The most brilliantly colored of the six species of flamingos, this familiar bird breeds in various Caribbean islands, the Caribbean coast of South America, the Yucatan Peninsula, and the Galapagos.…
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Jacanas are highly specialized relatives of sandpipers and plovers, found in tropics around the world. In some places they are called lily-trotters because their extremely long toes enable them to…
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Found in forests from southern Mexico to Argentina, this owl was known to the Aztecs for sounding like "tiles clinking together". Instead of hooting, they primarily produce a rapid knocking…
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Found all the way from the prairies of Southern Canada to Tierra del Fuego at the tip of South America, this is one of the most widespread birds of the…
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Famed as the "Owl with the Southern Accent", its call (frequently heard around Dallas) has been paraphrased as "Who Cooks for You-all!". Traditionally a bird of the eastern US, with…
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Instead of a screech, this bird actually produces a rather gentle-sounding descending trill. Being small, it is prone to being eaten by other owls. On the other hand, they are…
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Also known as the Rainbow-billed or Sulfur-breasted toucan, it is popular for its resemblance to "Toucan Sam™", the "Froot Loops®" mascot. The northernmost of the large toucans, it ranges from…
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A top-of-the-food chain predator, this enormous bird is not abundant anywhere in its vast range from the Mexican States of Veracruz and Oaxaca south to Argentina, Bolivia, and Southern Brazil.…
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This marvelous parrot was one of the first New World animals brought alive to Europe, in the 1500s. Long before, it was prized as a pet, and for its feathers,…
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