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Small finchlike bird, compact and short-tailed. Generally yellow below and dark blue-black above with stout bill. To identify male euphonias, focus on crown and throat: on Thick-billed, crown is entirely yellow and throat is yellow. Frequents open forested habitats, edges, and gardens. Can form mixed feeding flocks with other species such as warblers and tanagers.
This one was photographed in Costa Rica guided by Neotropic Photo Tours.
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The Thick-billed Euphonia is distributed from Costa Rica south to southern Amazonia. Despite its name, the size of the bill is of extremely limited use in the identification process. The species is mostly found below 1200 m in secondary woodland, forest borders, and scrubby clearings and gardens. It is typically encountered in pairs or small groups, like most euphonias, and often joins mixed-species flocks, especially those dominated by tanagers. Males are mainly glossy steel blue with a yellow forecrown patch that reaches to just behind the eye, and bright yellow underparts including the throat. Females are, like those of most euphonias, much duller, being olive above and yellow below.
Chorlo Cabezón, Peruvian Thick-knee, Burhinus superciliaris.
Humedal Río del Lluta
Región de Arica y Parinacota
Chile
Appropriately named, this small member of the Conopidae Family always shows up when my mountain mint starts to bloom. In an ironic twist, this fly parasitizes bees and wasps by laying her egg in the host species, allowing her larvae to feed until the host eventually dies. Her appearance (looking like a wasp) may afford her some protection from predators.
A personal space and project to regenerate an area with trees, and a photograph exploring mood and atmosphere. The hazel has spread from the hedges and grown so well. 3 exposures within camera to try to create a feeling of richness, like a woodland in Summer when the air is thick.
a rare black and white image from the banks on bassenthwaite lake in cumbria. cant go wrong with some silver birch and a little fog.
Great Thick-knee aka Great Stone Curlew. This large wader measures 50 cm (nearly 20 inches) in length and has a wingspan of nearly 1metre (39 inches). They’re mostly nocturnal, occasionally seen during early mornings or in the evening. They feed on crabs, large insects and small animals. Both sexes appear similar, but younger birds, like the one on the left, appear paler.
Photographed at Bhigwan Bird Sanctuary, Maharashtra, India
Look who came to dinner on the first night I South Africa - young thick-tailed bushbaby. Living in our friends' roof.
Small finchlike bird, compact and short-tailed. Generally yellow below and dark blue-black above with stout bill. To identify male euphonias, focus on crown and throat: on Thick-billed, crown is entirely yellow and throat is yellow. Females are extremely difficult to separate from other euphonias, especially Yellow-crowned, but often seen in pairs or small groups with more distinctive males. Frequents open forested habitats, edges, and gardens. Can form mixed feeding flocks with other species such as warblers and tanagers.
This one was photographed in Colombia guided by Neotropic Photo Tours.