10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

This Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo was seen and captured on camera by Josh Beck in Panama, the most reliable place to connect with this rare species. It was a ground-cuckoo family and they weren’t even shy! Fabio got the word out and since then, at least 70 local birders (and likely more) have gone to see them, all with success.

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Costa Rica Panama Washington Cats 254

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

And Verbena attracts another specialty bird and a regional endemic (from Honduras to Panama), the Snowcap. Around me, White-necked Jacobin bullies were attacking any Crowned Woodnymph , Green Hermit , Violet Sabrewing or Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer that would dare to approach the feeder or the Verbena hedges.

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10,000 Birds

JULY 18, 2020

Local guide and birder David Mora Vargas has been spending much of his time at his family’s farm in the Sarapiqui lowlands. At another site in the northern Caribbean lowlands, another local birder has been doing bird counts at his family’ private reserve, Las Arrieras. Check it out: Juvenile Tiny Hawk Show in Sarapiqui.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2015

Quetzal is THE beloved, sacred bird of Guatemala and they do live there (and in southern Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama) BUT are more accessible in Costa Rica. Even the non-birders will love the scenery. Yes, the R. These people feed birds. These people feed you wonderful home-cooked food. The front entrance of Myriam’s.

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10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 27, 2014

The Woodpeckers are one of the more popular of the avian families. Looking like a Northern Three-toed that took a permanent tropical vacation, this woodpecker is a stunner that only lives in the rainforests of southern Costa Rica and just across the border in Panama. In Costa Rica, family groups laugh it up in highland oak forests.

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Costa Rica Woodpeckers Honduras Panama 194

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2022

Now we were in Finca Tres Equis, a family cocoa farm (if I understood well, it translates as Triple X Farm) and a private reserve of over 300 hectares, of which more than 70 percent is a forest, representing part of a Jaguar corridor. At least one Boat-billed Heron awaited us in the thickets.

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JULY 20, 2019

This does not include the various changes made to Latin names, taxonomic ordering, nor changes to families.: Split from the Three-striped Warbler of South America, yet another species is added to the list of birds only found in the mountains of Costa Rica and Panama. Spot-bellied Bobwhite bites the dust. A new endemic foliage-gleaner!

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2015

In other words, millions of people got together with family and friends for a cozy day of mashed potatoes, gravy, apple pie, naps, football, and some serious turkeyliciousness. The turkeys I’m talking about up in here are three of the five members of the Cracidae family that occur in Costa Rica.

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10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2017

Can a family-focused trip—even to one of the world’s most biodiverse countries—deliver enough opportunities for avian observation to satisfy this serious world birder? With enough planning, you can enjoy a family-friendly, bird-rich vacation in the Panama Canal zone. Yes, that’s Panama City to the right.

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10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 18, 2014

Although it looks sort of like an exotic grebe, this fine, funny bird is in the Finfoot family. Nope, that’s not a joke, it is one of three species in the Finfoot family, the other two being the Masked Finfoot and the African Finfoot. The Sungrebe doesn’t bask in the sunlight nor is it a grebe.

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Costa Rica Tigers Chickens South America 170

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Ackerman surrounds each individual story with background facts and studies on other birds who mimic, play, parasitize nests, engage in complex cognitive routines, parent in unusual ways–presenting a complex mosaic of avian behaviors amongst bird families and the scientific histories of trying to understand them.

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Research Birds Science Costa Rica 219

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2013

In the new world all meadowlarks and blackbirds, along with grackles, cowbirds, orioles, oropendulas, and some others, are members of the family Icteridae , the New World Blackbirds. You can also find Red-breasted Blackbirds in Costa Rica and Panama and south to Peru and Brazil. Blackbirds are blackbirds. Meadowlarks are meadowlarks.

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Blackbirds Trinidad Costa Rica Nicaragua 166

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

The answers involve phylogenies, evolutionary family trees, derived from DNA studies combined with fossil records, and geological concepts of how the continents and oceans were formed from super land masses. Chapters are generously illustrated with figures, tables and photographs. 70) is adorable as well as educational.

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10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 24, 2018

Mountains beckon just north of the airport and that’s where we ventured for a host of hummingbirds, Furnarids, wood-warblers, and other species, many of which only occur in the highlands of Costa Rica and Panama. Some lowland and foothill birding.

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Costa Rica Species San Jose Birds 181

10,000 Birds

MARCH 1, 2011

home about advertise archives birds conservation contact galleries links reviews subscribe Browse: Home / Birds / Veraguan Mango – Panama’s ex-endemic Veraguan Mango – Panama’s ex-endemic By James • March 1, 2011 • 4 comments Tweet Share Endemism is special. So where does this leave Panama?

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Panama Costa Rica 2011 Cleveland 203

10,000 Birds

MAY 8, 2013

Old World Vultures are nestled within the family Acciptridae along with the hawks and eagles. It’s actually a pretty classic example of convergent evolution, wherein two unrelated families of lifeforms evolve to fill the same niche independently. Panama’s Vulture – Jan Axel, Jan’s Birding Blog.

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California Condor Turkey North America Jordan 179

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

Each family group starts with a description of what traits are common to the species within the family, its representation in Northern Central America, and other interesting, relevant facts. Each species account lists the basics—common name, scientific name, measurements in inches and centimeters.

