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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. Yellow-naped Parrot (Amazona auropalliata).

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JULY 10, 2021

This one is a Lesser Violetear from Costa Rica. It’s easy to question bringing a scope, especially when taking a birding trip to Costa Rica because how often are you going to be looking at shorebirds? There might be some shorebirds to look at in Costa Rica… How much seawatching do you plan on doing?

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

Since I wanted to buy some genuine tastes of Costa Rica, we continued to C.A.T.I.E. Into the souvenir shop for some local coffee, chocolate and cocoa, then a coffee mug with an image of a Three-toed Sloth and the Field Guide to the Mammals of Costa Rica, and off we go. 130 mature individuals, in 2019 (Monge et al.

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OCTOBER 2, 2021

Go to Costa Rica and you will be looking at other birds but you can still get in some Caribbean slope birding. Despite the Central American nation being occasionally confused with Puerto Rico, Costa Rica is not an island, it doesn’t really count as “Caribbean birding”, so what gives? Nice Migration!

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JUNE 26, 2021

The Rufous-naped Wren is a very animated, common species in Costa Rica. As with so many other exercises in anthropomorphism, this one is absurd as the rest, at least in this dimension of reality but if Costa Rica had to choose 5 such ambassadors, these might make good candidates: Ornate Hawk-Eagle. Scarlet Macaw.

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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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APRIL 11, 2020

In Costa Rica, official, enforced quarantine hasn’t happened yet. At the moment, thanks to the government getting serious about this darn thing earlier rather than later, the number of new cases per day in Costa Rica has been very much linear in nature. Rufous-naped Wren. The South Pacific.

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MARCH 14, 2020

For kids in the Yucatan, Turquoise-browed Motmots and parrots are part of the regular avian scene. Given the ample distribution of this species in Costa Rica, I am sure that we have more than a few folks out there who know the Sunbittern well even if they don’t watch birds at all. Is it a bittern? Is it a rail?

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AUGUST 17, 2019

Costa Rica is well known for national parks and other protected areas than offer access to tropical ecosystems dripping with biodiversity. Our birding was particularly productive for the Central Valley but still gives an idea of what can be found in and near urban areas of Costa Rica. Have flowers in Costa Rica?

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JULY 18, 2020

In Costa Rica, our July birding news usually consists of interesting sightings during the mid-summer tours. No tours means much less birding, especially on my part and with further restrictions to movement having been recently declared in Costa Rica, birding outside of the neighborhood has come to a full stop.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

Parrots are also common at Laguna although only two of them tend to visit the feeder; Brown-hooded Parrot. The post Laguna del Lagarto: Bird Photography in Costa Rica at its Best appeared first on 10,000 Birds. Yellow-throated Toucan. Keel-billed Toucan. Collared Aracari. Orange-chinned Parakeet.

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AUGUST 3, 2019

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. In no particular order, these are my top 25 picks for target birds of Costa Rica. Why 25 and not ten?

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NOVEMBER 10, 2018

It’s warm as always in Costa Rica but I know there’s a change of seasons up north. In Costa Rica, the seasons are changing as well, nothing like the drastic turn up north but changes nonetheless. One of many beautiful Baltimore Orioles in Costa Rica for the winter. Gulls on the Niagara.

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AUGUST 1, 2020

The screeches of Crimson-fronted Parakeets and White-crowned Parrots as they fly to and from their roosts. The post A Morning of Birding in Costa Rica, July, 2020 appeared first on 10,000 Birds. The Blue-black Grassquit singing with each repeated jump on the concrete wall across the street.

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JANUARY 18, 2020

I don’t know what I will identify but since most or all will be in Costa Rica, there should be a lot. White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis; Calle Jocote, 1-Jan. White-fronted Parrot – Amazona albifrons; Calle Jocote, 1-Jan. Red-lored Parrot – Amazona autumnalis; Curu, 4-Jan.

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JANUARY 16, 2021

After all, Costa Rica is no small player on the world birding stage. Brown-hooded Parrot – Pyrilia haematotis; Tirimbina, 9-Jan. White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis; San Joaquin de Heredia, 1-Jan. White-fronted Parrot – Amazona albifrons; San Joaquin de Heredia, 1-Jan.

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APRIL 13, 2019

One of the quandaries of birding in Costa Rica is deciding where to go birding. Costa Rica’s small size, ease of access and massive avian diversity promises a wealth of birds in many places. We reached the salt pans at Morales around six and were greeted by several White-fronted Parrots feeding on fruiting trees.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2019

But, not all weather is crazy and most of it can be birded, even during the rainy season in Costa Rica, you can actually see a lot! Although most birding binoculars in these modern times are waterproof, it’s still worth emphasizing this vital piece of information when birding in Costa Rica. The umbrella.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2015

In Costa Rica, although I did spend a memorable one years ago in the Osa Peninsula where flocks of parrots flew into the mangroves while we feasted on turkey, pie, and the works, we have no actual Wild Turkeys , nor an official Thanksgiving. That last little bit is also why we call it “Turkey Day”!

