tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56615063447354946392024-03-10T14:49:00.892-05:00David McDonald PhotographyFollow my life quest to photo 5000 species of Birds (2537 now)David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.comBlogger486125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-5601493545169107432024-03-10T14:48:00.000-05:002024-03-10T14:48:27.824-05:00Bulletin 432 - Brazil 2023 #13 - Hummingbirds<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">After 3 trips to Colombia with diminishing returns, it was time to go further afield. Pablo Flores the guide in Colombia is now leading trips to Brazil as well. So my birding buddy Martin Jackson and my daughter Chantel and I decided to go there. We visited the Pantanal, the Atlantic forest in the Sao Paulo area and had 1 day in the Chapada. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world, so it is teeming with wildlife. The Atlantic Forest is a unique ecosystem from sea level to about 1 mile elevation. It contains 800 species of birds (225 endemic) and 26 species of primates. Unfortunately it also contains 2 mega cities - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and the resulting sprawl and clearing for agriculture since the Portuguese arrived 500 years ago, has wiped out 90%+ of the original forest. About 250 species of amphibians, birds and mammals have gone extinct in the past 400 years. The good news is that many preserves and parks have been set aside to try and preserve the remaining biodiversity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Hummingbirds are one of my favorite species of birds. What was surprising on the trip was how few locations had feeders out. It seemed the only feeders were at private lodges. The national and state parks did not have any (maybe prohibited). So I only got 9 new species for the trip. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There were 2 new hermits. The 6" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Saw-billed Hermit</span></b> (<i>Ramphodon naevius</i>) is unlike other hermits as he does not have the 2 long central white tail feathers. Apparently he is named for his serrated mandible (only occasionally seen in the field). This is a Brazil endemic and another bird named for a never seen field mark. I was always enchanted by his name in the bird list - so it was nice to finally see him. He also has an almost straight bill - unusual for a hermit.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173954471" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="659" data-original-width="650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFtHWhRYtk93U6h4CQLTUKkGrmE1TH5NwOFadJrblomB7fiqAISGIVr_57JtWVscNQuTyyLH-M5UIw6-jKRAvcUlHtT8eELNaB6mL9FK6wVWfaoy2GCqHkOFTpmQD_jbZyx-gsP45i9IvfHgEDAxrNpc-BhBiMr8kMvihCuv6GYNsc8ONPvRvdEePMbQUd/w395-h400/Saw-billed%20Hermit%20blog_5825.jpg" width="395" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Saw-billed Hermit</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is another photo attacking a huge bromeliad flower.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173954470" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="650" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqj3oirj4fYDr0F0NQdLGjRrRemlK_r2p-1zkX4ZWFpuruXktldk6-5Xj5RQ3PpSMcMv87X9UFIW7D3b1Xm7TEnUHusi4WrKHKXUf0Sw3o6siPgkOgqcC3XGXoX4-7g3cAWGPPH-1CggO14KDXeK-YcDWU5PQEg1Xu2KoX628NK0LWFb8VSzirvwj5419f/w400-h315/Saw-billed%20Hermit%20blog_5379.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Saw-billed Hermit</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Scale-throated Hermit</span></b> (<i>Phaetornis eurynome</i>) is a montane species that we saw at a lodge with feeders in the Atlantic forest.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173954472" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="650" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVnxi_0hOTgqhcwsF4FF3c6RvKhRXPl4ErngZKfYkKJ4F6b95SkeyXz3HQIfqCoxI5tLdIdRf63patCvWUB2BH3fidJ6Xysp2SmLcKrWhtfZdVJScnL-eOyO1DHLE1226apfT9WblfAI4p_F0AS1-TJMB3qiFxESOykVzI0pIRFaSt7dtnzfafx6iI8lIp/w400-h296/Scale-throated%20Hermit%20blog_3229.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The next 5 birds along with the Saw-billed Hermit above were seen </span><span style="font-family: arial;">on our first day</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> at a private reserve on the coast north of Sao Paulo. The retired gentleman set up this place and he refused to accept any money. His joy was to show people his local beauties. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 3" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Festive Coquette</span></b> (<i>Lophornis chalybeus</i>) is a tiny hummer with a white stripe across the rump and a fringe of white tipped feathers on the neck.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173954465" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="650" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmehC8Azcl4DkF2dDJ45Cj6vCQdJx_QY0KbAk3CS4lVD2BTuf3St8LYfOG2sOGiyFslhnVOIorlwk9P6YgQKG23Xl53eJVcMf3yb-iCHr54DvA9UA9QQaby900DtnTylsEARdyilb8tlJ3QyIB-2h70NLfKsASlZlVs_QJMuc5pGM92DljC7lB_AZ8dBRM/w400-h340/Festive%20Coquette%20-%20male%20blog_5432.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Festive Coquette -male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Here is again hovering and the neck feathers are laid flat.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173954466" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="555" data-original-width="650" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX9VbVeRnp1BBSyL4VKJUdBFE3TJyUA0-XyJ4eANdRgc7TpDe3E087ehHSOwaOTk7rpGF_RFdRjDHSFv4kySBkJUgC4MumWi5X7AdDdTwqT7IuU_pqpevyTvRYcu4Fuj-vQBtxinBnecDCbPOXynruWHu-hFnlIcPiEnkVuz0RZinV-BepaOaSN35WeK38/w400-h341/Festive%20Coquette%20-%20male%20blog_5219.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Festive Coquette - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 4.8" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sombre Hummingbird</span></b> (<i>Aphantochrao cirrchloris</i>) is green above and gray with green dots below.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173954473" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="607" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnhirldr9YLGjsGjo0xLknkm0Pdpg0qpu_ST6atT8IHRlXeGifGJaS1SmQzZ7qtK1iU7-9pWTnx7_H62E_6exOTG6z5hmQF1cDP7qUys0LgiZVy-zq-EKeJKpGsX72Ii2foch9pLnJKxWkzxp5TNc-ddQCaYRSqbJflOMoHXvrs3jDk3CQ8GW0BkVT_X6y/w374-h400/Sombre%20Hummingbird%20blog_5811.jpg" width="374" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> Sombre Hummingbird</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 4.5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Brazilian Ruby</span></b> (<i>Clytolaema rubricauda</i>) is another endemic and a distinctive bird in the range. He is all green with a red throat and rufous wings and tail.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173954464" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="650" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj77cFP0ixIM2PmjArdkbsfZdfDNVygpBmFdbxpIPutBPTERXsYGCHh5hE7Mf1UB_HR6xLKlK9ImE9TlHu74wXShAQMMjCSIvHyYpMpeE4lQg2bQmT3DfFHWAWTEUVKxr0A4UbXats_w6iCXvFsWzYa1MfDsFV-yNo8lso_8RSvK66lSDefwTUguPqUBnjV/w400-h399/Brazilian%20Ruby%20-%20male%20blog_5162.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Brazilian Ruby - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 3.5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">White-chinned Sapphire</span></b> (<i>Hylochloris cyanus</i>) has a purple head with a red bill tipped in black and a few white chin feathers.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173954479" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="650" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQzwDktoSSsv2Gz_GUgwvQ0ODTXZ9IFQU8ZDoUspRTBrcEOKsEcfWoYi6Mhv1FmefHWPnZ79EuxV7PC1_gPUuD38qSOFuJZFTuaUHHZrF7Jh7ZIJeIsixuRSe8pAd4ssg9aeB409MoQ3LdZRsgi1kqkqwlZO2qBCs1qcbAm52rxjgByXzgUCYdI2qf-bB/w400-h339/White-chinned%20Sapphire%20-%20male%20blog_4958.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">White-chinned Sapphire - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 4" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Violet-capped Woodnymph</span></b> (<i>Thalurania glaucopis</i>) is a green hummer with sparkling underside and a purple crown.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173954475" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="612" data-original-width="650" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0AgVJr8YnqdeYGecEV5lF-pqpmvFC7uD6Ou0_rQot-cV5B9EJ-E1KXij9YsKRlbc5nolBElH9t5SjGQizv7OjJhy-_BJ118jTBa3SeCTVxWycYIM6jE9bUFO7swj-X6xykHbVzFEFzh5sdHvQxE4LKK6my1HVaPdScjDQFTjWYrqBLYRboXp7IjdDzm1y/w400-h376/Violet-capped%20Woodnymph%20-%20male%20blog_5815.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Violet-capped Woodnymph - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">So the above 7 birds were at locations with feeders. The last 2 here are captured in the field and I think I was very lucky to get such close-up photos. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 4.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">White-throated Hummingbird</span></b> (<i>Leucochloris albicolis</i>) was caught on the last morning on the way up the mountain, with a patch of flowers beside the road.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173954483" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="650" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxDLCDfUflkzzmGOWy9SUMqf0V6tnawboRy9SE-lRSnaEQ6C4skkxgPm0Js3l8TWrSepuUQqnZrqggPZcqjjDHPxRD4m9rgPvcSnf1Xc_tKvaG_C0ZlC-c-TTsGGPtDYl52Uf80FDMB3WIpNvWtEijT4Vg4SiNE0_cIeGrj4jggCHtpyseVkXoYQIX5Csf/w400-h258/White-throated%20Humminbird%20blog_5691.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">White-throated Hummingbird</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 3.8" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Plain-bellied Emerald</span></b> (<i>Chyrsuronia leucogaster</i>) is green above and white below.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173954469" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="465" data-original-width="650" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj42LSdVttsMHbOIP8FT_3ELb-_3vMKHRSmZEengW_5MTf1ob_Rc_hkxZFqHOjJ-YvWTZdckZD1u13sHXTXOezKOYz3dt7SwUDv7WwF100I2q1XeUO7LLcjVSuyHOQ0GcQgHYUDCdqY525UhJ2Ifs0B1XLXsq1RVCwnREEms8rjcOs1uCdTxHYfTSgxC4dk/w400-h286/Plain-bellied%20Emerald%20blog_6005.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Plain-bellied Emerald</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 156</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 365 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/hummingbirds_all&page=all">hummingbirds</a>.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2024 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></span></div><div><p></p></div>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-83089371720861028142024-02-25T10:54:00.001-06:002024-02-25T10:54:14.533-06:00Bulletin 431 - Brazil 2023 #12 - Tanagers - Part 3<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">After 3 trips to Colombia with diminishing returns, it was time to go further afield. Pablo Flores the guide in Colombia is now leading trips to Brazil as well. So my birding buddy Martin Jackson and my daughter Chantel and I decided to go there. We visited the Pantanal, the Atlantic forest in the Sao Paulo area and had 1 day in the Chapada. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world, so it is teeming with wildlife. The Atlantic Forest is a unique ecosystem from sea level to about 1 mile elevation. It contains 800 species of birds (225 endemic) and 26 species of primates. Unfortunately it also contains 2 mega cities - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and the resulting sprawl and clearing for agriculture since the Portuguese arrived 500 years ago, has wiped out 90%+ of the original forest. About 250 species of amphibians, birds and mammals have gone extinct in the past 400 years. The good news is that many preserves and parks have been set aside to try and preserve the remaining biodiversity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5.3" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Red Pileated Finch</span></b> (<i>Coryphospingus cucullatus</i>) is </span><span style="font-family: arial;">a brick red bird with a white eye ring and </span><span style="font-family: arial;">a crest that he can raise. as seen here.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976791" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1766" data-original-width="2000" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDf5SmCTTLC_Brsx65gJBzJI7nU1BCM32Ja-zu7j1SZS-7lL0UoiMuoWphYXKiKJ3xMx1uKKQhwrELUNlUJ3kKF5Yc76dBCH5p3fLdgY3YxrUpZeiR2_QR5ddqmKPjBClsh1u4vkDNuJzt3UJPaFyGzt4ywd2DDlS0OVMzkhUEdrc0PlyRurTnXnVhZs37/w400-h354/Red%20Pileated%20Finch%20-%20male_1563.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Red Pileated Finch</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chestnut-bellied Seedfinch</span></b> (<i>Sporophila angolensis</i>) is all brown below and otherwise black. He kind of resembles an Orchard Oriole.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976771" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="650" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5G_SdVjyyv6yT00p3poQHXbuUyXSWCaYlgjOHzQ42IEvscxqWqc8OUtdd6jnVt9qA0AoIliWZADSgdQVH7urw0TsgIWiRqX8KuVsKZF3m-tboPfXnAEJxtpm_GXZfISRqMLY5gfP2DV6N8cDrGZJVrqPyQmVhSwOyq2B9d1xlegobYygeuiQ6I9cjpH7_/w400-h338/Chestnut-bellied%20Seed%20Finch%20blog_0821.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Chestnut-bellied Seedfinch - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5" male </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rufous-headed Tanager</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Hemithraupis ruficapilla</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) is a yellow-green bird with an orange breast and red head. He is another endemic.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976796" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="650" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOHoP-QdCQrD1Ewl2ph9kb_hBHDtgybn3TgwNt48vmx6b1y8hS5uOCWbssz7yOk5TykfOU4ekkszK9YFKO0pS2Gsr7qYevMn9u0neOoHqbyNZS-CPCN6bVgnenJ9QZ7hbJhTLstS8i24DLRLBViulJWQPTO02WxcwyCFHoPzcswommDqeH_3ZW0WCJlhmq/w400-h324/Rufous-headed%20Tanager%20-%20male%20blog_4561.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Rufous-headed Tanager - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6.5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-goggled Tanager</span></b> (<i>Tricothraupis melanops</i>) is an easy ID. The female lacks the 'goggles'.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976759" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="650" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Xb2BfJ7ELrqGMuahoJELNiXJ6Nw6EnfUndjc1aon8cEp_xmmBIx0dIcAPsQcNM_NbOCVNqZVvzwxROKKxpEMLE4wmJTviRfz9-WLmWW6Av_Rbwesb3i3j5rM6ZIpDeE4Q7J4MZgSNrzZnxGPqopatjqvi-CLvTXUKu-ZV-b-i4krD_YViNd5tEtqN8bR/w400-h388/Black-goggled%20Tanager%20-%20male%20blog_3080.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Black-goggled Tanager - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5.5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Green Honeycreeper</span></b> (<i>Chlorophanes spiza</i>) is a very common bird seen on all my trips. The male is an easy ID with his blue green body and black head and yellow bill.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173978832" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="576" data-original-width="650" height="355" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmQ3xq8gyLFDkbKWHwv9nymuHoqEAp7QQMTRvZaCE8T02oEs_dvps60OKdtntWiSJajTgKZYifBG8p9WZZDrVfAN2tOXPDQ4hypTNmrLvBp8OQZq6PQ3JlLGDglL9_uvSFryztPt_n7oVvkhchCpFk6uvVHd1UsWnrnmVpJrLwal6zzC3M7I_Rd4SIDyU0/w400-h355/Green%20Honeycreeper%20-%20male%20blog_1132.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Green Honeycreeper - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chestnut-backed Tanager</span></b> (<i>Stilpnia preciosa</i>) is a multicolored bird and was formerly of the tangara genus</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976770" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="650" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvBkiSOdeSKH3pt8c14Z73e1dST9hL6ThAOl4EwOkVCbHUtjYUv8AInoPZDL2Etxw5ln-vXe6cOVrpPHAcQ-eLMwBETA26Q1P5WdsmJRORPl3rOnwfS4p83LRa3wQ8rIoJadWlKtv6httbwtsV2eCk2Ux8aaEkJv1i_q9xqotQCfwVs_7uPLk2hJMkP_W-/w400-h324/Chestnut-backed%20Tanager%20blog_4855.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Chestnut-backed Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The tangara genus are the most gaudy colorful tanagers. The 5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Brassy-breasted Tanager</span></b> (<i>Tangara desmaresti</i>) is a mostly green bird with a golden chest. He is another endemic.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976762" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="650" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkKXTt-BPsu2fdMI1X-aVQpSzhvU3rDszVzqLJ1CfSY8NTvvivdXqknYjNJgyNPFt-5ZSQrkRy-wn5WRjpXlOXpXwIkPHFr028SNWiKmeNRDfWQwacvwqBOl_tlaX25YAliqMb1khXDR-qZ9IsCFbU4FcgM4-mGFiuF_YptsyYny99SPkZ-nsk2RDgEtfk/w400-h346/Brassy-breasted%20Tanager%20blog_5871.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Brassy-breasted Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Green-headed Tanager</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Tangara seledon</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) is another multicolored bird and I think that he was our favorite tanager, as it was very common.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976782" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="650" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV4GLRLx4yEgKEMGSgcmuDCV1ADzSyE7C5oQ1TH7rJ8qEnfXyoHurQnRxjPca2K1deqT84NDI79mRc_OuErWWTBZQonbK9v2zgscb76IKa6VxeCf_JxmPXEGmmlgFaY0CXxDVCTj6ljBR94CWFuxd8iYhPkLjyau1JYOkS9RQXikWEUhyphenhypheni-pxGf7qYVvwr/w400-h305/Green-headed%20Tanager%20blog_6155.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Green-headed Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 143</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 391 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/tanagers">tanagers</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2024 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe</span></span></span></span></span></div></div>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-67654150124245649802024-02-11T14:22:00.001-06:002024-02-11T14:22:42.271-06:00Bulletin 430 - Brazil 2023 #11 - Woodpeckers<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">After 3 trips to Colombia with diminishing returns, it was time to go further afield. Pablo Flores the guide in Colombia is now leading trips to Brazil as well. So my birding buddy Martin Jackson and my daughter Chantel and I decided to go there. We visited the Pantanal, the Atlantic forest in the Sao Paulo area and had 1 day in the Chapada. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world, so it is teeming with wildlife. The Atlantic Forest is a unique ecosystem from sea level to about 1 mile elevation. It contains 800 species of birds (225 endemic) and 26 species of primates. Unfortunately it also contains 2 mega cities - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and the resulting sprawl and clearing for agriculture since the Portuguese arrived 500 years ago, has wiped out 90%+ of the original forest. About 250 species of amphibians, birds and mammals have gone extinct in the past 400 years. The good news is that many preserves and parks have been set aside to try and preserve the remaining biodiversity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Piculets are the smallest woodpeckers and are always a treat to see and photograph. The 3.25" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">White-wedged Piculet</span></b> (<i>Picumnus albosquamatus</i>) is a hummingbird sized woodpecker with an olive back and the face and underparts are black and white. The male here has the red forehead.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976869" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="650" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpEi3JO7-q1GuDrpr2Gip0mA85kGY1K-mHiEutMqlS_R0lTEkXWYaeSC4vBRYkVCr57Rxqv6AriDjvUpau23i7reRfLWiAtNLifumLXwegrVKp-jUb-5Yky-fwTx28agj6Bg5FR1QHoK-Rzeh6mriV-QdKpb4Id3OiyHtcoKSQ6jF3yRwxRwMnaUhlKjWB/w400-h294/White-wedged%20Piculet%20-%20male%20blog_1618.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">White-wedged Piculet - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6" female <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Little Woodpecker</span></b> (<i>Veniliornis passerinus</i>) has plain brown wings and back. The underside is striped. The male would have a red nape. She must have been excited as she appears to have a crest.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173962752" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="650" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwSSbiYyT13t2Ija_rsR7IPA9E1wMhNwgvIIuZcFJSKJNJUY-EgNttEV0iRfyrtiK7aBJ-fYPAKT4J3pEg1LqCK8YyVKIYdXAIIS0LgcVFiH0Leu18yrWbR8cX7NLff48O5Xs4O9kzGQiHVEX1SokiF2dUFYeDG2ohp-xGhY3cHG5CzRrbf9SPv2_exhyphenhyphenR/w400-h313/Little%20Woodpecker%20-%20female%20blog_6856.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Little Woodpecker - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 7" female <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">White-fronted Woodpecker</span></b> (<i>Melanerpes cactorum</i>) is at her nest hole. She has a black back, white spotting on the wings and tail and a white forehead.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173962756" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="650" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBUGM4sxV2JMFmzJ405cOQ5ivwMA5_piyN23DLgnhqIEKDPHs4jLa7w5MTYg4RhcWJiHs1sGa283w28B49UlVsdW2AXrun8EydPlhabfBx6zS2o1T6js3RXt6ZrwolZ-BI9kybTkbpuxUgenqV7VsLgKfvMw5gOsl0DRDC8jRFdo5T5jdCIr-JOgT8D5te/w400-h335/White-fronted%20Woodpecker%20-%20female%20blog_8455.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">White-fronted Woodpecker - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Her cousin is the 7.5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yellow-fronted Woodpecker</span></b> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Melanerpes flavifrons</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). He is a spectacular woodpecker.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173962759" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="615" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_XFkJz6PEtaGg-Ah5pgZ5JbWqLzgGFws2HbTV3dDZvMn9JYWvkcGQxOft16vn2AEKcMsNh_S8bQjCUzxVLkZeilmsB8gGTIi2G3QmL3xRI1ph6fQmxEFFNWj8Jvtl556_109CtwqY5iBktuB-mp77Yq5Lkec25H1i8RuamEb_rcZ3fTXd-4oGdao1jr4I/w379-h400/Yellow-fronted%20Woodpecker%20-%20male%20blog_3067.jpg" width="379" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Yellow-fronted Woodpecker - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 8" female <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yellow-browed Woodpecker</span></b> (<i>Piculus aurulentus</i>) was way high in the tree, so the photo is not the best. The yellow brow extends to the back of the neck and can be seen. The female just has a red nape. The male has the whole top of his head red.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173962758" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="650" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwY4XizAhuvY40NoZqsdVj5lkLdkdHpxVScQcFyCZYnLelsvDIjRiSe37KMeNMYKo1k_HmwXtcMYQgrh2A-DkVKI8IJz_0K7mMKR8mIQN__rWS0eJJ1UUTauvWSLCz6vms7YmdbO1jGyoUD-67LMKFDFTcshhFICrvx4v7f9suRpEPhE7HVFRS9NdBmrwI/w400-h275/Yellow-browed%20Woodpecker%20-%20female%20blog_4346.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Yellow-browed Woodpecker - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The most unusual was the 10" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">White Woodpecker</span></b> (<i>Leuconerpes candidus</i>). He has black wings, back and tail, but is otherwise white. The bare orbital skin is yellow. Also unusual for a woodpecker is that they fly very high and on a flat trajectory rather that the undulating flight that is most common for woodpeckers. Their diet is mostly fruit with some insects.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976867" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="650" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrhxvSCVkjDrcmsV3i3u-hK023JAQDtstKQG6AiZYuXOo9aZrgki0MxsObEhjsUleYurAC0D1JfxwH41i-Of-jZZLlLHqhZkGyIffvi-lefXaeW6_6bCmkjDqj_KBthCjY5Woy1Pi2kK0DxjhFkIVf_vj7UxDJX6JZEaOuWwOHQ6agE0-QDviIExCi9j6Y/w400-h344/White%20Woodpecker%20blog_8493.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">White Woodpecker</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The celeus genus of woodpeckers is my favorite. They are large birds with yellow heads and big crests. The 10" female <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pale-crested Woodpecker</span></b> (<i>Celeus lugubris</i>) is brown with the big yellow crest. The male would have a red malar stripe.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173962754" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="650" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEuSdmyaKFezaVvoXotGYKNpE7iPIKymrt8U2-0JbJPhrUtAfN1vWU0qVLGR9SOkGW2k7vYhSbG0e54x8MPWSb27H74v7LVvOBgCQg3sqAkIGNkFLax_dMNQ-jMmhADHnbt0vK-yReLt9KV6ljuT7ra3eklUvoW7QYqZlbcjzsZMUY4gOiOteR_6epaTVa/w400-h335/Pale-crestd%20Woodpecker%20-%20%20female%20blog_8149.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Pale-crested Woodpecker - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Her cousin is the 11" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blonde-crested Woodpecker</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Celeus flavescens</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). His body is black with a yellow scaly appearance. The head is all yellow with the red malar stripe and the huge punk rock crest. What a bird!</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173962748" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="620" data-original-width="650" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfNteO_jTq-Yzb2pHP-MelSGFmWeTIvYKDRUVdE_Nq3wgcOIa5bdo3S1krEw3QhdZo-ylF4BUJXTlGU7T1b3Ctplmly-3CGjAIE3IuWnUQwZCC-NhTepkT3LlvLHowxYSDBT88MX0h9W-n4aDO0Y87ePbaRtIhAq0DVSST5pV2yyfKyiRGX1KR1MZoXp8z/w400-h381/Blond-crested%20Woodpecker%20-%20male%20blog_3370.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Blonde-crested Woodpecker - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 12" female <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Campo Flicker</span></b> (<i>Colaptes campestris</i>) is another easy ID. The male would have a red malar stripe.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173962749" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="650" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKd0xjnh2Db6RwHHs2sQwqXUFchTyT0M4ETYkoo-8BNbJyk68aB-Wl6usVn69A7wWBQJ3MiYkNTY3fPYMfsWltfdmtmVnTujYO9NkuSphqQPNUuN7eMi8i309MEgi6ovN-SA8eH3plX3T_uPBRX8pz2oN3Xf4-oDFyrWjrnBrbrVdc8bOqfFR9oIMQav4U/w400-h364/Campo%20Flicker%20-%20female%20blog_7008.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Campo Flicker</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The largest is the common 13.5" female <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Li</span></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">neated Woodpecker</span></b> (<i>Drycopus lineatus</i>). I think I have seen this bird on every trip to Latin America.