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21 Nov 2012

Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica)

Sungrebe (Heliornis fulica) is a very shy and secretive bird, that instead of taking to the wings prefer to swim into the vegetation for cover. It will…

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21 Nov 2012

Tricolored heron (Egretta tricolor)

I'm amazed by the number of fish-eating bird species are fed by the fish stock of the small Chalalan lake, in addition to caimans! Herons and cormorants are…

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21 Nov 2012

Red-and-green Macaw (Ara chloropterus)

What's wonderful about some of the national parks like Madidi is that more and more of the inhabitans are no longer hunted, and you're able to get reasonably…

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BoliviaChalalanMadidiBirds

21 Nov 2012

White-throated Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)

Despite the huge beaks and wonderful plumage, their song is rather annoing. An excellent ring-tone candidate :-) This one was part of a group of at least 4…

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21 Nov 2012

Great Black Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga)

A juvenile great black hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga) on the Tuichi riverside and where the trail to Chalalan starts or ends. It sounds like this:……

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21 Nov 2012

Blue-throated Piping Guan (Pipile cumanensis)

I never saw a blue-throated piping guan (Pipile cumanensis) on ground, and thus never got a good shot. Not really disturbed by human presence, and some…

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