Site Report: Parque Nacional Volcan Arenal, Costa Rica
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
- Dusky Herpetogramma Moth (Herpetogramma phaeopteralis)
- Pearl Moth (Spilomelinae sp)
- Family: Emperor and Giant Silk Moths
- Emperor Moth (Arsenura sp)
- Emperor Moth (Copaxa sp)
- Emperor Moth (Oxytenis naemia)
- 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
- Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae)
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia)
- Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
- Green-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera ludovicae)
- Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy)
- Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii)
- Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)
- Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii)
- Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata)
- Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)
- Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
- 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 Amazon (Amazona autumnalis)
- Order: Perching Birds
(78 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
- Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
- Family: Antthrushes
- Thicket Antpitta (Myrmothera dives)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- 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
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
- Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
- Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva)
- Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
- Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris)
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner (Automolus cervinigularis)
- Northern Plain-Xenops (Xenops mexicanus)
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper (Sittasomus griseicapillus)
- Spotted Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus erythropygius)
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
- Family: Swallows
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida)
- Golden-hooded Tanager (Stilpnia larvata)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
- Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
- Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae)
- Thick-billed Seed-Finch (Sporophila funerea)
- Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
- White-throated Shrike-Tanager (Lanio leucothorax)
- Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus mexicanus)
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Long-billed Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Dull-mantled Antbird (Sipia laemosticta)
- Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina)
- Russet Antshrike (Thamnistes anabatinus)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus)
- Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Gray-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Northern Tropical Pewee (Contopus bogotensis)
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)
- Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)
- Rufous Mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra)
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon superciliaris)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
- Yellow-olive Flatbill (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
- Yellow-winged Flatbill (Tolmomyias flavotectus)
- Family: Vireos
- Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata)
- Ochre-crowned Greenlet (Tunchiornis ochraceiceps)
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- Family: Wrens
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Nightingale Wren (Microcerculus philomela)
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Stripe-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus thoracicus)
- White-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta)
- Order: Trogons
(1 record)
- Family: Trogons
- Gartered Violaceous 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)