10,000 Birds

JULY 21, 2021

The first words describing this species in Wikipedia are “poorly-documented” Before 2015, when I first saw it in Paso Ancho, it had only been reported twice on eBird outside of its Sierra Madre Occidental breeding range: once from Taxco, Mexico, and another report from Nicaragua.

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Nicaragua 2015 2016 Mexico 261

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 15, 2018

One of the original true endemics of Costa Rica became a very near endemic when a small population was found in Nicaragua. Although this beauty also lives in the forests of Honduras, Nicaragua, and western Panama, it is most accessible in Costa Rica. It only lives in middle elevation habitats of southern Costa Rica and western Panama.

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Costa Rica Nicaragua Panama Honduras 212

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 27, 2021

I’m quite fond of the Black-headed Siskin , a tropical finch found from Mexico to Nicaragua. In mid-winter, Summer Tanagers often molt to a yellow color with red blotches, so it is good to see them when they first arrive. Several females would show up further on.

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Nicaragua Mexico Guatemala Nashville 234

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 15, 2022

A movement among bromelias, a hummingbird… it’s the Purple-throated Mountain-gem , Serge IDs it, a regional endemic that Costa Rica shares with neighbouring Nicaragua and Panama. Seeing the way this goes, I decided not to send her a photo of Serge.

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Costa Rica Panama Squirrels Nicaragua 222

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 12, 2019

Part of a series of coordinated radio telemetry arrays, this station is found between other MOTUS stations in Nicaragua and Panama that automatically log data from radio transmitters attached to Alder Flycatchers, Cerulean Warblers , and other species.

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Costa Rica Nicaragua Panama North America 260

10,000 Birds

JUNE 24, 2020

The Masked Tityra is a tropical bird found from Mexico to Nicaragua. Still, it was one of those species on my life list that always bothered me a bit. So it was great to really see, and photograph, this one! This one was a true lifer for me. I hope that the next time it will vocalize for me; it apparently sounds something like a grunting pig.

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Mexico Nicaragua Lamb South America 238

10,000 Birds

APRIL 16, 2022

In checking eBird images of possible Pacific and American Golden-Plovers, I found several possible records for Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Belize from the months of November to April. Might a few occur appear in Costa Rica during migration?

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Costa Rica Fish Belize Nicaragua 240

10,000 Birds

JULY 30, 2014

They are a non-migratory species found in western coniferous and mixed-coniferous forests, breeding from Alaska, western Canada, and the United States south through western Mexico to Nicaragua. Although they are normally non-migratory, populations that breed at high elevations typically move to lower elevations during the winter.

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Nicaragua Alaska United States Canada 171

10,000 Birds

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. Press, 1989); A Guide to the Birds to the Birds of Panama, with Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Honduras, 2nd ed. , It’s unique in two major ways.

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America El Salvador Costa Rica Honduras 213

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 20, 2022

It occurred right in the area where I expected a Harpy Eagle to be seen, in part of an extensive, little explored forest complex connected to the Indio Maiz Reserve, a large, extremely important area of lowland rainforest in Nicaragua that still hosts a population of the large eagles.

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Costa Rica Eagles West Virginia Albatross 187

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

9 Nicaragua (6.8 % – 781 sp. / . / 1 en). 6 Guyana (7.9 % – 796 sp. 7 Guatemala (764 sp. / 1 en), French Guyana (727 sp. / 1 en), Malaysia (781 sp / 19 en) (all 7.1 %). 8 Honduras (778 sp. / 1 en), Suriname (735 sp. / 1 en) (all 7.0 %). 10 Rwanda (670 sp. / 0 en), Malawi (698 sp. / 0 en) (all 6.3 %).

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Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Central African Republic Guyana 193

10,000 Birds

MAY 30, 2015

Nicaraguan Grackle only lives in marshes around Lake Nicaragua. I guess that isn’t too surprising since a quick 30 minute float down the river goes right into Nicaragua. BUT, we did see lots of other nice birds, most of them bonus species tough to see elsewhere in Costa Rica. We had several Least Bitterns.

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Costa Rica Chile Nicaragua San Jose 174

10,000 Birds

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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Costa Rica Panama Nicaragua Honduras 150

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 6, 2016

The “who knows what else” comes from this site being situated among good-sized tracts of lowland forest connected to the big forest block in Nicaragua. It would give me yet another chance at lifering that royal pain known as a Tawny-faced Quail , the rare and beautiful Green and Rufous Kingfisher , and who knows what else.

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Costa Rica Nicaragua Eagles Parrots 126

10,000 Birds

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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Costa Rica Panama Nicaragua Honduras 150

10,000 Birds

JULY 27, 2013

Considering that they only recently colonized Costa Rica and have since been spotted in Nicaragua, it seems that there will be Red-breasted Blackbirds for a long time to come, good news for fans of brilliant birds! They are considered a Species of Least Concern by BirdLife International because of their large range and stable population.

