- Shaggy crest - (1)
Anú branco (Guira guira) measures between 36 and 42 centimeters in length, including its 20 centimeters of the tail, and weighs between 113 and 168.6 grams. It is usually found in family bands.
The adult of the species presents ocher-yellow coloring with a shaggy crest, naked yellow facial skin, strong beak and curved with a beautiful yellow-orange coloring and iris varying between yellow-orange and blue-bluish.
It is a species without sexual dimorphism.
This bird always walks in groups, being extremely sociable. His vocalization is tall and strident, and when perching, throws the tail to the back.
It is essentially carnivorous, eating grasshoppers, bedbugs, spiders, etc. Eats also hairy caterpillars and urticants, lizards, mice, frogs and puppies of other birds. Fishing in shallow water; but periodically can eat fruits, berries, seeds, especially in the dry season when there is scarcity of arthropods. It has already been seen in the region of Lagos, RJ, predating small African snails.
Its eggs are relatively large, having from 17 to 25% of female weight. The color of the eggs is sea green and a high-relief limestone network spreads over the whole surface. The nests can be individual or collective,but the female who built a nest and still did not start putting her eggs throws off the eggs of other females.
Adults do not always take care with their nests with eggs, abandoning them. The puppies leave the nest before they can fly, with the short tail, and are fed even only for few weeks.
Lives in fields and more open environments. Migrates to regions where it was unknown and becomes the most common bird along the roads.
* It's not a great capture. The sun was shinning directly on the scene and I had not enough time to search a better perspective before the bird runs away.
- Shaggy crest - (1)
Anú branco (Guira guira) measures between 36 and 42 centimeters in length, including its 20 centimeters of the tail, and weighs between 113 and 168.6 grams. It is usually found in family bands.
The adult of the species presents ocher-yellow coloring with a shaggy crest, naked yellow facial skin, strong beak and curved with a beautiful yellow-orange coloring and iris varying between yellow-orange and blue-bluish.
It is a species without sexual dimorphism.
This bird always walks in groups, being extremely sociable. His vocalization is tall and strident, and when perching, throws the tail to the back.
It is essentially carnivorous, eating grasshoppers, bedbugs, spiders, etc. Eats also hairy caterpillars and urticants, lizards, mice, frogs and puppies of other birds. Fishing in shallow water; but periodically can eat fruits, berries, seeds, especially in the dry season when there is scarcity of arthropods. It has already been seen in the region of Lagos, RJ, predating small African snails.
Its eggs are relatively large, having from 17 to 25% of female weight. The color of the eggs is sea green and a high-relief limestone network spreads over the whole surface. The nests can be individual or collective,but the female who built a nest and still did not start putting her eggs throws off the eggs of other females.
Adults do not always take care with their nests with eggs, abandoning them. The puppies leave the nest before they can fly, with the short tail, and are fed even only for few weeks.
Lives in fields and more open environments. Migrates to regions where it was unknown and becomes the most common bird along the roads.
* It's not a great capture. The sun was shinning directly on the scene and I had not enough time to search a better perspective before the bird runs away.