Category: Costa Rica Birds
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Great Curassow
BIRDS & BIRDING IN COSTA RICA The Great Curassow (Crax rubra) inhabits undisturbed humid evergreen forests, as well as some seasonally dry forests and mangroves.
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Crested Guan
BIRDS & BIRDING IN COSTA RICA The Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens) is a Near Threatened bird species found in an ancient group of birds known as the family Cracidae.
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Gray-headed Chachalaca
BIRDS & BIRDING IN COSTA RICA The Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps) is a medium-sized bird found from Honduras to Colombia.
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Plain Chachalaca
BIRDS & BIRDING IN COSTA RICA The Plain Chachalaca (Ortalis vetula) is a large bird in the chachalaca, guan, and curassow family Cracidae.
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Blue-winged Teal
BIRDS & BIRDING IN COSTA RICA The Blue-winged Teal (Spatula discors) is a bird of freshwater marshes and grassy wetlands.
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Pura Vida Birds and Birding – Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
PURA VIDA BIRDS AND BIRDING The Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis) is a gangly duck with long neck and legs.
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Great Tinamou
BIRDS & BIRDING IN COSTA RICE The Great Tinamou (Tinamus major) is a large, almost tailless game bird that lives on the ground. It inhabits subtropical and tropical forests, including rainforests, lowland evergreen forests, river-edge forests, swamp forests, and cloud forests.
Reflections of the Natural World 