Site Report: Parque Nacional Volcan Arenal
Arenal National Park
Arenal Volcano
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Broad-nosed Weevil (Claeoteges virosa)
Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
Masked Tree Frog (Smilisca phaeota)
Harlequin Treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus)
Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Dicot Skipper (Chioides sp)
Non-biting Midge (Chironomidae sp)
Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti) - Female
Emperor Moth (Oxytenis naemia)
Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
Thick-billed Seed Finch (Sporophila funerea) - Female
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
Brown Jay (Psilorhinus morio)
Leaf Katydid (Viadana sp)
Long-necked Seed Bug (Myodocha intermedia)
Jewel Caterpillar Moth (Dalcerinae sp)
Emperor Moth (Copaxa sp)
Mahogany Tree Frog (Tlalocohyla loquax)
Slug Caterpillar Moth (Parasa wellesca)
Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii)
Emperor Moth (Arsenura sp)
Tiger Moth (Erebidae sp)
Tiger Moth (Dysschema magdala)
Bicolored Hawk (Accipiter bicolor)
Russet Antshrike (Thamnistes anabatinus)
Mourning Gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris)
Dusky Herpetogramma Moth (Herpetogramma phaeopteralis)
Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)
Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata) - Male
Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae) - Female
Broad-nosed Weevil (Exophthalmus jekelianus)
Central American Montane Tiger Beetle (Pseudoxycheila tarsalis)
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia)
Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
Flea Beetle (Parchicola sp)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
Net-spinning Caddisfly (Smicridea sp)
May Beetle (Phyllophaga sp)
Pearl Moth (Spilomelinae sp)
Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus terminalis)
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)
Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostris)
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii)
Dull-mantled Antbird (Sipia laemosticta)
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Arenal National Park
Arenal Volcano
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Broad-nosed Weevil (Claeoteges virosa)
Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
Masked Tree Frog (Smilisca phaeota)
Harlequin Treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus)
Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Dicot Skipper (Chioides sp)
Non-biting Midge (Chironomidae sp)
Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti) - Female
Emperor Moth (Oxytenis naemia)
Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
Thick-billed Seed Finch (Sporophila funerea) - Female
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
Brown Jay (Psilorhinus morio)
Leaf Katydid (Viadana sp)
Long-necked Seed Bug (Myodocha intermedia)
Jewel Caterpillar Moth (Dalcerinae sp)
Emperor Moth (Copaxa sp)
Mahogany Tree Frog (Tlalocohyla loquax)
Slug Caterpillar Moth (Parasa wellesca)
Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii)
Emperor Moth (Arsenura sp)
Tiger Moth (Erebidae sp)
Tiger Moth (Dysschema magdala)
Bicolored Hawk (Accipiter bicolor)
Russet Antshrike (Thamnistes anabatinus)
Mourning Gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris)
Dusky Herpetogramma Moth (Herpetogramma phaeopteralis)
Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)
Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata) - Male
Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae) - Female
Broad-nosed Weevil (Exophthalmus jekelianus)
Central American Montane Tiger Beetle (Pseudoxycheila tarsalis)
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia)
Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
Flea Beetle (Parchicola sp)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
Net-spinning Caddisfly (Smicridea sp)
May Beetle (Phyllophaga sp)
Pearl Moth (Spilomelinae sp)
Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus terminalis)
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)
Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostris)
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii)
Dull-mantled Antbird (Sipia laemosticta)
Volcano
Visits
- 2023-10-03: Next stop was the Arenal Volcano which turned out to be really close to where we were just staying.
- 2023-10-04: We got a guide for the morning, and we walked around near the main building as well as a farm that was on the property.
- 2023-10-05:
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (139 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(20 records)
Class: Insects
(20 records)
- Order: Beetles
(6 records)
- Family: Leaf Beetles
- Flea Beetle (Parchicola sp)
- Family: Scarabs
- May Beetle (Phyllophaga sp)
- Family: Soldier Beetles
- Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus terminalis)
- Family: Tiger Beetles
- Central American Montane Tiger Beetle (Pseudoxycheila tarsalis)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(10 records)
- Family: Crambid Snout Moths
- Pearl Moth (Spilomelinae sp)
- Dusky Herpetogramma Moth (Herpetogramma phaeopteralis)
- Family: Emperor and Giant Silk Moths
- Emperor Moth (Arsenura sp)
- Emperor Moth (Oxytenis naemia)
- Emperor Moth (Copaxa sp)
- Family: Jewel Caterpillar Moths
- Jewel Caterpillar Moth (Dalcerinae sp)
- Family: Skippers
- Dicot Skipper (Chioides sp)
- Family: Slug Caterpillar Moths
- Slug Caterpillar Moth (Parasa wellesca)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Tiger Moth (Dysschema magdala)
- Tiger Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Order: Caddisflies
(1 record)
- Family: Net-spinning Caddisflies
- Net-spinning Caddisfly (Smicridea sp)
- Order: Flies
(1 record)
- Family: Non-biting Midges
- Non-biting Midge (Chironomidae sp)
- Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
(1 record)
- Family: Katydid
- Leaf Katydid (Viadana sp)
- Order: True Bugs
(1 record)
- Family: Dirt-colored Seed Bugs
- Long-necked Seed Bug (Myodocha intermedia)
Phylum: Chordates
(119 records)
Class: Amphibians
(4 records)
- Order: Toads and Frogs (4 records)
- Family: Typical Frogs
- Brilliant Forest Frog (Lithobates warszewitschii)
Class: Birds
(112 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons (3 records)
- Order: Gabuliformes
(1 record)
- Family: Jacamars
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Bicolored Hawk (Astur bicolor)
- Gray Hawk (Buteo plagiatus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(14 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy)
- Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)
- Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)
- Green-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera ludovicae)
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii)
- Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
- Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae)
- Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii)
- Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
- Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata)
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia)
- Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
- Family: Swifts
- White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (2 records)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)
- Red-lored Parrot (Amazona autumnalis)
- Order: Perching Birds
(78 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
- Family: Antthrushes
- Thicket Antpitta (Myrmothera dives)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Brown Jay (Cyanocorax morio)
- Family: Manakins
- White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo altera)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
- Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
- Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)
- Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)
- Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris)
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Northern Plain-Xenops (Xenops mexicanus)
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper (Sittasomus griseicapillus)
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
- Spotted Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus erythropygius)
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
- Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner (Automolus cervinigularis)
- Family: Swallows
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- White-throated Shrike-Tanager (Lanio leucothorax)
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea)
- Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi)
- 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)
- Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
- Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
- Thick-billed Seed Finch (Sporophila funerea)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus mexicanus)
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Long-billed Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Russet Antshrike (Thamnistes anabatinus)
- Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina)
- Dull-mantled Antbird (Sipia laemosticta)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon superciliaris)
- Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
- Yellow-olive Flatbill (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
- Yellow-winged Flatbill (Tolmomyias flavotectus)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Northern Tropical Pewee (Contopus bogotensis)
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus)
- Rufous Mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra)
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Gray-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis)
- Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Family: Vireos
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tunchiornis ochraceiceps)
- Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata)
- Family: Wrens
- Stripe-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus thoracicus)
- White-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta)
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Northern Nightingale-Wren (Microcerculus philomela)
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Order: Trogons
(1 record)
- Family: Trogons
- Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens)
- Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
- Order: Vultures
(1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (6 records)
Class: Mammals
(2 records)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Procyonidae
- White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
- Order: Primates
(1 record)
- Family: Cebidae
- Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Geckos
- Mourning Gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris)