Small bird perching on a fence wire with brown fence posts on either side. Its belly is a beautiful lemon-yellow colour merging into soft white plumage at the throat. The head, nape and upper back are slate-grey and its eyes are dark. Charcoal-grey wings have faint whitish wing bars.

I love #birds in general, but the ones that stroke my pleasure senses the most are the cute smaller ones like this #Dusky-cappedFlycatcher found along a fenced trail in a densely-forested area in central #Brazil. #AvesBrasil #BrazilBirds #BirdingInBrazil

Bright orange and black bird with white wing patches perched in a leafy shrub.

Still in the #Pantanal, this orange-backed troupial looks a bit like our local Bullock's oriole in BC. Same genus of birds-- #Icterus. The term "troupial" is from the French troupiale, meaning troop or flock, so named because of their penchant to gather. 🪶🌿🇧🇷 #BrazilBirds #AvesBrasil #BirdingInBrazil

Large heron standing in water with slate-grey plumage on its back and reddish-brown neck and head. Its beak is large and dagger-like and its face is yellow where the skin is exposed.

Large heron with coarse brown-barred plumage in this young bird. The bird is standing sideways to the photographer. Its bill and legs are dirty yellow to tan in colour.

From our #birding trip to #Brazil last August, the impressive #RufescentTigerHeron is named for its reddish-brown neck and head and coarse barred pattern particularly seen in the juvenile bird (second image). 🪶🌿🇧🇷 #brazilbirds #avesbrasil #birdinginbrazil #pantanal

Bird, perched on a branch, with white throat and chest and black wings and head glaring with its ruby-red eyes at the photographer.

Bird, perched on a plant stem facing to the left, with rufous-brown head, wings and tail. The tail's colour merges to dark grey at the end. Its throat, chest and belly are a creamy-white

This male #GreatAntshrike was keeping a close watch on me and fellow birders with those gorgeous ruby-red eyes. His black and white plumage contrast starkly with his mate's soft rufous-brown feathers, but she still has the lovely red eyes. Parque Mãe Bonifácia, Cuiabá.

#brazilbirds #avesbrasil 🪶🌿🇧🇷

Profile of a slate-blue, white and rufous bird posed on a fence facing to the right. It has dark eyes, a large opened beak and upturned spotted tail.

A pair of slate-blue, white and rufous birds posed on a fence facing to the right. The closer bird has its back to the photographer hiding its rufous belly, but clearly showing its white-spotted tail feathers. The other bird shows a dark eye, a large, slightly opened beak and acutely upturned tail.

One more #kingfisher we were lucky enough to see in the #Pantanal. The #RingedKingfisher is like a super-sized belted kingfisher. They range through most of South America and up to the southern tip of Texas. Unfortunately, I was fighting dim evening light here. #brazilbirds #avesbrasil 🌿🪶🇧🇷

Dark green bird with white neck and hefty pointed bill in contrast with its size. Some rufous colouring barely shows at the neck/chest area indicating it's a male. White spots are also seen on one of its wings and feathers on the back of its head look flared out as if it's wind blown.

This lovely #greenkingfisher was found in the #Pantanal, not far from the last posted Amazon kingfisher. Species range includes Mexico, Central & South America, and also extends into parts of Arizona & Texas. It's smallish at about 2/3 the size of the belted kingfisher. #brazilbirds #avesbrasil 🌿🪶🇧🇷

Dark green and white bird sporting a hefty pointed bill sitting on wooden fencing.

The Amazon kingfisher is a medium-sized #kingfisher found mostly in tropical lowlands from northern Mexico south to central Argentina. So happy to find this photogenic #bird perched by a shallow pond in the Pantanal region of Brazil last August.

#amazonkingfisher #birdinginbrazil #avesbrasil 🌿🪶🇧🇷

A bird sitting on a tree branch with white and black head and white throat, orange bill, greyish breast and flanks with hints of barring and scalloped rufous-brown on wings and back.

This character was found at the edge of the Brazilian Cerrado thanks to its loud whinnying song. I love its descriptive name--white-eared puffbird. Seems quite appropriate given its puffed-up appearance! 🪶🌿🇧🇷 #brazilbirds #avesbrasil #birdinginbrazil #whiteearedpuffbird

Plumbeous Ibis - Stocky grey-brownish bird, with a bushy neck feathers, a white forehead, pink legs, a dark orange eye and a long, decurved grey bill.

Buff-necked Ibis - A handsome bird with a grey decurved bill and having a bright buffy head and neck, brownish-red eyes, brownish-grey back, white sides and dark underparts.

Bare-faced Ibis - Bird with black plumage and readily distinguished from other species of ibises by its pink bare face and pink decurved bill. It's legs are greyish pink.

