Explore the birds of the Neotropics
Life histories of all species breeding in Mexico, Central America, and South America
Welcome to the New Neotropical Birds
Neotropical Birds is an authoritative, online resource for life histories of Neotropical birds. These accounts are intended primarily for ornithologists, especially those based in the Neotropics, but will also prove useful to wildlife biologists, conservationists, amateur ornithologists with strong interests in avian natural history, and biology teachers and students.
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Southern Emerald-Toucanet
Aulacorhynchus albivitta
Thomas S. Schulenberg, A. M. Contreras-González, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, Kolten Powell
Ridgway's Hawk
Buteo ridgwayi
Full Revision
David L. Anderson, Russell Thorstrom, Christine D. Hayes, Thomas Hayes
Northern Emerald-Toucanet
Aulacorhynchus prasinus
Full Revision
Thomas S. Schulenberg, A. M. Contreras-González, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, Kolten Powell
White-faced Ground-Sparrow
Melozone biarcuata
Full Revision
Marîa Félix Ramos-Ordoñez, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, Alvaro Jaramillo, Thomas S. Schulenberg
Cabanis's Ground-Sparrow
Melozone cabanisi
Full Revision
Marîa Félix Ramos-Ordoñez, Claudia I. Rodríguez-Flores, Carlos A. Soberanes-González, Marîa del Coro Arizmendi, Alvaro Jaramillo, Thomas S. Schulenberg
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Neotropical Birding issue 17
Check out the newest issue of Neotropical Birding, featuring articles on pelagic birding off north-east Brazil, the search for Mexico's mystery owl, Markham's Storm-Petrel breeding colonies in Chile, and more
Neotropical Birds taxonomy update 2014
A brief review of some of the important species-level changes that are incorporated in the 2014 revisions to the eBird/Clements Checklist.
The 17th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC)
February 14-17 (Friday to Monday) is the 17th annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC). To participate, just go birding during this timeframe and make sure to enter your checklists in eBird.