10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 7, 2021

Actively birding in Costa Rica as well as Nicaragua and Panama as well as the USA, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia, Peru and Ecuador. On tours, I share my knowledge about natural history and behavior of birds and other wildlife as well as perspectives on local culture and Costa Rican identity.

Costa Rica 243

Costa Rica Experience Experiments Nicaragua 243

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2019

How about Steely-vented Hummingbird in Colombia? The Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner was finally split into at least two species, the ones that live in southern Costa Rica and adjacent Panama now being known as “ Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner “ Plain Wren wasn’t so plain after all. Add one in the form of Lesser Violetear.

Costa Rica 197

Costa Rica Birds Owls South America 197

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2024

Black-tailed Trogon ( Trogon melanurus) Mainly a species of the Amazonian lowlands (two other disjunct populations exist from central Panama to northern Colombia and in western Ecuador and northwestern Peru) they are heard more often than seen as they tend to remain well above the ground, favoring the forest canopy to subcanopy.

Ecuador 167

Ecuador Colombia Birds Panama 167

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 23, 2014

I was a bit sad, too, that we had annoyed the owl enough that it felt it had to strafe us … my normal MO is to avoid stressing out wildlife. Mike spotted this gorgeous Red-ruffed Fruitcrow gorging itself on berries at Santuario de Flora y Fauna Otún Quimbaya in Risaralda, Colombia. Redgannet’s BBOTY – a Great Grebe.

2014 184

2014 Costa Rica South Africa Birds 184

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 13, 2020

Colombia 1959 bird species 2. Panama 1004 Just slightly below the 1000 mark were Angola with 998 and Cameroon with 979 (followed by Australia and Nigeria, both with 970), and these contenders may join the club soon. These areas offer magnificent wildlife but, apart from Kaziranga, little in terms of infrastructure.

Uganda 242

Uganda Bolivia Ecuador Indonesia 242