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  1. Tawny-chested Flycatcher

    Tawny-chested Flycatcher

    Tawny-chested Flycatcher (Aphanotriccus capitalis) Sexes similar. This small flycatcher was photographed at Rancho Naturalista,Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • aphanotriccus capitalis cartago province costa rica rancho naturalista tawny-chested flycatcher tayutic
    • Comments: 25
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  2. Sunbittern

    Sunbittern

    Sunbittern (Eurypyga helias subsp. major) Sexes similar. Photographed with a Dobsonfly larva along Rio Plantanillo near Rancho Naturalista,Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Riparian with adjacent submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
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    • catago province costa rica eurypyga hellas rancho naturalista rio plantanillo subsp. major sunbittern tayutic
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  3. Stripe-throated Hermit

    Stripe-throated Hermit

    Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis subsp. saturatus) Sexes similar. Photographed nectaring Porter Weed at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
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    • cartago province costa rica phaethornis striigularis rancho naturalista stripe-throated hermit subsp. saturatus tayutic
    • Comments: 20
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  4. Silk Moth

    Silk Moth

    Silk Moth (Automerus postalbida: Saturnidae) Photographed at night lights at Rancho Naturalista,Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • automerus postalbida cartago province costa rica rancho naturalista saturnidae silk moth tayutic
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  5. Moth

    Moth

    Napata lelex: Arctiidae. Photographed at night lights at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • arctiidae cartago province costa rica moth napatea lelex rancho naturalista tayutic
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  6. Purplish-backed Quail-dove

    Purplish-backed Quail-dove

    Purplish-backed Quail-dove (Geotrygon lawrencii) Sexes similar. Photographed at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cartago province costa rica geotrygon lawrencii purplish-backed quail-dove rancho naturalista tayutic
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  7. Plain-brown Woodcreeper

    Plain-brown Woodcreeper

    Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa subsp. ridgwayi) Sexes similar. Photographed at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cartago province costa rica dendrocincia fuliginosa plain-brown woodcreeper rancho naturalista subs. ridgwayi tayutic
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  8. Pavon de Montana

    Pavon de Montana

    Pavon de Montana (Razisea spicata: Acanthaceae) Photographed at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • acanthaceae cartago province costa rica pavon de montana rancho naturalista razisea spicata tayutic
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
  9. Moth

    Moth

    Givira sp.: Cossidae. Photographed at night lights at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cartago province cossidae costa rica givira sp. rancho naturalista tayutic
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  10. Chetone Moth

    Chetone Moth

    Chetone Moth (Chetone angulosa: Arctiidae) This butterfly-like moth was found at night lights despite the fact that it is a diurnal moth. Photographed at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • arctiidae cartago province chetone angulosa chetone moth costa rica rancho naturalista tayutic
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  11. Collared Aracari

    Collared Aracari

    Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus subsp. torquatus) Sexes similar. Photographed at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cartago province collared aracari costa rica pteroglossus torquatus rancho naturalista tayutic
    • Comments: 24
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  12. Moth

    Moth

    Moth (Calledapteryx sp.: Uraniidae) This small moth caught my eye because of its unusual shape. The genus and even the family is more or less a guess on my part. Photographed at night lights at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • calledapteryx sp. cartago province costa rica moth rancho naturalista tayutic uraniidae
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  13. Chestnut-sided Warbler (female)

    Chestnut-sided Warbler (female)

    Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica) 1st winter female with moth. Photographed at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cartago province chestnut-sided warbler costa rica rancho naturalista setophaga pensylvanica tayutic
    • Comments: 17
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  14. Brown Jay

    Brown Jay

    Brown Jay (Psilorhinus morio subsp. cyanogenys) Sexes similar. This is a 2nd or 3rd year bird. First years birds bills are almost all yellow. They can retain yellow on their bills through the 3rd year but always through the 2nd year. We started calling them barking jays because they seemed to...
    • Stanley Jones
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    • brown jay cartago province costa rica psilorhinus morio rancho naturalista subs. cyanogenys tayutic
    • Comments: 15
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  15. Blue-crowned Motmot

    Blue-crowned Motmot

    Sexes similar. Photographed at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Open disturbed submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • blue-crowned motmot cartago province costa rica momotus lessonii rancho naturalista subsp. lessonii tayutic
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  16. Orange-spotted Flower Moth

    Orange-spotted Flower Moth

    Orange-spotted Flower Moth (Syngamia florella: Crambidae) Wingspan ca. 1.3-1.6 cm (0.51-0.63 In). Photographed at night lights at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cartago province costa rica crambidae orange-spotted flower moth rancho naturalista syngamia florella tayutic
    • Comments: 14
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  17. Northern Tropical Pewee

    Northern Tropical Pewee

    Northern Tropical Pewee (Contopus bogotensis subsp. brachytarsus) Sexes similar. Photographed near Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Open disturbed submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cartago province contopus bogotensis brachytarsus costa rica rancho naturalista subsp. brachytarsus tayutic tropical pewee
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  18. Rose Mallow

    Rose Mallow

    Rose Mallow (Lavetera trimastris: Malvaceae) Native to the Mediterranean Region but naturalized in much of Central America. Photographed along Rio Plantanillo near Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cartago province costa rica. lavetera trimastris malvaceae rancho naturalista rio plantanillo rose mallow tayutic
    • Comments: 6
    • Category: Wild Flowers, Trees, Shrubs, Fungi
  19. Geometrid Moth

    Geometrid Moth

    Geometrid Moth (Thysanopyga casperia: Geometridae) Photographed at night lights at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cartago province costa rica geometrid moth geometridae rancho naturalista tayutic thysanopyga casperia
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  20. Torrent Tyrannulet

    Torrent Tyrannulet

    Torrent Tyrranulet (Serpophaga cinerea subsp. grisea) Sexes similar. Photographed near Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cartago province costa rica rancho naturalista serpophaga cinerea subsp. grisea tayutic torrent tyrannulet
    • Comments: 19
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  21. Whiptail Lizard

    Whiptail Lizard

    Whiptail Lizard (Ameiva sp. Teiidae) Photographed near Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Highly disturbed submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation. February 2014
    • Stanley Jones
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    • ameiva sp. cartago province costa rica rancho naturalista tayutic teiidae whiptail lizard
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Reptiles
  22. Silk Moth

    Silk Moth

    Silk Moth (Pseudodirphia menander: Saturnidae) Photographed at night lights at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cartago province costa rica pseudodirphia menander rancho naturalista saturnidae silk moth tayutic
    • Comments: 16
    • Category: Butterflies & Moths
  23. Blue-gray Tanager

    Blue-gray Tanager

    Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus subsp. cana) Sexes similar. Photographed at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • blue-and gray tanager cartago province costa rica rancho naturalista subsp. cana tayutic thraupis episcopus
    • Comments: 23
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  24. Broad-winged Hawk (juvenile)

    Broad-winged Hawk (juvenile)

    Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus subsp. platypterus) This juvenile was photographed at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation. February 2014
    • Stanley Jones
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    • broad-winged hawk buteo platypterus cartago province costa rica rancho naturalista tayutic
    • Comments: 21
    • Category: Central & South America & Mexico
  25. Katydid

    Katydid

    Katydid: Photographed at night lights at Rancho Naturalista, Tayutic, Cartago Province, Costa Rica. Submontane cloud forest at ca. 914 m (3,000 ft) elevation.
    • Stanley Jones
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    • cartago province costa rica katydid rancho naturalista tayutic
    • Comments: 13
    • Category: Invertebrates
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