Michael´s Eighth Year

[michael-ibk]

132/G132) Buff-Necked Ibis (Theristicus caudatus) / Weißhalsibis

 

Rock View. An old friend from the Pantanal.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

133/G133) Brown-Throated Parakeet (Eupsittula pertinax) / Braunwangensittich

 

Rock View. Quite common but mostly just dashing by.

 

 

A better sighting later near Georgetown.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

134/G134) White-Bellied Antbird (Myrmeciza longipes)  / Grauband-Ameisenvogel

 

Rock View. Medium-sized antbird with a disjunct range from Panama to Brazil. As is typical for this family, very skulky. Had to focus manually here, deep inside the foliage.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

135/135) Small-Billed Elaenia (Elaenia parvirostris) / Dreibinden-Olivtyrann

 

Rock View. Elaenias are a nightmare, they all look the same. IDed by guide.

 

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

136/G136) Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis) / Grauwangen-Olivtyrann

 

Rock View. Another one I could never ID on my own.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

137/G137) Rusty-Margined Flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis) / Rostschwingen-Maskentyrann

 

Rock View. A quite common Kiskadee lookalike.

 

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

138/G138) Bicoloured Wren (Campylorhynchus griseus) / Brauenzaunkönig

 

Rock View. Quite limited range in the lowlands of Northern South America.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

139/G139) Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus) / Tropenspottdrossel

 

Rock View. Tropical counterpart to Northern Mockingbird of North America. Common and often conspicuous in open and semi-open lowland tropical areas, perching on roadside wires and bare snags.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

140/G140) Pale-Breasted Thrush (Turdus leucomelas) / Fahlbrustdrossel

 

Rock View. Quite similar to our (female) European Blackbirds, also in behaviour. Very bold birds.

 

[michael-ibk]

141/G141) Finsch´s Euphonia (Euphonia finschi) / Finschorganist

 

Rock View. Only found in the Guyanas and parts of Venezuela.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

142/G142) Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis) / Orangebrusttrupial

 

Rock View. Not uncommon but never got a decent photo.

 

[michael-ibk]

143/G143) Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum) / Humboldtscharbe

 

Rupununi River. Most widespread Cormorant South of Mexico in America.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

144/G144) Western Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) / Fischadler

 

Rupununi River. Very common on the river, we saw almost 10 that afternoon and even more later in Karanambu.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

145/G145) Pied Water-Tyrant (Fluvicola pica) / Elsterwassertyrann

 

Rupununi River. No range overlap with other similar water-tyrants.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

146/G146) Hooded Tanager (Nemosia pileata) / Schwarzkappentangare

 

Rupununi River. Needed a while to figure this photo out at home.

 

 

[michael-ibk]

147/G147) White-Faced Whistling Duck (Dendrocygna viduata) / Witwenpfeifgans

 

Rock View. One of the few birds common in South America AND Africa.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

148/G148) Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria) / Einsiedlerwasserläufer

 

Rock View. Quite similar to our Green Sandpiper.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

149/G149) Green-Tailed Jacamar (Galbula galbula) / Grünschwanz-Glanzvogel

 

Rock View. The fourth Jacamar this trip.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

150/G150) Yellow-Headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima) / Gelbkopfkarakara

 

Rock View. A quite common Caracara.

 

 

 

[TonyQ]

Well done on 150. I really like the Woodpeckers 

[Galana]

Congratulations on the 150 and some lovely tempting birds. (I may have to stop reading this thread or else I will be checking flight schedules instead of Budgets.)

[michael-ibk]

Thanks @TonyQand @Galana!

 

Tony, did you watch those Woody Woodpecker cartoons as a child? I often think they are the reason why I am so fond of this kind of Woodies.

 

Fred, Budgets are Schmudgets, life is much more fun forgetting about them.

 

151/G151) Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus) / Schopfkarakara

 

Rock View. Ranging from the US all the way down to the Southern tip of South America.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

152/G152) Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina) / Grauameisenfänger

 

Rock View. Usually in pairs, and another one of these frustatingly skulky Antgang.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

153/G153) White-Naped Xenopsaris (Xenopsaris albinucha) / Kappenbekarde.

 

Rock View. A Becard. Really wanted to see this one - just because the name starts with an X.

 

 

 

[michael-ibk]

154/G154) Helmeted Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus galeatus) / Helm-Schuppenkopftyrann

 

Rock View. Tiny flycatcher; common and widespread, but heard far more often than seen.