Recent bird sightings at REGUA

Oustalet’s Tyrannulet <em>Phylloscartes oustaleti</em> (&copy; Leonardo Pimentel)
Oustalet’s Tyrannulet Phylloscartes oustaleti (© Leonardo Pimentel)

Avian highlights from around the reserve in September include: Tataupa Tinamou, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Masked Duck, Rusty-margined Guan (visiting the lodge feeders), Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Whistling Heron, Capped Heron, Grey-headed Kite, Snail Kite, Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle, Rufous-thighed Kite (lodge garden), Crane Hawk, Limpkin, Russet-crowned Crake, Rufous-sided Crake, Blackish Rail, Giant Snipe, Maroon-bellied Parakeet, Plain Parakeet, Blue-bellied Parrot (4×4 Track), Tropical Screech-Owl (at usual roost site), Long-tailed Potoo (roosting on the 4×4 Track), Common Potoo, Spot-tailed Nightjar, Scissor-tailed Nightjar, Sick’s Swift, Saw-billed Hermit, Rufous-breasted Hermit, Black Jacobin, Frilled Coquette, White-chinned Sapphire (lodge garden), Buff-bellied Puffbird, White-eared Puffbird, Crescent-chested Puffbird, Spot-billed Toucanet, White Woodpecker (lodge garden), Spot-backed Antshrike, White-bibbed Antbird, Black-cheeked Gnateater, Rufous-capped Antthrush, Rufous-breasted Leaftosser, Ochre-breasted, Black-capped, Buff-fronted and White-eyed Foliage-gleaners, Sharp-tailed Streamcreeper, Southern Antpipit, Oustalet’s Tyrannulet (Elfin Forest Trail), Russet-winged Spadebill (Waterfall Trail), Greyish Mourner, Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Large-headed Flatbill, Grey-hooded Attila, Bare-throated Bellbird (lodge garden), Pin-tailed Manakin, Sharpbill, Shrike-like Cotinga, Green-backed Becard, White-thighed Swallow, Long-billed Wren, Hooded, Olive-green, Azure-shouldered, Golden-chevroned, White-bellied, Red-necked and Rufous-headed Tanagers, Temminck’s Seedeater (4×4 Track and lodge garden), Yellow-green and Black-throated Grosbeaks and Green-winged Saltator (Wetland Trail).