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Red-legged Honeycreeper

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Collared Aracari

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Swallow-tailed Kite

©Peter de Haas
Pacific Parrotlet

©Iñigo-Elias & Córdova Alvárez
Orange-breasted Falcon

©Christopher L Wood
Green Violetear

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Silver-throated Tanager

©Christopher L Wood
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis

©Christopher L Wood
Tiny Hawk

©Christopher L Wood
Azure-hooded Jay

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American Pygmy Kingfisher

©Alex Vargas
Purple-throated Mountain-gem

©Lev Frid
Red-legged Thrush

©Alejandro Tabini
Inca Tern

©Stephen Davies
Red-legged Honeycreeper

©Mark W. Lockwood
Silver-throated Tanager

©Christopher L Wood
Boat-billed Heron

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Neotropical News

A Hybrid Nighthawk? Listen!

While Nathan Pieplow was listening to the Macaulay Library's collection of Common Nighthawk vocalizations, he came upon something strange: a recording of what might be a hybrid Common x Antillean Nighthawk.

The Bogota Sunangel lived! - confirmed as valid species

New DNA analysis of only specimen confirms bird was a separate species

Have you seen any Orange-breasted Falcons?

Observations needed! Report Orange-breasted Falcon sightings to eBird.

Flight of the Whimbrel

On August 14, a Whimbrel named Hope arrived at Great Pond, St. Croix after a marathon 5,500 kilometer flight.

Site Updates

November 10, 2009

Listen up! First known recordings of Mangrove Hummingbird and of wing whirrs of the Rufous Twistwing have now added to Neotropical Birds. Click on the link to go to the species overview page and play the audio clips.