Dear members,
I have recently been to Colombia, to Tayrona National Park. Around dusk on the way back out of the forest a few black birds (resembling mocking birds in their overall size and appearance, maybe slightly bigger) were waiting for us to come out of the woods, jumping on the path making a whoop sound and showing a blue shiny dot on the chest (if I recall correctly). I know for sure that the birds were black and made this specific whoop sound, and had a shiny blue patch either on the chest or the wings (this I unfortunately cant remember clearly) - here is a sound recording of the sound (from 1:00 till 2:00 you hear this whoop). I imagine it is a very common bird as I came across it again watching this documentary on native people in the Amazon. Does anyone know the name of this bird or have any suggestions in what direction to search? My girlfriend (who works as a bird taxidermist) and I have been searching for a while now for the name of this bird but so far have no luck. Any help is much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Willem
I have recently been to Colombia, to Tayrona National Park. Around dusk on the way back out of the forest a few black birds (resembling mocking birds in their overall size and appearance, maybe slightly bigger) were waiting for us to come out of the woods, jumping on the path making a whoop sound and showing a blue shiny dot on the chest (if I recall correctly). I know for sure that the birds were black and made this specific whoop sound, and had a shiny blue patch either on the chest or the wings (this I unfortunately cant remember clearly) - here is a sound recording of the sound (from 1:00 till 2:00 you hear this whoop). I imagine it is a very common bird as I came across it again watching this documentary on native people in the Amazon. Does anyone know the name of this bird or have any suggestions in what direction to search? My girlfriend (who works as a bird taxidermist) and I have been searching for a while now for the name of this bird but so far have no luck. Any help is much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Willem