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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet (Tyrannulus elatus) - Birds of the Guyanas 27

  The Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet is an inconspicuous small bird that lives in humid lowlands in most of northern South America and Panama. I saw it for the first time last weekend…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) - Birds of the Guyanas 26 - and a Squirrel Monkey

  The female Black-throated Mango strongly resembles a female Green-throated Mango and both of them look very similar to the juvenile male Green-throated Mango. It can be very…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Green-tailed Jacamar (Galbula galbula) - Birds of the Guyanas 25

  The Green-tailed Jacamar is the most common Jacamar in Suriname. This beautiful coloured bird can be found at forest edges where it hunts for insects. With its long bill it can…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) - Birds of the Guyanas 24

  The Smooth-billed Ani is an extremely social bird that lives in small family groups. You see them often eating together but they also build their nests together and the females…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) - Birds of the Guyanas 23

  It's obvious why the Snail Kite is called a snail kite. It's a specialised snail eater; a molluscivore. Its main diet consists of large apple snails and there are plenty of those…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) - Birds of the Guyanas 22

  The Blue-grey Tanager is a very common blue bird that can be seen in almost every garden in Suriname. They live in small groups in open terrain or at the forest edge. You'll…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Green-throated Mango (Anthracothorax viridigula) - Birds of the Guyanas 21

  This beautiful hummingbird, the Green-throated Mango, is relatively uncommon. I haven't seen it much this year, but last year around the same time, I saw it almost daily. It was…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Greyish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens) - Birds of the Guyanas 20

  The Greyish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens) sometimes visits our garden looking for fruit to eat but normally it prefers the open country and fields in the coastal area. It not…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Piratic Flycatcher - Birds of the Guyanas 19

  The Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius) is a conspicuous bird with a very distinctive song that sometimes can be heard the whole day long. I haven't seen this little fellow…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Yellow Oriole - Birds of the Guyanas 18

  This stunningly beautiful bird is the Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis). And although it's almost completely yellow, it is a member of the blackbird family (Icteridae). It's a…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture - Birds of the Guyanas 17

  The Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes burrovianus) is one of the five vulture species in Suriname. It greatly resembles the Greater Yellow-headed Vulture but it's smaller…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Black-capped Donacobius - Birds of the Guyanas 16

  The Black-capped Donacobius is a conspicuous bird that can be found in wet places like marshes, mainly along the coastline. They like to be in or on top of dense vegetation…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Green-rumped Parrotlet - Birds of the Guyanas 15

  The Green-rumped Parrotlet is the smallest of all 25 parrots and macaws in Suriname. They mainly live in the fields where they eat seeds, fruits and flowers. They are not so…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Rufescent Tiger-Heron - Birds of the Guyanas 14

  This stunningly beautiful bird is the Rufescent Tiger-Heron. Since we've entered the dry season some of the surrounding fields have become more accessible again. Yesterday I was…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  One week of bird(watch)ing - 6 FTE birds spotted

  Arrowhead Piculet (Picumnus minutissimus) Last week was a fantastic week for birding. I spotted 6 birds for the first time ever (FTE). Not that these birds are rare, but…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Spotted Tody-flycatcher - Birds of the Guyanas 13

  The Spotted Tody-flycatcher visited our garden yesterday morning for the first time. I've seen this small bird (9-10cm) only a couple of times before. It was looking for insects…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Tropical Kingbird - Birds of the Guyanas 12

  The Tropical Kingbird is one of the most common and conspicuous birds of Suriname. It's a real flycatcher and it catches flying insects from a perch. It can be found in open…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Greater Ani - Birds of the Guyanas 11

  The Greater Ani is a very social bird in the cuckoo family. They nest in small groups, building a single nest in which all the females lay their eggs. All the member of the…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Arrowhead Piculet - Birds of the Guyanas 10

  Being relatively new to birding has its advantages: there are a lot of 'first time ever' birds. So it is with the Arrowhead Piculet. Yesterday evening it landed in my garden in…

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• gardenbsquared (59)in #birding • 6 years ago

  Blue-black Grassquit - Birds of the Guyanas 9

  The Blue-black Grassquit is a common visitor in our garden. This small bird (10 cm) in the tanager family can be found in the fields and along the canals where there are high…

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