Long-tailed Hermit, Costa Rica - information, where to see ...

About The Long-tailed Hermit

Habitat

In wet lowland forests this hummingbird is active in the understory, light gaps, forest edge, and old second growth. It commonly lives at elevations as high as 1,000 m, but above this elevation the Long-tailed is replaced by the Green Hermit, which is similar in biology and habitat choice.

Range

The Long-tailed Hermit can be found between southern Mexico and...

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Identification - Long-tailed Jaeger (Stercorarius ...

Identification

Summary

37 - 41 cm. 300 g. Bill stubby and short, black, darker at tip. Wings slender. Flight feathers of wings blackish. Legs gray. Nonbreeding adults (November-March): Forehead and crown black. Black mask. Back grayish brown. Sides of head, nape, neck, throat and belly buff white. Gray ban on chest and flanks. Feathers that cover undertail dark with white bands. Central tail feathers long and slender. Breeding adults (March-October): Cap black. Sides of head, nape, neck and chest white. Upperparts brown. Flanks, lower belly and feathers that cover undertail dark buff. Central tail feathers slender, longer than nonbreeding...

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10,000 Birds | South Africa’s endemic birds

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My home country of South Africa can only be described as a birding paradise! Although in raw numbers (843 species recorded to date) it doesn't compete with tropical countries to the north or on other continents (especially South America), South Africa makes up for this in several ways:

o the highest number of endemics on the continent: 19 true endemics, 2 breeding endemics, 1 winter...

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Grey warbler | New Zealand Birds Online

The grey warbler is New Zealand???s most widely distributed endemic bird species, based on the number of 10 x 10 km grid squares it occupied over the whole country in a 1999-2004 survey. It vies with rifleman for the title of New Zealand???s smallest bird, with both weighing about 6 g. The title usually goes to rifleman, based on its shorter tail and therefore shorter body length.

The grey...

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