New hypothesis: Osprey Striking Fish at a Low Angle to Avoid Contact with Sharp Tips of Fish Stiff Dorsal Spines

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• Bonaparte’s Gull - Port Aransas, March 12, 2011 (11)
• Least Tern - Port Aransas, March 12, 2011 (2)
• Whooping Crane - Scarbaby taking snake in light rain - Aransas NWR winter 2010-11 (31)
• Whooping Crane - Feeding at dusk on dead fish remains (21)
• Whooping Crane - photos of Wood Buffalo-Aransas radioed Whoopers (with GPS transmitters) (75)
• Osprey - flapping flight speed with fish (still air) - 39.6 km/h (measured) (1)
• Whooping Crane - Scarbaby and his mate - Aransas NWR winter 2010-11 (45)
• Yellow-faced Grassquit – Goose Island, Texas February 2011 (34)
• Aplomado Falcon – February 2011 (4)
• Osprey dives - estimated average speed (0)
• Osprey: High-speed medium-angle plunge (1)
• Osprey - Hunting in the rain (30)
• Crested Caracara harassing Osprey with fish - chase#4 (7)
• Crested Caracara harassing Osprey with fish - chase#3 (4)
• Osprey - medium-angle plunge (18)
• Tree Swallow foraging - Brazoria NWR January 15, 2011 (13)
• Osprey - “Fish Worst Nightmare” (4)
• Osprey trying to build a nest - Upper Texas Coast (2)
• Osprey with 44cm Spotted Seatrout (1)
• Brown and American White Pelican fighting over fish (24)
• Bufflehead Texas Winter 2010-2011 (11)
• Common Goldeneye Texas Winter 2010-2011 (10)
• Hooded Merganser Texas Winter 2010-2011 (2)
• Greater Scaup Texas Winter 2010-2011 (11)
• Lesser Scaup Texas Winter 2010-2011 (6)
• Red-breasted Merganser Texas Winter 2010-2011 (11)
• Long-tailed Duck Texas January 2011 (3)
• White-winged Scoter Texas December 2010 (2)
• Osprey strikes large blue crab - crab fights back and gets free (9)
• How fast Snowy Egret can swallow a shrimp when harassed by gulls? (18)
• Great-blue Heron aerial foraging - striking striped mullet from flight - UTC November 2010 (17)
• First record of Osprey taking blue crab (10)
• Osprey catching two fish in one dive — one in each talon (23)
• Dunlin 102310 (3)
• Cattle Egret plumes – nomenclature (11)
• Neotropic Cormorant - growth of white filoplumes on head and neck (0)
• Neotropic Cormorant October 20, 2010 (3)
• Neotropic Cormorant October 8, 2010 (9)
• Neotropic Cormorant October 2, 2010 (2)
• Neotropic Cormorant September 26, 2010 (1)
• Neotropic Cormorant September 18, 2010 (3)
• Neotropic & Double-crested Cormorant September-October 2010 (53)
• Roseate Spoonbill parent punishing fledgling for excessive begging - UTC - Summer 2010 (10)
• Cattle Egret - mantle plumes extending beyond end of tail (1)
• Cattle Egret - living among alligators - adult drinking (28)
• Cattle Egret - living among alligators - juvenile drinking & hunting (12)
• Cattle Egret - living among alligators - collecting nesting material in water (3)
• 2 little quizzes - Cattle Egret behavior & plumage (4)
• Strength of Green Heron’s legs (3)
• Snowy Egret - extended fight (25)
• Cattle Egret - fights - summer 2010 (14)
• Cattle Egret - breeding plumage - peak - summer 2010 (10)
• Cattle Egret - breeding plumage - summer 2010 (2)
• Cattle Egret - nest building material - summer 2010 (11)
• Cattle Egret - on wing - summer 2010 (20)
• Cattle Egret - after sundown - summer 2010 (11)
• Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk - Katy - Texas - fall 2010 (23)
• Leucistic Red-tailed Hawks - Katy - Texas -2009 and 2010 (0)
• Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk - Katy - Texas - fall 2010 (23)
• Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk - Katy - Texas - January 2010 (12)
• Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk - Katy - Texas - December 2009 (28)
• Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk - Katy - Texas - photos from every angle November 2009 (93)
• Leucistic Red-tailed Hawk - Katy - Texas - January 2010 (12)
• Yellow Oriole - melanistic - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Black Skimmer aerial chases - UTC summer 2010 (95)
• Birds: Australia, Northern Territory, Top End 2010 (0)
• Emu - Dromaius novaehollandiae - NT (0)
• Emu portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Orange-footed Scrubfowl - Megapodius reinwardt - NT (0)
• Orange-footed Scrubfowl - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (8)
• Orange-footed Scrubfowl portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Indian Peafowl - Pavo cristatus - NT (0)
• Indian Peafowl - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Indian Peafowl portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Magpie Goose - Anseranas semipalmata - NT (0)
• Maggie Goose - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (9)
• Maggie Goose portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Maggie Goose on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (7)
• Plumed Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna eytoni - NT (0)
• Plumed Whistling-Duck - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (18)
• Plumed Whistling-Duck portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (8)
• Plumed Whistling-Duck on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (9)
• Wandering Whistling-Duck - Dendrocygna arcuata - NT (0)
• Wandering Whistling-Duck - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (7)
