Michael´s Eighth Year

[michael-ibk]

178/G178) Pantanal aka South-American Snipe (Gallinago paraguaiae) / Magellanbekassine

 

Karanambu. Exploded in flight after we flushed it. The old name (South-American Snipe) makes much more sense, it is widespread across the Continent.

 

[michael-ibk]

179/G179) Great Egret (Ardea alba) / Silberreiher

 

Karanambu. Regular sightings. The world´s most widespread member of the Heron family.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

180/G180) Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) / Blaureiher

 

Karanambu. No idea why this (rather small bird) is a Heron and not an Egret.

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

181/G181) Agami Heron (Agamia agami) / Speerreiher

 

Karanambu. A spectacular bird high on my list. Chuffed we found it, although I would have preferred to see it in some light, it was in very deep shadow.

 

[michael-ibk]

182/G182) Black-Crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) / Nachtreiher

 

Karanambu. Another true cosmopolitan, only missing in Australia (and Antarctica of course).

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

183/G183) Swallow-Tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus) / Schwalbenweih

 

Karanambu. A very graceful bird I always love to watch.

 

 

 

 

[Tdgraves]

Gorgeous photos Michael, I particularly like the night heron.

[michael-ibk]

Thank you @Tdgraves!

 

184/G184) Black-Collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis ) / Fischbussard

 

Karanambu. This bird was uber-common in the Pantanal but we really had to work to find one here, and it was not very cooperative.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

185/G185) Savanna Hawk (Buteogallus meridionalis) / Savannenbussard

 

Karanambu. No complaints about this one.

 

[michael-ibk]

186/G186) Zone-Tailed Hawk (Buteo albonotatus) / Rußbussard

 

Karanambu. Rarely seen perched according to ebird but everybody has to come down for a rest once in a while.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

187/G187) Burrowing Owl (Athene cunicularia) / Kaninchenkauz

 

Karanambu. The easiest Owl in America?

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

188/G188) Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis) / Fledermausfalke

 

Karanambu. Quite similar to our Hobby.

 

[michael-ibk]

189/G189) Blue-Backed Manakin (Chiroxiphia pareola) / Prachtpipra

 

Karanamabu. A gorgeous Manakin, I was really happy when our guide found it. Quite high in the canopy.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

190/G190) Capuchinbird (Perissocephalus tricolor) / Kapuzinerkotinga

 

Karanambu. The display call of lekking males is one of the strangest avian sounds, similar to a distant chain saw or cow. Listen here. Hearing it was as cool as seeing it.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

191/G191) Bearded Tachuri (Polystictus pectoralis) / Streifenkinn-Grastyrann

 

Karanambu. A specialty of the area.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

192/G192) Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor) Liktormaskentyrann

 

Karanambu. Very similar to its Greater cousin but smaller, more slender with a longer, narrower bill.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

193/G193) Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus) / Schwefelmaskentyrann

 

Karanambu. Impossible to miss in the Neotropics. Because it is so common I almost forgot to take a photo.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

194/G194) Fork-Tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana) / Gabelschwanz-Königstyrann

 

Karanambu. A very cool-looking Flycatcher of open savanna.

 

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

195/G195) Chivi Vireo (Vireo chivi) / Chivivireo

 

Karanambu. Widespread through South America, mainly in lowlands but also up into foothills - I´ve seen it on the Andean slopes in Ecuador.

 

 

[michael-ibk]

196/G196) Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna) / Lerchenstärling

 

Karanambu. Not related to our Old World Larks.

 

 

 

[Soukous]

For someone who is not doing Big Year in 2023 you're amassing a very impressive total. 

[michael-ibk]

197/G197) Plumbeous Seedeater (Sporophila plumbea) / Grauspelzer

 

Karanambu. Very similar to the Plumbeous Sierra Finch I saw in Ecuador - until posting now I had thought it was the same, did not realize it was a lifer for me.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

198/G198) Blue-Tailed Emerald (Chlorostilbon mellisugus) / Blauschwanz-Smaragdkolibri

 

Karasabai. Hooray, a posing Hummer!

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

199/G199) Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) / Brasilzwergkauz

 

Karasabai. Looking so different from the bird I saw in Ecuador I first doubted my guide´s ID. He was right of course.

 

Compare - the Guinean form:

 

 

And the (much more colourful) one from Ecuador:

 

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

7 minutes ago, Soukous said:

For someone who is not doing Big Year in 2023 you're amassing a very impressive total. 

 

I´ve learned from my "clients" to never admit to anything. So - I never said that. Wasn´t me. And if I did - who cares.

 

200/G200) Guianan Cock-of-the-Rock (Rupicola rupicola) / Tiefland-Felsenhahn

 

Corkwood. Undoubtedly one of the Top 3 birds of the trip.