Archive for the 'Birds' category

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Pink flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber, Flamant rose). Brazil, 2007.

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Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja, Spatule rosée). Brazil, 2007.

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Collared Plover (Charadrius collaris, Pluvier d’Azara). Brazil, 2007.

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Long-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus scolopaceus, Bécassin à long bec). Brazil, 2007.

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Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus, Tyran quiquivi). Brazil, 2007.

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Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira, Guira cantara). Brazil, 2007.

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Brown-hooded Gull (Larus maculipennis, Mouette de Patagonie). Brazil, 2007.

The largest gull of South-American continent, easily recognized from its plummage and the red spot on the inferior mandible of its yellow beak.

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Kelp gull (Larus dominicanus, Goéland dominicain). Brazil, 2007.

Note: These kelp gull photos are the beginning of a series of images I brought back from Brazil in last January. You will see here one post every two days with a new animal (mostly birds), with one or more photos. Keep visiting us.

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Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias, Caurale soleil). Brazil, 2007.

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Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus, Cormoran vigua). Brazil, 2007.

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Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola, Sicale bouton-d’or). Brazil, 2007.