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Count Summary Report Printout Date: 11/11/2016 Count Summary Report Printout Date: 11/11/2016 Count Name: Monteverde, Costa Count Code: CRMO Count Date: 12/20/2002 Rica # of Party Hours: 241.00 Species reported on count date: 379 Organizations & Centro Cientifico Tropical Sponsors: Weather Temperature Minimum: 59.0 Celsius Maximum: 86.0 Celsius Wind Direction Northeast Wind Velocity Minimum: 0.00 Kilometers/hour Maximum: 3.00 Kilometers/hour Snow Depth Minimum: 0.00 Centimeters Maximum: 0.00 Centimeters Still Water Open Moving Water Open AM and PM Conditions Cloud Cover AM: Clear PM: Partly Cloudy AM Rain None AM Snow None PM Rain None PM Snow None Start & End Times Start time End time 04:00 AM 08:00 AM Effort Observers In Field Total Number: 68 Minimum Number of Parties (daylight): 16 Maximum Number of Parties (daylight): 24 At Feeders Total Number: 0 Party Hours and Distance (excludes viewing at feeders and nocturnal birding) By Hours Distance Units Foot 230.00 116.00 Kilometers Car 11.00 38.00 Kilometers Air All-Terrain Vehicle Page 1 of 13 pages Count Summary Report Printout Date: 11/11/2016 Bicycle Dog Sled Golfcart Horseback Motorized Boat Non-Motorized Boat Skis/Xc-Skis Snowmachine Snowshoe Wheelchair Other Time and Distance Hours Distance Units At Feeders 0.00 Nocturnal Birding 22.00 6.00 Miles Total Party 241.00 154.00 Kilometers Checklist Species Number Number/Party Hrs. Flags Editorial Codes Highland Tinamou 6 0.0249 Great Tinamou 3 0.0124 HC, Gray-headed Chachalaca 18 0.0747 Crested Guan 16 0.0664 Black Guan 68 0.2822 HC, Black-breasted Wood-Quail 52 0.2158 Least Grebe 3 0.0124 Magnificent Frigatebird 1 0.0041 US, Fasciated Tiger-Heron 2 0.0083 Great Blue Heron 1 0.0041 Great Egret 7 0.0290 Little Blue Heron 1 0.0041 Cattle Egret 26 0.1079 Green Heron 2 0.0083 Black Vulture 123 0.5104 Turkey Vulture 141 0.5851 Black Hawk-Eagle 6 0.0249 Ornate Hawk-Eagle 2 0.0083 Page 2 of 13 pages Count Summary Report Printout Date: 11/11/2016 Double-toothed Kite 1 0.0041 Tiny Hawk 1 0.0041 Common Black Hawk 1 0.0041 Great Black Hawk 6 0.0249 Barred Hawk 6 0.0249 Roadside Hawk 1 0.0041 White-tailed Hawk 3 0.0124 White Hawk 2 0.0083 Gray Hawk 4 0.0166 Broad-winged Hawk 12 0.0498 Short-tailed Hawk 4 0.0166 Red-tailed Hawk 1 0.0041 Sunbittern 9 0.0373 HC, White-throated Crake 10 0.0415 Gray-necked Wood-Rail 2 0.0083 Spotted Sandpiper 3 0.0124 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1 0.0041 Red-billed Pigeon 18 0.0747 Band-tailed Pigeon 12 0.0498 Ruddy Pigeon 13 0.0539 Short-billed Pigeon 7 0.0290 Inca Dove 38 0.1577 Common Ground-Dove 3 0.0124 Ruddy Ground-Dove 7 0.0290 White-tipped Dove 26 0.1079 Gray-chested Dove 1 0.0041 Purplish-backed Quail-Dove 1 0.0041 Chiriqui Quail-Dove 1 0.0041 Squirrel Cuckoo 22 0.0913 Lesser Ground-Cuckoo 12 0.0498 Groove-billed Ani 70 0.2905 Pacific Screech-Owl 5 0.0207 Bare-shanked Screech-Owl 8 0.0332 Crested Owl 1 0.0041 Spectacled Owl 1 0.0041 Least Pygmy-Owl 2 0.0083 Mottled Owl 11 0.0456 Short-tailed Nighthawk 4 0.0166 Page 3 of 13 pages Count Summary Report Printout Date: 11/11/2016 Common Pauraque 31 0.1286 Chuck-will's-widow 2 0.0083 Black Swift 111 0.4606 White-chinned Swift 45 0.1867 Chestnut-collared Swift 4 0.0166 White-collared Swift 592 2.4564 Chimney Swift 42 0.1743 Vaux's Swift 106 0.4398 Gray-rumped Swift 50 0.2075 White-necked