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Tawny-chested Flcatchers (Aphanotriccus capitalis) are in trouble these days, and are considered threatened by most Costa Rican ornithologists. This one hangs out near La Selva (Costa Rica), where they are still relatively easy to find. Recorded 11/13/98.
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Bright-rumped Attilas (Attila spadiceus) often sit in one place and sing this song for long periods (hours sometimes). This one was in La Selva (Costa Rica), 11/98.
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Here is a second example of the Bright-rumped Attilas (Attilla spadiceus) song, illustrating the lead-in notes a bit better.
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A Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola) sits atop a small bare tree along a path near El Gavilan (Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui) (Costa Rica) and tells us his life story. Smoky Jungle Frogs call in the background.
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A pair of Long-tailed Tyrants (Colonia colonus) call at their nesting tree on the road leading out of Bribri, near Puerto Viejo de Talamanca (Costa Rica), 6/22/99.
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Fortuna Falls, near La Fortuna (Costa Rica)
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Tropical Pewee (Contopus cinereus) - This little guy sat on a wire in La Fortuna (Costa Rica) and called a whole morning away, occasionally sallying forth to catch an insect on the wing.
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Western Wood-Pewees (Contopus sordidulus) are common in the river and stream galleries of central Ariona. In the spring they are easy to distinguish from other Pewees and Empids by their burry call.
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This Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops) sounds off deep in the Monteverde Cloud Forest (Costa Rica).
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Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster) -We heard this plaintive call from Arenal to Quepos (Costa Rica). The "song" is rather like hearing the wind in a wire, almost raptor-like.
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Here a pair of Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster) quarrel outside our room at the Arenal Lodge (Costa Rica), 6/15/99.
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A Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris) sits in a tree and calls incessantly in Carara Biological Preserve (Costa Rica), 11/17/98 - these are 2 examples of different individuals only minutes apart.
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Hammond's Flycatcher (Empidonax hammondii) visits Tavasci Marsh [Arizona] regularly. This is an example of his notes, which is sung while awaiting the next meal.
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The Southwestern Willow Flycatcher (Empidonax traillii extimus) is an endangered "Empid" that breeds in the riparian Willow/Cottonwood/Salt Cedar thickets. This pair was recorded along the Verde River near Camp Verde in central Arizona on 5/30/98. If you hear this easily distinguished "Fitz-bew" song, please let me know. This bird is a victim of Cowbird parasitism and habitat reduction and is on its last legs!
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This is the call of a Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus).
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The "song" of the Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus) is unmistakeable at La Selva (Costa Rica), 6/19/99.
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A Thicket (formerly Fulvous-bellied) Antpitta (Hylopezus dives) sings, hidden in the dense understory (where they feel comfortable) at La Selva (Costa Rica), 6/19/99.
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This Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius) was recorded in the early evening along the road leading to Fortuna Falls, near Fortuna (Costa Rica).
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A Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii) calls along the river at La Selva (Costa Rica), 11/16/98. (Buff-throated Saltator in the background)
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The Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus) is a common lowland Cotinga that I hear more often than see (of course this is true of most Costa Rican birds!). This guy has a variety of calls/songs.
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Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus)
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Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus)
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Tortuguero, Costa Rica
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Tortuguero, Costa Rica