09/12/2008;
Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua,
Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil.
300 mm f2.8 lens.
Figure 1. The Band-tailed Hornero is common close to water. The bird on the photo is foraging in the mud around a nearly dried-up reservoir.
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09/12/2008;
Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua,
Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil.
300 mm f2.8 lens.
mark for vim
Figure 2. This bird is vocalizing.
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09/12/2008;
Reserva Ecológica Mãe-da-Lua,
Itapajé, Ceará, Brazil.
300 mm f2.8 lens.
mark for vim
Figure 3. Picture taken at close range (3-4 m), from a hide. This individual has been foraging in mud.
The color of the crown of the local subspecies F. f. figulus is brown. I have also seen birds which apparently had a darker crown. This impression could be due to iridescence, or to real interinidividual differences (juveniles?).
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