• Wandering Whistling-Duck portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (0)
• Black Swan - Cygnus atratus - NT (0)
• Black Swan portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Black Swan - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Radjah Shelduck - Tadorna radjah - NT (0)
• Radjah Shelduck - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (9)
• Radjah Shelduck portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Radjah Shelduck on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Green Pygmy-goose - Nettapus pulchellus - NT (0)
• Green Pygmy Goose - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Green Pygmy Goose on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (0)
• Green Pygmy Goose portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Australasian Grebe - Tachybaptus novaehollandiae - NT (0)
• Australasian Grebe - body shake - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (7)
• Australasian Grebe Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Australasian Grebe - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (31)
• Flock Bronzewing - Phaps histrionica - NT (0)
• Flock Bronzewing portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Crested Pigeon - Ocyphaps lophotes - NT (0)
• Crested Pigeon - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Crested Pigeon portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Diamond Dove - Geopelia cuneata - NT (0)
• Peaceful Dove - Geopelia striata - NT (0)
• Peaceful Dove - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (7)
• Bar-shouldered - Dove Geopelia humeralis - NT (0)
• Bar-shouldered Dove portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Bar-shouldered Dove - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Rose-crowned Fruit-Dove - Ptilinopus regina - NT (0)
• Rose-crowned Fruit-dove portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Pied Imperial - Pigeon Ducula bicolor- NT (0)
• Pied Imperial-Pigeon portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Australian Owlet-nightjar - Aegotheles cristatus - NT (0)
• Australian Owlet-nightjar - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Australasian Darter - Anhinga novaehollandiae - NT (0)
• Australasian Darter male - portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Australasian Darter male - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Australasian Darter male on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Australasian Darter female - portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Australasian Darter female on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Little Pied Cormorant - Microcarbo melanoleucos - NT (0)
• Little Pied Cormorant portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (12)
• Little Pied Cormorant - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Little Pied Cormorant on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Little Pied Cormorant shaking wet plumage (5)
• Little Black Cormorant - Phalacrocorax sulcirostris - NT (0)
• Little Black Cormorant on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Little Black Cormorant - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Pied Cormorant - Phalacrocorax varius - NT (0)
• Pied Cormorant - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Pied Cormorant on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Australian Pelican - Pelecanus conspicillatus - NT (0)
• Australian Pelican - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Australian Pelican portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Black-necked Stork - Ephippiorhynchus asiaticus - NT (0)
• Black-necked Stork portraits female - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (16)
• Black-necked Stork portraits male - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Black-necked Stork portraits pair - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (8)
• Black-necked Stork portraits juvenile male - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Black-necked Stork - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Black-necked Stork on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Eastern Great Egret - Ardea modesta - NT (0)
• Eastern Great Egret Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Eastern Great Egret on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (16)
• Eastern Great Egret - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (16)
• Intermediate Egret - Ardea intermedia - NT (0)
• Intermediate Egret - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Intermediate Egret Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Intermediate Egret on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (14)
• Great-billed Heron - Ardea sumatrana - NT (0)
• Great-billed Heron - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Great-billed Heron Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Cattle Egret - Ardea ibis - NT (0)
• Cattle Egret - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Striated Heron - Butorides striata - NT (0)
• Striated Heron aggressive and defensive display postures - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (18)
• Striated Heron on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (9)
