Adult gray-headed kites don’t really resemble any other bird in Costa Rica. Three characteristics make it stand out. First, its coloration. It has its namesake gray head, a white chest, and black ...

Yellow-naped amazons are large birds. They weigh over a pound and are about 14 inches long. Like most of Costa Rica’s parrots and parrakeets, they’re mostly green. They have their namesake yellow ...

You can get an idea of the colors from the names: blue-gray tanager ... birding sites in Costa Rica. This area has some large tracts of cloud forest with a distinctive bird fauna.

But if you want to see birds and turtles, patience pays off. Of the world’s seven species of sea turtles, five nest on protected beaches in Costa Rica. Through an amazing process of imprinting ...

The yellow warbler may not pull a perfect latte, but it turns out it's a friend to coffee drinkers all the same. Research in Costa Rica shows that hungry warblers and other birds significantly ...

hedgerows and tracts of intact forest provide a refuge for some tropical bird populations, according to an 18-year study in Costa Rica. For almost two decades, ornithologist James Zook has been ...

hedgerows and tracts of intact forest provide a refuge for some tropical bird populations, according to an 18-year study in Costa Rica. For almost two decades, ornithologist James Zook has been ...