[:en]Bird Mourning Dove[:es]Ave Paloma Rabuda[:]
25 Jun

Mourning Dove

The Mourning Dove (Zenaida macroura) breeds from South Canada to Panama. The bird is also known as the American mourning dove or the rain dove and it lives in urban areas, farms, prairie, grassland, and lightly wooded area It ranges from 30 cm (12 inches) in length and a mass of 100 g.

This slim bird has a small-headed, a long pointed tail, a crown, a nape, and hind neck slate. Males and females are similar in appearance, they are light grey and brown in color.

[:en]Bird Pomarine Jaeger[:es]Ave Págaro Pomario[:]
20 Jun

Pomarine Jaeger

The Pomarine Jaeger (Stercorarius pomarinus) breeds on Artic coasts and islands. In winters inhabits in Tierra del Fuego, South Africa, Australia and New Zeeland. Lives in wet places along coasts. Its size is of 53 cm (21 inches) heights and 700 g weights.

In winters, its back is barred or scaled with dull buff. Upper and lower tail-coverts are broadly barred with whitish and dusky. Bill horn-color to grayish. In breeding season, cap blackish, and wings and upperparts are dark sooty-brown. They eat fishes and squids.

[:en]Bird Parasitic Jaeger[:es]Ave Págaro Parásito[:]
20 Jun

Parasitic Jaeger

The Parasitic Jaeger (Stercorarius parasiticus) breeds on Artic tundras, and winters in oceans of Southern Hemisphere. Is found in small groups principally in Pacific coast. Adults are 45 cm (12 inches) in height and 475 g in weight.

In winters, feathers of back edged with dull buffy, and crown and hindneck streaked. Under and upper tail-coverts barred with blackish. In breeding and its pale phase, most of underparts are white, and tinged with yellowish on head and neck. In its dark phase, below is uniform sooty-brown. Eats fishes.

[:en]Bird Long-tailed Jaeger[:es]Ave Págaro Colilargo[:]
20 Jun

Long-tailed Jaeger

The Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius longicaudus) breeds in high Artic, and winters in south Atlantic and southeast Pacific oceans. Is found near coasts. Matures are 38 cm (15 inches) in height and 300 g in weight.

In winter, feathers of cap and mantle are dusky, edged with pale grayish. Crissum and upper tail-coverts barred with black and white. In breeding, cap blackish, and sides of head washed with yellow. Nuchal collar and underparts white. Bill dusky, legs pale blue, and feet white. Feeds on grasshoppers and fishes.

[:en]Bird Turquoise-browed Motmot[:es]Ave Momoto Cejiceleste[:]
30 Jun

Turquoise-browed Motmot

The Turquoise-browed Motmot (Eumomota superciliosa) is found from southeast Mexico to Costa Rica. It prefers deciduous woodland and evergreen gallery forest, or savannas trees, edges of mangroves, and low scrubby thickets. Adults are 34 cm (13 inches) in height and 65 g in weight.

Center of throat black, bordered by turquoise stripe. Center of back rufous, belly pale cinnamon-rufous. Rest of head, neck, and body rich olive-green, darkest on crown. Bill and feet black. This bird eats insects, spiders, small lizards, snakes, butterflies, bees or dragonflies.

[:en]Bird American Pygmy Kingfisher[:es]Ave Martín Pescador Enano[:]
30 Jun

American Pygmy Kingfisher

The American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea) resides from tropical Mexico to west Ecuador, central Bolivia, and central Brazil. It frequents small woodland streams, pools, puddles, and small channels in mangroves. Its measures are 13 cm (5 inches) in height and 18 g in weight.

This small bird has rufous underparts, and white belly. Above is dark metallic green. Its cheeks and throat are deep orange-buff, shading to rich dark rufous on breast, sides, and flanks. It eats small fishes and insects.

[:en]Bird Black-chested Jay[:es]Ave Urraca Pechinegra[:]
22 Jul

Black-chested Jay

The Black-chested Jay (Cyanocorax affinis) lives from Costa Rica to North Colombia and Northwest Venezuela. They inhabit in gallery woodland, forest cacao plantations and banana plantations. Matures are 36 cm (14 inches) in height and 205 g in weight.

This large bird has sides of head, throat and breast black. A short blue malar stripe, nape purplish, wings and tail dark violet-blue, and bill and feet black. Its diet is based on insects, small lizards and frogs, fruits and many sorts.