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Birding Inirida, Colombia: practicalities, part 3

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Inírida is the capital city of the department of Guainía in the east of Colombia, mere 25 km (15 mi) from the border with Venezuela. Pescado moqueado, a fish cooked by steam from a clay stove, at the Sabanitas Community. In general, local, river fish was unbeatable. The food was tasty and hearty. Photo by Juan Carlos.

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Birding Inirida, Colombia, a forest so young that birds still have no names, part 1

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could be a separate and isolated population of the Chestnut-backed Antshrike (which lives more than a thousand kilometres away on the south bank of the Amazon in Brazil), as was initially thought, could also be a separate subspecies of it, but it is most likely to be a new species. Thamnophilus sp. They were too childish, right?

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Birding Inirida, Colombia, or river dolphins and hoatzins, part 2

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… – part 2 – Once I finish this writing, with a strange mix of emotions I will put the Lynx field guide Birds of Colombia to the bookshelf for the first time, more than half a year after I received it. Hoatzin is one of the species I always dreamed to see, and then I forgot they are possible on this tour, so I didn’t expect them!

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12 countries with the greatest bird species density

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The Species per Square Mile Approach. While Colombia may have almost 2000 bird species, it is a huge country with, still, complicated long-distance travel logistics. On the other hand, small countries with relatively long bird lists offer higher species densities per square mile. And why 1000?

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GUYANA–Simply Delicious Birding!

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That’s because this fascinating part-Caribbean, part-south American country holds well over 800 species of avifauna making it without doubt one of my top three countries in all of the continent to visit. Ok, maybe not the vampire bat…but some of the more “cuddly” species are actually quite easy to see.

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Why Red-ruffed Fruitcrow?

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Sometimes, they even have the same species… I’m looking at you, House Wren ! The Red-ruffed Fruitcrow ( Pyroderus scutatus ) is a big, beautiful omnivore distributed across five distinct subspecies found in specific locales ranging from the humid western cordilleras of Colombia and Ecuador to the forests of northeastern Argentina.

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Spectacular Birding on Cerro Montezuma

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What happens when you visit one of the best birdwatching sites in the region with the highest number of endemic bird species in the Americas in the world’s birdiest country? How else can I describe two days at Cerro Montezuma in Colombia. We spied 11 tanager species including the highly coveted Black-and-gold Tanager.

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