• Striated Heron juvenile on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (8)
• Striated Heron juvenile - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (24)
• Striated Heron - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (29)
• Striated Heron juvenile Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Striated Heron Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Pied Heron Egretta - picata - NT (0)
• Pied Heron - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (32)
• Pied Heron juvenile - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (11)
• Pied Heron Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (11)
• Pied Heron juvenile Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Pied Heron on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Pied Heron juvenile on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• White-faced Heron - Egretta novaehollandiae - NT (0)
• White-faced Heron - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• White-faced Heron - food - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Little Egret - Egretta garzetta - NT (0)
• Little Egret - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (11)
• Little Egret Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Little Egret fighting - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Little Egret on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (14)
• Eastern Reef Egret - Egretta sacra - NT (0)
• Eastern Reef Egret intermediate morph - white phase with dark feathers - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (15)
• Eastern Reef Egret intermediate morph - white phase with dark feathers - on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (10)
• Eastern Reef Egret white morph - white phase with one visible dark neck feather - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (21)
• Eastern Reef Egret white morph on wing - white phase with one visible dark neck feather - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Eastern Reef Egret - food (10)
• Eastern Reef Egret grey morph Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (10)
• Eastern Reef Egret white morph Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Eastern Reef Egret grey morph on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (25)
• Eastern Reef Egret white morph on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Eastern Reef Egret grey morph - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (25)
• Eastern Reef Egret white morph - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (29)
• Nankeen Night-Heron - Nycticorax caledonicus - NT (0)
• Nankeen Night-Heron - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (13)
• Nankeen Night-Heron juvenile - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Nankeen Night-Heron Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (7)
• Nankeen Night-Heron juvenile Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Nankeen Night-Heron juvenile on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Glossy Ibis - Plegadis falcinellus - NT (0)
• Glossy Ibis on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Australian White Ibis - Threskiornis molucca - NT (0)
• Australian White Ibis - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (8)
• Australian White Ibis on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (8)
• Australian White Ibis portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Straw-necked Ibis - Threskiornis spinicollis - NT (0)
• Straw-necked Ibis - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (15)
• Straw-necked Ibis on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Straw-necked Ibis portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (10)
• Royal Spoonbill - Platalea regia - NT (0)
• Royal Spoonbill - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (8)
• Royal Spoonbill portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Eastern Osprey - Pandion cristatus - NT (0)
• Eastern Osprey: Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (34)
• Eastern Osprey: on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (8)
• Eastern Osprey: on nest - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Eastern Osprey: defecating - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Eastern Osprey: on perch - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (12)
• Black-breasted Buzzard - Hamirostra melanosternon - NT (0)
• Black-breasted Buzzard swallowing chick - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Black-breasted Buzzard: Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (10)
• Pacific Baza - Aviceda subcristata - NT (0)
• Pacific Baza: Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• White-bellied Sea-Eagle - Haliaeetus leucogaster - NT (0)
• White-bellied Sea-Eagle immature on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• White-bellied Sea-Eagle immature - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• White-bellied Sea-Eagle juvenile - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (0)
• White-bellied Sea-Eagle Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• White-bellied Sea-Eagle on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (21)
• White-bellied Sea-Eagle - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Whistling Kite - Haliastur sphenurus - NT (0)