Jacobin 1 0.0041 Bronzy Hermit 2 0.0083 Green Hermit 111 0.4606 Long-tailed Hermit 1 0.0041 Little Hermit 19 0.0788 Green-fronted Lancebill 2 0.0083 Brown Violetear 1 0.0041 Green Violetear 36 0.1494 Purple-crowned Fairy 9 0.0373 Green-breasted Mango 1 0.0041 Green Thorntail 2 0.0083 Green-crowned Brilliant 22 0.0913 Plain-capped Starthroat 4 0.0166 Fiery-throated Hummingbird 1 0.0041 White-bellied Mountain-gem 7 0.0290 Purple-throated Mountain-gem 46 0.1909 Magenta-throated Woodstar 6 0.0249 Ruby-throated Hummingbird 10 0.0415 Canivet's Emerald 11 0.0456 Violet-headed Hummingbird 11 0.0456 Violet Sabrewing 30 0.1245 Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer 1 0.0041 US, Crowned Woodnymph (Violet- 19 0.0788 crowned Woodnymph) Stripe-tailed Hummingbird 27 0.1120 Coppery-headed Emerald 23 0.0954 Snowcap 3 0.0124 Steely-vented Hummingbird 23 0.0954 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 23 0.0954 Page 4 of 13 pages Count Summary Report Printout Date: 11/11/2016 Cinnamon Hummingbird 2 0.0083 Resplendent Quetzal 2 0.0083 Lattice-tailed Trogon 1 0.0041 Slaty-tailed Trogon 3 0.0124 Guianan Trogon 3 0.0124 Black-throated Trogon 2 0.0083 Orange-bellied Trogon 36 0.1494 Collared Trogon 3 0.0124 Amazonian Motmot 37 0.1535 Rufous Motmot 7 0.0290 Broad-billed Motmot 5 0.0207 Turquoise-browed Motmot 2 0.0083 Ringed Kingfisher 1 0.0041 Amazon Kingfisher 2 0.0083 Rufous-tailed Jacamar 20 0.0830 Red-headed Barbet 4 0.0166 Prong-billed Barbet 58 0.2407 Emerald Toucanet 38 0.1577 Yellow-eared Toucanet 3 0.0124 HC, Yellow-throated Toucan (Chestnut- 1 0.0041 US, mandibled) Keel-billed Toucan 46 0.1909 Black-cheeked Woodpecker 10 0.0415 Hoffmann's Woodpecker 37 0.1535 Smoky-brown Woodpecker 14 0.0581 Hairy Woodpecker 2 0.0083 US, Rufous-winged Woodpecker 2 0.0083 Golden-olive Woodpecker 24 0.0996 Lineated Woodpecker 2 0.0083 Pale-billed Woodpecker 6 0.0249 Barred Forest-Falcon 5 0.0207 Crested Caracara 1 0.0041 Laughing Falcon 5 0.0207 American Kestrel 1 0.0041 Bat Falcon 8 0.0332 Red-fronted Parrotlet 1 0.0041 Orange-chinned Parakeet 84 0.3485 Brown-hooded Parrot 105 0.4357 Page 5 of 13 pages Count Summary Report Printout Date: 11/11/2016 White-crowned Parrot 11 0.0456 White-fronted Parrot 47 0.1950 Olive-throated Parakeet 18 0.0747 HC, Orange-fronted Parakeet 19 0.0788 Crimson-fronted Parakeet 79 0.3278 Great Antshrike 1 0.0041 US, Barred Antshrike 2 0.0083 Russet Antshrike 14 0.0581 Plain Antvireo 21 0.0871 Streak-crowned Antvireo 9 0.0373 Checker-throated Antwren 1 0.0041 White-flanked Antwren 2 0.0083 US, Slaty Antwren 16 0.0664 Dusky Antbird 2 0.0083 Dull-mantled Antbird 1 0.0041 Blue-lored Antbird 27 0.1120 White-cheeked Antbird 5 0.0207 Ocellated Antbird 3 0.0124 Black-crowned Antpitta 2 0.0083 Scaled Antpitta 1 0.0041 Thicket Antpitta 2 0.0083 Ochre-breasted Antpitta 1 0.0041 Silvery-fronted Tapaculo 42 0.1743 Black-faced Antthrush 3 0.0124 Black-headed Antthrush 3 0.0124 Rufous-breasted Antthrush 20 0.0830 Tawny-throated Leaftosser 5 0.0207 Gray-throated Leaftosser 11 0.0456 Olivaceous Woodcreeper 23 0.0954 Long-tailed Woodcreeper 4 0.0166 Plain-brown Woodcreeper 3 0.0124 Wedge-billed Woodcreeper 14 0.0581 Northern Barred-Woodcreeper 4 0.0166 Strong-billed Woodcreeper 2 0.0083 Spotted Woodcreeper 38 0.1577 Brown-billed Scythebill 7 0.0290 Streak-headed Woodcreeper 14 0.0581 Plain Xenops 9 0.0373 Page 6 of 13 pages Count Summary Report Printout Date: 11/11/2016 Streaked Xenops 2 0.0083 Buffy Tuftedcheek 2 0.0083 Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner 6 0.0249 Lineated Foliage-gleaner 12 0.0498 Streak-breasted Treehunter 5 0.0207 Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner 5 0.0207 Striped Woodhaunter 5 0.0207 Spotted Barbtail 34 0.1411 Ruddy Treerunner 21 0.0871 Red-faced Spinetail 20 0.0830 Slaty Spinetail 7 0.0290 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet 2 0.0083 Yellow Tyrannulet 1 0.0041 Yellow-bellied Elaenia 3 0.0124 Mountain Elaenia 12 0.0498 Torrent Tyrannulet 8 0.0332 Olive-striped Flycatcher 9 0.0373 Ochre-bellied Flycatcher 5 0.0207 Slaty-capped Flycatcher 13 0.0539 Rufous-browed Tyrannulet 48 0.1992 Rough-legged Tyrannulet 1 0.0041 Rough-legged Tyrannulet (Zeledon's) 3 0.0124 Paltry Tyrannulet 26 0.1079 Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant 9 0.0373 Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant 83 0.3444 Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher 1 0.0041 Common Tody-Flycatcher 17 0.0705 Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher 1 0.0041 Eye-ringed Flatbill 5 0.0207 Yellow-olive Flycatcher 10 0.0415 Yellow-margined Flycatcher 2 0.0083 White-throated Spadebill 24 0.0996 Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher 3 0.0124 Tufted Flycatcher 82 0.3402 Olive-sided Flycatcher 1 0.0041 Dark Pewee 3 0.0124 Eastern Wood-Pewee 7 0.0290 Tropical Pewee 2 0.0083 Page 7 of 13 pages Count Summary Report Printout Date: 11/11/2016 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 2 0.0083 Alder Flycatcher 1 0.0041 Least Flycatcher 4 0.0166 Yellowish Flycatcher 29 0.1203 Black Phoebe 5 0.0207 Long-tailed Tyrant 2 0.0083 Bright-rumped Attila 5 0.0207 Rufous Mourner 1 0.0041 Dusky-capped Flycatcher 40 0.1660 Brown-crested Flycatcher 4 0.0166 Great Kiskadee 29 0.1203 Boat-billed Flycatcher 29 0.1203 Social Flycatcher 46 0.1909 White-ringed Flycatcher 2 0.0083 Golden-bellied Flycatcher 17 0.0705 Streaked Flycatcher 1 0.0041 US, Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher 2 0.0083 Tropical Kingbird 62 0.2573 Western Kingbird 33 0.1369 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher 1 0.0041 Sharpbill 3 0.0124 Bare-necked Umbrellabird 1 0.0041 Rufous Piha 1 0.0041 US, Long-tailed Manakin 14 0.0581 White-ruffed Manakin 7 0.0290 Masked Tityra 22 0.0913 Brown-winged Schiffornis 1 0.0041 Barred Becard 4 0.0166 Cinnamon Becard 13 0.0539 Rose-throated Becard 8 0.0332 White-eyed Vireo 6 0.0249 US, HC, Yellow-throated Vireo 23 0.0954 Blue-headed Vireo 1 0.0041 Brown-capped Vireo 2 0.0083 Philadelphia Vireo 20 0.0830 Red-eyed Vireo 5 0.0207 Tawny-crowned Greenlet 25 0.1037 Lesser Greenlet 88 0.3651 Page 8 of 13 pages Count Summary Report Printout Date: 11/11/2016 Green Shrike-Vireo 1 0.0041 Rufous-browed Peppershrike 5 0.0207 Azure-hooded Jay 41 0.1701 White-throated Magpie-Jay 44 0.1826 Brown Jay 214 0.8880 Blue-and-white Swallow 68 0.2822 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 9 0.0373 Nightingale Wren 55 0.2282 House Wren 42 0.1743 Ochraceous Wren 50 0.2075 Band-backed Wren 17 0.0705 Rufous-naped Wren 25 0.1037 Rufous-breasted Wren 1 0.0041 Black-throated Wren 1 0.0041 Banded Wren 3 0.0124 Rufous-and-white Wren 18 0.0747 Stripe-breasted Wren 30 0.1245
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