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The Mesoamerica hotspot is the third largest in the world, running from central Mexico to Panama and including the whole of Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica. It has exceptional levels of amphibian and reptile biodiversity and almost 3000 species of endemic plants. The best known endemic vertebrates are the Resplendent quetzal, the Mexican black howler monkey and hte Central American spider monkey.
Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) portrait, feeding. Costa Rican tropical rainforest.
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John Cancalosi / Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) portrait, feeding. Costa Rican tropical rainforest.
Alajuela, with trees and epiphytes, habitat of the Great Green / Buffon's Macaw. Boca Tapada, Biological Corridor San Juan La Selva, Costa Rica. 2008.
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Roland Seitre / Alajuela, with trees and epiphytes, habitat of the Great Green / Buffon's Macaw. Boca Tapada, Biological Corridor San Juan La Selva, Costa Rica. 2008.
Rainforest at Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica
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Konrad Wothe / Rainforest at Cerro de la Muerte, Costa Rica
Honduran white tent bats (Ectophylla alba) sleeping under Heliconia leaf, Braulio Carillo National Park, Costa Rica
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Konrad Wothe / Honduran white tent bats (Ectophylla alba) sleeping under Heliconia leaf, Braulio Carillo National Park, Costa Rica
Violet sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) male hovering, Costa Rica
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Kim Taylor / Violet sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) male hovering, Costa Rica
Crested guan (Penelope purpurascens) perched in rainforest, Costa Rica
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Kim Taylor / Crested guan (Penelope purpurascens) perched in rainforest, Costa Rica
Tropical forest canopy, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, May 2009
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Denis-Huot / Tropical forest canopy, Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica, May 2009
Strawberry poison dart / arrow frog (Dendrobates pumilio) on leaf, Costa Rica
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Edwin Giesbers / Strawberry poison dart / arrow frog (Dendrobates pumilio) on leaf, Costa Rica
Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) male at nest hole in tree, El Triunfo biosphere reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico
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Patricio Robles Gil / Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) male at nest hole in tree, El Triunfo biosphere reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico
Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) male at entrance to nest hole in tree, showing very long tail feathers, cloud forest El Triunfo biosphere reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico
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Patricio Robles Gil / Resplendent quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno) male at entrance to nest hole in tree, showing very long tail feathers, cloud forest El Triunfo biosphere reserve, Sierra Madre del Sur, Chiapas, Mexico
Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) adult feeding chicks, Sobernia National Park, Panama, August
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Ben Lascelles / Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) adult feeding chicks, Sobernia National Park, Panama, August
Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) adult approaching nest, lit by sunshine through trees, Sobernia National Park, Panama, August
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Ben Lascelles / Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias) adult approaching nest, lit by sunshine through trees, Sobernia National Park, Panama, August