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Birding Argentina – Planning Stage

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At the early stages of our planning we were aiming to spend a few days in Santiago de Chile and then move to the North-west Argentina where we planned to spend most of our time and then to finish near Buenos Aires. To be continued … Trips Birding Argentina' Garmin GPS and Garmin South American Map.

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World birding from a Schrödinger’s house

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Ecuador 1690 6. Argentina 1046 19. Birds of Ecuador field guide review. That is where Ecuador, Uganda and especially Panama stand out as being manageably small, which may be another reason to focus on them. Peru 1838 4. Indonesia 1761 5. Bolivia 1433 7. Venezuela 1417 8. China 1410 9.

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Musings on a Life List

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Though trips to Borneo, Argentina and Sri Lanka gave plenty of new ticks, I most enjoyed birding in Africa. If, instead of seven trips to Kenya, I’d done just one, and gone instead to Peru, Ecuador, Brazil, Japan, China and New Guinea, it would almost certainly have passed the 6,000 mark.

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Where America dreams of/goes birding?

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Ecuador or Botswana, respectively). 6%: Antarctica, Argentina, Indonesia (including the votes for West Papua), India. 17%: Ecuador, Peru. While Peru was seen as the best country for “birds and ancient sites”, Ecuador was seen as “much safer” and best for its size and easiness of getting around. 8%: Brazil, Panama.

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Does Choco Screech-Owl Occur in Costa Rica?

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In any case, screech-owls are birds of the Megascops genus, small nocturnal owls found in wooded habitats from southern Alaska to northern Argentina. But why include it if it only occurs from central Panama to Ecuador? Because it might also occur in southern Costa Rica.

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Enjoy Innovative Electronic Music = Help Endangered Birds

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The first, A Guide to the Birdsong of South America , was released in 2015 and helped raise nearly $15,000 for a pair of non-profit environmental organizations in South America; Aves Argentinas and the Fundación de Conservación Jocotoco in Ecuador.

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Exploring the Uncharted Bird World

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1101-1200 sp: Mexico; Argentina; DR Congo (Kinshasa), Tanzania, Kenya; India. 1401-1600 sp: Ecuador, Bolivia; Indonesia. Here are the top-10/14: 1 Ecuador (with 16 % of the total global number of bird species – 1665 bird species at the national checklist / 11 national endemic species). 1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China.