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Pair of Cherrie’s Tanagers

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Pair of Cherrie's Tanagers

In 2004, I caught this pair of Cherrie’s Tanagers (Ramphocelus costaricensis) on camera one morning near the Corcovado National Park. The female’s coloration is obscured by shadow, but the sunlit male on the right, with his bright red rump and light blue bill, is easy to distinguish. The male Cherrie’s Tanager, native to the south Pacific region of Costa Rica, looks virtually identical to the male Passerini’s Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii), which is found only on the Caribbean side of the country. However, the coloration of the female Cherrie’s Tanager is significantly brighter than her Passerini counterpart. Collectively known as the Scarlet-rumped Tanager, the two species were formerly considered conspecific, but have since been separated.

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Blue-gray Tanagers

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Blue-gray Tanagers

In the low light of a very rainy day in Selve Verde, these Blue-gray Tanagers (Thraupis episcopus) look a little more lilac than sky blue. This species is one of the most common Tanagers in Costa Rica, and lives all over the country. By the look of this pair, I think somebody is getting scolded!

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Emerald Toucanet

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Emerald Toucanet

Emerald Toucanets (Aulacorhynchus prasinus) are smaller than their Toucan cousins, and have their own bright feather and bill patterns. This one was photographed in the upper valley of Costa Rica’s Savegre River, and it’s the only snapshot I’ve managed to capture of the species. I particularly like the color of this bird’s dark blue throat.

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White-crowned Parrot

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White-crowned Parrot

Named for its forehead and cap, the White-crowned Parrot (Pionus senilis) is common in most lowland and middle elevations, except in the northwest Pacific region. These multi-colored, bright-eyed birds are very noisy too!

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Blue-crowned Motmot

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Blue-Crowned Motmot

The Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota) is the only motmot species in Costa Rica that can be found in the southern Pacific forests. This one was photographed near Carate on the Osa Peninsula. It was swinging its long, racquet-tipped tail feathers back and forth like a pendulum, as motmots often do while scouting for large bugs and small lizards or amphibians to eat.

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Bicolored Antbird

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Bicolored Antbird

I’m especially fond of Bicolored Antbirds (Gymnopithys leucaspis) because the blue orbital skin around their eyes makes them look like they’re wearing goggles. I’ve often seen them flitting low by the trails around Luna Lodge, seemingly following along on the hike and staring at us. More likely they’re scouting out swarms of army ants. Although antbirds don’t typically eat ants, they appreciate the multitude of bugs that hunting army ants stir up from the forest floor. Why waste energy pecking about on the ground when tens of thousands of marching insects will do it for you?

A white belly distinguishes the Bicolored species from other Antbirds that sport blue goggles.

A white belly distinguishes the bicolored species from other antbirds that sport blue goggles.

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Great Blue Heron

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A young great blue heron wades in the shallow water where the Madrigal River meets the Pacific.

A young great blue heron wades in the shallow water where the Madrigal River meets the Pacific.

This is one of my all-time favorite photos from Costa Rica. In 2006, I came upon this elegant young great blue heron fishing at the mouth of the Madrigal River in the Corcovada National Park. I watched and photographed it for a long time until it eventually took flight over the waters of the Pacific shore.

Great Blue Heron Takes Flight

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