• Whistling Kite taking Long Tom - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (9)
• Brahminy Kite - Haliastur indus - NT (0)
• Brahminy Kite hunting inside Mangroves - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (14)
• Brahminy Kite - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (15)
• Black Kite - Milvus migrans - NT (0)
• Black Kite on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (18)
• Black Kite eating on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (7)
• Red Goshawk - Erythrotriorchis radiatus - NT (0)
• Red Goshawk female: Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Red Goshawk: female collecting nest material - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (33)
• Red Goshawk male: Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (0)
• Red Goshawk: on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Red Goshawk: on nest - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (7)
• Red Goshawk: female on perch - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (8)
• Red Goshawk: male on perch - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (8)
• Wedge-tailed - Eagle Aquila audax - NT (0)
• Wedge-tailed Eagle: Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Nankeen Kestrel - Falco cenchroides - NT (0)
• Nankeen Kestrel: Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (13)
• Peregrine Falcon - Falco peregrinus - NT (0)
• Peregrine Falcon: Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Brolga - Grus rubicunda - NT (0)
• Brolga portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Brolga - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (0)
• White-browed Crake - Amaurornis cinerea - NT (0)
• White-browed Crake portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• White-browed Crake - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Australian Bustard - Ardeotis australis - NT (0)
• Australian Bustard - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Australian Bustard portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (9)
• Bush Stone-curlew - Burhinus grallarius - NT (0)
• Bush Stone-curlew portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Bush Stone-curlew - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Beach Stone-curlew - Esacus magnirostris - NT (0)
• Beach Stone-curlew portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Black-winged Stilt - Himantopus himantopus - NT (0)
• Black-winged Stilt portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Black-winged Stilt - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Red-capped Plover - Charadrius ruficapillus - NT (0)
• Red-capped Plover - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Greater Sand Plover - Charadrius leschenaultii - NT (0)
• Greater Sand Plover Greater Sand Plover - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (14)
• Black-fronted Dotterel - Elseyornis melanops - NT (0)
• Black-fronted Dotterel - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (8)
• Masked Lapwing - Vanellus miles - NT (0)
• Masked Lapwing on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Masked Lapwing portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Masked Lapwing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (19)
• Comb-crested Jacana - Irediparra gallinacea - NT (0)
• Comb-crested Jacana on nest incubating - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Comb-crested Jacana Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (7)
• Comb-crested Jacana - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (10)
• Bar-tailed Godwit - Limosa lapponica NT (0)
• Bar-tailed Godwit - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Grey-tailed Tattler - Tringa brevipes - NT (0)
• Grey-tailed Tattler - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Ruddy Turnstone - Arenaria interpres - NT (0)
• Ruddy Turnstone - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Great Knot - Calidris tenuirostris - NT (0)
• Great Knot - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (20)
• Red Knot - Calidris canutus - NT (0)
• Red Knot - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Sanderling - Calidris alba - NT (0)
• Sanderling - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Little Tern - Sternula albifrons - NT (0)
• Little Tern - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (14)
• Gull-billed Tern - Gelochelidon nilotica - NT (0)
• Gull-billed Tern - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Caspian Tern - Hydroprogne caspia - NT (0)
• Caspian Tern - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Whiskered Tern - Chlidonias hybrida - NT (0)
• Whiskered Tern - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Lesser Crested Tern - Thalasseus bengalensis - NT (0)
• Lesser Crested Tern - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Crested Tern - Thalasseus bergii - NT (0)
• Crested Tern - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Silver Gull - Chroicocephalus novaehollandiae - NT (0)
• Silver Gull on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (11)
• Silver Gull Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Silver Gull - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (7)
• Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo - Calyptorhynchus banksii - Nt (0)
• Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Galah - Eolophus roseicapillus - NT (0)
• Galah Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Galah on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Galah - Top End - Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Little Corella - Cacatua sanguinea - NT (0)
• Little Corella foraging - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (14)
• Little Corella allopreening - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Little Corella Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Little Corella on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Little Corella - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo - Cacatua galerita - NT (0)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (0)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (0)
• Cockatiel - Nymphicus hollandicus - NT (0)
• Cockatiel - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Rainbow Lorikeet - Trichoglossus haematodus - NT (0)
• Rainbow Lorikeet - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Varied Lorikeet - Psitteuteles versicolor - NT (0)
• Varied Lorikeet - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Red-winged Parrot - Aprosmictus erythropterus - NT (0)
• Red-winged Parrot - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (7)
• Northern Rosella - Platycercus venustus - NT (0)
• Northern Rosella - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Hooded Parrot - Psephotus dissimilis - NT (0)
• Hooded Parrot - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (13)
• Pheasant Coucal - Centropus phasianinus - NT (0)
• Pheasant Coucal portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Pheasant Coucal - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (0)
• Channel-billed Cuckoo - Scythrops novaehollandiae - NT (0)
• Channel-billed Cuckoo portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Rufous Owl - Ninox rufa - NT (0)
• Rufous Owl Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Barking Owl - Ninox connivens - NT (0)
• Barking Owl Portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Barking Owl - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (7)
• Azure Kingfisher - Ceyx azureus - NT (0)
• Azure Kingfisher - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (16)
• Blue-winged Kookaburra - Dacelo leachii - NT (0)
• Blue-winged Kookaburra - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Forest Kingfisher - Todiramphus macleayii - NT (0)
• Forest Kingfisher portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Forest Kingfisher - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Sacred Kingfisher - Todiramphus sanctus - NT (0)
• Sacred Kingfisher - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (10)
• Collared Kingfisher - Todiramphus chloris - NT (0)
• Collared Kingfisher - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Rainbow Bee-eater - Merops ornatus - NT (0)
• Rainbow Bee-eater portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (4)
• Rainbow Bee-eater - food - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Rainbow Bee-eater - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Rainbow Pitta - Pitta iris - NT (0)
• Rainbow Pitta - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Great Bowerbird - Ptilonorhynchus nuchalis - NT (0)
• Great Bowerbird - bower - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Great Bowerbird portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Great Bowerbird - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (6)
• Red-backed Fairy-wren - Malurus melanocephalus - NT (0)
• Red-backed Fairy-wren - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (10)
• Large-billed Gerygone - Gerygone magnirostris - NT (0)
• Large-billed Gerygone - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Striated Pardalote - Pardalotus striatus - NT (0)
• Striated Pardalote - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• White-gaped Honeyeater - Lichenostomus unicolor - NT (0)
• White-gaped Honeyeater portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• White-gaped Honeyeater - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (3)
• Yellow-throated - Miner Manorina flavigula - NT (0)
• Yellow-throated Miner portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Yellow-throated Miner - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Bar-breasted Honeyeater - Ramsayornis fasciatus - NT (0)
• Bar-breasted Honeyeater - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (5)
• Rufous-banded Honeyeater - Conopophila albogularis - NT (0)
• Rufous-banded Honeyeater - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (17)
• Rufous-throated Honeyeater - Conopophila rufogularis - NT (0)
• Rufous-throated Honeyeater portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Rufous-throated Honeyeater - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Red-headed Honeyeater - Myzomela erythrocephala - NT (0)
• Red-headed Honeyeater on wing - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (1)
• Red-headed Honeyeater - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Brown Honeyeater - Lichmera indistincta - NT (0)
• Brown Honeyeater portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