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173962751" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="557" data-original-width="650" height="343" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_asCOvywCpMzxQHQgLB4xUkaOeCV_uWfF-tld7OEImOGr3se5Xu2va5BCRlzazeRUND27NQOsUSNP7bhXV7X6UUpwHhMMe7uvWuw4EDE__xdbO6IwQGHQOM9fLKWzC2PqX4WHwV3AKDd3YyKCdBXAfgrBwDuIHDwtjGRwMhB6yw4frdL0cUlVNg45ZXRZ/w400-h343/Lineated%20Woodpecker%20-%20female%20blog_2699.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Li</span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">neated Woodpecker - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 75</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 239 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/woodpeckers_all">woodpeckers</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></span>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-14368063469965527632024-01-28T10:12:00.000-06:002024-01-28T10:12:03.609-06:00Bulletin 429 - Brazil 2023 #10 - Tanagers - Part 2; 2 Texas birds<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">After 3 trips to Colombia with diminishing returns, it was time to go further afield. Pablo Flores the guide in Colombia is now leading trips to Brazil as well. So my birding buddy Martin Jackson and my daughter Chantel and I decided to go there. We visited the Pantanal, the Atlantic forest in the Sao Paulo area and had 1 day in the Chapada. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world, so it is teeming with wildlife. The Atlantic Forest is a unique ecosystem from sea level to about 1 mile elevation. It contains 800 species of birds (225 endemic) and 26 species of primates. Unfortunately it also contains 2 mega cities - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and the resulting sprawl and clearing for agriculture since the Portuguese arrived 500 years ago, has wiped out 90%+ of the original forest. About 250 species of amphibians, birds and mammals have gone extinct in the past 400 years. The good news is that many preserves and parks have been set aside to try and preserve the remaining biodiversity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 7" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sayaca Tanager</span></b> (<i>Thraupis sayaca</i>) is a blue-gray tanager found in lower elevations.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976798" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="650" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJwK6-Q7X_NBS5NyJGHZB6SBZ5e-JJ6db-mDChDU71_Dx-adk7ae6PTxUKdqYk0bpyqDfuuyAqhIzQXOQ7qKEfq0mhaUBT4gD274STUEK276u-9u_uvSnljlGzUbtQuD6pyCH7ggxlpJJidu0GytVmuvVn_EdQIncrLA16-kJb0WlY1KCtKn42nD3fhjd/w400-h295/Sayaca%20Tanager%20blog_5773.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Sayaca Tanager </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The very similar 7" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Azure-shouldered Tanager</span></b> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Thraupis cyanoptera</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) is found in montane habitat. I do not know if I could tell them apart.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173978849" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="650" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKOpfGn1v0ZmNVdIA6rmuR0dUi5nvYDVCF8UaB05sKAGibSWzWQFqkDnE0AYFTFJVULT9XHyqaia5unHMdXczYEEfhmV836w8CkyFKAph_pJlS1_ki6Vu6xQKVQ3DYIp1rJ4FcSaJxWDZhHh31WLX8NAKj1oV_QZPygxeKgYCzSx8_RAJ4o3-Y27UHceUc/w400-h258/Azure-shouldered%20Tanager%20blog_2228.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Azure-shouldered Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A third bird of this genus is the 7" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Golden-chevroned Tanager</span></b> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Thraupis ornata</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). It is an easier ID with the yellow shoulder.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976780" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="650" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirJtWJ_KPdzESOyi6MMR3qt26dUoLboCwr0f6ypXh6V3vYxfnZ_Pv842ZBlMJ8WMLzbWdp-4XAMKCj_EMUpk-rTeZQFBwb8k9oYvZBZXKHPxQU2xh2W2d1oNMbreQnCwYqrzoXcDAtL8k2Q_iGEf1XSSdiseqBh0HO4RwPqb9SR_F6EHuxHwGVPJzspWFi/w400-h294/Golden-chevroned%20Tanager%20blog_4818.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Golden-chevroned Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6.3" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Shrike-like Tanager</span></b> (<i>Neothraupis fasciata</i>) is gray with black shoulders and a black mask.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976799" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="650" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNwIs91j796aIjUjfNHVrEmwhFIrreOqtWk7GKVUhWZx1RoKHvoHwN4zSEnVQXDJwyarPrvQteJISUWektW794N53mSqwvHXEq2Cg5F6efPpE9RTObQx2heSbLipu_kd90xHN5YMAyrCgEkGjfm2uHCf_XPbY-U2xRkKU0NG_eG3WOyb62ll_jYfpv9SmJ/w400-h339/Shrike-like%20Tanager%20blog_2762.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Shrike-like Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table> <br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The 4.8" female <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue Dacnis</span></b> (<i>Dacnis cayana</i>) is a bright green bird with a blue head.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976761" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="650" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLa3GX3seIysBYV-txNB2e2PnrmOOTY9haSFHYzI3i94Fgf1a1M0Uno6wb3ggakzI-s7mRcGUqWE2MV3uadKnvtJaOevleKkXHAxOIr3sSI2EwDK94WF-DGZldovlQVCL2FOzWkdCzZ6r0B8KWe2k5_8fwWncw1ZtqqlDHhGPoZfEsvida3OEGeA_ITwhyphenhyphen/w400-h309/Blue%20Dacnis%20-%20female%20blog_3134.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Blue Dacnis - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">These next 3 birds may be familiar to many of you, as they have been established in Hawaii. But South America is their native territory.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yellow-billed Cardinal </span></b>(<i>Paroaria capitata</i>) is a handsome black and white bird with a red face and no crest.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976803" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="650" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8ZUbnlLj7GrK8YA-vO1Mae3b4Vz5QEIi1fFW6384q2Cd9yibfTdhFUObKSW817NYSe1hOTiqTs29SVjnyTP2KDo4vSPB_MPaPc5DdWMnMy-0PPLvJBp_sDfGc2TLj4BhjFVtxMtfGRDPcpKcVE_uDni4lqF2w4QMCrPtD2IWHuEkOhZRC7WBg-y1B1d5O/s320/Yellow-billed%20Cardinal%20blog_8556.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Yellow-billed Cardinal</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin, the 7.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Red-crested Cardinal</span></b> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Paroaria coronata</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) has a red face, throat and breast as well as a red crest.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976792" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="473" data-original-width="650" height="291" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFDQxcz8H0tohLO1EerQkGWQaPr2TMOX4z5R6W8dCyZ42SMqvWX68ldh0TEyDzDEB1s4-6oZuQpfo-OKgcsHIn1HATFYPflgoz-TXRL6P1GP6jg-JbIT9QFwQd1xvyUp9rzkG8th0j5jyuBaLK4DSSAS3O7zYWbXx9pMb6Elq-AoTsldbfIbSJgpqYIPjh/w400-h291/Red-crested%20Cardinal%20blog_8171.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Red-crested Cardinal</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Lastly is the beautiful 5.5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Saffron Finch</span></b> (<i>Sicalis flaveola</i>). He is an easy ID with an olive back, bright yellow below and a bit of orange on his forehead.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976797" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="650" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj29QXMnot56vyto23EQs9knqkRPMf5MAGfj149_RZo23B2WP9MHeO8lu6wPlssiN_uuZOAlabc-9YbBRWuotsBo5mYv0TnW209NnDtmY6GDRT9rWJuvfY8q3jq5zDEiZmxB0buU2OzF4xlwvH0n4dpAD4GLmeKpKqmkXpWvVaStS-c6DUr9K2u_6jmDgaR/w400-h336/Saffron%20Finch%20-%20male%20blog_7102.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Saffron Finch</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222;">There were a couple of interesting Texas birds in 2023. The first was this </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Merlin</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> (<i>Falco columbarius</i>). I photographed him at Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge back in February. What was unusual was his orange leggings. This is what caught my eye as I was driving along. So I turned around and went back to photo the bird. </span></span></p><p>I posted it on Texbirds and there was quite a discussion whether it was a Merlin or a Eurasian Hobby. I assumed it was a Merlin as I had never seen a report of the Hobby in Texas before. Anyway the final consensus was that it was a Merlin, as there are photos of some similar birds online. Interesting bird!</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/image/173425725" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="409" data-original-width="650" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-E5skuzjku2rezuDYzRnFGzvnPSvQHuam_yxmtdhfm0OzxoUuFn_yFnH5JzALqt_lR2lyjcV9YmODBtSeBIgPPT70MudpuJROYdeEXHnLMo2pXw1uCXGZesnTjE_9LZdR9Izm-krWeDqPQJ7VZcHSQuUJokhBHETzrW-db5RJyt-aa4lgFL5JfkiLyaYQ/w400-h251/Merlin%20blog_4706.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Merlin</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The second was even more interesting bird in December. It was the first USA record of a <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Grey-collared Becard</span></b> (<i>Pachyramphus major</i>). He was discovered in a state park near Brownsville Texas. His normal range is Mexico to Nicaragua. Of course such a rarity brought birders from all over North America to add him to their list.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/image/174177731" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1651" data-original-width="1926" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYR-wfJ8uBp7IEPyfImFHLww0fcn_6LR_q7ZdVfMqaFZrhua3PANiyBrboOc2TvxjUMzFgvKs4J4wfFhfj-hvz5mujgC8ejCVDcq7Bz8ikzsHHOS8R4PE8XaVt1k_DoB0TCkKyuWmL9rxrSLVEilJPGlnJKPJvp1m7CiFNf99YVcji6iaLgICGlrlqAci5/s320/Grey-collared%20Becard%20-%20immature%20male_6421.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Grey-collared Becard - immature male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 143</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 391 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/tanagers">tanagers</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></span></div></div>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-82682904187400822212024-01-14T08:14:00.001-06:002024-01-14T08:14:40.908-06:00Bulletin 428 - Brazil 2023 #9 - Herons, Ibises, Falcon<p><span style="font-family: arial;">After 3 trips to Colombia with diminishing returns, it was time to go further afield. Pablo Flores the guide in Colombia is now leading trips to Brazil as well. So my birding buddy Martin Jackson and my daughter Chantel and I decided to go there. We visited the Pantanal, the Atlantic forest in the Sao Paulo area and had 1 day in the Chapada. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world, so it is teeming with wildlife. The Atlantic Forest is a unique ecosystem from sea level to about 1 mile elevation. It contains 800 species of birds (225 endemic) and 26 species of primates. Unfortunately it also contains 2 mega cities - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and the resulting sprawl and clearing for agriculture since the Portuguese arrived 500 years ago, has wiped out 90%+ of the original forest. About 250 species of amphibians, birds and mammals have gone extinct in the past 400 years. The good news is that many preserves and parks have been set aside to try and preserve the remaining biodiversity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I had 4 heron photos for the trip, but only one was a lifer. The 16" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Striated Heron</span></b> (<i>Butorides striatus</i>) is the southern cousin of our Green Heron. The neck is gray rather than brown.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173965106" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="650" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqADbUYsSg-QkpG8KQqwF_-G_OrYnasZBM_HAxdUVuQhUbpQQluhbkKCAKP06dv8O5PkMpDqntEyh-X1I9tSaqwHzsEKGqZneJu8S40jZ-emABtNoKrwXOUl-GeiE2Vs0egh4WyHWp9ytEoBysPTGf1WS2mMAb0Y6TR9_yEg9ZXlW55haYXbeNv-xtwp36/w400-h354/Striated%20Heron%20blog_9159.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Striated Heron</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 26" adult <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rufescent Tiger Heron </span></b>(<i>Tigrisoma lineatum</i>) is an easy ID with his gray back and wings and rufous neck.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173960613" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="650" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPN8GbdQC3nUfwUmVMQk25DL_MGcqZqrletQJC058LvLXu8INpj1xGwTMRmNZ2_g8DQhickbGthqXcT6GpGOJh1tE-hsC_wvnyu9ykz8pYoSFDNkKs7Zhrj8-I5J4NE3dAnPPA2AZOIREAih_16_ppOoFIztQFwv2rcvQtH14yQ00R2E4cQ3hRcQKOHs3Y/w400-h305/Rufescent%20Tiger%20Heron%20blog_8655.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Rufescent Tiger Heron - adult</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The juvenile is completely striped from head to tail.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173960614" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="581" data-original-width="650" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpidgGSK622Ge1SRO2zIBeaf5TwTBA837oavb5QQS0fL03snt5CEqTN2kswFwycziComWd9IwcDK7zdJHWibIKtF7YujmxLMCIgTvHoJbraPGFshvtgqzliNhtsEmuESqzk2zQxNFjZQthFhrgi52WkLfg7G5I8NAaXD1sE1pUz_pviEZnqV0M_PnIHe55/w400-h358/Rufescent%20Tiger%20Heron%20-%20juvenile%20blog_0439.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Rufescent Tiger Heron - juvenile</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 22" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Capped Heron</span></b> (<i>Pilherodius pileatus</i>) is another easy ID with his white body, pale yellow neck and blue bare facial skin and blue bill. He also has a black cap and 2 long plumes.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173960617" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="650" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmH6vJ0AAmm864BEJuQdNJ2lx56wqb8ZqtefiyluT3DgWbRf5KbFAiNRxF0cC9H6hsYHKD4ZUHsp8B4aS2serlwOtnwwn0xrVkyfr4OCY9ZlBLX-7uPYYIUodNdVW54Gjef0BDQdq0wHNZqLG_1U35Lm0fR7gu-edTZK8LBfggyH0pJIy1DmhW2h69IPAP/w400-h369/Capped%20Heron%20blog_2030.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Capped Heron</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The lifer was the attractive 22" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Whistling Heron</span></b> (<i>Syrigma sibilatrix</i>). He is an easy ID. We saw this bird on each of the last 2 days of the trip, with the second time being quite close by the road.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173960615" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="650" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiIvTO7zYyjamYwfW-FVGORxOlVrE1o-x39lzDWi_Lx1R0Big35KCpnZzwCvcOmaqJp4tqfgVFm0B7y8wPrT7JD7e7GvS2gwVLBbje7dr08HCS1c2UZgmq-zN0c3qamC9OJx6I7aad-Y-AQOoHp5uXoh8p3AdYQSJRRxZVbBh5Gm11QgahYQlqKYzrIiws/w400-h303/Whistling%20Heron%20blog_5979.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Whistling Heron<br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">We searched for the Agami and Zigzag Herons, but no luck.</span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The 30" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Plumbeous Ibis</span></b> (<i>Theristicus caerulescens</i>) is a gray ibis with red legs and a yellow eye. He has a very long shaggy crest.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/174091842" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="650" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCcu-42u9gajZqhevxFnwMs8RGJ1iyxKK6Z0ZoTDQqLose5kaJO4xUASDebfc6kfQliAANTUSE1nQtGz06cnSdn5-eeqDiigXiERPfCG3N09TT0ZJZp_c4D6GaQxWon0dtVO-GhVyhJmPRDtbCFqyAIlHeIXaT6vIOqKTXBFP9_031hbEMujTgJvH0Cmhs/w400-h313/Plumbeous%20Ibis%20blog_8261.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Plumbeous Ibis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin is the 30" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Buff-necked Ibis</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Theristicus caudatus</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). He is also an easy ID.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/174091840" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="508" data-original-width="650" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixvwH6lB2yffKS4En9NcaYeMFSLYgWiz3mfXl-Nfn9DQ99tvqvW4kTDtIwGgQiWa0RzXhrxifI__f6mQ6LofE7oiUxtSHTvdxlCf3bQxh0QNLKK5w47FjzIJM-eu5YtbKPASprJLPZynHKkwea0k0-jDzVS2VSPzAp52GdE5G_-6W3k4Msp0t94grMIVfc/w400-h313/Buff-necked%20Ibis%20blog_0761.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Buff-necked Ibis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Lastly is the 22" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Green Ibis</span></b> (<i>Mesembrinibis cayennensis</i>). He is all dark green (blacker in juveniles) including the bill. He has shiny green feathers on the back of his neck.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/174091841" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="650" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOsYlVEUZNSUqX0tDdxrrONjKZoJMgD4WxyvCJdz_3gRvGKYMQRSxOXeLNfL82c2HpB4r6Mwo9MSbpsInjimXAg-LCBM5apLLxM1Eq_CQU1A1Uas2ZD95Yvl2aQ3lLWM3Fd7vHg9xPqko0f_uQWNZymdAguHkspAerOvYt93XGqFjyAkBdP1NwwCe7Fdvj/w400-h313/Green%20Ibis%20blog_0730.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Green Ibis</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The 20" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Laughing Falcon</span></b> (<i>Herpetotheres cachinnans</i>) is always a delight to see. On all my trips I have seen it perhaps 6 times. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">It is an easy ID.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173965082" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="650" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5etxbhnbfxDkimt7KXXbWB18ovfhEVf2uvksyBE-T7hHBB3HctNkvCQcJ7y4vno5uRX_LQE1oV4ZeB3WrIlbh3W1BE20APmj97s-p83hLRiXaUxHQeG3CNtubhVquUO0ntydGYqqqSEhlsjQEjeKUzTAkqNEyJ55X9qTrhoLCz_vfx3x-M8Uh536IyX8a/w400-h344/Laughing%20Falcon%20blog_1635.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Laughing Falcon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 29</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 66 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/herons">herons</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 15</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 35 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/ibis_spoonbill_all">ibises and spoonbills</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 18</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 65 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/falcons">falcons</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></span></div></span></div><p></p>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-50966830252314164742023-12-31T15:22:00.001-06:002023-12-31T15:22:03.786-06:00Bulletin 427 - Brazil 2023 #8 - Tanagers - Part 1<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">After 3 trips to Colombia with diminishing returns, it was time to go further afield. Pablo Flores the guide in Colombia is now leading trips to Brazil as well. So my birding buddy Martin Jackson and my daughter Chantel and I decided to go there. We visited the Pantanal, the Atlantic forest in the Sao Paulo area and had 1 day in the Chapada. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world, so it is teeming with wildlife. The Atlantic Forest is a unique ecosystem from sea level to about 1 mile elevation. It contains 800 species of birds (225 endemic) and 26 species of primates. Unfortunately it also contains 2 mega cities - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and the resulting sprawl and clearing for agriculture since the Portuguese arrived 500 years ago, has wiped out 90%+ of the original forest. About 250 species of amphibians, birds and mammals have gone extinct in the past 400 years. The good news is that many preserves and parks have been set aside to try and preserve the remaining biodiversity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We had over 30 tanagers for the trip. Most of them were new to me. The 7.5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Brazilian Tanager</span></b> (<i>Ramphocelus bresilius</i>) is similar to our Scarlet Tanager except for the white lower mandible. It is an Atlantic forest endemic.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976764" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="536" data-original-width="650" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdZcnock6aTvSyZvcTr4Iqz9rEomWssTDn3nDminPPsUsg5VrjhbFIxJcHx5x1H3QoewJGePtfqM6gX3jvP93eXb67v_tLqqLch1-LmUJko2oFQut74yVqlHOhbMPZ011e5lThOpa2o3Kz/w400-h330/Brazilian+Tanager+-+male+blog_5110.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Brazilian Tanager - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin is the 7" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Silver-beaked Tanager</span></b> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Ramphocelus carbo</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). He is mostly black with dark red on the face and breast.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976800" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="650" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRmqmlsbwNbJF7SDOqrxVRCjeH9aH618d-MpIxgL3x-QYB6mZWa01TiNKauje8bcMgM9cTtaKcxfsSZSWSDPGxamo8tX1g9V0754-nVOzZD4oLzNbZJ5t9TE6PgQ3UtxvwK3q98ksS5yQYElKGkrtlQkiQoE876JNSJnQHboLQO0nTP69Rq8Z6OKy6UzOW/w400-h358/Silver-beaked%20Tanager%20-%20male%20blog_0914.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Silver-beaked Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">A totally new type of tanager for me were the warbling finches. The 6" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Grey-throated Warbling Finch</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Microspingus cabanisi</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). It is a cute sparrow sized bird with a gray striped face, gray throat and a rufous belly.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976784" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="505" data-original-width="650" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNYPa74NNm0-X8Og4jFfF-nF-E6S5SJRHtMMdrLI3UdmOjffzn2NkxoB89PnRmmSgQVS8-EFCvsvgRlg8zczQIXN9O68TAc2BCnRhCgPMq9T7sWb06fXarSYtMqjqsG6qSyucPEwSNqzrm47eSUzi_frsDGhpJ0_d0oOMxnrpVOVitSswe9-y8JVLlCUtT/w400-h311/Grey-throated%20Warbling%20Finch%20blog_4287.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Grey-throated Warbling Finch</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin is the 6" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Buff-throated Warbling Finch</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Microspingus</i><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> lateralis</i>) is similar buth the throat is light brown. He also has only 1 white stripe on the face. This is another Brazil endemic bird.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976769" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="650" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_GmxrhLkNok9M548GcUjcORXS_ijSZnW_uZgRJ15q9iua6N7wF5dgur33CJ94Evkgmd6WkbtogDw4nzHF6fE5yiaL_-3MJ460QYWqIc3gZAFbfIA_DDoW49XJAuw3PDtX-40pOTdEcoJOTK0FlUwjmRn4HrQMYCPbI5UyenX6pQxVYB6XFKp1Vpp3aI5/w400-h308/Buff-throated%20Warbling%20Finch%20blog_5832.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Buff-throated Warbling Finch</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 7" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-faced Tanager</span></b> (<i>Schistochlamys melanopis</i>) is a gray bird with a black face and light bill tipped with black. However, the immatures are olive and have a yellow eye ring. This immature is starting to develop his black face.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976758" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="650" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieXqSNv2CjWly3ASMC4WxUPAtM4davGcN3jwQXMocc8qQsv97IqsxfSW1WQ0HKkEfCrMnhCT6TYQO-kp5P-kpgk-ARz9TdnjKiOxVFgyuaTqYIVy9StRRqudzXNUSXpLG2zKS-ZrA0tkWaCbLUZQchOPqZGV_7osqg4C6G4gJ-DGVAva60W4kLDvcOssTH/w400-h323/Black-faced%20Tanager%20blog_2737.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Black-faced Tanager - juvenile</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin, the 7" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cinnamon Tanager</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Schistochlamys ruficapillus</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) has a gray back and tail with an orange head, breast and under tail. He has the same black face and bill.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976776" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="495" data-original-width="650" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPjfEL0YP7tn8CwKPSV2mA_asQtHwRmEG5-x_vX5PrB27hNynQz_VrZYwcOU_ZQG2JfXFyAfMBUG4DYMMhk4uJpvokW30xtMeS-csrDFQy2YD0HabhAj-5T6HtWo0byaPyC4-muvVvNwXF9xXH2Etpasyq8rjR-NX1wabMKUczITDGiE1mGK4XLtw0-bHy/w400-h305/Cinnamon%20Tanager%20blog_2750.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Cinnamon Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Long-tailed Reed Finch</span></b> (<i>Donacospiza albifrons</i>) is listed as uncommon and inconspicuous. But the guidebook says occasionally it perches up on the reeds, as did this one.</span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976785" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="650" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibpqyofXJokhjy3SikrqPqOGbglx8BDzoZynHcCPxVmg82u1Tt-ffkZCVdVIflKyd5znQ_kHlsfCDDDXWZtSvNiC5Y38ovROk6Xk4v3fyKqyJMTXHpxfsItpIeZLvdMPqWkSYNAxT-J-kBcoT2GkyvBUv7bljbKPGWmxZ3JbDtuFnX0S8A4PL-3tzPodJ4/w400-h316/Long-tailed%20Reed%20Finch%20blog_6295.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Long-tailed Reed Finch</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The only saltator for the trip was a lifer. The 8" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Green-winged Saltator</span></b> (<i>Saltator similis</i>) hs the typical gray head with the white eye-stripe. This one has a white throat.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976783" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="650" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbAWS60sdWMnCBksxpF7FUlpLb1wPv3CTeV6u8jmh64X6RvmqKJGpmDPCawIzWLWw-d1YOEeGWqDRm9WWHTRNvBIkhh4FGeUm1WwShY7LnWosjyI3i0K4sASa-bsfg_YpXQNYTc2jkNKb2cF5GDNQOzzs55B0w68IO1clFAhuPcR1yJuvx8MT3VJyXChl6/w400-h308/Green-winged%20Saltator%20blog_4846.