MILITARY MACAW, PORT OASIS ECO PARK, CRUISE PORT, CARTAGENA, COLUMBIA, 12/7/2023 - NEW LIFE SPECIES

   We can ID this macaw as a Military Macaw as follows:

• Mostly green with blue flight feathers.
• Bright red patch on forehead.
• Face is white and pinkish in color with black striations and red dots.
• Large, strong, gray bill.
• Tail is blue and red above.

   The Military Macaw is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List. Our ebird Life List now stands at 1,086.

 

CHESTNUT-FRONTED MACAW, PORT OASIS ECO PARK, CRUISE PORT, CARTAGENA, COLUMBIA, 12/7/2023 - SPECIES STATUS ON EBIRD LIFE LIST CHANGED FROM PROVISIONAL TO NATIVE/NATIRALIZED

      The Chestnut-fronted Macaw has been on our ebird Life List as a provisional since 12/19/2020 when it was sighted and photographed at Brewer Park in S. Miami, Florida.  It has now been upgraded to Native/Naturalized since it was seen and photographed on 12/7/2023 in Cartagena, Columbia.

 

BLUE-AND-YELLOW MACAWS, PORT OASIS ECO PARK, CRUISE PORT, CARTAGENA, COLUMBIA, 12/7/2023 - SPECIES STATUS ON EBIRD LIFE LIST CHANGED FROM PROVISIONAL TO NATIVE/NATURALIZED

   The Blue-and-Yellow Macaw has been on our ebird Life List as a provisional since 1/31/2022 when it was sighted and photographed at Brewer Park in S. Miami, Florida.  It has now been upgraded to Native/Naturalized since it was seen and photographed on 12/7/2023 in Cartagena, Columbia.

 

BROWN-THROATED PARAKEET, PORT OASIS ECO PARK, CRUISE PORT, CARTAGENA, COLUMBIA, 12/7/2023 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this parakeet as a Brown-throated Parakeet as follows:

• Identified by Merlin as a Brown-throated Parakeet.
• Some of the various subspecies of the Brown-throated Parakeet have quite different plumage than the nominate race.  Also, the lighting was terrible as the parakeet was in the middle of a tree.
• Can't really see much of the underparts, but some yellow does show.
• The upperparts are greenish with some bluish on the wings and the tail.
• The crown appears bluish-gray.
• Grayish eyering with some yellowish/whitish feathers surrounding it.

   The Brown-throated Parakeet is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.

 

WHITE-THROATED TOUCAN, PORT OASIS ECO PARK, CRUISE PORT, CARTAGENA, COLUMBIA, 12/7/2023 - NEW SPECIES TO LIFE LIST

   We can ID this Toucan, which is rare at this location, as a White-throated Toucan as follows:

• Black plumage with a white throat and breast bordered with a narrow red line.
• The bare skin around the eye is blue.
• The bill is huge and mainly black; has a upper mandible with a yellowish tip, yellowish upper mandible ridge and yellowish base; and a lower mandible with a blue base.
• The White-throated Toucan is very similar to the Channel-billed Toucan, but has a larger bill, which I believe these photos show.

   The White-throated Toucan is a new species to our ebird Photographic Life List.

 

INDIAN PEAFOWLS, PORT OASIS ECO PARK, CRUISE PORT, CARTAGENA, COLUMBIA, 12/7/2023

 

MUSCOVY DUCKS, PORT OASIS ECO PARK, CRUISE PORT, CARTAGENA, COLUMBIA, 12/7/2023