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 arduous not to take a look at the Golden-hooded Tanager.
Let’s face it, some birds are extra well-liked than others. There are chicken species with the facility of character and feathered pals 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 pink carpets of our birding desires, these are the gorgeous ones. Simply check out a Northern Cardinal. In plenty of locations, this yard magnificence is the preferred chicken on the block!
Cardinals win us over with gorgeous colours, a reasonably tune, and customary presence. I grew up with the crested pink 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 reside in Costa Rica, a spot that makes up for the dearth of cardinals with trogons, motmots, and like 900 different chicken species.
I’m wondering which birds are hottest in Costa Rica. With so many birds to select from, it’s arduous to say. Nonetheless, I believe these 5 are some good candidates.
Clay-colored Thrush
This chicken may not look fairly however, regionally, it’s lengthy been well-liked in Costa Rica! Individuals in Costa Rica have in all probability been paying shut consideration to those tropical cousins of the American Robin for 1000’s of years. When the Clay-coloreds begin singing, people realize 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 and so they remind us by filling the countryside with their robin-like songs. Because of this Costa Rica picked the “Yiguirro” to be the nationwide chicken, even with so many different prettier birds to select from.
Scarlet Macaw
An enormous pink parrot with blue and yellow highlights is a tough chicken to overlook! At one time, Scarlet Macaws in Costa Rica had been drastically lowered. It was like so many different locations the place the younger birds had been stolen from nests, habitat was destroyed, and grownup macaws often hunted.
Fortunately, In Costa Rica, that ignorance ended a while in the past. Lengthy sufficient, the truth is, for Scarlet Macaws to grow to be widespread birds in lots of components of the nation. They’re additionally well-liked, it looks as if plenty of locals are pleased with the majestic birds and their conservation success story.
Keel-billed Toucan
I dare say plenty of locals like this chicken too. Just like the macaw, it’s one other arduous one to disregard! In Costa Rica, it’s additionally a reasonably widespread chicken, 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 joyful to offer a straightforward reply; a lot of locations! Of the various chicken species visiting birders hope to see, these unimaginable rainbow-beaked birds are one of many simpler birds on the high of the goal checklist.
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Daring and exquisite, simple to see and vocal, these putting tanagers simply is perhaps our cardinal. Though you’ll be able to’t see them in dry forest or within the mountains, they’re widespread backyard birds all over the place else. While you drive to decrease elevations, it gained’t take lengthy to see a flash of pink and black in roadside vegetation.
Resplendent Quetzal
The fifth chicken on our checklist is royalty amongst birds. Heck, it appears so loopy unimaginable, some cultures took it to be a divine messenger! Espy one within the wild and it’s simple to see why. If you need a chicken to take your breath away, one to perhaps make you cry, the Resplendent Quetzal simply would possibly do the trick.
In Costa Rica, this mega trogon is well-liked amongst locals and a should for visiting birders. Fortunately, it’s additionally pretty widespread and accessible in most of our highland forests.
In Costa Rica, we’ve received a heck of plenty of birds to select from. It’s in all probability not possible to select the 5 hottest ones however I wager the species talked about above are good candidates. After all one of the best ways to search 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? Choose 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.