Michael´s Eighth Year

[michael-ibk]

On 5/29/2023 at 9:06 PM, PeterHG said:

I love your Red-capped Cardinal! Apparently rather common on your side, but I didn’t see it. Also some great antbirds and antthrushes: such difficult species to find and photograph.

 

On 5/31/2023 at 1:14 PM, pedro maia said:

Some really cool species Michael, I particularly like the antbirds and similar species but I suffered when trying to photograph those kind of birds in Brasil.

 

Thanks everybody. Peter, the Cardinals were only common along the river, more on less every time we were in teh boat.

 

And yes, those Antbirds are real bastard birds, quite a challenge.

[michael-ibk]

78/G78) Black-Eared Fairy (Heliothryx auritus) / Grünstirn-Schmuckkolibri

 

Atta Lodge. A new Fairy for me.

 

[michael-ibk]

79/G79) Grey-Winged Trumpeter (Psophia crepitans) / Grauflügel-Trompetervogel

 

Atta Lodge. Quite an odd bird, wandering along the rainforest floor in big groups. Very noisy.

 

[michael-ibk]

80/80) King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) / Königsgeier

 

Atta Lodge. Super-cool Vulture, very high up on my target list. I just wish it would have been as close as all the Black Vultures.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

81/G81) Black-Tailed Trogon (Trogon melanurus) / Schwarzschwanztrogon

 

Atta Lodge. New Trogon - always nice.

 

[michael-ibk]

82/G82) Great Jacamar (Jacamerops aureus) / Riesenglanzvogel

 

Atta Lodge. As the name implies, the largest Jacamar. Three sightings.

 

[michael-ibk]

83/G83) Guianan Warbling-Antbird (Hypocnemis cantator) / Rostflanken-Ameisenschnäpper

 

Atta Lodge. The only sighting although it was heard quite often. A typical rainforestphoto of an Antbird.

 

[michael-ibk]

84/G84) White-Plumed Antbird (Pithys albifrons) / Weißgesicht-Ameisenvogel

 

Atta Lodge. I knew I had to see this one when I was stuying the birds of the Guyanas before the trip. And was delighted our guide could find it. Such an odd - and cool - look.

 

[michael-ibk]

85/G85) Rufous-Throated Antbird (Gymnopithys rufigula) / Rostkehl-Ameisenvogel

 

Atta Lodge. Saw five or six of them together, attending an ant swarm.

 

[michael-ibk]

86/G86) White-Chinned Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla merula) / Weißkinn-Baumsteiger

 

Atta Lodge. A widespread but generally rare Woodcreeper.

 

[michael-ibk]

87/G87) Black-Banded Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes picumnus) / Dunkelschnabel-Baumsteiger

 

Atta Lodge. A large Woodcreeper with a hefty bill.

 

[michael-ibk]

88/G88) Purple-Throated Fruitcrow (Querula purpurata) / Purpurbrustkotinga

 

Atta Lodge. A nice bird (I´ve already seen in Ecuador) but still a disappointing one because I was much more after the Crimson Fruitcrow, one of Atta´s top birds. Unfortunately missed that one.

 

[michael-ibk]

89/G89) Screaming Piha (Lipaugus vociferans) / Schreikotinga

 

Atta Lodge. A (not so little) "brown job" but still iconic for its voice - THE sound of the Amazonia rainforest.

 

[michael-ibk]

90/G90) Green Oropendola (Psarocolius viridis) / Grünschopf-Stirnvogel

 

Atta Lodge. Fairly common.

 

[michael-ibk]

91/G91) Plumbeous Pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea) / Weintaube

 

Iwokrama Canopy Walkway. Move on, nothing interesting to see here.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

92/G92) Black-Necked Aracari (Pteroglossus aracari) / Schwarzkehlarassari

 

Iwokrama Canopy Walkway. Fairly common but always a delight to see - as are all Aracaris.

 

 

[michael-ibk]

93/G93) Spix´s Guan (Penelope jacquacu) / Spixguan

 

Atta Lodge. At least our guide said so, I could not tell them apart from the virtually identical Marail Guan.

 

[michael-ibk]

94/G94) Scaled Pigeon (Patagioenas speciosa) / Schuppenbauchtaube

 

Atta Lodge. Pretty cool-looking for a Pigeon but extremely distant unfortunately.

 

[michael-ibk]

95/G95) Short-Tailed Nighthawk (Lurocalis semitorquatus) / Bändernachtschwalbe

 

Atta Lodge. Only coming out at the end of dusk so tricky to get a photo of.

 

[michael-ibk]

96/G96) Band-Rumped Swift (Chaetura spinicaudus) Dornensegler or Grey-Rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris) / Graubürzelsegler

 

Atta Lodge. Choose yourself - I know both species were around (because the guide said so) but I gave up trying to find out which one I (more or less) caught here. Maybe both, not sure.

 

 

[michael-ibk]

97/G97) Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) / Marmorreiher

 

Atta Lodge. A juvenile here.

 

[michael-ibk]

98/G98) Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) / Rabengeier

 

Atta Lodge. Extremely common. Only took the photo because it was almost begging me, posing like that in good light.

 

[michael-ibk]

99/G99) Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura) Truthahngeier

 

Atta Lodge. Also very common and it really would not have been a huge problem to get a better photo. Kinda forgot about them. OTOH, now that I think about it, I don´t think we ever saw them perching close like the Black Vultures.

 

[michael-ibk]

100/G100) Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao) / Scharlachara

 

Atta Lodge. A big highlight here - wonderful to see a breeding pair.

 

 

 

 

 

[TonyQ]

Beautiful birds and stunning photos to reach you 100.

Well done