La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
The only completely red bird in North America, the strawberry-colored male Summer Tanager is an eye-catching sight against the green leaves of the forest canopy.
The mustard-yellow female is harder to spot, though both sexes have a very distinctive chuckling call note. Fairly common during the summer, these birds migrate as far as the middle of South America each winter.
www.allaboutbirds.org/guide/Summer_Tanager/id
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La Ceja, Colombia; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Ramphocelus flammigerus
(Flame-rumped Tanager / Toche)
The Flame-rumped Tanager occurs from western Panama south through Colombia to western Ecuador. This is a sociable bird, being typically found in monospecific flocks, which inhabit shrubby semi-open areas.
Source: Neotropical Birds Online; Cornell Lab of Ornithology:
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/portal/species
/overview?p_p...
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La Ceja, Colombia; Central Andes; 2.300 meters above sea level.
Saltator atripennis
(Black-winged Saltator / Saltador de alas negras)
The Black-winged Saltator is a fairly common resident of humid montane forest on the west slope of the Andes from southern Ecuador to northern Colombia. It is more difficult to see than some other species of saltator, perhaps due to its preference for the canopy and its avoidance of clearings.
neotropical.birds.cornell.edu/Species-Account/nb/species/...
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Island of Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands.
Iguana iguana (American iguana / Iguana verde)
The American iguana, is a large, arboreal, mostly herbivorous species of lizard of the genus Iguana. It is native to Central, South America, and the Caribbean. They have been introduced from South America to Puerto Rico and are very common throughout the island, where they are colloquially known as "Gallina de palo" and considered an invasive species; in the United States feral populations also exist in South Florida (including the Florida Keys), Hawaii, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_iguana
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Island of Bonaire, Caribbean Netherlands.
Coleus is popular as a garden plant for its brightly colored foliage.
The genus Coleus was first described by João de Loureiro in 1790.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coleus
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