While in Costa Rica to lead a bird-photography tour, we saw drawings or paintings of the resplendent quetzal everywhere we looked. The bird's stunning profile appears on postcards. On hotel signs.

After catching my breath from the heart-throbbing view of a resplendent quetzal in Costa Rica, I thought about the bird's influence on people. Bygone Mayans and Aztecs of Mesoamerica believed the bird ...

The first thing the eye registers when it views the resplendent quetzal is the exceptionally long, bright-green tail. Then the focus darts to the shiny, stabbed in-the-heart-red breast, finally ...

When I was young, I stood in a Costa Rican mountain cloud forest, desperately trying to find a resplendent quetzal with its dazzling plumage. Yet, a male bird had been perching in a tree 15 yards away ...

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COPEY DE DOTA, San José — I had already decided our quetzal quest was a bust, and I wished the guide would give up so we could go back to the lodge and eat breakfast. And then, after nearly two hours ...

(MENAFN- Costa Rica News) Costa Rica is a world-renowned destination for bird watching, attracting thousands of ecotourists each year with its stunning biodiversity. Despite covering only 0.03% of the ...

(MENAFN- Costa Rica News) Costa Rica is home to over 900 bird species, including some of the most exotic and visually stunning birds on Earth.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"# ...

Once sacred to the Mayans, who considered their feathers more valuable than gold, the quetzal now faces extinction Credit: Photo: GETTY At the top of a mountain in the middle of a cloud forest dwells ...

Collette's blogger Kristen Gilbert recently highlighted some of the most amazing species of birds that can be seen in Costa Rica - a country known for its biodiversity. Altogether, 600 avian species ...

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Costa Rica set an all-time tourism record in 2015 with 2.6 million visitors. The country was an ecotourism pioneer, offering zipline and canopy adventures in its gorgeous rainforests before they were ...