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Birds are such naturally photogenic subjects, sometimes it seems they just want to get in front of the lens. Like this one, which was waiting for someone to come along with a camera. He was acting like the cool kid on the block :-))

Seen close to the Charles Darwin Research Centre, Santa Cruz, Galapagos.

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Galapagos Dark-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus)

A Galapagos bird and not a migrant. The Dark-billed Cuckoo is distinguished from other cuckoos by its dark beak, the black mask through its eye and its tuffy under parts.

Info at the following
www.animalcorner.co.uk/galapagos/dbcuckoo.html

Thank you to palmchat for helping with ID www.flickr.com/photos/christian_nunes/

Taken in: Ecuador / Galapagos / Puerto Ayora (show map)

Taken on: July 16, 2009

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