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It is not strictly endemic as it also occurs in Guatemala and Honduras. The eponymous golden brows stand out like headlights in the gloom of the forest when the bird looks directly at you. The Rufous-capped Warbler has a hard staccato call that I initially mistook for a Rufous-capped Brush-finch.

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JULY 28, 2021

This elegant species is closely related to the Evening Grosbeaks of the far north, but can only be seen in 5 discontinuous regions of Mexico and Guatemala. But the belles of the ball were at least 6 Hooded Grosbeaks. In my experience, they are never an easy find; and I had never before seen so many of them, or so close to urban Morelia.

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Next to me was a copy of “Birds of Central America” with a somewhat longish subtitle “Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama” by Vallely and Dyer from 2018.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2021

Most of them based in a single attractive, historic, and easily walkable city or town, my tours, under VENT’s Birds, Nature, and Culture rubric, always see plenty of birds: hoopoes and rollers in France, Great Bustards and bean geese in Germany, Fulvous Owls and Black-capped Swallows in Guatemala are just a few examples.

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Among grebes there have been several extinctions in the last few decades, the most famous of which is perhaps the Atitlan Grebe , Guatemala’s sole endemic and a victim of various environmental wrongs over a relatively short period of time. Guatemala: Requiem for a Grebe – Nate Swick, The Drinking Bird.

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Rufous-capped Warblers are basically Mexican endemics, although they do spill over into Guatemala and, on occasion, the southwestern United States. You can just see an adult poking its namesake head out of the foliage at the bottom of the first photo. The bird at the top, and in the second photo, is a scruffy-looking adolescent.

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The Evening Grosbeak’s closest relative is the Hooded Grosbeak of Mexico and Guatemala. Hooded Grosbeak ( Coccothraustes abeillei ) in Guatemala cc-by-sa Dominic Sherony The Hawfinch of Eurasia appears to be a fairly close relative of Evening and Hooded Grosbeaks.

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Or maybe you’re visiting Belize, Guatemala, Paraguay, or the Bahamas? Eurasian Blackbirds living in cities have learned to keep their cool, compared with rural birds. Planning on birding Kenya? Then you’ll want to check out this new book. Then you might benefit from a new program training birding guides.

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MAY 20, 2014

The Horned Guan is not just one of, if not THE standout birds of Mexico and Guatemala, but of the entire world. Endemic to mountaintop cloud forest patches in Chiapas and Guatemala, perhaps occurring at a maximum of six locations in Mexico and a handful more in Guatemala, the Horned Guan is restricted to a tiny, fragmented range.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rican, and Panama , just published in October, is a field guide that was ten years in the making. There are no bird guides for El Salvador or Guatemala. It’s unique in two major ways. Lee Jones and Dana Gardner was published by Univ. CONCLUSION.

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Its members occur primarily north of the Tropic of Cancer , though in the Western Hemisphere, Ruby-crowned Kinglets winter into southern Mexico, and Golden-crowned Kinglets have isolated breeding populations in the mountains of southern Mexico and Guatemala.

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There are only two eBird registries for Oaxaca state, although dozens have been seen in Chiapas, the state bordering Guatemala. Mine was the fifth sightings registered with eBird from Guerrero, and the first within Acapulco. During these stressful times, we have to find our satisfactions where we can.

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MAY 25, 2011

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. One of his most memorable birding experiences was the six months spent in Northeast Brazil performing research on a new species of bird called the Araripe Manakin.

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Its common name, however, is a bit of a misnomer, unless “Northern” refers to the landmass north of the equator; this species extends from some southern Canadian provinces through the entirety of the eastern United States into Mexico and down to Guatemala and Belize.

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JUNE 26, 2021

While this world mega is fairly easy to see in Costa Rica and would thus make a good ambassador, one would already be representing Guatemala. Wait, what about the Resplendent Quetzal ? However, their virtual participation would be welcome and that way, we could also slow down footage to see what they are really doing and saying.

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JANUARY 10, 2015

Quetzal also lives in cloud forests in southern Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Isn’t that a high elevation endemic too? Nope, in addition to Costa Rica and western Panama, the good old R. Nevertheless, despite it refusing to let Mike or Corey see it, Costa Rica is usually a good place to find one.

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MAY 11, 2019

Whatever the reason may be, we do know that Las Brisas provides a lot of food and shelter for Cerulean Warblers as they migrate south.

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One of these islands may have been the present day Northern Central American Highlands which includes Honduras, Guatemala, El Salvador, and parts of extreme southern Mexico (Chiapas). Before finally connecting to the South American continent about three million years ago, Central America consisted of a series of volcanic islands.

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OCTOBER 3, 2015

Quetzal is THE beloved, sacred bird of Guatemala and they do live there (and in southern Mexico, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama) BUT are more accessible in Costa Rica. You see, Myriam’s is located in what might be the Resplendent Quetzal capital of the world, the valley of San Gerardo de Dota, Costa Rica. Yes, the R.

