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The Top 25 Target Birds to Look for in Costa Rica

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Yellow-naped Parrot. Endangered and awesome, it’s pretty easy to experience this big parrot in the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica from Tarcoles north to near Nicaragua. Another spectacular bird that can also be seen in the Darien and a few other sites is still most accessible in Costa Rica.

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Birds of Central America: A Field Guide Review

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Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rican, and Panama , just published in October, is a field guide that was ten years in the making. Nevertheless, it necessary to combine field experience with museum experience to create a vivid and accurate image of a species. by Robert S.

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