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Rancho Naturalista

Turrialba valley  >  Costa Rica

Rancho Naturalista Lodge has the longest checklist among the eBird hotspots of Costa Rica – over 55 % of the nation’s total, including about 40 hummingbirds.

Tillagd* av Dragan Simic
Senast uppdaterad 11 september 2023

Beskrivning

More than 500 bird species were recorded in 140 ac / 60 ha of Rancho Naturalista's private premontane forest reserve, at 3,000 ft / 900 m above sea level and belonging to the Caribbean (Talamanca’s) foothills biome: Sunbittern , hummingbirds such as Snowcap and Purple-crowned Fairy ; Broad-billed Motmot and Rufous Motmot , Spotted Antbird , Lovely Cotinga ...

You can start your morning in a relaxed manner, with a coffee and sweets among the hummingbird feeders at the communal balcony of the lodge, observing Violet Sabrewing , White-necked Jacobin , Green Hermit , Green-breasted Mango , Crowned Woodnymph , Rufous-tailed Hummingbird , etc.

Or, you can hike and bird the four ranch trails (ranging from 0.3 mi / 400 m to 1.6 mi / 2.5 km, and totalling 4 mi / 7 km) on your own, or with Rancho's in-house guides, Mercedes and Harry. On a guided walk, it is possible to observe 120 to 140 species in a single morning, including Snowcap , Tawny-chested Flycatcher , Purplish-backed Quail-Dove ; White-collared Manakin (lek), White-crowned Manakin and White-ruffed Manakin ; Dull-mantled Antbird , Thicket Antpitta , Black-throated Wren-Babbler , Black-crested Coquette , Tawny-throated Leaftosser and the Gray-headed Piprites . Also a chance of Paint-billed Crake .

Nearby lies the Irazu Volcano National Park, reaching 11,000 ft / 3,400 m a.s.l. and offering a new set of birds, e.g. endemic Volcano Hummingbird and Flame-throated Warbler , Costa Rican Ground Sparrow, a chance of Resplendent Quetzal and Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge , and up near the crater, Volcano Junco and Timberline Wren .

Detaljer

Tillgänglighet

From San Jose to Turrialba by bus, the rest by taxi. Zoom in on the map and click on the "P" (parking) sign in the map by the main lodge building for driving directions.

Terräng och habitat

Skog , Berg , Spridda träd och buskar , Flod

Förhållanden

Kulligt

Rundtur

Ja

Tubkikare behövs?

Kan vara användbart

Bästa säsong för skådning

Året runt

Bästa tid för ett besök

Vårsträck , Höststräck

Rutt

Bred stig , Grusväg

Hur ansträngande vandring

Genomsnittlig vandring

Nås

Till fots

Fågeltorn / plattform

Ja

Extra information

The weather in the Turrialba valley is moderate year-round: not too hot and not too cold.

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Karta

Top 5 fåglar

Snowcap
1. Snowcap
(Microchera albocoronata)
Sunbittern
2. Sunbittern
(Eurypyga helias)
Rufous Motmot
3. Rufous Motmot
(Baryphthengus martii)
Violet Sabrewing
4. Violet Sabrewing
(Campylopterus hemileucurus)
Purple-crowned Fairy
5. Purple-crowned Fairy
(Heliothryx barroti)

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