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Photos of research in Costa Rica (Central America) [updated 2009-03-26]


Below you will find a collection of photos from Costa Rica. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 2008. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.









Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza, being assessed by researchers



Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus



Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)



Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus)



Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy)



Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)



Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)



Blue-crowned Manakin (Pipra coronata) being examined by a researcher



Removing a bird from a net during a species survey



Bird researchers



Bird researchers



White-breasted Wood-Wren, Henicorhina leucosticta, being examined by scientists



Female Blue-crowned Manakin (Pipra coronata) being examined by a researcher



Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus



Black-hooded Antshrike (Thamnophilus bridgesi)



Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus)



Green honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)



Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza, being assessed by researchers



Removing a bird from a net during a species survey



Spotted Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus erythropygius)



Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza, being assessed by researchers



White-breasted Wood-Wren, Henicorhina leucosticta



Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)



Weighing birds for research



Bananaquit, Coereba flaveola, being measured by researchers



Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus



Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza, being measured by researchers



Male Blue-crowned Manakin (Pipra coronata) being examined by a researcher



Black-faced Antthrush (Formicarius analis), captured for study



Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus)




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Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 2008. While these photos are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.


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