Recorded in January 2024, Ulcumano EcoLodge, Oxapampa, Peru.

Bay Antpitta (Grallaria capitalis) Tororoi Bayo

Black Hawk-Eagle, Spizaetus tyrannus, calling from a nearby perch early in the morning of 2023-12-04

Family: Accipitridae

The Black Hawk-Eagle is a frequent soarer in the skies of Neotropical American forests

Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica

image credit: "aguililla-negra menor, buse noire, common black hawk, common black-hawk" by Dario Taraborelli is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.

AMNS Costa Rica

Black Hawk-eagle, Spizaetus tyrannus

Spectacled Owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata
calling from a nearby perch in the pre-Dawn Astronomical Twilight of 2023-12-04

Family: Strigidae

The softly pulsating song of the Spectacled Owl is a common voice in the nighttime chorus of Neotropical forests throughout Middle America

Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica

image credit: "búho de anteojos, spectacled owl" by Liam Steele is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.

Spectacled Owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata

Black-faced Solitaire, Myadestes melanops - song
(background: Common Chlorospingus)

Family: Turdidae

The tonal, metallic voice of the Black-faced Solitaire is heard in  dense montane habitats at higher elevations of Costa Rica.

Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica on the morning of 2023-12-04

image credit: "black-faced solitaire" by Dario Taraborelli is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.

Black-faced Solitaire, Myadestes melanops 01

Black-faced Solitaire, Myadestes melanops - song
(background: Common Chlorospingus)

Family: Turdidae

The tonal, metallic voice of the Black-faced Solitaire is heard in  dense montane habitats at higher elevations of Costa Rica

Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on the morning of 2023-12-04

image credit: "black-faced solitaire" by Dario Taraborelli is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.

Black-faced Solitaire, Myadestes melanops 02

Common Chlorospingus, Chlorospingus flavopectus

Family Passerellidae

Common Chlorospingus is a chatty bird heard through the cloud forests of Middle America

Excerpt from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on the morning of 2023-12-04

image credit: "chlorospin des buissons, clorospingo común, common bush tanager, common bush-tanager, common chlorospingus, common tanager finch" by Dario Taraborelli is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.

Common Chlorospingus 01

Common Chlorospingus 03

Lineated Foliage-gleaner, Syndactyla subalaris

Duet

Lineated Foliage-gleaners are more likely heard than seen  in the dense undergrowth of higher elevation cloud forests of Costa Rica.

Family Furnariidae

Excerpt  from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on the morning of 2023-12-04.

"buff-browed foliage-gleaner" by Diego Carús is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.

Lineated Foliage-gleaner duet

Ochraceous Wren, Troglodytes ochraceus 

Family: Troglodytidae

Endemic to Costa Rica and Panama, Ochraceous Wrens are often found foraging or singing from mossy trunks and branches

Excerpt  from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on the morning of 2023-12-04.

"ochraceous wren" by Malo Ramírez is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.

Ochraceous Wren 01

Ochraceous Wren song 02

Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant, Lophotriccus pileatus

Family: Tyrannidae

The piecing-voiced Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant  ranges in high mountain forests throughout Middle America.

Excerpt  from a long soundscape recording from San Gerardo Biological Station in Provincia Guanacaste, Costa Rica, on the morning of 2023-12-04.

image credit: "scale-crested pygmy tyrant, scale-crested pygmy-tyrant" by Guy Babineau is marked with CC0 1.0. To view the terms, visit http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/?ref=openverse.

Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant 01

ScaleCrested PygmyTyrant 02

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