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AUGUST 6, 2017

Corey’s Best Bird of the Weekend was the coolest turkey he’s ever seen, the Ocellated Turkey of Central America, seen in a wonderful place: Tikal in Guatemala! The attraction of that particular vantage remains unknown. How about you? What was your best bird of the weekend?

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The first is that the illustrations by Dale Dyer are based, and largely seem to be the same, as the illustrations for his previous guide Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama (co-authored with Andrew Vallely, PUP, 2018). © 2018, Princeton University Press D. © 2003 text H.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2014

We also had a great ant swarm in Tikal in Guatemala where in one binocular view we saw Ruddy Woodcreeper , Tawny-winged Woodcreeper , and Northern-barred Woodcreeper. Although Gray-throated Chats are not typically ant followers they were with the flock to take advantage of a safe foraging opportunity and easy to find food.

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AUGUST 24, 2016

Besides the familiar Myrtle and Audubon (photo above by Mike Wisnicki/Cornell Lab) forms, the scientists make a case for Goldman’s Warbler —mostly endemic to Guatemala—as a separate species. Genetic-based research published in The Auk indicates that the four variants of “butternuts” include at least three full species.

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JANUARY 6, 2024

Legend has it he can hear birds as far away as Guatemala. La Estanzuela apparently is best avoided in the weekends because the place was teeming with Spandex-clad people pouting their lips, taking selfies and talking loudly. Fortunately, Leonardo has amazing hearing.

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MARCH 8, 2017

The Grey-silky Flycatcher Ptilogonys cincerus , the is nearly an endemic of central Mexico, but for a few vagrants who vacation down in Guatemala. The Black-and-white Phainoptila , Phainoptila melanoxantha from Costa Rica and Panama. The females are a dark, slate colored gray, with much more obvious white edges on the wing feathers.

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There is the flightless Atitlán Giant Grebe of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala, whose habitat was destroyed by a combination of human incursion and earthquake, but whose DNA lives on in hybrids that fly. And, they are fascinating. Laughing Owl, 1909, New Zealand, photo taken by Cuthbert and Oliver Parr, pp.

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But I have visited Guatemala, Lesotho and Zimbabwe to actually visit them and count them, even though I spent less time in them than I did Zurich. I slept in hotel in Zurich but didn’t leave the airport or even clear immigration, so I can’t really say I’ve been to Switzerland either. It’s arbitrary, but there you go.

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Middle American Screech Owl– Megascops guatemalae; Raptor Ridge, 6-Jan. Short-tailed Hawk – Buteo brachyurus; Calle Jocote, 1-Jan. Zone-tailed Hawk – Buteo albonotatus; Raptor Ridge, 5-Jan. Broad-winged Hawk – Buteo platypterus; Raptor Ridge, 5-Jan. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl – Glaucidium brasilianum; Tambor, 4-Jan.

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MAY 14, 2022

In unsurprising Hudsonian Godwit fashion, it likely took to the skies on the very day it was seen and was probably flying over Guatemala while we were waiting for it at Morales. At some point, we had to accept that the godwit wasn’t going to show.

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AUGUST 3, 2019

While this amazing bird can also be readily seen in Guatemala, western Panama, and a few other places, ease of access in Costa Rica and fantastic appearance put it onto this list. All trogons are iridescent beauties, the bold combination of deep purple-blue, crimson, and white make this Near Threatened very near endemic especially coveted.

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MARCH 17, 2011

We see countries as more than just locales for landmarks and landmarks as more than just souvenirs of bygone cultures (have you ever birded Tikal in Guatemala? Bird watching can take you anywhere and anywhere you watch birds is a place you understand intimately. Birding opened up Central America for me in a way that nothing else did.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Archaeological, zooarchaeological, and ancient DNA evidence combine to confirm the identification and context.

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Anyway, it was some ungodly hour that we all awakened from our beds at Hotel Don Udo’s in Copan Ruinas and piled into the back of two trucks for our four-wheel drive excursion high into the hilly terrain near the border with Guatemala.

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JUNE 17, 2015

But a a package, if I had to rate the best places I’ve ever been birding, the only place I can think that comes close is Mweya, in Uganda, or maybe Tikal, in Guatemala. And places I have seen more birds. Danum Valley is a conservancy that protects a large area of lowland rainforest in Sabah in northeastern Borneo.

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

I had blown my chance, and now the bird was heading for Guatemala, or Costa Rica, at least some place very far away from where I was. Then, it completely surprised me by circling back, and continuing to circle, each rotation getting higher and higher, until even Carl Zeiss could not help me keep track of the bird.

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APRIL 2, 2024

I’d love to read a book about your adventures in Guatemala studying Yellow-naped Amazons, Sophie!) A couple of these stints (besides the three described here) are briefly described in tantalizing (and scary) detail in Feather Trails. (I’d

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DECEMBER 4, 2018

We talk about Gulls Simplified, Birds of Central America: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama, The Feather Thief, and some books I have not had a chance to review yet, like Daniel Lewis’s Belonging on an Island: Birds, Extinction, and Evolution in Hawai‘i and Birds of Nicaragua: A Field Guide.

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