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Green-winged Saltator</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 143</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 391 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/tanagers">tanagers</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></span></div>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-6003266517464018302023-12-17T16:53:00.001-06:002023-12-17T16:53:46.943-06:00Bulletin 426 - Brazil 2023 #7 - Parrots - part 2, rodents<p><span style="font-family: arial;">After 3 trips to Colombia with diminishing returns, it was time to go further afield. Pablo Flores the guide in Colombia is now leading trips to Brazil as well. So my birding buddy Martin Jackson and my daughter Chantel and I decided to go there. We visited the Pantanal, the Atlantic forest in the Sao Paulo area and had 1 day in the Chapada. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world, so it is teeming with wildlife. The Atlantic Forest is a unique ecosystem from sea level to about 1 mile elevation. It contains 800 species of birds (225 endemic) and 26 species of primates. Unfortunately it also contains 2 mega cities - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and the resulting sprawl and clearing for agriculture since the Portuguese arrived 500 years ago, has wiped out 90%+ of the original forest. About 250 species of amphibians, birds and mammals have gone extinct in the past 400 years. The good news is that many preserves and parks have been set aside to try and preserve the remaining biodiversity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Parrots are one of a favorite of many people even who are not birders due to large size, colors and the pet trade. I had an impressive 13 species on this trip.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Parakeets are smaller parrots with long pointed tails.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 11" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Monk Parakeet</span></b> (<i>Myiopsitta monachus</i>) is a well known bird in the pet trade as the "Quaker Parrot". It is a common bird in the USA as many releases have established this bird in the country. But this is his natural range in southern Brazil and Argentina</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173964434" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="650" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxJ4CMDQxGHpYY8LzXOnRRCBh0kUCGZSlePtqWY_qxqRiTixDxXF733MUM4ocKKqGDZ_elOB1uMHxsI7KSV_CmF2LDUDFahuFMBDu6QqLN1GQsHr31tWqV4dWtU8iNBl_dYEI4ZLGr66smIbb_5nEWQGxW96UQCH-QsDQvECSV4m-rHuUTSOIkJ-HVNWid/w400-h380/Monk%20Parakeet%20blog_8575.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Monk Parakeet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 12" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nanday Parakeet</span></b> (<i>Nandayus nenday</i>) is another pet trade bird that can be seen in the USA as released birds. I first photographed this bird in Florida many years ago. So it was nice to see it in its natural range. It is a green parrot with a black face and black wings.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173964435" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="650" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYBouYqqOTDLQFEHvYVLuJ7PJPBN0O0WHUII6Q3g3dcpaHSxxp5jWFzFRPI16zdk28CoJoE-P8FTH38n-XgRzW1B-2iWVKP2x3sWLQaRqA1t3rIixZHARAQ550wJqAo6fh1ZmGChnR-9CvspROYL9vAcEvkrgDaQaprsbArQO2Cf0jNpxZcM3_H1amHw0a/w400-h314/Nanday%20Parakeet%20blog_1142.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Nanday Parakeet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 10.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Peach-fronted Parakeet</span></b> (<i>Aratinga aura</i>) is a beautiful bird with many colors. It has a yellow eye ring and orange forehead.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173964436" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="650" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisgD1I9F_0EU_Vj-QDTD94NHk0oNvUYCKWe6Lj47JgDclwQ7Hxa6p_Fb74m34XZwnMuwUjeiuANxzOxRv_sA0ciqKSY1-hdROWJZ9NfB8IiTbTecQgMBI69Itaj4G3prUzGE2UmsZ8DKEQm8b2tABSrwk3cox8A2bGrYLNNgASQZzgNyQUMgUbM7s-jvY5/w400-h345/Peach-fronted%20Parakeet%20blog_6703.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Peach-fronted Parakeet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 10" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Maroon-bellied Parakeet</span></b> (<i>Pyrrhura frontalis</i>) is a beautiful bird that we had at arms length at a lodge. It is an easy ID.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173964433" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="650" height="349" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvAopvtmBJRXiI79BlvBe8PqskNTb_uwYetUCb-Qy76hyphenhyphenpNXrcTX4VydID9qAF8WWtxTngFPizBlU5YLhz2nNV4xsDhsJN6Ge_1ty3paukQqIkngFPGHiv-H0joi876rhEs2WvfMX8gqixaVxa3ZkrknmgpVf3U5xqZyZXAj5FsrTTRen9gxNszejuuJeF/w400-h349/Maroon-bellied%20Parakeet%20blog_3997.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Maroon-bellied Parakeet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 8" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Plain Parakeet</span></b> (<i>Brotogeris tirica</i>) is an all green parakeet that is an Atlantic forest endemic. It was at the same lodge as the previous bird. </span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173964437" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="650" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkXFE2TkeojEWWY1xMT7pdUQ66tr19kACJQUZSA2dbDF37TNRogHbEkUqDhej_C09Jcav4wXW-rsSV41Wme-rYgyqdj6uzcS79CDhFBAvg43ldq7qko5HlB5UHfggo8Ts9Mc4vQSAiXCKywI16aFJzzJ37snkPufjb9NfVUuvrXjoVC5yLZ_5Cynb9Zj61/w400-h381/Plain%20Parakeet%20blog_3056.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Plain Parakeet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">We had the ability to hand feed them - up to a dozen at a time on our hands and forearms and even sitting on our heads. These are the moments I treasure.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1j8ljS_r9S6A3QImLZ4cNPKwdGpdkB3dnmCmoo0HFMUoWjtshx3dIiR_YPJj4pyjS9HMOjvts9ts-GSv8yu_jJRv4NyAGnEKv8B2LKhnvG01VbUOhOecYE_j4eV-0CzDNczQxqp33S4X7_xlDUzLck0H_7XMeRjMR0iI-IOTWmfLMmBKdKLQCD8Bl4w9u/s640/Parakeets_2055.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1j8ljS_r9S6A3QImLZ4cNPKwdGpdkB3dnmCmoo0HFMUoWjtshx3dIiR_YPJj4pyjS9HMOjvts9ts-GSv8yu_jJRv4NyAGnEKv8B2LKhnvG01VbUOhOecYE_j4eV-0CzDNczQxqp33S4X7_xlDUzLck0H_7XMeRjMR0iI-IOTWmfLMmBKdKLQCD8Bl4w9u/w400-h300/Parakeets_2055.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Plain Parakeet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Another all green bird is the 5" </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Forpus xanthopterygius</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). These sparrow sized parrotlets are so cute.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173964430" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="650" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqAdbSWWOCzFadE0bXPqNM3GuuX4Fh6JYUwzZoaJhOSyeiL5kTvOldAeZUpPeMyBzgGmlQsJmekXEqRBDVwABUR4-KOpM3Ngub3qw0kDjl3yHJodE4goX_X6jbUSTeVpu8zDP9nJohzimdt7BCQxk0uN82IyD-pY1_SdPFqX5Qyeo7NUSeJj_k0_Rsxwns/w400-h310/Cobalt-rumped%20Parrotlet%20blog_6096.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Cobalt-rumped Parrotlet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Rodents bring to mind rats and mice and of course these are the most common, but we had 3 interesting rodents on the trip.</span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222;">The cute </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Brazilian Squirrel </span></b><span style="color: #222222;">(<i>Scurius aestuans</i>) was at the same lodge as the Plain Parakeets above and was able to be hand fed.</span></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173977712" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="650" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRBBk4cgSxto1nreH-jtW4BrCildmbmNqmqflif0vsZKWLkzam7W9SH328-6y-Rs3lhP1th3x0seW2dONmBlBQaSarA1Oe0Lxdz6494ivdKlB-8jJtQqGI_OFbOdg-NjM8Wnu8uilOmgdz-ZVu-Ehfg-cauLkre806AG8ritxmuiH_0FzWxi_w_UofbNRO/w400-h324/Brazilian%20Squrrel%20blog_3098.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">Brazilian Squirrel</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222;">Larger is the 18" </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Azara's Agouti</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> (<i>Dasyprocta azarae</i>). It is one of a dozen species of agouti in Latin America. Although they are supposedly shy, they were common around the lodge.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173977711" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="558" data-original-width="650" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8gzmT8DXbW4WPcem22sQrxkT1Yj3m4IS-On0HF9P-QSU21-qAplJ0FFT2AaoWnbEa9uKBnB681PPG1RzcDY6sgSKjuq-xw-qIZ2ITXQ1gRCPzfpgJY-C5FrC2lnG_R3JKED4hV6HhAvIPmwlbUIPKjzqARmwM1XXQQwBfcvrXm9g4RYADCLV9d4sDUuvC/w400-h344/Azara's%20Agouti%20blog_1758.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #222222; text-align: left;">Azara's Agouti</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: #222222;">The huge </span><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Capybara</span></b><span style="color: #222222;"> <i>(Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris</i>) is the largest rodent with a weight recorded up to 200 pounds, but generally they are 75 - 150 pounds.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173977713" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="429" data-original-width="650" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOOoc1dRfDO-WXvP7Wb0wTg8D4EhNLgznVyIlQpzriOyx_w8j_msfUMI1ikEOJXRrvpj4AT8Q1jEwY2GPDFxmS_VdXN5xhDqA8OUoejBlGwhYSrMveWqJwryyrE9K8u1Hw9gBM5e_5iT-O_fQSjfRbzpWdyXqCdQMZvep9UvDZG_9GWAnfX3426TEQaImh/w400-h264/Capybara%20blog_7230.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; text-align: left;">Capybara</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 55</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 176 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/parrots">New World parrots</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></span>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-72271629010035597072023-12-03T10:16:00.001-06:002023-12-03T10:16:36.319-06:00Bulletin 425 - Brazil 2023 #6 - warblers, vireos, finches<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">After 3 trips to Colombia with diminishing returns, it was time to go further afield. Pablo Flores the guide in Colombia is now leading trips to Brazil as well. So my birding buddy Martin Jackson and my daughter Chantel and I decided to go there. We visited the Pantanal, the Atlantic forest in the Sao Paulo area and had 1 day in the Chapada. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world, so it is teeming with wildlife. The Atlantic Forest is a unique ecosystem from sea level to about 1 mile elevation. It contains 800 species of birds (225 endemic) and 26 species of primates. Unfortunately it also contains 2 mega cities - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and the resulting sprawl and clearing for agriculture since the Portuguese arrived 500 years ago, has wiped out 90%+ of the original forest. About 250 species of amphibians, birds and mammals have gone extinct in the past 400 years. The good news is that many preserves and parks have been set aside to try and preserve the remaining biodiversity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I had 3 new warblers for the trip. The 5.3" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Riverbank Warbler</span></b> (<i>Basileuterus rivularis</i>) is olive above with a gray cap and buffy flanks. The buffy flanks separate it from 2 very similar warblers.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975803" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="451" data-original-width="650" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-TPzinzd2sSzDKDPVs1XLXkZRz4_rypyEQhDfqsLIxg8k9HjOaQR4M4kisYGvIgy7K_a5fRZl_AaPnPuraMEy6TWgG6qc4OJiRhuGASYdmt_dhEklJ7_NoHdzSx5JwVt7WWKjnyE904SVWndiSHSvl-VINFfs_b2vvSGxlH3GOG_qDM7GiAL77MNpHO3I/w400-h278/Riverbank%20Warbler%20blog_3863.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Riverbank Warbler</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Next is the 5.8" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Flavescent Warbler</span></b> (<i>Myiothlypis flaveolus</i>). Ir is an easy ID as the only all yellow warbler in the area.<br /></span><br /><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975801" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="650" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFFjoJok9Q_HGTvf9LxGUp6uWy7rf41fVgw98dBE3CoYlpgrvNbu7-NbHVXlJgruzpdaUwaZh9NeNOHm86u92URpnZnv2Gw_MqyDsE-PAygV8fUqSOvxfqffJVnYMiPOqrEfYKocMaLqK52ddBJerx5FDy46tdavnX1CWh-TI8K9zIlNhdHaRWG-gLUIOd/w400-h336/Flavescent%20Warbler%20blog_1430.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Flavescent Warbler</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5.5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Southern Yellowthroat</span></b> (<i>Geothylpis velata</i>) has a gray crown, olive back and bright yellow breast. The male here has, the black mask typical for yellowthroats.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975802" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="650" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQAeMWVEkdWr43VteLwoPLcIH93oRZsfruQJG_-XxtpInTpFC0okA-i2BqmSRORYUTYmjXw-D3LgR82ei9h8EV7tUrxxS4vEEV2VIXHhSVBwlVZaLo2jQ9UCX8kE5-UaRM9uNQCqYbZpgLq2eprxDsoKB-tOm_FKVMN9dn9JTfTxEAZMxMKpmjfPS0Ulii/w400-h290/Southern%20Yellowthroat%20-%20male%20blog_3947.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Southern Yellowthroat - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">There were 3 members of the vireo family, 2 of which were new. The 6"<b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"> Rufous-browed Peppershrike</span></b> (<i>Cyclaris gujanensis</i>) is a very common bird in the Neotropics. It has the thick vireo bill and the orange eye stripes.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975031" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="541" data-original-width="650" height="333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYQ5mvvXhgQQd9i-DACeu1E-D6KbE4IhMQhtLvOgNgzUMP3jKPBy5T89lnhFkseWTKTiJjDBZ6j3OpXfZ2mB9GmIdh88Ce7IcELtBUZJ45vjC2_tEornOUl3sSTSI9yWs5rMAaZTrcRM8Sic4I03f1adK4I78QE5lbhkAgX0HqTeaS_GEZ7Jiv_B0xD8ss/w400-h333/Rufous-browed%20Peppershrike%20blog_2790.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Rufous-browed Peppershrike</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 4.8" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ashy-headed Greenlet</span></b> (<i>Hylophilus pectoralis</i>) is olive above, yellow below and has a gray head.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="650" height="344" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6PSiUNsjMC0rt8faZ-sbwhxB86B3DzAQj71k-cS9kAycPIWqqnApqYBtE2dtiLOMudyqnfLzB1uwFbx-IQUa0pXSMc0T5QrBXbTs6xoTHulEut229DpYAKOK50QU0P8AtSYmRlF9E9c5VaNLVJbX80L_P_CjFrPi8jgRehYFC7nU15VvgPLt8Ra11VEBh/w400-h344/Ashy-headed%20Greenlet%20blog_1451.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Ashy-headed Greenlet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rufous-crowned Greenlet</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Hylophilus poicilotis</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) is similar to the previous bird but he has a reddish cap.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975033" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="650" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WaUbPhw8OS_71vKbg1czzm0zxSPRQzRgy8f2SvUnL_T5hAan96O28aZyCMRV9oeZydEEpIAYmPLUMPrwIgdTn0A6R19Gv-s7xvwMuJULGRzTJr7mCKGsi7jF5mwVXNpwPPhbWqCcTM_Eujx4_QsZj5kJ2GVJ-HWuxJPerhP7a02fF0UwUbKbtRYdEeSf/w400-h293/Rufous-crowned%20Greenlet%20blog_5166.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Rufous-crowned Greenlet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The euphonias are members of the finch family. I had 3 new ones for the trip. The 4.5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Violaceous Euphonia</span></b> (<i>Euphonia violacea</i>) has a purplish head, blue back and wings and the underside is bright yellow.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975627" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="663" data-original-width="650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgOmiXNcgCzFT-G5T136Z6oDqrG_hfrYwxR9oa41GBq9GkXPhs6DfoPzTQe3h3Zc4wmNpe4l_YvGQGoW2rVSUc-P1YQRclVB3iLwND8t4MWD-jaJ2_eA7CXhh5MNoGklZ6I80aECHZrISlUwtTCtzwnpmgz8EvvyXUygem-YzHqV8Dwrk_A8HvUN8dxHhE/w393-h400/Violaceous%20Euphonia%20-%20male%20blog_4789.jpg" width="393" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Violaceous Euphonia - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 4" male Purple-throated Euphonia (Euphonia chlorotica) is similar to the one above but he has a purple throat. He also has a yellow forehead, but he was so high up in the tree that it does not show up in the photo.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975626" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="452" data-original-width="650" height="279" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidRAix5ul7WtgDXbeU7j4OzOGRy1uJYVCsCFko5_XcSvTFeLnaHEucEqNMqwgCMM3S0xQDg8j_fMaTNvxf_ynnGw8dZ-WGISneSfbj31LTXEZ4nngD3aoNYXcKJN6flVFMtFLHRZko6WYC9HmICLDrrGRt4gxpAWt78lglZIifgRcUfdsxtWnL599xKNxe/w400-h279/Purple-throated%20Euphonia%20-%20male%20blog_5273.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Purple-throated Euphonia - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Lastly is the most beautiful bird for this bulletin. The 4.5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chestnut-bellied Euphonia</span></b> (<i>Euphonia pectoralis</i>) is an easy ID. He is all blue except for the brown belly and a yellow shoulder patch.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975628" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="650" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeWEaqZEd3jxHqt0-7bB1UoAQeqvSnu3Vg0WUu9PObw_-1mjKORclYCbDFe9KQ4vW95KIDMMsDv5rFV0dufqyNWTNMmePdrXoDzWYEIkvLWTYVd7pS2GDritXeS6b4J9Eq6Es2SRkvx46YgPOqsrqDJU0FkfXwfTILUCpmLwKJrwue9pwLYJKIpniuNTY8/w400-h263/Chestnut-bellied%20Euphonia%20-%20male%20blog_5766.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Chestnut-bellied Euphonia - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 80</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 120 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/new_world_warblers">New World warblers</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 27</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 62 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/vireos">vireos</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 62</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 221 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/finches">finches</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></span></div></span>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-90227881444170168532023-11-19T10:02:00.001-06:002023-11-19T10:02:25.767-06:00Bulletin 424 - Brazil 2023 #5 - Parrots - part 1<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">After 3 trips to Colombia with diminishing returns, it was time to go further afield. Pablo Flores the guide in Colombia is now leading trips to Brazil as well. So my birding buddy Martin Jackson and my daughter Chantel and I decided to go there. We visited the Pantanal, the Atlantic forest in the Sao Paulo area and had 1 day in the Chapada. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world, so it is teeming with wildlife. The Atlantic Forest is a unique ecosystem from sea level to about 1 mile elevation. It contains 800 species of birds (225 endemic) and 26 species of primates. Unfortunately it also contains 2 mega cities - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and the resulting sprawl and clearing for agriculture since the Portuguese arrived 500 years ago, has wiped out 90%+ of the original forest. About 250 species of amphibians, birds and mammals have gone extinct in the past 400 years. The good news is that many preserves and parks have been set aside to try and preserve the remaining biodiversity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Parrots are a favorite of many people, even who are not birders due to large size, colors and the pet trade. I had an impressive 13 species on this trip.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 10.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Scaly-headed Parrot</span></b> (<i>Pionus maximiliani</i>) is mostly green with a large white eye ring.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/174036511" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="650" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikFFIDXM4oOEFCqLYFFomqu8gUwpRVsuatfi_5qWv3J8g-E8i7XmxFt-LXow_CtbQ2C1khNdHk4K6ct_Tyc8cuZans4PlNuJJiDBu03YR5sBP9vIBXCKHr_7euDMRCILGIIXq_X9LLqT4RGYk7TCMk4Y10kkdfnSzdoQbuitQaRmGnD_bG5_muf1W0gaZd/w400-h266/Scaly-headed%20Parrot%20blog_8533.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Scaly-headed Parrot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 12.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Vinaceous-breasted Amazon</span></b> (<i>Amazona vinacea</i>) is a green parrot with a light purple breast. It is listed as endangered and is included in the book - 'The World's Rarest Birds'. The population is estimated 600-1700 and is declining.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173964441" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="650" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyhJ6sFU4vfABydGUxmySPeNilTryFDpHChfAeBpHS5qdpotbBJZfEZAlC1PBWaIBLcwguX1s-as_2DJNSXRMLbZnoXaYyH-rN7q5Ec4E8QSrKlw6xolB1uIsKRsRmTxygsIoM5HuZscv_JSlh4QtiLPxP9qHc9bNQGtnrkukWA6oXgOepjBUoRT6YLW2P/w400-h304/Vinaceous-breasted%20Amazon%20blog_5794.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Vinaceous-breasted Amazon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin, the 13.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Turquoise-fronted Amazon</span></b> (<i>Amazona aestiva</i>) is a large green parrot with a turquoise forehead and yellow eye ring. </span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173964440" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="650" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh30bWzrthiQDq-EyMwxNduD34qYDm_Gi47dAtcFwblxV93ft9TTBXXDzFy-zkmj_WScmOvGBujN61hCK-EMqKyPqHNasCjpG5BMJBZI7kIKEPrQGYOjHUQj1TmbdM1HIp8NIR99zgYg_YN_U-Pn7qGsboHGhdwSVQzBzSYmXSXRDkRqYTjp41iRpzBI9N_/w400-h354/Turquoise-fronted%20Amazon%20blog_1797.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Turquoise-fronted Amazon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">At one lodge, a pair was nesting just outside the building and I happened to be right there, when the pair flew down to a bush at eye level. Here he is eating a leaf.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976866" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="513" data-original-width="650" height="316" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqcL3h5akJbYKrYakjx77F1h6MmgtNViVZmmtMuxNm2beRoDMvH99HB0wtkhIQjaLV-vlXPdvQ8B22FQYvVAOnrC9EFbjYpfera6s26k4WFyiu8cDJ7FVbEs5rTJrp3ytzDP8fYnxYEy_1zF7vhZNQ4m2RLnwrmCHoJ4EsgAjRDDW5QI5XeZKlkWsw4IxE/w400-h316/Turquoise-fronted%20Amazon%20blog_1811.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Turquoise-fronted Amazon</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The largest parrots are the macaws. We had 4 on the trip. The 13.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Red-shouldered Macaw</span></b> (<i>Diopsittaca nobilis</i>) is all green with a light colored bill and a few red spots on the shoulder.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173964762" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="582" data-original-width="650" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkZ_CLbjMcjPkFtEZUO7S8ENHKgtZt8HuOaKLtGVY7lukIUT1ggidOvop97TwkXisQjEgZBxBF_g_TVJ1NZoKU7shEy29I41aaX3a1MR462asjPH3JUA10qOL07VelhczplkS5Hu1VlK2le-xiO9Yr0-qwS1y4qUgCxbmKcQIUHBk4LtH50A6FFfb9IMe/w400-h359/Red-shouldered%20Macaw%20blog_2649.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Red-shouldered Macaw</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The 15" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Golden-collared Macaw</span></b> (<i>Primolius auricollaris</i>) is a green parrot with a yellow collar on the back of the neck which can be seen on the bird in front.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173971679" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="650" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA2CuCG53KLynFRnKoHRVqfl6IRw2Ct1lCfhH6TSXCDcmrY60xbWWsZ0km0mxOwmZgMxvUseDyNKsglNStHnyfg2ve5YsHeqsgPhOZwTQ3Y8KgDSdJr4QTojrAbnpN4wNfeAKHGiOYa2t-pLKyMgDtp1lK0r02MbU2A0t7AAzLknu7iZoqHL9hx7yX_BdW/w400-h296/Golden-collared%20Macaw%20blog_1191.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Golden-collared Macaw</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Now we jump to the huge ones. The 34" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue-and-Yellow Macaw</span></b> (<i>Ara ararauna</i>) is an easy ID ands almost everyone has seen one in pet stores, zoos, tropical hotels etc</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173964429" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="563" data-original-width="650" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ8J8Fn7u3XCdaGNjTCRTTghIQZAm_F0r1pPQPFvQMY5EiVjY31dGiD2STFHAQ0AQzKUp3uLPLshaZZLTJwd2QrR9vdPUKtXzhv60CbJCo-Sf-BEIrdeBMvQo2TQzNQ4hRcpNPM_R6qZK6v3ebYWMWASl8z3ZEXJtvluTE4m89HcMMfUbJIVSxHkFaWAuO/w400-h346/Blue-and-yellow%20Macaw%20blog_6774.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Blue-and-Yellow Macaw</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 40" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Hyacinth Macaw</span></b> (<i>Anodorhynchus hyacintinus</i>) is the worlds largest parrot (but not the heaviest). It is an easy ID. I saw this bird in the Pantanal on my first trip in 1996. It was the avian highlight of the trip.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173964431" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="433" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXt5pzRzRrkK9EYPCuC1smDtgr_sMfh2v0yPGDNq_YWMTdWis-Ue0koVu-JdDSR6St0gg2OhxdO7EABjyhWeRKGmXhHR63H0euYzAMg-UG5hI-k9FmDkMAAv-3oYiOz4Yg3jIIHqr16HxEc8O5MUH1NR6rNgn3Y7FWchIIjcj5wxS8EwWl0gtZXrYsfou/w266-h400/Hyacinth%20Macaw%20blog_9241.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Hyacinth Macaw</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">They eat palm nuts and other vegetation fruit etc. Their powerful jaws allow them to eat nuts that other wildlife cannot deal with. An English naturalist, Henry Bates, in 1852 observed</span><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: arial;">"</span><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">It flies in pairs, and feeds on the hard nuts of several palms, but especially of the Mucuja (</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrocomia_aculeata" style="background: none; color: #3366cc; overflow-wrap: break-word; text-decoration-line: none;" title="Acrocomia aculeata">Acrocomia lasiospatha</a></i><span face="sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #202122; font-size: 14px;">). These nuts, which are so hard as to be difficult to break with a heavy hammer, are crushed to a pulp by the powerful beak of this macaw."</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><br />So here is a close up and can you see anything unusual about the bird? </span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173964432" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="650" height="350" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX2L_iwLgxFF_GwVTwdTr1kHmP-wOARnv__TUb6TR5IXUQ1gTtQ0KcE-ljRdTAgdGZvjrDAKOmvjpKldE9YxhmptCciuPmTYTytTzisIAe474Q6T6_M9WL1NBB9N_q_HQaTkUQuM16KcV-evy-PIoSWjOYCKdqX7WpnnfJWquA5HnO0203zmlbcUiIhDgi/w400-h350/Hyacinth%20Macaw%20detail%20blog_9249.