What do you get when you combine the broad wings and big body of a raptor with a little curved beak on a small dove-like head ... Costa Rica, they’re found along the forested lowlands and foothills on ...

Moving to Costa Rica allowed me to discover and learn about ... As one might expect from a bird with this build, great blue herons inhabit wetlands. They’re found around any fresh and saltwater ...

Fewer than 20 species of these little gems can be found found regularly in the United States and Canada. By contrast, the tiny, beautiful nation of Costa Rica ... blue and purple on the head ...

Costa Rica boasts an astonishing diversity of bird species, making it one of the top birding hotspots on the planet. With over 900 recorded bird species-more than the total number found in the ...

birds found here are very different to the ones which live in forests. In northwest Costa Rica, we studied a beautiful bird called the long-tailed manakin, coloured blue and black. It sings an ...

according to an 18-year study in Costa Rica. For almost two decades, ornithologist James Zook has been collecting detailed records on nearly 430 tropical bird species found on small farms ...