Sep 14 2009

Common birds

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Great-tailed Grackle, a bird you can see everywhere...

Great-tailed Grackle, a bird you can see everywhere...

When you visit Guatemala you will see Great-tailed Grackles in every town. From lowlands to highlands these birds have found the way to dominate any space to become the most common bird.

Most people don’t like them because they’re invasive and noisy but you can change you mind after seeing this magnificent male picture.


Sep 4 2009

Alien birds

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Rock Pigeon

Rock Pigeon

Guatemala bird diversity includes three bird species introduced by human intervention. It doesn’t matter if it happened on purpose or by accident: Rock Pigeon, House Sparrow and Cattle Egret.

Cattle Egret

Cattle Egret

Rock Pigeon came from Asia, Cattle Egret from Africa and House Sparrow from Europe.

House Sparrow

House Sparrow