Among the nearly 200 species found here are thicket tinamou, brown pelican, osprey, king vulture, and laughing gull. |
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Well over 100 notable species can be easily spotted in the Carara Reserve, including the great tinamou, red-lored parrot, crimson-fronted parakeet and scarlet-rumped cacique. |
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Its eggs are also considered to be among the most beautiful eggs of the entire tinamou family. |
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This protected swath of steppe and low mountain ranges is starkly beautiful, with the coirĂ³n grasses and spiny bushes providing a habitat for rhea, tinamou, pigeon and burrowing owl. |
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Every bird family but one has lice, and there is a species of bird, the great tinamou, that harbors 18 different species of lice, perhaps because it has many different kinds of feathers, each offering a special niche. |
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