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Birding Honduras–The Cryptic Birds

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If you’ve birded the Neoptropics, then you’re familiar with the haunting sound of Great Tinamou, and may have even seen the bird, as I did in Costa Rica, walking through thick rain forest foliage. Like the Great Tinamou , Tinamus major. It’s there in the shadows and then it’s gone.

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The Sunbitterns of Costa Rica

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Our recent trip to Selva Verde Lodge in Costa Rica was one such trip that held an unexpected surprise. A displaying Sunbittern close to Selva Verde Lodge, Costa Rica Secondly, Sunbitterns belong to a monotypic family, Eurypygidae. But I digress. A real misfit basically.

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Best Bird of the Year 2013

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I was attending the 3rd Global Bird-watching Conference in Gujarat and suddenly surrounded not just be species that were completely new, but entire families of birds. Since that trip, I’ve seen Rose-throated Becard in Costa Rica, but not with the rosy throat. Despite the long flight, and the lost luggage, and the 11.5

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