Birding Trail Las Pavas Hotel Campo Verde, Arenal, CR Self guided The Guans 1.3 ENG internet | Page 12
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Martín Pescador Verde
Green Kingfisher
Batará Grande
Great Antshrike
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Station 10 Bamboo Palm
Prestoea decurrens Arecaeae
Description of the plant: It has
some striking white flowers. Its
fruits when ripe are black and are
food for birds like toucans and
guans, which disperse their seeds
The green color of the trunk gives
it ornamental value.
Self-guided Nature Trail
Ibis Verde
Green Ibis
Tangara veranera
Summer Tanager
Oropéndola de Montezuma
Montezuma Oropendola
Station 11 Spanish cedar
Cedrela odorata Meliaceae
This tree can grow very high (up
to 40 m). Indigenous and local peo-
ple attributed medicinal properties,
used to treat stomach pain, muscle
pain and as antihaemorrhagic.
The wood is used mainly
for the production of furniture for
the particularity of not being at-
tacked by termites.
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