Birding Trail Las Pavas Hotel Campo Verde, Arenal, CR Self guided The Guans 1.3 ENG internet | Page 10

Astrocaryum alatum Arecaceae
Stripe-breasted Wren

Self-guided Nature Trail

The Guans

Station 4 - Coquillo Palm

Astrocaryum alatum Arecaceae

Palm that reaches 4m in height with trunk and fruits covered with thorns , so it is easily identificable . The seeds are dispersed by rodents , specifically by the Sciurus granatensis squirrel . The squirrel buries the fruit to eat it in times of scarcity , which allows the germination of the same if the adequate conditions are given . The hard shell of the fruit ( exocarp ) is used to make jewelery pieces .

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Chachalaca cabecigrís

Gray-headed chacahlaca

Ardilla colirroja Red-tailed squirrel

Soterré de costillas barreteadas

Stripe-breasted Wren

Weimar Meneses