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AUGUST 31, 2019

These birds do move through Costa Rica in large numbers but more so on the other side of the mountains than near our place. White-fronted Parrot. . We have had it a few times along with more regular numbers of expected Crimson-fronted Parakeets and White-crowned Parrots. Plain-capped Starthroat. Giant Cowbird.

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DECEMBER 10, 2016

In Costa Rica, we sometimes deal with constant rain but never have to worry about numb toes or seeing just a few birds. But enough of that, now for some highlights from the first count of the season in Costa Rica, the 2016 Arenal Christmas Count !: ” but oh yes, it is indeed a rare one for Costa Rica.

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OCTOBER 28, 2017

In Costa Rica, October is our May. Most of them fly on the Caribbean side, especially along the coast south of Limon, and that’s why I guided the Birding Club of Costa Rica down that way this past weekend. Some of the Birding Club at Selva Bananito. Some were feeding on the ground. Black Swift!

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APRIL 27, 2019

Costa Rica is a small yet very birdy country (readers may have gotten that impression on previous posts I have written for 10,000 Birds, at least I hope that has been the case!). With that in mind, it’s always a pleasure to see more books and information available about birds and birding in Costa Rica.

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AUGUST 9, 2014

It rains a lot in Costa Rica. Yes, we do have a dry season but that only holds sway in certain parts of Costa Rica, and then there are those places that seem to be perpetually wet. Typical conditions when birding wet rainforest in Costa Rica.

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MAY 25, 2019

This happens in Peru, Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica and other major birdy places because GBD isn’t just viewed as a day to watch birds. In Costa Rica, we wanted to eBird as many of the resident species as possible, even the super tough ones. Not an easy bird in Costa Rica, this was one of our best birds of the day.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2014

When Costa Rica becomes a topic of conversation, we don’t usually hear the word “extinction” being thrown around. But how about when the Costa Rica conversation involves a birder? It’s easy to bedazzle the bins with this one when birding in Costa Rica. Must be a joke, right?

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JULY 7, 2018

These are the summer months of the northern hemisphere and yet this time of year in Costa Rica is known as the “invierno”, Spanish for “winter” However, no matter how adapted I become to the local culture, I just can’t use that word in Costa Rica. Sound nice?

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MAY 2, 2015

En route, we also saw the three expected dry forest Psittacine species in Costa Rica; Orange-fonted Parakeet, White-fronted Parrot, and Yellow-naped Parrot. The Yellow-naped Parrot has reddish eyes. Although Surfbird is a regular migrant in Costa Rica, we were happy to see them because they can be easy to miss.

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AUGUST 23, 2014

August is shorebird time in much of the birding world, Costa Rica included. As far as shorebirds go, just about anything seems possible, and especially so in Costa Rica because no one is watching. Destinations Costa Rica shorebirds' Is some off the RADAR stint hanging out on a nearby mudflat?

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OCTOBER 29, 2016

Costa Rica is situated right between two oceans. Over there on the Caribbean (that’s what we call the Atlantic Ocean in Costa Rica), the lowlands are supposed to be blanketed in lush, over-vegetated rainforests. This small antbird species is common in Panama to Ecuador but rare in Costa Rica.

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DECEMBER 9, 2017

As for myself, since I live in Costa Rica, I usually put the focus on birding and/or birds in this small yet very bio-rich country. These disclosures are related to a recent Christmas Bird Count that took place in Costa Rica, the 2017 Arenal Bird Count to be exact.

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JULY 4, 2020

Speaking of Costa Rica, any purchase of tracks, the digital album, tee-shirts and other merchandise will help with conservation of the Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager. An endemic species restricted to southern Costa Rica, the tiny range of this local bird makes it susceptible to any alterations to its already limited habitat.

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MAY 30, 2015

There are lots of great birding sites in Costa Rica. Although most birders visiting Costa Rica hit pretty much the same sites, you could just as well go to a bunch of other, lesser known places with the same type of habitat and see most of the same birds. Ruddy-breasted Seedeaters are also common at Medio Queso.

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OCTOBER 15, 2016

It’s one of the top birding hotspots in Costa Rica and Central America. Raptors : Hawks and their like are not all that common in Costa Rica. Rufous-tailed Jacamar : Fairly common in many areas of Costa Rica, including Carara. Carara National Park isn’t just any old protected area.

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JULY 22, 2017

As with peninsulas and places situated on an isthmus, Costa Rica has more than one coast. White-crowned Pigeon might be on the list, but that rare prize for Costa Rica is far from regular. In Costa Rica, even the super shy Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon is seen more often than the island pigeon with the snow-white cap.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

Ah, Costa Rica, so long I have dreamed of visiting you and your amazing birds. As many of might know by now, we have covered a lot of ground this year, with Costa Rica being our ninth country visited. As many of might know by now, we have covered a lot of ground this year, with Costa Rica being our ninth country visited.

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AUGUST 6, 2022

In most places, the number of birds makes it a challenge to pick just one signature species, Costa Rica included. In Costa Rica, one such bird is the Crimson-fronted Parakeet. Looking for parrots at sites with rainforest? Birding in a local park? Crimson-fronteds fly into view. What about urban sites?

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