Birdwatchers

A Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti) in Georgetown, Guyana (Photo by Kester Clarke/www.kesterclarke.net)
A Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti) in Georgetown, Guyana (Photo by Kester Clarke/www.kesterclarke.net)

Ruddy Ground Dove

The Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti) is a resident breeder from  Mexico  south to Peru, Brazil, Paraguay, northern Argentina and Trinidad and  Tobago. 

Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala) perched on branch at Bounty Farm, Timehri, Guyana (Photo by Kester Clarke/www.kesterclarke.net)
Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala) perched on branch at Bounty Farm, Timehri, Guyana (Photo by Kester Clarke/www.kesterclarke.net)

Yellow-crowned Amazon

The Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala) is a species of parrot native to tropical South America and Panama.

Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) in flight at Lusignan, Guyana (Photo by Kester Clarke/www.kesterclarke.net)
Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) in flight at Lusignan, Guyana (Photo by Kester Clarke/www.kesterclarke.net)

Neotropic Cormorant

The Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus) can be found throughout the American tropics and subtropics, from the middle Rio Grande and the Gulf and Californian coasts of the United States south through Mexico and Central America to southern South America.

A Striped Owl (Asio clamator) at Georgetown, Guyana (Photo by Kester Clarke/www.kesterclarke.net)

Striped Owl

The Striped Owl (Asio clamator) is native to South America, and parts of Central America.

A Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) near a Georgetown canal (Photo by Kester Clarke/www.kesterclarke.net)

Ringed Kingfisher

The Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata) is found in southeastern-most Texas in the United States  through Central America to South America.

White-plumed Antbird (Pithys albifrons) near an ant swarm at Rs Farm, Yarrowkabra, Guyana

White-plumed Antbird

The White-plumed Antbird (Pithys albifrons) can be found across the lowlands of northern Amazonia, including Venezuela and the Guianas.

A Cattle Egret (Bubulcus Ibis) flying with material for nest building in Windsor Forest, West Coast Demerara (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)

Cattle Egret

The Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis) is found in the tropics, subtropics, and warm-temperate zones.

Snowy Egrets (Egretta thula) in dispute over territory, Ogle Seawall, Guyana (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)

Snowy Egret

Snowy Egrets (Egretta thula)are most common along the coast, though they do breed patchily in inland wetlands.

Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) in flight over the mudflats at Mon Repos, Guyana. (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)

ScarletIbis

The Scarlet Ibis (Eudocimus ruber) is a brilliant scarlet red over its whole body, the only non-scarlet regions restricted to the distal third of the outer four primaries, the eye, and the bill, which are black.

 Green Ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis), Linden, Guyana (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)

Green Ibis

The Green Ibis is resident in lowlands from Honduras south to northern Argentina, also the wetlands and swampy woods in Central and South America.

A male Guianan-Streaked Antwren (Myrmotherula surinamensis) near Atta Rainforest Lodge, Iwokrama, Guyana (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)

Guianan-Streaked Antwren

The Guianan-Streaked Antwren (Myrmotherula surinamensis) is found in tropical South America where its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, tropical swamps, and heavily degraded former forest.

A male Northern Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus punctatus) in Timehri (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)

Northern Slaty Antshrike

The male Northern Slaty Antshrike (Thamnophilus punctatus) is distributed across much of the Guiana Shield, as well as more locally in the foothills of the east Andes, from southwest Venezuela to eastern Colombia, and thereafter reappearing in southern Ecuador and northernmost Peru.

Pygmy Antwren (Myrmotherula brachyura) at RsFarm, Yarrowkabra, Guyana (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)

Pygmy Antwren

The Pygmy Antwren (Myrmotherula brachyura) is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.

Rufous-throated Antbird (Gymnopithys rufigula) at an ant swarm near the Atta Rainforest Lodge, Iwokrama, Guyana (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)

Rufous-throated Antbird

The Rufous-throated Antbird (Gymnopithys rufigula) is confined to the Guiana Shield, where it inhabits the understory of lowland terra firme forests.

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