Name these birds!

Here are four different birds spotted today on our walk (in tropical rain for much of it) At least one of these is not a native ofthe Galapagos probably having been introduced by ranchers in 1962 to eat ticks on cattle... Answers on a postcard addressed to...

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Sindidziwa said…
White-cheeked Pintail
Yellow-crowned Nightheron
Black-necked Stilt
Smooth-billed Ani

Don't ask me to do the finches - they are much more difficult!
Sat Mar 18, 10:53:00 am GMT
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