10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Most of our readers are not likely to be able to ID this bird, because it only occurs in Mexico and Guatemala. The Olive-sided Flycatcher breeds in Canada and the western United States, and winters mostly in northern South America. And when I got home, they showed exactly what I needed to confirm my ID: See it? They may even fear you.

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Mexico Guatemala South America United States 176

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

I have taken refuge on the high ground as Irene batters the east coast of North America and Nanmadol swamps the Philipines, Taiwan and east China, but my thoughts and best wishes are with anyone who has been affected by the storms. It is not strictly endemic as it also occurs in Guatemala and Honduras.

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Costa Rica Mexico Taiwan Honduras 197

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2014

The Yellow-rumped Warbler ( Setophaga coronata ) complex is one of the most abundant and widespread representatives of the New World warbler family in North America, present in many parts of the United States even through the winter months, when the birds feed on small fruits and other foods, including sap.

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United States 2011 Guatemala North America 226

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

Before finally connecting to the South American continent about three million years ago, Central America consisted of a series of volcanic islands. One of these islands may have been the present day Northern Central American Highlands which includes Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and parts of extreme southern Mexico (Chiapas).

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Honduras Costa Rica El Salvador Arizona 207

10,000 Birds

MAY 11, 2019

How will you help Cerulean Warblers and other migrants flying to and from South America? Whatever the reason may be, we do know that Las Brisas provides a lot of food and shelter for Cerulean Warblers as they migrate south. Make a pledge to help these birders help Ceruleans and many other birds.

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Costa Rica Species Belize New Jersey 174

10,000 Birds

MAY 20, 2014

They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. The Horned Guan is not just one of, if not THE standout birds of Mexico and Guatemala, but of the entire world. Their first contribution to 10,000 Birds is here. Their second is here.

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Guatemala Mexico San Diego South America 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

They packed up in June of 2013 and headed south from San Diego with the southern tip of South America as their destination. We also had a great ant swarm in Tikal in Guatemala where in one binocular view we saw Ruddy Woodcreeper , Tawny-winged Woodcreeper , and Northern-barred Woodcreeper. Tawny-winged Woodcreeper. Bicolored Antbird.

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San Diego South America Costa Rica America 182

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2013

The family Regulidae comprises six small, hyperactive species that range through the great boreal and temperate forests North and Middle America, North Africa, and Eurasia.

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Family Guatemala Mexico Japan 181

10,000 Birds

APRIL 2, 2024

I hope they consider this idea for future books Sophie Osborn has a long history of observing, surveying, and studying birds in North, Central and South America as field biologist, research biologist, field manager, and wildlife program director.

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California Condor Falcons California Birds 169

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

In all of North America, only one avian species serves as both the beloved mascot of seven states as well as the totem to two professional sports teams (and an infinity of amateur ones!) Ironically, this feathered figurehead is neither a bird of prey nor particular distinguished athletically.

St. Louis 177

St. Louis United States Belize Guatemala 177

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

While this amazing bird can also be readily seen in Guatemala, western Panama, and a few other places, ease of access in Costa Rica and fantastic appearance put it onto this list. All trogons are iridescent beauties, the bold combination of deep purple-blue, crimson, and white make this Near Threatened very near endemic especially coveted.

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Costa Rica Panama Birds Eagles 201

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2015

But I have visited Guatemala, Lesotho and Zimbabwe to actually visit them and count them, even though I spent less time in them than I did Zurich. I slept in hotel in Zurich but didn’t leave the airport or even clear immigration, so I can’t really say I’ve been to Switzerland either. It’s arbitrary, but there you go.

Botswana 162

Botswana Birds Lesotho Elephants 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

At this point if I want to make any dent on the remaining families I haven’t seen I’d really need to go to either Madagascar or South America. Sometimes you gain armchair big ticks, like the White-tailed Blue-flycatcher I saw in Uganda in 2005 which later turned out to be in the Stenostiridae, a recently erected family.

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Family Wombats Uganda Fiji 162

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Crawford, in “Introduction to Europe and Diffusion of Domesticated Turkeys from the America (sic)”: A document dated 24 October 1511 was an order from the Bishop of Valencia for each ship from the Islands and Tierra Firme to bring to Seville ten turkeys, half males and half females, for breeding. According to R.D. Which would be weird.

Turkey 198

Turkey Columbus Spain Fowl 198

10,000 Birds

JUNE 3, 2014

The 6 th edition of the National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America , for example, includes “extinct” and “probably extinct” species in a chapter, mixed in with accidentals.) Other species are less known. Their stories are related by Morris in a narrative style that combines facts with anecdotes, dates with speculation.

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Animal Mammals Hawaii Dolphins 264

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

Howell and Jon Dunn list “overall size and structure” as the fundamental first step in gull identification in their classic Gulls of the Americas (though they then go on to describe endless variations of plumage patterns). This isn’t a new idea. Species Accounts. Gulls Simplified covers 25 species. Range Maps.

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North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 193

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2013

It is self-evident when watching a grebe, for instance the wide-ranging and common Pied-billed Grebe of the Americas, that this is a bird built for the water unlike any other. Guatemala: Requiem for a Grebe – Nate Swick, The Drinking Bird. The feet, pushed to the very back of the body, are adorned with bizarre webbing.

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Jordan Guatemala Birds South America 187

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2018

Central America is much smaller than the land encompassed within the borders of Canada and the USA. After a brief look at a map, my rough guesstimate is that the territory from Guatemala and Belize south to the Darien gap is roughly equal to New England, or Florida and the eastern parts of Georgia and the Carolinas north to the Virginia line.

Costa Rica 112

Costa Rica Guatemala Birds Nicaragua 112

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2013

The remarkable Resplendent Quetzal photographed in Guatemala by Adam Riley. A Long-tailed Sylph, one of the America’s many long tailed hummingbird species, photographed in Colombia by Adam Riley. A Great Argus in full call, this species’ tail consists of the longest feather in the bird world.

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Papua New Guinea South Africa Africa Zimbabwe 231

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2011

As his passion for birding grew he decided to travel Latin America; he has spent time in Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela and a great deal of time in Brazil. One of his most memorable birding experiences was the six months spent in Northeast Brazil performing research on a new species of bird called the Araripe Manakin.

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Brazil Venezuela Iowa Guatemala 160

10,000 Birds

MARCH 17, 2011

We see countries as more than just locales for landmarks and landmarks as more than just souvenirs of bygone cultures (have you ever birded Tikal in Guatemala? Birding opened up Central America for me in a way that nothing else did. Everyone is welcome to participate, especially people outside North America.

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Costa Rica 2011 Birds Deer 150

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2012

The Gray Catbird Dumetella carolinensis is a common bird across most of North America, excepting the far west and northern Canada. Both catbird species in the Americas are part of the family Mimidae along with the mockingbirds , thrashers, and tremblers.

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Papua New Guinea Ethiopia Guinea Cats 178

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama make up Central America. Obviously, many (nearly all) of those birds exist outside that relatively small geographic area, up in to North America and down into South America. Know somebody going to Central America over winter break?

Antigua and Barbuda 114

Antigua and Barbuda El Salvador America Costa Rica 114

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 9, 2022

Cuernavaca, and the lovely town of San Cristobal de las Casas near Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala. In general, eastern Mexico has more species, but the majority are shared with Texas, Central America, or both. The Golden-browed Warbler is only found in Mexico and Central America. No, I would not. Why should I?

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Mexico Birds Costa Rica Alabama 207