Site Report: Sani Lodge
the boat for the three-hour trip to Sani Lodge on Rio Napo
Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria fera)
Stink Bug
tarantula outside the bar
lagoon view from Sani Lodge in the Amazon
our usual mode of transportation
Rainforest butterfly
Frog
Big stick-looking bug on the night hike
Our guide said it was a cross between a spider and a scorpion
Black-skinned Parrot Snake (Leptophis nigromarginatus)
Amazon Dwarf Squirrel (Microsciurus flaviventor)
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
Pied Lapwing (Vanellus cayanus)
Rufous Potoo (Nyctibius bracteatus)
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
Convict Tree Frog (Boana calcarata)
Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) Nest
Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor)
Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor)
White-fronted Nunbird (Monasa morphoeus)
Brazilian Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus)
Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Megascops watsonii)
Tropical Screech-Owl (Otus choliba)
Common Potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis)
Black Caracara (Daptrius ater)
Wire-tailed Manakin (Pipra filicauda)
White-eared Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis)
Brown-chested Martin (Phaeoprogne tapera)
White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)
Drab Water-Tyrant (Ochthornis littoralis)
Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)
Greater Ani (Crotophaga major)
Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula)
Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula)
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet (Touit huetii)
Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa)
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
Parker's Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpecula)
Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapillus)
Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)
Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)
Swallow-wing (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Wing-barred Seedeater (Sporophila americana)
Giant South American Turtle (Podocnemis expansa)
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
Red-billed Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
Red-billed Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
Red-billed Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
Long-billed Woodcreeper (Nasica longirostris)
Casqued Oropendola (Cacicus oseryi)
Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
South American squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
South American squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)
Blunt-headed Tree Snake (Imantodes lentiferus)
Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria fera)
Stink Bug
Southern Turniptail Gecko (Thecadactylus solimoensis)
Manaus Spiny-backed Frog (Osteocephalus taurinus )
Convict Tree Frog (Boana calcarata) ???
Black-tailed Tityra (Tityra cayana)
Ivory-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus azara)
Green-and-gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii)
Lettered Aracari (Pteroglossus inscriptus)
Lettered Aracari (Pteroglossus inscriptus)
Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons)
Gray-crowned Flycatcher (Tolmomyias poliocephalus)
Yellow-green Vireo (Vireo flavoviridis)
Fork-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania furcata)
South American Common Toad (Rhinella margaritifera)
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
Common Scale-backed Antbird (Wilisornis poecilinotus) Female
Buff-throated Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus guttatus)
Purplish Jacamar (Galbula chalcothorax)
giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
Our guide said it was a cross between a spider and a scorpion
Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis)
Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata)
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the boat for the three-hour trip to Sani Lodge on Rio Napo
Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria fera)
Stink Bug
tarantula outside the bar
lagoon view from Sani Lodge in the Amazon
our usual mode of transportation
Rainforest butterfly
Frog
Big stick-looking bug on the night hike
Our guide said it was a cross between a spider and a scorpion
Black-skinned Parrot Snake (Leptophis nigromarginatus)
Amazon Dwarf Squirrel (Microsciurus flaviventor)
Least Bittern (Ixobrychus exilis)
Pied Lapwing (Vanellus cayanus)
Rufous Potoo (Nyctibius bracteatus)
Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
Convict Tree Frog (Boana calcarata)
Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) Nest
Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor)
Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor)
White-fronted Nunbird (Monasa morphoeus)
Brazilian Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus)
Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Megascops watsonii)
Tropical Screech-Owl (Otus choliba)
Common Potoo (Nyctibius jamaicensis)
Black Caracara (Daptrius ater)
Wire-tailed Manakin (Pipra filicauda)
White-eared Jacamar (Galbalcyrhynchus leucotis)
Brown-chested Martin (Phaeoprogne tapera)
White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)
Drab Water-Tyrant (Ochthornis littoralis)
Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)
Greater Ani (Crotophaga major)
Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula)
Spot-breasted Woodpecker (Colaptes punctigula)
Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet (Touit huetii)
Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa)
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
Parker's Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpecula)
Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapillus)
Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)
Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)
Swallow-wing (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Wing-barred Seedeater (Sporophila americana)
Giant South American Turtle (Podocnemis expansa)
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
Red-billed Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
Red-billed Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
Red-billed Toucan (Ramphastos tucanus)
Long-billed Woodcreeper (Nasica longirostris)
Casqued Oropendola (Cacicus oseryi)
Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
South American squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
South American squirrel monkey (Saimiri sciureus)
Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)
Blunt-headed Tree Snake (Imantodes lentiferus)
Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria fera)
Stink Bug
Southern Turniptail Gecko (Thecadactylus solimoensis)
Manaus Spiny-backed Frog (Osteocephalus taurinus )
Convict Tree Frog (Boana calcarata) ???
