11 Dec 2011
Buff-Winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae)
The female buff-Winged Starfrontlet (Coeligena lutetiae). It sounds like this: Altitude 3560 metres. PichinchaEcuador-0.1275,-78.590556
11 Dec 2011
Masked Flowerpiercer (Diglossopis cyanea)
This individual was quite predictable, as it kept coming back to this branch - in what seemed like a display of peekaboo. With bright colors and a blood red…
11 Dec 2011
Equatorial Antpitta (Grallaria saturata)
Yanacocha has recently succeeded in domesticating the Rufous Antpitta, something my guide was unaware of the first time we went to this reserve in November.…
10 Dec 2011
Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
At 05:39 in the morning the light is still very dim - the sun is well below the horizon. My eyes could only see the silhouette of the Heron against the…
9 Dec 2011
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
The unmistakable profile of the Hoatzin - even close to darkness you know immediately what bird it is. Yasuni National Park-0.526667, -76.434167…
9 Dec 2011
Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
Rufescent Tiger Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum) is a large bird like this should be easy to see, but the Herons are expert at standing still no matter what their…
9 Dec 2011
Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)
A red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis) couple was nesting underneath the pier. I first thought they roosted there during the nights, but one day I was…
9 Dec 2011
Ivory-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus azara)
For a human in the jungle it's mostly about looking up to the canopy where much of the life resides. Adding distance and high contrast (fauna is dark against…