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Rancho Naturalista Lodge, Costa Rica, or in the Land of Coffee and Chocolate

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Black-bellied Whistling-Ducks , Muscovy Ducks and Blue-winged Teals were around us, together with Green , Great and Little Blue Herons , Cattle and Great White Egrets , Black-crowned and Yellow-crowned Night-Herons , plus one locally rare Pinnated Bittern in the floating vegetation, as well as several dozen Neotropical Cormorants.

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Licking Clay: the Macaws of Tambopata, Peru

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UNLESS that is you get yourself down to the internationally-renowned Tambopata Research Centre in southern Peru where literally hundreds of macaws (and other parrots) congregate around a 50 meter high clay bank. Scarlet Macaw Ara macao.

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Photo Essay: Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult

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The population of parrotlets they studied was located on one of the many huge hatos (cattle ranches) in the Venezuelan llanos, a vast swath of flat flooded savannah in the central third of the country that drains into the Rio Orinoco. Color markings on the legs and head are to identify individuals for research purposes).

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National Geographic Complete Birds of North America, 2nd Edition: A Book Review

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In other words, if you look up Cattle Egret, you will find a reference to its species account and its inclusion in the box on Identification of White Egrets. It does not have the scientific references or research knowledge offered by some other bird handbooks, and it doesn’t pretend to be that type of book.

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Collaborative List – August 2017

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Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia. Airport Mangroves. 01 Jan 2017. Airport Mangroves. 01 Jan 2017.

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Collaborative List – February 2018

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Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis. Hopland Research and Extension Center (restricted access). Red-winged Parrot – Aprosmictus erythropterus. Brown-hooded Parrot – Pyrilia haematotis. Blue-headed Parrot – Pionus menstruus. White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis. 01 Jan 2018.

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Collaborative List – October 2018

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Australian King-Parrot – Alisterus scapularis. Turquoise-fronted Parrot – Amazona aestiva. Brown-headed Parrot – Poicephalus cryptoxanthus. Double-eyed Fig-Parrot – Cyclopsitta diophthalma. White-fronted Parrot – Amazona albifrons. Mulga Parrot – Psephotus varius.

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