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Looking for Lost Warblers at Parque Rio Loro, Costa Rica

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The stars of the bird world take many forms and fame is often related to location but some species, some cool groups of birds are accorded priority no matter when or where they are seen. In Costa Rica, those would be the wood-warblers that do a lot more wintering in the southern USA and the Caribbean than in southern Central America.

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Wood Warbler Names Done Right

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Somehow, the northernmost redstart in the Americas didn’t receive the same treatment. I love Nashville Warblers from every angle. Tennessee Warblers may be fairly drab by the prismatic standards of this group, but they certainly get around. Fortunately Caribbean nature lovers have already provided some possible solutions.

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Slowing down Chimney Swifts

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I always thought it was funny even before I really got what a stoagie was, because there’s something inherently joyful about the chittering, chattering Chimney Swifts that circle just about every neighborhood in eastern North America. And the next day they’re gone, coursing over the skies of South America.

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Manky Muscovy Ducks

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Manky Muscovy Ducks Manky Muscovy Ducks By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 6 comments Tweet Share The Muscovy Duck ( Cairina moschata ) attracts more attention than most ducks, at least in North America.

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Collaborative List 2017 – February

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uses the zoogeographical ecozones and denotes North, Central and South America (Nearctic and Neotropical realms) as western and the rest of the world (Palearctic, Afrotropical, Indomalayan, Australasian) as eastern. Nashville Warbler – Oreothlypis ruficapilla. Alphabetic Taxonomic. Great Tinamou – Tinamus major.

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