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Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira)
Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira)

(Brazil)


Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii)

(Costa Rica)

Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) on clay lick
Red-and-green macaw (Ara chloroptera) on clay lick
Macaws; parrots; and other birds feed on clay for mineral and salt supplementation and to counter dietary toxins they ingest from seeds. The clay lick also serves as a social setting for the birds
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Black-crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Black-crowned Night Herons (Nycticorax nycticorax)

(Brazil)

Pair of red-and-green macaws fighting in a tree as parrots watch
Pair of red-and-green macaws fighting in a tree as parrots watch
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Parrot

(Costa Rica)

Scarlet macaw in flight
Scarlet macaw in flight

(Costa Rica)

Social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
Social flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)


Harpy eagle with its beak open


Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) in the Amazon

White Hawk (Leucopternis albicollis)
White Hawk (Leucopternis albicollis)

(Costa Rica)

Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)

(Brazil)

Unidentified bird in forest canopy
Unidentified bird in forest canopy
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

(Brazil)

Entire clay lick
Entire clay lick
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii)
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii)

(Costa Rica)


Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Mealy parrots in flight over rainforest
Mealy parrots in flight over rainforest
Amazona farinosa (Local name: Aurora grande)
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)
Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)

(Brazil)

Common Piping Guan; Pipile pipile
Common Piping Guan; Pipile pipile
A bird in the chachalaca; guan and curassow family Cracidae.
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii)
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii)

(Costa Rica)

Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)
Hyacinth Macaw (Anodorhynchus hyacinthinus)

(Brazil)


Toucan

(Brazil)

Large-billed Terns (Phaetusa simplex)
Large-billed Terns (Phaetusa simplex)

(Brazil)

Unknown bird
Unknown bird
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii)

(Costa Rica)


Gray headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps); "Paisana"
(pan02-1860)

Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); Red-and-green macaws and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)

(Costa Rica)

Scarlet macaws nesting in a tree hollow
Scarlet macaws nesting in a tree hollow

(Costa Rica)

Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) in flight
Jabiru stork (Jabiru mycteria) in flight

(Brazil)

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

(Brazil)

Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna); Yellow-crowned parrots (Amazona ochrocephala); and Scarlet macaws feeding on clay
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Wild Scarlet macaw (Ara macao)
Wild Scarlet macaw (Ara macao)
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Bird
Bird

(Costa Rica)

Yellow-chevroned Parakeets (Brotogeris chiriri)
Yellow-chevroned Parakeets (Brotogeris chiriri)

(Brazil)

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin) in vegetation along oxbow lake
Location: Manu National Park in the Rainforest of Peru

(Peru)

Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) in grass near Oxbow lake
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana) in grass near Oxbow lake
Local name: Tuqui tuqui
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Jabiru stork in flight
Jabiru stork in flight

(Brazil)

Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying
Pair of Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) flying
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Scarlet macaws
Blue-and-yellow macaws (Ara ararauna) and Scarlet macaws
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) with wings spread and standing on one leg
Neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax olivaceus) with wings spread and standing on one leg
Location: oxbow lake. Local name: Cormoran
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)


juvenile Yellow-headed Caracara, Milvago chimachima


Red-breasted blackbird

(Costa Rica)

bird
bird

(Costa Rica)

Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
Great Curassow (Crax rubra)

(Belize)

Large group of parrots and macaws flying
Large group of parrots and macaws flying
Location: Tambopata rainforest

(Peru)

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) wading
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) wading

(Costa Rica)

Blue-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva)
Blue-fronted Amazon (Amazona aestiva)

(Brazil)

Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)

(Brazil)



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