• Brown Honeyeater - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (25)
• White-throated Honeyeater - Melithreptus albogularis - NT (0)
• White-throated Honeyeater (7)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater - Entomyzon cyanotis - NT (0)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (7)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (12)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater juvenile portraits - Top End, Northern Territory, Australia (2)
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• First record of ‘pikei’ female Least Tern copulating - UTC - June 13, 2009 (13)
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• Avian images in taxonomic order; portraits, in flight, behavior and biology (0)
• Order: GAVIIFORMES (Loons) (0)
• Family: GAVIIDAE (0)
• Red-throated Loon: Gavia stellata (0)
• Arctic Loon: Gavia arctica (0)
• Pacific Loon: Gavia pacifica (0)
• Common Loon: Gavia immer (0)
• Yellow-billed Loon: Gavia adamsii (0)
• Order: PODICIPEDIFORMES (Grebes) (0)
• Family: PODICIPEDIDAE (0)
• Least Grebe: Tachybaptus dominicus (0)
• Pied-billed Grebe: Podilymbus podiceps (0)
• Horned Grebe: Podiceps auritus (0)
• Eared Grebe: Podiceps nigricollis (0)
• Red-necked Grebe: Podiceps grisegena (0)
• Western Grebe: Aechmophorus occidentalis (0)
• Clark's Grebe: Aechmophorus clarkii (0)
• Order: PROCELLARIIFORMES (Tubenoses) (0)
• Family: DIOMEDEIDAE (0)
• Laysan Albatross: Phoebastria immutabilis (0)
• Black-footed Albatross: Phoebastria nigripes (0)
• Family: PROCELLARIIDAE (0)
• Northern Fulmar: Fulmarus glacialis (0)
• Dark-rumped Petrel: Pterodroma phaeopygia (0)
• Bonin Petrel: Pterodroma hypoleuca (0)
• Bulwer's Petrel: Bulweria bulwerii (0)
• Wedge-tailed Shearwater: Puffinus pacificus (0)
• Christmas Shearwater: Puffinus nativitatis (0)
• Manx Shearwater: Puffinus puffinus (0)
• Townsend's and Newell's Shearwater: puffinus auricularis (0)
• Black-vented Shearwater: Puffinus opisthomelas (0)
• Family: HYDROBATIDAE (0)
• Fork-tailed Storm-Petrel: Oceanodroma furcata (0)
• Leach's Storm-Petrel: Oceanodroma leucorhoa (0)
• Ashy Storm-Petrel: Oceanodroma homochroa (0)
• Band-rumped Storm-Petrel: Oceanodroma castro (0)
• Black Storm-Petrel: Oceanodroma melania (0)
• Tristram's Storm-Petrel: Oceanodroma tristrami (0)
• Order: PELECANIFORMES (Pelicans and Allies) (0)
• Family: PHAETHONTIDAE (0)
• White-tailed Tropicbird: Phaethon lepturus (0)
• Red-tailed Tropicbird: Phaethon rubricauda (0)
• Family: SULIDAE (0)
• Masked Booby: Sula dactylatra (0)
• Brown Booby: Sula leucogaster (0)
• Red-footed Booby: Sula sula (0)
• Northern Gannet: Morus bassanus (0)
• Family: PELECANIDAE (0)
• American White Pelican: Pelecanus erythrorhynchos (0)
• Brown Pelican: Pelecanus occidentalis (0)
• Family: PHALACROCORACIDAE (0)
• Brandt's Cormorant: Phalacrocorax penicillatus (0)
• Neotropic Cormorant: Phalacrocorax brasilianus (0)
• Double-crested Cormorant: Phalacrocorax auritus (0)
• Great Cormorant: Phalacrocorax carbo (0)
• Red-faced Cormorant: Phalacrocorax urile (0)
• Pelagic Cormorant: Phalacrocorax pelagicus (0)
• Family: ANHINGIDAE (0)
• Anhinga: Anhinga anhinga (0)
• Family: FREGATIDAE (0)
• Magnificent Frigatebird: Fregata magnificens (0)
• Great Frigatebird: Fregata minor (0)
• Order: CICONIIFORMES (Herons, Ibises, Storks and Allies) (0)
• Family ARDEIDAE (0)
• American Bittern: Botaurus lentiginosus (0)
• Least Bittern: Ixobrychus exilis (0)
• Great Blue Heron: Ardea herodias (0)
• Great Egret: Ardea alba (0)
• Snowy Egret: Egretta thula (0)
• Little Blue Heron: Egretta caerulea (0)
• Tricolored Heron: Egretta tricolor (0)
• Reddish Egret: Egretta rufescens (0)
• Cattle Egret: Bubulcus ibis (0)
• Green Heron: Butorides virescens (0)
• Black-crowned Night-Heron: Nycticorax nycticorax (0)
• Yellow-crowned Night-Heron: Nyctanassa violacea (0)
• Family: THRESKIORNITHIDAE (0)
• White Ibis: Eudocimus albus (0)
• Glossy Ibis: Plegadis falcinellus (0)
• White-faced Ibis: Plegadis chihi (0)
• Roseate Spoonbill: Platalea ajaja (0)
• Family: CICONIIDAE (0)
• Wood Stork: Mycteria americana (0)
• Family: CATHARTIDAE (0)
• Black Vulture: Coragyps atratus (0)
• Turkey Vulture: Cathartes aura (0)
• California Condor: Gymnogyps californianus (0)
• Order: ANSERIFORMES (Swans, Geese and Ducks) (0)
• Family: ANATIDAE (0)
• Black-bellied Whistling-Duck: Dendrocygna autumnalis (0)
• Fulvous Whistling-Duck: Dendrocygna bicolor (0)
• Greater White-fronted Goose: Anser albifrons (0)
• Emperor Goose: Chen canagica (0)
• Snow Goose: Chen caerulescens (0)
• Ross's Goose: Chen rossii (0)
• Brant: Branta bernicla (0)
• Canada Goose: Branta canadensis (0)
• Hawaiian Goose: Branta sandvicensis (0)
• Mute Swan: Cygnus olor (0)
• Trumpeter Swan: Cygnus buccinator (0)
• Tundra Swan: Cygnus columbianus (0)
• Wood Duck: Aix sponsa (0)
• Gadwall: Anas strepera (0)
• American Wigeon: Anas americana (0)
• american_black_duck_anas_rubripes (0)
• Mallard: Anas platyrhynchos (0)
• Mottled Duck: Anas fulvigula (0)
• Hawaiian Duck: Anas wyvilliana (0)
• Laysan Duck: Anas laysanensis (0)
• Blue-winged Teal: Anas discors (0)
• Cinnamon Teal: Anas cyanoptera (0)
• Northern Shoveler: Anas clypeata (0)
• Northern Pintail: Anas acuta (0)
• Green-winged Teal: Anas crecca (0)
• Canvasback: Aythya valisineria (0)
