Birds

  • Clsoe up of a Crimson-rumped Toucanets

    Crimson-rumped Toucanets

    The Crimson-rumped Toucanets (Aulacorhynchus haematopygus) is also known as Chestnut-billed Emerald-Toucanet, Crimson-rumped Aracaris or Red-rumped Green-Toucanet. This South American toucanet is closely related to the Blue-banded Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis) and…

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  • Maui Parrotbills

    The Maui Parrotbills Males have more intense yellow colouration, especially on the head. In the picture, the oversized head and massive beak of this finch-sized bird are visible to advantage.…

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  • Emerald Toucanets on Branch

    Emerald Toucanets

    The Emerald Toucanets (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) are small to medium-sized toucans found in Central and South America, where they inhabit humid forests and more open woodland – mostly at higher elevations.…

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  • Chestnut-eared Aracaris Face On A Brown Background

    Chestnut-eared Aracaris

    The Chestnut-eared Aracaris (Pteroglossus castanotis) is an Aracari that is native to central and south-eastern South America, where this lowland species inhabits western Brazil north to eastern Colombia and south…

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  • Swan Diet Eating Bread from the Hands of Man

    Swan Diet

    Feeding Swans, Geese and Ducks Swans, Geese and Ducks are commonly found neighborhood ponds, and people are generally delighted to have these birds move into their local ponds for them…

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  • Green Toucanets Perched on the Branch

    Green Toucanets

    The Green Toucanets (genus Aulacorhynchus) are South American toucans that occur in humid forests and mountain woodlands, but a few also occur in adjacent lowlands. Subspecies: Blue-banded Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus coeruleicinctis)…

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  • Pair of Indian Silverbills Perched on a Tree

    Indian Silverbills

    The Indian Silverbills or White-throated Munia (Lonchura malabarica) is a small passerine bird formerly considered conspecific (of, or belonging to, the same species) with the closely related African Silverbill, Lonchura…

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