Site Report: Nicaragua / Costa Rica Border Zone, Nicaragua

White-throated Magpie-Jay (Calocitta formosa)

Orange-fronted Parakeet (Eupsittula canicularis)

Rufous-naped Wren (Campylorhynchus capistratus)

This is the built-up area along the border and Inter-American Highway. The habitat in the area is pasture land and dry forest.

Map of Site Report: Nicaragua / Costa Rica Border Zone, Nicaragua

2009-02-17: After a fairly smooth border crossing on the Nicaragua side, we spent five hours waiting to get through the Costa Rica side of the border. The level of incompetence was astounding. I tried to bribe one of the border guards with a twenty, but that only nearly got me arrested.

Kingdom: Animals (4 records)

Phylum: Chordates (4 records)

Class: Birds (4 records)

Order: Parrots (1 record)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Orange-fronted Parakeet (Eupsittula canicularis)

Order: Perching Birds (3 records)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- White-throated Magpie-Jay (Cyanocorax formosus)
- Family: Swallows
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Wrens
- Rufous-backed Wren (Campylorhynchus capistratus)