This seldomly seen bird was found by our bird guide (from La Selva Lodge) a few hundred meters trekking from the canoes. The target bird for the trip, Crested owl, was sitting 5 meters above.
Like some Owls, with an unusual, spectacular very
Dark brown (Nightjar) plumage, even on the throat
(just a thin white necklace)
- although some literature states that Ocellated
(adult) has a White throat).
PS: African Nightjars get lucent eyes in electric
car light at night - but rarely pinkish.
One might believe that the dark Ocellated
in daytime stays in/on darker environment than
other Nightjar species??
Not only Ecuador-Peru-Brazil, there seems to exit a small population in Central America, although records are very rare. However, recently a group of birders photo-documented an Ocellated Poorwill at Refugio Bartola in Nicaragua, arguably one of the best rain forest lodges in Central America.
Thanks for showing interest in this picture - thinking that we walked without a trail for around 300 meters straight into the rainforest, I sometimes wonder how these guides find such birds. There are pretty tough rivalry inbetween guides, even within the same lodge and this bird (and the Crested owl) was his little secret.
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Carsten Murmann skriver torsdag 28. april 2011 kl. 11.11 
