10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

Endangered and awesome, it’s pretty easy to experience this big parrot in the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica from Tarcoles north to near Nicaragua. This former aberrant wood-warbler is so weird, it has been given its own family. Cabanis’s Ground-Sparrow. Yellow-naped Parrot. Bare-necked Umbrellabird. Wrenthrush.

Costa Rica 203

Costa Rica Panama Birds Eagles 203

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

That larger clade is in turn sister to a clade containing the four remaining totipalmate bird families, which do still seem to be related, and which needed a new order name once pelicans were removed. But meanwhile, let’s look at the four avian families that comprise the brand new order Suliformes. Thanks for visiting!

2011 154

2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea Birds 154

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Even more than warbler, shorebird, and sparrow identification, this is a field that tests our endurance (gull watching is too often done in bitter cold, windy conditions), patience (even getting one good photo can take hours as you try to separate the ‘interesting gull’ from the flock), observational skills (so many plumages!) Range Maps.

North America 205

North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 205