NEOTROPICAL (Caribbean)
Mangroves

The mangroves of Central America on the Atlantic side and the Caribbean...

The striking White-crowned Pigeon is usually a bird of the Caribbean mangroves (although you might get better views when it comes out into the surrounding scrub or even urban areas, as in image below).

white-crowned-pigeon-antigua

Lurking in amongst the mangrove roots are various herons, stalking fish and other estuarine prey. The image below is of a 'Little Blue Heron' Egretta curelea: in the right light and at the right phase of its life the neck is maroon and the rest of the body is a grey-blue.

tricoloured-heron-caroni-swamp-trinidadLittle Blue Heron, (Caroni Swamp, Trinidad)

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