Site Report: Pirre Cloud Forest Camp
Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Otus vermiculatus)
Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus)
White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo altera) - Male
Speckled Tanager (Ixothraupis guttata)
Yellow-collared Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia flavirostris)
Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii)
Widespread Eighty-eight Butterfly (Diaethria clymena)
Brown-hooded Parrot (Pionopsitta haematotis)
Greenish Puffleg (Haplophaedia aureliae)
Yellow-eared Toucanet (Selenidera spectabilis)
Grey-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
Lineated Foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla subalaris)
Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens)
Pirre Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus inornatus)
Tody Motmot (Hylomanes momotula)
Saffron-headed Parrot (Pionopsitta pyrilia)
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Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Otus vermiculatus)
Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus)
White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo altera) - Male
Speckled Tanager (Ixothraupis guttata)
Yellow-collared Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia flavirostris)
Purple-throated Woodstar (Philodice mitchellii)
Widespread Eighty-eight Butterfly (Diaethria clymena)
Brown-hooded Parrot (Pionopsitta haematotis)
Greenish Puffleg (Haplophaedia aureliae)
Yellow-eared Toucanet (Selenidera spectabilis)
Grey-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
Lineated Foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla subalaris)
Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens)
Pirre Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus inornatus)
Tody Motmot (Hylomanes momotula)
Saffron-headed Parrot (Pionopsitta pyrilia)
This camp is 1500 meters or so above Cana Station. It took us several hours to walk to the campsite, but the hike through the forest was not overly strenuous. At the campsite, there is an overlook where most of the birds were spotted. Walking further up the mountain there is a cloud forest habitat.
Visits
- 2009-03-11: We arrived at a bench deep in the rainforest which I declared to be the border of the station. We arrived in the camp by early afternoon... enough time to explore the forest around the campsite. The life inside the forest was fairly muted, but the campsite area was very productive in birds, insects, and a rainforest mouse. The next morning, we climbed to the higher elevation area of the mountain. It was pretty foggy/rainy on the mountain, and we did not see much fauna. Flora was prolific, however, with dozens of plant species growing on a single tree. I was late departing the camp in my attempt to photograph the endemic Pirre Bush Tanager
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (35 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(1 record)
Class: Insects
(1 record)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(1 record)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Widespread Eighty-eight Butterfly (Diaethria clymena)
Phylum: Chordates
(34 records)
Class: Birds
(34 records)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(1 record)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Dusky Pigeon (Patagioenas goodsoni)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts (5 records)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(1 record)
- Family: Motmots
- Tody Motmot (Hylomanes momotula)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(1 record)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Vermiculated Screech-Owl (Megascops centralis)
- Order: Parrots
(2 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Brown-hooded Parrot (Pyrilia haematotis)
- Saffron-headed Parrot (Pyrilia pyrilia)
- Order: Perching Birds
(20 records)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Yellow-collared Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia flavirostris)
- Family: Cotingas
- Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus)
- Family: Manakins
- White-ruffed Manakin (Corapipo altera)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch (Arremon brunneinucha)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Lineated Foliage-gleaner (Syndactyla subalaris)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Pirre Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus inornatus)
- Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas)
- Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava)
- Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
- Speckled Tanager (Ixothraupis guttata)
- Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
- Slate-colored Grosbeak (Saltator grossus)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Plain Antvireo (Dysithamnus mentalis)
- Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor)
- Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant (Myiornis atricapillus)
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
- Family: Wrens
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(1 record)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides (2 records)