about me

My name is Tyler Wenzel,
I’m a Photographer.

My passion is wildlife photography and videography, making educational content about the wildlife of Costa Rica. I also work doing commercial and promotional videos.

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Latest Articles

Sony Wildlife Photographer Kit Lens Comparisons

They say the best camera is the one you have in hand. This is true, but it also leads to a conundrum. Which lens should I have on my camera in which circumstances? Obviously, you know when you need to use a 200-600 vs a 24-70, but the 70-200 overlap with both those lenses is […]

Video Featured – eBird’s Top Videos of 2024

The Macaulay Library team at Cornell University reached out to me in March 2025 to let me know they were featuring their 21 favorite videos from 2024 and my video of a Resplendent Quetzal that I took in the highlands of southern Costa Rica in November was one of the chosen videos. My video appears […]

Endemic Birds of Costa Rica Book

Originally published in Spanish as “Aves Endémicas de Costa Rica” in 2023, the English edition of “Endemic Birds of Costa Rica” was published by TEC University Press in Costa Rica in October 2024. The author, Leandro Arias, had asked me about a couple of taxonomic questions related to subspecies and species limits as he prepared […]

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