Great Backyard Bird Off - the Americas (poll 5)
choose your favorite
Chimango
Great Kiskadee
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Chimango (Daptrius chimango)
Noisy, conspicuous, and often a common scavenger in habitats ranging from towns and cities to open forest, farmland, and beaches; ecological counterpart to crows. Often in groups, locally of tens or even hundreds, feeding on the ground or tumbling and sailing with agile flight; often chases and mobs larger raptors. Plumage brownish overall, often with gingery tones, and with variable paler dappling above and fine barring below. Bold creamy white wing panels and tail base striking in flight. (eBird)
"A great bird of prey that I see pretty often! They sometimes perch on my windowsill and will stay there as long as I don't move too much. I always love hearing their calls."
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
submitted as Benteveo común, bem-te-vi, and benteveo
"They're so colorful and noisy! Their name in Brazil is bem-te-vi which means I see you and is (like its English name) an onomatopoeia!"
"i know these are in the us, but it's only what? the south of texas? their range extends through most of the americas, i think they count!"
"hes so big and i like his colourshes so big and i like his colours"
"I'm paraguayan, we call this bird pitogüe (onomatopeia of their song/noise) and it is say when you hear their song somebody close to you (or even yourself) is expecting a baby, like this is the gossip bird! if a group of people hear the bird call we start poimting fingers. If it is close to your home/street you can be sure somebody is pregnant. very funny bird. They are so loud."
"My favourite backyard bird!! They have such a recognizable call and I never get tired of hearing it. The feathers on its belly are just such a beautiful and bright yellow that I can't help staring at these birds whenever I spot them outside. Plus, if you're lucky and see two of them getting into a fight you get to see their beautiful and equally bright yellow crests!"
Image Sources: chimango (Mason Maron), kiskadee (Luke Seitz)
