Curi Cancha Wildlife Refuge

Curi Cancha Wildlife Refuge is a private wildlife refuge in the central part of Costa Rica, and protects cloud forest in the Cordillera de Tilarán near Juntas.

Curi Cancha Wildlife Refuge
A clearing in the refuge
Map showing the location of Curi Cancha Wildlife Refuge
Map showing the location of Curi Cancha Wildlife Refuge
Map of Costa Rica
LocationPuntarenas, Costa Rica
Coordinates10°18′23″N 84°48′07″W / 10.3064°N 84.802°W / 10.3064; -84.802[1]
Area187 acres (0.76 km2)
Established1997
Governing bodyNational System of Conservation Areas (SINAC)

The refuge entrance is about a kilometer before the famous Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. The lower portion is drier, with few epiphytes, but the upper portion is cloud forest. While the forest is not quite so pristine as Monteverde, the most spectacular birds are much easier to see. The refuge is particularly good for the resplendent quetzal, the most sought-after bird of the cloud forest. The refuge is also a good place to find keel-billed toucan, Lesson's motmot, orange-bellied trogon, and three-toed sloth, as well as monkeys.

References

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  1. ^ "Curi Cancha National Wildlife Refuge". protectedplanet.net.[permanent dead link]
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