What you may see or hear!
Below are partial lists of some species seen, or heard, at our sanctuary, most of them full time residents, in the dynamic dance of interdependence, found in a mountain forest ecosystem, 1200' above sea level, with steep ravines, farm breaks and forest edges.

Butterflies & Moths
Butterflies
Morpho Amathonte
Common Blue Morpho
Banded Morpho
Owl Butterfly
Passionflower Butterfly
Malachite
Arcus
Pink Cattleheart
Banded King Shoemaker
Grecian Shoemaker
Spotted Grecian Shoemaker
Grey Cracker
Starry Cracker
Red Cracker
Glasswing
Zebra Longwing
Isabella
Julia
Small Postman
White Peacock
Banded Peacock
Smooth-Banded Sister
Mosaic
Leptoles cassius
Brown Siproeta
Snout Butterfly
Clorinde
Cabbage
Cloudless Sulphur
Orange-Barred Sulphur
Monarch
Scarce Bamboo
Ruby-Spotted Swallowtail
Black Swallowtail
Thoas Swallowtail
Broad-banded Swallowtail
Common Mechenitis
Lots of Parides & Helconias & more
Moths
Oriziba Silkmoth
Giant Silkmoth
Io Moth
Green Page Moth - incredible migration
Ornate Moth
Snowy Eupseudosoma
Striped Morning Sphinx
Tiger Moth and more!


Birds
Great Curassow
Crested Guan
Great Tinamou
Little Tinamou
Crested Caracara
Chachalaca
Grey-necked Wood-Rail aka: Chirincoco
King Vulture
Black Vulture
Black Hawk-Eagle
Black Hawk
White Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Many Falcons, Hawks & Kites!
Laughing Falcon
Forrest Falcon
Grey-headed Kite
American Swallow-tailed Kite
Mealy Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
Blue-headed Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Fiery-billed Aracari
Chestnut-manidibled Toucan
White-necked Puffbird
Owl - heard often, never seen
Sqirrel Cuckoo
Smooth-billed Ani
Nightjars
Swifts & Swallows
Cattle Egret
Lots of different Hummingbirds!
Hermits
Purple-crowned Fairy
Crowned Woodnymph
Trogon
Blue-crowned Motmot
Lineated Woodpecker
Black-crowned Tityra
Eastern Kingbird
Great Kiskadee
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Woodpeckers, Sapsuckers, Woodcreepers
Gleaners, Antbirds, Furnariids, Wrens
Manakins, Becards, Flycatchers, Vireos,
Warblers, Orioles, Gnatcatchers, Caciques,
Euphonias, Tanagers, Honeycreepers
In 2007, a Lovely Cotinga was seen on our road!


Mammals
Common Visitors
White-throated Capuchin Monkeys aka:
White-face Monkey - diurnal visitor to the santuary
White-nosed Coati aka: Pizote (Raccoon Family) long head & body, long, slightly upturned nose, long ringed prehensil tail, diurnal - terrestrial & arboreal, solitary & in large family groups, not timid
Pacas aka: Tepezcuintle ~ slightly pig/rodent-like, small head, large rump ~ nocturnal (however, have been seen during the day) ~ terrestrial ~ solitary or in pairs ~ feeds on fallen fruit & tubers
Kinkajous aka: Martilla ~ dense, soft, short fur, long body, long prehensil tail, head round, muzzel short, large round dark eyes~nocturnal & arboreal ~ agile & quick, heard at night noisily moving through forest canopy~feeds on fruit, insects, flower nectar
Three-toed Sloth aka: Perezoso ~ diurnal & nocturnal ~ mostly arboreal & solitary ~ head round, short body & tail, long limbs, very hard to spot as it moves sooo slowly & is camouflaged by coarse fur that collects a green algae
Collard Peccary aka: Sajino or Chancho de Monte ~
(relative of pigs) diurnal & terrestrial ~ solitary or in small groups ~ feeds on palm nuts, snails, fruit & small vertebrates
Variegated Squirrel, who's developed a taste for the seeds of Sexy Pink Hellconia! Plus various other mammals. Howler Monkeys are heard but not yet seen.
Less Common
Anteater aka: Northern Tamandua or Hormiguero ~ diurnal & nocturnal ~ arboreal & terrestrial ~ long narrow head, furry, black vested, thick prenhensil tail, & big curled claws
Tayra aka: Tolomuco (Weasel Family )~ beautiful, chocolate brown to black fur, long body, with long bushy tail ~ diurnal~ terrestial & arboreal
Ocelot aka: Manigordo (seen foot prints) ~ beautiful wildcat with tawny yellowish fur with black spots & lines ~ nocturnal ~ terrestrial & solitary, walks on man-made trails at night
Other species
There are host of other species, fascinating bugs & insects, and bats, frogs, lizards & snakes, all who eat insects, helping to keep our environment in comfortable balance :-)
