What Was That Name Again?/Qual es su nombre otra vez?

We have new names for some of our familiar Coto Brus birds.

  1. Next time you see a Blue-crowned Motmot be sure you call it a Lesson’s Motmot.
  2. When you see a Plain Wren in Coto Brus, call it an Isthmian Wren. But if you’re up in Guanacaste, call it a Cabanis’s Wren and call it a Canebrake Wren when you’re birding over on the Caribbean coast.
  3. The Three-striped Warbler still has three stripes but we must now call it the Costa Rican Warbler.
  4. When you spot a Green Violetear hummingbird, you’re now actually looking at a Lesser Violetear.

More to come on WHY these changes occur. Stay tuned.

(From SVBC Taxonomy reporter Jo Davidson.)

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Tenemos nombres nuevos de algunes aves de Coto Brus.

  1. El Motmot capa azul; ahora es el Lesson’s Motmot.
  2. El Plain wren? Ahora es el Isthmian wren aqui en Coto Brus; pero en Guanacaste es diferente—es el Cabanis’s wren y en el lado Caribe es Canebrake wren.
  3. El Reinita de tres rayas, toda via tiene tres rayas pero su nombre es el Costa Rican Warbler.
  4. Y el colibri Green Violetear—ahora su nombre es Lesser Violetear.

Porque los cambios? Mas vience pronto. Gracias.

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P.O.W.-Week #8/F.D.L.S.-Semana #8

Congratulations/Felicidades a Jeff Worman y Gail Hull!

Theme: Birds with another animal in its name / Aves con una otra animal en su nombre

Photo/foto #1: SQUIRREL Cuckoo. Photo by Gail Hull (Finca Cantaros).

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Photo/foto #1: Bare-throated TIGER Heron. Photo by Jeff Worman (Rio Sierpe).

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P.O.W.-Week #5/F.D.L.S.-Semana #5

Congratulations/Felicidades a Barbara Keeler-Barton and Alison Olivieri.

Theme: The Beetles and the Yardbirds!

Photo/foto #1: Striking beetle. Photo by Alison Olivieri.

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Photo/foto #2: A well hidden Orange-chinned Parakeet. Photo by Barbara Keeler-Barton

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Local Students Experience Avian Science in Action/ Estudiantes locales viven la experiencia de la Ciencia de Aves en acción

Pablo ‘Chespi’ Elizondo (long time friend and colleague of the San Vito Bird Club) and his team of bird-banders gives local students a real science experience; one they will always remember.

  • Location: Finca Cantaros
  • Field Trip Leader: Eugenio Garcia
  • Photo: Harry Hull

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Pablo ‘Chespi’ Elizondo (un viejo amigo y colega del Club de Aves de San Vito) y su equipo presentan el proceso real de la ciencia ornitológica a estudiantes.  Una experiencia siempre recordaran.

  • Lugar: Finca Cantaros
  • Profesor de viaje de campo: Eugenio Garcia
  • Foto: Harry Hull
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Photo: Harry Hull

P.O.W.–Week #2/F.D.L.S.–Semana #2

Congratulations/felicidades a Alison Olivieri y Gail Hull.

Theme: Young birds! Aves jovenes!

Photo/Foto #1–Clay-colored Thrush chicks in the nest. Yiguirros bebes en su nido. Photo by Alison Wickwire Olivieri.

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Photo/Foto #2–Young male Three-wattled Bellbird practicing his call. Macho Pajaro Campana joven, practicando su cancion. Photo by Gail H. Hull.

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