Every photo on this website was taken in the wild. There are no photos of birds in captivity, birds in the hand, or birds that had been mist-netted and released. The gallery is arranged in taxonomical order by family. This gallery has only Neotropical birds - for my photos of birds outside of the Neotropics, check out this new gallery. I have decided to include some rather poor photos in here as well, especially when they are are of uncommon species for which few photos exist that were taken in a natural setting. Even a bad photo can sometimes be useful, either to document a sighting or to aid in identification. The photo gear used is noted with a short code. As a general guide, "D" signifies a digiscoped photo and "S" indicates it was taken with an SLR; for the full details, see here. Currently online: 1753 photos of 1372 neotropical bird species. Taxonomy mostly follows SACC and AOU, with a few exceptions. If you find a mistake in this gallery, I would really appreciate it if you could email me about it. For a list of references used while compiling this gallery, please click here. NEW: SYSTEMATIC INDEX OF ALL SPECIES. <--Follow this link if you are looking for a particular species; you will find what you are looking for much more quickly.   RHEAS   -   RHEIDAE TINAMOUS   -   TINAMIDAE SCREAMERS   -   ANHIMIDAE DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS   -   ANATIDAE GUANS, CURASSOWS, AND CHACHALACAS   -   CRACIDAE NEW WORLD QUAILS   -   ODONTOPHORIDAE GREBES   -   PODICIPEDIDAE FLAMINGOS   -   PHOENICOPTERIDAE PENGUINS   -   SPHENISCIDAE ALBATROSSES   -   DIOMEDEIDAE SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS   -   PROCELLARIIDAE STORM-PETRELS   -   HYDROBATIDAE DIVING-PETRELS   -   PELECANOIDIDAE TROPICBIRDS   -   PHAETHONTIDAE PELICANS   -   PELECANIDAE BOOBIES   -   SULIDAE CORMORANTS   -   PHALACROCORACIDAE ANHINGAS   -   ANHINGIDAE FRIGATEBIRDS   -   FREGATIDAE HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS   -   ARDEIDAE IBISES AND SPOONBILLS   -   THRESKIORNITHIDAE STORKS   -   CICONIIDAE NEW WORLD VULTURES   -   CATHARTIDAE OSPREY   -   PANDIONIDAE HAWKS, KITES, AND EAGLES   -   ACCIPITRIDAE   -   PART I Elanus kites to Leucopternis hawks HAWKS, KITES, AND EAGLES   -   ACCIPITRIDAE   -   PART II Common Black-Hawk (Buteogallus) to hawk-eagles (Spizaetus) FALCONS AND CARACARAS   -   FALCONIDAE LIMPKIN   -   ARAMIDAE TRUMPETERS   -   PSOPHIIDAE RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS   -   RALLIDAE FINFOOTS   -   HELIORNITHIDAE SUNBITTERN   -   EURYPYGIDAE SERIEMAS   -   CARIAMIDAE PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS   -   CHARADRIIDAE OYSTERCATCHERS   -   HAEMATOPODIDAE STILTS AND AVOCETS   -   RECURVIROSTRIDAE THICK-KNEES   -   BURHINIDAE MAGELLANIC PLOVER   -   PLUVIANELLIDAE SANDPIPERS, SNIPES, ETC.   -   SCOLOPACIDAE SEEDSNIPES   -   THINOCORIDAE JACANAS   -   JACANIDAE SKUAS AND JAEGERS   -   STERCORARIIDAE GULLS AND TERNS   -   LARIDAE PIGEONS AND DOVES   -   COLUMBIDAE PARROTS AND MACAWS   -   PSITTACIDAE   -   PART I Macaws to Monk  Parakeet PARROTS AND MACAWS   -   PSITTACIDAE   -   PART II Forpus parrotlets to parrots HOATZIN   -   OPISTHOCOMIDAE CUCKOOS AND ANIS   -   CUCULIDAE BARN OWLS   -   TYTONIDAE OWLS   -   STRIGIDAE OILBIRD   -   STEATORNITHIDAE POTOOS   -   NYCTIBIIDAE NIGHTJARS   -   CAPRIMULGIDAE SWIFTS   -   APODIDAE HUMMINGBIRDS   -   TROCHILIDAE   -   PART I Hermits to violetears HUMMINGBIRDS   -   TROCHILIDAE   -   PART II Mangos to sapphires HUMMINGBIRDS   -   TROCHILIDAE   -   PART III Amazilia emeralds to coronets HUMMINGBIRDS   -   TROCHILIDAE   -   PART IV Shining Sunbeam  to sunangels HUMMINGBIRDS   -   TROCHILIDAE   -   PART V Pufflegs to Gray-bellied Comet HUMMINGBIRDS   -   TROCHILIDAE   -   PART VI Sylphs to Selasphorus hummers TROGONS AND QUETZALS   -   TROGONIDAE KINGFISHERS   -   ALCEDINIDAE MOTMOTS   -   MOMOTIDAE JACAMARS   -   GALBULIDAE PUFFBIRDS   -   BUCCONIDAE BARBETS   -   CAPITONIDAE TOUCANS   -   RAMPHASTIDAE WOODPECKERS   -   PICIDAE   -   PART I Picumnus to Veniliornis WOODPECKERS   -   PICIDAE   -   PART II Piculus to Campephilus BROADBILLS   -   EURYLAIMIDAE Sapayoa OVENBIRDS   -   FURNARIIDAE   -   PART I Leaftossers to reedhaunters OVENBIRDS   -   FURNARIIDAE   -   PART II Tit-spinetails to canasteros OVENBIRDS   -   FURNARIIDAE   -   PART III Thornbirds to White-throated Treerunner WOODCREEPERS   -   DENDROCOLAPATINAE ANTBIRDS    -    THAMNOPHILIDAE   -   PART I Antshrikes to antvireos ANTBIRDS    -    THAMNOPHILIDAE   -   PART II Antwrens to antbirds ANTTHRUSHES   -   FORMICARIIDAE ANTPITTAS   -   GRALLARIDAE GNATEATERS   -   CONOPOPHAGIDAE TAPACULOS   -   RHINOCRYPTIDAE CRESCENTCHESTS   -   MELANOPAREIIDAE TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART I Phyllomyias tyrannulets to Zimmerius tyrannulets TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART II Bristle-tyrants to Myiobius flycatchers TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART III Cinnamon Flycatcher to Knipolegus black-tyrants TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART IV Spectacled Tyrant to Myiozetetes flycatchers TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART V White-bearded Flycatcher to becards COTINGAS   -   COTINGIDAE MANAKINS   -   PIPRIDAE VIREOS   -   VIREONIDAE JAYS   -   CORVIDAE SWALLOWS   -   HIRUNDINIDAE WRENS   -   TROGLODYTIDAE GNATCATCHERS   -   POLIOPTILIDAE DIPPERS   -   CINCLIDAE THRUSHES   -   TURDIDAE MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS   -   MIMIDAE PIPITS   -   MOTACILLIDAE SILKY-FLYCATCHERS   -   PTILOGONATIDAE TANAGERS   -   THRAUPIDAE   -   PART I Paroaria cardinals to Ramphocelus tanagers TANAGERS   -   THRAUPIDAE   -   PART II Thraupis tanagers to Iridisornis tanagers TANAGERS   -   THRAUPIDAE   -   PART III Tangara tanagers TANAGERS   -   THRAUPIDAE   -   PART IV Swallow Tanager to Bananaquit SPARROWS AND FINCHES   -   EMBERIZIDAE   -   PART I Zonotrichia sparrows to Sicalis yellow-finches SPARROWS AND FINCHES   -   EMBERIZIDAE   -   PART II Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch to Prevost's Ground-Sparrow  SPARROWS AND FINCHES   -   EMBERIZIDAE   -   PART III Yellow-thighed Finch to Darwin's finches SALTATORS AND GROSBEAKS   -   CARDINALIDAE WOOD-WARBLERS   -   PARULIDAE ORIOLES AND BLACKBIRDS   -   ICTERIDAE   -   PART I Oropendolas to Oriole Blackbird ORIOLES AND BLACKBIRDS   -   ICTERIDAE   -   PART II Red-bellied Grackle to Sturnella meadowlarks SISKINS   -   FRINGILLIDAE For an archive of all previous "featured photos", click here. 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