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. I still have hundreds of photos to put online, which will take some time, considering I only work on this during my spare time or on sleepless nights. 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. All but a handful of these photos were digiscoped. Currently online: 886 photos of 743 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. TINAMOUS   -   TINAMIDAE SCREAMERS   -   ANHIMIDAE DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS   -   ANATIDAE GUANS, CURASSOWS, AND CHACHALACAS   -   CRACIDAE GREBES   -   PODICIPEDIDAE FLAMINGOS   -   PHOENICOPTERIDAE ALBATROSSES   -   DIOMEDEIDAE SHEARWATERS AND PETRELS   -   PROCELLARIIDAE PELICANS   -   PELECANIDAE BOOBIES   -   SULIDAE FRIGATEBIRDS   -   FREGATIDAE HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS   -   ARDEIDAE IBISES AND SPOONBILLS   -   THRESKIORNITHIDAE STORKS   -   CICONIIDAE NEW WORLD VULTURES   -   CATHARTIDAE HAWKS, KITES, AND EAGLES   -   ACCIPITRIDAE   -   PART I Chondrohierax 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 RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS   -   RALLIDAE FINFOOTS   -   HELIORNITHIDAE SUNBITTERN   -   EURYPYGIDAE SERIEMAS   -   CARIAMIDAE PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS   -   CHARADRIIDAE STILTS AND AVOCETS   -   RECURVIROSTRIDAE THICK-KNEES   -   BURHINIDAE SEEDSNIPES   -   THINOCORIDAE GULLS AND TERNS   -   LARIDAE PIGEONS AND DOVES   -   COLUMBIDAE PARROTS AND MACAWS   -   PSITTACIDAE   -   PART I Macaws to Pyrrhura parakeets PARROTS AND MACAWS   -   PSITTACIDAE   -   PART II Forpus parrotlets to parrots HOATZIN   -   OPISTHOCOMIDAE CUCKOOS AND ANIS   -   CUCULIDAE BARN OWLS   -   TYTONIDAE OWLS   -   STRIGIDAE 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 woodstars TROGONS AND QUETZALS   -   TROGONIDAE KINGFISHERS   -   ALCEDINIDAE MOTMOTS   -   MOMOTIDAE JACAMARS   -   GALBULIDAE PUFFBIRDS   -   BUCCONIDAE BARBETS   -   CAPITONIDAE TOUCANS   -   RAMPHASTIDAE WOODPECKERS   -   PICIDAE OVENBIRDS   -   FURNARIIDAE WOODCREEPERS   -   DENDROCOLAPATINAE ANTBIRDS    -    THAMNOPHILIDAE ANTTHRUSHES   -   FORMICARIIDAE ANTPITTAS   -   GRALLARIDAE GNATEATERS   -   CONOPOPHAGIDAE TAPACULOS   -   RHINOCRYPTIDAE TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART I Phyllomyias tyrannulets to Sharp-tailed Tyrant TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART II Pygmy-tyrants (Myiornis) to black-tyrants (Knipolegus) TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART III Monjitas to kiskadees TYRANT FLYCATCHERS   -   TYRANNIDAE   -   PART IV Myiodynastes flycatchers to becards COTINGAS   -   COTINGIDAE MANAKINS   -   PIPRIDAE VIREOS   -   VIREONIDAE JAYS   -   CORVIDAE SWALLOWS   -   HIRUNDINIDAE WRENS   -   TROGLODYTIDAE DIPPERS   -   CINCLIDAE THRUSHES   -   TURDIDAE MOCKINGBIRDS   -   MIMIDAE PIPITS   -   MOTACILLIDAE TANAGERS   -   THRAUPIDAE   -   PART I Paroaria cardinals to Orange-throated Tanager TANAGERS   -   THRAUPIDAE   -   PART II Tangara tanagers to chlorophonias SPARROWS AND FINCHES   -   EMBERIZIDAE   -   PART I Zonotrichia sparrows to Sporophila seedeaters SPARROWS AND FINCHES   -   EMBERIZIDAE   -   PART II Oryzoborus seed-finches to Pileated Finch SALTATORS AND GROSBEAKS   -   CARDINALIDAE WOOD-WARBLERS   -   PARULIDAE ORIOLES AND BLACKBIRDS   -   ICTERIDAE SISKINS   -   FRINGILLIDAE For an archive of all previous "photos of the month", click here. Website design and all photos copyright Nick Athanas For questions, comments, or photograph licensing info, please email