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Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus)
This is a Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus), and a transition male that is close to full adult breeding plumage. Even more amazing than catching this individual was discovering a nest soon after!...
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White-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus)
Here we have a male White-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus) a common tanager in forested and open habitat areas such as plantations. They have a very similar coloration to the White-lined...
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Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae)
The male Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae) is a charismatic euphonia species that can be found in montane tropical forests. Photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser for the Meet Your...
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Lesser Sac-winged Bat (Saccopteryx leptura)
This is a Lesser Sac-winged Bat (Saccopteryx leptura), very commonly found in the bathrooms and facilities at Cocobolo Nature Reserve! This individual started to call a bit after having been netted,...
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RTPI tropical frog research is in the news today! Many of you are likely aware of RTPI’s research, education and conservation efforts focused on our region’s flora and fauna. If you regularly visit...
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Louisiana Waterthrush
This is a Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla) photographed on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica, where it was recaptured after being banded in a previous year. Costa Rica has both species of...
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Juvenile Male Green-breasted Mango
Here’s another juvenile male Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii) from Costa Rica, this one with just the beginnings of the male chest patch showing. Photographed by RTPI Affiliate Sean...
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Brown-throated Three-toed-sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser is starting to feel the itch to get back to work in the tropics, thinking of sights like this Brown-throated Three-toed-sloth (Bradypus variegatus) warmly embracing its baby…
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Strawberry Poison-dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio)
Sean says there’s nothing like walking through the tropics at night with little red vibrant jumping beans darting in and out of the trail path. The Strawberry Poison-dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio) is one...
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Costa Rica Forest Birds
Here we have the Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti), Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas), White-throated Manakin (Corapipo gutturalis), and Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae),...
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Lithobates vibicaria
Roger Tory Peterson Institute Ornithological Club – November 18, 2015 Birds on break, and other tropical discoveries… The weather is changing and many of our backyard birds have left. We all know that...
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RTPIOC Meeting – Wood Thrush
Roger Tory Peterson Institute Ornithological Club – November 18, 2015 Birds on break, and other tropical discoveries… The weather is changing and many of our backyard birds have left, like this Wood...
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RTPIOC Meeting – Long-tailed Manakin
Roger Tory Peterson Institute Ornithological Club – November 18, 2015 Birds on break, and other tropical discoveries… The weather is changing and many of our backyard birds have left. We all know that...
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RTPIOC Meeting – Sachatamia albomaculata
Roger Tory Peterson Institute Ornithological Club – November 18, 2015 Birds on break, and other tropical discoveries… The weather is changing and many of our backyard birds have left. We all know that...
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RTPIOC Meeting – Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota)
Tonight! Roger Tory Peterson Institute Ornithological Club – November 18, 2015 Birds on break, and other tropical discoveries… The weather is changing and many of our backyard birds have left. We all...
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White-tailed Kite Hovering
It won’t be long until RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser will be heading back to the tropics for another wintering season of awesome research and field work in Central America. Later on in the season RTPI...
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Trycopeptus laciniatus
Are you ready to be blown away by a life form today? Look no further than this! Here’s one of the coolest aliens to inhabit our planet – the mossy phasmid Trycopeptus laciniatus. Come on, isn’t this...
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Strawberry Poison-dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio)
Sean says there’s nothing like walking through the tropics at night with little red vibrant jumping beans darting in and out of the trail path. The Strawberry Poison-dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio) is one...
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Costa Rica Forest Birds
Here we have the Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti), Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas), White-throated Manakin (Corapipo gutturalis), and Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae),...
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Lithobates vibicaria
Roger Tory Peterson Institute Ornithological Club – November 18, 2015 Birds on break, and other tropical discoveries… The weather is changing and many of our backyard birds have left. We all know that...
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