My Costa Rica Bird Galleries by Species have many helpful characteristics for birders or anyone interested in Costa Rica birds that no other online gallery has nor does any book other than maybe Aves de Costa Rica by Garrigues & Dean and it, like its English version is out of date with many incorrect bird names.
My bird galleries have:
- Photos of 360+ species of birds in Costa Rica arranged by taxonomy families as in the Princeton Field Guide: Birds of Central America, the most up-to-date birding book for Costa Rica at this time.
- Up-to-date official English Names (constantly changing) based on the latest from eBird
- Spanish Names as given in the only Spanish bird book for Costa Rica, Aves de Costa Rica. Note that these have not been changing like the English names and thus often parallel the old English names. PLUS I include the Otros nombres en español that are included in the above Spanish bird book since different regions of the country use different names.
- The Latin Scientific Name of every bird has recently been added to my gallery of Costa Rica Birds.
- And as I try to do with all my photos in all my galleries, I have included the specific location in which each bird was photographed. That can particularly help birders who are looking for a specific species they have not yet seen or photographed.
- All of the above information is included on each photo in the galleries as Keywords making searches easier.
- Downloading photo files is free from any of my galleries. Just look for the downward pointing arrow below an enlarged image or use the old fashion way with a right click.
- You can order quality prints or wall art on metal or canvas of any of the images you consider good enough for those purposes. I have some bad images just to show that a bird was seen in a particular place, but some of my images make great wall art and I personally prefer the ones printed on metal. This is a service of SmugMug Galleries with Bay Photos. This is not a source of income for me and thus my markup is only $1.
- There is also a link at the top of every page to my Bookstore where you can find find my books of bird photos and many other Costa Rica subjects!
If you love the birds of Costa Rica, I hope you will find my photo galleries helpful to you in studying and learning the locations of these many birds!
¡Pura Vida!
Your birding collection is a great contribution to the citizenry of Costa Rica. It will be a part of your wonderful legacy, containing scientific names and beautiful photography capturing the essence of your gifts to others.
🙂 ¡Muchas gracias Larry!