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    Groove-billed Ani

    Groove-billed Ani

    The Groove-billed Ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris, is an odd-looking tropical bird in the cuckoo family with a long tail and a large, curved beak. It is a resident species ...

    Great Black Hawk

    Great Black Hawk

    The Great Black Hawk, Buteogallus urubitinga, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures. The ...

    Ferruginous Pygmy-owl

    Ferruginous Pygmy-owl

    The Ferruginous Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum) is a small owl that breeds in south-central Arizona in the USA, south through toMexico, Central America and South ...

    Dusky-capped Flycatcher

    Dusky-capped Flycatcher

    The Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in forest and other woodland from ...

    Crimson-backed Tanager

    Crimson-backed Tanager

    The Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus) is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Colombia, French Guyana, Panama, ...

    Brown Pelican

    Brown Pelican

    The Brown Pelican occurs on coasts in the Americas from Washington and Virginia south to northern Peru and the mouth of the Amazon River, as well as the island of Saut d'Eau ...

    Blue-crowned Motmot

    Blue-crowned Motmot

    Like most of the Coraciiformes, motmots nest in tunnels in banks, laying about three or four white eggs. The Blue-crowned Motmot is 38–48 cm (15-19 in) long, depending on ...

    Thrush

    Thrush

    Thrushes are plump, soft-plumaged, small to medium-sized birds, inhabiting wooded areas, and often feed on the ...

    Tanager

    Tanager

    The tanagers (sg. pronounced /ˈtænədʒər/) comprise the bird family Thraupidae, in the order Passeriformes. The family has an American distribution. There were traditionally ...

    Rufous-Collared Sparrow

    Rufous-Collared Sparrow

    The Rufous-collared Sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis, is an American sparrow found in a wide range of habitats, often near humans, from the extreme southeast of Mexico to Tierra del ...

    Red Crowned Woodpecker

    Red Crowned Woodpecker

    The Red-crowned Woodpecker, Melanerpes rubricapillus, is a resident breeding bird from southwestern Costa Rica south to Colombia, Venezuela, theGuianas and Tobago. This woodpecker occurs in forests and ...

    Grey Hawk

    Grey Hawk

    The Grey Hawk or Grey-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus) is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genusAsturina ...

    Forked Tail Flycatcher

    Forked Tail Flycatcher

    This bird occurs in a wide variety of habitats including pastures, riparian forests, and open residential areas with scattered trees. Its breeding range is from central Mexico to central Argentina. In ...

    Magnificent Frigatebird

    Magnificent Frigatebird

    The Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens) was sometimes previously known as Man O'War, reflecting its rakish lines, speed, and aerial piracy of other birds. It is ...

    Wattled Jacanas

    Wattled Jacanas

    The Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana is a wader which is a resident breeder from western Panama and Trinidad south through most of South America east of the Andes. The jacanas are a group of wetland birds, which ...

    Tropical Kingbird

    Tropical Kingbird

    The Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus) is a large tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southern Arizona and the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the USA through Central America, South America as ...

    Little Blue Heron

    Little Blue Heron

    The Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea, is a small heron. It breeds from the Gulf states of the USA through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a ...

    Brown Pelican

    Brown Pelican

    The Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) is the smallest of the eight species of pelican, although it is a large bird in nearly every other regard. It is 106–137 cm (42–54 in) in ...

    Eastern Medowlark

    Eastern Medowlark

    One of the best-known birds of American farmlands, the Eastern Meadowlark usually delivers its bright song from a conspicuous perch. The Eastern and ...

    Great Blue Heron

    Great Blue Heron

    The Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias) is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central ...

    Yellow Headed Caracara

    Yellow Headed Caracara

    The Yellow-headed Caracara, Milvago chimachima, is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is found in tropical and subtropical South America and the southern portion ...