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Hyacinth Macaw</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p style="font-family: arial;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div style="font-family: arial;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 55</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 176 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/parrots">New World parrots</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-81403017629048870172023-11-05T20:13:00.001-06:002023-11-05T20:13:58.317-06:00Bulletin 423 - Brazil 2023 #4 - Antbirds<p><span style="font-family: arial;">After 3 trips to Colombia with diminishing returns, it was time to go further afield. Pablo Flores the guide in Colombia is now leading trips to Brazil as well. So my birding buddy Martin Jackson and my daughter Chantel and I decided to go there. We visited the Pantanal, the Atlantic forest in the Sao Paulo area and had 1 day in the Chapada. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world, so it is teeming with wildlife. The Atlantic Forest is a unique ecosystem from sea level to about 1 mile elevation. It contains 800 species of birds (225 endemic) and 26 species of primates. Unfortunately it also contains 2 mega cities - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and the resulting sprawl and clearing for agriculture since the Portuguese arrived 500 years ago, has wiped out 90%+ of the original forest. About 250 species of amphibians, birds and mammals have gone extinct in the past 400 years. The good news is that many preserves and parks have been set aside to try and preserve the remaining biodiversity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Just as in the previous bulletin where I had a record for rails, this trip produced a record 11 species of antbirds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The rarest was the 4.5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-hooded Antwren</span></b> (<i>Formicivora erythonotus</i>). He has a black head, neck and breast with a brown back. It is listed as critically endangered and is only known from a few fragmented areas in southern Rio de Janeiro state. The population is estimated as 600-1700.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173968534" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="443" data-original-width="650" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiXLDX4DPswUfBefP3FnPL3ZeQbB144lTO-CG2vHR2GFZNrykdD6v9jBBrRNvA29R7ZgB2rSm7Toun547unIgA1jJrut6l0RyW7R_Ob5VnwuxCbDKCZH97k77Flzppkqar5xb7Vrhd8YPI_TJ-Nf87Cn_YUDvKKjHx1Sze1Selrg4O2ywI6PzVK_GaOSk2/w400-h272/Black-hooded%20Antwren%20-%20male%20blog_5974.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Black-hooded Antwren - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin is the 5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rusty-backed Antwren</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Formicivora rufa</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). He has a black face and underparts, brown cap and back with white separating the colors</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173968545" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="440" data-original-width="650" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitorp91z7_EGa6hpU9mypX4RmpqcK-Pwp0rz8iNjbnCj7LLPzx2eVN0Pftxe3QUHXkSPKDIAfsIBi7WMovpReZgcGRl5my8YVisJ-q-TUXkyKAonXe_yq4zoAdVt6C3FPKysPzcaDJbNhBaaQIapHMHho6f-P8nOexN-MIobs1PR74gPJvLdBgsJWtbXe1/w400-h271/Rusty-becked%20Antwren%20-%20male%20blog_2877.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Rusty-backed Antwren - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 4.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rufous-margined Antwren</span></b> (<i>Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus</i>) is pale yellow below and that is all that can be seen inn my photo.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/174076442" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="463" data-original-width="650" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9YWBJKzIiWNfMYnJeBkjMnTo98e-aVpfC_aH11pikETMyTPyP-_UTvhc6BNKemPDHqxPq11KU9s6PfB4JWFE0LRZZIIio1G66r4pygh7CeZAYZxyopSt3u23JqtVnxqky7eesOIGk4S0bzF6O3X7CNjWUVtjkvqfDBO68rQrkmhDPBDB6ke3CGAUVpSlQ/w400-h285/Rufous-margined%20Antwren%20blog_4497.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Rufous-margined Antwren</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The last antwren is the 4" female <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Streak-capped Antwren</span></b> (<i>Terenura maculata</i>). It has a brown back patch and streaked head. The sexes are similar but the female is duller in color.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173968547" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="650" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji_gTOfO0DY-iGsw9KU6RuPkohRSg0fax4uIB3Mibi8zRBoI4jJmp2V6FS_mEQnYpY7a-jsEBxfy7VhyphenhyphenMWa_8Erg28cPUzOH4PkXqm-XFzHdj274mebsweFhd8UsLIHPT6kLejeBDuuOvx2PoRat70hXBvPIn2KSwXLI6dNlNEQYnwcPKVSRZyukLT8RwV/w400-h335/Streak-capped%20Antwren%20-%20female%20blog_3125.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Streak-capped Antwren - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5.5" female <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Planalto Slaty-Antshrike</span></b> (<i>Thamnophilus pelzelni</i>) has a rufous cap and underparts, with spotted wings. Obviously from the name, the male is gray.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173968541" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="511" data-original-width="650" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzhR1J7PF_wdprSt5Syy1hi3eiAW2mEdgCBuj-bmmqeiUcCiqeE-PBoRZlWoSL8IxQdJQLtzow6e1KPDabKDoL9saxLIEbWXczIQ3RzPp34OOkAAwazpIMS4VOhAcsSt3gNlNr-Cxc0MXWrbuNeXAXKGYLJTtwsXW9flVMh73lMibzDCJqaNf9l_mtNG_K/w400-h315/Planalto%20Slaty%20Antshrike%20-%20female%20blog_6916.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Planalto Slaty-Antshrike - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The beautiful 9.5" female <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tufted Antshrike</span></b> (<i>Mackenziaena severa</i>) is pale yellow and gray barred with a bright rufous crest. The male is uniformly dark gray.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173968548" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="650" height="276" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAtANxQlVHbpamOD0YYFUty18bBqcFjvRBIEjQ3JQvY2yYjeFTT8H1WjZyhQzQzAMRViknaflm_cgMyjZT4U9hx4alXQREUEjXxbeYwSDcyuzm3KP5j83Y1s5fKJ3GBPV29wY7YCCs2fIPonTfCIt7KvrTdrFMR_ZlI86NaWKA1G7J1hpVb67rWpCjuDNP/w400-h276/Tufted%20Antshrike%20-%20female%20blog_3606.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Tufted Antshrike - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6.5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mato Grosso Antbird</span></b> (<i>Cercomacra melanaria</i>) is all black with some white spots on the wings and tail.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173968537" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="417" data-original-width="650" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOajqGDaL_FNnxvDcEAUlGMLX4Gh94mSz2aWXfsP2B1-UMxdQOlLGZgirvodan0rEEO2XwsxXpIRqaQEOEfvCosLJXPd2ua0Yb-ZiB6hdmuUT6S29kheYlyXw5TOLbMK04jWDLm4EAb9i4j120rhunroknwVFBsTTaEeZv8O9uA6rVDbw5hI1zc3xMSXKg/w400-h256/Matto%20Grosso%20Antbird%20-%20male%20blog_0800.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Mato Grosso Antbird - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The next 4 birds are all Brazil endemics in the Atlantic forest.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Squamate Antbird</span></b> (<i>Myrmeciza squamosa</i>). He has a brown top of head and back, black throat and a black breast with white scalloped pattern.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173968546" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="650" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifejQKZlE_4MVPraUvXSGmXYojhXT5Clb6WH3vTKHdS22GeXwrG_u4Vgg0T992HIHJVFxZ7yJdqwdE2O-JWlX3vVb0sFCHYoIkDYQEZJFMEeABYLYAzijmdKvivajK2FNT-gM5GXwCEVahP0OE2jLFBYPi1GGLH2rChKaImrXA0XBbzd2drK_4megaZPKi/w400-h294/Squamate%20Antbird%20-%20male%20blog_5203.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Squamate Antbird - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The 5.3" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ochre-rumped Antbird</span></b> (<i>Drymophila ochropyga</i>) has a black crown, streaked underparts and an ochre rump which is not visible in this photo.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173968539" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="650" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEqIrMj9TXUIJ71ECK15GfkSmYsN1Bp4gjeBiX-QEeV8_JhbQGfrwk7YZ56J8bfHreS9GXe4AwjySaAKNwlqJFZgXcw8zFPNx5tuFaCq3YhdfpgDjNFBqlR9qKFvZPwQ3xKw72dCh6JUnkt3gD-4JJoGObeip0PGkdEyH9sJ6uBUW_z3hyphenhyphenNoY0USk-nGvC/w400-h294/Ochre-rumped%20Antbird%20-%20male%20blog_4456.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Ochre-rumped Antbird - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin, the 5.5" female <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rufous-tailed Antbird</span></b> (<i>Drymophila genei</i>) looks like a wren to me. The male would have black streaking on the breast.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173968543" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="506" data-original-width="650" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6xtIxS4J4IdAh91zspbDVjvj1DPw7ZzXJa9hXB9gZ83ey_xFJ9DdpvKGn9BqNn3JHgspGpqI0GPXA_mO-dgaY0KNdnoehM4Mi4Ic8I5ZmM08GMAJXU09ca4hPeZYnzZ1herkJxq_WAu8NXUltOOxssM4nsqm8bp2x-NNHh3o9Je-f26jrFaOIvtIcCYrc/w400-h311/Rufous-tailed%20Antbird%20-%20female%20blog_5927.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Rufous-tailed Antbird - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5.5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ferruginous Antbird</span></b> (<i>Drymophila ferruginea</i>) was very cooperative sitting in the open with his crest raised in response to the tape. He is a beautiful bird with a boldly patterned face and bright orange underparts.<br /><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173968535" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="650" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWg-X5ZxOeGraJ80_2v7ckZyt4cvHP5cBvePIwnB-Y0qtGQOYSPrUpaHnIp-lkFCA3RA6QLEMktUtJt_wA38J_6QyJTdDiwvk1ppQt5jeLM4PShum-kgiOSrSRx-sVbWEgNYHwv57dgoLQG_i68ZckEMluRN9EtqoCX2wg-nVmx3l81q9_v7LoZyiJGB0_/w400-h378/Ferruginous%20Antbird%20-%20male%20blog_6196.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Ferruginous Antbird - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">This genus, drymophila, have a white interscapular patch on the back that gets exposed when the bird is excited. Here is the same bird and the patch can be seen in this pic.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173968536" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="650" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY-JeTU28QqRBPfkv47N11aQ1FWGCn_syaqPjFV8yyX9gG9xj-518TjiaxkK2wQX50coz08WSWj2yNnvy-9jPcoPe9QpMWcWq76ajbAxU6kGDPnDiQ13T0_9z1hn69nk_ffEvkM8EzXBwjhvne4h5P-mu66p9jpXSYy5dBvepgX2K8yjJTb6n8goSgNSl_/w400-h297/Ferruginous%20Antbird%20-%20male%20blog_6228.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Ferruginous Antbird - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><span><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 42</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 238 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/antbirds">antbirds</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p></div>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-27197924708895036992023-10-22T18:46:00.001-05:002023-10-22T18:46:12.679-05:00Bulletin 422 - Brazil 2023 #3 - rails, plovers, snipe<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">After 3 trips to Colombia with diminishing returns, it was time to go further afield. Pablo Flores the guide in Colombia is now leading trips to Brazil as well. So my birding buddy Martin Jackson and my daughter Chantel and I decided to go there. We visited the Pantanal, the Atlantic forest in the Sao Paulo area and had 1 day in the Chapada. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world, so it is teeming with wildlife. The Atlantic Forest is a unique ecosystem from sea level to about 1 mile elevation. It contains 800 species of birds (225 endemic) and 26 species of primates. Unfortunately it also contains 2 mega cities - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and the resulting sprawl and clearing for agriculture since the Portuguese arrived 500 years ago, has wiped out 90%+ of the original forest. About 250 species of amphibians, birds and mammals have gone extinct in the past 400 years. The good news is that many preserves and parks have been set aside to try and preserve the remaining biodiversity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We notched an astounding 5 species of rails on the trip and 4 were new for me. The 11" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blackish Rail</span></b> (<i>Pardirallus nigricans</i>) was the one I had seen in Colombia. It has a charcoal head and breast with brown wings and a yellow bill.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173957286" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="650" height="373" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcc49iKa2nJlN8hK1jDyELI1DJZQK7hgo8sttJENJ7sP8Sk4BLi3jJwKiMoJetq00rTihE2j7lNWwdEBiyip90tr6grfM2UJqvyyQqfZJxSBL3PVQFGvN9b6sHDBx91HzoVbrbnkHLnkNyV6Ib2nuN1G0lTSNbpXkj-4MOVrPawy9b9mEpp-NldyJkhIJP/w400-h373/Blackish%20Rail%20blog_6078.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Blackish Rail </span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There were 2 new species of wood rails. These are the easiest to see as often they are walking around </span><span style="font-family: arial;">in the open. The 15" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Grey-cowled Wood Rail</span></b> (<i>Aramides cajaneus</i>). This rail is IDed by the brown body and grey neck and head. It was split from Grey-necked Wood Rail.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173976840" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="650" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWrekipIH1fjTwyqIYFIPjO05kiFke27Cr8VxPNdfnyfKA0__kcF8kRVSKRfOJmOeFbDzGkWre4Twbcz5M_ooU9RLQ78_93LQ-q_i0J19iIAR1EyZuqlw7YwBSvuGPrwjh6qdwaO6dj2uxQQAijz6KcKxfyYMM11qQcG3AuETjB8D7bES1XS7V_lr1y8t6/w400-h328/Grey-cowled%20Wood%20Rail%20blog_1731.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Grey-cowled Wood Rail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin the <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Slaty-breasted Wood Rail</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Aramides saracura</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) is similar but is completely grey on his breast and belly.</span></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173957292" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="650" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFEIP0xCUYBxc63CSg3aBdjEFXCJ1trA4q5EBMMzK5Hw-cb9cxuIWhC66XPQbK21wVms0uhZZ8kQ7DPocjxFHe-PPndF3TVsqMdu3cfRftiqul8BvbSzrdXPj-kavC6_LaOCrNXNh89gSaA2vqBREhUwb3WX-P4qC3MCDBgTlUNyL1QkezweQLC3lsPWhZ/w400-h324/Slaty-breasted%20Wood%20Rail%20blog_4123.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Slaty-breasted Wood Rail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The most exciting were a couple of crakes coming to a feeding station in Intervales Park. They are normally exceedingly difficult to see. The 6" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Red-and-white Crake</span></b> (<i>Laterallus leucopyrrhus</i>) is a sparrow-sized rail with a rufous head and back with a clean white breast and barred belly. The legs are pink. He has a short bill.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173957289" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="414" data-original-width="650" height="255" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVPlvBKMjiC1Grg34p7A7hDubBQmgVy5oMlgS5ShW2W2Et5OuC-kG4FZHZ0Kg5gnbHdQhRSBL8J2iGKjskw9i-02TTLifeqX9yBluezHfyvfnzYN2r69rcIuhBXEOS5C8sOhufcHTr_i7lG5e_MW8xnwzEBwBE3LLsPH198i1oecdXyXE3Bv9akoSIbYA-/w400-h255/Red-and-white%20Crake%20blog_4827.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Red-and-white Crake</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin, the 6" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rufous-sided Crake</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Laterallus melanophaius</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) has a grey-brown head and back. The rusty flanks appear faded compared to the previous one. His bill and legs are dark. You can see form the background that they were both at the same place. Seeing these 2 crakes in the open for a period of time was one of the highlights of the trip. There are 13 crakes in this genus in the Americas and these were the first 2 I have ever seen. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Now that this place has shown that these elusive birds can be trained to come for free food - I hope other sanctuaries will attempt to make these rails easier to see. This is the same as with the antpittas that were found to come for worms to a feeding station, so many other places set up feeding stations for their local antpittas.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173957290" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="462" data-original-width="650" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlI7jtOcrU4v-vrBBncxnPIissbHi0afkQDSHa9UoEquIiL5thwsah6yXIvEacZAqEPLVqg6Y3SsccLsgy9kfWJdOPqTXCKa8Ww9QxSEwXw3fi6HCSVL8jPwYHj4ZfXAmCqJe5lxSvw3zHgdPspcHWK0itC28r9Pcc80z3F5dRukgMqsTxD4vmxCKRvXQ/w400-h284/Rufous-sided%20Crake%20blog_4977.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Rufous-sided Crake</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The final member of the rail family was a group of 3 12" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Purple Gallinules</span></b> (<i>Porphyrio martinica</i>). One was an adult, but the other 2 at first we thought were Azure Gallinules. But the buffy face and some purple on the flanks show it is an immature. We do not see the molting birds like this in the USA</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173957288" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="650" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvZ_phsAuuMPKviX0mGakSY5D_bcryrORJs5tWqwABHmgyayHzuIVa68IYNAL5SkZkqfpgubc2r0mvju_a1sWO_rIx4Oid9Tl63R_XbHp6vnK72H9rGaWj5LrRlZgRt8EuwxhlFYG-sB4JBVr2ieWjBxG4Ju7bLOJu1iz9bF_bPTHiAerbkeU2f4Vn4Euz/w400-h323/Purple%20Gallinule%20blog_1960.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Purple Gallinule - molting juvenile</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The elegant 14" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Southern Lapwing</span></b> (<i>Vanellus chilensis</i>) is an easy ID with his wispy crest, black breast and red legs.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173958372" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="645" data-original-width="650" height="398" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdXQ9jt-9P8m8g3TsPaZPPxUAXBiS1PpXvX97XQKfTycINUc8BBAMHcEMB1d2otZuJGI2FzoD6QfusK9gDakabreL6FUvCX3oRdcrzgo58xTCYBDSRb9tcqFhRbrpKObvHkTOgqVV6n4AEZ1oKsnZrmmPqI-mXEpZGGpphBgFkBDDW7phtAUvnEIT0D1-/w400-h398/Southern%20Lapwing%20blog_5366.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Southern Lapwing</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The dapper 9" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pied Plover</span></b> (<i>Hoploxypterus cayanus</i>) is a South American bird found around ponds and on sand bars along rivers, as was this one in the Pantanal.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173958374" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="551" data-original-width="650" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_b-fHBJq3egZP8-IxKUTSGzKQjtZgierEXYT_wEu58m0HokmvdADelNWATDVzxG3FiCblW0PglomQHM6XcgQuaXZGtaNJ-5jk4xa0H_2qILEBiVELZ9bfAErTL66omyP76dK67-9mjwX7sHGQhwJks1F2su1uZOSpEbus3DBPOkpHS9Af9AuC1qsVIS-r/w400-h339/Pied%20Plover%20blog_2087.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Pied Plover</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Lastly, another new snipe, the 11" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pantanal Snipe</span></b> (<i>Gallinago paraguaiae</i>). The name was recently changed from South American Snipe. Like all snipes, the guide book says it is difficult to see. However with my luck, it was in the open on a muddy area about 10 yards away. We watched him for about 15 minutes.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173958375" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="650" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgkZJZQAhWt8AaxUvvapINyN3GtuYBYPNih8IBBgrSkA8w_jAGtboVgYMkdKFvLtmouv_7jIjT_WVhxn-pfoFNT_DLEspDRgUdwmKG3M0a5QaTvNRJ812SOqThnz7jwpGKE6ECtOT1EMmsEFrzOcOaNIpQPz5iuFNu54rwq1655y0rGLFE-awW-XXGKHZM/w400-h306/Pantanal%20Snipe%20blog_0659.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Pantanal Snipe</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 24</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 132 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/rails_coots_all">Rails, Coots, Gallinules</a>.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 31</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 67 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/plovers_all">Plovers</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 52</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 93 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/sandpipers_all">Sandpipers</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></span></div><div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p></div>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-3867843444748290822023-10-08T14:37:00.004-05:002023-10-30T06:27:32.804-05:00Bulletin 421 - Brazil 2023 #2 - icterids<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">After 3 trips to Colombia with diminishing returns, it was time to go further afield. Pablo Flores the guide in Colombia is now leading trips to Brazil as well. So my birding buddy Martin Jackson and my daughter Chantel and I decided to go there. We visited the Pantanal, the Atlantic forest in the Sao Paulo area and had 1 day in the Chapada. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world, so it is teeming with wildlife. The Atlantic Forest is a unique ecosystem from sea level to about 1 mile elevation. It contains 800 species of birds (225 endemic) and 26 species of primates. Unfortunately it also contains 2 mega cities - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and the resulting sprawl and clearing for agriculture since the Portuguese arrived 500 years ago, has wiped out 90%+ of the original forest. About 250 species of amphibians, birds and mammals have gone extinct in the past 400 years. The good news is that many preserves and parks have been set aside to try and preserve the remaining biodiversity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The icterids are a family of 109 species of New World birds consisting of blackbirds, orioles, cowbirds, grackles etc. I photographed 9 species of which 7 were lifers for me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 7.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Greyish Baywing</span></b> (<i>Agelaioides badius</i>) is grey-brown with rufous wings.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975745" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="634" data-original-width="650" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ACWxadVLd18wdWv74LWWWQxd8h0tjzZM5g-fTKxkqoI0LAA5rc7mLidK1uU8-js-WQ1B9tcQSFoknq2dEZLyNAfzVk18W-yMAdHTIekPBXa_WID7RJ6y-bkL5J0uDImFU20mvWbw8-X-uxfGXsdSCz1PFn3baauqaOdVe_bVXjfrD2dS6uSQq30XdVUO/w400-h390/Greyish%20Baywing%20blog_7016.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Greyish Baywing</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 9" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chopi Blackbird</span></b> (<i>Gnorimopsar chopi</i>) is an all black icterid that isn't glossy. It is the only member of that genus.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975735" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="650" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVqOoX7WtKxDFA2V2mXunikOfk8kmTtB3gFPdfj3uGx1ajGJv1-2hrDCwyqTtmQPyTv4H87bjbgvZL6NFXZQAdQBWNS3pu2OrZZ65ye09WALTGYUuptJhcY1hn8aMFs4bCEE4DhqzKaoM20pLM-lNN_YtQuEHg8ySfewu8DEYFngIbtXetHAooOmn82WU/w400-h358/Chopi%20Blackbird%20blog_7057.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Chopi Blackbird</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 8" </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Epaulet Oriole</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Icterus cayanensis</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) is a black oriole with an orange shoulder patch.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975736" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="650" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhKQwFvzPV4fBt01fUJj1KH-yWW0qf2tmOd81IfiEFsmGMJicmAVmNMUMvsTDpHMHoHN7ough1OSbE4HduvfghjvPDBcZiy4amZt5ExGBnTiJhk4onEZTIOYxgvPQ1gJLbSlrUTO0MWEGx54iXntrYf__bRLNc-8KlJ5PHsZYVh7UXEZ1k2b15En9fC4hU/w400-h369/Epaulet%20Oriole%20blog_1840.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Epaulet Oriole</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 13" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Giant Cowbird</span></b> (<i>Molothus oryzivorus</i>) is a glossy black bird wit a yellow eye. It parasitizes oropendolas.</span><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975737" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="499" data-original-width="650" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtWoTHnhtilU4PjOD-QYaV7SW1rUMKLHSbtMHft0KpDfD4-5LRYTE2A3QvkBLvQn_O0Bg8hH0aBNGO80uaHOyxj0-X4sezXP3BVInGN46cAGQ-cYNsHlIp7537KvyGJA33Ffg3CnxgBe-61xm0qnSFe5nqyH8nseK2jD8DVIgph90F2YyucAiWauXbrGh6/w400-h308/Giant%20Cowbird%20blog_1662.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Giant Cowbird</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><span style="font-family: arial;">There were 3 species of caciques for the trip. 2 were lifers. The 9" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Solitary Cacique</span></b> (<i>Cacicus solitarius</i>) I had seen previously. It is a black bird with a pale yellow bill.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975743" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="650" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT_kmRLanicQnOSVteJDj60zMKNH8wpakR5vbBZTUpyHbnmO-nj31lGUH-ei2ChRCvDS4MKX9hdyt5HwfjZHjlbrzjUWMv5medz4EapAw_NLyKFwkexD8JUGlEsXm1n1ONv54FmB210O9q1s11W9Ue12Aac7oGUomhO1MxJDYf8T8hNnwCJ32Blc-aR-Os/w400-h334/Solitary%20Cacique%20blog_8568.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Solitary Cacique</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 9" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Red-rumped Cacique</span></b> (<i>Cacicus haemorrhous</i>) was a lifer, but I thought I had seen it before - but the previous one was the Scarlet-rumped Cacique. It is an easy ID.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975741" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="431" data-original-width="650" height="265" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqD5v-aCr4umYLHrIISYrKBk9WzyQOrbdJRTEwr1AjtQUZCGZ1KJun2AmZpEEAJk8GvxReVET0xecgA8iEvWYHOnqeyIR-ck7pPPbWoAQ_tuSk4KGk5mmAt1I1Ue5441HhyphenhyphenOhhL7bCFi_mrVOdkz_tK4ppTIaq0wupYQDPfkruSjQYIPDWlPZwTFGQ4gqa/w400-h265/Red-rumped%20Cacique%20blog_5088.