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Bosque del Río Tigre, a birders' lodge on the Tigre river at Dos Brazos

Map of Bosque del Río Tigre, a birders' lodge on the Tigre river at Dos Brazos, Costa Rica

The other side of the Osa from Drake Bay: a lodge on the Tigre river at Dos Brazos, in the Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve that rings Corcovado National Park. Twelve guests at most, and at night the river and the howler monkeys are the only sound.

Its owners describe themselves as the first resident birders on the Osa, and they have birded this property since 1995. The day is built round the birds: coffee and banana bread before first light, the morning walk, and a late breakfast so it does not take the best hours. The lodge says that walk usually turns up 45 to 70 species.

Because few people walk the trails, the shy forest birds forage in sight, and many of them come right up to the house. The lodge counts fourteen regional endemics of the south Pacific slope and western Panama in this corner of the peninsula.

At a glance

Habitat
lowland forest of the Golfo Dulce Forest Reserve, the Tigre river and its streams, the yard and gardens round the house
Nearest hotspot page
Corcovado National Park and the Osa · 18.9 km (see To verify 1)
The lodge's own bird list
Bosque del Río Tigre site list

Birding on the property

The naturalist hosts are Liz Jones and Abraham Gallo, and the lodge describes its guides as serious birders who are good at finding target birds. Banana feeders by the house bring in the ant-tanagers, there are active nests round the house most of the year, and the walks are tailored to what you want and how far you want to go, with a spotting scope for newer birders. The lodge also runs bird walks in the Osa and roadside birding trips off the property.

Photo: Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge

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Bosque del Rio Tigre Lodge

Situated on the Tigre River

★★★

Four rooms and at most 12 guests on the Tigre river at Dos Brazos, in the forest reserve that rings Corcovado, where the river and the howler monkeys are the only sound at night. The smallest lodge on this page, and the one for the serious list.

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The birds to look for

At the banana feeders, the Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager, a local endemic and the bird the lodge puts first. The Little Tinamou feeds outside the kitchen, and at first light the Blue-throated Goldentail works the verbena in the yard.

Round the house and the hammocks, the Orange-collared Manakin and the Riverside Wren often nest, and both the Orange-collared and the Red-capped Manakin hold leks on the property. On the trail a few metres from the lodge, the Scaly-throated Leaftosser on many mornings, and most years a White-tipped Sicklebill roosts over a local stream.

The lodge's specialty list adds the Uniform Crake and White-throated Crake, and its birding page the Scarlet Macaw, the Fiery-billed Aracari, the Turquoise Cotinga and the Graceful Black-throated Trogon (your field guide may still call it Black-throated Trogon), seen on a nest here.

EnglishScientificSpanishStatus
Black-cheeked Ant-TanagerDriophlox atrimaxillarisTangara Hormiguera CarinegraRegional endemic
Little TinamouCrypturellus souiTinamú Chico
Blue-throated GoldentailChlorestes eliciaeColibrí Colidorado
Orange-collared ManakinManacus aurantiacusSaltarín CuellinaranjaRegional endemic
Riverside WrenCantorchilus semibadiusSoterré PechibarreteadoRegional endemic
Red-capped ManakinCeratopipra mentalisSaltarín Cabecirrojo
Scaly-throated LeaftosserSclerurus guatemalensisTirahojas Barbiescamado
White-tipped SicklebillEutoxeres aquilaPico de Hoz
Uniform CrakeAmaurolimnas concolorRascón Café
White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularisPolluela Gargantiblanca
Scarlet MacawAra macaoGuacamayo Rojo
Fiery-billed AracariPteroglossus frantziiTucancillo PiquianaranjadoRegional endemic
Turquoise CotingaCotinga ridgwayiCotinga TurquesaRegional endemic
Graceful Black-throated TrogonTrogon tenellusTrogón Cabeciverde

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