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The New Neotropical Companion: A Book Review by a Lover of the Neotropics

10,000 Birds

In 2009, I traveled from New York City to the tropical rainforest of Ecuador. I looked up most of Kricher’s biography on the Internet because his bio on the back book cover is very brief and I wanted to know a bit more about the education and experience he brought to this uncommon book. is remarkable.

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A Guide to Some Possible Bird Species Splits in Costa Rica

10,000 Birds

The same can be said about the population in Colombia and Ecuador so this could end up being a future, three-way split. Bird species that live in both Costa Rica and South America but might be separate species : White Hawk : Since the 2009 paper by Amaral, Sheldon, et al. A Common Chlorospingus from Costa Rica. Condor 115:316-329.