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Red-rumped Cacique</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 7" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Golden-winged Cacique</span></b> (<i>Cacicus chrysopterus</i>) has a large yellow wing patch, a yellow rump and a yellow eye.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975738" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="650" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkH-hAkPXRUCLny1FNP3xbgUZxBZ8L-mRcvyCqTv9Y83mBlu00bmtFl4OQ6NHzXb8vSPFE2XEhvmd5ZgVMv-_S3Bfn3eSiClsN17scw7Mjf5VMtZ346drW3Ara8Iqgof_NkkHaxQKo7pioussAowp21DgErK8BVd50iY5TqhCwKptXLMTy0SfnbdmIEt1R/w400-h335/Golden-winged%20Cacique%20blog_4735.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Golden-winged Cacique</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 9.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yellow-rumped Marshbird</span></b> (<i>Pseudoleistes guirahuro</i>) is yellow and brown.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975744" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="650" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhyphenhyphenyCDVgzLSFc0f0ZOXvZQjZWkLO4WhlH6F0BRgLPpLnDhm1SXJXXwVGYFZtAjU6-lFRm0xy3DXdq4Fp0R16bQnuFdc1H_K7aEbrL84XS7HBnCK9k2vpJya-V5NYNvHrRdItkcCM2nCpmjYAQNP-mK7waM_cMmG0VL-F3asMY6dqHxKwznYzEobIiSjiBj/w400-h315/Yellow-rumped%20Marshbird%20blog_6149.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Yellow-rumped Marshbird</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 9.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Scarlet-headed Blackbird</span></b> (<i>Amblyramphus holosericeus</i>) is a stunningly beautiful bird and an easy ID.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173975742" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="577" data-original-width="650" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFrMI-uVVU4XgIbslg0nrU3gVKv92woP9xBM8g55xcTcIrab-T9DOeAiYpxjAqO-WuPz-FOe04y5R8LkVUnI15Jt9EnuPAOHX-AVaWEWtG2iER0WLm4RsMNq_vpPNnLXDQe4sxllemuFBsyak9B2Mhmzwy-3WvpK93_7GXtGo6v-LjWuSbbOPLFBgohUa/s320/Scarlet-headed%20Blackbird%20blog_2164.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Scarlet-headed Blackbird</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 58</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 109 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/icterids">icterids</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></span></div>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-1966561856041191382023-09-24T06:12:00.002-05:002023-10-30T06:27:58.024-05:00Bulletin 420 - Brazil 2023 #1 - Cracids<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">After 3 trips to Colombia with diminishing returns, it was time to go further afield. Pablo Flores the guide in Colombia is now leading trips to Brazil as well. So my birding buddy Martin Jackson and my daughter Chantel and I decided to go there. We visited the Pantanal, the Atlantic forest in the Sao Paulo area and had 1 day in the Chapada. The Pantanal is the largest wetland in the world, so it is teeming with wildlife. The Atlantic Forest is a unique ecosystem from sea level to about 1 mile elevation. It contains 800 species of birds (225 endemic) and 26 species of primates. Unfortunately it also contains 2 mega cities - Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro and the resulting sprawl and clearing for agriculture since the Portuguese arrived 500 years ago, has wiped out 90%+ of the original forest. About 250 species of amphibians, birds and mammals have gone extinct in the past 400 years. The good news is that many preserves and parks have been set aside to try and preserve the remaining biodiversity.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 57 species of cracids are turkey like game birds. We saw 6 on the trip which was a record for me on a single trip. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 23" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chaco Chachalaca</span></b> (<i>Ortalis canicollis</i>) is plain brown with red facial skin and a red throat.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173947411" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="650" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9A2KpNJnqIbT_V9DvV_7S0UHpL4-ddc3R8mYEF0jrMIB0Nx1HGWoRmrb0Hn2xctCror8VcB239LbamiNe9xWSm1V8p_ESj3G9F8YIt_SG5D--5M5TAI-jK4bmOX_WEZ7WGA-M2vvGbjojsszmEW076YqVuxLV1ZEh2iJdxzsMmtX_PrmzQjlZTelc7Q7p/w400-h266/Chaco%20Chachalaca%20blog_0533.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Chaco Chachalaca</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 27" <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>White-throated Piping Guan</b></span> (<i>Pipile grayi</i>) was split from the Blue-throated Piping Guan in January 2023. It is an easy ID with the white face and throat.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173947416" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="650" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6JbKBGmC7n-Z6Sl8NVjw52ljdMM3pNd82eCI0GiVgVMWJRCw9-oe7iOjtPkvNMhikVX1h5yv004lo0cc6x9HJo8UmNJBjO9Xdqjz_op5aO1gQ-w6ISj1yfyjMZRq2O7SGM4dWpaRY0cist2h6ZdJizHRVhSM4cSyBr0Ylic49DaU5O4o_X9MBxtR-xYFZ/w400-h310/White-throated%20Piping%20Guan%20blog_8699.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">White-throated Piping Guan</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 27" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Red-throated Piping Guan</span></b> (<i>Pipile cujubi</i>) is similar except the throat dewlap is red.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173947430" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="650" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeRmeBjBccp7CEY-KPvpcMHC60OgdCDtulgSzMLF1wwOBSzFUO4LgqzWrx7WNAEmzOBS71rOySdtNodCdYkS2qsbduoRTTk4fhVc5NppEJoK_q0he9RnhFyKOFxhwo1GEZn-HIV4LJe9O6Z2yLQA9hVo0p4W3y7_nscSg3v3NgmLlWcpjMdGUAhkWwE-2/w400-h365/Red-throated%20Piping%20Guan%20blog_2071.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Red-throated Piping Guan</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 28" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Dusky-legged Guan</span></b> (<i>Penelope obscura</i>) is a brown bird with white streaking on breast and belly. He has a red dewlap. This one is in the Atlantic Forest.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173947414" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="488" data-original-width="650" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYgHNI-o9AFPXXO4c5P7qAp5__e2kqAdDCDM3Lrk8nB57KC8OTLe2B7kuJ3iqf_MYPbdd_nESzXQc_0N5hIL3b_n1kvbVs_lsx_zbD6C8g6odJ5cxdDc81a96gfhbHcciH8JXb25xJ05cSXF8r40J-ZRbapTNlVBZjglpH4QFA1nXUcBk1IDCrtkbiGtxh/w400-h300/Dusky-legged%20Guan%20blog_4270.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Dusky-legged Guan</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 30" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chestnut-bellied Guan</span></b> (<i>Penelope ochrogaster</i>) has a beautiful orange-brown belly and thighs. This one is in the Pantanal.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173947413" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="650" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjBrmthFNJYw7boXyBeikHeedxuS4bEYWjwyfXV-4DAuD1pTGaU1Az5Un5dJzWVk3gjBvHohm7E-6BnwlOohlp8MNxSzrZJrLY5s0_9mWzUHQAGdyFKFApFfdeB4LTXCuR-rAdBvfA-lgRAaYzVtLnjAc7rGQBmrRg8IY5OWH2o_qP1-xgDeOxOzYutkdI/w400-h328/Chestnut-bellied%20Guan%20blog_1261.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Chestnut-bellied Guan</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Lastly is the regal 37" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bare-faced </span></b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Curassow</b></span> (<i>Crax fasciolata</i>). The male is all black with a 2 tone bill. He has bare black skin on the face and a curly feathered crest. In the Pantanal at the lodges where protected, they are very tame and come to feeders for corn.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173965100" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="633" data-original-width="650" height="390" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6IN4J4Uro4_aq9pny6tOVJVg5IfG4Z-6XQqObrsV1Sc2t0NQsj5W718Sqc8igld-Ev7wXT9lFOoFqp-_W_Pd6KFadZoaTokbD4yUMYBn1zTGSQiybTLhR8m1md-ajzDT1-KeThBgLJR_KnrHSUXRzHieciQsdfEF6ztVyJKWlfKc1XcOmAuHJr10kAwEi/w400-h390/Bare-faced%20Currasow%20-%20male%20blog_2587.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Bare-faced Curassow - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The female is spectacular with brown underparts and the crest is black and white.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173947410" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="554" data-original-width="650" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNc5wAFPl10OuBp1BlPpyG5U2vZEwxPwK7CVfb5BhyAnb76ggwNrfdhOwCBxb4rmWinifK_mcUalczNPK3WCCS6WhyNehupCWEk0In49oU_xZPMk4wnhIPxIJSHAp_TMFaxmgAeKX6c7cSo6niRMVLXrpkt82og3Kg9CLFKEVroByi60s-PWFWkhcXumCs/w400-h341/Bare-faced%20Currasow%20-%20female%20blog_1113.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Bare-faced Curassow - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 24</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 57 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/cracids&page=all">Chacalacas, Guans & Curassows</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></span>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-86623575898350504122023-09-11T06:07:00.001-05:002023-09-11T06:07:27.113-05:00Bulletin 419 - Colombia 2022 #16 - other birds<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">I was planning to go to Peru in 2022 but there were riots and road closures in the areas we were planning to go. So at the last minute I went back to Colombia and saw some other places. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, there was a lot of overlap, so I did not get a lot of new birds on the trip. However, many areas now have set up feeding stations and several were built for photography. I used the same guide Pablo Florez and I had my daughter with me on the trip this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">However on the bright side, the setups for photography and the number of places that had feeders allowed me to get many improved photos of birds I had mediocre photos previously.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">These are the last photos from this 2022 trip.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There were 4 icterids (blackbirds) on the trip. The endemic 12" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Red-bellied Grackle</span></b> (<i>Hypopyrrhus pyrohypogaster</i>) is a top target bird in Colombia. It is an easy ID.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173005897" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfoy36thaHjUISoHD-63COGP-GMQAB2AR4553T7ISOw1H2B3BQglRyq20-MxxKNiTd7ldIPABv75mQSBGHl62j17ulLeW0vgM7yBUqnVOhKWP6oHSIVXVKDcg6EjqNeD4vUH5fXRdomwwyxDTHNXmzsDgAHQPPAk3wVUwilF7fCUpnCsgakrKgzaqcqLF_/w400-h320/Red-bellied%20Grackle%20blog_3604.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Red-bellied Grackle</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 8.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Yellow-backed Oriole</span></b> (<i>Icterus chrysater</i>) has a yellow to orange body and black face, wings and tail.<br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173005898" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="650" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ktUQLbmRqNpfB5UZxgpA-C6qYsRG4dCLN0A8ZadA5-YARPmoT10I0wHGHOIkuvD79KFC_mWNDcGYZJg3og2Mks4TSr6HM_97N0tHQiSyDwBvHqu6yHud-vx6736cHcRtoSek_xR3G_mkuoPNrABQSQIHswsBXVZRon9_6M_mULHdB2Q1aYJO9s-XuI-r/w400-h391/Yellow-backed%20Oriole%20blog_2378.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Yellow-backed Oriole</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 19" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Russet-backed Oropendola</span></b> (<i>Psarocolius augustifrons</i>) is an olive bird with a browner back.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173005896" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="650" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFfAw28oOIMa6falp04O9voyy7JgPd3094btFP_LU7HSyhx72WpClpfGj39GT1IYUfrHE4j2RHCJWSK2M_EtFEfZWfstubefcZAIuaH7yuUMP-oTmYlK_kPKLP97Ii2Ql9WsmbtOaYlgQnTO-sckxKSXJkrMaOPwSueqJtGKB0X_35RIhtqf2Lczn7Mybi/w400-h324/Russet-backed%20Oropendola%20blog_1746.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Russet-backed Oropendola</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 8" female <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Shiny Cowbird</span></b> (<i>Molothrus bonariensis</i>) is all gray with the typical round bill of icterids. The male would be all black.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173005899" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="650" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9-rR06c3vNV2m3Ai4wg_3zVKcx7wIf8co4ofb41oBi9A0q2s1ypmwHNBQfZAg9wqT8LVv6ARjwtCXtt-8JXuOrtG5XVSEqmmymwu35iO035PE09JyZG7SFeQtOx13AarWGkioEswxnXHkO9n3HFPWJRAh9angRxOuShFDo5uYlS4kyg-j_RuTQAnnqGrX/w400-h360/Shiny%20Cowbird%20-%20female%20blog_1129.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Shiny Cowbird</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 9" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tropical Mockingbird</span></b> (<i>Mimus gilvus</i>) is similar to our mockingbird. However it is the only mockingbird in Colombia so is an easy ID.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173796825" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="650" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZVC7AMHzALmFreo88o3DvhRa6B_3qmAeQlvgsi513SYfUAOcmQ6lWVR0vT5izv7xjnpoRlEL6ivdC8LdKRQAc6qHP1CtG3hQt1a21kKRU11GKbrqbhFScmxlcAY1d95xFa9EcPqD03McpzplnTlnlEQLMXi9KayKArwfjLCjg6pK6DMh41kIJXOzSmim4/w400-h340/Tropical%20Mockingbird%20blog_2165.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Tropical Mockingbird</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5" </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sulphur-rumped Myiobius</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Myiobius sulphureipygius</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) is a dull yellow olive bird. It was formerly in the flycatcher family, but was moved to the becard family.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173045917" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="650" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBZjCK7ggOARgXPsot2QqWVtLQYMoj2HfWKaahKVbDrbp3BboKftOgL4jvbJswuZVMJsB1lhPitHk3h95NKbEhDO6vR2aE58t6RSNmKE8IQO6vOvgkNOGcx1a-33CfWCtyXe4HYszgLO_1TZ3dwPX2BJH-0ptXTWlq8U5GLlBzAxq_SMxqL9h8HDdwJfNm/w400-h284/Sulfur-rumped%20Myiobius%20blog_9204.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Sulphur-rumped Myiobius</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And the last is the male 7.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Acorn Woodpecker</span></b> (<i>Melanerpes formicivorus</i>). This is a familiar bird to US birders as he occurs in western USA. The ID is easy. But this was the closest I have been to this bird - 6 feet away.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000128" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="641" data-original-width="650" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhljgutE0nvbEufRULNfKX8Tz_TfTC4CU-b7S5X_hbGgG0XSyNZD6KB1TmWgXDkE3mGIQS36Nql0zd0xC3NIS4CQDS7Kq3MVrx2SGeC_J25O2EmCttBjHG4nCSv5ZYhgzJ7zVvRcQxHs4Iu3h6LQtRAJdtWPsnjYpnrVdFSWfvpFuxNG6lhmfc5LUKNE0-b/w400-h395/Acorn%20Woodpecker%20-%20male%20blog_8083.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Acorn Woodpecker</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-4287365532849693292023-08-13T14:14:00.001-05:002023-08-13T14:14:47.882-05:00Bulletin 418 - Colombia 2022 #15 - Tanagers - Part 4<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">I was planning to go to Peru in 2022 but there were riots and road closures in the areas we were planning to go. So at the last minute I went back to Colombia and saw some other places. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, there was a lot of overlap, so I did not get a lot of new birds on the trip. However, many areas now have set up feeding stations and several were built for photography. I used the same guide Pablo Florez and I had my daughter with me on the trip this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">However on the bright side, the setups for photography and the number of places that had feeders allowed me to get many improved photos of birds I had mediocre photos previously.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The tanager family (thraupidae) is another huge New World family of birds with 386 species currently. The range from the plain seedeaters to the gaudy Tangara genus of beautiful birds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The last group of tanagers are some of the most colorful. We have 4 with the name 'golden'.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5.3" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Golden Tanager</span></b> (<i>Tangara arthus</i>) is gold with a black streaked back and wings and a black ear spot.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004024" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="357" data-original-width="650" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhULdgDJBZdYezq3_BABAh7_uPvNVaemO5kOPdqkcoXr0KeQdqPVuTYG_L2Z2wYmX0H1pN00Pz6uhqQMuDinkbg8HJ1Z41VkNvRTpgzR8R8tMy37I9oo0enY3o8CN2EqF8uhVxesPyC7GQqZ35TUaDapheIF2xjXugWLK6jSu4PaJ0S4n6jwddZvGJutboV/w400-h220/Golden%20Tanager%20blog_9501.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Golden Tanager </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5.3" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Golden-eared Tanager</span></b> (<i>Tangara chrysotis</i>) is a multi-colored tanager with a gold and black face.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004028" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="650" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRRMxx9gPAuOTghG2qzy32x8tefyl-O7kU9Dil4O7CkfmrxdxVzpNBvCCi1CrD6gZJCYV2SWkPcD76GOPo9WZ0ukLNc0zTEX_lGPJsc0CZM5pQg0OHECBbQ9GGNH7LVjBeEp8-LNNg_m4bjAdeLDB9SXZuDiZLOM-_PT2rGyGoEXA4gDUGLC8BueAwBIgr/w400-h306/Golden-eared%20Tanager%20blog_2252.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Golden-eared Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Golden-crowned Tanager</span></b> (<i>Iridosornis rufivertex</i>) is a blue bodied tanager with a black head and gold cap.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004027" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="650" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDGMXLiQ8hYQQaR0ewg2gcHoKHlA57dTHJQe8Up9hsedWNTlnH2WrV4PiPo8Np4K8yTDkkAGlWIXh6ubxGWMjCz3TD3h-qECm525DzQNlUNljHrS76UEq4FVso3NCD_a4STK-lB7XRQTwm8Mhf1XrVYBeEQdT4DgJuLVDwme3hQ8-4kNWroCGe-AggFYcr/w400-h330/Golden-crowned%20Tanager%20blog_0518.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Golden-crowned Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Golden-naped Tanager</span></b> (<i>Chalcothraupis ruficervix</i>) is similar in color to the previous one, but the gold is on the occiput.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004032" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="503" data-original-width="650" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxa4dhFYgpJMQ4QJIaxzPm3j19g_krCzWQZXX6a9_3opoaZvuzrkcaXNJiyCMJkhF4XQkPNn-nf67rh98sMMRqde_yUhY-_2v8_Kt-yOG1-CshjWJ2A_vqaOKghKp6gS3_CFgcMIP_X29AqsoZS8Fms0Hg50AJaK6j7NILATnodniRuxpkyQtDRgrOdg9/w400-h310/Golden-naped%20Tanager%20blog_8182.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Golden-naped Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Saffron-crowned Tanager</span></b> (<i>Tangara xanthocephala</i>) ia another beautiful multi-colored bird.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004045" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="650" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOZqyidRK7BNUgG2w2N4QFDj8ay98YLfswkhsMUYorWrcKP_Sv_ZrSThXHucZvsXIIftd6Kdz8yhzJfukj-UFdQVn9ajZpInWVBNixmz1rkecdalNccRn2KDZTih-t3jdB8Uwi3lJYKsrfmF_8AL7Q1nDUd8khcSwSYF854TXIF2NFQCUa32LNzu7gCzye/w400-h353/Saffron-crowned%20Tanager%20blog_7901.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Saffron-crowned Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tawny-crested Tanager</span></b> (<i>Tachyphonus delatrii</i>) is an all black bird with a tan crest.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004049" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="650" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXB2x5L-er-9wBsb9KsDm42re6U3OS_f9kIT6sF9Fz5oIu9zY9y2MHInCvUGuYLs18R8uFnZ6pmitukkQEluTN4bgzjytBWGB-p5poY3y3zZNS0l5Scrz2El2dWyWirN1j33-gMvWFsza2akyZ6h7j4TY7nkgdf7pTZdrsh6vgp_t7oI5AH2m0q34vHJXL/w400-h324/Tawny-crested%20Tanager%20-%20male%20blog_9471.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Tawny-crested Tanager </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The final tanager is the 5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rufous-throated Tanager</span></b> (<i>Ixothraupis rufigula</i>). This bird is an easy ID with his black head and back, spotted breast and orange throat.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004043" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="650" height="391" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgruf2lFm1DMVQm-NlBlzpZZzdyk933YaTGtNI3kS95EA_ay5xVrauch6rOsW7-nqpcV8bfCf1uPnOSqZ9kcfFOT2MxTyqxg2VaYBi6jtR6bEG5tEYrgK9Mvqqr4tMgVQGigvV34BrW1FTZyDYq-56yCjjhDFmf0s8bWFSmLHNKlkT3iVK0xOD-HlS8eIdL/w400-h391/Rufous-throated%20Tanager%20blog_8849.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> Rufous-throated Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 118 of the 386 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/tanagers">tanagers</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-5089174646440176422023-07-30T11:41:00.001-05:002024-02-27T05:25:23.624-06:00Bulletin 417 - Colombia 2022 #14 - Funarids Part 1<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">I was planning to go to Peru in 2022 but there were riots and road closures in the areas we were planning to go. So at the last minute I went back to Colombia and saw some other places. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, there was a lot of overlap, so I did not get a lot of new birds on the trip. However, many areas now have set up feeding stations and several were built for photography. I used the same guide Pablo Florez and I had my daughter with me on the trip this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">However on the bright side, the setups for photography and the number of places that had feeders allowed me to get many improved photos of birds I had mediocre photos previously.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The funarids (ovenbirds) are a huge New World family of mostly brown birds So although most are not 'pretty', many are difficult to see well and even harder to photograph. The spinetails and foliage-gleaners are particularly difficult for me to photograph.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The easy ones are the woodcreepers as they climb the tree trunks searching for insects.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 12" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Strong-billed Woodcreeper</span></b> (<i>Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus</i>) is a large woodcreeper with a thick bill.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000413" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="650" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUU00jYuztJiTgnp2jo85Dv-rHLbf_OUzpSS3b3C1MRa7qnplkUJDK4SBKwI-B2sjygew78r717BJxuIkMi2zVJPZcLmshmQ74717q_sss2O-MHG7A_-9Mo4M1BkyKfNRY17qvWcANMfss4ilGNII-OdvLk_OQWpkvKNAvpZvuuZl09NfHFHvaW6ULGinn/w400-h364/Strong-billed%20Woodcreeper%20blog_4384.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Strong-billed Woodcreeper</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 8" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Montane Woodcreeper</span></b> (<i>Lepidicolaptes lacrymiger</i>) is reddish-brown above and heavily streaked below. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000408" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="613" data-original-width="650" height="378" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT2fhepRiVShWrymGjp4G76fFmLnkxHbw3dipxEuKA8rFPChHe9Zf53xcHD7TXmwx-HWg-1MAD-ph72ZFq_9zEYuRPZapSeBlxyTEPsdqIcNj0tT2js4lJyXjm1YaxHa4Zkuk212VEV-z3bMgdpFtHN7PCmHAdTSslOE_WG4JC20ypNUTV64zJDMAmFCF3/w400-h378/Montane%20Woodcreeper%20blog_4225.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Montane Woodcreeper</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Cinclodes are another easy to see group as they live on the paramo, so are seen in the open on the ground or on fence posts. The 8" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Stout-billed Cinclodes</span></b> (<i>Cinclodes excelsior</i>) is an attractive brown bird with rusty wing patches and a striped face. He has a curved beak.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000412" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="650" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2X3SSZlEW40wSJ5NrCio8G0m0Z8sIIu0zDNikb4HBV4lHOH1lY9KAmM5ANZ0Qf6FwrIB2arWztpmAVpkLHAnhmmon1lUaCkxomEChb_jhWOma88B21DJY83p_tpRhMGVbtrHLRREAiuFFs1zZ0SqjH7RwWoVfKWLHNWxg2AE5t2VTuCGvAwt-MA1JbS_t/w400-h360/Stout-billed%20Cinclodes%20blog_0454.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Stout-billed Cinclodes</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The cute 4.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Plain Xenops</span></b> (<i>Xenops minutus</i>) is a common bird and seen on most of my trips. It has an upturned bill.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000409" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="650" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6td6sKxc8rAABwWgRVUaJCGTLqGhfSqkQFTicXXT64uAZ1RKkd8JIyjC2BSRZI0or_HU7A4AarkAcW8lm_Ut2B_HjWkvn33g4ge-p0c8TgBrVjJrQvaB9s9eEx1uLWxaDV31LB4JpwVfQzl1M6WupuJn4qt-MQ0sj90WFsEsPIlNBA6hHksLUTrBVefW2/w400-h371/Plain%20Xenops%20blog_1941.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Plain Xenops</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ash-browed Spinetail</span></b> (<i>Cranioleuca curtata</i>) has a light eye stripe. The book says that this bird usually works on the outer branches which makes it easier to see then most spinetails. I guess that is why I was able to get a photo.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000406" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="516" data-original-width="650" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl6i1PJkVMJxCXqzCBUFDmfzwg3zIXkJSsygEQDCVb0zTGMkHpAM_Jkg7DYrMB9xvPoXWVpRDaxFkBnmglXnfUhnjv8fSenFzwhH7PJ0t2t6E5ELjbG_Xc8ikgnlfqEA9D9ml3lI3DMQp_WKWhP2Vu3XqSEGiHgoFzOYvLO_7mGS4mPYe1Xn7r2zSiz95x/w400-h318/Ash-browed%20Spinetail%20blog_4624.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Ash-browed Spinetail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin the 5.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Red-faced Spinetail</span></b> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Cranioleuca erythrops</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) is distinctive with his reddish cheeks. This was my second time to photo this bird, but by far my best photo.