Green Ibis - Stocky bird with a decurved greenish bill, dark eyes, greenish-blue legs and feet, dark purple-green plumage, and a dull black belly.

Several different species of #Ibis were seen on our recent visit to the #Pantanal in #Brazil. Here's four of them distinguished by their large decurved bills, perfect for probing soft ground and mud for invertebrates and other small critters. ID in ALT. 🪶🌿🇧🇷 #brazilbirds #avesbrasil #birdinginbrazil

A finch-like bird mostly dark red with a brownish-cinnamon back and a black and bright red raised head crest. White eye rings really add to the stunning colour scheme of the bird. It's perched on a branch of a leafless tree.

A finch-like bird mostly dark red with a brownish-cinnamon back and a black and bright red raised head crest. White eye rings really add to the stunning colour scheme of the bird. It's perched on a single branch protruding from a tree.

One of the prettiest finches we saw in the #Cerrado of #Brazil. But hang on a minute, after doing a little checking, it turns out this *red-crested finch* is currently classified as a #Tanager thanks to recent phylogenetic analyses.

#redcrestedfinch #thraupidae #brazilbirds #avesbrasil 🇧🇷 🪶 🌿

Small brown owl with patchy white spots. It's on the ground and looking to the left with large yellow eyes with black pupils. Rough, tall grass surround the owl.

Burrowing owls live in grasslands, deserts and other open habitats such as the Brazilian Cerrado, where this individual was found perched next to its burrow. They are daytime hunters, preying mainly on insects and small rodents. #owl #burrowingowl #brazilbirds #avesbrasil 🇧🇷 🪶 🌿

Profile of a large blue parrot with yellow-encircled eyes perched on the side of a tree.

Close up of two large blue parrots with yellow-encircled eyes perching in a tree. One of the birds also shows a yellow patch at the base of its beak. Green leaves surround the parrots and partially obscure their bodies.

Several #macaw species were seen on our recent trip to #Brazil, but they were a bit shy. Not surprising since they've been historically hunted for their feathers & illegal pet trade. The #Pantanal, in western Brazil, is the last stronghold of the endangered #HyacinthMacaw seen here. 🪶🌿 #avesbrasil

Two Blue-crowned Parakeets next to each other on a tree branch looking like they're having a chat with each other. The birds are yellowish-green with barely visible blue tone on their heads just above their beaks. Their eyes are surrounded with a spectacle-like band of white.

A Peach-fronted Parakeet on a tree branch in profile looking to the right. The bird shows green wings and a yellow body with green, yellow, blue and peach tones on its head just above the beak. Its visible eye is surrounded with a spectacle-like band of pale yellow.

A Monk Parakeet on a diagonal shrub branch in profile looking to the left. The bird shows green wings and nape with a white throat and chest merging in colour to a pale yellow and then green into its tail.

A Yellow-chevroned Parakeet on a diagonal shrub branch in profile looking to the left. The bird shows mostly green throughout with a hint of yellow below its wing. The bird is partially obscured by branches and leaves on its tail end.

Although threatened by habitat loss and illegal trapping, Brazil is still home to around 35 named parakeet species. On our recent trip to the country, my DW and I were delighted to spot several of these lovely birds, four of which are seen here (named in ALT text). #avesbrasil #brazilbirds 🇧🇷 🪶

Close up of the chestnut-eared aracari, a type of toucan found in Brazil. The beak is yellow and black with a touch of chestnut-brown at its base. Its head is black on top and chestnut-brown on the side. Its chest seen in the picture is pale yellow with a splash of red. The wings and and back are a slate grey colour.

Close up of the toco toucan, a bird found in Brazil. The beak is orange fading to yellow on the upper mandible with a black patch on the tip with a band of black at its base. Its head is black on top and white below extending down its neck. Its chest and wings seen in the picture are black.

Close up of the channel-billed toucan, a bird found in Brazil. The beak is black with a yellow band at the base. Its head is black on top and white on the side extending down its neck to its chest meeting a splash of red. The wings and lower chest seen in the picture are black with a bluish tint above.

Brazil is home to ~20 species of #toucans, the highest number of any country. Catching images of 3 of these iconic tropical #birds on a recent trip was a thrill: the chestnut-eared aracari, toco toucan & channel-billed toucan. Each sport their own distinct bill colours. #avesbrasil #brazilbirds

All puffbirds are awesome, but the nutlets are often the rarest and hardest to track down and that makes them extra special, even if they aren't as flashy as some of the big stunners. This is the Rusty-breasted, from a trip to Intervales in São Paulo. #birds #birding #passrinhando #avesbrasil

Suiriri pousado no alto da bananeira Tropical Kingbird perched on top of banana tree

Suiriri / Tyrannus melancholicus / Tropical Kingbird

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