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Birds of Kruger National Park and Wildlife of Ecuador: Two WILDGuides Reviewed

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Wildlife of Ecuador: A Photographic Field Guide to Birds, Mammals, Reptiles, and Amphibians is the all-in-one nature guide for the generalist nature traveler. The guide also covers amphibians (37 species), reptiles (40 species), and 71 species of mammal. And, heavy.). that are found in the Napo River area).

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Exploring the Uncharted Bird World

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1401-1600 sp: Ecuador, Bolivia; Indonesia. This portal has compared on a per unit of area basis data on the percentage of a total global number of species of birds, amphibians, mammals, reptiles, fish and vascular plants, creating a biodiversity index. Malaysia, Rwanda and Ecuador top my wish list. 7 Guatemala (764 sp. /

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Spectacled Bears at Machu Picchu

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A detailed post on this incredible rally is already overdue but in the meantime I felt the need to share a once-in-a-lifetime sighting of one of the scarcest mammals in South America. This is a mammal that I have been yearning to see properly in the wild, having only once caught a brief distant glimpse in Ecuador on a previous adventure.

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Tufted Titmouse Plucking a Raccoon

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Fortunately, a pair of fellow Queens birders who will be known to those who read my posts about going to Ecuador, Karlo and Alison Mirth, witnessed a Tufted Titmouse taking hair from a Raccoon in Forest Park, Queens, recently and Alison got some pictures that she agreed to let me share here on 10,000 Birds.

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Scanning the skies for Zone-tailed hawks

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Given the scavenger feeding habits of the Turkey Vultures , the small mammals and birds that are on the menu for the Zone-tailed hawks are lulled into complacency by the lack of threat from the vultures. Their territory also includes portions of Central America, down into eastern Columbia, Ecuador and Peru.

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Why Red-ruffed Fruitcrow?

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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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The New Neotropical Companion: A Book Review by a Lover of the Neotropics

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In 2009, I traveled from New York City to the tropical rainforest of Ecuador. Reading between the lines, beyond the degrees and publications, his commitment to education, the birding community, and the birds (and mammals and reptiles and insects and plants, etc.) is remarkable.