Black-tailed Tityra (Tityra cayana)
Ivory-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus azara)
Green-and-gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii)
Lettered Aracari (Pteroglossus inscriptus)
Lettered Aracari (Pteroglossus inscriptus)
Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons)
Gray-crowned Flycatcher (Tolmomyias poliocephalus)
Yellow-green Vireo (Vireo flavoviridis)
Fork-tailed Woodnymph (Thalurania furcata)
South American Common Toad (Rhinella margaritifera)
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
Common Scale-backed Antbird (Wilisornis poecilinotus) Female
Buff-throated Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus guttatus)
Purplish Jacamar (Galbula chalcothorax)
giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
Our guide said it was a cross between a spider and a scorpion
Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis)
Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata)
Sani Lodge is the eco-tourism arm of the Sani Village. We arranged 30 minute flight followed by a three hour boat ride to get to the lodge where we stayed for five days. Domingo showed us the good birding sites, and he was amazing in his ability to see birds in the dense forest, and to recognize calls. Highlight as we saw the first ever Whimbrel near the lodge!
Visits
- 2006-11-11: Another day with Domingo.
- 2006-11-12: This visit was for five days guided by Domingo and Guellermo. Domingo was the bird expert. We visited a couple of places near the lodge as half day trips.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (158 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(3 records)
Class: Arachnids
(2 records)
- Order: Spiders
(1 record)
- Family: Wandering Spiders
- Brazilian Wandering Spider (Phoneutria fera)
- Order: Tailless Whipscorpions
(1 record)
- Family: Tailless Whipscorpions
- Tailless Whipscorpion (Amblypygi sp)
Class: Insects
(1 record)
- Order: True Bugs
(1 record)
- Family: Stink Bugs
- Stink Bug (Pentatomidae sp)
Phylum: Chordates
(155 records)
Class: Amphibians
(3 records)
- Order: Toads and Frogs (3 records)
- Family: True Toads
- South American Common Toad (Rhinella margaritifera)
Class: Birds
(140 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Limpkin
- Limpkin (Aramus guarauna)
- Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Family: Hoatzin
- Hoatzin (Opisthocomus hoazin)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(2 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Pale-vented Pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis)
- Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti)
- Order: Gabuliformes (5 records)
- Family: Puffbirds
- Black-fronted Nunbird (Monasa nigrifrons)
- White-fronted Nunbird (Monasa morphoeus)
- Swallow-winged Puffbird (Chelidoptera tenebrosa)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(4 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus)
- Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea)
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (5 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (2 records)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(7 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
- Ladder-tailed Nightjar (Hydropsalis climacocerca)
- Family: Potoos
- Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
- Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus)
- Rufous Potoo (Phyllaemulor bracteatus)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Tropical Screech-Owl (Megascops choliba)
- Tawny-bellied Screech-Owl (Megascops watsonii)
- Order: Parrots
(12 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw (Ara ararauna)
- Chestnut-fronted Macaw (Ara severus)
- Red-bellied Macaw (Orthopsittaca manilatus)
- Dusky-headed Parakeet (Aratinga weddellii)
- Cobalt-winged Parakeet (Brotogeris cyanoptera)
- Scarlet-shouldered Parrotlet (Touit huetii)
- Black-headed Parrot (Pionites melanocephalus)
- Orange-cheeked Parrot (Pyrilia barrabandi)
- Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
- Yellow-crowned Parrot (Amazona ochrocephala)
- Orange-winged Parrot (Amazona amazonica)
- Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa)
- Order: Pelicans
(13 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Black Caracara (Daptrius ater)
- Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)
- Family: Herons
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Capped Heron (Pilherodius pileatus)
- Cocoi Heron (Ardea cocoi)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
- Least Bittern (Botaurus exilis)
- Family: Jacanas
- Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Order: Perching Birds
(67 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Casqued Oropendola (Cacicus oseryi)
- Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
- Russet-backed Oropendola (Psarocolius angustifrons)
- Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)
- Oriole Blackbird (Gymnomystax mexicanus)
- Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
- Giant Cowbird (Molothrus oryzivorus)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Black-faced Dacnis (Dacnis lineata)
- Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
- Family: Cotingas
- Screaming Piha (Lipaugus vociferans)
- Plum-throated Cotinga (Cotinga maynana)
- Bare-necked Fruitcrow (Gymnoderus foetidus)
- Purple-throated Fruitcrow (Querula purpurata)
- Family: Donacobius
- Black-capped Donacobius (Donacobius atricapilla)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Violaceous Jay (Cyanocorax violaceus)
- Family: Manakins
- Wire-tailed Manakin (Pipra filicauda)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Yellow-browed Sparrow (Ammodramus aurifrons)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- White-bellied Spinetail (Mazaria propinqua)
- Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner (Automolus ochrolaemus)
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
- Long-billed Woodcreeper (Nasica longirostris)
- Elegant Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus elegans)
- Buff-throated Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus guttatus)
- Parker's Spinetail (Cranioleuca vulpecula)
- Family: Swallows
- White-winged Swallow (Tachycineta albiventer)
- Brown-chested Martin (Progne tapera)
- White-banded Swallow (Atticora fasciata)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Red-capped Cardinal (Paroaria gularis)
- Masked Crimson Tanager (Ramphocelus nigrogularis)
- Silver-beaked Tanager (Ramphocelus carbo)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- White-vented Euphonia (Euphonia minuta)
- Orange-bellied Euphonia (Euphonia xanthogaster)
- Green-and-gold Tanager (Tangara schrankii)
- Opal-rumped Tanager (Tangara velia)
- Lesson's Seedeater (Sporophila bouvronides)
- Chestnut-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila castaneiventris)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Wing-barred Seedeater (Sporophila americana)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Black-billed Thrush (Turdus ignobilis)
- Family: Tityras and Allies
- Black-tailed Tityra (Tityra cayana)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)
- Dusky Antshrike (Thamnomanes ardesiacus)
- Plain-throated Antwren (Isleria hauxwelli)
- White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris)
- Gray Antwren (Myrmotherula menetriesii)
- Gray Antbird (Cercomacra cinerascens)
- Common Scale-backed Antbird (Willisornis poecilinotus)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Yellow-browed Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum chrysocrotaphum)
- Slender-footed Tyrannulet (Zimmerius gracilipes)
- Mottle-backed Elaenia (Elaenia gigas)
- Gray-crowned Flycatcher (Tolmomyias poliocephalus)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Alder Flycatcher (Empidonax alnorum)
- Drab Water Tyrant (Ochthornis littoralis)
- Short-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus ferox)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)
- Lesser Kiskadee (Philohydor lictor)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Amazonian Elaenia (Myiopagis cinerea)
- Family: Vireos
- Yellow-green Vireo (Vireo flavoviridis)
- Family: Wrens
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(3 records)
- Family: Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
- Large-billed Tern (Phaetusa simplex)
- Order: Tinamiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Tinamous
- Great Tinamou (Tinamus major)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(2 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Spix's Guan (Penelope jacquacu)
- Blue-throated Piping-Guan (Pipile cumanensis)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Greater Yellow-headed Vulture (Cathartes melambrotus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(11 records)
- Family: New World Barbets
- Scarlet-crowned Barbet (Capito aurovirens)
- Gilded Barbet (Capito auratus)
Class: Mammals
(6 records)
- Order: Primates (3 records)
- Family: Marmosets and Tamarins
- Black-mantled Tamarin (Saguinus nigricollis)
- Order: Rodents
(2 records)
- Family: Agoutis
- Black Agouti (Dasyprocta fuliginosa)
- Family: Squirrels
- Amazon Dwarf Squirrel (Microsciurus flaviventor)
- Order: Xenarthra
(1 record)
- Family: Myrmecophagidae
- Giant Anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla)
Class: Reptiles
(6 records)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Alligators
- Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(3 records)
- Family: Geckos
- Southern Turniptail Gecko (Thecadactylus solimoensis)
- Family: Snakes
- Black-skinned Parrot Snake (Leptophis nigromarginatus)
- Blunt-headed Tree Snake (Imantodes lentiferus)
- Order: Turtles
(2 records)
- Family: Side-necked Turtles
- Giant South American Turtle (Podocnemis expansa)
- Family: Tortoise
- Brazilian Giant Tortoise (Chelonoidis denticulatus)