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Costa Rica is considered one of the 20 countries with the highest biodiversity in the world. Its geographical position, its two coasts and its mountainous system, which provides numerous and varied microclimates, are some of the reasons that explain this…
Choose one of the bird families ID Family Name 1 Galbulidae Family 2 Nyctibiidae Family 3 Thraupidae Family 4 Trochilidae Family 5 Cathartidae Family 6 Tyrannidae Family 7 Thamnophoilidae Family 8 Tinamidae Family 9 Momotidae Family 10 Bucconidae Family 11…
An exclusively New World family of small songbirds, also known as New World Warbler. Most North American species of wood-warblers are migrants, wintering in the Neotropics. Their return in spring, in their finest most colorfull breeding plumage and full song,…
They are compact stubby birds with short tails, broad and rounded wings, and big heads. The bill is short and has a wide gap. Females and first-year males have dull green plumage; most species are sexually dichromatic in their plumage,…
The toucans are most closely related to the American barbets. They are brightly marked and have large, often colorful bills. The family includes five genera and over forty different species. They make their nests in tree hollows and holes excavated…
Shy, terrestrial or semiterrestrial birds, they live in the dense undergrowth in the forest of Central and South America. The family is sometimes known as "ground" birds. All species have a compact, rounded body; a sternum lacking a keel: short,…
Potoos are a group of near passerine birds related to the nightjars and frogmouths. They are sometimes called poor-me-ones, after their haunting calls. There are seven species in one genus, Nyctibius, in tropical Central and South America. These are nocturnal…
Hummingbirds are birds native to the Americas and constituting the biological family Trochilidae. They are the smallest of birds, most species measuring 7.5–13 cm (3–5 in) in length. The smallest extant bird species is the 5 cm (2.0 in) bee…
The New World vultures and condors found in warm and temperate areas of the Americas are not closely related to the similar Accipitridae, but belong in the family Cathartidae, which was once considered to be related to the storks. However,…
The tyrant flycatchers (Tyrannidae) are a family of passerine birds which occur throughout North and South America. They are considered the largest family of birds, with more than 400 species. They are the most diverse avian family in every country…
