Site Report: El Dorado
Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus delicatus)
Scaly-naped Parrot (Amazona mercenarius)
Crambid Snout Moth (Prenesta scyllalis)
Geometer Moth (Destutia sp)
Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus ruthveni)
Santa Marta Screech-owl (Megascops gilesi)
Geometer Moth (Glena sp)
Bug (Cicadidae sp)
Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus sanctaemartae)
Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus sp)
Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus insignitus)
Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus sp)
Sierra Nevada Brushfinch (Arremon basilicus)
White-tipped Quetzal (Pharomachrus fulgidus)
Cranaid Harvestman (Phalangodus kuryi)
Savage's Mushroomtongue Salamander (Bolitoglossa savagei)
Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus ruthveni)
Blotched Leopard Moth (Pantherodes colubraria)
Geometer Moth (Idaea similinea)
Geometer Moth (Epimecis diffundaria)
Barred Forest-Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis)
Weevil (Hylobiina sp)
Golden-breasted Fruiteater (Pipreola aureopectus)
Millipede (Rhinocricidae sp)
Walking Stick (Diapheromeridae sp)
Katydid (Pleminiiti sp)
Tiger Moth (Erebidae sp)
Moth (Erebidae sp_co2)
Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp_co4)
Tiger Moth (Erebidae sp)
Longhorn Beetle (Taeniotes scalatus)
Brown Scoopwing (Calledapteryx dryopterata)
Geometer Moth (Cimicodes clisthena)
Geometer Moth (Hymenomima sp)
Geometer Moth (Epimecis puellaria)
Underwing Moth (Erebidae sp)
Underwing Moth (Erebidae sp)
Tarantula (Kankuamo marquezi)
Bug (Cicadidae sp)
Erebid Moth (Erebidae sp)
Smooth-legged Tree Cricket (Neoxabea sp)
Geometer Moth (Oxydia platypterata)
Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
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Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus delicatus)
Scaly-naped Parrot (Amazona mercenarius)
Crambid Snout Moth (Prenesta scyllalis)
Geometer Moth (Destutia sp)
Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus ruthveni)
Santa Marta Screech-owl (Megascops gilesi)
Geometer Moth (Glena sp)
Bug (Cicadidae sp)
Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus sanctaemartae)
Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus sp)
Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus insignitus)
Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus sp)
Sierra Nevada Brushfinch (Arremon basilicus)
White-tipped Quetzal (Pharomachrus fulgidus)
Cranaid Harvestman (Phalangodus kuryi)
Savage's Mushroomtongue Salamander (Bolitoglossa savagei)
Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus ruthveni)
Blotched Leopard Moth (Pantherodes colubraria)
Geometer Moth (Idaea similinea)
Geometer Moth (Epimecis diffundaria)
Barred Forest-Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis)
Weevil (Hylobiina sp)
Golden-breasted Fruiteater (Pipreola aureopectus)
Millipede (Rhinocricidae sp)
Walking Stick (Diapheromeridae sp)
Katydid (Pleminiiti sp)
Tiger Moth (Erebidae sp)
Moth (Erebidae sp_co2)
Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp_co4)
Tiger Moth (Erebidae sp)
Longhorn Beetle (Taeniotes scalatus)
Brown Scoopwing (Calledapteryx dryopterata)
Geometer Moth (Cimicodes clisthena)
Geometer Moth (Hymenomima sp)
Geometer Moth (Epimecis puellaria)
Underwing Moth (Erebidae sp)
Underwing Moth (Erebidae sp)
Tarantula (Kankuamo marquezi)
Bug (Cicadidae sp)
Erebid Moth (Erebidae sp)
Smooth-legged Tree Cricket (Neoxabea sp)
Geometer Moth (Oxydia platypterata)
Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
Forest
Visits
- 2024-10-09: After lunch in Minca, we started up the very rough road to the lodge in the cloud forest. It was raining a lot during the night, and all of the frogs were out.
