Site Report: Cerro Mandango

Brush-footed Butterfly (Nymphalidae sp)

Rusty-tipped Page (Siproeta epaphus)

Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)

Grass Skipper (Troyus diversa)

Chapman's Antshrike (Thamnophilus zarumae)

Dull-colored Grassquit (Asemospiza obscura)

Eighty-Eight (Diaethria ceryx)

Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma)

Hill covered with scrub vegetation

2025-07-11: After a walk around the hotel, we hopped into a shared taxi for the short trip to the trailhead. It looked like a good place to check out, but the wind was strong making it difficult to find anything. Eventually, we arrived to a less windy part of the hill.

Kingdom: Animals (20 records)

Phylum: Arthropods (4 records)

Class: Insects (4 records)

Order: Butterflies and Moths (4 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Rusty-tipped Page (Siproeta epaphus)
- Eighty-eight Butterfly (Diaethria ceryx)
- Family: Skippers
- Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
- Grass Skipper (Troyus diversa)

Phylum: Chordates (16 records)

Class: Birds (16 records)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
- Croaking Ground-Dove (Columbina cruziana)

Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies (1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Variable Hawk (Geranoaetus polyosoma)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (1 record)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Amazilia Hummingbird (Amazilia amazilia)

Order: Perching Birds (11 records)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Long-tailed Mockingbird (Mimus longicaudatus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Pacific Hornero (Furnarius cinnamomeus)
- Family: Swallows
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola)
- Dull-colored Grassquit (Asemospiza obscura)
- Family: Tapaculo
- Elegant Crescentchest (Melanopareia elegans)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Chapman's Antshrike (Thamnophilus zarumae)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant (Pseudotriccus ruficeps)
- Mouse-gray Flycatcher (Myiophobus crypterythrus)
- Family: Wrens
- Fasciated Wren (Campylorhynchus fasciatus)
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)

Order: Vultures (1 record)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)