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Protecting the Hyacinth Macaw and the Cerrado

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Big, bold, beautiful parrots full of character and charm, macaws make us long for some of the world’s wildest places and assure us that, as long as they fly free, those magical wild places are still intact. Hyacinth Macaws © Michel Gunther / WWF-Canon Hyacinth Macaws , like parrots the world over, face threats from every side.

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A Few Ups and Downs of Forest Birding in Costa Rica

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Put those binoculars into practice in places like Laguna del Lagarto , the Sarapiqui area, and the Osa Peninsula, and a day of birding might include three trogon species, two to three toucan species, several wrens, manakins, parrots, five or more woodcreeper species, etc., and the list goes on… You might see a White-ruffed Manakin.

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Pat’s 2020 Bird List, Mostly from Costa Rica

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Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; Tambor, 3-Jan. White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis; Calle Jocote, 1-Jan. White-fronted Parrot – Amazona albifrons; Calle Jocote, 1-Jan. Red-lored Parrot – Amazona autumnalis; Curu, 4-Jan. Yellow-naped Parrot – Amazona auropalliata; Esparza, 4-Jan.

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Photo Essay: Green-rumped Parrotlets from Egg to Adult

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The population of parrotlets they studied was located on one of the many huge hatos (cattle ranches) in the Venezuelan llanos, a vast swath of flat flooded savannah in the central third of the country that drains into the Rio Orinoco. The Auk 108: 863-871. Wilson Bulletin 104(1): 65-84. Available from SORA: [link] a.

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Pat’s Costa Rica Bird List, 2021

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Cattle Egret – Bubulcus ibis; San Joaquin de Heredia, 1-Jan. Brown-hooded Parrot – Pyrilia haematotis; Tirimbina, 9-Jan. White-crowned Parrot – Pionus senilis; San Joaquin de Heredia, 1-Jan. White-fronted Parrot – Amazona albifrons; San Joaquin de Heredia, 1-Jan. Red-lored Parrot – Amazona autumnalis; Tirimbina, 9-Jan.

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Which Bird Species Have Gone Extinct in Costa Rica?

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Not that long ago, Costa Rica had one of the highest deforestation rates in the world, rainforests were razed to make way for hot and chiggery cattle pasture, and bot flies probably became more numerous than some bird populations.

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Collaborative list – April 2020

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Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis). White-crowned Parrot (Pionus senilis). White-fronted Parrot (Amazona albifrons). Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias). Gray Heron (Ardea cinerea). Purple Heron (Ardea purpurea). Great Egret (Ardea alba). Little Egret (Egretta garzetta). Snowy Egret (Egretta thula). Squacco Heron (Ardeola ralloides).

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