• Redhead: Aythya americana (0)
• Ring-necked Duck: Aythya collaris (0)
• Greater Scaup: Aythya marila (0)
• Lesser Scaup: Aythya affinis (0)
• Steller's Eider: Polysticta stelleri (0)
• Spectacled Eider: Somateria fischeri (0)
• King Eider: Somateria spectabilis (0)
• Common Eider: Somateria mollissima (0)
• Harlequin Duck: Histrionicus histrionicus (0)
• Labrador Duck: Camptorhynchus labradorius (0)
• Surf Scoter: Melanitta perspicillata (0)
• White-winged Scoter: Melanitta fusca (0)
• Black Scoter: Melanitta nigra (0)
• Long-tailed Duck: Clangula hyemalis (0)
• Bufflehead: Bucephala albeola (0)
• Common Goldeneye: Bucephala clangula (0)
• Barrow's Goldeneye: Bucephala islandica (0)
• Hooded Merganser: Lophodytes cucullatus (0)
• Common Merganser: Mergus merganser (0)
• Red-breasted Merganser: Mergus serrator (0)
• Masked Duck: Nomonyx dominicus (0)
• Ruddy Duck: Oxyura jamaicensis (0)
• Order: FALCONIFORMES (Diurnal Birds of Prey) (0)
• Family: ACCIPITRIDAE (0)
• Osprey: Pandion haliaetus (0)
• Swallow-tailed Kite: Elanoides forficatus (0)
• White-tailed Kite: Elanus leucurus (0)
• Snail Kite: Rostrhamus sociabilis (0)
• Mississippi Kite: Ictinia mississippiensis (0)
• Bald Eagle: Haliaeetus leucocephalus (0)
• Northern Harrier: Circus cyaneus (0)
• Sharp-shinned Hawk: Accipiter striatus (0)
• Cooper's Hawk: Accipiter cooperii (0)
• Northern Goshawk: Accipiter gentilis (0)
• Gray Hawk: Asturina nitida (0)
• Common Black-Hawk: Buteogallus anthracinus (0)
• Harris's Hawk: Parabuteo unicinctus (0)
• Red-shouldered Hawk: Buteo lineatus (0)
• Broad-winged Hawk: Buteo platypterus (0)
• Short-tailed Hawk: Buteo brachyurus (0)
• Swainson's Hawk: Buteo swainsoni (0)
• White-tailed Hawk: Buteo albicaudatus (0)
• Zone-tailed Hawk: Buteo albonotatus (0)
• Hawaiian Hawk: Buteo solitarius (0)
• Red-tailed Hawk: Buteo jamaicensis (0)
• Ferruginous Hawk: Buteo regalis (0)
• Rough-legged Hawk: Buteo lagopus (0)
• Golden Eagle: Aquila chrysaetos (0)
• Family: FALCONIDAE (0)
• Crested Caracara: Caracara cheriway (0)
• American Kestrel: Falco sparverius (0)
• Merlin: Falco columbarius (0)
• Aplomado Falcon: Falco femoralis (0)
• Gyrfalcon: Falco rusticolus (0)
• Peregrine Falcon: Falco peregrinus (0)
• Prairie Falcon: Falco mexicanus (0)
• Order: GALLIFORMES (Gallinaceous Birds) (0)
• Family: CRACIDAE (0)
• Plain Chachalaca: Ortalis vetula (0)
• Family: PHASIANIDAE (0)
• Chukar: Alectoris chukar (0)
• Erckel's Francolin: Francolinus erckelii (0)
• Black Francolin: Francolinus francolinus (0)
• Gray Francolin: Francolinus pondicerianus (0)
• Himalayan Snowcock: Tetraogallus himalayensis (0)
• Gray Partridge: Perdix perdix (0)
• Ring-necked Pheasant: Phasianus colchicus (0)
• Common Peafowl: Pavo cristatus (0)
• Ruffed Grouse: Bonasa umbellus (0)
• Greater Sage-Grouse: Centrocercus urophasianus (0)
• Spruce Grouse: Falcipennis canadensis (0)
• Willow Ptarmigan: Lagopus lagopus (0)
• Rock Ptarmigan: Lagopus muta (0)
• White-tailed Ptarmigan: Lagopus leucura (0)
• Blue Grouse: Dendragapus obscurus (0)
• Sharp-tailed Grouse: Tympanuchus phasianellus (0)
• Greater Prairie-Chicken: Tympanuchus cupido (0)
• Lesser Prairie-Chicken: Tympanuchus pallidicinctus (0)
• Wild Turkey: Meleagris gallopavo (0)
• Family: ODONTOPHORIDAE (0)
• Mountain Quail: Oreortyx pictus (0)
• Scaled Quail: Callipepla squamata (0)
• California Quail: Callipepla californica (0)
• Gambel's Quail: Callipepla gambelii (0)
• Northern Bobwhite: Colinus virginianus (0)
• Montezuma Quail: Cyrtonyx montezumae (0)
• Order: GRUIFORMES (Cranes, Rails and Allies) (0)
• Family: RALLIDAE (0)
• Yellow Rail: Coturnicops noveboracensis (0)
• Black Rail: Laterallus jamaicensis (0)
• Clapper Rail: Rallus longirostris (0)
• King Rail: Rallus elegans (0)
• Virginia Rail: Rallus limicola (0)
• Laysan Rail: Porzana palmeri (0)
• Hawaiiann Rail: Porzana sandwichensis (0)
• Sora: Porzana carolina (0)
• Purple Gallinule: Porphyrio martinica (0)
• Common Moorhen: Gallinula chloropus (0)
• American Coot: Fulica americana (0)
• Hawaiian Coot: Fulica alai (0)
• Family: ARAMIDAE (0)
• Limpkin: Aramus guarauna (0)
• Family: GRUIDAE (0)
• sandhill_crane_grus_canadensis (0)
• Whooping Crane: Grus americana (0)
• Order: CHARADRIIFORMES (Shorebirds, Gulls, Auks and Allies) (0)
• Family: CHARADRIIDAE (0)
• Black-bellied Plover: Pluvialis squatarola (0)
• American Golden-Plover: Pluvialis dominica (0)
• Pacific Golden-Plover: Pluvialis fulva (0)
• Snowy Plover: Charadrius alexandrinus (0)
• Wilson's Plover: Charadrius wilsonia (0)
• Semipalmated Plover: Charadrius semipalmatus (0)
• Piping Plover: Charadrius melodus (0)
• Killdeer: Charadrius vociferus (0)
• mountain_plover_charadrius_montanus (0)
• Family: HAEMATOPODIDAE (0)
• American Oystercatcher: Haematopus palliatus (0)
• Black Oystercatcher: Haematopus bachmani (0)
• Family: RECURVIROSTRIDAE (0)
• Black-necked Stilt: Himantopus mexicanus (0)
• American Avocet: Recurvirostra americana (0)
• Family: JACANIDAE (0)
• Northern Jacana: Jacana spinosa (0)
• Family: SCOLOPACIDAE (0)
• Greater Yellowlegs: Tringa melanoleuca (0)
• Lesser Yellowlegs: Tringa flavipes (0)
• Solitary Sandpiper: Tringa solitaria (0)
• Willet: Catoptrophorus semipalmatus (0)
• Wandering Tattler: Heteroscelus incanus (0)
• Spotted Sandpiper: Actitis macularius (0)
