Anu-branco (Guira guira) curioso - A curious Guira Cuckoo 246 - 11

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See a little video at br.youtube.com/watch?v=1l7Uzu0yBsY
A scruffy looking bird, the Guira Cuckoo has a rufous crest and orange-yellow bill and eye.
They will often roost in groups and huddle together for warmth on cold nights.
Guira Cuckoo, Goiânia, Brazil, April 2006.
They are found in open, scrubby areas in southern South America and are one of the species that actually benefits from deforestation.
They not only roost in groups but also feed in groups on the ground eating insects, frogs, eggs, etc.. They even nest in groups. Several females will lay eggs in the same communal nest where there might be 10 eggs. Despite carrying the cuckoo name, they are rarely recorded as brood parasites.
he guira (Guira guira) is a cuckoo related to anis. It is one of the most common birds of Brazil, absent only from the continuous forest of Amazonia.
It has a hirsute orangey crest and measures 40 cm.[1] Like its cousins anis, the guira give off a strong, pungent odour.
The guira feeds on big arthropods, frogs, small birds and small mammals like mice.
The guira goes around on the ground, usually in bands of 6 to 18 individuals, with other birds like the Chalk-browed mockingbird (Mimus saturninus) and the Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) whose behaviour is very similar.
They live in groups but have the tendency to form couples.
The nest is built on a tree fork 5 meters from the ground. The eggs (from 5 to 7) are dark green and covered in a layer of limestone. They are incubated either in individual or community nests, in the latter one can find up to 20 eggs. Under community nests there are many broken eggs. The competition between young being great, mortality is important.

ANU-BRANCO (Guira guira).
Veja um pequeno video no endereço br.youtube.com/watch?v=1l7Uzu0yBsY
Chamamos de anu-branco uma ave mais conhecida nesta região por alma-de-gato e rabo-de-palha e, em outras, por pelincho e outros nomes.
Alma-de-gato e rabo-de-palha são nomes inadequados porque designam também outras aves. Pelincho é um nome usado apenas no Rio Grande do Sul.
Por esses motivos e por ser o anu-branco um nome muito usado, inclusive em outros estados, deve-se dar preferência a ele. Além disso, trata-se de uma ave que tem parentesco com o anu, o que torna a denominação apropriada.
O anu-branco tem 40 cm de comprimento e pode ser visto em pequenos bandos tanto na cidade como nos campos e beira de matas. Tem uma cauda comprida e frouxa e voa baixo.
Pousa de modo muito desajeitado, levantando a cauda e dando a impressão de que vai capotar para a frente. Tem bico e olhos alaranjados, dorso marrom, peito esbranquiçado e uma crista frouxa.
O anu-branco (Guira guira) é um cuculiforme da família Cuculidae. É uma das aves mais comuns do Brasil, estando ausente praticamente apenas nas florestas contínuas amazônicas.
O anu possui uma plumagem predominantemente creme, com uma grande faixa preta no rabo e um topete encrespado alaranjado.
O anu-branco se alimenta de grandes artrópodes, pererecas, pequenas aves e pequenos mamíferos como camundongos.
Anda muito no solo, em bandos de 6 a 12 indivíduos, ao lado de outras aves, como sabiá-do-campo, anu-preto e pica-pau-do-campo.

Taken on: April 11, 2006

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