10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
Ecuador is one of the world’s leading destinations for birdwatchers, and no wonder: with more then 1,600 bird species found throughout the small country, Ecuador has the world’s highest density of bird species found per acre. Another – raising and selling trout to survive. One guide has been taking care of cattle.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2014
Tropical birding demands tropical birds, those families and genera unique to their latitudes rather than shared via migration across various climate zones. But these tropical ecosystems also harbor families that remind us by their very presence just how close we’ve come to the Equator and how far we are from the poles.
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 15, 2011
But the sleekest of the sulids may be found in the family Sulidae. However, Sula nebouxii is most closely associated with Ecuador’s evocative Galápagos Islands. The order Suliformes holds a lot of special birds from anhingas and darters to cormorants and shags as well as frigatebirds, pelicans, and tropicbirds.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2020
Like a shy stepchild, it’s always eclipsed by the wonders of Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, etc. And, it has to be added that all of these artists and the additional seven artists contributed images that filled out plates of most of the bird families. This unfortunately happens with the large Tanager (Thraupidae) family here.
10,000 Birds
JULY 24, 2012
Corey was lucky enough to meet Carlos while birding in Ecuador , where Carlos was dragooned into accompanying the horde of Queens birders for the day, an encounter that somehow didn’t turn him off of all things New York. Carlos Sanchez is an excellent birder, a Miami resident, and a polyglot. What does this mean for the visitor?
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 28, 2015
This of course raises questions of what happens when all of the inland nesting grounds of all the loons becomes covered with glacial ice during ice ages, then later, the ice melts and the lakes return. Do the same pairs return, if possible, to the same nests after their long winter migration? Hummingbirds are awesome!
Expert insights. Personalized for you.
253 
Let's personalize your content