Birding Trail Las Pavas Hotel Campo Verde, Arenal, CR Self guided The Guans 1.3 ENG internet | Page 4

Self-guided Nature Trail
Station 2 - Rattlesnake plant
Calathea crotalifera
This is a plant that reach around
2 meters of height. The cooked
leaves are used to pack tipical food
and tamales. The flowers have
bracts similar to the rattle (set of
horny rings that sound when vi-
brate) of the Rattlesnake. The
flowers are pollinated by melito-
philia (bees). The fruits are scat-
tered by birds (ornithocoria) such
as tanagers, manakins, etc.
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Self-guided Nature Trail
The Guans The Guans
Jacamar rabirrufo
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Trogón violáceo
Gartered Trogon
Saltarín gorgiblanco-
White-collared manakin
Reinita guardaribera
Buff-rumped warbler
Pava crestada
Crested Guan
Trogón coliplomizo
Slaty-tailed trogon
Station 3 - Little Avocado
Ocotea sp. Lauraceae
This tree can reach 20 m. tall with white
and aromatic flowers pollinated by in-
sects, especially flies.
Its fruits are large with red tones to
attract birds, such as toucans, trogons,
guans and other large birds. In addition,
under the bark, it have fuel oils able to
burn.
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