10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 29, 2013

The family Regulidae comprises six small, hyperactive species that range through the great boreal and temperate forests North and Middle America, North Africa, and Eurasia. The best evidence available so far puts them somewhere near a group of three superfamilies: Bombycilloidea (waxwings, etc.),

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Family Guatemala Mexico Japan 187

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 16, 2012

Evening Grosbeak ( Coccothraustes vespertinus ) by putneypics The finch family, Fringillidae, comprises more than 200 species distributed throughout the Western Hemisphere and across Eurasia, Africa, and Indomalaya. Nine species of grosbeaks form the first smaller branch within this third great branch of finches. And back to finches.

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Family Guatemala Stray Groups 179

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 26, 2014

There are four generally recognized groups within the complex, “ Myrtle ” ( coronata ) of eastern and northern North America, “ Audubon’s ” ( auduboni ) of the western United States and western Canada, “ Black-fronted ” ( nigrifrons ) of Mexico, and “ Goldman’s ” ( goldmani ) of Guatemala.

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United States 2011 Guatemala North America 246

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

In all of North America, only one avian species serves as both the beloved mascot of seven states as well as the totem to two professional sports teams (and an infinity of amateur ones!) However, Cardinalis phoeniceus is a South American species. Rather, this icon is extremely adaptable and eye-catching.

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St. Louis United States Belize Guatemala 186

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 28, 2014

En route they will be “birding in nearly every country in mainland North and South America,” and, as they say on their excellent blog , “Our journey is about collecting valuable data on bird species, their status and distribution, current conservation issues, and more along the way. Bicolored Antbird. Ocellated Antbird.

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San Diego South America Costa Rica America 195

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. Covering 1,261 species with data and taxonomy current up to August 2017, the field guide is an exciting achievement. SPECIES ACCOUNTS.

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 214

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2018

The hope and claim is that transferring this process to gull identification works more easily and just as accurately (at least for species) as an examination of plumage and molt patterns. Species Accounts. Gulls Simplified covers 25 species. From the Laughing Gull species account. These vary according to species.

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North America America El Salvador Nicaragua 208

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 22, 2013

But it seems sort of appropriate in hindsight that a family so strange would end up alongside a similarly unpredictable group of birds in the flamingos. But that’s a group for a different time. Despite their predilection for the watery realm, there are some species of grebes that are long-distance migrants.

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Jordan Guatemala Birds South America 201

10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2013

The remarkable Resplendent Quetzal photographed in Guatemala by Adam Riley. A Long-tailed Sylph, one of the America’s many long tailed hummingbird species, photographed in Colombia by Adam Riley. The remarkable Resplendent Quetzal photographed in Guatemala by Adam Riley. Image by Cuan Rush/Rockjumper Birding Tours.

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Papua New Guinea South Africa Africa Zimbabwe 248

10,000 Birds

MAY 25, 2011

Mike Freiberg is the latest addition to the amazing group that is the 10,000 Birds Beat Writers. As his passion for birding grew he decided to travel Latin America; he has spent time in Mexico, Guatemala, Venezuela and a great deal of time in Brazil. That’s right, there is another Beat Writer at 10,000 Birds!

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Brazil Venezuela Iowa Guatemala 160

10,000 Birds

APRIL 8, 2012

Catbirds are a group of rather distantly related species all named for the fact that they make sounds that remind some of a cat meowing. Birds called catbirds include two species in the New World family, Mimidae, four from the bowerbird family, Ptilonorhynchidae, and one from the Old World babblers, Timaliidae.

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Papua New Guinea Ethiopia Guinea Cats 191

10,000 Birds

APRIL 15, 2012

Anyway, it was some ungodly hour that we all awakened from our beds at Hotel Don Udo’s in Copan Ruinas and piled into the back of two trucks for our four-wheel drive excursion high into the hilly terrain near the border with Guatemala. What were these birds competing for?

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Honduras 2009 Falcons Guatemala 182