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000410" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="650" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgE8LuWqeKUGUHXYOGn2zXABlOAoqzztut56f4Fb4CsB3MyaeguXLvQ3sjD2CcAqXmCxVlf_2sOAqjofleYagDOpkHDXJEXfvZKol6Xrh0NExyIoPWcxIuNfGK64YSPmPteQdApztWh80LivGyvMg59YtEVwNgtgJ1YhQwO33NmPqSdDpn1yhBXQ37aLqLn/w400-h369/Red-faced%20Spinetail%20blog_8663.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Red-faced Spinetail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Slaty Spinetail</span></b> (<i>Synallaxis brachyura</i>) is an exception to funarids as he is charcoal colored with just rusty wings and crown.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000411" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="650" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOYcEagU7wvxBIGKTL3sQhEu0L4q7JywWXejmdI3FBp4AecGoo3_aUWoi93IoAzTvKDNSoUmIZ-1dB1jV8cXSq5QCjpw0tZedWTEac-hbE6z4WOSpTZgcxZDzmQVh5w7-De0QgvIwqd8uCQvxVQou7oM_OLa82ixp-oNuxzmyK_oqD24tqMJi1Px04BNkX/w400-h394/Slaty%20Spinetail%20blog_4110.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Slaty Spinetail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The last one is the 7" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Western Woodhaunter </span></b>(<i>Hyloctistes virgatus</i>). The book describes this bird as uncommon and inconspicuous. I was very lucky as the bird appeared just as we were turning to go back to the lodge for dinner. It was at dusk and the light in the jungle was poor, but after several attempts to photo him, he popped into the open for a moment. This was a lifer for me.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000416" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="650" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_GIZ7qY1YkBzmAUV3oPvdk0U3GxYsDJgq4Xgz-dX3HelO9_QJX73GHSRiY_8XfIzwDvXfSu5pJQHO4VOnCdOqmIdSKwaGXbyfPjyHPjQhWY_Eym2iK9omhvWfcx2t07TnWADiPP-8PgCfuASf0fAWeUWQcmtdlaVMIReMaroNB4JyhAD8v-Nsf635MhGb/w400-h363/Western%20Woodhaunter%20blog_9404.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Western Woodhaunter</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 40 of the 315 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/funarids_all">ovenbirds</a>.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-65222046664892991522023-07-09T10:31:00.001-05:002023-07-09T10:31:29.585-05:00Bulletin 416 - Colombia 2022 #13 - Tanagers - Part 3<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">I was planning to go to Peru in 2022 but there were riots and road closures in the areas we were planning to go. So at the last minute I went back to Colombia and saw some other places. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, there was a lot of overlap, so I did not get a lot of new birds on the trip. However, many areas now have set up feeding stations and several were built for photography. I used the same guide Pablo Florez and I had my daughter with me on the trip this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">However on the bright side, the setups for photography and the number of places that had feeders allowed me to get many improved photos of birds I had mediocre photos previously.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The tanager family (thraupidae) is another huge New World family of birds with 386 species currently. The range from the plain seedeaters to the gaudy Tangara genus of beautiful birds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The juvenile male 7" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Flame-rumped Tanager</span></b> (<i>Ramphocelus flammigerus</i>) has a black head, back tails and winds. The underside is mostly yello. The rump is orange. The adult male would be all black except for the orange rump.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004020" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="525" data-original-width="650" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpD3he95AzXwCScHJctt_sPD_y069PbIYWfD1_BtHqmtyKiVGW-OGKJgr0eLWGHuiHi5xhbTYGY6k3A0k3AtQwuZw6nOEijX7P4xzxkCB4bUHlAQd1kSRPUXvjGi8GvR1KqKaNEFq6GIcn45wzhSwLAtVZL05d7wwJzJ_WYKBmwEDpcFH8oN63V3sCl4Sd/w400-h323/Flame-rumped%20Tanager%20-%20juvenile%20male%20blog_9083.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Flame-rumped Tanager - juvenile male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5" <span style="color: #2b00fe;">Glistening-green Tanager</span> (<i>Chlorochrysa phoenicotus</i>) has been a tough bird for me. This was only my second time to see it and still not a wonderful photo. It is an easy ID.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004023" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="331" data-original-width="650" height="204" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5xNWqNRCrGwFlsck3pKeLdnFLZSjJGT-ZBhgaNRkRqmdQ3Eg_mWS-d9kanxTmCjQ2WbFntq1HHeNzJicmtdOjoL8x8dXAQYy0DVd-PvDdm5ytCqjn-nx8WmVXFA5gGwmcKZQuneSBdiV7YF8S9HYZuL_yrVbXZzYomD_pHgxJQ2BFtXLXU_O2uHljULDW/w400-h204/Glistening-green%20Tanager%20blog_9154.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Glistening-green Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin is the endemic 5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Multicolored Tanager</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Chlorochrysa nitidissima</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). This beautiful bird was coming to feeders outside of Cali.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004037" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="650" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjurqg5r1VwV2jGTO98QyLft6t27NTcEFqtG6gVbxoLtvi0gAPqMpWecD-bbrL9ex8iqZv6XJ1PXyCmaHv-BPkhjtxxvxxcX06gD_1mVutGBKUvDBWkhV3QsDWZYIeonxf2-J5niEaT_c8aA7q_GGC8RZH6KHBFfImx7W1pN__gwGvssOWa8-BJXey2D34V/w400-h314/Multicolored%20Tanager%20blog_7935.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Multicolored Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The next bird is the very common male 5.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Green Honeycreeper</span></b> (<i>Chlorophanes spiza</i>). The female is plain dull green. This male is more blue than green whereas the birds in Costa Rica are definitely green.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004034" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="407" data-original-width="650" height="250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj559nddZlPRPgEmToxsL0PFQj1tfIDtnjjamH5VkIbYPM-qK8st1LPNWP_mM5bRZNoPQ8F8-YqQwMn477_J_p82PSvyevt3aOYedxs4-TvlpCkXDKj88mRWsV3x1JJCd1l9q3LApnol7VE-a-i6fJqLbF-r0Y2AWcbRLi-_RkrUJvMRXvaotix9GlwcSAZ/w400-h250/Green%20Honeycreeper%20-%20male%20blog_8730.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Green Honeycreeper</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Superciliated Hemispingus</span></b> (<i>Hemispingus superciliaris</i>) is an olive backed bird, with yellow underneath and a white eyebrow.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004047" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="650" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHyZFVKRg4yxiHad-319bD0DB_dAusGUlFltgddtHlJJCHseawRurDQE6qK9IPNyT8WbzxPPhZhJsESdodHmg6UJ8TT5WUfa8e_X2-KkM7SPdzc54k2ytccxQmAZvy0SwG3tWN4sxA4KMMiYXS53FT1ZDPlllXj76Ni-IXbrfMVbEGjjQVAikZQcwRIiKC/w400-h274/Superciliated%20Hemispingus%20blog_1109.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Superciliated Hemispingus</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 7" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">White-lined Tanager</span></b> (Tachyphonus rufus) is all black but for a white line on his shoulder.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004052" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="447" data-original-width="650" height="275" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6n5GSZnyjK-Qervw9qREPLztS2TuNCduYK-8HidGr0tpA8QTEtTIeJ_xRN1vHzRV-LU_E4XQecGbdj24Eu3a0BWIFwQxVKdHhf0llwrUUNVwZehzOdKyau7zUuEHJw3wIPbVviEywkLaj4YilGabQMQJS52DtVHnvEP4WfrIv8o4EShZ_XIh7FstMvBvg/w400-h275/White-lined%20Tanager%20-%20male%20blog_9364.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">White-lined Tanager - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The female is rufus coloured - hence the Latin species name.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004051" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="573" data-original-width="650" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFhr3kr_ziCfLtN6FXAr660GO4-TFZahS2FCqF-SDOAovU1gdAbAI3xpPVB4-XgzmSn6iSmxeMblbSZXoIa0wdglG96VWz6BNEnsz_JCRhSLAvR89XO1xNzJ28VSjnwVUr_2bnr-X7aw0O1pYat-ee_eEs1SipiowgPJ7UMY9Ob4mCb7K1cxRh9y1oxXi5/w400-h353/White-lined%20Tanager%20-%20female%20blog_8827.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">White-lined Tanager - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Like many birds, the juvenile males appear the same as the females and when they are molting into their adult plumage, they are some of each color. Strange looking.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004053" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="650" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Mfa0mOOHd3DE320sWqxd8x_lXO-Ulvwykov_pN6oGFwEspZgtoWR37lKgixnubchPz_QdNbSeDuJEsAi7iWIQIIp5BhZ_Cv2I5pvvkbv7wBs8ePdFiKcsiaTQWtC4rzh4X5bxr2QvfeUKnJYfMqtFvY-6DWTbmHR3Xd0FD1Bv865lm9OAVCxMksjSZKw/w400-h335/White-lined%20Tanager%20-juvenile%20male%20molting%20blog_8894.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">White-lined Tanager - juvenile male molting</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 118 of the 386 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/tanagers">tanagers</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></span>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-6902763085366921972023-06-18T19:53:00.002-05:002023-07-09T10:41:07.573-05:00Bulletin 415 - Colombia 2022 #12 - Tanagers - Part 2<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I was planning to go to Peru in 2022 but there were riots and road closures in the areas we were planning to go. So at the last minute I went back to Colombia and saw some other places. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, there was a lot of overlap, so I did not get a lot of new birds on the trip. However, many areas now have set up feeding stations and several were built for photography. I used the same guide Pablo Florez and I had my daughter with me on the trip this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">However on the bright side, the setups for photography and the number of places that had feeders allowed me to get many improved photos of birds I had mediocre photos previously.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The tanager family (thraupidae) is another huge New World family of birds with 386 species currently. The range from the plain seedeaters to the gaudy Tangara genus of beautiful birds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue-grey Tanager</span></b> (<i>Thraupis episcopus</i>) is probably the most common tanager I have seen as I think I have seen it every trip. The range is from southern Mexico to Bolivia and Amazonia. It is also listed in Miami as an escaped cage bird. It is a beautiful bird and easily recognized. There is another variant with a white wing bar in the eastern part of the range. Maybe a split???</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004014" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="496" data-original-width="650" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi49ZojEbXfy5UHdzRhzhdUkKKU_CmeZlHwBFqZv7OVNiufV6gc7Fye5SSQVINhFZpJaRiEH6XEhP671bdxHbS6NP0W-bNr646mgzBgtZAqI1i-RGlevpp5RyX_RNvPBZWG75LgedzvR0xEky620K_ZlRbu1OcTKvYkT90zKTLs_BRDKo1ilCxnQ-sxpw/w400-h305/Blue-grey%20Tanager%20blog_2024.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Blue-grey Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-backed Bush-Tanager</span></b> (<i>Urothraupis stolzmanni</i>) is listed as 'local and usually uncommon'. This was my second time to see it. We were on the same mountains Los Nevados.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004009" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="650" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf5N4OmBq9T0C7yizcOoir-iitQxEIbNFKIGMv3NjInHdWnemYqY3KUdjHKGgSsvY_oc1T3XINJy6joXP7eec0lvCL4qixNzm8Efj2xUNf-XswEg3EO9l6UiwQUfS9v27jc0n6xMSXvZHo9nPXt7a0zYR3zhhGhw2XReWoTVclQxbdy749anQ90bpgtA/w400-h321/Black-backed%20Bush%20Tanager%20blog_0614.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Black-backed Bush-Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 4.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Dull-colored Grassquit</span></b> (<i>Asemospiza obscura</i>) is a plain grayish brown bird. The guide book says it has a pale lower mandible. So I looked online and I see some photos are like mine with an all black bill. It was IDed by my guide. It was a lifer.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004017" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="527" data-original-width="650" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9z6CC0Tw-dbXuXumJkY9njJbmv2kwmcBw_u679UcOSMCYFPZ_x8wJRmE9AzAGsfx-RQrbrIA1PV6t1rLDCz1jwU_HTGOx2VC_Au1cIxpH39q8oLmvUnZ_ZigcAzeOew4NZfR2jFfDp-puBaziex1fJhs4-OU2x1izu7ls3HxtxcQoYgoBvKzO7x3WJQ/w400-h324/Dull-colored%20Grassquit%20blog_3846.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dull-colored Grassquit</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Conebills are another group of tanagers. The 5.3" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Capped Conebil</span></b>l (<i>Conirostrum albifrons</i>) is a black bird with blue on the wings and a white cap.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004763" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="418" data-original-width="650" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJuIxJyHWkNZQMVH1yIncsoMZsZLmVRu4U9ODLa-ZfK1XkClUwhNbOFzm25Nl9oUil7c3Vp16cK1Y2wk0fGfolHDA4za-nP-7HYAoXtF9ghCty53PF6zS3nPlxzTmOVUmJD6c5RcggMoEla2j3FtDLGL_PxerpqnbMub3s_ikiklRYPjuEyaxdcg0aQ/w400-h258/Capped%20Conebill%20blog_1093.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Capped Conebill - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6.8" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Crimson-backed Tanager</span></b> (<i>Ramphocelus dimidiatus</i>) is a mostly red bird with a dark head and wings and a white lower mandible. This genus of tanagers is one of my favorites, as black and red colorations.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004016" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="650" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigD4zXacHuX06re6GJvzgWl24uvoRgr2wt6mJZwD1yWEUB5_o7YuKjSGJWecolYcOjkd1fOsqEsOpYMq3YftOVZ_S_JDrXPD99SCoUqFsh9VawMT58d1MqYsYpbY1IQ83Jmkf068wqS6nW_9Lcuq-vP3an3yiWB85mc9bHdDvAyq2btYHtM31NOL7xyQ/w400-h369/Crimson-backed%20Tanager%20-%20male%20blog_2083.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Crimson-backed Tanager - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-capped Tanager</span></b> (<i>Stilpnia heinei</i>) is a beautiful blue and black bird that was formerly in the tangara genus. There were several 'tangara genus' tanagers moved to a different genus based on DNA studies.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004012" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="650" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHRaRT5p80T8N8q0fmSyrl_mhaiZbRvbZdxAcBHY-IaAEG2CIq_WeYsk5EzlNGI1tOzukZpmC2hy5v9gHNBnTQOxu8JinGpSIpeEL4nMa3w9JnWeukGK23ZP6Chm_hzIVs-AcjBBTFAVsEERqISc6Az2e49BV415qtijp_bIloSr6YcIspUf_b8PgW2g/w400-h326/Black-capped%20Tanager%20-%20male%20blog_7970.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Black-capped Tanager - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The female is green with a speckled black cap.</span><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004011" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="650" height="381" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcWgTukbSzztVhQXP_uQWtAxzxuYTS0wKjg7pTwK9g5tMxMfjJ545dRKEUvzP-BENIsMgKT3AjhxfiUdW8GEKT3cVtwJA5ZXZ7FFhqi7f1Ojxy_Iu0Bdr74e_d_9EUav2me4ujzWWSn7KXrclFDviwAuTGa2XSYuKwcg2jBNGBNrFBMweGqXe2vyPFAg/w400-h381/Black-capped%20Tanager%20-%20female%20blog_8724.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Black-capped Tanager - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Lastly is the beautiful 5.3" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Silver-throated Tanager</span></b> (<i>Tangara icterocephala</i>). This is another bird I remember from my first trip to Costa Rica in 1994. it is confined to the western slope of the Andes. However on an Ecuador trip, on the Amazonian slope we saw one and I photographed it. It was only the second record I could find for the Amazonian slope. It was a first at that lodge and the owner did not know what it was..hahahah</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004046" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="650" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioPrWe60jBXHaMnLK_6L1ID60Rg_N4QLm3QH9e1APrhnB9MBm9ah7vA-UNAOA_X3pE6gW329-rrYI2F-SJ3sybb5gOrQaMVOBIkAbGLJYc5BZgT_PyPWmJ5eBALJi_rtndUZoANF8QQtsfZH-D8yMCfh8D844lTHVnr25W04UoTNrrsgjgI7ZS_Coxrw/w400-h346/Silver-throated%20Tanager%20blog_8927.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Silver-throated Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 118 of the 386 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/tanagers">tanagers</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></span>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-51175204335466699972023-06-04T15:26:00.001-05:002023-06-04T15:26:18.255-05:00Bulletin 414 - Colombia 2022 #11 - Parrots, Owls, Doves, Porcupine<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">I was planning to go to Peru in 2022 but there were riots and road closures in the areas we were planning to go. So at the last minute I went back to Colombia and saw some other places. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, there was a lot of overlap, so I did not get a lot of new birds on the trip. However, many areas now have set up feeding stations and several were built for photography. I used the same guide Pablo Florez and I had my daughter with me on the trip this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">However on the bright side, the setups for photography and the number of places that had feeders allowed me to get many improved photos of birds I had mediocre photos previously.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We had 3 parrots on the trip and 2 were lifers for me.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"> The cute 5" <span style="color: #2b00fe;"><b>Spectacled Parrotlet</b> </span>(<i>Forpus conspicillatus</i>) is green with blue around the eyes. I had seen this bird on a previous trip, but still a cute bird to see.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/image/172989872" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="650" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPmJJvdPevrLNFWcDj5N3qgMwDDIAXGCRkwBNRetK3I8bjWVOKtyi7iI7hut5mV5ktDBDdj6C5XCEGPtpqH60n7v5Ssao-57poqT6l8eGWfAlTg25y2a2dKSwhx6MoAiKCBeOnvb8Z-_I5muU_iGc0zDUzA9TDY-7EdvdSG784Hz_2Df5inr8BhLPBg/w400-h368/Spectacled%20Parrotlet%20blog_3142.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Spectacled Parrotlet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 9" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Saffron-headed Parrot</span></b> (<i>Pyrilia pyrilia</i>) is an easy ID as the whole yellow head in unique.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/image/172989873" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="602" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbimiMpsGC1mILg283n9MW9dEiAh2mlAVXRk6YvYmQBA7uS9M9RC2ggiSwLkXOdOg9932mUYALlliFP6dGo_VxgexlfIYhLP9FCHOWsqbpWrbg-LTAH72nXmkTy-yulXRNa1fH7vKhYBMJQU35u77dhoKcNaFlaioxFiZ9gZayyqK-dtsV4KAEnaK1uw/w370-h400/Saffron-headed%20Parrot%20blog_9030.jpg" width="370" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Saffron-headed Parrot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The last one was another 'amazing luck' bird for me. It is the 8" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rufous-fronted Parakeet</span></b> (<i>Bolborhynchus ferrugineifrons</i>). It is listed as endemic and vulnerable. The only place to have a chance to see it is at the tree-line in one of the National Parks. Pablo said that he had not seen the bird in 5 years and not been able to photo it in 7 years. As we were walking along a road - a pair of them flew past in front of us and disappeared behind a hill. We could not see if they had landed or continued flying away. I asked the guide to play the tape just in case. Sure enough, the pair flew back and landed right beside us 20' away. WOW </span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/image/172989874" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="650" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLshvm512Nn6_yjpsnnQoEnCx11p_pBfOCLaoeEahX_tcZl4X7yAFVP3dJ0B5kWySa-wTMVO8lnvZVOtlpR8q6GuFh3LT3ws5tl3aR-43VBxlx9qiHJO4l_pkhCBhHUl5USp8t303V5Lm3eqc9NKQeo19yHj5p2oaMZYXMc_p8n2x2ZRtbQ3wyxh2Yjw/w400-h369/Rufous-fronted%20Parakeet%20blog_0431.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Rufous-fronted Parakeet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">I photographed 2 owls for the trip. The 6" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Andean Pygmy Owl</span></b> (<i>Glaucidium jardinii</i>) is diurnal so much easier to find then most owls. I has seen this bird before, but this was my first photo.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/image/172985729" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="650" height="363" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXJysdLgC-_3-8e18Go5_Id9p2RyB63jQsSqtlLkrR7L4KiX9HyJkWbdUH3DKgVKYpiXUfz4Ee1sFWHo5EBJnKS4-5DS56aR9LrsxiOpGCJM1SX1-RH8zlTA1VSXoGZrParWZQlLPjgKGmKSPcJmrvLhXXd-7IiGsWFyqWpWevNeBqcvcpPXOJSUZe3A/w400-h363/Andean%20Pygmy-Owl%20blog_1219.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Andean Pygmy Owl</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 8" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Choco Screech Owl</span></b> (<i>Megascops centralis</i>) is part of a 5 way split of Middle American Screech Owl. Although there is still some discussion among ornithologists about all these being separate species. Its range is the western slope of the Andes in Colombia and northern Ecuador.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/image/172985728" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="650" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRLynSmaz5s6bTfDDCwMcJs3YJ0KqJ7rV6_C0-4x_N7UkHh7rZ_cchauTAAG3EL8lwdrzOXGTkwv-TGOLZNCf_6aH0iQeLQFGEF2FZXq7rMWb8rLuja9ItZiIkh3IfHAYOgce1L2Dr7TLcNcb7TajZtHkMtvM--oKMZdzrJ0L-7q39FIz-VHLBJNG0GA/w400-h364/Choco%20Screech%20Owl%20blog_9193.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Choco Screech Owl</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">There were 2 interesting doves on the trip. Quail-doves are forest doves that usually are secretive. The 12" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">White-throated Quail-Dove</span></b> (<i>Geotrygon frenata</i>) is a brown dove with a gray crown and the characteristic white cheek seen in most quail-doves.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/image/172987864" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="476" data-original-width="650" height="293" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6GZtorDGiPc2CzvEgw_B_4EI5jQlEWVtNn5eeGFyu1ZVzQD_tI_KrSrveJuYZtp1ZoCcUysOTmcXVOVCBcgGJUJA69PivtuNOZVm-tgZhwlSsxSda9u8m8quPHiNMP191f-ywpdDFpwFRNv5JRAY9TNIIoMsZdZ32SNKjinK9oxVTVuG36hM_7fIZGg/w400-h293/White-throated%20Quail-Dove%20blog_1295.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">White-throated Quail-Dove</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The endemic and endangered 10" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tolima Dove</span></b> (<i>Leptotila conoveri</i>) occurs in the Andes in southern Colombia. The only sure place to see it was at the lodge we stayed where they feed them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/image/172987865" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEFoe4KlpfpyfSfUmAD8gAu10RFlYtKOaaq_RZIp7M320ifuaHNSh0DOl0ekmyd9VV92VgqnJLOTLdFQ1SC-_1ewvkjergWzcGK39t1rSoHGL3W5554lOM9VYBYCZAhVqIZbmofrDBX9BsFor2n5JEH8t76gQ14b2GZQ_-oJoMhfe3LmEr59h-dnbn9g/w400-h320/Tolima%20Dove%20blog_1509.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Tolima Dove</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The most unusual sighting on the trip was the <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bicolor-spined Porcupine</span></b> (<i>Coendou bicolor</i>).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This smallish porcupine weighs up to 20 pounds and has a prehensile tail. Pablo, the guide, said this was only the second time he has ever seen it. He was the only new mammal for the trip but what a rare prize!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/image/173428592" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="650" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiktfYf9lKoudf1jqU7sTtlWZ9m9R6FZQUXZM_zQkiXoc6UviHGA5HPtnCnsLmOv_bcaMOD4fPtDKZrRlnA3aIgOpqO5_4-g4eZ0Q8zu_rQ-hN8ytz2Zywl669L2Sq11RzyA0AbqAdwgDQVF8y3mHd4LG7kOBz_fyOD0KQj9R0gTxIUBSfSoHUqR1TUIg/w400-h266/Bicolor-spined%20Porcupine%20blog_0188.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Bicolor-spined Porcupine</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 46</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 177 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/parrots">New World parrots</a>.</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 38</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 226 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/owls">typical owls</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 43</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 332 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/doves_all">pigeons and doves</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 2</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 16 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/porcupinesnewwrld">New World porcupines.</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><p></p>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-22849303203140581302023-05-14T12:38:00.001-05:002023-05-14T12:38:06.530-05:00Bulletin 413 - Colombia 2022 #10 - Tanagers - Part 1<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I was planning to go to Peru in 2022 but there were riots and road closures in the areas we were planning to go. So at the last minute I went back to Colombia and saw some other places. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, there was a lot of overlap, so I did not get a lot of new birds on the trip. However, many areas now have set up feeding stations and several were built for photography. I used the same guide Pablo Florez and I had my daughter with me on the trip this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">However on the bright side, the setups for photography and the number of places that had feeders allowed me to get many improved photos of birds I had mediocre photos previously.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The tanager family (thraupidae) is another huge New World family of birds with 386 species currently. The range from the plain seedeaters to the gaudy Tangara genus of beautiful birds.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Bay-headed Tanager</span></b> (<i>Tangara gyrola</i>) is a favorite of mine. On my first trip to the tropics in 1994 on a VENT tour to Costa Rica, it was the first bird I saw when we stopped the first morning. As it is on the cover of the guide book to Costa Rica I had been studying before the trip, I knew what it was. I have seen it many times since, but these are the best photos.