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Sooty-capped Chlorospingus
Chlorospingus pileatus
(L 5" Wt 0.71 oz)
Endemic to Costa Rica and
Panama... from 1600 m to above
treeline ...note the “lightning”
© Andrew
Spencer
Macaulay
Library
Chlorospingus
is Greek for
green finch-like bird
;
pileatus
is Greek for
capped
.
© Wikipedia
Of the 10 countries with the
highest deforestation rates in the
world, half are in Latin America
and the Caribbean—-Mexico,
Guatemala, Costa Rica, Jamaica
and Haiti.
(Scott Weidensaul)
04Feb2010
22Jan2022
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