10,000 Birds

APRIL 21, 2021

The Cinnamon-rumped Flowerpiercer is the only flower-piercing game in town if you live in North America. And yes, Mexico is part of North America, not Central or South America.) Its range extends as far as Nicaragua in Central America, where it is joined, in Costa Rica and Panama, by The Slaty Flowerpiercer.

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Costa Rica South America North America Venezuela 240

10,000 Birds

JULY 4, 2020

However, even if songs of the avian kind are more your musical thing, you will still find them in ten innovative, unique tracks that pay homage to endangered birds from Mexico, Nicaragua, Cuba, and seven other countries.

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Costa Rica Nicaragua Cuba Mexico 223

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2020

The Yellow-green Vireo is another of those rare birds that winter in South America but only travels north as far as Mexico to breed. The Masked Tityra is a tropical bird found from Mexico to Nicaragua. However, there is no mistaking the male Red-headed Tanager with any other species. This one was a true lifer for me.

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Mexico Lamb Nicaragua Sparrows 231

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

And what does it tell us, other than the obvious “head for South America” or perhaps Indonesia? 9 Nicaragua (6.8 % – 781 sp. / I discovered this cover-photo map somewhere at the BirdLife International’s website. It illustrates the bird richness per country. 6 Guyana (7.9 % – 796 sp. 7 Guatemala (764 sp. /

Equatorial Guinea 187

Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Guyana Central African Republic 187

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2013

Trinidad is the northern limit of the range of the Red-breasted Blackbird , though it is unclear if the occasional birds that show up in Tobago are wanderers from Trinidad or northern South America or are breeding there. You can also find Red-breasted Blackbirds in Costa Rica and Panama and south to Peru and Brazil.

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Blackbirds Trinidad Costa Rica Nicaragua 166

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2016

Well, maybe there was way in the past but those days became ancient evolutionary history when the taxon evolved into two separate species; one that lives in eastern Mexico south to northeastern Costa Rica, and another that lies in other parts of Costa Rica down to South America.

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Costa Rica 2016 South America Panama 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2016

But, if you want to go further afield, fear not, there is some wonderful lowland forest birding up near Nicaragua and down south by Panama as well.

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Costa Rica San Jose Panama Birds 165