Kester Clarke

The Aplomado Falcon (Falco femoralis) is mostly found in South America  Its upperparts are dark blue-grey, with the usual falcon “moustache” contrasting sharply with the white throat and eyestripe.

The Guianan Toucanet is found in north-western Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and Venezuela.

The Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) can be found from the southeastern United States to South America.

The Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris) can be found in the Lesser Antilles and northern South America among other places.

The male Black-headed Antbird (Percnostola rufifrons) is mainly dark grey, with a black throat and crown.

The Black-crested Antshrike (Sakesphorus canadensis) is found in tropical South America in Trinidad, Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas, northern Brazil and northeastern Peru.

The Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)is found in Mexico, through Central America, Trinidad and Tobago, and a large part of South America east of the Andes as far south as northern Argentina, Bolivia  and Paraguay.

The White-winged Becard (Pachyramphus polychopterus) is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

The Pink-throated Becard (Pachyramphus minor) is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana,  Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

The Pale-breasted Thrush (Turdus leucomelas) is found in wooded habitats in eastern and northern South America, from Colombia to Uruguay.

The Grey-necked Wood Rail (Aramides cajaneus) lives primarily in the forests, mangroves, and swamps of Central and South America.

The Barn Owl (Tyto alba) is found almost everywhere in the world except for the polar and desert regions, Asia north of the Himalayas, most of Indonesia, and some Pacific islands The plumage on head and back is a mottled shade of grey or brown, the underparts vary from white to brown and are sometimes speckled with dark markings.

The Plain-crowned Spinetail (Synallaxis gujanensis)is found in the Guianas and much of Amazonia.

The Cinnamon Attila (Attila cinnamomeus) is found in northern South America in the  Amazon Basin of Brazil and the Guianas.

The Boat-billed Flycatcher  (Megarynchus  pitangua) breeds in open woodland with some tall trees from  Mexico south to Bolivia and Argentina, and through to Trinidad.

The Black-crowned Night Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax) lives in fresh and salt-water wetlands throughout much of the world; North and South America from Canada as far south as northern Argentina and Chile, in the Falkland Islands, Europe, Asia and Africa.

The crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos) is a very large woodpecker which is a resident breeding bird  from Panama south to northern border regions of Argentina, and on  Trinidad.

The spot-breasted woodpecker is found in a wide variety of habitats such as rainforests, mangroves and swamp edges among others throughout Amazonia, the Guianas, Venezuela and Northern Colombia.

The swallow-winged puffbird is a very distinctive and fairly common bird, most often encountered perched high on a dead branch along a riverbank, or on a telephone wire, and is typically observed in pairs, which are sometimes found in direct proximity to the neighbouring pair.

The Cayenne Jay is a medium-sized jay with a mostly black head, bluish-purple wings and tail and a white belly.