10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
I had never been to Colombia before so didn’t know the best birding spots in the vicinity of the capital. Although paramos can’t boast of having a high species count, nevertheless they easily compensate for that with very singular and most interesting species. The paramo was starting to reveal its curiosities. Ah, what the heck!
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 7, 2021
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10,000 Birds
AUGUST 4, 2014
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.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 18, 2012
But how birds use these different senses, like the diversity in bill size and shape, varies almost as much from species to species. Sword-billed Hummingbird , Colombia Bills come in all shapes and sizes. Chickens come in at around 24, pigeons have around 40-50 and some duck species may have a whopping 400.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 3, 2020
Like a shy stepchild, it’s always eclipsed by the wonders of Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, etc. That’s pretty amazing–Bolivia has more bird species than India! The source of this ranking, BirdLife International, lists Bolivia as currently having 1,439 bird species, including 18 breeding endemics. ″ x 9.5″x
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 27, 2023
We were in the remote Amazonian forests and not a sound was to be heard except for the rhythmical dripping of water from the raised paddles. I mean, we as a species are today basically everywhere. But still new species are found. The Cocha Antshrike was one of these species not long ago. Finally the species was complete.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 13, 2014
Instead of going on about zip lines and other modern, adventure tourism attractions, the birding crowd talks about taking photos of Resplendent Quetzals , seeing dozens of hummingbird species, and the seemingly odd absence of raptors in Costa Rica but nope, we don’t really talk about extinction. Resplendence.
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