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24cm. Identification: it is the only Brazilian thrush with reddish belly. It is the Brazilian Symbol Bird and this title has recently been given for its strong presence in the country’s popular culture, especially in poetry and music. Although it is distributed throughout Brazil (except from the Amazon region ) it is more common near the coastline as it prefers moist environments. This thrush lives in farms, forest edges and is especially common in urban parks, being one of the most typical birds in some of Southeastern Brazil largest cities. The very beautiful song is very variable, even at the individual level.The real song can only be heard in the spring, the breeding season when ...

12 cm. Small, the legs, beak and neck are short. The back is blue and the belly white. Male and female are similar. The immature individuals are brown in the upper parts and buffy in the inferior parts. Distribution: From Costa Rica to Southern Brazil. In the Amazon region it is only seen during seasonal migrations. Habitat: Farms, villlages, cities and open areas in general. Uses rocky places and roofs to rest. Diet: Feeds on flying insects. Reproduction: The nest is similar to the one of Progne chalibea. The white eggs (2 to 6) are incubated by the couple. Male and female share the task of feeding the brood. Natural history: The southern populations migrate northwards after br...

The male is 38 to 40 cm in length and the female 28 to 30 cm, 29cm of the male’s length and 19 of the female’s are the long forked tail. The upper parts are bluish grey and the ventral part white. The top of the head is black. The young individuals have smaller tails. Distribution: East of U.S.A to Argentina. Habitat: Fields with sparse trees, open areas and even in cities. Diet: Mainly flying insects but also fruits. Reproduction: It is territorial during the breeding season. The male may visit other territories while the female stays in the nest. The nest is made of sparse sticks and is often blown with the wind. It is built 1 to 10m from the ground. Lays 3 to 5 buffy eggs ...

White-spotted Woodpecker 18cm. Identification: it is a small woodpecker with drab colors. The body is brown, heavily spotted and barred in darker shades of brown and with some white spots below. The male has reddish regions in the head. Very little is known about this woodpecker, probably due to its inconspicuous colors and behavior. It lives in areas with plenty of trees as parks, woods and secondary forests. This woodpecker occurs mainly in the medium and higher forest levels, rarely coming to the ground. Like other woodpeckers it feeds on insects it collects from tree trunks and also on berries.

11 cm. The beak is grey. During the breeding season the male has bluish black feathers with white spots under the wings. When not breeding the feathers are black with white tips. The female is light brown. The subadult males are similar to the non-breeding adult but with the tip of the feather brown. Distribution: From Mexico to tropical South America. Habitat: Grasslands and open areas, sometimes inside cities. Diet: Feeds on seeds and insects. Reproduction: The male has a very typical breeding display. Perched in a branch it flies some 50cm upwards and comes back to the branch in a loop-like movement. During this display it shows its white feathers below the wings. When it fi...

15 cm. It is a small sparrow with the head striated in black and white. There is a topknot and a rufous collar around the neck that is more evident in the male. The back and the wings are brown. The immature does not have bands in the head. Cinnamon and albine mutations are not uncommon. Distribution: From Mexico to Tierra del Fuego. Absent in dense forests. Habitat: Fields, crops, woods, gardens and parks in cities. Diet: Insects, seeds and occasionally human leftovers. Licks the sweet liquid produced by aphids. Reproduction: The couple establishes a territory that is fiercely protected by the male. The nest is built in short bushes or even on the ground among tall grass. The n...

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�rvore até 15m; extremidade dos ramos em zig-zag, lanoso-ferrugínea; folha simples, alterna, dística, sem estípula, pecíolo algo canaliculado, 1 X 0,1cm, lanoso-ferrugíneo, lâmina oblonga, elíptica ou oblongo-elíptica, ápice freqüentemente acuminado, base cuneada, 12,5-26 X 4-9cm, margem inteira, ciliada, cartácea, venação camptódroma, 13-25 pares de nervuras secundárias, paralelas, espasada ca. 1cm, mais conpícuas na face abaxial, venação terciária, paralela, perpendicular à secundária, algo conspícua, face adaxial com tricomas esparsos, abaxial lanoso-ferrugínea, tricomas adensados nas nervuras...

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Arvoreta até 4m; extremidade dos ramos glabra, estriada, nigrescente no material seco, nós geniculados; folha simples, alterna, dística, estípula inconspícua, pecíolo canaliculado, invaginado na base, 1,8 X 0,1cm, nigrescente no material seco, lâmina oval-elíptica, assimétrica, ápice acuminado, base assimétrica,, 14-20 X 6-11cm, margem inteira, membranácea, venação camptódroma, 6 pares de nervuras secundárias, paralelas, mais conspícuas na face abaxial, venação terciária paralela, conspícua, face adaxial glabra, abaxial glabrescente, tricomas concentrados nas nervuras, discolor no material seco, macia ao to...

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�rvore até 7m; extremidade dos ramos cilíndrica, ferrugíneo-lanuginosa; folha simples, alterna, espiralada, sem estípula, pecíolo sulcado, 4-9 X 0,5cm, denso-ferrugíneo-estrelado, lâmina elíptica, ápice agudo, base cuneada, 24-54 X 14-22cm, margem inteira, irregular, cartácea a subcoriácea, venação camptódroma, 8-10 pares de nervuras secundárias, conspícuas, amareladas na face abaxial, formando arcos conspícuos próximas a margem, terciárias formando retículo, conspícuo na face abaxial, face abaxial glabra, abaxial denso-estrelada, face adaxial brilhante, abaxial macia ao toque.

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