Monteverde : Ecology and Conservation of a Tropical Cloud Forest

Appendix 9

Birds of the Monteverde Area

M. P. Fogden

Modified from Fogden (1993) to conform to American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) order and nomenclature

(through the 7th ed., AOU 1998) and to reflect the six Holdridge Life Zones in the Monteverde region (see

Table 3.1, Fig. 1.4).

Scientific Namea

Tinamidae (tinamous)

Tinamus major

Nothocercus bonapartei

Crypturellus soui

Podicipedidae (grebes]

Tachybaptus dominicus

Podilymbus podiceps

Phalacrocoracidae (cormorants)

Phalacrocorax brasilianus

Anhigidae (darters)

Anhinga anhinga

Fregatidae (frigatebirds)

Fregata magnificens

Common Name

Great Tinamou

Highland Tinamou

Little Tinamou

Least Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

Neotropic Cormorant

Anhinga

Magnificent Frigatebird

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Zone 1 Zone 2 Zone 3 Zone 4 Zone 5 Zone 6

Prmtn Prmtn L Mntn L Mntn Prmtn Wet,

Moist Wet Wet Rain Rain Prmtn T

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