Honduras Birding Trip

Collared Aracari video by Steve Shunk of Paradise Birding. Filmed in Honduras.

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Dusky antbird in the rainforest. Small, shy and hard to see, we were lucky to spot this one and watch it for quite a while.

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Exotic tropical wildflowers abound in Honduras.

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Black-capped Tityra, Brown-headed Parrot, Collared Aracari, Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, White-crowned Parrot, all around the Lodge at Pico Bonito

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Cool spiders in the forest

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Tanagers in the rainforest: a Golden-hooded Tanager above and a Golden-winged Tanager below.

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Frogs and toads seen on a night hike. We also heard but were not lucky enough to see the iconic red-eyed tree frog.

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Chestnut-colored woodpeckers are common at the Lodge and we enjoyed many good looks at them feeder, tapping, calling and preening.

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Black-headed Trogan male, with his mate just out of camera range! Lancetilla Botanical Gardens.

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Fox-faced Lemmark; a metalmark butterfly, Ghost-Skipper, Guatemalan Ithomia and Julia Heliconian (both brushfoots). We also saw many Blue Morpho butterflies gently floating along the river - a ...

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Manatee "footprint" in the water after the animal dove under A boat trip along the Cuero y Salado rivers and their estuaries. Some hearty farmers and fishermen and their families live along the...

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A troupe of golden howler monkeys quietly foraging in the trees, two of the females had small babies riding on their backs with their tails curled around mama’s for stability.  Later in the da...

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A day on the water at Cuero y Salado wildlife refuge where we saw many, many species including the above boat-billed heron, bare-throated tiger heron, roosting Brazilian long-nosed bats, roadside...

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Blue-black Grosbeak male (top) and female (bottom) at Lancetilla Botanical gardens.

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Christine with a gentle, non-venomous Brown Blunt-headed Vine snake.

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Another night hike around the lodge: Anole, mushrooms, cicada, millipede, earthstar, Almond eye Owl Butterfly

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Taking a well deserved nap after a full day of birding, with views of chachalaca, spot-breasted oriole, blue-crowned motmot, neotropical migrant warblers and the raucous brown jays.

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Our luxury accommodations at the Lodge at Pico Bonito. So peaceful and quiet. Join us here next year on our Honduras birding tour. Contact us to get on our waiting list for this extra special tri...

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The house where butterfly larva are raised has some colorful murals.

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Butterfly house where the lodge rears several dozen species for educational purposes. It’s fun to have them flutter around us!

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