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Ovenbirds (but not the Ovenbird)

10,000 Birds

The third spinetail is a complete forest denizen and spends its time hopping through leaf litter, searching for arthropods. Life is simple with ten furnariids – neighboring Guyana has 44! With a distinctive pot-bellied silhouette, it is rarely misidentified.

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Into Guyana’s Interior

10,000 Birds

Although by this time we had already clocked around a hundred species after a day and a half in Guyana, we were understandably eager to explore the famous rugged interior of the country. Driving slowly along the entrance road to the lodge we came upon a lone Marail Guan dabbling in the leaf litter nearby.

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