Mas de dos años transcurrieron sin publicar fotografías del Picaflor corona violácea, las últimas que compartí fueron de la viaje al encuentro de fotógrafos en San Sebastián de la selva en el año 2012. Estas imágenes que ilustran esta entrada corresponden a un macho fotografiado por Luis Krause en Canto Grande / Brasil durante el […]
Five tons of frozen pangolin: Indonesian authorities make massive bust
Five tons of frozen pangolin, 77 kilograms (169 pounds) of pangolin scales, and 96 live pangolins: that’s the grisly haul of the latest pangolin bust in Indonesia. Officials confiscated the illegal wildlife goods in Medan, Sumatra and busted the smuggler, who has only been identified as SHB. This is the largest pangolin bust in Indonesia […]
Recently rediscovered hummingbird faces extinction
The blue-bearded helmetcrest (Oxypogon cyanolaemus) is a spectacular hummingbird. It is aptly named for the blue streak of feathers on its chin and a pointed crest on its head resembling a knight’s helmet. Equally spectacular to the species’ physical appearance is its physical disappearance and reappearance. No one had seen a single living blue-bearded helmetcrest […]
Chipping Sparrow
I just spent a week in the pine lands of southern New Jersey. Chipping sparrows there started singing at dawn and kept on until the sun set. I saw dozens of them. This one was gathering material for a nest.
Sichuan Bush Warbler: New Bird Species Discovered in China
A multinational group of ornithologists, co-led by Dr Per Alström of the Swedish Species Information Centre and Dr Fumin Lei of the Chinese Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Zoology, has described a new species of warbler from China. Dr Alström, Dr Lei and their colleagues have suggested Locustella chengi as the scientific name of the […]
Birds “Walk” on Water to Impress Mates
If you think dating is hard, be glad you’re not a grebe. These North American waterbirds have high standards when it comes to attracting and keeping a mate: If either a male or female grebe can’t “walk” on water, they’re out of luck. Western and Clark’s grebes engage in a maneuver called rushing during the […]
Tuyuyú (American wood Stork) Mycteria americana
El primero de Marzo en Cambyretá creo que fue uno de los días que mayor cantidad de aves pudimos observar, en número y en variedad de especies; en mi caso fotografié 65 especies distintas, y entre las aves que se mostraban con mayor cantidad de individuos el Tuyuyú ganó por lejos. A lo largo del […]