[:en]Bird Red-tailed Hawk[:es]Ave Gavilán Colirrojo[:]
13 Jun

Red-tailed Hawk

The Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis) breeds in North America, and lives in winters from Nicaragua to Panama. It is seen in open or scrubby country or broken forest in highlands, in pastures and volcanic slopes. Adults are 58 cm (23 inches) in height and 900 g in weight.

They are above dark brown, and below white, shading to cinnamon in sides. Tail cinnamon-orange, and chest streaked with dark brown. Inmatures are above spotted and streaked with white, and with buffy tail. It eats small mammals, lizards and birds.

[:en]Bird Mangrove Black-Hawk[:es]Ave Gavilán de Manglar[:]
13 Jun

Mangrove Black-Hawk

The mangrove Black-hawk (Buteogallus subtilis) is a chunky bird with broad wings and a short, ample tail. You can find it mostly near water: coastal mangroves, beaches, mudflats, rivers, swamps and marshes. It eats mainly crabs, that’s why it’s popularly known as “Gavilán Cangrejero”. You can find it from SW USA and West Indies to NW Peru and Guyana.

56cm (22”), 800g. Slate-black; with paler mottling at base of primaries below. A single, broad white tail band ( sometimes one more incomplete at base of tail. Iris brown; cere, lores and legs yellow. Young: Above Brown flecked with buff; head and underparts buff, heavily streaked with black; tail coarsely barred with white or buff and blackish.

[:en]Bird American White Pelican[:es]Ave Pelícano Blanco Americano[:]
12 Jun

American White Pelican

The American White Pelican (Pelecanus erythrorhynchos) breeds locally in W and C North America; winters in S to Guatemala, accidentally to Nicaragua and Costa Rica. It prefers open waters.

152cm (60”), 7kg. Very large. White with blackish primaries and outer secondaries. Bill, pouch and facial skin bright yellow; grayish smudging on nape (nonbreeding). Young: Plumage mixed with dusky; bill and pouch grayish.

[:en]Bird Anhinga[:es]Ave Pato Aguja o Aninga[:]
12 Jun

Anhinga

This bird (Anhinga anhinga) ranges from Central United States to Ecuador, Argentina and Uruguay. It is usually seen in lakes, rivers, freshwater, lagoons, and swamps. This long bird is 86 cm (34 inches) in height and 1.2 kg inn weight.

Adults have a small head, thin neck, and long bill. Plumage glossy black, tail tipped with buffy white, and feet black. This bird spends much time swimming and perching with wings and tail spread to dry. It feeds on aquatic insects and other invertebrates, young caimans, small turtles, snakes and fishes.

01 Dec

Striated Heron

The Striated Heron (Butorides striata) ranges from Central to South America, and in West Africa to Japan and Australia. It is found in small wetlands and water edges. Its measures are 44 in height and 200 g in weight.

Matures have a blue-grey back and wings. Whit white underparts and a black cap. Dark bill and yellow and short legs. Inmatures are browner above and streaked below. This bird fees in small fish, frogs and aquatic insects.

[:en]Bird Agami Heron[:es]Ave Garza Pechicastaña[:]
13 Jun

Agami Heron

Also called Chesnut-Belled Heron, this bird (Agamia agami) lives from South Mexico to Northwest Ecuador, North Bolivia and Brazil. Its natural habits are streams and swamps in humid forest. Adults are 71 cm (28 inches) in height and 550 g in weight.

It has a very long neck and bill. With head black, neck maroon, lower foreneck silver, belly chestnut and upperparts dark glossy green. Facial skin yellow-green, legs blackish, and blackish bill shading to grayish-green. It feeds on small fishes, frogs and lizards.

[:en]Bird Black-crowned Night-Heron[:es]Ave Martinete Coroninegro[:]
13 Jun

Black-crowned Night-Heron

The Black-Crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) breeds from South Canada to Tierra del Fuego. Its natural habits are freshwater marshes, in cattails, gallery or swamp forests. Matures are 64 cm (25 inches) in height and 800 in weight.

It has a big head, with crown and back black, wings and tail are pail black. Rest of head, neck and upperparts white. Facial skin yellow-green, bill mostly black, and legs yellow. Its diet is based on fishes and frogs.

[:en]Bird Yellow-crowned Night-Heron[:es]Ave Matinete Cabecipinto[:]
13 Jun

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

The Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea) resides from Northeast USA and Northwest Mexico to Peru and Brazil. It is seen in saltwater habitats, mangroves, and gallery forests. Adults are 61 cm (24 inches) in height and 625 g in weight.

Its head is black, with a white to buffy forehead and crown. Neck and underparts are gray. Inmatures are above are dull brown, spotted with white. Below are whitish, streaked with brown. It feeds on small fishes and insects.

[:en]Bird Boat-billed Heron[:es]Ave Pico-Cuchara, Chocuaco[:]
13 Jun

Boat-billed Heron

The Boat-Billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius) ranges from Mexico to West Ecuador, Bolivia and North Argentina. It is seen in wooded riverbanks, estuaries, swamp and pond margins, and mangroves. It size is of 51 cm (20 inches) and its weight is of 600 g.

This stocky bird has a big head with large and dark eyes. Whit forehead and throat white; crown, long bushy crest, and patch at base of hindneck black. Rest of upperparts are dull ash-gray. Bill and facial skin black, and legs yellow-green. By day roots in groups of up to 50 in trees, at nigh solitary when fishing.