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    Parque Nacional Benito Juárez

    I just see this thread now, Parque Nacional Benito Juarez is a big area and have several entrances, but if you want to see the birds of the region, a very good option is La Cumbre-Ixtepeji, nice trails and possibility to accomodation in the middle of the forest...
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    On the description year and type locality of Horned Guan

    Hello, reading about the incredible Horned Guan I found some inconsistences on the description dates of this bird. Both Avibase and Birds of the World indicates that this bird was described in 1844 (no specific locality given, just labeled as Guatemala) But searching more about the type...
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    Icterus pectoralis espinachi

    Thank you for your comments!!
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    Icterus pectoralis espinachi

    Hello, there is an interesting story I was researching about Spot-breasted Oriole subspecies and I found the name of the southernmost spp. Icterus pectorales espinachi and immediately tought that was about spinachs, this piqued my curiosity since I couldn't find anything about this name in the...
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    Quintana Roo birding without a guide?

    Hello! I've been on Reserva Toh in 2017, by that time I just need to pay for the entrance to the reserve and I did not require a guide, but I don't know if the reserve's politics changed. Near Reserva Toh is another site called Central Vallarta that is a small town surrounded with good habitat...
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    Where is description of Numenius americanus?

    Thank you!! so there is the first description of Long-billed Curlew in just a few lines, that old type of letter confused me
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    Where is description of Numenius americanus?

    Where is the description of Numenius americanus? Hello! first of all, apologies for my bad english I was looking for the original description of Numenius americanus (Long-billed Curlew) and I found what I think are some problems with the original description of this bird. Initially I found...
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    Abeillia abeillei

    Hello, I'm sad to say that I have no progress to find either Montes de Oca or Rosalía information :( For Montes de Oca biographical data I need to get access to the local church archives (that has proved to be complicated) And for Rosalía I need to travel to the area in order to get first-hand...
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    Abeillia abeillei

    This is one of the hardest bird etymologies I researched!! Thank you all, this thread was very useful I tried to find another information through searching about naturalist societies in Bordeaux by the date of description of the birds with the abeillei eponym without any result. It also seems...
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    Parque Xel Ha, Yucatan - request for info

    Ornate Hawk-Eagle is present in the area but there are no one spot for it, I'll recomend you the site of Muyil, a small archaeological site south of Tulum where you can find Tawny-crowned Greenlet near the ruins
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    Looking for old Phylogenies

    Hello I'm a biology student from Mexico, and I'm looking for Wood-warblers (Parulidae) phylogenies, not based in molecular characters but in morphological traits. I was searching in all my known databases for that kind of work but I didn't find nothing, so, this forum is my last hope Anyone...
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    About the name of Passerina rositae

    Thank you all... About Montes de Oca, I haven't enough time to search in the local register, sorry |8(|
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    About the name of Passerina rositae

    Well... It have been a long time, but finally I've done a divulgative video about this story. It's in spanish but I think you can translate with Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_RM125CnwQ&t=54s
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    presentation of my work

    This is time for Anna's Hummingbird
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    Peregrine sketches

    Nice! I hope to see the finished work
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