I spot her at the edge of a forest together with Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus). She moves with quick, precise hops along a concrete sidewalk in the mining town of Carajás, near the city of Parauapebas on the lower Amazon. At first glance, she looks like any other young female Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo). The… Continue reading Young Silver-beaked Tanager female with a crossbill-like beak
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Long-billed Woodcreeper at Amazon shore
The river is high again, swallowing the forest edges and turning the lower branches into reflections. Along the flooded shore, a flicker of movement catches my eye — long, chestnut brown, with a bill like a gentle scythe. It’s a Long-billed Woodcreeper (Nasica longirostris), emerging curiously from the semi-submerged forest to inspect a line of… Continue reading Long-billed Woodcreeper at Amazon shore