The Green Ibis of South and Central America is the only bird in its genus. Although I have seen it several times in different countries, all of my half decent photos are from my first trip to Brazil. There are quite a lot of them in the Pantanal area but we also saw them down on the coast near Sao Paulo. The "green" is mostly an iridescence on the nape and wings but the legs and bill are also kind of greenish depending on the light.
This retina-searing species of South America is truly a sight to behold and it usually sticks out like a sore thumb among groups of shorebirds and waders. I still hope to get better looks when I eventually get to visit the llanos habitat in Colombia or other South American countries, but I was very happy to see this somewhat distant one in Colombia on the coast.
This is yet another "blue-eyed" shag in the genus Leucocarbo and is very similar to the Imperial Shag although their ranges don't overlap much if at all. The Imperial Shag stays in South American waters and then once you get to Antarctica, the Antarctic Shag is the only cormorant. All photos below are form the Antarctic peninsula.
Imperial Shag or Imperial Cormorant is another of the "blue-eyed" shags in the genus Leucocarbo, and this one really can have blue eyes, although it seems I failed to capture a really good pic of that feature. We had them in Ushuaia and also in the crossing to Antarctica.
Magellanic Cormorant, otherwise known as Rock Shag, is a denizen of Argentina, Chile and the Falklands. Leucocarbo is a genus of black-and-white shags with 15 species including the "blue-eyed shags" although as you can see the Magellanic does not really have blue eyes. We had ours in Ushuaia before and after setting out for Antarctica.
