All birds have worth. I do consider that however…if I had to decide on between a Rock Pigeon and a Golden-hooded Tanager, you’ll be able to guess the place I’d be focusing the binos!
It’s laborious not to take a look at the Golden-hooded Tanager.
Let’s face it, some birds are extra fashionable than others. There are chook species with the facility of persona and feathered associates with tremendous migratory prowess. A few of us are captivated by the fierce stares of hawks and the raptorial majesty of a diving falcon. A good subset of birders are even loopy about gulls (!).
Such birds have their followers however the ones that often win the avian prize, the birds that stroll the purple carpets of our birding goals, these are the beautiful ones. Simply check out a Northern Cardinal. In lots of locations, this yard magnificence is the most well-liked chook on the block!
Cardinals win us over with gorgeous colours, a fairly track, and customary presence. I grew up with the crested purple birds however I don’t see them any extra. It’s not that they don’t nonetheless happen in Niagara Falls, New York. They do certainly however I haven’t resided within the Cataract Metropolis for a while. I stay in Costa Rica, a spot that makes up for the shortage of cardinals with trogons, motmots, and like 900 different chook species.
I ponder which birds are hottest in Costa Rica. With so many birds to select from, it’s laborious to say. Nonetheless, I believe these 5 are some good candidates.
Clay-colored Thrush
This chook won’t look fairly however, domestically, it’s lengthy been fashionable in Costa Rica! Individuals in Costa Rica have most likely been paying shut consideration to those tropical cousins of the American Robin for 1000’s of years. When the Clay-coloreds begin singing, of us understand it’s time to plant The Three Sisters (corn, bean, and squash), and different crops. The thrushes know that the rains are simply across the nook they usually remind us by filling the countryside with their robin-like songs. For this reason Costa Rica picked the “Yiguirro” to be the nationwide chook, even with so many different prettier birds to select from.
Scarlet Macaw
An enormous purple parrot with blue and yellow highlights is a tough chook to overlook! At one time, Scarlet Macaws in Costa Rica had been significantly diminished. It was like so many different locations the place the younger birds had been stolen from nests, habitat was destroyed, and grownup macaws sometimes hunted.
Fortunately, In Costa Rica, that ignorance ended a while in the past. Lengthy sufficient, in actual fact, for Scarlet Macaws to turn into frequent birds in lots of components of the nation. They’re additionally fashionable, it looks as if lots of locals are happy with the majestic birds and their conservation success story.
Keel-billed Toucan
I dare say lots of locals like this chook too. Just like the macaw, it’s one other laborious one to disregard! In Costa Rica, it’s additionally a reasonably frequent chook, I’ve even seen them a brief drive from the airport!
Nonetheless, visiting birders like them much more. Most ask me in the event that they’ll see a Keel-billed Toucan, or the place they’ll see them. I’m blissful to provide a straightforward reply; a lot of locations! Of the numerous chook species visiting birders hope to see, these unbelievable rainbow-beaked birds are one of many simpler birds on the high of the goal listing.
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Daring and delightful, straightforward to see and vocal, these placing tanagers simply may be our cardinal. Though you’ll be able to’t see them in dry forest or within the mountains, they’re frequent backyard birds in every single place else. Once you drive to decrease elevations, it gained’t take lengthy to see a flash of purple and black in roadside vegetation.
Resplendent Quetzal
The fifth chook on our listing is royalty amongst birds. Heck, it appears so loopy unbelievable, some cultures took it to be a divine messenger! Espy one within the wild and it’s straightforward to see why. If you’d like a chook to take your breath away, one to possibly make you cry, the Resplendent Quetzal simply may do the trick.
In Costa Rica, this mega trogon is fashionable amongst locals and a should for visiting birders. Fortunately, it’s additionally pretty frequent and accessible in most of our highland forests.
In Costa Rica, we’ve obtained a heck of lots of birds to select from. It’s most likely inconceivable to choose the 5 hottest ones however I guess the species talked about above are good candidates. After all one of the simplest ways to seek out your favourite birds is by coming to Costa Rica and seeing them for your self. Will you want a quetzal over a Black-hooded Antthrush? Want a White-fronted Nunbird or an Ornate Hawk-eagle? Snowcap anybody?
The most effective reply is “all the above and a few”. From the tiny, plain Slaty Flowerpiercer to the gaudy Purple-headed Barbet, I do know I like all of them.
