South America Related Topics 
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 13, 2011
go on to say that they believe the birds colonized South America from Africa and suggest that the most plausible explanation for this is that the birds traveled west across the Atlantic on “rafts” — huge floating tangles of debris often invoked to explain trans-Atlantic mammal dispersal events. And Mayr et al.
10,000 Birds
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Brazil ranks fifth largest country by area, occupying about half of South America. When you ask someone what they know about Brazil, you will likely hear answers about the world-famous Rio de Janeiro Carnival, the vast Amazon River, or even Iguazu Falls along the border with Paraguay and Argentina. Ours, as always, are birds.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 15, 2021
Before I delve into some of these avian treasures let me give you a few non-birding reasons to visit this gem of South America. If your Spanish or Portuguese is at the level of a 2-year-old bonobo like mine is, then you’ll probably be pleased to know that Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America.
10,000 Birds
MARCH 21, 2015
Taxa that could end up being split into one species occurring north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, and one south of the isthmus. (2). A species that lives in both Costa Rica and South America but might be two separate species. (3). One of the South American songs of Tawny-throated Leaftosser.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 21, 2021
The Cinnamon-rumped Flowerpiercer is the only flower-piercing game in town if you live in North America. And yes, Mexico is part of North America, not Central or South America.) Its range extends as far as Nicaragua in Central America, where it is joined, in Costa Rica and Panama, by The Slaty Flowerpiercer.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 25, 2015
The authors argue that most major groups, including the sparrows, wood-warblers, blackbirds, and cardinals then diversified in North America and subsequently colonized South America in a series of overwater (before the Isthmus of Panama had formed) or overland dispersal events.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 19, 2013
This photo could have been taken in Florida’s Treasure Coast during the winter months or in South America during the same period. In South America, the small resident gull is the Gray Gull , the two species of large gulls are the Kelp and Band-tailed , and the abundant gull is the Franklin Gull. Photo: Alastair Rae.
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