This bird was a great find on my last trip to Panama. There are over 200 species of antbirds. As the name would suggest, they eat a lot of ants. They are rainforest birds that spend most of their time on or near the ground. This is the ocellated antbird, characterized by the large, bare blue patch around the eye. Both males and females look the same, with the females being only slightly smaller. Conditions were dark in the thick forest, but the bird stayed still just long enough for me to get a sharp(ish) shot at 1/50th of a second.Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/50th of a second.
Antbird? Really? It’s unfair to reduce an animal to the things that they eat. There’s so much for to who they are, like where they poop. Why can’t this bird be known as the Panamanian branchdumper, is all i’m saying.
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This bird was a great find on my last trip to Panama. There are over 200 species of antbirds. As the name would suggest, they eat a lot of ants. They are rainforest birds that spend most of their time on or near the ground. This is the ocellated antbird, characterized by the large, bare blue patch around the eye. Both males and females look the same, with the females being only slightly smaller. Conditions were dark in the thick forest, but the bird stayed still just long enough for me to get a sharp(ish) shot at 1/50th of a second.Nikon D810 with Nikkor 200-400mm lens (at 400mm) ISO 1600, f/4 at 1/50th of a second.
Antbird? Really? It’s unfair to reduce an animal to the things that they eat. There’s so much for to who they are, like where they poop. Why can’t this bird be known as the Panamanian branchdumper, is all i’m saying.
Beautiful Bird lovely coloring