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Parrots: Brazil’s Colorful Avian Clowns

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Second, they occupy an astonishing variety of habitats from temperate Araucaria forests in Chile to alpine scree in New Zealand to seasonally flooded rainforests in Brazil to rocky sea cliffs in Australia. Brazil, in particular, is the country with the largest number of parrot species in the world with approximately 84 species.

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Highlights from Birding Costa Rica, 2019

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The bird foraged on fruit in the upper understory, moving the vegetation almost as much as a monkey does. These experiences, guiding, and other aspects of birding were gifts, I look forward to 2020. Since I rarely see one, enjoying views of a male in the buffer zone of Braulio Carrillo National Park with two clients was fantastic.