Beskrivelse: This seldomly seen bird was found by our bird guide (from La Selva Lodge) a few hundred meters trekking from the canoes. The target bird for the trip, Crested owl, was sitting 5 meters above.
Wonderful photo of this Ecuador-Peru-Brazil bird!
Like some Owls, with an unusual, spectacular very
Dark brown (Nightjar) plumage, even on the throat
(just a thin white necklace)
- although some literature states that Ocellated
(adult) has a White throat).
PS: African Nightjars get lucent eyes in electric
car light at night - but rarely pinkish.
One might believe that the dark Ocellated
in daytime stays in/on darker environment than
other Nightjar species??
Many thanks, ANDERS ............ C.
Not only Ecuador-Peru-Brazil, there seems to exit a small population in Central America, although records are very rare. However, recently a group of birders photo-documented an Ocellated Poorwill at Refugio Bartola in Nicaragua, arguably one of the best rain forest lodges in Central America.
Thanks for showing interest in this picture - thinking that we walked without a trail for around 300 meters straight into the rainforest, I sometimes wonder how these guides find such birds. There are pretty tough rivalry inbetween guides, even within the same lodge and this bird (and the Crested owl) was his little secret.
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Beskrivelse: The bird is far away, but it was a great experience having it in the scope and following it chasing all smaller birds for 30 minutes before it left. Again this is usually how you see the big raptors, they rarely come close.
Beskrivelse: The famous unidentified San Isidro owl now widely considered to be a Black-banded Owl. It is usually seen in the evening with a little patience by the light that attracts moth.
Beskrivelse: The famous unidentified San Isidro owl now widely considered to be a Black-banded Owl. It is usually seen in the evening with a little patience by the light that attracts moth.
Beskrivelse: Probably the most unexpected bird we saw during our stay at Sani Lodge. The two most experienced bird guides at Sani Lodge Carlos and Domingo had apparently never seen this species at Sani Lodge but had none the less seen it a couple of times at other places in the Amazon lowland. These strange nocturnal birds are usually seen in caves in the foothills where they breed and roost during the day. In Ecuador there are two well known caves birders visit in order to see Oilbirds and only very rarely they are recorded away from these two sites.
Oilbirds are related to nightjars but placed in its own family. And where the nightjars and their relatives are insectivores the Oilbird is a specialist fructivore feeding on the fruits of the Oil Palm and tropical laurels.
This bird was found with a flashlight perched on a branch over our canoe when we were heading back to the lodge after a successful evening excursion to see Black-banded owl and Long-tailed Potoo.
A short video clip of the bird can be seen <a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8F7yDWvP-U'>here</a>.
Beskrivelse: Probably the most unexpected bird we saw during our stay at Sani Lodge. The two most experienced bird guides at Sani Lodge Carlos and Domingo had apparently never seen this species at Sani Lodge but had none the less seen it a couple of times at other places in the Amazon lowland. These strange nocturnal birds are usually seen in caves in the foothills where they breed and roost during the day. In Ecuador there are two well known caves birders visit in order to see Oilbirds and only very rarely they are recorded away from these two sites.
Oilbirds are related to nightjars but placed in its own family. And where the nightjars and their relatives are insectivores the Oilbird is a specialist fructivore feeding on the fruits of the Oil Palm and tropical laurels.
This bird was found with a flashlight perched on a branch over our canoe when we were heading back to the lodge after a successful evening excursion to see Black-banded owl and Long-tailed Potoo.
A short video clip of the bird can be seen <a target='_blank' href='http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8F7yDWvP-U'>here</a>.
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