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The clay-colored thrush is the national bird of Costa Rica. Although Costa Rica is a small country, it is in the bird-rich neotropical region and has a huge number of species for its area. The official bird list published by the Costa Rican Rare Birds and Records Committee of the Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica (AOCR) contained 948 ...
The yellow-headed caracara (Milvago chimachima) is new-world bird of prey in the family Falconidae, of the Falconiformes order (true falcons, caracaras and their kin). [4] It is found as far north as Nicaragua, south to Costa Rica and Panamá, every mainland South American country (except Chile), and on the Caribbean islands of Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Costa Rica's birds range in size from the scintillant hummingbird, at 2.2 grams and 6 cm (2.4 in), to the huge jabiru, at 6.5 kg (14.3 lb) and 150 cm (60 in) (the American white pelican is heavier, but is an accidental species).
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The bare-necked umbrellabird is found in Panama, Costa Rica, and southern Nicaragua. [6] It inhabits the subcanopy to upper understory of primary forest throughout its range, although some birds have been seen foraging in secondary forest. It can also be found in areas with dense understory and near fruiting trees. [7]
The bird is named after Admiral Antoine Marie Ferdinand de Maussion de Candé, an explorer of South America. [2] It occurs in the lowlands and foothills of the Caribbean slope up to 700 m, being replaced on the Pacific slopes of Costa Rica and Panama by the closely related orange-collared (M. aurantiacus) and golden-collared (M. vitellinus) manakins.
The nominate subspecies of blue-throated toucanet is found along most of the length of Costa Rica into western Panama as far as Veraguas Province. A. c. cognatus is found in central and eastern Panama and slightly into Colombia's Chocó Department. In elevation the species ranges between 800 and 3,000 m (2,600 and 9,800 ft) in Costa Rica and ...
Female Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis), photo taken at Hacienda Baru reserve near Dominical, Costa Rica. Cherrie's tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii costaricensis) is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica and western Panama.