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@gardenbsquared Aug 30, 2018, 1:08 PM UTC

Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet (Tyrannulus elatus) - Birds of the Guyanas 27

The Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet is an inconspicuous small bird that lives in humid lowlands in most of northern South America and Panama. I saw it for the first time last weekend and I was lucky that i…

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@gardenbsquared Aug 29, 2018, 12:46 PM UTC

Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis) - Birds of the Guyanas 26 - and a Squirrel Monkey

The female Black-throated Mango strongly resembles a female Green-throated Mango and both of them look very similar to the juvenile male Green-throated Mango. It can be very tricky identifying these…

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@gardenbsquared Aug 26, 2018, 1:27 PM UTC

Green-tailed Jacamar (Galbula galbula) - Birds of the Guyanas 25

The Green-tailed Jacamar is the most common Jacamar in Suriname. This beautiful coloured bird can be found at forest edges where it hunts for insects. With its long bill it can also catch dragonflies…

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@gardenbsquared Aug 25, 2018, 12:30 PM UTC

Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) - Birds of the Guyanas 24

The Smooth-billed Ani is an extremely social bird that lives in small family groups. You see them often eating together but they also build their nests together and the females incubate each others e…

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@gardenbsquared Aug 23, 2018, 2:15 PM UTC

Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis) - Birds of the Guyanas 23

It's obvious why the Snail Kite is called a snail kite. It's a specialised snail eater; a molluscivore. Its main diet consists of large apple snails and there are plenty of those in the canals nearby…

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@gardenbsquared Aug 22, 2018, 1:18 PM UTC

Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus) - Birds of the Guyanas 22

The Blue-grey Tanager is a very common blue bird that can be seen in almost every garden in Suriname. They live in small groups in open terrain or at the forest edge. You'll find them less in the int…

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@gardenbsquared Aug 20, 2018, 1:57 PM UTC

Green-throated Mango (Anthracothorax viridigula) - Birds of the Guyanas 21

This beautiful hummingbird, the Green-throated Mango, is relatively uncommon. I haven't seen it much this year, but last year around the same time, I saw it almost daily. It was then that I spend day…

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@gardenbsquared Aug 19, 2018, 1:37 PM UTC

Greyish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens) - Birds of the Guyanas 20

The Greyish Saltator (Saltator coerulescens) sometimes visits our garden looking for fruit to eat but normally it prefers the open country and fields in the coastal area. It not only eats fruit but a…

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@gardenbsquared Aug 18, 2018, 2:44 PM UTC

Piratic Flycatcher - Birds of the Guyanas 19

The Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius) is a conspicuous bird with a very distinctive song that sometimes can be heard the whole day long. I haven't seen this little fellow for a while but last…

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@gardenbsquared Aug 17, 2018, 3:54 PM UTC

Yellow Oriole - Birds of the Guyanas 18

This stunningly beautiful bird is the Yellow Oriole (Icterus nigrogularis). And although it's almost completely yellow, it is a member of the blackbird family (Icteridae). It's a frequent visitor in…

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