News - November 2010



Dusky-legged Guan
Penelope obscura
Dusky-legged Guan
27-11-10 © Claudia y Diego Bastías
Dusky-legged Guan
27-11-10 © Claudia y Diego Bastías
Dark-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus melacoryphus
Dark-billed Cuckoo
27-11-10 © Claudia y Diego Bastías
Ringed Teal
Callonetta leucophrys
Ringed Teal
14-11-10 © Carlos González Ledo
European Starling
Sturnus vulgaris
European Starling
14-11-10 © Carlos González Ledo
Striated Heron
Butorides striata
Striated Heron
14-11-10 © Liliana Risuleo

Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
28-11-10 © Carlos González Ledo

Feeding chicks


Many-colored Rush Tyrant
Tachuris rubrigastra
Many-colored Rush Tyrant
14-11-10 © Carlos González Ledo
Checkered Woodpecker
Veniliornis mixtus
Checkered Woodpecker
14-11-10 © Carlos González Ledo
Freckle-breasted Thornbird
Phacellodomus striaticollis
Freckle-breasted Thornbird
14-11-10 © Carlos González Ledo
Sulphur-throated Spinetail
Cranioleuca sulphurifera
Sulphur-throated Spinetail
09-11-10 © José Luis Merlo
Sulphur-throated Spinetail
09-11-10 © José Luis Merlo
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Tigrisoma lineatum
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
14-11-10 © Carlos González Ledo

They are two months old

Gray-breasted Martin
Progne chalybea
Gray-breasted Martin
02-11-10 © Carlos González Ledo
Gray-breasted Martin
02-11-10 © Carlos González Ledo
Picazuro Pigeon
Patagioenas picazuro
Picazuro Pigeon
11-10-10 © Claudia y Tito Di Mauro

This Picazuro Pigeon has an unusual colouring. It is dark and seems "oily". This is not the first case. This phenomenon has been drawing the attention of observers for some years now

Black-crowned Night-Heron
Nycticorax nycticorax
Black-crowned Night-Heron
02-10-10 © José Luis Merlo

With great egret and cocoi heron behind

Striated Heron
Butorides striata
Striated Heron
02-11-10 © Carlos González Ledo
Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus
Great Kiskadee
02-11-10 © Carlos González Ledo