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    The Golden-Hooded Tanager

    Rufous-breasted wren live throughout the year in pairs that keep in contact by antiphonal singing as they forage through tall, lush, vine-laden thickets or the liana-draped forest’s edge.

    Rufous-breasted wren: A Small Melodious Songbird

    Varied Tit adult males and females are similar in plumage coloration. The head is black with a fine cream streak from the crown to the nape.

    The Varied Tit (Sittiparus varius)

    Besides the Blackbird and the European Song Thrush, the White's thrush (Zoothera aurea) is the only true old-world thrush native to Australia.

    White’s thrush (Zoothera aurea)

    The Broad-billed Prion

    The Broad-billed Prion

    Black-winged Stilt Facts

    King of Saxony – The Bird-of-Paradise

    The Yellow-throated euphonia ranges from southern Mexico to western Panama, through the lowlands of both coasts and into the highlands to an altitude of possibly 4000 feet above sea level.

    Yellow-throated euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea)

    The industry and diligence of the House Wren Nesting Behavior when nest building is well known, built in two stages.

    House Wren Nesting Behavior, Song, and Diet

    Purple Sunbird vs Purple-rumped Sunbird

    The Tawny Grassbird (Cincloramphus timoriensis) lives in tall rank grassland in swampy pockets and flood plains around northern and eastern coastal Australia.

    Tawny Grassbird (Cincloramphus timoriensis)

    The bird is also known as Cisticola, Golden-headed Fantail Warbler, Tailorbird, and Barleybird.

    Golden-headed cisticola (Cisticola exilis)

    common hawk-cuckoo call can also be interpreted in Hindi as piyaan kahan ("where is my love") or in Bengali as chokh gelo ("my eyes are gone") and in Marathi as paos ala ("the rain is coming"). 

    Common Hawk-cuckoo Call

    Ribbon-Tailed Astrapia – Most Beautiful Bird of Paradise

    In contrast to early parrots, Bourke's Parrot is moderately common throughout the mulga woods of the interior, and its numbers have probably increased since the 1950s due to stock watering points.

    Bourke’s parrot (Neopsephotus bourkii)

    Scientists have the opinion the male white bellbird (Procnias albus) has the loudest call of any bird species recorded to date.

    White Bellbird – World’s Loudest Bird

    This is one of the most abundant African swallows. It ranges over the greater part of Africa south of the Sahara, except for the open regions in the south and southwest.

    Lesser Striped Swallow (Cecropis abyssinica)

    Prothonotary Warbler – Most Striking Warbler of North America

    Satin Flycatcher (Myiagra cyanoleuca)

    The Gorgeous Wilson Bird of Paradise

    The Gorgeous Wilson Bird of Paradise

    One of the largest and most conspicuous songbirds in Guanacaste is the White-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta formosa).

    The White-throated magpie-jay

    The Cloud Cisticola or tink-tink cisticola is near-endemic to southern Africa and occurs in South Africa, Angola, Mozambique, Lesotho, and sparsely in Swaziland.

    The Cloud Cisticola or tink-tink cisticola

    Crested Francolin Bird

    The beautiful Purple-crowned fairywrens (Malurus coronatus) belong to the Australasian wren family (Maluridae).

    Purple-crowned Fairywren (Malurus coronatus)

    The Tahiti petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata) belongs to the family Procellariidae. 

    Tahiti Petrel (Pseudobulweria rostrata)

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