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Quetzals of Ecuador

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home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds , Destinations , Trips / Quetzals of Ecuador Quetzals of Ecuador By Renato • March 12, 2011 • 7 comments Tweet Share Ecuador has three types of Quetzals, one in the Amazon basin and two in the east and west slopes.

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The Top 25 Target Birds to Look for in Costa Rica

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Thanks to better protection from hunting, this fancy bird is tame and easy to see at many sites in Costa Rica. Rufous-winged Woodpecker. This northernmost representative of the Bangsia genus (like the Moss-backed Tanager of Ecuador) is locally common in mossy mature middle elevation rainforest of Costa Rica and western Panama.

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Bird Banding Codes Demystified

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Share Your Thoughts « Quetzals of Ecuador Winner of the Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil Giveaway » To learn more about 10,000 Birds, Mike, Corey, or the many marvelous Beat Writers, please click here. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover? The proposal from U.S.

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Birds of Bolivia: Field Guide–A Book Review

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Like a shy stepchild, it’s always eclipsed by the wonders of Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, etc. Tintaya’s woodpeckers also nicely feature tree (and cactus!) Plate 97: Andean and partly Andean antshrikes, illustrated by Oscar Tintaya. Bolivia doesn’t come up much in discussions of birding travel.

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Birding Lodges – Part 1 – Paradise in Portugal

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Oh, Yeah, I’m Going to Ecuador! Fish & Wildlife Service expects sea levels to rise due to global warming, swamping beaches on which Snowy Plovers currently nest, it is good news that the number of beaches proposed for protection as Snowy Plover nesting habitat has doubled. RECENT POSTS More Habitat for Snowy Plover?

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Bird Watching Botrosa Road

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The birds started jumping next to the road, we stopped and documented photographically the following stunning birds: Lita Woodpecker Spotted Antbird Black-striped Woodcreeper Orange-fronted Barbet The rapid fire of shocking birds (lifers) convinced me that this allegedly devastated forest was alive and thriving with life.

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Stalking a Kiwi Icon

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They are commonest where they are intensively protected and managed, but these places are often remote and hard to visit. Seeing a wild kiwi is potentially the highlight of a star-strewn birding visit to New Zealand, but please respect the tenuous situation the five species are in and any measures in place for their protection.