10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Next to me was a copy of “Birds of Central America” with a somewhat longish subtitle “Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama” by Vallely and Dyer from 2018. In a way, “Birds of Central America” was the prequel of this new edition. Howell, published earlier this year.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 6, 2016
The Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America by Jesse Fagan and Oliver Komar, illustrated by Robert Dean and Peter Burke, does just that. Peterson Field Guide to Birds of Northern Central America covers 827 species, including resident, migratory, and common vagrant birds.
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10,000 Birds
APRIL 21, 2021
The Cinnamon-rumped Flowerpiercer is the only flower-piercing game in town if you live in North America. And yes, Mexico is part of North America, not Central or South America.) Its range extends as far as Nicaragua in Central America, where it is joined, in Costa Rica and Panama, by The Slaty Flowerpiercer.
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 5, 2022
It was eventually accepted as a separate species after genetic studies also revealed large differences (over 8%) between birds from central Panama to northern South America and birds from western Panama north to Mexico. But why include it if it only occurs from central Panama to Ecuador?
10,000 Birds
JULY 4, 2017
Raptors of Mexico and Central America by William S. This is the first identification guide that I know of that covers Mexico (technically North America but rarely included in North American raptor guides) and Central America. The colors are rich, much deeper and beautiful than the muted inks in my copy of Hawks of North America.
10,000 Birds
MAY 23, 2020
May migration in many parts of eastern North America was and is an amazing natural celebration. A bird of the high elevation cloud forest, this stunner only occurs in Costa Rica and western Panama. A species restricted to Central America, this is a common bird in wet pastures and other marshy habitats in Costa Rica.
10,000 Birds
JULY 1, 2020
Eight occur only in South America, three spill over from there just into Panama, and one reaches from South America through much of Central America. Two reach from South America all the way to southeastern Mexico. Mexico is considered part of North America, not Central America.)
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