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

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campus gardens – the Tropical Agricultural Research and Higher Education Centre, located 3 km east of the town of Turrialba. This species qualifies as Critically Endangered because extensive habitat destruction and capture for the cagebird trade are causing extremely rapid and continuing population declines.

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The Blackbird that is a Meadowlark – Red-breasted Blackbird in Trinidad

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It was on the island of Trinidad, at the Aripo Agricultural Research Station, where all of these photographs were taken. They are considered a Species of Least Concern by BirdLife International because of their large range and stable population. young male Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris. female Red-breasted Blackbird.

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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

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Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rican, and Panama , just published in October, is a field guide that was ten years in the making. Covering 1,261 species with data and taxonomy current up to August 2017, the field guide is an exciting achievement. SPECIES ACCOUNTS.

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