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Our first trip of the year in northern Peru was a success! We spent a few days at the Private Conservation Area of Chaparrà taking pictures of birds and animals found in this beautiful forest. Chaparrà is a reserve that protects 34 thousand hectares of dry forest in the Tumbesian Endemic Bird Area. The reserve [...] The Tapaculos (genus Scytalopus) is one of the most difficult to identify families of birds, mainly because of the similarity in appearance to others within the genus. However an important differentiating characteristic is their voice. In recent years many new species of Tapaculos have been described due to analyses of their song. On February 9th, Dr. [...] Today we will start a new series of posts about the endemic bird species of Neotropical countries. Each week we will talk about five bird species endemic to one of the countries within the Neotropical region. An endemic species is an organism that exclusively inhabits a particular geographic region or environment. The Neotropical region is [...] |
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