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Caribbean Lowland Birding at Ara Ambigua Lodge, Costa Rica

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Birds with white on them are much more likely to take the form of goodies like the Snowy Cotinga , or two species of tityras. The Caribbean slope of Costa Rica also differs from the islands in having a lot more bird species. White-crowned Pigeon might be on the list, but that rare prize for Costa Rica is far from regular.

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Little Big Year -Week 38: Our first week in Costa Rica

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After landing in San Jose ay close to 10:00 PM, we made our way to our first Air BnB just north of the airport. We did get introduced to Geiner Huertas Reyes, who took us for a walk along part of the river and into a public park, where we put together a nice list of 61 species.

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Collaborative list – February 2020

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Fasciated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma fasciatum. Rio san jose. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron – Tigrisoma mexicanum. You may notice that the list only reaches as far as 879 even though I claimed that there were 928 species recorded during February. Falcon State Park (LTC 084). 08 Feb 2020. Fiesta de Mariscos.

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