EcoCircuitos staff visited Mount Totumas Cloud Forest Reserve, located in Los Pozos Volcan at 6 miles up a scenic 4WD road. We enjoyed a two day hiking adventure and superb birdwatching, including spotting a male Quetzal and a Black and Crested Guan among other species. Mount Totumas Cloud Forest is a 400 acre reserve bordering the La Amistad National Park. Guests can enjoy 8 marked trails through the reserve with access into the adjacent national park, which is Central America’s largest protected mountain wilderness area. Hot springs are also located nearby. In the Mount Totumas Cloud Forest Reserve there are keystone species present such as Resplendent Quetzals, Three Wattled Bellbirds, Baird’s Tapir, Mantled Howler Monkey, Black and Crested Guan, White-Faced Capuchin monkeys, spider monkeys, mountain lions, ocelots and even Jaguars have been spotted in neighboring national park. The reserve is in a remote wilderness location with cabins and lodge that offers all the basic amenities thanks to a sustainable off the grid micro hydro power plant that taps the power of a nearby stream. For 2015 EcoCircuitos is offering a 4 day adventure at Mount Totumas Private Reserve – where you can experience the real beauty of the Cloud forest. If you are an avid birder, a hiker or just love wildlife observation and conservation, this is the adventure for you. Contact us for more information: www.ecocircuitos.com
Bird List Mount Totumas Cloud Forest:
Highland Tinamou
Black Guan
Crested Guan
Grey-headed Chacalaca
Spotted Wood Quail
Cattle Egret
Turkey Vulture
Black Vulture
Swallow-Tailed Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Ornate Hawk Eagle
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Yellow Headed Caracara
Collared Forest Falcon
American Kestrel
Bat Falcon
Spotted Sandpiper
Band-Tailed Pigeon
Ruddy Pigeon
Buff-Fronted Quail Dove
Chiriqui Quail Dove
White-Tipped Dove
Sulfur-winged Parakeet
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
Blue-Headed Parrot
Brown-hooded Parrot
Spectacled Owl
Mottled Owl
Bare-shanked Screech Owl
Common Pauraque
Dusky Nightjar
White-Collared Swift
Vauxs Swift
Scintillant Hummingbird
Fiery-throated Hummingbird
Volcano Hummingbird
Stripe-Tailed Hummingbird
Purple-Throated Mountain Gem
White-throated Mountain Gem
Green Hermit
Violet Sabrewing
Magnificent Hummingbird
Green Violet-Ear
Brown Violet-Ear
Green-Crowned Brilliant
Snowy Bellied Hummingbird
Magenta-throated Woodstar
Purple-crowned Fairy
Long-billed Starthroat
Snowcap
Resplendent Quetzal
Collared Trogon
Orange-bellied Trogon
Blue-Crowned Motmot
Blue-throated Toucanet
Fiery-billed Aracari
Prong-billed Barbet
Red-Headed Barbet
Acorn Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Red-Crowned Woodpecker
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Golden-Olive Woodpecker
Olivaceous Piculet
Ruddy Tree Runner
Lineated Foilage-Gleaner
Spectacled Foilage-Gleaner
Spotted Barbtail
Red-Faced Spinetail
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Buffy Tuftedcheek
Streak-breasted Treehunter
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo
Mountain Elaenia
Yellow-Bellied Elaenia
Torrent Tyrannulet
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Rough-legged Tyranulet
White-Throated Spadebill
Tufted Flycatcher
Ochraceous Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Dark Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcherr
Black Phoebe
Yellowish Flycatcher
Bright-Rumped Atitla
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Panama Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Social Flycatcher
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Golden-bellied Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Masked Tityra
White-Winged Becard
Barred Becard
Three-Wattled Bellbird
Yellow-winged Vireo
Yellow-Throated Vireo
Brown-capped Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Rufous-Browed Peppershrike
Silvery-Throated Jay
Brown Jay
Blue and White Swallow
Barn Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Ochraceous Wren
House Wren
Grey-Breasted Woodwren
Southern Nightingale-Wren
American Dipper
Mountain Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Black-faced Solitaire
Orange-Billed Nightingale Thrush
Ruddy-capped Nightingale Thrush
Black-billed Nightingale Thrush
Slaty-backed Nightingale Thrush
Swainsons Thrush
Wood Thrush
White-throated Thrush
Black and Yellow Silky-Flycatcher
Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher
Black and White Warbler
Wilsons Warbler
Canada Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Magnolia Warbler
Collared Redstart
Slate-throated Redstart
Black cheeked Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler
wrenthrush
Mourning Warbler
Flame Throated Warbler
Golden Winged Warbler
Three Striped Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Louisiana Waterthrush
Common Bush Tanager
Sooty Capped Bush Tanager
Silver-throated Tanager
Summer Tanager
Flame Colored Tanager
Cherrie’s Tanager
Blue Grey Tanager
White Winged Tanager
Bay Headed Tanager
Spangle Cheeked Tanager
Golden-Hooded Tanager
Scarlet-Thighed Dacnis
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Buff-throated Saltator
Streaked Saltator
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Blue-Black Grassquit
White-naped Brush Finch
Yellow-thighed Finch
Chestnut Capped Brush Finch
Large Footed Finch
Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Slaty Flower-piercer
Baltimore Oriole
Eastern Meadowlark
Shiny Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Great-Tailed Grackle
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Elegant Euphonia
Spot-crowned Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Golden Browed Chlorophonia
Yellow-bellied Siskin
* Elevation range from 1500 to 2200ft (including Rio Colorado drainage in La Amistad National Park)
** Last updated May 6, 2014
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