Vitrealis

  White-throated Capuchin Monkey My last  blog  looked at the largest of Costa Rica's four primate species: the Mantled Howler and Centr...

  It is just after dawn on a road through the dry forest that flanks the Pacific Ocean. Breakfast has been postponed so that we can catch th...

Snow Bunting - Hamworthy, Dorset 14.1.25 If like me you play the game of trying to see as many birds as possible in a year, then January is ...

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...