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Site Report: Rio Paca Station

Spectacled Antpitta (Hylopezus perspicillatus)
Spectacled Antpitta (Hylopezus perspicillatus)
Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)
Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)
Purple-throated Fruitcrow (Querula purpurata) - Male
Purple-throated Fruitcrow (Querula purpurata) - Male
White-tailed Trogon (Trogon viridis) - Male
White-tailed Trogon (Trogon viridis) - Male
Red-throated Caracara (Daptrius americanus)
Red-throated Caracara (Daptrius americanus)
Geoffroy's tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi)
Geoffroy's tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi)
Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala) - Male
Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala) - Male
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius sulphureipygius)
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius sulphureipygius)
Long-tailed Woodcreeper (Deconychura longicauda)
Long-tailed Woodcreeper (Deconychura longicauda)
Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner (Philydor fuscipennis)
Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner (Philydor fuscipennis)
Paula's Clearwing (Oleria paula)
Paula's Clearwing (Oleria paula)
Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
Great Green Macaw (Ara ambigua)
Great Green Macaw (Ara ambigua)
White-tailed Trogon (Trogon viridis) - Female
White-tailed Trogon (Trogon viridis) - Female
Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala)
Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala)
Spectacled Antpitta (Hylopezus perspicillatus)
Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)
Purple-throated Fruitcrow (Querula purpurata) - Male
White-tailed Trogon (Trogon viridis) - Male
Red-throated Caracara (Daptrius americanus)
Geoffroy's tamarin (Saguinus geoffroyi)
Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala) - Male
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius sulphureipygius)
Long-tailed Woodcreeper (Deconychura longicauda)
Slaty-winged Foliage-gleaner (Philydor fuscipennis)
Paula's Clearwing (Oleria paula)
Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
Great Green Macaw (Ara ambigua)
White-tailed Trogon (Trogon viridis) - Female
Golden-headed Manakin (Ceratopipra erythrocephala)

A very basic campsite next to a small river. The surrounding area is a former pasture, but the forest has regenerated spectacularly. The GPS is an estimate.

Visits

  • 2009-03-13: We left in the morning from Cana, and we spent most of the daylight hours walking through rain forest to this next campsite. We arrived pretty exhausted, and everyone was soon in the river cooling off and cleaning off the grime. We were able to see helicopter wreckage from the US invasion of Panama in 1989.

Species Seen

Kingdom: Animals (31 records)
Phylum: Arthropods (1 record)
Phylum: Chordates (30 records)

Lifelists