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004007" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="650" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNMSxFJkEH8xM5iR_iQqVL6ALcK6aWQDu3o6Qpj9XpsYgKluoma9PnDy98V8ho0diWH34WLHBGb8hCKO9TjDpM38OxyzempFN-wQWn6KgmdKCS10hEpDKaKSee-PMS5pfwzhmJwZwpXh4ENCbHe0fBGcE8z0PxRSeUYew6eKzieAABTJc-ys98kAYJCQ/w400-h309/Bay-headed%20Tanager%20-%20male%20blog_2307.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Bay-headed Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004006" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="650" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX7uoXr3IrdEuXeUY82sOxves7wGxFEZPReRPUtD-CgIFuni9Ayhg5i36OevbDQRAKzd1M7lDkm9Vq4mzTA4pECYNWSYjSVjopYy9FLSrrKEIOOWypVvZn7XzXaCXnMsas_VmoCRUubX93AYoRZKiPbowrMd_yUgsjRnHXX1h-cKiM_sehsFS0UmQAew/w400-h269/Bay-headed%20Tanager%20-%20male%20blog_2142.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Bay-headed Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin is the 5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Beryl-spangled Tanager</span></b> (<i>Tangara nigroviridis</i>). No ID description is needed.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004008" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="650" height="388" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMS-iSX-heWO7jtAb9HKgtdoJADSt9AFcJmSqbGCIJ5C40TQpe0nbDf7FK_86I62LfEnVMfGLlEqDXnKXUwppLKt1oV9lJgOMi13dqMFz9q8wgop5aczGBEpawGHvYtRYmQYP0uhxUdUCcGjC53y6i5OG09noE9FmaFejQk7v8hM9-FfUNfmhPvZSyOw/w400-h388/Beryl-spamgled%20Tanager%20blog_1067.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Beryl-spangled Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5.3" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Paramo Seedeater</span></b> (<i>Catamenia homochroa</i>) is a small dark gray bird with a rufous undertail and a light bill.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004040" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="567" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-iVhO49IbTYVxSjplIpLNDYxqOa4GmT7PHgnNmV5XgXsXzKPrGrJxt0CQ0OwEnMr_b141n5UxUCmCa6uKlglLdk_Aev6CYYdIl2IojZaY4zbjC6Cbsn3f0boPo-cll9akw6ngUWVoUevLMg9GLEeU5YIa9XmAuVca3XwkppNP5-DRKKiJmEwLit8N1A/w349-h400/Paramo%20Seedeater%20-%20male%20blog_0370.jpg" width="349" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Paramo Seedeater - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin is the 5.3" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Plain-colored Seedeater</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Catamenia inornata</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). It is a much lighter gray color. The females of both these species are brown.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004042" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="529" data-original-width="650" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWspqGO2-uX6rN0MXMxQFMrY2RPrMIRSovyyFADim31-dAzrP7mCtTSTAMzT0_n4eFMcxSH52niiHzhW8AtqNGuQuQUbo700yUVegIAYygu4ieoRQYxeh6GfoQbGuIwMTqBE-IEdGxJYpCVaKE4izlgIB144xh5GgcY_QR13BSx5kGVrDOtH_Iac4g3g/w400-h325/Plain-colored%20Seedeater%20male%20blog_0501.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Plain-colored Seedeater - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The mountain tanagers are larger than the tangara tanagers and of course are restricted to the higher elevations. We saw 3 on the trip.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 7" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lachrymose Mountain Tanager</span></b> (<i>Anisognathus lacrymosus</i>) is blue on the black, yellow on the underside with a black face and a tiny yellow tear under his eye.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004035" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="650" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy6iZNhy0Vxdl__plCLd3IuzgG035A0pOqGtM-j473L0vsPrUrEK2cgRVMNkxsMFFrUNz7lpfoi-TZTJmSzG8zWuK1w54hZHIDXHTF-NdTMny3lsBWId3nUfx6hlFcCE_XNFiehN1s7V0VQxPk7zn1gZ-wqA9hnGAdF_LJOVCY0oyluS9Q1jvDfTE_Mg/w400-h318/Lachrimose%20Mountain-Tanager%20blog_0702.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Lachrymose Mountain Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin is the 7" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Blue-winged Mountain Tanager</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Anisognathus somptuosus</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). He has a black face and back, mostly blue wings and tail and yellow below and a yellow nape.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004015" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="521" data-original-width="650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwbEGxj62loVRinQ7swOGzTDwDMw8GpljbzjZwMZJ1Siz7M9W_ipxeTMdhYUpXHDEJ6LDhbTYsrbGIGdBM02WeECAqyIeJFZ1fdKYl_hUd0BUuM2dj4Fszg-DgqEqw8itatHDa839k96zFJ0y3fLL6haKPYKgW_OcCVOdfP2FCIof1uX-jgOgV-EL-5g/w400-h320/Blue-winged%20Mountain-Tanager%20blog_7894.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Blue-winged Mountain Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And the last one is the 7" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-chinned Mountain Tanager</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Anisognathus notabilis</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). He is similar to the one above, but his back is green and his underside is orange.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173004013" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="546" data-original-width="650" height="336" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvbbyix6nikybLiN9Ean8y53KbZlvod5Cc9T3LbyE7eO2pCOeJnFQ4ucUrJvnFcrYeXkzKzVaE-rRhgtlw1nw_1lDSVw7efn98IkU5fI9HP-_nYCK9ANC2jpEW7zlvk2hExEtUy1tB_Rk9d1IUramltNFY6uM0rodL-6_IMcHdQwhhqp_cEruJVbZ_pA/w400-h336/Black-chinned%20Mountain-Tanager%20blog.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Black-chinned Mountain Tanager</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 118 of the 386 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/tanagers">tanagers</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></span></span></div>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-10662017915735950772023-04-23T18:12:00.001-05:002023-04-23T21:47:02.616-05:00Bulletin 412 - Colombia 2022 #9 - Guans and other non-passerines<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">I was planning to go to Peru in 2022 but there were riots and road closures in the areas we were planning to go. So at the last minute I went back to Colombia and saw some other places. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, there was a lot of overlap, so I did not get a lot of new birds on the trip. However, many areas now have set up feeding stations and several were built for photography. I used the same guide Pablo Florez and I had my daughter with me on the trip this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">However on the bright side, the setups for photography and the number of places that had feeders allowed me to get many improved photos of birds I had not so good photos before.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The cracidae family consists of about equal numbers of chachalacas, guans and curassows. The former are usually easy to see and come to feeders, but the curassows are some of the most difficult birds to find. All are spectacular due to their size.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 20" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Colombian Chachalaca</span></b> (<i>Ortalis columbiana</i>) is an endemic. It is the only chachalaca in its range in the central and western Andes. The white tips of the breast feathers gives a scalloped look.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172986924" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="520" data-original-width="650" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieIW3vnekEhuc_hFI-_Xndn1il4g-h1o3mSC00k8ovTurjkzIYMUUOiKm0B49DzFut5GRvFfHIu3EVwF1x-iYrKApA58N7kHQNoTLNGRTwGveB-ZSo9zIuHRFxguWKHYTAIHUpiskloynujaaIVxD3_iN3kRtVH3mFtorcrq5Be0sLEY94TEEozVw_2Q/w400-h320/Columbian%20Chachalaca%20blog_2292.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Columbian Chachalaca</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Guans are similar but even larger. The 23" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Andean Guan</span></b> (<i>Penelope montagnii</i>) is much darker than the previous bird and the breast appears streaked rather than scalloped. I just love the genus name penelope - an old fashioned girls name.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172986923" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="461" data-original-width="650" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPvZftvzgC6kdy06uIl4sbdpQk6gqCgyrXpfbyj6E0Us8t55nQSKIeiRH9hx3YwXcQ4w_9hGTRYcr3KUfau-82GXQ_7s-pBdzsNWW7lPpR-MjNjhnmj83wYk9_aw6j38aHbiadVVQyDPHH8StUHaF2wYMMHc-Z2-J2aoW5-OaA4qp4a6nuGnNVuWUGvA/w400-h284/Andean%20Guan%20blog_0030.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Andean Guan</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The last is the 25" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sickle-winged Guan</span></b> (<i>Chamaepetes goudotii</i>). It is plain brown with a rufous belly.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172986925" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="484" data-original-width="650" height="297" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0iZYjF9vITZVxYBpm9bDXmwq7vFZRkVk4D1D35jw4YomU2pefHDd4DDvJotOtOeOiRDMjA-gadn3-PyA9j98JGeq58hMyx3WLpL87u0cmoNB5IXHG_R0ptI3Er9D4LMpitY3ePhDvdEDdD3UlcN68U5YiGSKSDkEVjDBy3o1ux8er9mjtryHnkMt63Q/w400-h297/Sickle-winged%20Guan%20blog_9628.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Sickle-winged Guan</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The next are single birds in each family that I photographed on the trip.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 10" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Chestnut Wood-Quail</span></b> (<i>Odontophorus hyperythrus</i>) was part of a covey of about 10 birds coming to a feeding station. These normally difficult to see birds are enchanting to see in the open and up close.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172986699" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="515" data-original-width="650" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNgGgA1EU4eAkgSktu49DiYzIVQu7gEzLEdbzzqf_YfOxKbJyQbLe5ktee7LUYBRr-vk-etu_LjZx4ciqpPHoY8o5DT9s8MnWz75ZEhb0a3TFBFCEBPoYH-NEilpUNXrFwlMiGaXYsKTLbhIc_JhCa3jf5Jtla3bUI8I4tDc0ulpABLhyVBQKkFCa37A/w400-h318/Chestnut%20Wood%20Quail%20blog_0317.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Chestnut Wood-Quail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Next is the 19" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Andean Motmot</span></b> (<i>Momotus aequatoralis</i>). As you know motmots have racquet tails - with a bare shaft on the 2 long tail feathers before the racquet at the end of the tail. This is one of the 5 species that were split in the Blue-crowned Motmot complex. Here is the adult with the racquet tail. Another interesting habit is they swing their tails from side to side and not up and down like many birds.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000088" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="661" data-original-width="650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4bgHRoj9WjdfC7xHWK7VWWo3bM3zo9JTW8tfVW4HqcRLWsAILeJN26mI2EXE4KdAPl7dZUTg8VImJGYWhTcK7eftNA0tmdAEhS0WbNyl8ukhf4vZNutc31TSQVGh19hi3x8KuExy6pYze5gJOtnMGiij8ZqYVAuGfLlj7jrvvoDKgnNLoZ-cu3zXILQ/w394-h400/Andean%20Motmot%20blog_8316.jpg" width="394" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Andean Motmot</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">So are they born with the racquet tail? No, here is a juvenile and his tail is normal. The adults strip the bare area themselves when preening. This is another wonder of nature!</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000089" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="433" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYSpNVZJ-FubQNleR5SQ8zd9gn7h3bBOLhNp1yWLmH86Sb-g4KyeXaOW15xgjSqbnTESIqGcv6oxY5-LCB06iuCgsvwTlI4n_VRoWJMrRv_a1VZDu4ro45i1tVT-PG89m2MSQtG6VegV5eDOk_lIdYkCv5VxH1AVzhJHFexUWMFkRBX3Qk_nPtcqHJBw/w266-h400/Andean%20Motmot%20-%20juvenile%20blog_8701.jpg" width="266" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Andean Motmot - juvenile</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The only member of the trogon family for the trip was a 14" female <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Golden-headed Quetzal</span></b> (<i>Pharomachrus auriceps</i>). She is the only quetzal in the Andes with a gray head and black undertail.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000090" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="650" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmG8vapZypm05KjXToNnGFebZQWgkFLA3VEPeTroFDyRg_GLM60v6Iy05wr2ktYd7tX1xPD-900aNzJTQAD-no4pDyrin0WM92P6iFZptckH0RUT8UX_Q4DsscXw3rrjH2-HPt_TaeCjcT3QwayhuxUGm8E226oRpLHVCWEI5fWDmD0uLvhzTdgM3Rvw/w375-h400/Golden-headed%20Quetzal%20-%20female%20blog_3416.jpg" width="375" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Golden-headed Quetzal - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The last 2 birds were both lifers and surprising to find. I had never even heard of the 11" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Spot-flanked Gallinule</span></b> (<i>Porphyriops</i></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><i> melanops</i>). It is mostly confined to Peru to Argentina but there is a small population in the mountains east of Bogota. It was in a pond in the middle of a cattle pasture - so I walked out to get the photo. It looks like our Common Gallinule but it has a greenish bill and shield and of course the white spots on the flank.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172985666" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="524" data-original-width="650" height="323" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdJi3rOacxd6BCEl8muyH_wE7gTuz_f7kFItAtE5KCSvNUWebMumcGQ6CdZF1pvP7EipCgj5eMvMupkDvzOLOHtudeReF7U8rxfquvykPa23t41AO6WW76OqBff6TZMVoPlp6q9-XqdYwirAJ5slSCiGBdhxdBneOFXxLIPNb38TmWmaTnl0djh32HWw/w400-h323/Spot-flamked%20Gallinule%20blog_4512.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Spot-flanked Gallinule</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 13" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Noble Snipe</span></b> (<i>Gallinago nobilis</i>) was a special treat to see. It was in a boggy pasture and the farmer allowed us to go out to take the photos. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The black line under the eye is diagnostic.</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Anytime I can find a snipe is always exciting. This is the usual way that you see them - hunkered down in the grass. There are 7 snipes in South America and this was my second one to photograph.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172985698" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="650" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfxgnMmQqcnPkUWqtM-Mcxjwuj1LK-b-tZax0Nr1dz-jDVef9cU_s_tn3oztV4LZJjR0PJ0F2w7OvEoVrvH3G7mMs90COIRVsPSRDsgMq-gpXZBGhQZKwa-9SgaAFVnIl6LWnCkiulnT4Y_pXegJ_Xt9tIqh53V_gID76gGy9Sh__AbJGGFStq3w5hg/w400-h358/Noble%20Snipe%20blog_0677.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Noble Snipe</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">But this one was wide open. The buffy spots on the tail are diagnostic for this species in the mountains.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172985696" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="482" data-original-width="650" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhThFMJRPyyKzDmVtHw1bDS44ijJGjpEjgyjFnYAn0q5tiLMtBw5KaWNgAisFGgDkR8RXCZCcvuuFoXZicK8RpGq0y5VvRFL6egow-_SP3NWZkAfE9mfPNjVwbQuVl4dhcZ2Kg7rkDT6NN0fXVbPuJJNID30Jwv9W-LVGcP49qaNpvON6vSsRWSrsEbFg/w400-h296/Noble%20Snipe%20blog_0691.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Noble Snipe</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 18</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 55 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/cracids&page=all">Chacalacas, Guans & Curassows</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 10</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 34 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/quails_new_world">New World Quail</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 10</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 14 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/motmots">Motmots</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 20</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 138 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/rails_coots_all">Rails and Gallinules</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="color: #222222;">I have photos of 51</span></span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 93 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/sandpipers_all">Sandpipers</a></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></span>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-14144909953965814672023-04-02T19:01:00.000-05:002023-04-02T19:01:21.375-05:00Bulletin 411 - Colombia 2022 #8 - Flycatchers<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I was planning to go to Peru in 2022 but there were riots and road closures in the areas we were planning to go. So at the last minute I went back to Colombia and saw some other places. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, there was a lot of overlap, so I did not get a lot of new birds on the trip. However, many areas now have set up feeding stations and several were built for photography. I used the same guide Pablo Florez and I had my daughter with me on the trip this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">However on the bright side, the setups for photography and the number of places that had feeders allowed me to get many improved photos of birds I had not so good photos before.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The New World flycatchers (tyrannidae) are the largest family of birds with 448 species currently. With the numbers of splits occurring, I would not be surprised if there will be 475 or even 500 species in the years ahead.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">It is hard for me to remember which flycatchers I had photographed before. But I definitely know that this endemic to southwest Colombia was a lifer. The 7.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Apical Flycatcher</span></b> (<i>Myiarchus apicalis</i>) is a typical looking bird for that genus. It is probably the only genus I can recognize on sight. OK except for the Vermilion Flycatcher hahahaha. There are 3 of this genus in USA and 22 in total.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000468" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="650" height="375" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw2uT8Wf6zHLXcJdTdwSM58iG0NunsJ10IGh4ZkTopj42PPekgZO--Ia6N0esUpR7fqMKvFZ0t-VkRvav49HNy9DxPPm7WuqY9Q348Uimh6fOnsPEp4uoL8gfrfeGMiGsbahS7MXe6junk-pp0ZxTU8PfX2W8tEdomyyzE-6rgU45AXYljyc7ag0EvjA/w400-h375/Apical%20Flycatcher%20blog_2376.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Apical Flycatcher</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Mountain Elaenia</span></b> (<i>Elaenia frantzii</i>) is a typical drab flycatcher and best IDed by voice. That is why I always have a guide!</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000473" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="650" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6zgQ3kePXZs8IRAig6MfsyubPuBmZEGHurnD-StjYt0S3x8gxODPbBl6JtRAFaXX0m4exkaz6iH6xLezueg4q-ycY7QJQ-FuA_uzyS-8YqVHAE-FCCyKwbzbGHojq9ktq6afbMJlUwcL0Fc9odTiYZ99oNNHflJ_pPsANnviPC5GfJhz5WxleagZT5g/w400-h309/Mountain%20Eleania%20blog_1169.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Mountain Elaenia</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 3.8" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Common Tody-Flycatcher</span></b> (<i>Todirostrum cinereum</i>) is a widespread bird I have seen many times and I can recognize - the black cap, bright yellow breast and white eye.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000471" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="587" data-original-width="650" height="361" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiziZ0KrJFDUXBlbbUTXbI2Dh-qToeWacL3SwnDkAw2xqK8AsYkrtqkf2eNbjcyjitl2FFD-kCjiZb74KgdlpLlGdxIHQpBMrhgn9iMozsmOQ69_9MKJPWpUqTHXw47yEgpY7op4ipqs1Rul_ciBhfje3xqHlF1_7GCDCzWTsDG707CjnnPFvLwcPUhQ/w400-h361/Common%20Tody-Flycatcher%20blog_3667.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Common Tody-Flycatcher</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Another I can recognize is the 4.8" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Ornate Flycatcher</span></b> (<i>Myiotriccus ornatus</i>). The bright yellow breast and gray head and the white dot above the eye are diagnostic.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000474" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="601" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbVE9mXkHpD0cgPbQ1Uy6Fzt_l4g9k-PANyVU1ohjLHPEb1rdHKzl5OJ-cGP0mDg3s0CrMD0QFBoh8lrFQVLg8OkJzZ9JS--nVwT5ixxaWhpt9ZhEmTIyspzcFY13ybua8hdRlAe0GkwO8vuGkx6hkFvfeeiKsEhyBrETR7DJy-lM7CYTcympfm_VMQ/w370-h400/Ornate%20Flycatcher%20blog_9149.jpg" width="370" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Ornate Flycatcher</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pacific Flatbill</span></b> (<i>Rhynchocyclus pacificus</i>) is confined to the Choco region in Colombia and Ecuador. This would be another lifer as I had never been there before. The wide bill and gray eye ring are ID marks, but a guide who knows the voice is best hahaha.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000475" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="650" height="365" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaMkLjVQgAFpCYwQ7aaAS0akEAVI2DN-gy1lKZi5wACV2c2rOGrNnnQnExZ6pV5XjzNpWfvjJp2gUN15XCFl_p5I7m-52vgUXHS8XnRkTomKHQcC4PDhmKV-rmomcgSXd2546LLx4xSMkdrPNQn7-GNz8wbmgS-9po_4cBKaDBw0qKSOsQAPWGGaSImg/w400-h365/Pacific%20Flatbill%20blog_9293.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Pacific Flatbill</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Tyrannulets are dimunitive flycatchters is several genuses. The 4.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-capped Tyrannulet</span></b> (<i>Phyllomyias nigrocapillus</i>) is a yellowish flycatcher with wing bars and a black crest.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000469" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="650" height="334" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00GhBhX8fEiDV2ve7wDkPW9ss4C-kaNivR5zXEEFQnFUK5WYajB8uwugaKrEbg-XLOzaoON0DMBkwdatWCT7NDR9zhllracOOzMjMuqTWzHYpOCGL3s4aWFKeHLlicOGwBJEAiVyNd3FbS45rWo7Jxhj-FwbDBw9SZZMXnpohSaeWZFyRz24fCd45Ug/w400-h334/Black-capped%20Tyrannulet%20blog_0794.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Black-capped Tyrannulet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 4.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Golden-faced Tyrannulet</span></b> (<i>Zimmerius chrysops</i>) has a light breast and yellow on the face.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000472" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="595" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5p8v-b3aH9f_eZLPKejFgSKbmAWGMt4j0T2bYTpW_jPG247jUBMgRBGfKWyFRL7WI5Qg7Tg657gSN-kOOl5Ts5d0NVO_SrjDUa_fUC8DjCrG1HiF2_9kN8vTZnzIB0yXftUY0ufOTEBvbrskgv_6KKusIkTM-q3CHp7lOnlQgUs2J5IIhrAg6DvedoQ/w366-h400/Golden-faced%20Tyrannulet%20blog_3099.jpg" width="366" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Golden-faced Tyrannulet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Chat-Tyrants are a colorful group of medium sized flycatchers. The 6" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant</span></b> (<i>Ochthoeca fumicolor</i>) has a brown back, black wings and a rusty breast.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000470" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="517" data-original-width="650" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzqX8Fjps4sS9NaoSqt9NruzdqmW-tAdsxUACvgIMy3uMrNj8RDX0OUbkTq9KdCpG89PDb9VdBDN4CF38DWdF7d7LFWu9oC4Y4HvOR5wpvMvttudafwTmrGgDNcXGR68o6k06Lade1JKmPGfbQpT69opMTO4g81JqJTBTZFLFjta8JV_7voXd1whi9vg/w400-h319/Brown-backed%20Chat-Tyrant%20blog_0471.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Brown-backed Chat-Tyrant</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin, the 5.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Ochthoeca rufipectoralis</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) has a striped face, white belly and orange throat and wing bars</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000476" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="650" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho6giwVhJCQrcp_K-pFQQu0Ml9J8mu20JSFy-dryY6SIXRrh0O444j4ViyT8RlKpT2aRJZ74Xt5tQ6so5xE-zzDo_hc14T-hnsmBwCaNl4-OLkaNL5Hti1nLIygAVSAGXG6-fj8npp5uvFXAn0DueafnFrmjsrVIX3-GmGB9fnlWckREi6TjARLkPuWg/w400-h371/Rufous-breasted%20Chat-Tyrant%20blog_0161.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Rufous-breasted Chat-Tyrant</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Lastly is the 6" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Rufous-tailed Tyrant</span></b> (<i>Knipolegus poecilurus</i>). He has a distinctive red eye and rufous tail. Although the guide book says this bird is '<i>uncommon and seldom encountered</i>' this was my second time to see it. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000477" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="596" data-original-width="650" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCra9-m1rg0p8IkmGUfx3B7KdT0ZiskDA6WKvJ-kpTCXB7QcSDmIAcz6va51A86IK4IC_5S6yWPXE1mVHGRMrL44s5qgrGT5mx1rzeGHiFdeHuzX1-7yyxnketNsZxeg5CTdOJc1r1UyPdcaX3T4K2wskI2KS5b2MiiVs_pf2_29nWcKQTwsVirP4dTw/w400-h366/Rufous-tailed%20Tyrant%20blog_3495.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Rufous-tailed Tyrant</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 134 of the 448 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/tyrant_flycaychers">Tyrant Flycatchers</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></span></span></div>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-12844627988162584982023-03-19T15:49:00.001-05:002023-03-19T15:49:57.585-05:00Bulletin 410 - Colombia 2022 #7 - Puffbirds, Barbets, and Toucans<p><span style="font-family: arial;">I was planning to go to Peru in 2022 but there were riots and road closures in the areas we were planning to go. So at the last minute I went back to Colombia and saw some other places. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, there was a lot of overlap, so I did not get a lot of new birds on the trip. However, many areas now have set up feeding stations and several were built for photography. I used the same guide Pablo Florez and I had my daughter with me on the trip this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">However on the bright side, the setups for photography and the number of places that had feeders allowed me to get many improved photos of birds I had not so good photos before.