This raptor has a strong curved beak that fits inside the snail shells to pull out the prey inside. Commonly found in wetlands and usually hunts in the morning. This specimens were seen at Gatun lake close to the Panama canal.
This raptor has a strong curved beak that fits inside the snail shells to pull out the prey inside. Commonly found in wetlands and usually hunts in the morning. This specimens were seen at Gatun lake close to the Panama canal.
The head and neck are black, with a small white patch on either side of the neck. The body is blackish-brown and light grey in color. The under-tail is pure white, and the tail black and very short.
Small, compact duck with a stout, scoop-shaped bill, and a long, stiff tail. Females and first-year males are brownish, somewhat like winter males but with a blurry stripe across the pale cheek patch.
A bufflehead male sea duck, striking black and white, with iridescent green and purple head and a large white patch behind the eye.
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