Site Report: Santa Fe
The Road
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The Road
This town borders a large tract of cloud forest. A good sized river runs through the town as well.
Visits
- 2009-03-03: Due to the bus schedules, we decided to spend a night and morning exploring the cloud forest near Santa Fe. We arrived in the town late in the afternoon, and by night, the weather had turned nasty with wind and rain. Again. We tried to go into the cloud forest in morning, and a taxi dropped us off near the trail head. The ground was mud, and the air was pea soup. After a short jaunt in the forest, we were forced to return to town.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (14 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(14 records)
Class: Birds
(14 records)
- Order: Parrots
(1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Brown-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula pertinax)
- Order: Pelicans
(2 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Yellow-headed Caracara (Daptrius chimachima)
- Family: Herons
- Striated Heron (Butorides striata)
- Order: Perching Birds
(8 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Black-chested Jay (Cyanocorax affinis)
- Family: Manakins
- Golden-collared Manakin (Manacus vitellinus)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Checker-throated Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla fulviventris)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
- Order: Shorebirds and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Plovers
- Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(2 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus)
- Family: Toucans
- Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus)