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A Great Tit pauses behind slender green leaves, its yellow breast and crisp white cheek catching the soft light.

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**Lazuli Bunting - *Passerina amoena***
Male Lazuli Bunting - brown back and head, brilliant turquoise-blue throat, breast and belly, with a thin chestnut band across the chest.

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In the United States, the Pileated Woodpecker lives mainly in mature forests across the eastern states, the Great Lakes region, and parts of the Pacific Northwest. It is one of America’s largest and most impressive woodpeckers, easily recognized by its brilliant red crest, bold white facial stripes, and nearly all-black body. Its long neck, powerful bill, and confident posture give it a striking prehistoric appearance.

A Pileated Woodpecker searches for food by delivering strong, deliberate blows to dead or decaying wood. Its favorite meals include carpenter ants, beetle larvae, and other insects hidden beneath the bark. When it discovers an active insect colony, it can carve a deep, rectangular opening into the tree and use its exceptionally long, sticky tongue to reach prey inside narrow tunnels.

The loud drumming of this bird can travel a considerable distance through a quiet forest. It also produces a wild, ringing call that often alerts people to its presence before it becomes visible. When the Pileated Woodpecker flies between trees, its deep wingbeats create an unusual rolling flight pattern, while flashes of white beneath its wings make it easier to recognize from a distance.

Pairs usually remain together throughout the year and defend a large wooded territory. They excavate their nesting cavity inside a dead tree or a weakened section of a living one, with both adults helping to complete the demanding work. The parents share responsibility for incubating the eggs and feeding their growing chicks until the young birds are strong enough to leave the nest.

Pileated Woodpeckers play an important role in keeping American forests healthy. Their feeding activity helps control wood-boring insects, while the large cavities they create are later used by owls, ducks, squirrels, bats, and many other woodland animals. Protecting mature trees, standing dead wood, and connected forest habitat gives this magnificent species—and many creatures that depend upon its work—a better chance to thrive.

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Golden-capped Parakeet.

The golden-capped parakeet (Aratinga auricapillus) is a medium-sized parrot species in the family Psittacidae endemic to southeastern and central Brazil. It is also commonly known as the golden-capped conure.

Physical Characteristics:

• Size & Weight: Measures approximately 30 cm (12 inches) in length and weighs around 130 g.

• Plumage: Mostly green body featuring a striking red forehead, lores, and orbital region grading into a yellowish crown, alongside a dull orange-red belly patch.

• Wings & Tail: Features blue primaries (flight feathers) and a dull blue graduated tail, with prominent orange underwings visible during flight.

• Bill: Distinctive black bill.

Habitat and Distribution:

• Range: Found natively in Brazil (from Bahia and Goiás south to São Paulo, Paraná, and parts of Minas Gerais).

• Environment: Inhabits subtropical or tropical dry forests, moist lowland forests, dry savannas, transitional semi-deciduous forests, and agricultural plantations or open farmlands.

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The spangled cotinga (Cotinga cayana) is a species of bird in the family Cotingidae, the cotingas. Male.
- Photo courtesy of Mathias Appel.

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