- 2024-10-10:
- 2024-10-11: The last morning at the lodge, we walked around on some of the trails. We found a group of birds, and while I was climbing up a rock, I slipped and cracked the filter on the front of my lens. Even though there were two big cracks, they are both out of the field of vision apparently.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (82 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(29 records)
Class: Arachnids
(2 records)
- Order: Harvestmen
(1 record)
- Family: Cranaid Harvestmen
- Cranaid Harvestman (Phalangodus kuryi)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Tarantulas
- Tarantula (Kankuamo marquezi)
Class: Insects
(26 records)
- Order: Beetles
(2 records)
- Family: Longhorn Beetles
- Longhorn Beetle (Taeniotes scalatus)
- Family: Weevils
- Weevil (Hylobiina sp)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(19 records)
- Family: Crambid Snout Moths
- Crambid Snout Moth (Prenesta scyllalis)
- Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Family: Geometer Moths
- Blotched Leopard Moth (Pantherodes colubraria)
- Geometer Moth (Glena sp)
- Geometer Moth (Idaea similinea)
- Geometer Moth (Epimecis diffundaria)
- Geometer Moth (Destutia sp)
- Geometer Moth (Oxydia platypterata)
- Geometer Moth (Cimicodes clisthena)
- Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
- Geometer Moth (Hymenomima sp)
- Geometer Moth (Epimecis puellaria)
- Family: Swallowtail Moths
- Brown Scoopwing (Calledapteryx dryopterata)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Tiger Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Erebid Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Tiger Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Underwing Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Underwing Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets
(2 records)
- Family: Katydid
- Katydid (Pleminiiti sp)
- Family: Tree and Bush Crickets
- Smooth-legged Tree Cricket (Neoxabea sp)
- Order: Stick Insects
(1 record)
- Family: Common Walking Sticks
- Walking Stick (Diapheromeridae sp)
- Order: True Bugs
(2 records)
- Family: Cicadas
- Bug (Cicadidae sp)
- Bug (Cicadidae sp)
Class: Millipedes
(1 record)
- Order: Iron Millipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Rhinocricidae
- Millipede (Rhinocricidae sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(53 records)
Class: Amphibians
(7 records)
- Order: Salamanders
(1 record)
- Family: Slender Salamanders
- Savage's Mushroomtongue Salamander (Bolitoglossa savagei)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(6 records)
- Family: Terrestrial-breeding Frogs
- Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus sanctaemartae)
- Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus delicatus)
- Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus sp)
- Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus insignitus)
- Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus ruthveni)
- Terrestrial-breeding Frog (Serranobatrachus sp)
Class: Birds
(46 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
- Lined Quail-Dove (Zentrygon linearis)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(7 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Lazuline Sabrewing (Campylopterus falcatus)
- Brown Violetear (Colibri delphinae)
- Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans)
- Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
- Santa Marta Woodstar (Chaetocercus astreans)
- Lesser Violetear (Colibri cyanotus)
- Steely-vented Hummingbird (Saucerottia saucerottei)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(2 records)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Mottled Owl (Strix virgata)
- Santa Marta Screech-owl (Megascops gilesi)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Red-billed Parrot (Pionus sordidus)
- Scaly-naped Parrot (Amazona mercenarius)
- Order: Pelicans
(2 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Barred Forest-Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis)
- Collared Forest-Falcon (Micrastur semitorquatus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(25 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Blue-naped Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia cyanea)
- Family: Cotingas
- Golden-breasted Fruiteater (Pipreola aureopectus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black-chested Jay (Cyanocorax affinis)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Santa Marta Brushfinch (Atlapetes melanocephalus)
- Sierra Nevada Brushfinch (Arremon basilicus)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
- White-lored Warbler (Myiothlypis conspicillata)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Northern Plain-Xenops (Xenops mexicanus)
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
- Montane Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus)
- Black-cheeked Mountain Tanager (Anisognathus melanogenys)
- Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)
- Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
- Black-capped Tanager (Stilpnia heinei)
- Dull-colored Grassquit (Asemospiza obscura)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus fuscater)
- Black-hooded Thrush (Turdus olivater)
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Cinnamon Flycatcher (Pyrrhomyias cinnamomeus)
- Golden-bellied Flycatcher (Myiodynastes hemichrysus)
- Family: Wrens
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Order: Trogons (2 records)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Band-tailed Guan (Penelope argyrotis)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(3 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus)
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos)
- Family: Toucans
- Southern Emerald-Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus albivitta)