• Upland Sandpiper: Bartramia longicauda (0)
• Eskimo Curlew: Numenius borealis (0)
• Whimbrel: Numenius phaeopus (0)
• Bristle-thighed Curlew: Numenius tahitiensis (0)
• Long-billed Curlew: Numenius americanus (0)
• Hudsonian Godwit: Limosa haemastica (0)
• Bar-tailed Godwit: Limosa lapponica (0)
• Marbled Godwit: Limosa fedoa (0)
• Ruddy Turnstone: Arenaria interpres (0)
• Black Turnstone: Arenaria melanocephala (0)
• Surfbird: Aphriza virgata (0)
• Red Knot: Calidris canutus (0)
• Sanderling: Calidris alba (0)
• Semipalmated Sandpiper: Calidris pusilla (0)
• Western Sandpiper: Calidris mauri (0)
• Least Sandpiper: Calidris minutilla (0)
• White-rumped Sandpiper: Calidris fuscicollis (0)
• Baird's Sandpiper: Calidris bairdii (0)
• Pectoral Sandpiper: Calidris melanotos (0)
• Purple Sandpiper: Calidris maritima (0)
• Rock Sandpiper: Calidris ptilocnemis (0)
• Dunlin: Calidris alpina (0)
• Stilt Sandpiper: Calidris himantopus (0)
• Buff-breasted Sandpiper: Tryngites subruficollis (0)
• Short-billed Dowitcher: Limnodromus griseus (0)
• Long-billed Dowitcher: Limnodromus scolopaceus (0)
• Wilson's Snipe: Gallinago delicata (0)
• American Woodcock: Scolopax minor (0)
• Wilson's Phalarope: Phalaropus tricolor (0)
• Red-necked Phalarope: Phalaropus lobatus (0)
• red_phalarope_phalaropus_fulicarius (0)
• Family: LARIDAE (0)
• Pomarine Jaeger: Stercorarius pomarinus (0)
• Parasitic Jaeger: Stercorarius parasiticus (0)
• Long-tailed Jaeger: Stercorarius longicaudus (0)
• Laughing Gull: Larus atricilla (0)
• Franklin's Gull: Larus pipixcan (0)
• Little Gull: Larus minutus (0)
• Bonaparte's Gull: Larus philadelphia (0)
• Heermann's Gull: Larus heermanni (0)
• Mew Gull: Larus canus (0)
• Ring-billed Gull: Larus delawarensis (0)
• California Gull: Larus californicus (0)
• Herring Gull: Larus argentatus (0)
• Thayer's Gull: Larus thayeri (0)
• Iceland Gull: Larus glaucoides (0)
• Yellow-footed Gull: Larus livens (0)
• Western Gull: Larus occidentalis (0)
• Glaucous-winged Gull: Larus glaucescens (0)
• Glaucous Gull: Larus hyperboreus (0)
• great_black-backed_gull_larus_marinus (0)
• sabines_gull_xema_sabini (0)
• Black-legged Kittiwake: Rissa tridactyla (0)
• Red-legged Kittiwake: Rissa brevirostris (0)
• Ivory Gull: Pagophila eburnea (0)
• Gull-billed Tern: Sterna nilotica (0)
• Caspian Tern: Sterna caspia (0)
• Royal Tern: Sterna maxima (0)
• Elegant Tern: Sterna elegans (0)
• Sandwich Tern: Sterna sandvicensis (0)
• Roseate Tern: Sterna dougallii (0)
• Common Tern: Sterna hirundo (0)
• Arctic Tern: Sterna paradisaea (0)
• Forster's Tern: Sterna forsteri (0)
• Least Tern: Sterna antillarum (0)
• Aleutian Tern: Sterna aleutica (0)
• Gray-backed Tern: Sterna lunata (0)
• Bridled Tern: Sterna anaethetus (0)
• Sooty Tern: Sterna fuscata (0)
• Black Tern: Chlidonias niger (0)
• Brown Noddy: Anous stolidus (0)
• Black Noddy: Anous minutus (0)
• White Tern: Gygis alba (0)
• Black Skimmer: Rynchops niger (0)
• Family: ALCIDAE (0)
• Dovekie: Alle alle (0)
• common_murre_uria_aalge (0)
• Thick-billed Murre: Uria lomvia (0)
• Razorbill: Alca torda (0)
• Great Auk: Pinguinus impennis (0)
• Black Guillemot: Cepphus grylle (0)
• Pigeon Guillemot: Cepphus columba (0)
• Marbled Murrelet: Brachyramphus marmoratus (0)
• Kittlitz's Murrelet: Brachyramphus brevirostris (0)
• Xantus's Murrelet: Synthliboramphus hypoleucus (0)
• Ancient Murrelet: Synthliboramphus antiquus (0)
• Cassin's Auklet: Ptychoramphus aleuticus (0)
• Parakeet Auklet: Aethia psittacula (0)
• Least Auklet: Aethia pusilla (0)
• Whiskered Auklet: Aethia pygmaea (0)
• Crested Auklet: Aethia cristatella (0)
• Rhinoceros Auklet: Cerorhinca monocerata (0)
• Atlantic Puffin: Fratercula arctica (0)
• Horned Puffin: Fratercula corniculata (0)
• Tufted Puffin: Fratercula cirrhata (0)
• Order: COLUMBIFORMES (Pigeons and Doves) (0)
• Family: COLUMBIDAE (0)
• Rock Pigeon: Columba livia (0)
• White-crowned Pigeon: Patagioenas leucocephala (0)
• Red-billed Pigeon: Patagioenas flavirostris (0)
• Band-tailed Pigeon: Patagioenas fasciata (0)
• Eurasian Collared-Dove: Streptopelia decaocto (0)
• Spotted Dove: Streptopelia chinensis (0)
• White-winged Dove: Zenaida asiatica (0)
• Mourning Dove: Zenaida macroura (0)
• Passenger Pigeon: Ectopistes migratorius (0)
• Inca Dove: Columbina inca (0)
• Common Ground-Dove: Columbina passerina (0)
• White-tipped Dove: Leptotila verreauxi (0)
• Order: PSITTACIFORMES (Parrots and Allies) (0)
• Order: CUCULIFORMES (Cuckoos and Allies) (0)
• Family: CUCULIDAE (0)
• Black-billed Cuckoo: Coccyzus erythropthalmus (0)
• Yellow-billed Cuckoo: Coccyzus americanus (0)
• Mangrove Cuckoo: Coccyzus minor (0)
• Greater Roadrunner: Geococcyx californianus (0)
• Smooth-billed Ani: Crotophaga ani (0)
• Groove-billed Ani: Crotophaga sulcirostris (0)
• Order: STRIGIFORMES (Owls) (0)
• Order: CAPRIMULGIFORMES (Goatsuckers and Allies) (0)
• Family: CAPRIMULGIDAE (0)
• Lesser Nighthawk: Chordeiles acutipennis (0)
• Common Nighthawk: Chordeiles minor (0)
• Antillean Nighthawk: Chordeiles gundlachii (0)
• Common Pauraque: Nyctidromus albicollis (0)
• Common Poorwill: Phalaenoptilus nuttallii (0)
• Chuck-will's-widow: Caprimulgus carolinensis (0)
• Buff-collared Nightjar: Caprimulgus ridgwayi (0)
• Whip-poor-will: Caprimulgus vociferus (0)
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