Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)

Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)

A common and opportunistic bird that gladly eats from human feeding stations during its daily rounds in its range. It sounds like this:


Flaggspett | Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

Flaggspett | Great spotted woodpecker (Dendrocopos major)

This youngster is fully capable of catching its own food by now, but conveniently sits on this dead branch hoping the parents will continue the feeding. Its…


Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

The iconic Hoatzin is a strange looking bird as well as in behaviour, but it's also beautiful I think. It's like no other bird! It raises the head plume as…


Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

I'm fascinated by these prehistoric-like birds of the Amazon rainforest - they are like no other bird! They can hardly fly, they sound like a magpie stuck on…


Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros)

Green-barred Woodpecker (Colaptes melanochloros)

This was a brief encounter with the species as I was about to leave SouthWild Pantanal and go to Chapada dos Guimarães - the rainmaker and the source of…


Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris)

Pale-crested Woodpecker (Celeus lugubris)

This was the only encounter of the species during my stay in Pantanal, and is a female seen a few hours upstrem from Porto Jofre.


Vendehals (Jynx torquilla)

Vendehals (Jynx torquilla)

Det er nå juli og ungene maser veldig og "tyter" ut av redehullet, og det virker som om de kan forlate redet når som helst.


Vendehals (Jynx torquilla)

Vendehals (Jynx torquilla)

En dag hørte jeg en sjelden lyd som trigget minner fra da jeg var liten. Kunne det være vendehalsen? Det lignet veldig, men lyden kom fra ulike plasser med…


Campo Flicker (Colaptes campestris)

Campo Flicker (Colaptes campestris)

The only species of woodpecker I encountered while at Pousada Xaraés. This was the second and last, and being the last few hours of my stay I think I should be…


Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)

It was perched in such a nice position and light, as if it wanted me to take a picture. Usually they prefer some distance, and if the comfort zone is about to…