Site Report: La Selva, Costa Rica
Middle American Screech-Owl (Megascops guatemalae)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
Great Curassow (Crax rubra) - Female
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii) - Male
Garden Orbweaver (Argiope submaronica)
Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus)
Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
Olive Snouted Tree Frog (Scinax elaeochroa)
Katydid (Tettigoniidae sp)
Fruit-piercing Moth (Ferenta stolliana)
Plain Longtail (Spicauda simplicius)
Skipper (Hesperiidae sp)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
Python Millipede (Nyssodesmus python)
Lappet Moth (Euglyphis rundala)
Sara Longwing (Heliconius sara)
Banded Peacock (Anartia fatima)
White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
Ghost Yellow (Abaeis albula)
Oculate Dancer (Argia oculata)
Blue-winged Helicopter (Megaloprepus caerulatus)
Sphinx Moth (Aellopos ceculus)
Walking Stick (Pseudophasmatidae sp)
Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio)
Middle American Ameiva (Holcosus festivus)
Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
Lichen Mantis (Liturgusa sp)
Flat-faced Longhorn Beetle (Aegomorphus circumflexus)
Chondrodesmus Millipede (Chondrodesmus sp)
Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi) - Female
Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora edax)
Chestnut-backed Antbird (Poliocrania exsul)
Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
Yellow-headed Gecko (Gonatodes albogularis)
Savage's Thin-toed Frog (Leptodactylus savagei)
Mosquito Coast Tree Frog (Smilisca manisorum)
Yellow-spotted Night Lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum)
Spotted-legged Banana Spider (Cupiennius getazi)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora edax)
Ringed Tree Boa (Corallus annulatus)
Katydid (Ischnomelini sp)
Spider Cricket (Phalangopsidae sp)
Pied Harvestman (Cynorta marginalis)
Flannel Moth (Podalia sp)
Fruit-piercing Moth (Gorgone sp)
Prominent Moth (Tithraustes noctiluces)
Red-lored Parrot (Amazona autumnalis)
Leafcutter Ant (Attina sp)
Blue-eyed Setwing (Dythemis nigra)
Black-crowned Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha) - Male
Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
Black River Turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea)
Border Anole (Anolis limifrons)
Neotropical Green Anole (Anolis biporcatus)
Red-washed Satyr (Pierella helvina)
Golden Silk Orb-weaver (Trichonephila clavipes)
Nursery Web Spider (Thaumasia sp)
Costa Rican Stinkhorn (Staheliomyces costariquensis)
Stripe-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus thoracicus)
Costa Rican Coralsnake (Micrurus mosquitensis)
Bransford's Litter Frog (Craugastor bransfordii)
White-collared Manakin (Manacus candei)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora fuliginea)
Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea)
Black-crowned Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha) - Female
Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Micrathena Orbweaver (Micrathena brevipes)
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Middle American Screech-Owl (Megascops guatemalae)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
Great Curassow (Crax rubra) - Female
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii) - Male
Garden Orbweaver (Argiope submaronica)
Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus)
Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
Olive Snouted Tree Frog (Scinax elaeochroa)
Katydid (Tettigoniidae sp)
Fruit-piercing Moth (Ferenta stolliana)
Plain Longtail (Spicauda simplicius)
Skipper (Hesperiidae sp)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
Python Millipede (Nyssodesmus python)
Lappet Moth (Euglyphis rundala)
Sara Longwing (Heliconius sara)
Banded Peacock (Anartia fatima)
White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
Ghost Yellow (Abaeis albula)
Oculate Dancer (Argia oculata)
Blue-winged Helicopter (Megaloprepus caerulatus)
Sphinx Moth (Aellopos ceculus)
Walking Stick (Pseudophasmatidae sp)
Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio)
Middle American Ameiva (Holcosus festivus)
Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
Lichen Mantis (Liturgusa sp)
Flat-faced Longhorn Beetle (Aegomorphus circumflexus)
Chondrodesmus Millipede (Chondrodesmus sp)
Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi) - Female
Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora edax)
Chestnut-backed Antbird (Poliocrania exsul)
Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
Yellow-headed Gecko (Gonatodes albogularis)
Savage's Thin-toed Frog (Leptodactylus savagei)