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Blackbirds Trinidad Costa Rica Nicaragua 166

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

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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Costa Rica Belize El Salvador Birds 210

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

Let’s take a look at some of what I found so you can make an informed decision as to if this is something you want to get involved in. The most Green Herons ever reported is 3,000.

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Louisiana Birds Nicaragua Iowa 164

10,000 Birds

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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North America El Salvador America Nicaragua 198

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 3, 2019

Endangered and awesome, it’s pretty easy to experience this big parrot in the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica from Tarcoles north to near Nicaragua. Another spectacular bird that can also be seen in the Darien and a few other sites is still most accessible in Costa Rica. Yellow-naped Parrot. Bare-necked Umbrellabird.

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Costa Rica Panama Birds Nicaragua 202

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 29, 2016

But, if you want to go further afield, fear not, there is some wonderful lowland forest birding up near Nicaragua and down south by Panama as well.

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Costa Rica San Jose Panama Nicaragua 165

Critter News

DECEMBER 23, 2008

In Nicaragua, the army patrols beaches to protect sea turtle eggs. In some parts of Africa, rangers receive military training and equipment to defend animals (and themselves) from poachers in pursuit of elephants, rhinos, gorillas, and other endangered species. But now there is increasing talk of more far-reaching action.

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Central African Republic Protection Sea Turtles Rhinos 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 4, 2011

Stalking a Kiwi Icon What is the National Bird of Nicaragua? • Explore These Related Posts What is the National Bird of Honduras? The Doctor Bird Close Encounter of the Mute Kind.Or These Blasts From The Past Sanderlings Fish Crow at Cape May Ducklings!

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Denmark 2011 Honduras Deer 162

10,000 Birds

JULY 23, 2016

Since the closest Mexican Violetears live a hop, skip, and jump away in Nicaragua, it also means that we have to pay close attention to violetears seen in Costa Rica in case a vagrant from the north decides to takes a short vacation to the land of Lizano sauce and silky-flycatchers.

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Costa Rica 2016 Panama South America 100

10,000 Birds

APRIL 1, 2017

There are two main wetland areas in Costa Rica, one in the Tempisque River floodplain, and the other in wetland areas associated with Lake Nicaragua. Of course not, it’s rainforest!

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Costa Rica Pelicans Nicaragua Ducks 100

10,000 Birds

MARCH 18, 2011

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Honduras 2011 Deer Denmark 151

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 6, 2016

The end result is that the whole “biographic” area (NCA plus southern Mexico and northern Nicaragua) is home to 41 endemic bird species. These are listed in a table, which also specifies slope and geographic region (but not country).

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El Salvador America Costa Rica Honduras 231

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

What is the National Bird of Nicaragua? In Germany, they occur throughout but are considerably rarer e.g. around the Baltic or Berlin than they are in the SW. Maybe they are not so fond of coastal climates that get cold during the winter? Share Your Thoughts « Nine-legged Plover? Thanks for visiting!

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Montana 2011 Bahamas Deer 133

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 1, 2022

The subpopulation in northern Costa Rica and southern Nicaragua numbered 834 individuals in 2009, but was estimated at less than 200 individuals, equating to c. This equates to a decline of 99% over three generations for Nicaragua and Costa Rica (IUCN 2019). 130 mature individuals, in 2019 (Monge et al.

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Costa Rica Nicaragua 2019 Farming 231

10,000 Birds

MARCH 11, 2011

Share Your Thoughts « What is the National Bird of Nicaragua? For a globally themed post, David Ringer at “10,000 Birds&# gives us a fun and informative breakdown of the “new&# Suliformes bird order. [.] Thanks for visiting!

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2011 Pelicans Papua New Guinea California 152

10,000 Birds

AUGUST 19, 2017

Given the ground it covered in a matter of seconds, it was easy to see how this species could visit Costa Rica in the morning and just fly back to Nicaragua or onward to Panama that same afternoon. It was big, built for speed, and on the move.

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Costa Rica San Jose Falcons Nicaragua 100

10,000 Birds

OCTOBER 16, 2018

Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama make up Central America. Notice that had I not used the Oxford Comma there, you’d be thinking “Costa Rica and Panama” was a country like Trinidad and Tobago. Or Antigua and Barbuda. Or Bosnia and Herzegovina.

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Antigua and Barbuda El Salvador America Costa Rica 114

10,000 Birds

APRIL 28, 2018

In addition to Spanish, several other languages continue to be spoken, the pines and cypress trees of the Guatemalan highlands only occur as introduced species once you travel south of Nicaragua, and dozens of bird species that occur in Costa Rica and Panama don’t even make it to Nicaragua.

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Costa Rica Guatemala Nicaragua Birds 114

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 5, 2011

Found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Panama and Nicaragua, this tiny hummingbird is placed within its own genus microchera. Coming in at no. 19 is the celestial Red-tailed Comet. Red-tailed Comet by Nick Athanas NUMBER 18 The adult male Snowcap is one of the most unmistakable hummingbirds in the world. 17 spot is the Rainbow-bearded Thornbill.

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