Archive for March, 2012
Brown-hooded Parrot
From Wikipedia: The Brown-hooded Parrot (Pyrilia haematotis) is a small parrot which is a resident breeding species from southeastern Mexico to north-western Colombia. Until recently, it was placed in the genus Pionopsitta, which now is restricted to the type species, the Pileated Parrot. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the Rose-faced Parrot (P. pulchra). This [...]
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Hummingbird taken at around 1100meters above sea level in the cloud forest of the hills in Cocle Panama, possibly a green fronted brilliant hummingbird.
Read More..>>Tropical birds ‘face extinction’
BBC News reports here: “Between 600 and 900 species of tropical birds could become extinct by 2100 due to climate change, researchers say.” “People who go bird watching in the tropics can gather very useful data, given that the current data that we have is basically pretty poor in many parts of the world. Amateur [...]
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