Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura 13 Oct 2010, Guapi Assu Bird Lodge
Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura 13 Oct 2010, Guapi Assu Bird Lodge
Surucua Trogon Trogon surrucura 20 Oct 2010, Caraça
Three-toed Jacamar Jacamaralcyon tridactyla 18 Oct 2010, near Carmo. This is a very endangered endemic that we made a special trip to see. Apparently it is still fairly easy to find in the right place, but right places have become very few.
You can see in the first two photos that it has only two forward-pointing toes on each foot. Q: Is that why it's called Three-toed Jacamar?
A: No, jacamars are zygodactyl. This species is three-toed because it only has one backwards-pointing toe instead of two as in other jacamars.
Crescent-chested Puffbird Malacoptila striata 13 Oct 2010, Guapi Assu Bird Lodge
White-barred Piculet Picumnus cirratus 14 Oct 2010, Guapi Assu Bird Lodge. A little tiny woodpecker.
19 Oct 2010, Caraça
Robust Woodpecker Campephilus robustus 10 Oct 2010, Itatiaia National Park. A small congener of the Ivory-billed Woodpecker. Later, we heard some of them doing double-knocks.