Mosquito Coast Tree Frog (Smilisca manisorum)
Yellow-spotted Night Lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum)
Spotted-legged Banana Spider (Cupiennius getazi)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora edax)
Ringed Tree Boa (Corallus annulatus)
Katydid (Ischnomelini sp)
Spider Cricket (Phalangopsidae sp)
Pied Harvestman (Cynorta marginalis)
Flannel Moth (Podalia sp)
Fruit-piercing Moth (Gorgone sp)
Prominent Moth (Tithraustes noctiluces)
Red-lored Parrot (Amazona autumnalis)
Leafcutter Ant (Attina sp)
Blue-eyed Setwing (Dythemis nigra)
Black-crowned Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha) - Male
Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
Black River Turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea)
Border Anole (Anolis limifrons)
Neotropical Green Anole (Anolis biporcatus)
Red-washed Satyr (Pierella helvina)
Golden Silk Orb-weaver (Trichonephila clavipes)
Nursery Web Spider (Thaumasia sp)
Costa Rican Stinkhorn (Staheliomyces costariquensis)
Stripe-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus thoracicus)
Costa Rican Coralsnake (Micrurus mosquitensis)
Bransford's Litter Frog (Craugastor bransfordii)
White-collared Manakin (Manacus candei)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora fuliginea)
Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea)
Black-crowned Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha) - Female
Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Micrathena Orbweaver (Micrathena brevipes)
Forest
Visits
- 2023-09-28: After our trip out of Tortuguero, we rented a car and drove to La Selva Biological Station where we walked around by the bridge followed by a guided night tour.
- 2023-09-29: We continued in the morning with a guide around the bridge area. It was extremely hot and humid.
- 2023-09-30: For our last day in La Selva, we walked around the bridge area with the generalist guide with the Spanish speaking group.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (160 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(36 records)
Class: Arachnids
(10 records)
- Order: Harvestmen
(1 record)
- Family: Pied Harvestmen
- Pied Harvestman (Cynorta marginalis)
- Order: Spiders
(9 records)
- Family: Nursery Web Spiders
- Nursery Web Spider (Thaumasia sp)
- Family: Orbweavers
- Garden Orbweaver (Argiope submaronica)
- Golden Silk Orb-weaver (Trichonephila clavipes)
- Micrathena Orbweaver (Micrathena brevipes)
- Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora edax)
- Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora fuliginea)
- Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
- Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
- Family: Trechaleid Spiders
- Spotted-legged Banana Spider (Cupiennius getazi)
Class: Insects
(24 records)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
(1 record)
- Family: Ants
- Leafcutter Ant (Attina sp)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Longhorn Beetles
- Flat-faced Longhorn Beetle (Aegomorphus circumflexus)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths (14 records)
- Family: Geometer Moths
- Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
- Family: Lappet Moths
- Lappet Moth (Euglyphis rundala)
- Family: New World Flannel Moths
- Flannel Moth (Podalia sp)
- Family: Prominent Moths
- Prominent Moth (Tithraustes noctiluces)
- Family: Skippers
- Plain Longtail (Spicauda simplicius)
- Skipper (Hesperiidae sp)
- Family: Sphinx Moths
- Sphinx Moth (Aellopos ceculus)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Fruit-piercing Moth (Ferenta stolliana)
- Fruit-piercing Moth (Gorgone sp)
- Family: Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs
- Ghost Yellow (Eurema albula)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies
(3 records)
- Family: Narrow-winged Damselflies
- Blue-winged Helicopter (Megaloprepus caerulatus)
- Oculate Dancer (Argia oculata)
- Family: Skimmers
- Blue-eyed Setwing (Dythemis nigra)
- Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
(3 records)
- Family: Katydid
- Katydid (Ischnomelini sp)
- Katydid (Tettigoniidae sp)
- Family: Spider Crickets and Allies
- Spider Cricket (Phalangopsidae sp)
- Order: Mantises
(1 record)
- Family: Lichen Mantises
- Lichen Mantis (Liturgusa sp)
- Order: Stick Insects
(1 record)
- Family: Striped Walkingsticks
- Walking Stick (Pseudophasmatidae sp)
Class: Millipedes
(2 records)
- Order: Flat-backed Millipedes
(2 records)
- Family: Flat-backed Millipedes
- Chondrodesmus Millipede (Chondrodesmus sp)
- Family: Platyrhacidae
- Python Millipede (Nyssodesmus python)
Phylum: Chordates
(124 records)
Class: Amphibians
(7 records)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(7 records)
