Site Report: Minca
Blue-naped Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia cyanea)
Lilac-tailed Parrotlet (Touit batavicus)
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
Purple Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) - Female
Orbweaver Spider (Verrucosa sp)
Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) - Female
Rusty-tipped Page (Siproeta epaphus)
Santa Marta Blossomcrown (Anthocephala floriceps)
Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera) - Male
White-lored Warbler (Myiothlypis conspicillata)
Santa Marta Blossomcrown (Anthocephala floriceps)
Rusty-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula ferrugineipectus)
Steely-vented Hummingbird (Saucerottia saucerottei)
Dull-colored Grassquit (Asemospiza obscura)
Tiger Mimic-Queen (Lycorea halia)
Military Macaw (Ara militaris)
Golden-faced Tyrannulet (Zimmerius chrysops)
Scarlet-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara wagleri)
Wandering Spider (Ctenidae sp)
Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera) - Female
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
Santa Marta Antbird (Drymophila hellmayri)
Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
Spectacled Tyrannulet (Zimmerius improbus)
Yellow-legged Thrush (Turdus flavipes)
Pavon Emperor (Doxocopa pavon)
Red Peacock (Anartia amathea)
Golden-winged Sparrow (Arremon schlegeli)
Lilac-tailed Parrotlet (Touit batavicus)
Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis)
Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)
Santa Marta Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis rufipectus)
Olive-striped Flycatcher (Mionectes galbinus)
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus)
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus)
Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus)
Whiptail (Teiidae sp)
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Blue-naped Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia cyanea)
Lilac-tailed Parrotlet (Touit batavicus)
Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
Purple Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus) - Female
Orbweaver Spider (Verrucosa sp)
Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica) - Female
Rusty-tipped Page (Siproeta epaphus)
Santa Marta Blossomcrown (Anthocephala floriceps)
Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera) - Male
White-lored Warbler (Myiothlypis conspicillata)
Santa Marta Blossomcrown (Anthocephala floriceps)
Rusty-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula ferrugineipectus)
Steely-vented Hummingbird (Saucerottia saucerottei)
Dull-colored Grassquit (Asemospiza obscura)
Tiger Mimic-Queen (Lycorea halia)
Military Macaw (Ara militaris)
Golden-faced Tyrannulet (Zimmerius chrysops)
Scarlet-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara wagleri)
Wandering Spider (Ctenidae sp)
Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera) - Female
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
Santa Marta Antbird (Drymophila hellmayri)
Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
Spectacled Tyrannulet (Zimmerius improbus)
Yellow-legged Thrush (Turdus flavipes)
Pavon Emperor (Doxocopa pavon)
Red Peacock (Anartia amathea)
Golden-winged Sparrow (Arremon schlegeli)
Lilac-tailed Parrotlet (Touit batavicus)
Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis)
Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)
Santa Marta Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis rufipectus)
Olive-striped Flycatcher (Mionectes galbinus)
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus)
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus melanoleucus)
Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus)
Whiptail (Teiidae sp)
Cloud forest
Visits
- 2024-10-11: We arrived at a ranch lower down the hill, but it rained for several hours in the afternoon. When the rain stopped, we walked around for awhile, but we did not see much.
- 2024-10-12: In the morning, we walked around at the ranch and did some bushwhacking in the dense brush next to the creek. Then, we went over to a spot with a bunch of special flowers to look for hummingbirds. From there, we drove around on a bunch of backroads around Minca. Some Lilac-tailed Parrotlets had been reported in the area, and we were lucky to see them very close before the rains came in again.
- 2024-10-13: Visited a couple of other spots around Minca before heading over to the coast.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (108 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(6 records)
Class: Arachnids
(2 records)
- Order: Spiders
(2 records)
- Family: Orbweavers
- Orbweaver Spider (Verrucosa sp)
- Family: Wandering Spiders
- Wandering Spider (Ctenidae sp)
Class: Insects
(4 records)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(4 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Red Peacock (Anartia amathea)
- Rusty-tipped Page (Siproeta epaphus)
- Tiger Mimic-Queen (Lycorea halia)
- Pavon Emperor (Doxocopa pavon)
Phylum: Chordates
(102 records)
Class: Birds
(101 records)
- Order: Cuckoos (2 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti)
- White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (4 records)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(7 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)
- Coppery Emerald (Chlorostilbon russatus)
- Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
- White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii)
- Santa Marta Blossomcrown (Anthocephala floriceps)
- Steely-vented Hummingbird (Saucerottia saucerottei)
- Order: Parrots (6 records)
- Order: Pelicans
(3 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)
- Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)
- Family: Herons
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Order: Perching Birds
(70 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
- Yellow-backed Oriole (Icterus chrysater)
- Carib Grackle (Quiscalus lugubris)
- Family: Antthrushes
- Rusty-breasted Antpitta (Grallaricula ferrugineipectus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Lesser Goldfinch (Spinus psaltria)
- Blue-naped Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia cyanea)
- Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
- Family: Cotingas
- Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black-chested Jay (Cyanocorax affinis)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Golden-winged Sparrow (Arremon schlegeli)
- Santa Marta Brushfinch (Atlapetes melanocephalus)
- Sierra Nevada Brushfinch (Arremon basilicus)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)
- Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
- White-lored Warbler (Myiothlypis conspicillata)
- Chestnut-capped Warbler (Basileuterus delattrii)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris)
- Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Pale-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis albescens)
- Santa Marta Foliage-gleaner (Clibanornis rufipectus)
- Family: Swallows
- Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Gray-headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata)
- White-lined Tanager (Tachyphonus rufus)
- Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)
- Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
- Black-capped Tanager (Stilpnia heinei)
- Black-headed Tanager (Stilpnia cyanoptera)
- Purple Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes caeruleus)
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis)
- Dull-colored Grassquit (Asemospiza obscura)
- Sooty Grassquit (Asemospiza fuliginosa)
- Rusty Flowerpiercer (Diglossa sittoides)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Streaked Saltator (Saltator striatipectus)
- Olive-gray Saltator (Saltator olivascens)
- Family: Tapaculo
- Santa Marta Tapaculo (Scytalopus sanctaemartae)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Yellow-legged Thrush (Turdus flavipes)
- Pale-breasted Thrush (Turdus leucomelas)
- Family: Thrush-Tanager
- Rosy Thrush-Tanager (Rhodinocichla rosea)
- Family: Tityras and Allies
- Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)
- Santa Marta Antbird (Drymophila hellmayri)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Olive-striped Flycatcher (Mionectes galbinus)
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)
- Spectacled Tyrannulet (Zimmerius improbus)
- Golden-faced Tyrannulet (Zimmerius chrysops)
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
- Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant (Atalotriccus pilaris)
- Bran-colored Flycatcher (Myiophobus fasciatus)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Gray Kingbird (Tyrannus dominicensis)
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus)
- Rusty-margined Flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Family: Vireos
- Bell's Vireo (Vireo bellii)
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- Golden-fronted Greenlet (Pachysylvia aurantiifrons)
- Chivi Vireo (Vireo chivi)
- Family: Wrens
- Rufous-and-white Wren (Thryophilus rufalbus)
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Order: Tinamiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Tinamous
- Little Tinamou (Crypturellus soui)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Band-tailed Guan (Penelope argyrotis)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(3 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Scaled Piculet (Picumnus squamulatus)
- Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus)
- Family: Toucans
- Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Whiptails and Tegus
- Giant Dusky Ameiva (Ameiva praesignis)