Along the Atlantic Coast of Brazil
to Paraguay and Argentina...red
crest displayed in courtship.
Tachyphonus coronatus
(L 7")
Folha Seca Rd near
Ubatuba
16Oct2017
Intervales State Park
10Oct2017
Tachyphonus in Greek means
fast sound; coronatus in Latin
means crowned.
Birds perceive four channels on the
light spectrum—red, green and blue,
like us—but unlike us they also
perceive ultraviolet.
(Jim Robbins)
© Michael J
Andersen
Macaulay
Library