PHOTO OF THE MONTH Crimson-hooded Manakin Pipra aureola aureola Caño Colorado, Monagas state, Venezuela. Digiscoped with a Swarovski AT-HD65 scope and a Samsung Digimax V70 digital camera. You can find previous photos of the month here. This site is still fairly new, and apart from the photo gallery there still isn't a whole lot here yet. I will continue to update it with more content when I have time LATEST UPDATES: 24 May: I am just back from a long trip to Peru with Frank Lambert where we targetted some spectacularly rare birds and got very lucky. Only one bird photo from the trip, but it's a special one: Junin Rail. We also managed to see Long-whiskered Owlet, and while we weren't able to photograph it, we got some tape recordings that are available on xeno-canto.org. 28 April: I'm about to leave for a trip to Peru, quickly followed by one to SE Asia, so I won't have time to do much in the next few months. Before going, I've updated the photo of the month and added a references page. 23 April: And finally here are Bare-faced Curassow, Black Caracara, Peregrine Falcon, Bluish-fronted Jacamar, White-barred Piculet, Collared Antshrike, Moustached Antpitta, Slate-crowned Antpitta, White-crested Elaenia, Great Kiskadee, Rufous Flycatcher, Greenish Yellow-Finch, and Bananaquit. That just about does it for my current collection of neotropical bird photos, apart from some that I think a just two poor to include even if they are rare species. That's only taken a year... now I have to decide what to do next! 22 April: The raptors gallery was getting a bit large, so I split it into two parts when I added eight new shots: Pearl Kite, Semicollared Hawk, Bicolored Hawk, Crane Hawk, Common Black-Hawk, Solitary Eagle, Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle, and Broad-winged Hawk. 21 April: Today I have uploaded the orioles and blackbirds gallery, the siskins (at the moment with just one shot until I revise taxonomy), and six new parrots Dusky-headed Parakeet, Orange-chinned Parakeet, Blue-headed Parrot, Red-billed Parrot, Yellow-crowned Parrot, and Mealy Parrot. 17 April: I've finished the second finch gallery. It's also the one-year anniversary of antpitta.com! 16 April: The first of two finch galleries is done. A few more finches, the icterids, and a variety of miscellaneous photos that slipped through the cracks are all that's left for my neotropical collection. I do have shots from elsewhere in the world, but they might not really belong on this site. I could but the best ones in separate gallery at some point, but not all of them. 14 April: I've finished a bunch of families that I only have a few photos for: swifts, kingfishers, woodcreepers, vireos, thrushes, and mockingbirds. 12 April: Owls and Nightjars are ready. 10 April: Here are the Tytonidae. The typical owls are almost done too, but I may not have time to put them up until tomorrow. 9 April: Continuing the streak, here are the Cuckoos and Anis. I'm hoping to have all my decent neotropical photos up by the end of the month. 8 April: Next on the list are Pigeons and Doves. 7 April: I've added Gulls & Terns (not very many, I prefer the forest birding) and updated the photo of the month. 6 April: And another four: Seriemas, Plovers & Lapwings, Stilts, and Thick-knees. Most of these are one-bird wonders, but the Plovers & Lapwings gallery has some interesting stuff. Website design and all photos copyright Nick Athanas For questions, comments, or photograph licensing info, please email