[:en]Bird Great Egret[:es]Ave Garceta Grande[:]
13 Jun

Great Egret

The Great Egret (Casmerodius albus) breeds from Southeast Canada and North USA to South Chile and South Argentina. Often called Common or American Egret. This bird frequents marshes, estuaries, lake or river margins, tidal flats and salt ponds. Its measures are of 101 cm (40 inches) in height and 95 g in weight.

This vertebrate is all white, whit the longest heron neck, and yellow bill and black legs. It forages alone and eats fishes and frogs.

01 Dec

Whistling Heron

The Whistling Heron (Syrigma sibilatrix) is found in Central and South America. Its natural places are open areas, woods, and savannas, up to 500 meters above sea level. Its measures are 64 cm in height and 546 g in weight.

The biggest part of the upperparts is blue-gray. Some feathers of head, neck, and breast are white and stained with gold. Its bill is pink with blue, and its legs are greenish. This terrestrial heron eats small dryland and swamp animals, and flying insects like dragonflies.

[:en]Bird Snowy Egret[:es]Ave Garceta Nivosa[:]
13 Jun

Snowy Egret

The Snowy Egret (Egretta thula) inhabits from North United States to Argentina. Its places are marshes, lagoons, salt ponds, river mouths, or tidal flats. Its size is of 61 cm (24 inches) in height and 375 g in weight. Its plumage is entirely white.

Adults have yellow facial skin, black bill and legs, and yellow feet. Inmatures have an inner side and back of legs olive-yellow, and do not have elongate plumage as adults. This egret feeds on fishes.

[:en]Bird Little Blue Heron[:es]Ave Garceta Azul[:]
13 Jun

Little Blue Heron

The Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) breeds from Central and East USA to Central America, Peru and Uruguay. Its natural habits are freshwater marshes, lagoons, rivers, estuaries, salt ponds, mudflats, and mangroves. The oldest are 61 cm (24 inches) in height and 325 g in weight.

Its body and wings are dark bluish gray. Head and neck dull dark maroon, and gray facial skin. Bill grayish with black tip, and legs grayish-green. Its diet is based on fishes and insects.

[:en]Bird Tricolored Heron[:es]Ave Garceta Tricolor[:]
13 Jun

Tricolored Heron

The Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor) inhabits from the southeast part of USA, and North Mexico to Central Brazil and Peru. It frequents freshwater and saltwater habits; marshes, pond and river margins, estuaries, salt ponds, and mangroves. Its size is of 66 cm (26 inches) in height and 350 g in weight.

Its head, neck, and upperparts are mostly slate-gray. Neck and chest are more purplish, belly white, and yellow-orange facial skin. Bill horn-color, and legs yellow. Its diet is based on small fishes.

[:en]Bird Reddish Egret[:es]Ave Garceta Rojiza[:]
13 Jun

Reddish Egret

The Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens) lives in winters in Central and South America. It is found in coastal areas, like salt ponds, tidal flats, and mangroves. Matures are 76 cm (30 inches) in height and 500 g in weight.

Adults are flesh-colored, and they have two phases. In the dark phase its body is gray, and its head and neck are cinnamon to dull rufous. In the white phase its plumage is entirely white, and its legs blackish. It eats small fishes.

[:en]Bird Cattle Egret[:es]Ave Garcilla Bueyera[:]
13 Jun

Cattle Egret

The Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) breeds from South Canada to South America. They live in pastures, savannas, agricultural fields, and open marshes. It is 51 cm (20 inches) in height and 350 g in weight.

This is the only small white heron whit a yellow bill. Crown, back, and chest tinged with buff. Facial skin yellow and legs blackish. In breeding season its bill, facial skin, and legs are more or less reddish. It feeds on grasshoppers and other insects.

01 Dec

Green heron

The Green Heron (Butorides virescens) inhabits in North and Central America. They are found in small wetlands, around wooded ponds, marshes, rivers, reservoirs, and estuaries. Its size is of 44 cm (17 inches) in height and 240 g in weight.

Adults have a glossy and greenish back and wings, a chestnut neck with a white line, gray underparts and short yellow legs. The bill is dark. Inmatures are duller. Its diet is based on small fishes, frogs, and aquatic arthropods.

[:en]Bird Tiny Hawk[:es]Ave Gavilán Enano[:]
13 Jun

Tiny Hawk

The Tiny Hawk (Accipiter superciliosus) ranges from east Nicaragua to west Ecuador and north Argentina. It resides in canopy and edges of humid forests, or tall second growth. Its size is of 20 cm (8 inches) in height and 75 g in weight.

Matures are above dark gray, with crown blackish, and below white. Inmatures are below barred with buff and dark rufous. They are above dark brown or rufous and barred with black. This bird eats small passerines and hummingbirds.

[:en]Bird Sharp-shinned Hawk[:es]Ave Gavilán Pajarero[:]
13 Jun

Sharp-shinned Hawk

The Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter straitus) lives in winter from South Canada to Panama, and breeds in North America. It is found in scrubby second growth, hedgerows, agricultural land with scattered trees, coffee plantations, and sometimes in suburban areas. Its size is of 20 cm (11 inches) in height and 105 g in weight.

Adults are above dark gray, with white throat, and streaked with black. Underparts are barred with pale reddish-brown and white. Its tail is gray. This bird eats birds and small mammals.