10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 31, 2015

BUT, if you think that’s a lot of birds, just hold your horses for the crazy avian ride carried out by a four birder team in Ecuador. But what about Costa Rica, isn’t this post about a new Big Day record for my adopted, birdy country? They probably saw Green Honeycreeper.

Costa Rica 167

Costa Rica South Africa Kenya Ecuador 167

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2024

Black-tailed Trogon ( Trogon melanurus) Mainly a species of the Amazonian lowlands (two other disjunct populations exist from central Panama to northern Colombia and in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru) they are heard more often than seen as they tend to remain well above the ground, favoring the forest canopy to subcanopy.

Ecuador 179

Ecuador Colombia Birds Panama 179

10,000 Birds

MARCH 16, 2011

The kiwi (note, Maori loanwords do not get an ‘s’ when made plural) were first used as logos in the 19th century, and were quickly adopted as a a national emblem before the turn of the century. • Explore These Related Posts What is the National Bird of Honduras?

New Zealand 147

New Zealand 2011 Deer New York 147

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The idea is that some finches from what is now Ecuador ended up on the Galapagos Islands, and subsequently diversified into a number of different forms … they speciated … filling various niches that on the mainland would have been filled by a number of different species. ground vs. in bushes, etc.)

Tortoises 204

Tortoises South America Panama Culling 204

10,000 Birds

JULY 2, 2019

Who can forget Mike and Corey’s stories about Maria, the Giant Antpitta at Refugio Paz de Las Aves, Ecuador, or James Currie ‘s quest to see the Scaled Antpitta at Tandayapa Lodge? Then, I remembered how often 10,000 Birds writers have written about Antpittas. Patrick has had his share of sightings in Costa Rica as well.

Research 144

Research Eggs South America Costa Rica 144