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World birding from a Schrödinger’s house

10,000 Birds

Peru 1838 4. 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. Brazil 1847 sp. 3. Indonesia 1761 5. Bolivia 1433 7. China 1410 9.

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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.

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Musings on a Life List

10,000 Birds

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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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. 1601-1800 sp : Colombia, Brazil, Peru (Looking for smaller areas of these huge countries? Malaysia, Rwanda and Ecuador top my wish list. 1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China. 5 Nepal (8.1 % – 891 sp. /

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The Andean Gull

10,000 Birds

This gull inhabits the high Andean plateau of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile, and Argentina at elevations ranging from 3300 to 4400 m (10827 to 14436 feet). I guess, the black hood on the latter species, and the fact that both winter in Peru led me to associate them as relatives. Andean Gull in alternate plumage.

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Twenty Hummingbirds To See Before You Die

10,000 Birds

As it streaks across the Andean skies of Bolivia and Argentina with its flashy tail, its not hard to see how this bird got the name “comet&#. These high-flyers from the montane grasslands of Ecuador, Peru and Colombia should not be missed on a trip to these countries. Coming in at no. 19 is the celestial Red-tailed Comet.

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Scanning the skies for Zone-tailed hawks

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Their territory also includes portions of Central America, down into eastern Columbia, Ecuador and Peru. There is a small population in Brazil, Paraguay, Bolivia, and northern Argentina. Mexico’s baja Peninsula has a strong resident population, and they can be found sporadically thru out main land Mexico.