Habits goes beyond identification. It is a space of investigation on different aspects on the life of birds. It encompasses topics which deal with the way of feeding, nest-building, parental care, courtship, territorial fights, defense, etc.

Through images the language of birds is disclosed. Clues and features which are exhibited with the purpose of communication. All the examples have been captured in the reserve and with the limitations which are present when taking photos of birds in the wild. Therefore, the information may be fragmentary.

The aspects presented here are: Feeding Technique, Flight Technique, Behaviour and Reproduction. Feeding and Flight Techniques show they develop and their relationship with specific anatomical adaptations. Behaviour is related to the regulation and resolution of conflicts (agonistic behaviour), with displays and with striking behaviours which cast some light on learning, intelligence and communication.
Reproduction encompasses nest building, courtship, mating and parental care since one or more stages of this continuum may be present.

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Feeding Technique
Solitary Cacique Cacicus solitarius	Southern-crested Caracara Polyborus plancus	Narrow-billed Wood-creeper Lepidocolaptes angustirostris
Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja	Wilson’s Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor	Striated Heron Butorides striatus
Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum	Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon aureoventris	Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
Checkered Woodpecker Veniliornis mixtus

Flight Technique
American Kestrel Falco sparverius	Glittering-bellied Emerald Chlorostilbon aureoventris

Behaviour
Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros	Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana	Green-barred Woodpecker Colaptes melanochloros
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum	Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana	Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus
“>Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba	White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata

Reproduction: Nest – Courtship- Mating – Parental Care
Chalk-browed Mockingbird Mimus saturninus	Red-gartered Coot Fulica armillata	Wren-like Rushbird Phleocryptes melanops
White-backed Stilt Himantopus melanurus	Black-necked Swan Cygnus melancoryphus	Coscoroba Swan Coscoroba coscoroba
Pied-billed Grebe Podylimbus podiceps	Checkered Woodpecker Veniliornis mixtus	Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum