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