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El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 231

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 28, 2011

Each family of birds has a short introductory paragraph and most genera get a sentence or two of description. … Tags: books , brazil , field guide , Reviews • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! of species of bird that birders the world over desperately want to experience.

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Birds 199

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

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. These introductory texts become more specific when there are multiple spreads for large bird families, like ‘Gulls Laridae.’ by Robert S.

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 213

10,000 Birds

MARCH 15, 2011

And, as a bonus, your spouse/partner will probably want to go birding with you more often… Tags: Portugal , Worldwide Birding Adventures • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! These Blasts From The Past Sometimes you just have to smile!

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Portugal 2011 Deer Africa 171

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2017

The guide presents 69 species and 1 subspecies, from “NEW WORLD VULTURES: Cathartiformes” to “OSPREY: Pandioninae” to “FAMILY: Accipitridae” (Kites, Hawks, Eagles, Hawk-Eagles), to “FALONIDS: Falconidae” (Falcons, Forest-Falcons, Caracaras, Kestrels, Merlin). Owls are not included, though they sometimes are in ‘raptor’ guides.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 22, 2011

• Explore These Related Posts Birding Lodges – Part 1 – Paradise in Portugal The plovers of Estero Lagoon, Florida Veraguan Mango – Panama’s ex-endemic Finding Island Scrub-jays Snail Kites, Limpkins and Escargot.Or

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Dominican Republic 2011 Deer Africa 183

10,000 Birds

JUNE 10, 2022

Once you get to Costa Rica, you’ll already know those birds so well, it will be like meeting distant family members and famous folks for the very first time.Over and over! Veragua Rainforest is the best site for it but the tanager also occurs in southeastern Costa Rica from Panama on up to Barbilla National Park.

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Costa Rica Birds Panama Rights 248

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2019

A bird of lowland and foothill rainforest, the Yellow-throated Toucan can be seen in most parts of the Caribbean slope and from the Carara area south to Panama. The counterpart of the Collared Aracari on the South Pacific slope of Costa Rica, this near endemic also ranges into parts of western Panama. Want to see toucans in Costa Rica?

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Costa Rica Panama Eating Eggs South America 172

10,000 Birds

JULY 25, 2015

Yes, I realize that sounds familiar to the semi-sadistic challenge known as Empid watching but since it only involves a small percentage of the family, it’s not that bad. The Black-capped Flycatcher is an Empid restricted to high elevation habitats of Costa Rica and western Panama.

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Costa Rica Panama Species Sparrows 191

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Pasquier cites study after study, often jumping from one continent to another, from one bird family to a totally different group, relying on a bibliography of over 660 studies to lay out the variable, diverse behaviors birds employ.

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Research Birds Hoarding Sweden 167

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

But, I think the birding world is big enough to accommodate more than one way to identify the members of this infamous family. A larophile is a gull enthusiast, taken from the genus name Larus and/or the family name Laridae. It may be intimidating to beginning birders, even with its “simplified” approach.

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North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 198

10,000 Birds

MAY 3, 2012

Press in 2009), active participation in the Dragonfly Society of the Americas and leading dragonfly trips to Costa Rica and, hopefully this summer, Panama. Species accounts are organized by family; Broad-winged, Spreadwing, and Pond for damselflies and Petaltail, Darner, Clubtail, Spiketail, Cruiser, Emerald, and Skmmer for Dragonflies.

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United States Costa Rica Massachusetts North America 230

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 5, 2021

The first time I saw one (in Panama, I admit) I didn’t realize it was a damselfly till it perched. Species are arranged by family and genus along taxonomic lines, but not always in accordance with the very latest molecular DNA research. Wait–that adds up to 290 species, but the book only covers 283. First page (p.

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Costa Rica North America Family America 259

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2018

In addition to Spanish, several other languages continue to be spoken, the pines and cypress trees of the Guatemalan highlands only occur as introduced species once you travel south of Nicaragua, and dozens of bird species that occur in Costa Rica and Panama don’t even make it to Nicaragua. Bushy-crested Jay.

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Costa Rica Guatemala Birds Nicaragua 114

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2012

2012 has certainly been a bumper year for me with an estimated year list of around 3,000 species after extensive travels to South Africa, Ethiopia, South Korea, Indonesia, the Russian Far East, United Kingdom, Peru, Guatemala and Panama. Adam Riley chose a bird that is near and dear to Mike Bergin’s heart.

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2012 Birds Guatemala Florida 146

10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2015

Picidae, Woodpecker, is one of those charismatic bird families that everybody gets excited about. Woodpeckers of the World: A Photographic Guide is the first major guide to family Picidae in 20 years. Unless the woodpecker is drumming a hole into your garage, and then, well, it’s a different kind of excitement.)

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Woodpeckers 2002 Europe Research 240

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua, this tiny hummingbird is placed within its own genus microchera. Bearded Helmetcrest by Adam Riley NUMBER 9 The names of hummingbirds are arguably the most descriptive for any family of birds. Coming in at no. 19 is the celestial Red-tailed Comet.

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Colombia Ecuador Bolivia Peru 279

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Can the whole family live together in harmony during the school holidays? Panama Flycatcher – Myiarchus panamensis. Is it wrong of me to go birding to get away from the kids now that they are at home all day? August is the make or break month for relationships. Bravo if you have. 458 birds were seen by 7 beats in 8 countries.

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