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Birding in the Tapichalaca and Buenaventura Reserves in southern Ecuador

Participants in the Jocotoco Birdathon did more than find one of the world's rarest birds - they helped preserve the global epicenter of biodiversity
By Craig Thompson
Published: May 1, 2008
Wisconsin birder Craig D. Thompson, chair of the International Committee of the Wisconsin Bird Conservation Initiative, describes a trip to Ecuador in 2006, which he called the Jocotoco Birdathon. Participants raised money for habitat protection by the Jocotoco Foundation, a bird conservation group. They visited the Tapichalaca and Buenaventura Reserves in southern Ecuador, and they saw birds such as Slate-throated Whitestart, Masked Flowerpiercer, Rufous Wren, Plushcap, Long-wattled Umbrellabird, and the endemic Jocotoco Antpitta.
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