Tierra Hermosa - Costa Rican Wildlife Reserve and Rescue Center


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Published: October 24th 2010
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Tierra Hermosa Rescue Center was created to:


Provide a safe environment for rehabilitation, and when appropriate, release of animals confiscated from poachers and illegal captivity.

The reserve is located on 4.3 hectares (11acres) of mixed undisturbed and regenerating lowland rain forest in the Sarapiqui region of Costa Rica.

Educate the public on the importance of wildlife and the ecosystems they depend upon, fostering compassion and respect for Nature.




SPECIES LIST



Birds:

Crested Eagle, Chestnut-headed Oropendola , Palm Tanager,
Black Hawk Eagle Piratic Flycatcher Summer Tanager
Great Green Macaw Yellow Tyrannulet Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Scarlet Macaw Long-billed Tyrant Tropic Peewee
Keel-billed Toucan Common Tody Flycatcher Great Potoo
Chestnut-billed Toucan Black-headed Flycatcher Turkey Vulture
Collared Aracari Social Flycatcher Black Vulture
Olive-backed Uphonia White-ringed Flycatcher King Vulture
Scarlet-rumped Cacique Grey-capped Flycatcher Broad-winged Hawk
Bright-rumped Flycatcher Swainson's Hawk Peregrine Falcon
Olive-sided Flycatcher Bat Falcon
Common Paraqua Scaly Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon Red-billed Pigeon
Ruddy Ground Dove Pale-vented Pigeon
Slaty-tailed Trogon White-tipped Dove
Pale-billed Woodpecker Great Curassow
Laughing Falcon Rufus-tailed Hummingbird
Masked Tatyra White-necked Jacobin
Montezuma's Oropendola Green-breasted Mango
Kisskadee Purple-crowned Fairy
Little Tinamou Little Hermit
Large Tinamou Long-billed Hermit
Cinnamon Becard Band-tailed Barbthroat
Crested Guan Silver-throated Tanager
White-crowned Parrot Crimson-collared Tanager
Brown-hooded Parrot Golden-headed Tanager
Crimson-fronted Parakeet Blue-grey Tanager

Mammals:
Puma
Tamandua Anteater Agouti
Two-toed Sloth Paca
Three-toed Sloth
Primates:
Mantled Howler Monkey
White-faced Monkey
Spider Monkey

Reptiles:

Snakes:
Fer-de-lance
Coral Snake (Micrurus alleni)
Boa Constrictor
Kingsnake
Eyelash Viper
Lizards:
Central American Whiptail
Norops pentaprion
Norops limifrons
Norops biporcatus
Skink (Mabuya unimarginata)
Striped Basilisk
Yellow-headed Gecko
Turtles:
Black River Turtle (adjacent prop.)
Crocodilians:
Spectacled Caiman (adjacent prop.)

Amphibians:

Red-eyed Treefrog
Tink Frog
Litter Toad
Marine Toad
Bransford's Litterfrog
Poison Dart Frog:
(Dendrobates pumilio)
(D. auratus)
Lowland Rain Frog
Yellow-flecked Glassfrog




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