Selva Negra maintains more than 20 km of hiking trails through the forest reserve, and large fruiting trees are found throughout the production area, which is mixed level shade coffee. Most of the forest lies between 1300 and 1500 meters, and the property is situated along the continental divide between the Pacific and Atlantic lowlands. Because of this unique location, the bird community represents a mix of both Pacific and Atlantic-slope bird species, as well as mountain species whose ranges extend south from Mexico. Several marshy ponds around the farm provide additional habitat diversity. Please review our bird list where the most common species are in boldface.
Click on the following links to see the detailed bird list developed by Cooper Ecological Monitoring, Inc.
Birds-part a | Birds-part bBirding guides can be hired for the day to take full advantage of the possibilities. Please contact us to arrange a guide.
Come and add some of your own. We are occasionally approached by guests with additional to the list, here are the latest:
- Rob Batchelder - Managua Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius) I saw a single individual (female) of this migrant woodpecker on the western edge of the lower pond (near Cabana Gretel where we stayed) just where the paved road passes the pond, ascending the hill up to the restaurant. The time was around 6:15 a.m. on Sunday, January 25. All the other 60 or so species I saw during the weekend are birds already on the checklist.