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A Growing List of Hummingbirds

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Often taken for granted by residents of the islands, these feisty birds are only found within T&T and Venezuela – making them life birds for the majority of visiting birders. Oftentimes even the uncommon to scarce residents play nice, one can easily view fifteen species on a single visit to the twin island republic.

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World birding from a Schrödinger’s house

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Venezuela 1417 8. Yet, among them, DR Congo is burdened with its long lasting guerilla war and recently with an Ebola outbreak as well (both in the bird-richest east of the country), while Venezuela is in economic and political tailspin and you would be ill-advised to go there. Colombia 1959 bird species 2. Peru 1838 4.

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Exploring the Uncharted Bird World

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1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China. . – now the pace quickens: USA; Angola, Cameroon, Nigeria, Uganda, Sudan, Ethiopia; Nepal, Myanmar, Malaysia, Vietnam. 1101-1200 sp: Mexico; Argentina; DR Congo (Kinshasa), Tanzania, Kenya; India. 1401-1600 sp: Ecuador, Bolivia; Indonesia. Mongabay.com has done exactly that.

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Birding Inirida, Colombia, a forest so young that birds still have no names, part 1

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They were too childish, right? Thamnophilus sp. could be a separate and isolated population of the Chestnut-backed Antshrike (which lives more than a thousand kilometres away on the south bank of the Amazon in Brazil), as was initially thought, could also be a separate subspecies of it, but it is most likely to be a new species.

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15 expat-friendly countries for a birder to move to

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Which leaves me with quite a few choices – practically the entire tropical belt, right? Venezuela (1365 / 1383). So, beside a lot of birds and the sunny sky, I want the coldest thing to experience year-round to be my beer. Out of almost 200 countries of the World, more than 100 are in the tropics. Kenya (1034 / 1153). The Neotropics.

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The Newest Beat

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That’s right, there is another Beat Writer at 10,000 Birds! 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. Mike Freiberg is the latest addition to the amazing group that is the 10,000 Birds Beat Writers.

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Photo Essay: Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult

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Nick wrote a guest post on Forpus passerinus and the Ornithologists of Masaguaral which was full of passion, humor, and insight into his work while on location in Venezuela. The eyes are still not developed enough to open, and the feet are just strong enough to help right a toppled chick.

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