10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 11, 2011

Founded by Roberto Chavarro and his family in the early eighties, this little reserve has been dropped slap-bang into the birding spotlight by the recent claims of the rediscovery of the Bogota Sunangel Heliangelus zusii , a species that is known from one record – a skin from 1909!

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10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

The two families of New World barbets, the Capitonidae and the Semnornithidae, are actually more related to toucans. The Prong-billed Barbet is in the Semnornithidae, a family shared with the Toucan Barbet of western Colombia and Ecuador. The female Red-headed Barbet is beautiful in her own subtle way. .

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10,000 Birds

JANUARY 13, 2022

Inírida is the capital city of the department of Guainía in the east of Colombia, mere 25 km (15 mi) from the border with Venezuela. Field guides As far as I have noticed, the entire group (including me) was using the latest Lynx edition of Hilty’s Birds of Colombia. The food was tasty and hearty.

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Colombia Birds Cooking Fish 222

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

In the past, V4B has published stories about avian field work in Colombia , counting shorebirds along the Florida coast, and so much more (over 200 in all!). Please share with your friends and family! All gifts are tax deductible and will be matched 1:1 by the Blackstone Ranch Institute. Click here to give now. ref=user_menu.

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Indonesia Colombia Campaign Florida 135

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 22, 2012

This bird, of the Turdus family, can be found on the western slopes of Ecuador and Colombia. Another great reason to visit the 23 de Junio besides the Long-wattled Umbrellabird is the Black Solitare ( Entomodestes coracinus ).

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Ecuador Colombia Humane Family 146

10,000 Birds

JULY 6, 2021

If you had your choice of one bird family to pursue, to seek out and observe and photograph and kvell over, which one would you choose? A passion for one bird family is also very useful. I hope by this time you have settled on a bird family for your avian obsession. (I

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10,000 Birds

AUGUST 1, 2019

Looking at a photo of a dozen birders on a Colombia tour, it stroke me that they were either using binoculars or cameras. Talking of eBird, why don’t they show users the list of the bird families they observed? Not a single one was using a scope. Wouldn’t that be a user-friendly solution?

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Costa Rica Birds Greece Colombia 129

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 17, 2013

This group — dubbed the bombycillids , from the waxwing genus and family name — appears to fall near kinglets and a large group containing thrushes and muscicapids (Old World flycatchers and chats) in the passerine tree. Spellman et al. Cedar Waxwings are pictured above in a lovely image by Minette Layne.). ” Spellman et al.

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 3, 2020

Like a shy stepchild, it’s always eclipsed by the wonders of Brazil, Ecuador, Colombia, etc. And, it has to be added that all of these artists and the additional seven artists contributed images that filled out plates of most of the bird families. This unfortunately happens with the large Tanager (Thraupidae) family here.

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Bolivia Birds Brazil Switzerland 164

10,000 Birds

JULY 20, 2019

This does not include the various changes made to Latin names, taxonomic ordering, nor changes to families.: How about Steely-vented Hummingbird in Colombia? To help clear up the confusion, this is a brief summary of recent changes to the official Costa Rica list. Spot-bellied Bobwhite bites the dust. So long buddy.

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Costa Rica Owls South America Panama 192

10,000 Birds

MARCH 5, 2011

These Blasts From The Past Ease Into Some Oekologie Oekologie #10 Undercover Taxidermist Busts Illegal Hunters Cerulean Warbler Gets a Boost in Colombia Audubon Rebrand About the Author Corey Corey is a New Yorker who has lived most of his life upstate but has spent the last three years in Queens. The jury is still out but what a cool bird!

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10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

By Mike • March 2, 2011 • 3 comments Tweet Share During a soccer game in Colombia, a player kicked an owl that was on the field. Tags: Asides • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! The bird, which looked like a Barn Owl , was the mascot for the opposing team and died from its injuries.

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Owls Barn Owls 2011 Deer 145

10,000 Birds

MARCH 2, 2011

Hes only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list by birding whenever he wasnt working as a union representative or spending time with his family. Tags: giveaway • Camping tents - Check out our pop up tents , family tents , and more! It is that awesome! Thanks for visiting!

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Brazil Wildlife 2011 Deer 174

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 4, 2014

Tropical birding demands tropical birds, those families and genera unique to their latitudes rather than shared via migration across various climate zones. But these tropical ecosystems also harbor families that remind us by their very presence just how close we’ve come to the Equator and how far we are from the poles.

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 9, 2013

A Long-tailed Sylph, one of the America’s many long tailed hummingbird species, photographed in Colombia by Adam Riley. These large seedeaters (belonging to the weaver family) are so named for the generally black plumage of the adult male, resembling a widow in mourning. Widowbirds. Photo taken by Adam Riley in Zimbabwe.

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Papua New Guinea South Africa Africa Zimbabwe 224

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Colombia, the birdiest country on the planet, occupies only 0.8% This amazing avian diversity, coupled with the fact that Colombia is now one of the safest countries to visit in Latin America, should catch your attention when you start planning your next birding holiday. We look forward to hosting you!

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Colombia 2019 2009 Farming 197

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

These high-flyers from the montane grasslands of Ecuador, Peru and Colombia should not be missed on a trip to these countries. Found in the foothills of northern Ecuador and Colombia, these stunning hummingbirds hold down the no. Common or not, these little stunners are not to be missed on a trip to Ecuador, Peru or Colombia.

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Colombia Bolivia Ecuador Peru 279

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 4, 2021

Colombia is one of those countries that Dragan’s dreams are made of: it has 1,965 bird species – more than any other country in the world. Hilty’s Birds of Colombia is a stunning book with beautiful artwork, authoritative, if concise texts and easy to navigate maps. He says that [Steven L.]

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Colombia Birds Bald Eagle Guyana 233

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 3, 2017

Aisles of exhibitors tempted visitors with birding trips to such far-flung locations as Colombia, Kenya, and Sri Lanka, and grown men and women got all kid-in-a-candy-store at the optics booths. And Sunday was “family day,” with fun activities for kids (make a Crisco-and-pinecone bird feeder! feel different types of feathers!),

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Sri Lanka Philadelphia Kenya Colombia 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 6, 2011

Families that are endemic to the continent include such strange birds as Shoebill , Secretarybird , Hamerkop , mousebirds and rockfowl ( picathartes ) and delightful groups including bushshrikes, sugarbirds, rockjumpers, woodhoopoes, turacos and hyliotas. What are the must do destinations and what must one see?

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10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2018

Finally, I made it to the main gap in my birding life north of Colombia! Fewer tanagers : Many more member of this technicolor family occur in Costa Rica. Recently, I was witness to the differences in birding between the northern part of this region and Costa Rica during a week of guiding in Guatemala. Bushy-crested Jay.

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Costa Rica Guatemala Nicaragua Birds 110