Two herons are uncommon elsewhere in Amazonia (Egretta tricolor and Nyctanassa violacea). From Wordnik.com. [Tocantins-Araguaia-Maranhão moist forests] Reference
Other birds that utilize this ecoregion are yellow-crowned night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea), neotropic cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus), yucatan parrot (Amazona xantholora), Yucatán bobwhite (Colinus nigrogularis), and zenaida dove (Zenaida aurita). From Wordnik.com. [Petenes mangroves] Reference
A juvenile yellow-crowned night heron (Nyctanassa violacea. From Wordnik.com. [xenogere] Reference
Birds most specific to mangroves include the Panama flycatcher (Myiarchus panamensis), whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus), yellow-crowned night-heron (Nyctanassa violacea), black-crowned night-heron (Nycticorax nycticorax), scaly-breasted hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii), black-bellied plover (Pluvialis squatarola), prothonotary warbler (Protonotaria citrea), northern waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis), northern scrub-flycatcher (Sublegatus arenarum), mangrove swallow (Tachycineta albilinea), and greater yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca) just to name a few. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Dry Pacific Coast mangroves] Reference
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