{"id":2168,"date":"2015-04-02T23:49:33","date_gmt":"2015-04-02T23:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pasopacifico.org\/?p=457"},"modified":"2024-08-14T12:34:13","modified_gmt":"2024-08-14T18:34:13","slug":"yellow-billed-cuckoo-a-perilous-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/yellow-billed-cuckoo-a-perilous-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"Yellow-billed Cuckoo &#8211; A Perilous Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This spring, the Yellow-billed Cuckoo is <span class=\"il\">making<\/span> the <span class=\"il\">journey<\/span> from its overwintering grounds in South America through the forests of Central America and then up to North America. It is a perilous <span class=\"il\">journey\u00a0<\/span>because of the destruction of forest habitat along the way. Scientists have partially attributed declines in this species to deaths that occur during migration. The western sub-species is now considered in danger of extinction and is under review for listing under the Endangered Species Act.<\/p>\n<p>Through Paso Pacifico&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/project\/migratory-birds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">migratory bird conservation initiative<\/a>, we are working to improve the chance of a successful migration for many neotropical birds. This program has been supported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fs.usda.gov\/iitf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">US Forest Service International Institute for Tropical Forestry<\/a> and other partners since 2009. Through the program&#8217;s semi-annual bird monitoring we have documented the Yellow-billed Cuckoo during its migration.<\/p>\n<p>We are now building partnerships that will increase protection and monitoring for the Yellow-billed Cuckoo at key dry tropical forest sites throughout Nicaragua. These private sector and non-profit partners include <a href=\"http:\/\/www.morgansrock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Morgan&#8217;s Rock Hacienda &amp; Ecolodge<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.santa-teresa.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richland Center-Santa Teresa Sister City Project<\/a>, and the Reserva Privada Quelantero. We are also expanding our international partnerships with groups such as the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southernsierraresearch.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Southern Sierra Research Station<\/a> and the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.birdpop.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Insitute for Bird Populations<\/a>. These two organizations have unique expertise in threatened migratory birds and in building local capacity to protect and study them.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/project\/migratory-birds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn more about our migratory bird conservation here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>(Photo Credit: Dan Pancano)<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This spring, the Yellow-billed Cuckoo is making the journey from its overwintering grounds in South America through the forests of Central America and then up to North America. It is a perilous journey\u00a0because of the destruction of forest habitat along the way. Scientists have partially attributed declines in this species to deaths that occur during [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[210],"tags":[179,178],"class_list":{"0":"post-2168","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife-conservation","8":"tag-ybcu","9":"tag-yellow-billed-cuckoo","10":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2168"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6446,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2168\/revisions\/6446"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pasopacifico.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}