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A Guide to Some Possible Bird Species Splits in Costa Rica

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The same can be said about the population in Colombia and Ecuador so this could end up being a future, three-way split. Ochre-breasted Antpitta : Ok, I have to admit that I’m less sure about this one being different from the taxa often seen by birders in Mindo, Colombia, and Peru. This is what the woodhaunter sounds like in the Amazon.

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Best Bird of the Year 2011

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I photographed this Guianan Cock-of-the-rock at a lek site near Surama, deep in the rainforest zone of Guyana, and my incredible experience with Andean Cock-of-the-rocks was at a display lek on the edge of the town of Jardin, in the coffee-belt of Colombia, both just incredible birds that make the heart soar with joy!

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