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Bird name: Fulvous Whistling Duck
Latin: Dendrocygna bicolor
Other: Marreca-Caneleira • Marrecapeba • Marrecapéua • Xenxém
Family: Anatidae • Ducks, Whistling Ducks

Photo: monacoeye • June 2009 • Native from South America to California, India and sub-Saharan Africa.More photos...

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Bird name: Black Bellied Whistling Duck
Latin: Dendrocygna autumnalis
Other: Pijije • Pixixi • Pichichi • Chiriría • Sirirí - (ala blanca • aliblanco) • Pato Maízal
Family: Anatidae • Ducks, Whistling Ducks

Photo: monacoeye • June 2009 • Native to South America up to southern USA.
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Bird name: Black Crowned Night Heron
Latin: Nycticorax nycticorax
Other: Night Heron • Bihoreau Gris • Héron Bihoreau
Family: Ardeidae • Herons
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Some areas of the Danube Delta wetlands are home to great numbers of Black-crowned Night Herons.

In the breeding season, feet turn reddish, irises turn brighter red and the herons grow a couple of plumes. At other times feet are yellow and wings light grey.

The juvenile Night Heron has brown wings with white spots and a brownish neck with faint streaks.More photos...

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Bird name: Eurasian Hobby
Latin: Falco subbuteo
Other: Faucon hobereau
Family: Falconidae • Birds of Prey

The top shot illustrates the characteristic “red trousers” of the Hobby.More photos...

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Bird name: Bald Eagle
Latin: Haliaeetus leucocephalus
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Family: Accipitridae • Eagles, Sea Eagles, Birds of Prey
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The Bald Eagle is the national bird of America. It lives in North America only. As one of 8 “sea eagles” the Bald Eagle forms a species pair with the White Tailed Eagle, which lives in Asia and Europe.More photos...

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Bird name: White Tailed Eagle
Latin: Haliaeetus albicilla
Other: Sea Eagle • Erne • Ern • White-Tailed Sea-Eagle • Pygargue à Queue Blanche • Grand Aigle de Mer • Aigle Barbu
Family: Accipitridae • Eagles, Sea Eagles, Birds of Prey
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A superb bird, with a massive beak, the White-Tailed Eagle has a two metre wingspan and is the fourth largest eagle in the world. They can live to thirty years old.

The White Tailed Eagle is rare in Europe so the Danube Delta is a good place to see one. As this one approached on Caraorman Island he was mobbed by crows and then disappeared again.More photos...

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Bird name: Mantled Hawk
Latin: Leucopternis polionotus
Other: Gavião Pombo Grande (br)
Family: Accipitridae • Hawks, Birds of Prey
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I saw this Mantled Hawk high above the forest, deep in the Mata Atlantica just south of São Paulo. Distinguishable by white rim feathers overlapping a black trailing wing edge.

Native to Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. IUCN status: Near Threatened.More photos...