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This is a Chaco Chachalaca. This picture was taken in Brazil.

The extraordinary long bill and tongue is evident in this photo. This is an uncommon species that we only encountered once on our trip. It has an odd distribution with three disconnected populations comprising seven subspecies, several of which were formerly considered to be separate species...

A warbling finch of open areas with abundant shrubbery in southernmost Brazil and adjoining areas of Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay.

Another photo of this small spinetail showing its characteristic tail shape.

The Striolated Spinetails are small and very active birds of forest edges. They can be found wherever forests dominated by Podocarpus and Araucarias persist. They are an endemic species to the three southernmost states of Brazil.

The pipit finally showed well but I didn't realize the camera had focused on the background grass. I am posting because it shows the ochre colored breast clearly.

Another of this pipit hiding in the grass.

Despite allowing for close approach this pipit is hard to photograph because it hides well among sedges and grasses.

These small seedeaters are migratory, breeding in the austral summer in the grasslands of south Brazil and spending the austral winter in the warmer savannas of central Brazil. This male was in his breeding territory in a wet ravine in Capo Alto, Santa Catarina state, Brazil.

Slightly misleading name, I prefer the alternative Green-chinned Euphonia which is slightly more accurate.

Ochre-faced Tody-Flycatcher

Beija-flor-rubi - FMEA Classificao Cientfica Reino: Animalia Filo: Chordata Classe: Aves Ordem: Apodiformes Famlia: Trochilidae Vigors, 1825 Subfamlia: Trochilinae Vigors, 1825 Espcie: H. rubricauda Nome Cientfico Heliodoxa rubricauda (Boddaert, 1783) Nome em Ingls Brazilian Ruby

Chupa-dente Classificao Cientfica Reino: Animalia Filo: Chordata Classe: Aves Ordem: Passeriformes Subordem: Tyranni Parvordem: Thamnophilida Famlia: Conopophagidae Sclater & Salvin, 1873 Espcie: C. lineata Nome Cientfico Conopophaga lineata (Wied, 1831) Nome em Ingls Rufous Gnateater

Feeding on nectar in the Pantanal, Brazil

Not quite in the garden, this one.

Not a very good photo but I noticed there's a dearth of pictures of this species in the gallery. Another `high in a tree on a game drive' situation.

I should have paid more attention to this species at the time. The colour on these birds is amazing, highly dependent on the angle of the light (compare this one with the next shot).

Sebinho-rajado-amarelo Guiado por Sidnei Sampaio, na parceria com Rafael Felix. Classificao Cientfica Reino: Animalia Filo: Chordata Classe: Aves Ordem: Passeriformes Subordem: Tyranni Parvordem: Tyrannida Superfamlia: Tyrannoidea Vigors, 1825 Famlia: Rhynchocyclidae Berlepsch, 1907...

Tico-tico-de-bico-preto Guiado por Jefferson BOB Classificao Cientfica Reino: Animalia Filo: Chordata Classe: Aves Ordem: Passeriformes Subordem: Passeri Parvordem: Passerida Famlia: Passerellidae Cabanis & Heine, 1850 Espcie: A. taciturnus Nome Cientfico Arremon taciturnus (Hermann...

Nome Cientfico Heliodoxa rubricauda (Boddaert, 1783) Nome em Ingls Brazilian Ruby

Really noisy birds.