10,000 Birds

JANUARY 7, 2023

Another year of birding in Costa Rica has come to an end, another one begins. I bet some tanager flocks will be in the cards; birding in Costa Rica tends to deliver. 48 Hummingbird Species. In Costa Rica, seeing 48 hummingbird species means seeing nearly all of the regular ones. Most Raptors.

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Costa Rica Buffalo Birds Endangered Species 264

10,000 Birds

JUNE 25, 2022

Such ultra rare and imperiled biodiversity are the “ Critically Endangered “, species that, according to the IUCN, “have decreased, or will decrease by 80% within three generations” Five bird species on the Costa Rica bird list fall into this alarming category.

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Costa Rica Parrots Albatross Birds 272

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

And why spend time only looking for one or two species when those hours could be used to put binos focused on a few dozen? Although it’s feasible and fairly easy to see Great Tinamou at some sites in Costa Rica, in most other places, the time investment needed to see one usually relegates it to the “heard only” category.

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Costa Rica Panama Birds Eagles 203

10,000 Birds

JUNE 20, 2020

Costa Rica is a country situated well south of the Tropic of Cancer and like most places without a winter, parrots are an essential part of the local avifauna. With 18 species of native Psittacids to choose from, birding in Costa Rica is always a thrill, especially for someone who grew up in parrotless Niagara Falls, New York!

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Parrots Costa Rica San Jose Endangered Species 277

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 18, 2018

In Costa Rica, the growing local birding community likewise have their lists of most wanted species, both local and global. It will never occur this far south but thanks to the Endangered Species Act and recovery efforts, at least they an excellent chance of seeing Bald Eagles if they venture way north of Costa Rica.

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Costa Rica Bald Eagle Eagles Birds 102

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2013

Since that trip, I’ve seen Rose-throated Becard in Costa Rica, but not with the rosy throat. And, seeing a bird in Costa Rica is not the same as seeing it in the U.S. I never saw the bird. Well, maybe a bit of a wing.

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