Category: Birds
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Neotropic Cormorant
The Cormorant is clearly a bird easy to find anywhere you can find some water. In Pantanal, the Neotropic Cormorant lives along rivers and is easily seen spreading its wings in the sun while not diving for fishes. Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus, Cormoran vigua). Brazil, 2007.
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Saffron Finch
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola, Sicale bouton-d’or). Brazil, 2007.
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Vulture
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Vulture (in flight). Brazil, 2007.
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Yellow-rumped Cacique
Click on the thumbnail image to enlarge it Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela, Cassique à cul-jaune). Brazil, 2007.
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Black Skimmer
Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Black Skimmer (Rynchops niger, Bec-en-ciseaux noir). Brazil, 2007.
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Anhinga
Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga, Anhinga d’Amérique). Brazil, 2007.
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Tropical Kingbird
Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus, tyran mélancolique). Brazil, 2007. Other possible identification: Cattle tyrant (Machetornis rixosus, Moucherolle querelleur). It was my initial assumption. But I now doubt it because of the wings 2-tone colour (the identification I did has been supported by will and DID in the forums…
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Amazon Kingfisher
Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona, Martin-pêcheur d’Amazonie). Brazil, 2007.
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Green Kingfisher
Click on the thumbnails image to enlarge them Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana, Martin-pêcheur vert). Brazil, 2007.