- Family: Fleshbelly Frogs
- Bransford's Litter Frog (Craugastor bransfordii)
- Family: Leptodactylid frogs
- Savage's Thin-toed Frog (Leptodactylus savagei)
- Family: Poison Dart Frogs
- Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
- Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio)
- Family: Tree Frogs
- Mosquito Coast Tree Frog (Smilisca manisorum)
- Olive Snouted Tree Frog (Scinax elaeochroa)
- Family: True Toads
- Giant Toad (Rhinella horribilis)
Class: Birds
(104 records)
- Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Family: Roadrunners
- Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (5 records)
- Order: Gabuliformes
(3 records)
- Family: Jacamars
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
- Family: Puffbirds
- White-necked Puffbird (Notharchus hyperrhynchus)
- White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (5 records)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (7 records)
- Family: Swifts
- Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis)
- White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (2 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(5 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
- Family: Potoos
- Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata)
- Middle American Screech-Owl (Megascops guatemalae)
- Mottled Owl (Strix virgata)
- Order: Parrots (4 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)
- Order: Perching Birds (56 records)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Manakins
- White-collared Manakin (Manacus candei)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
- Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
- Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa)
- Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa)
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
- Family: Swallows
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Purple Martin (Progne subis)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Golden-hooded Tanager (Stilpnia larvata)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Red-throated Ant-Tanager (Driophlox fuscicauda)
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)
- Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus)
- Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Family: Tityras and Allies
- Black-crowned Tityra (Tityra inquisitor)
- Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Black-crowned Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha)
- Chestnut-backed Antbird (Poliocrania exsul)
- Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Gray-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- White-ringed Flycatcher (Conopias albovittatus)
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
- Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola)
- Family: Vireos
- Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata)
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)
- Family: Wrens
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Stripe-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus thoracicus)
- White-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta)
- Order: Tinamiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Tinamous
- Great Tinamou (Tinamus major)
- Order: Trogons (2 records)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
- Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (6 records)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Cebidae
- Mantled Howler Monkey (Alouatta palliata)
- Order: Xenarthra
(1 record)
- Family: Bradypodidae
- Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
Class: Reptiles
(11 records)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Alligators
- Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes (9 records)
- Family: Boas
- Ringed Tree Boa (Corallus annulatus)
- Family: Coral Snakes
- Costa Rican Coralsnake (Micrurus mosquitensis)
- Family: Geckos
- Yellow-headed Gecko (Gonatodes albogularis)
- Family: Helmeted Lizards
- Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus)
- Family: Iguanas
- Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)
- Family: Night Lizards
- Yellow-spotted Night Lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum)
- Family: Whiptails and Tegus
- Middle American Ameiva (Holcosus festivus)
- Order: Turtles
(1 record)
- Family: Eurasian Pond, River, and Neotropical Wood Turtles
- Black River Turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea)
Kingdom: Fungi including Lichens (1 record)
Phylum: Mushrooms
(1 record)
Class: Higher Basidiomycetes
(1 record)
- Order: Stinkhorns and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Stinkhorns
- Costa Rican Stinkhorn (Staheliomyces costariquensis)