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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?
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2020
Whether you happen to be more interested in music or birds, you may love “A Guide to the Birdsong of Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean” Since this is a music project rather than an actual guide of bird vocalizations, there won’t be a catalog of antbird trills and toucan yelps.
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10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2018
It actually makes a lot of sense, the geographic features of the isthmus between North America (including Mexico, because Mexico is part of North America) and South America cut across political lines, as do birds. In addition, 67 species are listed in a chapter entitled “Marginal, Dubious, and Hypothetical Species.”
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2016
So, if you are going to write a field guide on the birds of the countries south and east of Mexico–Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—it makes the utmost sense that you embrace the whole geographic area. It has been a long time between field guides for most of these countries.
10,000 Birds
JULY 19, 2018
And what does it tell us, other than the obvious “head for South America” or perhaps Indonesia? It divides countries into categories, where the next category has 200 more species. Shown as a list, it looks like this: Less than 200 bird species: Antarctica; oceanic islands. 9 Nicaragua (6.8 % – 781 sp. /
10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2020
This sort of biozone mixing can create a tremendous richness of species. Each of these habitats attracts its own group of species. I mentioned last week the Jamaican Nettletree, whose tiny fruit was attracting all kinds of species — even some I thought did not eat fruit or seeds. This one was a true lifer for me.
10,000 Birds
JULY 23, 2016
Birders concerned with ticking off bird species from a list in North America already know all about the AOU Supplement. In this case, it augments and clarifies previous knowledge regarding the classification of the birds in North America. Green Violetear – Another name for a widespread species bites the dust!
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