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Leander Khil's not so orderly blog on noteworthy bird observations

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Pelagic trips off Guatemala’s Pacific Coast: Birds, Dolphins, Whales etc.

Am 2. Februar 2025 Von LK In Behavior / Ecology, Central America, Identification

Since there’s little information to find on seabird abundances and phenology off Guatemala’s Pacific coast – especially if you’re not trying to dig into and make sense of single ebird checklists (which unfortunately often contain …

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White-throated Magpie-Jay picks ectoparasites off White-tailed Deer

Am 3. Januar 2025 Von LK In Behavior / Ecology, Central America

While at Los Tarrale Natural Reserve, Guatemala on 9th August 2024, I observed a White-throated Magpie-Jay / Weißkehl-Elsternhäher (Cyanocorax formosus) perching on the back of a ruminating young male White-tailed Deer / Weißwedelhirsch (Odocoileus virginianus). …

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Aberrant song of Brown-backed Solitaire

Am 24. Februar 2024 Von LK In Aberrations, Behavior / Ecology, Bird sounds, Central America

While birding with Alfredo Tol Gonzalez on Atitlán volcano, Guatemala on 8th January 2024, he pointed me to a Brown-backed Solitaire / Braunrückenklarino (Myadestes occidentalis) with an aberrant song at about 2250 m altitude. It …

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Chestnut-colored Woodpecker apparently dies stuck to tree

Am 23. Februar 2024 Von LK In Behavior / Ecology, Central America

While watching birds at Ixpanpajul, Guatemala on 13th February 2024, a tour participant pointed me to a male Chestnut-colored Woodpecker / Kastanienrückenspecht (Celeus castaneus) on a tree trunk, just a few meters in front of …

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Giant Wrens nesting in a plastic bag

Am 18. Februar 2023 Von LK In Behavior / Ecology, Central America

While watching a pair of Giant Wrens / Riesenzaunkönige (Campylorhynchus chiapensis) along a sandy track through banana plantations just south of Los Limones, Dep. San Marcos, Guatemala on 12 February 2023 with Ana Paula Oxom, …

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Least Grebe breaking up fish into pieces

Am 15. Februar 2022 Von LK In Behavior / Ecology, Central America

I watched this Least Grebe / Schwarzkopftaucher (Tachybaptus dominicus) catching fish in a small, artificial lagoon in Guatemala. Until this observation, I was under the impression that grebes (at least of the genera Tachybaptus and …

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Great Tinamou roosting in a tree

Am 5. Februar 2022 Von LK In Behavior / Ecology, Central America

During a night walk in a lowland rain forest in northern Costa Rica, we came across this sleeping Great Tinamou / Großer Tinamu (Tinamus major) in a tree, around 5 meters off the ground. Since …

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Three Rufous-naped Wrens building one nest together

Am 14. März 2020 Von LK In Behavior / Ecology, Central America

Rufous-naped Wren / Rotnacken-Zaunkönig (Campylorhynchus rufinucha) is a cooperatively breeding species. In El Paredón (Escuintla, Guatemla) I saw three individuals building one nest together in a palm tree on 6 March 2020. Unfortunately I wasn’t …

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Different nest type of Spot-breasted Oriole

Am 13. März 2020 Von LK In Behavior / Ecology, Central America

While at Finca La Gracia (Escuintla, Guatemala), I was showed a nest (two side by side actually) of Spot-breasted Orioles / Tropfentrupiale (Icterus pectoralis) that were constructed unusually low under a hanging flower pot right …

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Aerial display of Black Hawk-Eagle

Am 13. März 2020 Von LK In Behavior / Ecology, Central America, Identification

While watching raptors over Los Tarrales (Suchitepéquez, Guatemala) in January 2020, I got these record shots of the striking flight display of an adult Black Hawk-Eagle / Schwarzer Haubenadler (Spizaetus tyrannus). The (male?) bird was …

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