Examples of seed dispersing birds are the hornbill, the toucan, the aracari, the cotinga, and some species of parrots. From Wordnik.com. [Frugivore] Reference
Two endemic birds listed by IUCN as vulnerable are found in the mangroves of this ecoregion: the mangrove hummingbird (Amazilia boucardi) and the yellow-billed cotinga (Carpodectes antoniae). From Wordnik.com. [Moist Pacific Coast mangroves] Reference
Examples are buff-breasted tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus mirandae), white-winged cotinga (Xipholena atropurpurea), seven-colored tanager (Tangara fastuosa), and yellow-faced siskin (Carduelis yarrellii). From Wordnik.com. [Pernambuco interior forests] Reference
Birds that may visit mangrove communities include Amazona autumnalis, scarlet macaw (Ara macao), green macaw (Ara ambigua), military macaw (A. militaris), snowy cotinga (Carpodectes nitidus), and several parrots, parakeets, and hummingbirds. From Wordnik.com. [Mosquitia-Nicaraguan Caribbean Coast mangroves] Reference
The purple-throated cotinga has black wings and tail, and every other part. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in South America] Reference
It is another species of the cotinga -- the well-known campanero, or bell-bird. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
The pompadour cotinga has a purple body and white wings, their four first feathers tipped with brown. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
The pompadour cotinga is entirely purple, except his wings, which are white, their four first feathers tipped with brown. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in South America] Reference
Perhaps the scarlet cotinga is the richest of the five, and is one of those birds which are found in the deepest recesses of the forest. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in South America] Reference
The purple-breasted cotinga has the throat and breast of a deep purple, the wings and tail black, and all the rest of the body a most lovely shining blue. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in South America] Reference
Sheer color alone is powerful enough, but when heightened by contrast, it becomes still more effective, and I seemed to have secured, with two barrels, a cotinga and its shadow. From Wordnik.com. [Edge of the Jungle] Reference
The most interesting birds he shot were a cotinga, brilliant turquoise-blue with a magenta-purple throat, and a big woodpecker, black above and cinnamon below with an entirely red head and neck. From Wordnik.com. [VIII. The River of Doubt] Reference
The most interesting birds he shot were a cotinga, brilliant turquoise-blue with a magenta - purple throat, and a big woodpecker, black above and cinnamon below with an entirely red head and neck. From Wordnik.com. [Through the Brazilian Wilderness] Reference
Birds that may visit mangrove communities include scarlet macaw (Ara macao), green macaw (Ara ambigua), military macaw (A. militaris), great blue heron (Ardea herodias), snowy cotinga (Carpodectes nitidus), harpy eagle (Harpia harpyia), osprey (Pandion Halieatus), and a variety of plovers and sandpipers (Charadriidae and Scolopacidae) and several parrots, parakeets, and hummingbirds. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Honduras mangroves] Reference
Rare birds of this ecoregion includethe following: Blue-bellied parrot (Triclaria malachitacea), white-bearded antshrike (Biatas nigropectus), plumbeous antvireo (Dysithamnus plumbeus), Rio de Janeiro antwren (Myrmotherula fluminensis), gray-winged cotinga (Tijuca condita), kinglet cotinga (Calyptura cristata), Kaempfer's tody-tyrant (Hemitriccus kaempferi), and cherry-throated tanager (Nemosia rourei). From Wordnik.com. [Serra do Mar coastal forests] Reference
Birds that visit mangroves during migration include spotted sandpiper (Actitis macularia), red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis), snowy cotinga (Carpodectes nitidus), Wilson's plover (Charadrius wilsonia), green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana), lesser nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis), common nighthawk (Chordeiles minor), keel-billed motmot (Electron carintum), and osprey (Pandion haliaetus) just to name a few. From Wordnik.com. [Rio Negro-Rio San Sun mangroves] Reference
Birds most specific to mangroves include roseate spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja), gray-necked wood rail (Aramides cajanea), rufous-necked wood rail (A. axillaris), mangrove black-hawk (Buteogallus subtilis), yellow-billed cotinga (Carpodectes antoniae) (now rare), green kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana), Amazon kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) lesser nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis), rufous-browed peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis) and many others. From Wordnik.com. [Gulf of Panama mangroves] Reference
Purple-breasted cotinga & sunbird 2. From Wordnik.com. [Breasted Birds] Reference
These birds include the plain-tailed warbling-finch (Poospiza alticola), and rufous-breasted warbling-finch (Poospiza rubecula) classified as endangered; Taczanowski's tinamou (Nothoprocta tacaznowskii), and white-cheeked cotinga (Zaratornis stresemanni) classified as vulnerable; Kalinowski's tinamou (Nothoprocta kalinowskii), and white-browed tit-spinetail (Leptasthenura xenothorax), classified as critical; rufous-eared brush-finch (Atlapetes rufigenis) classified as near-threatened; white-tufted sunbeam (Aglaeactis castelnaudii), bearded mountaineer, (Oreonympha nobilis), striated earthcreeper (Upucerthia serrana), rusty-fronted canastero (Asthenes ottonis), rusty-bellied brush-finch (Atlapetes nationi), chesnut-breasted mountain-finch (Poospiza caesar), and brown-flanked tanager (Thlypopsis pectoralis), classified as least concern status species. From Wordnik.com. [Central Andean wet puna] Reference
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