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Talking about Akangaw

Remigio Andi - Akangaw Warns Other Birds Of Danger

The akangaw is a bird that hangs out with other birds, more specifically with toucans, some of those. The akangaw walks like a guardian of them, no. When you barely notice a movement. It rises up and makes this racket aa ah ah ah aa! shouts. And then all the birds that are walking, because when they walk with this one, with the akangaw, all the toucans walk on the ground... And when it makes this noise they rise up. They rise up, saying watch out watch out and all that, so that, is the guardian of them. (They protect him) they protect him yes, that's why when we saw, that's why when there is like this full toucans. We when we were going, oh I hope this one doesn't see me, because when he barely sees you, ehhh, that one already alerted them. Spanish Text El akangaw es un pájaro que anda con otros pájaros, que en específicamente más con tucanes, alguno de esos. El akangaw anda como un guardián de ellos no. Cuando apenas observa un movimiento. Se eleva y hace esta bulla aa, ah, ah, ah, ¡aa! grita. Y entonces todos los pájaros que están caminando, porque cuando caminan con este, con el akangaw todos los tucanes caminan por el suelo... Y cuando hace esta bulla se elevan para arriba. Se elevan para arriba, diciendo cuidado cuidado y todo eso, entonces eso, es el guardián de ellos. (Lo protegen) le protege sí, por eso nosotros cuando vimos, por eso cuando hay así full tucanes. Nosotros cuando íbamos, ay ojalá no me vea este, porque cuando apenas te ve, ehhh, ya les alertó ese.

Delicia Dagua - The Garden of Hummingbird Man

Luisa Cadena - The call Of The Akangaw As A Warning That People Are Near

Eulodia Dagua - Napu Yaku Akangaw

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A sentinel that travels with toucans

Photo by: © Ricardo Barreira

Ibycter americanus

Family:

Falconidae

English:

Red throated caracara

Spanish:

Caracara gorgirrojo

Kichwa:

Akangaw

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