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  • Yellow-and blue macaw

    Blue-and-yellow macaw

    A turquoise blue upper body (back, wings, tail) contrasts with the orange-yellow of its breast and belly, and the underside of its tail and wings. 

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Psittaciformes
    Family
    Psittacidae
  • Platalea ajaja (syn.: Ajaja ajaja)

    Roseate spoonbill

    The roseate spoonbill is a large pale pink bird with long red legs. It has a long, flat bill that is spatulate at the tip. It has a bare greenish head, reddish wing patches and a white neck.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Pelecaniformes
    Family
    Threskiornithidae
  • A rufous-collared sparrow on a branch

    Rufous-collared sparrow

    These small conical-billed passerines have black stripes on the head, adorned with a distinctive crest.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Passerellidae
    Family
    Emberizidae
  • Eudocimus ruber

    Scarlet ibis

    This large bird has a long down-curved bill. Its feathers are glossy scarlet, except on the wing tips, which are marked with black. Its feet and face are pink.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Pelecaniformes
    Family
    Threskiornithidae
  • Scarlet macaw

    Scarlet macaw

    This large colourful parrot is predominantly red. It has a big splash of yellow and a little green on its wings, and some blue on the flight feathers and tail feathers.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Psittaciformes
    Family
    Psittacidae
  • Chauna torquata

    Southern screamer

    Screamers are large, semi-aquatic birds similar to geese in appearance. They have long, sturdy, reddish-pink legs and grey plumage.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Anseriformes
    Family
    Anhimidae
  • Eurypyga helias

    Sunbittern

    Sunbitterns have long feet, a straight beak and a long, thin neck. The sides of their black heads are marked with two white lines.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Eurypygiformes
    Family
    Eurypygidae
  • Cathartes aura adult

    Turkey vulture

    Although there are no true vultures in the Americas, the turkey vulture and other members of the cathartidae family play the same ecological role, that of carrion eater.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Cathartiforme
    Family
    Cathartidae
  • Tangara mexicana

    Turquoise tanager

    This tanager has a black head and back. It has a blue rump and bluish ivory shoulder patches. Its face and chest are purplish blue spotted with black. Its underparts are yellow.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Passerellidae
    Family
    Thraupidae
  • Dendrocygna viduata

    White-faced whistling duck

    Whistling ducks look like big ducks, but in fact are biologically much closer to geese and swans.

    Class
    Birds
    Order
    Anseriformes
    Family
    Anatidae (geese and ducks)