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The Scarlet Macaw Ara macao was an easy choice to crown my Top Ten Birds of Costa Rica. Large and extravagently coloured, their appearance...

With its rich burgundy plumage topped by a shocking white crown, the Snowcap male is one of the most instantly recognisable hummingbirds of ...

For many, the Resplendent Quetzal  Pharomachrus mocinno   is the poster bird for Costa Rican eco-tourism, the undoubted number one. Clad in...

Manakins are some of the most characterful birds of the Neotropics, so to exclude them from my Top Ten list would be unforgivable. There are...

So far my Top Ten has featured birds from families that are only found in the Americas - a toucan, tinamou, hummingbird, motmot and New Worl...

  While toucans, hummingbirds, motmots and the like grab all of the attention, most of the birds that people actually see in Costa Rica, and...

Everybody likes a motmot. Brightly coloured, with distinctive racquet-shaped tails, motmots are easily recognisable birds. It helps that the...