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NATIVE SPECIES
BIRDS
PLAIN CHACHALACA
From Texas and the Gulf of Mexico slope to the Costa Rican jungles.
Ortalis vetula
Scientific name
50 - 56 cm
Length
1.1 lb
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
Medium-sized bird, characterized by being very noisy. The feathers of most of the body are dark brown or brown, while those of its belly are lighter brown, its throat is bright red where it does not have plumage. It mainly inhabits the dry forest and savanna. They are diurnal and their diet is based on grains, seeds, fruits, leaves and insects.
WHITE-BELLIED CHACHALACA
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico and Nicaragua
Ortalis leucogastra
Scientific name
50 - 56 cm
Length
439 - 560 g
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
Medium-sized bird, characterized by being very noisy. The feathers of its belly and tip of the tail are white while the rest of the body is made up of brown or brown plumage, its throat is fiery red where it does not have plumage. It mainly inhabits the dry and humid forest to highly degraded forests. They are diurnal and their diet is based on grains, seeds, fruits, leaves and insects.
RED-LORED AMAZON
It is distributed by Belize, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela.
Amazona autumnalis
Scientific name
38 - 41 cm
Length
285 - 314 g
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
It is a medium-sized parrot between 285 and 314 g of body weight, it has feathers where the green color predominates and it is characterized by having a red forehead. Also called yellow-cheeked parrot because it has yellow feathers on both sides of the corner of its beak. The crown is lilac, has red spots on the wing and the tip of the tail is blue. It is diurnal, inhabits tropical jungles and forests. Their diet is based on fruits, grains and seeds.
BLUE-WINGED TEAL
North America, from Alaska to Nova Scotia in the east and Texas in the south. During winter they migrate to South America.
Anas discors
Scientific name
35 - 41 cm
Length
1.10 lb
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
Small migratory duck, they weigh up to 1.1 pounds. They are characterized by presenting a thick silver-blue line on the wings, hence their common name "blue-winged duck." The male has a crescent on the face and white on the flanks, while the female is brown and has a light loreal eyebrow. It feeds on aquatic vegetation, seeds, snails, insects, and crustaceans. Inhabits coastal or freshwater swamps and open ponds.
CINNAMON TEAL
From southern Canada to Tierra del Fuego and the Falkland Islands.
Anas cyanoptera
Scientific name
41 cm
Length
350 - 400 g
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
Small size duck weighing between 350 to 400 grams. The wings have a light blue covering with a white wingspan. The male has a red plumage with a red iris, while the female is cinnamon brown. It inhabits lakes, lagoons and coasts. It feeds on seeds, vegetation, insects and aquatic mollusks.
MUSCOVY DUCK
From Mexico to central Argentina and Uruguay.
Cairina moschata
Scientific name
64 - 76 cm
Length
7.9 - 15 lb
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
Large size duck, with about 7.9 to 15 pounds of body weight, the male being larger than the female. It is an omnivorous species, it can feed on seeds, grains, fruits, insects or small vertebrates. The males have a pronounced crest and fiery red caruncles around the beak, while the female does not have a pronounced crest or curunculae. The wild subspecies has glossy black plumage for males and matte black for females. They inhabit lagoons, wetlands, streams and rivers.
SCARLET-FRONTED PARAKEET
Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador and Peru.
Psittacara wagleri
Scientific name
36 cm
Length
217 g
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
Small bird measuring approximately 36 cm, with a body weight of up to 217 grams. The plumage is mostly green, the forehead and crown are red with some other spots on the throat and on the side of the neck. It feeds on fruits and seeds, inhabits humid forest regions.
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING DUCK
America to the north includes the extreme south of the United States (Texas, Arizona, and Louisiana) and Mexico (mainly along the Pacific and Atlantic slopes, the Yucatan peninsula, and the southern Baja California peninsula). Its distribution continues to Central and South America. In Venezuela, Peru and Colombia it lives all year round since they are one of the few countries where this bird is a resident.
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Scientific name
48 cm
Length
1.6 lb
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
Bird that measures approximately 48 centimeters. They are called white-winged piijije because they have a white coloration in them. The rest of the body is mostly brown or brown and black. It inhabits freshwater lagoons and swamps. It feeds on seeds, grains, leaves, crustaceans, and insects. They are characterized by being very boisterous, the beak and wings are orange.
COLLARED ARACARI
From southern Mexico to Venezuela.
Pteroglossus torquatus
Scientific name
45 cm
Length
230 g
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
Small toucan or toucan, it can measure 45 cm long with a weight of approximately 230 grams. The head and chest are black, with a bright red rump. It has a red line on the back of the neck with the appearance of a necklace, hence its name. The belly is bright yellow with a black spot outlined with red. The beak is large in relation to the body, it is yellow with black color and on the sides a line that looks like teeth. It feeds on fruits, insects, and small vertebrates.
CRESTED GUAN
From Mexico to the coastal regions of Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.
Penelope purpurascens
Scientific name
72 - 91 cm
Length
5.2 lb
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
It is a large bird that can weigh up to 5.2 pounds. It inhabits humid and tropical forests. Its plumage is dark olive brown, the chest and neck have fine white streaks. It is also called crested guan because it has a characteristic dense erectile crest, as well as a naked red-orange dewlap. It feeds on berries, fruits, seeds, shoots, leaves, flowers, and insects.
EMERALD TOUCAN
From Mexico, Central America, northern Venezuela to central Bolivia.
Aulacorhynchus prasinus
Scientific name
32 - 37 cm
Length
180 g
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
Small bird weighing approximately 180 grams. Their plumage is bright light green, with a long yellow and black bill. The female has a shorter and finer bill than the male and is usually smaller in body size. The tail has yellowish-pink feathers that can turn orange. This bird inhabits humid forests and open jungles. It feeds mainly on fruits, insects, eggs and even small vertebrates.
NORTHERN PINTAIL
Northern Eurasia reaching south to Poland and Mongolia, in North America it breeds in Canada, Alaska and the Midwest.
Anas acuta
Scientific name
51 - 76 cm
Length
1 - 3 lb
Weight
SOME OF ITS CHARACTERISTICS
Also called a needle-tailed duck because of its long, pointed tail. The males have two long black feathers on the tail that measure a quarter of the total length of the duck's body when fully developed. It also has a brown head and upper part of the neck. The upper part of the head and the side of the neck pass a white line that joins the ventral part and gray and black colors in the rest of the body. The female, on the other hand, has less striking colors with grayish brown tones. Their diet is based on aquatic plants and small invertebrates.
