Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe (Attagis gayi)

Rufous-bellied Seedsnipe (Attagis gayi)

I immediately thought of ptarmigans of northern Europe when I encountered this seedsnipe. It is in fact a short-legged wader living on plants and seeds. It…


Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)

Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)

A beautiful pose of a bird you'll hear and see throughout the Himalayas. Here it's on its way to drinking water provided by a house owner during the dry…


Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)

Himalayan bulbul (Pycnonotus leucogenys)

A bird with lovely simple vocalizations that you hear throughout Bhutan and the Himalayas and is one of 9 species in Bhutan. You will see this common species…


Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)

Red-vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)

No matter how common a species is I love to capture them when they have positioned themselves in an aesthetic or artistic way, and this one was in no rush to…


Orcus Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus orcus)

Orcus Checkered-Skipper (Pyrgus orcus)

Further up the Cristalino River, the first rapids and a small island with a great tree, Cristalino Jungle Lodge has a small farm and here I found several…


Polyctor Skipper (Polyctor polyctor)

Polyctor Skipper (Polyctor polyctor)

Noel Kempff Mercado National Park has the river Paraguá as a natural border in the west, and on the shores of the river you'll see a large number of insect…


Firetip (Pyrrhopyge sp)

Firetip (Pyrrhopyge sp)

Little light is reflected, only the red and white is prominent, and only when in certain angles you'll see that it's blue and not really black. I found it in…