Site Report: Rancho Frio
Unidentified Tarantula
Unidentified Arachnid
Kinkajou (Potos flavus)
Pirri Harlequin Frog (Atelopus glyphus)
White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis)
Bay Wren (Thryothorus nigricapillus)
Buff-rumped Warbler (Basileuterus fulvicauda)
Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos)
Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus)
Agami Heron (Agamia agami)
Scarlet-browed Tanager (Heterospingus xanthopygius)
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Unidentified Tarantula
Unidentified Arachnid
Kinkajou (Potos flavus)
Pirri Harlequin Frog (Atelopus glyphus)
White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis)
Bay Wren (Thryothorus nigricapillus)
Buff-rumped Warbler (Basileuterus fulvicauda)
Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos)
Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus)
Agami Heron (Agamia agami)
Scarlet-browed Tanager (Heterospingus xanthopygius)
Rancho Frio is the ranger station previously known as Pirre Station. The area is on the edge of the primary forest, and a clear stream runs next to a small clearing.
Visits
- 2009-03-16: We arrived at the low tide in El Real to yet another meal of lentils. After lunch, we walked past the fighting chickens to the edge of town to catch our ride toward Rancho Frio. The walk to Rancho Frio was quiet, and we reached the ranger station just before sunset. There, we enjoyed another meal of lentils. The following day, we hiked into a nearby natural water slide in the clear waters of the Rio Frio. The area of the water slide was hopping with Harlequin Toads. That afternoon, a few of us hiked up to the mirador from where we could see El Real.
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (19 records)
Phylum: Chordates
(19 records)
Class: Amphibians
(1 record)
- Order: Toads and Frogs
(1 record)
- Family: True Toads
- Pirri Harlequin Frog (Atelopus glyphus)
Class: Birds
(16 records)
- Order: Gabuliformes
(2 records)
- Family: Jacamars
- Great Jacamar (Jacamerops aureus)
- Family: Puffbirds
- White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots
(2 records)
- Family: Kingfishers
- Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
- Family: Motmots
- Whooping Motmot (Momotus subrufescens)
- Order: Pelicans
(2 records)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Red-throated Caracara (Ibycter americanus)
- Family: Herons
- Agami Heron (Agamia agami)
- Order: Perching Birds
(8 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
- Black Oropendola (Psarocolius guatimozinus)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Scarlet-browed Tanager (Heterospingus xanthopygius)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris)
- Chestnut-backed Antbird (Poliocrania exsul)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Long-tailed Tyrant (Colonia colonus)
- Family: Wrens
- Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(2 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Crimson-crested Woodpecker (Campephilus melanoleucos)
- Family: Toucans
- Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
Class: Mammals
(1 record)
- Order: Carnivorans
(1 record)
- Family: Procyonidae
- Kinkajou (Potos flavus)
Class: Reptiles
(1 record)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes
(1 record)
- Family: Whiptails and Tegus
- Rainbow Ameiva Lizard (Holcosus undulatus)