Santa Lucía's 2019 Bird Monitoring program was finished in mid-December. Meanwhile the data has been entered and we are working on the analysis. Between Noé Morales and Holger Beck 5.436 data points were collected (equals the number of observed birds). 169 species were registered. 5 species were observed for the first time in the monitoring programe (although they were no newcomers to Santa Lucía):
Plain-breasted Hawk (Accipiter ventralis)
Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)
Western Wood-Pewee (Contopus sordidulus)
Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
Long-wattled Umbrellabird (Cephalopterus penduliger)
The Top 20 of most observed species holds no surprises:
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys): 403 observations
Orange-bellied Euphonia: (Euphonia xanthogaster): 303 observations
Violet-tailed Sylph (Aglaeiocercus coelestis): 279 observations
Brown Inca (Coeligena wilsoni): 225 observations
Dusky Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus semifuscus): 218 observations
Blue-winged Mountain-Tanager (Anisognathus somptuosus): 188 observations
Slate-throated Whitestart (Myioborus miniatus): 179 observations
Booted Racket-tail: (Ocreatus underwoodii): 168 observations
Golden Tanager (Tangara arthus): 163 observations
Toucan Barbet (Semnornis ramphastinus): 143 observations
Rufous-breasted Antthrush (Formicarius rufipectus): 142 observations
Beryl-spangled Tanager (Tangara nigroviridis): 136 observations
Sparkling Violetear (Colibri coruscans): 126 observations
Andean Solitaire (Myadestes ralloides) : 115 observations
Plumbeous Pigeon (Patagioenas plumbea): 111 observations
Plate-billed Mountain-Toucan (Andigena laminirostris): 108 observations
Golden-headed Quetzal (Pharomachrus auriceps): 91 observations
Red-billed Parrot (Pionus sordidus): 91 observations
Buff-tailed Coronet (Boissonneaua flavescens): 90 observations
Tricolored Brush-Finch (Atlapetes tricolor): 75 observations
Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi) : 75 observations
Of those species only the Sparkling Violetear is somewhat seasonal, all others can be easily observed throughout the year in the Santa Lucía reserve. We'll present more information on our monitoring activities soon.