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A Guide to Some Possible Bird Species Splits in Costa Rica

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Bird species that require further research. 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.

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

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In 2009, I traveled from New York City to the tropical rainforest of Ecuador. For some of us, like that version of myself that traveled to Ecuador eight years ago, the Neotropics are simply a place to visit. It was my first trip to the Neotropics, and I had no idea what I was getting into.