KEN CROSS BIRDING COSTA RICA 2024

AMPHIBIANS  Marine Toad [Cane Toad] Rhinella marina Common Dink Frog Diasporus diastema Savege's Bull Frog Leptodactylus savageii Red-eyed Treefrog Agalychnis callidryas Golden-eyed Treefrog Agalychnis annae Forreri Leopards Frog Rana forreri Masked Treefrog Smilisca phaeota Granular GlassFrog Cochranella granulosa Green & Black Poison Dart Frog Dendrobates auratus Strawberry Poison Dart Frog Oophaga pumilio Brilliant Forest Frog Lithobates warszewitschii REPTILES Black River Turtle Rhinoclemmys funerea Striped Basilisk Basiliscus vittatus Brown Basilisk Basiliscus basiliscus Emerald Basilisk Basliscus plumifrons Helmeted Basilisk Corytophanes cristatus Lesser Ctenosaur Ctenosaura quinquecarinata Spinytail Iguana Ctenosaura similis Green Iguana Iguana iguana Anoles [21 Species] Green Spiny Lizard Sceloporus malachiticus Fer De Lance  American Crocodile Spectacled Caiman

Common Opossum  Didelphis marsupials Long-Nosed Bat Rhynchonycteris naso Honduran White Bat Ectophylla alba Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata White-Throated Capuchin Cebus capucinus Central American Spider Monkey Ateies geoffroyi Hoffmann´s Two-Toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni Brown-Throated Three-Toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus Nine-banded Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus Brazilian Rabbit Sylvilagus Brasiliensis Mexican Hairy Dwarf Porcupine, Coendou mexicanus * Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides Red-Tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis Montane Squirrel Syntheosciurus brochus Alfaro’s Pygmy Squirrel Microscui alfari Collared Peccary Tayassu tajacu Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata Northern Raccoon Procyon lotor White-Nosed Coati Nasau narica Collared Anteater Tamandua mexicana Silky Anteater Cyclopes didactylus Kinkajou Potos flavus Tayra Eira Barbara Neotropical Otter Lontra longicaudis White-Tailed Deer Odocoileus virginianus Red Brocket Deer Mazama americana * Not

 Quiz Answers Costa Rica Bird Quizzes Bird Quiz #1 1. Red headed Barbet 2. Harpy Eagle 3. Sungrebe 4. Unspotted Saw-whet 5. Ornate Hawk Owl 6. Lovely Cotinga 7. Volcano Junco 8. Black and white Owl 9. Timberline Wren 10. Speckled Tanager Bird Quiz 2 1. American Pygmy Kingfisher – female 2. Sooty capped Chlorospingus 3. Agami Heron 4.  Resplendent Quetsal 5.  Tropical Screech Owl 6.  Grey hooded Kite 7.  Bare shanked Screech Owl 8. Volcano Hummingbird 9. Chestnut headed Oropendola 10. Golden olive woodpecker female Bird Quiz #3 1. Prong billed Barbet 2. Mangrove cuckoo 3. Pale breasted Spinetail 4. Golden-bellied Flycatcher (Myiodynastes hemichrysus) 5. Yellow-backed Oriole (Icterus chrysater) 6. Flame-throated Warbler (Oreothlypis gutturalis) 7. Turquoise browed Motmot 8. Palm Warbler 9. White eared Ground Sparrow 10. Slate coloured Seedeater Bird Quiz #4 1. Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch (Emberizoides herbicola) 2. Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii) 3. Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift

Below are six links to six pages. Each page has ten species of Costa Rican Birds for you to identify. This is an opportunity to start using your field guides and top start learning the birds. In the next blog past I will post the answers to each 'quiz'.  QUIZ NUMBER #1 QUIZ NUMBER #2 QUIZ NUMBER #3 QUIZ NUMBER #4 QUIZ NUMBER #5 QUIZ NUMBER #6

  Ken Cross - Costa Rica Birding and Nature Tour 2024   Costa Rica is a birding destination that lives up to the hype! In this small central American nation there exists nearly 1000 bird species, of which we will see over half in our near four week visit. Hummingbirds, Toucans, Wrens, Flycatchers, Woodpeckers, Trogons, Motmots, Tanagers, Parrots [including Macaws] will be seen. Expect to see squirrels, monkeys, coatimundis and agoutis among other mammal species. We will also see fantastic herps, including Basilisk Lizards, Iguanas and we should see a variety of frogs, including some poison arrow frogs. This will be a great trip that takes around nearly the entire country.  Our local guide is Diego Quesada. Day 1-Mar 2 [S]. Upon our [late] arrival in San Jose we will transfer to the Hotel Bougainvillea. The hotel is well located, very comfortable with a good restaurant and garden.     Accommodation: Hotel Bougainvillea  Day 2-Mar 3 [S]. Today is a rest day to recover from our long trip,