<< return to “Wild Journal” Purple-crowned Fairy Scientific Name: Heliothryx barroti Flashy, rather large hummingbird of humid tropical lowlands. Favors forest edges, adjacent clearings with scattered trees and flowering bushes, and gardens. Feeds at...
<< return to “Wild Journal” White-tipped Dove Scientific Name: Leptotila verreauxi Plump, pale, ground-dwelling dove with pink legs. Widespread and common throughout Middle and South America, from Texas to Argentina. Namesake white tips on outer tail...
<< return to “Wild Journal” Slaty-tailed Trogon Scientific Name: Trogon massena Large, red-bellied trogon of humid tropical lowlands. Favors rainforest interior, but also found at edges and around clearings, mainly perched quietly and in an upright...
<< return to “Wild Journal” Black-cheeked Woodpecker Scientific Name: Melanerpes pucherani Medium-sized woodpecker of humid evergreen forest and edge in tropical lowlands. Less numerous than larger and more conspicuous Golden-fronted Woodpecker,...
<< return to “Wild Journal” Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Scientific Name: Amazilia tzacatl Handsome, medium-size hummingbird of humid tropical lowlands. Favors forest edge, second growth, gardens in some areas. Feeds low to high and often comes to...
<< return to “Wild Journal” Variable Seedeater Scientific Name: Sporophila corvina Small seed-eating bird of humid tropical lowlands; fairly common. Found in grassy and weedy areas and forest edges, often in same places as slightly larger...
