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35 cm. The eyes and the legs are red. Has a topknot in the head and a spur in each wing. There is a black band in the throat that begins in the forehead and ends in the chest. The belly is white, the back and the wings are grayish brown and there are green and ferruginous spots in the wings. Distribution: From Panama to Tierra del Fuego. Habitat: Grasslands, open fields, lawns and sometimes soccer fields. Diet: Insects that it catches on the ground. Sometimes catches small fish in shallow wetlands. Reproduction: The nest is made of dry leaves (mainly grass) and placed in a small depression on the ground. Each male may have two females laying their eggs in the same nest. The femal...

The Guanaco (Lama guanicoe), pertaining the family of the camels, is the biggest terrestrial mammal of Chile, also inhabiting regions of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Argentina. Very common in the region of the patagônia.

Typical penguin of the region of Magellan, found in the patagonia and terra do fogo. Species: Spheniscus magellanicus. Photo geted in peninsula Valdez - Argentina.

Typical penguin of the region of Magellan, found in the patagonia and terra do fogo. Species: Spheniscus magellanicus. Photo geted in peninsula Valdez - Argentina.

Physical appearence: 12cm. The upper parts are grayish with black and ferruginous stripes The chest is light brown with spots in the immature. There are yellow ribbons above the eyes and in the wings. The coloration may change when it is dirty due to contact with earth. Distribution: The Grassland Sparrow is found east of the Andes from Colombia to central Argentina but is missing from the Amazon Basin upstream from the Tapajós river. Habitat: Dry fields with grass, cerrado and crops. Diet: Feeds on grains and small insects. Reproduction: During the breeding season they live in pairs in a territory defended by the male. The nest is opened and placed on the ground. The eggs are s...

Physical appearance: 11 cm. The upper parts are dark and the inferior parts yellow. There is a white bar in the supercilium. The females are smaller than the males. The immature individuals have grey belly and do not have the bar above the eye. Distribution: From Mexico to Chile. Habitat: Inhabits various environments provided there is plenty of trees and flowers. Diet: Feeds mainly on nectar. Also eats insects. Visits hummingbird feeders. Reproduction: Builds two kinds of nest. A breeding one that is compact with thick walls and a resting nest made of leaves, grass and spider webs. Lays two or three white eggs. Only the female incubates. The male helps feeding the brood with i...

75 cm. Aquatic with narrow beak curved in the tip. The feet are webbed. The body is black and sometimes the throat is yellow. In the breeding season the male has some white feathers in the throat and ear region. The immature is fuliginous. Distribution: From Mexico to Southern South America Habitat: Lives in lakes, swamps and estuaries. Diet: Feeds on fish, even spiny ones. The gastric acids dissolve the spines. Reproduction: The nest is built on tall trees near lakes, sometimes mixing with heron flocks. Natural history: It is an excellent diver. When in flocks may pen fish schools, leading them to shallow water where they catch the fishes in frenzy. When it goes out of the wate...

25 cm. The supercilium is white. The plumage usually shows traces of earth. The male is slightly larger than the female and the belly is lighter. Distribution: From Canada to Tierra del Fuego. Habitat: Open fields, grasslands and suburbs, sometimes in soccer fields. Diet: Feeds mainly on beetles, but also other arthropods. Also consumes small vertebrates. Reproduction: The nest is a deep hole in the ground (1,5 to 3m of depth). Although it is able of digging its own hole it generally uses the ones dug by other animals as the armadillos. The couple lines the nest with grass and dry manure. The female lays up to four eggs. The female incubates and the male takes care of the brood. ...

Nome popular: capororoca.

Árvore até 15m; extremidade dos ramos ferrugíneo-velutina; folha simples, alterna, espiralada, sem estípula, pecíolo canaliculado, 1,5 X 0,2cm, velutino-ferrugíneo, lâmina oboval a oboval-elíptica, ápice agudo, base atenuada, 13 X 3,5cm, margem inteira, algo revoluta, membranácea a cartácea, venação camptódroma, nervuras secundárias inconspícuas, venação terciária inconspícua, face adaxial glabrescente, tricomas concentrados na nervura central, abaxial velutino-ferrugínea, pontuações diminutas, numerosas, esparsas por toda lâmina, visível com o auxilio de lupa.

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Árvore até 11m; extremidade dos ramos pubescente, achatada; folha simples, oposta, sem estípula, pecíolo canaliculado, 0,8 X 0,1cm, pubescente, nigrescente no material seco, lâmina elíptica a elíptico-oblonga ou estreito-oblonga, ápice longo-acuminado, base atenuada, 10 X 3cm, margem inteira, sub-cartácea, venação camptódroma, nervura central imersa na face abaxial, nervuras secundárias inconspícuas, espaçadas ca. 0,1cm, face adaxial glabra, abaxial tricomas, esparsos concentrados nas nervuras, pontuações translúcidas, hialinas, opacas, diminutas, numerosas, esparsas toda a lâmina, visíveis somente com auxílio de lupa e contra ...

Nome popular mamica-de-porca.

Árvore até 15m, espinhos robustos no tronco; extremidade dos ramos glabra, estriada, acúleos esparsos, fortemente odorífera; folha composta, alterna, imparipinada, sem estípula, pecíolo cilíndrico, 2,5-4,5 X 0,2cm, tomentuloso, peciólulo canaliculado, 0,3 X 0,1cm, glabro, folíolos ca. 25 opostos ou subopostos, lâmina oblongo-elíptica ou elíptica, levemente assimétrica e às vezes falcada, ápice obtuso, base atenuada, assimétrica, 4-6 X 2cm,margem glanduloso-crenada, cartácea a subcoriácea, venação camptódroma, 5-7 pares de nervuras secundárias mais conspícuas na face abaxial, venação terciária f...

11,5cm. Identification: there is no other Brazilian species like this bird, at least not in urban and disturbed areas. Formerly all the house wren populations ranging from Canada to Chile were considered as a single species, but after several studies the populations south to Mexico were renamed as the Tropical House Wren (Troglodytes musculus ). This hyperactive bird hops non-stop on the ground in search for the small invertebrates it feeds on, reminding a mouse (musculus = mouse ). It only perches to rest or to sing. Its song is very complex and melodic, like other well known members of the Troglodytidae family. It is famous for the breeding behavior, as this bird may nest in the mos...