All birds have worth. I do imagine that however…if I had to decide on between a Rock Pigeon and a Golden-hooded Tanager, you may guess the place I’d be focusing the binos!
It’s exhausting not to take a look at the Golden-hooded Tanager.
Let’s face it, some birds are extra common than others. There are hen species with the facility of persona and feathered associates with tremendous migratory prowess. A few of us are captivated by the fierce stares of hawks and the raptorial majesty of a diving falcon. A good subset of birders are even loopy about gulls (!).
Such birds have their followers however the ones that often win the avian prize, the birds that stroll the purple carpets of our birding goals, these are the beautiful ones. Simply check out a Northern Cardinal. In a variety of locations, this yard magnificence is the most well-liked hen on the block!
Cardinals win us over with beautiful colours, a fairly tune, and customary presence. I grew up with the crested purple birds however I don’t see them any extra. It’s not that they don’t nonetheless happen in Niagara Falls, New York. They do certainly however I haven’t resided within the Cataract Metropolis for a while. I reside in Costa Rica, a spot that makes up for the dearth of cardinals with trogons, motmots, and like 900 different hen species.
I’m wondering which birds are hottest in Costa Rica. With so many birds to select from, it’s exhausting to say. Nonetheless, I feel these 5 are some good candidates.
Clay-colored Thrush
This hen may not look fairly however, domestically, it’s lengthy been common in Costa Rica! Folks in Costa Rica have in all probability been paying shut consideration to those tropical cousins of the American Robin for hundreds of years. When the Clay-coloreds begin singing, of us comprehend it’s time to plant The Three Sisters (corn, bean, and squash), and different crops. The thrushes know that the rains are simply across the nook they usually remind us by filling the countryside with their robin-like songs. Because of this Costa Rica picked the “Yiguirro” to be the nationwide hen, even with so many different prettier birds to select from.
Scarlet Macaw
An enormous purple parrot with blue and yellow highlights is a tough hen to overlook! At one time, Scarlet Macaws in Costa Rica have been enormously diminished. It was like so many different locations the place the younger birds have been stolen from nests, habitat was destroyed, and grownup macaws sometimes hunted.
Fortunately, In Costa Rica, that ignorance ended a while in the past. Lengthy sufficient, actually, for Scarlet Macaws to turn into frequent birds in lots of components of the nation. They’re additionally common, it looks as if a variety of locals are pleased with the majestic birds and their conservation success story.
Keel-billed Toucan
I dare say a variety of locals like this hen too. Just like the macaw, it’s one other exhausting one to disregard! In Costa Rica, it’s additionally a reasonably frequent hen, I’ve even seen them a brief drive from the airport!
Nonetheless, visiting birders like them much more. Most ask me in the event that they’ll see a Keel-billed Toucan, or the place they’ll see them. I’m completely happy to offer a straightforward reply; a number of locations! Of the numerous hen species visiting birders hope to see, these unbelievable rainbow-beaked birds are one of many simpler birds on the prime of the goal checklist.
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Daring and exquisite, simple to see and vocal, these placing tanagers simply could be our cardinal. Though you may’t see them in dry forest or within the mountains, they’re frequent backyard birds in every single place else. While you drive to decrease elevations, it received’t take lengthy to see a flash of purple and black in roadside vegetation.
Resplendent Quetzal
The fifth hen on our checklist is royalty amongst birds. Heck, it seems so loopy unbelievable, some cultures took it to be a divine messenger! Espy one within the wild and it’s simple to see why. If you need a hen to take your breath away, one to possibly make you cry, the Resplendent Quetzal simply would possibly do the trick.
In Costa Rica, this mega trogon is common amongst locals and a should for visiting birders. Fortunately, it’s additionally pretty frequent and accessible in most of our highland forests.
In Costa Rica, we’ve obtained a heck of a variety of birds to select from. It’s in all probability not possible to choose the 5 hottest ones however I wager the species talked about above are good candidates. After all the easiest way to search out your favourite birds is by coming to Costa Rica and seeing them for your self. Will you want a quetzal over a Black-hooded Antthrush? Desire a White-fronted Nunbird or an Ornate Hawk-eagle? Snowcap anybody?
The most effective reply is “the entire above and a few”. From the tiny, plain Slaty Flowerpiercer to the gaudy Purple-headed Barbet, I do know I like all of them.
