Site Report: La Virgen del Socorro
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus)
White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
Crimson-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara finschi)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Wet Forest Toad (Incilius melanochlorus)
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)
White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris) - Female
Julia Heliconian (Dryas iulia)
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)
Common Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
Click Beetle (Semiotus sp)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola)
Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) - Juvenile
Thick-billed Seed Finch (Sporophila funerea) - Female
Crevice Weaver (Kukulcania sp)
Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae) - Female
Torrent Tyrannulet (Serpophaga cinerea)
White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo altera) - Female
Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas) - Female
Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) - Female
Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla) - Female
Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps)
Northern Schiffornis (Schiffornis veraepacis)
Tiger Longwing (Heliconius hecale)
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Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus)
White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
Crimson-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara finschi)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Wet Forest Toad (Incilius melanochlorus)
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)
White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris) - Female
Julia Heliconian (Dryas iulia)
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)
Common Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
Click Beetle (Semiotus sp)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola)
Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) - Juvenile
Thick-billed Seed Finch (Sporophila funerea) - Female
Crevice Weaver (Kukulcania sp)
Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae) - Female
Torrent Tyrannulet (Serpophaga cinerea)
White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo altera) - Female
Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas) - Female
Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) - Female
Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla) - Female
Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps)
Northern Schiffornis (Schiffornis veraepacis)
Tiger Longwing (Heliconius hecale)
Farms and cloud forest
Visits
- 2023-09-30: We left the heat of La Selva on a trip to higher elevation. The road to our accommodation was mostly fine until we were just about there. Going up a hill, we got stuck on a steep gravelly part. We were able to reverse back down the hill, though. So, we decided to walk the last kilometer. Just then, the daughter of the hotel owner drove by in her 4x4, and we got a ride to the hotel.
- 2023-10-01: Woke up to the sound of chickens. I walked up the road a bit which was full of parrots. After breakfast, we walked with the owner of the hotel to a hidden waterfall. The hike involved walking for a bit in the river.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (85 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(5 records)
Class: Arachnids
(1 record)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Crevice Weavers
- Crevice Weaver (Kukulcania sp)
Class: Insects
(4 records)
- Order: Beetles
(1 record)
- Family: Click Beetles
- Click Beetle (Semiotus sp)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(3 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Julia Heliconian (Dryas iulia)
- Tiger Longwing (Heliconius hecale)
- Family: Milkweed Butterflies
- Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus)
Phylum: Chordates
(80 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: True Toads
- Wet Forest Toad (Incilius melanochlorus)
Class: Birds
(78 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Russet-naped Wood-Rail (Aramides albiventris)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostris)
- Short-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (6 records)
- Order: Parrots (3 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(1 record)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)
- Order: Perching Birds
(59 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
- Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
- Family: Dippers
- American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
- Family: Manakins
- White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo altera)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)
- Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
- Family: Swallows
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Common Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
- Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas)
- Crimson-collared Tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus)
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla)
- Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae)
- Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida)
- Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
- Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
- Golden-hooded Tanager (Stilpnia larvata)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus)
- Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
- Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps)
- Thick-billed Seed Finch (Sporophila funerea)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus fuscater)
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Great Antshrike (Taraba major)
- White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola)
- Torrent Tyrannulet (Serpophaga cinerea)
- Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)
- White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
- Tufted Flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Northern Tropical Pewee (Contopus bogotensis)
- Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Northern Schiffornis (Schiffornis veraepacis)
- Family: Wrens
- Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
- White-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta)
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
- Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (2 records)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Rodents
(1 record)
- Family: Squirrels
- Neotropical Red Squirrel (Sciurus granatensis)