Esther's photos with the keyword: sulphuratus

Out on a limb

19 Jun 2011 221
Great Kiskadee at Cano Negro Wildlife Reserve in Costa Rica waiting for an insect to fly by. AxMG_2533

Great Kiskadee

25 Feb 2011 1 171
Great Kiskadee, Sarapiqui Rainforest Lodge, Costa Rica The Great Kiskadee is a common, noisy and conspicuous bird. It is almost omnivorous, and hunts like a shrike or flycatcher, waiting on an open perch high in a tree to sally out to catch insects in flight, or to pounce upon rodents and similar small vertebrates. It will also take prey and some fruit[3] from vegetation by gleaning and jumping for it or ripping it off in mid-hover, and occasionally dives for fish or tadpoles in shallow water, making it one of the few fishing passerines. They like to hunt on their own or in pairs, and though they might be expected to make good use of prey flushed by but too large for the smaller birds of the understory, they do not seem to join mixed-species feeding flocks very often. When they do, they hunt in the familiar manner. Such opportunistic feeding behavior makes it one of the commonest birds in urban areas around Latin America; its flashy belly and its shrill call make it one of the most conspicuous. From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Kiskadee AxMG_1747