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Puffbirds, barbets and toucans are closely related families of birds - all in the order piciformes.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">We saw 2 puffbirds - both in the Choco region of Colombia. The Choco is the Pacific slope of Colombia and northern Ecuador. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Lanceolated Monklet</span></b> (<i>Micromonacha lanceolata</i>) is probably the smallest puffbird. It has a range from Costa Rica to Bolivia - but is described as uncommon and inconspicuous. I had seen it at least once before, but it was well hidden and far away, so I was unable to get a photo. Well this time I hit the jackpot. We were on the main street of the little village and the guide heard it calling. He played the tape and the bird flew and landed on powerlines right beside us. My amazing luck was working today. He is sooo cute. The guide book says he takes very large prey for such a tiny bird, including lizards and snakes! This was definitely one of the highlights of the trip.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172985510" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="631" data-original-width="650" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheG8ALgAnD0oR-xI3s5zy-o17r1w0UE-163f8Bnm4q7NOTJ7YA9py6wKIQifVbf_ctB6lerltQAc37CXXqHXXjweeQmLSK5sMcyczeh8VrJPN4MR621w_akcjzdhhmMX15OujmY45ey_8Fh9sjyAIldPmlLtRlgDlbYVF1iGZt_stKeKF50AhxmbdIdQ/w400-h389/Lanceolated%20Monklet%20blog_9567.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Lanceolated Monklet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 8" </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-breasted Puffbird</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Notharchus pectoralis</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) IDed by the location and the wide breast band. This was a lifer for me.</span><br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172985509" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="632" data-original-width="650" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ4wbnmTSNPc0CzCUk9fIL8eDaQa8uC98WIR4Y7Ve33k04-GmYTo3O5ZztGYVKb-me072YGkgfJSMbkRevuvvlFRQOiBl-lZ5eZcTZtXQqkz_I7ZyQvkynwc9g8WbaG3giNXI-B-GNfPrdpUG6M0hn6xegkwpr17HuwnaTCZ7tHS17zktUr2syqMTkSw/w400-h389/Black-breasted%20Puffbird%20blog_9455.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Black-breasted Puffbird<br /><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;">The 7" female </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Five-colored Barbet</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Capito quinticolor</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) was another target bird as it is endemic to the Choco region of Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. I did not see a male with the 5 colors, but at least I photographed a female. This was, of course, a lifer.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172990064" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="650" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIf34OsidkYOf2joFGeqry8G3OK76UOP79RmUUKscsuOQ9oERb7CyD428HuWVI8u6AkvND7nVKn82_34alA0BQXhhdCrg_7jQ5d9yKtqC8jmYeI6GIiBQHZLgDGiPhYNroZPq_hGw4enD_eKdOA_EDW6PDVr-ZH-QLNKmrpX0mWPfFYo_21gdCiSpiyQ/w400-h369/Five-colored%20Barbet%20-%20female%20blog_9307.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Five-colored Barbet - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 6" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Red-headed Barbet</span></b> (<i>Eubucco bourcierii</i>) is a beautiful bird and an easy ID. I had seen it many times but not so close as at this location.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172990063" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="553" data-original-width="650" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaeSRsGJk1xWF2_E5iK7QXB9i_4mw0QEbLAHOP2R0styVbfu_ykCz7Q0JxJTxq5R-cs6L_cgiF2N_7I8VYpKqy98qswyE-zFDraEJDFVmQEdM8-MHiy1IwGJkkkb3AOhxvexIC1bEGbSk4V824aY2EmIgL1wxkVWj6PkOFm8sr_keADgsr64OPsHADwg/w400-h340/Red-headed%20Barbet%20-%20male%20blog_7963.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Red-headed Barbet - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 9" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Toucan Barbet</span></b> (<i>Semnornis ramphastinus</i>) is in a 2 species family between the barbets and toucans as the name implies. It is an easy ID with all the colors.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173415893" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="433" data-original-width="650" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1zM1qqW-dEFFj2O8cDyLcBWxUecGYIE8PoZsR9X3OWiaK0rjk0AOn7dl5zgy0pqxeykaeKSuFBAIMVrYmSz0Ea1BXizZIISB1wjWlA3V1J_1PhVWHuKSK6_Iu2WTVDxCyuxaVyJu7-f905GT5XuYFXAtJlJv6izS21OgiNQjjg4S1SuObvnGr1j9yg/w400-h266/Toucan%20Barbet%20blog_9455.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Toucan Barbet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">At this location, the birds were being fed and they were excavating a nest in a tree 3 feet above where we were standing. Here is a photo the bird has with a mouth full of the wood from the nest hole.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173415894" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="509" data-original-width="650" height="314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ78Vjx5MkWfNZTczJsaCK-ZrSx3IwAeAlhlLVCoV0ci9Da1Q0YGVfmNYz7Px9PytR8sIKtDxIxZeXtmBNlBB9QvVJEUxmiWmw7m1M7EnI5LtfTK4IUHTzl__HJ3YxHAEEJE-pQYjV1GbRZQndyog8uBKuVExjifeJ1C6XFUx7D7ty4th2CV8an-zjaA/w400-h314/Toucan%20Barbet%20blog_9306.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Toucan Barbet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">So now we come to the toucans, which are a favorite of many people - birders and non-birders alike due to their huge size and gaudy colors. All these were at places where they were being fed - so have amazing close-up pics.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 13" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">White-throated Toucanet</span></b> (<i>Aulacorhynchus albivitta</i>) is a green toucan with a white throat. It is one of the multiple splits of the 'Emerald Toucanet'.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172990010" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="650" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNsmY8ZAe9vtcWzie_LspH6O0DMo8EEi-S803YoHWqPf1H5ErV79hFi1UA8Jt0hHRw4GTDuwh5TQE8Fldf6scxpQ0Qrys7s4GcXFN_iK0BoAomttIuGdq4niaObUursjz9Zr6F5ntmvlVYTWFsbiCR5ZENdx8PJJlYJRI92RTXzE1q9Gqd9n_EYFs9LA/w400-h394/White-throated%20Toucanet%20blog_1012.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">White-throated Toucanet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />The 14" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Crimson-rumped Toucanet</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Aulacorhynchus hematopygus</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) is green with a dark red bill.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172990011" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="650" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfd5qsLeaEo_P-MhwX-yTgSA6qgpkNisMp9uUqaCg_VhM8RRS1fcf0xw3y2xQvwKPdPDWQ_PWP6LJQx9XiUIdczE2xuoJAEbxVo9tbAcyQ-TlQGqKzY_sTqCtaGT3Q4gi-T1njaCf-txlUNNT0Hm_xS64Ks4G2gc4SkxTiFxdbMrD70dqVW4OdjjYobw/w400-h331/Crimson-rumped%20Toucanet%20blog_8867.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Crimson-rumped Toucanet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">And here he is showing his field mark.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172990012" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="643" data-original-width="650" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYcVvX0eF6f42pQOumeiUYgaYN-a0GBk4TJNaz1a80bhzgPUU9n-Tk-r97Z0BiC_eRGeh58eC59LsChY58WJdH41XzcBhu9Xts2C0zdExrwwbd1txvLfZgdJPACGhJ_avcdjT49g7z4gpzY4H8NO_e-TGnnArPuFds2OMSXE_DnrR5nUQSgf8JwhWF6A/w400-h396/Crimson-rumped%20Toucanet%20blog_8576.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Crimson-rumped Toucanet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The big toucans have been trained to come and eat grapes! Wow what a treat to see these birds almost within arms length.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The 18" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-billed Mountain Toucan</span></b> (<i>Andigena nigrirostris</i>) I had seen at long distance before, but this was amazing! These are my favorite photos, when I can see the individual feather detail.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172990005" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="650" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-H1I1yixayyvg97XQVagDUWQrcSxiTlSzAk2Hp3T_3niwU9V3VHDLuLRuqVZ76EWFRtJmf_EnaJmmEOcbCHO8XNYj5KT4BlmntxLqJT36tLc48f7is2L5RUINbxmQdHskB9Hhy_2WMjFlo9mEw0ilKRTO6folWRo6YzUwo41ITGkrxxAi9mb8_J6EIA/w400-h348/Black-%20billed%20Mountain-Toucan%20blog_0795.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Black-billed Mountain Toucan</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin, the 18" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Andigena hypoglauca</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) was a lifer and we were watching, as they were being hand fed grapes by the staff.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172990013" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="650" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtcCdV6gffvSAI_ltPU2FTawXcN69QcCs0Qgq5YJ6VDj4vKomphBWxQrR8eY_IpqjAf3uII6zk8BuEvJgTIO_Rgm6A-mOqfe8KBrhhQpv5dC8RrIgks9hu7ktclTgFbEefnhIrIE6tC__CH6Jw73SqgzOLTnU7-YIV0ORCLBg38EqzzBw596lRE78U_Q/w400-h309/Grey-breasted%20Mountain-Toucan%20blog_0236.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Grey-breasted Mountain Toucan</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 13 of the 38 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/puffbirds">Puffbirds</a>.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 5 of the 15 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/barbet_new_world">New World Barbets</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 2 of the 2 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/toucanbarbet">Toucan Barbets</a></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 18 of the 43 species of </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/toucans">Toucans</a></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; 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So at the last minute I went back to Colombia and saw some other places. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, there was a lot of overlap, so I did not get a lot of new birds on the trip. However, many areas now have set up feeding stations and several were built for photography. I used the same guide Pablo Florez and I had my daughter with me on the trip this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">However on the bright side, the setups for photography and the number of places that had feeders allowed me to get many improved photos of birds I had not so good photos before.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">I only saw 3 warblers on the trip and none were new to me. The 5.3" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-crested Warbler</span></b> (<i>Myiothlypis nigrocristatus</i>) is an all yellow-olive warbler with a black cap.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173005857" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="549" data-original-width="650" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbvt95_qMSTEJEntVZ-n8agps7afkw0tPkx4KdT_UDtyZwHMnQAbwl9Tg6RAzYkFcvCb_Ul7D4rhHxH6pM1h0SHAcQ591TMJDRxc54T_eEUL6wAnVRnDHGZEBP5vF1SuG09YoKoYros2pRntazWx5ZegJR-ZcqNMoAIzom3huL91hSSVnHZienwTiUug/w400-h338/Black-crested%20Warbler%20blog_9787.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Black-crested Warbler</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin is the 5.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Russet-crowned Warbler</span></b> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Myiothlypis coronatus</i><span style="font-family: arial;">). He is yellow with a gray head and orange central stripe.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173005873" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="565" data-original-width="650" height="348" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR8M4-DgomxKUJJf3EVVGDABp8NgBqoizVzJVZrCnjikpILs91G3_NcYo5QPp5TLWF96G891zCNbuGwuFXuJIsAcj1Vz9pyfCUglycTXADFTS7by1loJvzoEBqdv-0ojapGEgI970keppq5wo7FdQtovg5SlLoVkuDC_n44GW0OBo5Uz-Z9GNR3vOjGA/w400-h348/Russet-crowned%20Warbler%20blog_0111.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Russet-crowned Warbler</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The last one is the beautiful 5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Golden-fronted Whitestart</span></b> (<i>Myioborus ornatus</i>). He is gray backed and a bright yellow face and underparts. And as he is a whitestart, he has white edges on his tail.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173005868" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="530" data-original-width="650" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6NBO1oY7upTQ_fBzXOwywyHua9gIcK8NrjD6kBXyGzSLsUHbsf_iK0WmcEey6CfNK4cRvu_dbEGM6gpEEbtY9l0FwPFFMggfSee07lmG5eafwlcz_ZLM4x38zdWG5e7lfsoPzLZM2HqOd1_rUyUtTecoNOPKv-h8LlMDht7_Jm2uvYZhM4Og4TfkkqA/w400-h326/Golden-fronted%20Whitestart%20blog_0186.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Golden-fronted Whitestart</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">There were 2 cardinal species for the trip. Both of these were formerly in the tanager family. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The 7" male </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Crested Ant Tanager</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Habia cristata</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) sure looks like our Northern Cardinal.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173002547" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="512" data-original-width="650" height="315" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftqE9zsjr2BYwZtcPCvOB8oZFeMjNBcrhgOKnHKmCa3HKbm_GmGTDvIOfW6T2T4hXml1EukOzTzD5N-jHz9mFJwTTKtbO_zvoXgZmJ0yxWFtLW621khEZ4NTYzSxnkjADEeSYLk8W1blZhTe-M3NmWktuljkB05HnjRIVc5AQxVlWn73KHrtXg6MgsQ/w400-h315/Crested%20Ant-Tanager%20-%20male%20blog_9263.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Crested Ant Tanager - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The other is the 7" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tooth-billed Tanager</span></b> (<i>Piranga lutea</i>). It it looks familiar to you, it is not surprising as the Hepatic Tanager complex was split into 3 species - this is one of them and I did not know the name when the guide told me this bird. There is still some controversy about this 3 way split, but IOC has done it. So if the split is upheld - it is a lifer for me.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173002548" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1724" data-original-width="2000" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkrK0bqYpiyEdb4cDfxOutspGeappTnU00f57opjZ3sM5Wlml44IMD0fux3YUF8oT00TMbjGZx4bUBdaxA4AEA-T0kQKUzb_y9IWetEXu5wAn_Piu0iWUZXv1Ob7elXEYniyKH2uZzkZJzsw7TOjSzF_19EtjkMZ_n45IRTEwmcG3OFGFAHclIR-cS_Q/w400-h345/Tooth-billed%20Tanager%20-%20male%20_8629.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Tooth-billed Tanager - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">There were also 2 thrushes for the trip. Both I had seen previously. The 9" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Pale-breasted Thrush</span></b> (<i>Turdus leucomelas</i>) is a brown backed thrush with gray underparts.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173002056" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="650" height="324" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3TKGhRoD3nTrrC3DlYLULIyfXqX9JNje2aXK8wmAw5mvn_V9JOIjG-UFHQvutGL6K4Cqra4xZj6vcj16fT88Uesl2S6x81ItfZyKd-LXsqwgByC_DrbD1zBwi2Bck_z-5SZuz0TcPQm0SmksVBG1aWXe_eNc7UIBJ0mk-sWC2AVamAILG3LZoUG5qpQ/w400-h324/Pale-breasted%20Thrush%20blog_2337.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Pale-breasted Thrush</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">His cousin the 8.5" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-billed Thrush</span></b> (<i>Turdus ignobilis</i>) is similar but white below and a black bill.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173003819" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="493" data-original-width="650" height="304" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMTHBS2P_-Nfo3Psdjfc10TV4UnzLChbXQlHq3ycuDK50Tz83SXso94uk6hbWVCQAkfyyKBv5eJfNEcq9ryylVlZn5rdikEJe-Q_piFNBTHj_D9MwjrpkcDvtG5zAuuo7UuW8QiOFZVQzchwoS62W0hT_1CSnVEg6ahbVxYTB0n4fG04sEsOwsjTocGg/w400-h304/Black-billed%20Thrush%20blog_8062.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Black-billed Thrush</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">Lastly is the cute 4" <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Grass Wren</span></b> (<i>Cistothorus platensis</i>). Again, this is a split from the Sedge Wren complex and many more splits are proposed as the 'Sedge Wren' had many subspecies from Canada to Argentina and the Falkland Islands.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/173000628" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="650" height="345" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipd1VliSDi3E07u9ZnbYj2ohSsfknNNNLKITTHoHsT5EjMoL4dPkk4lnjQ78aGsN_gSTtg6jmeqInldCt3s9yPhZ8QOjE8BmyB-EMsHoTxvjQRalOcsOsxuyn7LNFzAEG8f3R4UIwVOMkWZDL_LFhuzkjHKEI6ePRadW2zH-2zvcUFb2ZjeMM1F2UCoQ/w400-h345/Grass%20Wren%20blog_0479.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Grass Wren</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 77</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 120 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/new_world_warblers">Warblers</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 31</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 53 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/cardinals">Cardinals</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 53</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 170 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/thrushes_all">Thrushes</a></span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 38</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"> of the 86 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/wrens">Wrens</a></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></span>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5661506344735494639.post-63601716687171019622023-02-19T12:41:00.005-06:002023-02-25T16:44:32.142-06:00Bulletin 408 - Colombia 2022 #5 - Hummingbirds Part 3<p> <span style="font-family: arial;">I was planning to go to Peru in 2022 but there were riots and road closures in the areas we were planning to go. So at the last minute I went back to Colombia and saw some other places. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Unfortunately, there was a lot of overlap, so I did not get a lot of new birds on the trip. However, many areas now have set up feeding stations and several were built for photography. I used the same guide Pablo Florez and I had my daughter with me on the trip this year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">However on the bright side, the setups for photography and the number of places that had feeders allowed me to get many improved photos of birds I had not so good photos before.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 4.3" female </span><b style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Golden-bellied Starfrontlet</span></b><span style="font-family: arial;"> (</span><i style="font-family: arial;">Coeligena bonapartei</i><span style="font-family: arial;">) is a stuuning bird. The male has a solid green throat. This is an endemic bird with the January 2023 split of the Venezuela subspecies into a full species.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172987921" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="501" data-original-width="650" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiokEbtOpEM_e_ccrxqKMvOq1pL3R9RImHSPUBGmn97FQHMIM8ZzS1CeDaDPAUIA6l1ZJ2LS95a_tRkrJwg5OI30_QsnP0msUHH1AOgAVVw4vygSRYYBhVdTHVuXiJeTtwixLooUqDn2nkcCjvefpjHbK2FphYySq2jt7-Unvzl4fuFTdphaTXdEUYU2w/w400-h309/Golden-bellied%20Starfrontlet%20-%20female%20blog_4405.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Golden-bellied Starfrontlet - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 3" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Purple-backed Thornbill</span></b> (<i>Ramphomocron microrhynchum</i>) has a prurple back and head with green underparts.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172991684" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="650" data-original-width="603" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcfVxBbnBnqeAnl4toMR1TOXkGRCSzXn9muN7kplnCGdeUQrHH-ISt9saujmHxnQqMSjwFywkbVkujnSvYwqslyMxgY4K-r0hSiEPT6S4chud_dKYcOahhqNHfHBiGoLaqmvGhm5lqWlPA-krhMYezTvLVqB11xfEoAk5tDzCAGFLf7BcyR9K0XQ2tZw/w371-h400/Purple-backed%20Thornbill%20-%20male%20blog_9719.jpg" width="371" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Purple-backed Thornbill</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 3.5" </span><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Indigo-capped Hummingbird</span></b></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> (<i>Saucerottia cyanifrons</i>) is another endemic to Colombia. The male here is bright green with a blue crown.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172994481" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="585" data-original-width="650" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihB6-18lC60qF7CWgSpXaXMXnkgYmrUDaLbz2pr5CV-3O6cxEFkEK4ko0lHzdhMVlui7Lz9yJf0M_X3Pao3omEMReh6eYFpDu9WtX9h6TBGkHh2xjAWtnGKLeBJXfDoPtk64DB2gF5OSAIq1usMiVaaRBV_xO3KJsRN8cmgQcdxn198WOO1VCoImpFuw/w400-h360/Indigo-capped%20Hummingbird%20-%20male%20blog_2481.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Indigo-capped Hummingbird</span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;"> - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 4.3" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Black-throated Mango</span></b> (<i>Anthracothorax nigricollis</i>) has a black throat and chest outlined in blue. The rest of the bird is green but the tail is purple.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172987938" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="650" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcwyeelSQKQCBc45j4m5IjuzZQS4vE4tQlJIdW1goZ6XC7FFDxnUQakNouR87ppTb4VH_iT27MYDXKnZn_gkOQWhXgqRiCViSWLmmsKGsy4FzpAml90XKsbvpX2CrGNxJ3JGBj26bhkPd-Nj0xKs3HL-lcF8PPS87ysxxdkTgJDlt6it294YpcqKA4Lg/w400-h319/Black-throated%20Mango%20-%20male%20blog_2979.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Black-throated Mango - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">The 3.5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Crowned Woodnymph</span></b> (<i>Thalurania colombica</i>) had a bright purple belly and a green throat. Unlike the Golden-bellied Starfrontlet above that was recently split into 2 species, this bird had 2 species - Green-crowned and Violet-crowned Woodnymphs - but they were lumped into just Crowned Woodnymph. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172994477" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="650" height="262" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizSz0Arvoq7ZDIMZD4fw-NEqfH_4_ahCicpSHXcTmAfeUp12hoTGlLAjVMeELtV5oClZaTCM_BZYFe6wv5VihHUD9RI1McD3NOgbAx6pwkEiSYq4ODeSpF4o-P7GTEoFudKzTnzjPe38bRg1y1IW4yB7EoF9i5_Tvp9-KL2cKk5eZf0jGG26Qo9GxdUw/s320/Crowned%20Woodnymph%20-%20male%20blog_1555.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Crowned Woodnymph - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 3.5" male <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tourmaline Sunangel</span></b> (<i>Heliangelus exortis</i>) is a green hummer with a pink throat.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172987920" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="569" data-original-width="650" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBZQXl1UZ0_reimhMRzV3XIgoQYxa3aOkgmljzl2ylg8i_pfcmOjUAZ5mIMKlTbDdiiviW0k7-4YzoXuCsXyTjqLeYs7QrBQ-OFV8dsanl1z5kgJSwGV1vhVecn420eLyf7vRcCgMnp_EM9URPdhLuSSmQnDKZrMvLLdFJ_3_rig-Sn88Oy0IgxghIRA/s320/Tourmaline%20Sunangel%20-%20male%20blog_4452.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Tourmaline Sunangel - male</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The 3" female <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Tyrian Metaltail</span></b> (<i>Metallura tyrianthina</i>) is a green hummer with a rusty orange throat. This subspecies have purple tails. The subspecies in the Santa Marta mountains which I photographed last year have blue tails. This is a possible future split.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172994495" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="650" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNT4DHv89Lc93VMblt9U0IHq0qgvlMAsmL5rDddMlVaVPj4YyDoIIV6p0J6yruwJxCGs5uzX3bHVQ7iH6L3wNekI90lnGcLfIAEprGY0Y-XhOt8Y5hZkkY4IpsfPjspZ0SYkpbdUfBqZI712Q0yOSye84-ohDwPnlX7tGE5HEsGmQqQVDAVvmUpSiShg/s320/Tyrian%20Metaltail%20-%20female%20blog_0014.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Tyrian Metaltail - female</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Lastly is everyone's favorite, the <b><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Sword-billed Hummingbird</span></b> (<i>Ensifera ensifera</i>). The ID is easy.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://pbase.com/image/172994493" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="628" data-original-width="650" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjod2oYjddFUTgqmsVHWe6Ccwupd3e3ljUwnuDw-eg-5m6brR6l8m87zLb2I3udW-7qUxH6bslnT1ezTsMsXO1ca_jx_Ecdg_oDGaqsxdhhmLKua0bCixzTgWYV3tJ1ATWBn5K2W4U0UNC_QswYDVeTR-8ixlPHGPz_2npHCFk3Haiom7b-Ur4ecF5YZw/s320/Sword-billed%20Hummingbird%20blog_0156.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Sword-billed Hummingbird</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: arial;"><p style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">I put the different bird/mammal families in single folders for easy viewing</span></p><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222;">I have photos of 147 of the 365 species of <a href="https://pbase.com/davidmcd/hummingbirds_all">hummingbirds</a>.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">Happy birding and photography,</span></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial;">David McDonald</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><br /><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"></span><span face=""arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="line-height: 21.56px;"><span style="line-height: 21.55px;"></span><a href="mailto:dkmmdpa@gmail.com" style="color: #888888; line-height: 21.55px;"><span style="color: #473624;">dkmmdpa@gmail.com</span></a><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">photos copyright 2006 - 2023 David McDonald</span><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><br style="line-height: 21.55px;" /><span style="line-height: 21.55px;">To have these trip reports sent to your email, please email me at the above address and ask to subscribe.</span></span></span></span></span></div></div></div></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p>David McDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03772442234736551107noreply@blogger.com0