Site Report: Reserva Yunguilla

Yunguilla

Black-lored Yellowthroat (Geothlypis auricularis) - Female

White-bellied Woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant)

Checkerspot Butterfly (Anthanassa hermas)

Pale-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidiceps)

Black-lored Yellowthroat (Geothlypis auricularis) - Male

Reserve for the Pale-headed Brushfinch

2025-07-15:
2025-07-16: We arrived late to our hotel after a crazy drive through the canyon between Cerro de Arcos and Yunguilla. In the morning, we headed off to Yunguilla Reserve to look or the Pale-headed Brushfinch. We saw plenty of them in the bushes, but unfortunately, there was never a great view.

Kingdom: Animals (23 records)

Phylum: Arthropods (1 record)

Class: Insects (1 record)

Order: Butterflies and Moths (1 record)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Checkerspot Butterfly (Anthanassa hermas)

Phylum: Chordates (22 records)

Class: Birds (22 records)

Order: Doves and Pigeons (4 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
- Eared Dove (Zenaida auriculata)
- Ecuadorian Ground-Dove (Columbina buckleyi)
- White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)

Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (2 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- White-bellied Woodstar (Chaetocercus mulsant)
- Family: Swifts
- Chestnut-collared Swift (Streptoprocne rutila)

Order: Owls And Nightjars (1 record)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)

Order: Pelicans (1 record)
- Family: Herons
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)

Order: Perching Birds (13 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Scrub Blackbird (Dives warczewiczi)
- Family: Antpittas
- Chestnut-crowned Antpitta (Grallaria ruficapilla)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Rufous-chested Tanager (Thlypopsis ornata)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Pale-headed Brushfinch (Atlapetes pallidiceps)
- Gray-browed Brushfinch (Arremon assimilis)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
- Black-lored Yellowthroat (Geothlypis auricularis)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Pacific Hornero (Furnarius cinnamomeus)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus fuscater)
- Great Thrush (Turdus fuscater)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Family: Vireos
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)

Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (1 record)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus)