker (Melanerpes carolinus) is a
medium-sized woodpecker of the Picidae family. It breeds in southern
Canada and the northeastern United States, ranging as far south as
Florida and as far west as Texas. Its common name is somewhat
misleading, as the most prominent red part of its plumage is on the
head; the red-headed woodpecker, however, is another species that is a
rather close relative but looks quite different. It was first
described in Linnaeus' Systema Naturae, as Picus carolinus. The type
locality is given simply as "America septentrionalis" (North America)
Crimson Breasted Shrike
The crimson-breasted shrike (Laniarius atrococcineus) or the crimson-breasted gonolek, ('gonolek' - supposedly imitative of its call),is a southern African bird. The species is closely related to two other bushshrikes, the yellow-crowned gonolek (Laniarius barbarus) and the black-headed gonolek (Laniarius erythrogaster) of East Africa.
Regent Bower Bird
The regent bowerbird (Sericulus chrysocephalus) is a medium-sized, up to 25 cm long, sexually dimorphic bowerbird. The male bird is black with a golden orange-yellow crown, mantle and black-tipped wing feathers. It has yellow bill, black feet and yellow iris. The female is a brown bird with whitish or fawn markings, grey bill, black feet and crown.
Flame Robin
The flame robin is a small passerine bird native to
Australia. It is a moderately common resident of the coolest parts of
south-eastern Australia, including Tasmania. Like the other two
red-breasted Petroica robins—the scarlet robin and the red-capped
robin—it is often simply called the robin redbreast. Like many brightly
coloured robins of the Petroicidae, it is sexually dimorphic. Measuring
12–14 cm long, the flame robin has dark brown eyes and a small thin
black bill. The male has a brilliant orange-red chest and throat, and a
white patch on the forehead above the bill. Its upper parts are
iron-grey with white bars, and its tail black with white tips. The
female is a nondescript grey-brown. Its song has been described as the
most musical of its genus.
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