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Nicaragua / Costa Rica Border Zone, Nicaragua (
Center on Interactive Map
)
Map of Nicaragua / Costa Rica Border Zone, Nicaragua
Map of Nicaragua / Costa Rica Border Zone, Nicaragua
White-throated Magpie-Jay (
Calocitta formosa
)
Rufous-naped Wren (
Campylorhynchus rufinucha
)
Orange-fronted Parakeet (
Eupsittula canicularis
)
This is the built-up area along the border and Inter-American Highway. The habitat in the area is pasture land and dry forest.
Trips
Mexico to Panama
2/17/2009
: After a fairly smooth border crossing on the Nicaragua side, we spent five hours waiting to get through the Costa Rica side of the border. The level of incompetence was astounding. I tried to bribe one of the border guards with a twenty, but that only nearly got me arrested.
Previous Visit (Mombacho: 2/16/2009)
Next Visit (Parque National Palo Verde: 2/18/2009)
Species Recorded (4)
Birds ( 4 )
New World Parrots ( Psittacidae )
Orange-fronted Parakeet -
Eupsittula canicularis
Swallows ( Hirundinidae )
Barn Swallow -
Hirundo rustica
Jays and Crows ( Corvidae )
White-throated Magpie-Jay -
Calocitta formosa
Wrens ( Troglodytidae )
Rufous-naped Wren -
Campylorhynchus rufinucha
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