Birdwatchers

Opal-rumped Tanager at Rockstone (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)
Opal-rumped Tanager at Rockstone (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)

Opal-rumped Tanagers

Opal-rumped Tanagers (Tangara velia) are widely distributed, although uncommon, throughout the forests of Amazonia and the Atlantic forests of eastern Brazil.

Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta along the Mahaicony River, Guyana (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)
Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta along the Mahaicony River, Guyana (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)

Little Cuckoo

The adult little cuckoo is mainly chestnut brown, with a greyish lower belly, browner tail and white tips to the tail feathers.

Male Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus) in the Botanical Gardens (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)
Male Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus) in the Botanical Gardens (Photo by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)

Male Barred Antshrike

The male barred antshrikes are barred with black and white and have a black crest with white underneath that they can raise.

Striated Heron

Striated Herons (Butorides striata) are often seen standing still at the edge of ponds and trenches where they wait to ambush prey such as small fish, frogs and insects. 

An Anhinga (anhinga anhinga) taking flight over Buffalo Pond, near Karanambu Lodge in the North Rupununi.  (Photo by Kester Clarke / www.kesterclarke.net)

Anhinga

The Anhinga or snake bird, as it is called, is a large water bird found in much of the Americas.

Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) in the Botanical Gardens, Georgetown. (Photograph by Kester Clarke / www.kesterclarke.net)

Toco Toucan

The Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco), also known as the Toucan or Common Toucan, is the largest and probably the best known species in the toucan family.

The Red-fan parrot (Deroptyus accipitrinus) in Rockstone. (Photo
by Kester Clarke www.kesterclarke.net)

Red-fan parrot

Also known as the hawk-headed parrot, the Red-fan parrot is an unusual New World parrot hailing from the Amazon Rainforest. 

A Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna) in the Botanical Gardens, Georgetown  (Photo by Kester Clarke / www.kesterclarke.net)

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Blue-and-yellow Macaws usually mate for life.  They prefer to nest in dead palm trees as is the case here in the Botanical Gardens and they feed on a wide range of fruits, particularly palm nuts and leaf buds.

A Spotted Puffbird (Bucco tamatia), photographed at a farm in Madewini, Linden/Soesdyke Highway.  (Photo by Kester Clarke (http://www.kesterclarke.net)

Spotted Puffbird

The Spotted Puffbird is often found near forest edges and it primarily feeds on insects, but may take fruit. 

An Amazonian Motmot (Momotus momota) at a farm off the Linden/Soesdyke Highway.  (Photo by Kester Clarke / www.kesterclarke.net)

Amazonian Motmot

The Amazonian Motmot has distinctive tail feathers, which twitch like the pendulum of a clock when they are perched.

A pair of Green Ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis) perched above a swamp in Mackenzie, Linden.  (Photograph by Kester Clarke / www.kesterclarke.net)

Green Ibis

The Green Ibis may appear black in poor light, but they have glossy green bodies and pale green legs and bill.

A Brown-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula pertinax) perched on a branch in Mackenzie, Linden.  (Photograph by Kester Clarke/www.kesterclarke.net)

Brown-throated Parakeet

The Brown-throated Parakeet are usually seen in pairs or small groups and they feed on fruits, flowers and seeds of certain plants.

A small flock of Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors) flying over a lake in Linden. (Photograph by Kester Clarke / www.kesterclarke.net)

Blue-winged Teal

The Blue-winged Teal are small ducks usually found in shallow bodies of water across much of North America.

A Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea) at a pond in Linden.
(Photo by Kester Clarke / www.kesterclarke.net)

Little Blue Heron

The Little Blue Heron is commonly found at marshes and canals where they hunt shallow waters for small fish and amphibians.

Black-spotted Barbet

Male Black-spotted Barbets have an orange-red forehead and throat and a yellow chest with brown steaks on the side of the belly.

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