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Santa Elena - Hidden Valley, Costa Rica (
Center on Interactive Map
)
Map of Santa Elena - Hidden Valley, Costa Rica
Map of Santa Elena - Hidden Valley, Costa Rica
Costa Rica Red-legged Tarantula (
Megaphobema mesomelas
)
Plain Wren (
Thryothorus modestus
)
Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine (
Coendou mexicanus
)
This is a private cloud forest reserve just outside of Santa Elena. In addition to day hikes, there are organized night walks in the forest.
Trips
Mexico to Panama
2/20/2009
: After a couple of days in the brutal heat of Guanacaste, we headed up into the Monteverde cloud forest where we found cool rainy weather.
Our first stop in the Monteverde area was the Hidden Valley near Santa Elena. In the Hidden Valley, we were able to do a day hike and a guided night walk in the cloud forest.
One of the coolest things that we saw on the trip were the glowing click beetles that we found in the forest here.
Previous Visit (Parque National Palo Verde: 2/18/2009)
Next Visit (Reserva Monteverde: 2/21/2009)
Species Recorded (24)
Birds ( 19 )
New World Vultures ( Cathartidae )
Turkey Vulture -
Cathartes aura
Hummingbirds ( Trochilidae )
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird -
Eupherusa eximia
White-throated Mountain-gem -
Lampornis castaneoventris
Trogons ( Trogonidae )
Collared Trogon -
Trogon collaris
Motmots ( Momotidae )
Lessen's Motmot -
Momotus lessonii
Toucans ( Ramphastidae )
Northern Emerald Toucanet -
Aulacorhynchus prasinus
Tyrant Flycatchers ( Tyrannidae )
Boat-billed Flycatcher -
Megarynchus pitangua
Swallows ( Hirundinidae )
Blue-and-white Swallow -
Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
Jays and Crows ( Corvidae )
Brown Jay -
Psilorhinus morio
Wrens ( Troglodytidae )
Plain Wren -
Cantorchilus modestus
House Wren -
Troglodytes aedon
Thrushes and Allies ( Turdidae )
Wood Thrush -
Hylocichla mustelina
Clay-colored Thrush -
Turdus grayi
Wood-warblers ( Parulidae )
Black-and-white Warbler -
Mniotilta varia
Golden-winged Warbler -
Vermivora chrysoptera
Brushfinches, Seedeaters, Sparrows, and Allies ( Emberizinae )
White-eared Ground-Sparrow -
Melozone leucotis
Yellow-faced Grassquit -
Tiaris olivaceus
Rufous-collared Sparrow -
Zonotrichia capensis
American Blackbirds and Orioles ( Icteridae )
Great-tailed Grackle -
Quiscalus mexicanus
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