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The goals of any field station should include increasing the scientific knowledge and
contributing to the better management of the area in which they are based. At Caño
Palma Biological Station (CPBS), Global Vision International Costa Rica are recording
the species incidentally detected around the property, set in the southern extent of
Barra del Colorado Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica.
CPBS is home to staff, researchers and volunteers to varying degrees throughout the
year. To account for this, we have developed the methodology by illustrating the most
commonly identified species present, as recorded in the first year of the study. These
total almost 100 species of birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians. Additionally, we
have larger illustrations and keynotes for eight target species. These were selected in
the third year as conspicuous and easily identifiable species with different preferences
and requirements, to act as indicators for the different habitats and ecosystems
surrounding the station. One such example is Quiscalus mexicanus, first recorded at
CPBS in March 2009. Common to urban areas but rare in extensively forested
regions, preferring degraded habitats, this bird was unknown to the Caribbean coast
until the 1960s but is now recorded consistently.
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