Animal Species
Animal life of Cosigüina Nature Reserve
Being a bit attentive you will easily note the great variety of animal species in the area of volcano Cosigüina which was declared nature reserve in 1983. During a hike or horseback riding tour with one of our bilingual guides you will learn about the characteristics of the local mammals, reptiles, insects and birds such as coyotes, mountain cats, ring-tailed coatis, scarlet macaws, black iguanas and many more. Enjoy being surrounded by shirps and rustles.
Cosiguina is one of the last wild life refuges in the pacific region of Nicaragua which as well harbors some very endangered species such as the Great Curassow and the Crested Guan. These species are very rare and almost extinct in the pacific region. The Plain Chachalaca is one of the most common birds.
Species of birds |
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Local name |
Common name |
Scientific name |
| Chis chis ojos rojos | unknown | Vireo divaceus |
| Garza morena | Little Blue Heron | Florida caerulea |
| Garza real | Great Egret | Casmerodius albus |
| Gaviota común | Laughing Gull | Larus atricilla |
| Tijereta | Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Muscivora fortificata |
| Alzaculito | Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularia |
| Chis chis | Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia |
| Paloma alas blancas | White-winged dove | Zenaida asiática |
| Güis migratorio | Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus |
| Güis | Western Kingbird | Tyrannus verticalis |
| Güis copetón | Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus nigricans |
| Güis chiquito | unknow | Myioretetes similis |
| Chocoyo sapoyol | Orange-chinned Parakeet | Brotogeris jugularis |
| Chocoyo catano | Orange-fronted Parakeet | Aratinga canicularis |
| Loras copete amarillo | Yellow-crowned Parrot | Amazona ochorocephala |
| Pericón verde | Green Parakeet | Aratinga holochlora |
| Lapas rojas | Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao |
| Pichardas | Long-legged Tree Duck | Dendrocygna spp. |
| Piches | Black-bellied whistling duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis |
| Pato aguja | Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga |
| Pelícanos | Brown Pelican | Pelicanus occidentalis |
| Perdiz | Thicket Tinamou | Cryturellus cinamomeus |
| Martineta | Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| Garza garrapatera | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Martín peña | Tiger Heron | Tigrisoma limeatum |
| Garabulón | Wood Stork | Mycteria americana |
| Zopilote | Black Vulture | Coragips atratus |
| Sonchiche | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
| Gavilán chapulinero | Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris |
| Gavilán plomizo | Gray Hawk | Buteo nitidus |
| Gavilán pollero | Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus |
| Gavilán cola roja | Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
| Gavilán alas redondas | Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| Gavilán come gallinas | Harris’ Hawk | Parabuteo uncinatus |
| Gavilán negro | unknown | Hypomorphus urubitinga |
| Guas | Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinans |
| Querque | unknown | Polyborus cheriwuay |
| Gavilán patilludo | American Kestrel | Falco sporverius |
| Cuachas | Plain Chacalaca | Ortalis vetula |
| Codorniz | Spot-bellied Bobwhite | Colinus leucopogon |
| Gallinita de playa | Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa |
| Paloma patacona | Red-billed Pigeon | Columba flavirostris |
| Paloma tortolita | unknown | Scardafela inca |
| Paloma San Nicolás | Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti |
| Cotorra | White-fronted Parrot | Amazona albifrons |
| Sigmonte | unknown | Coacyzuser ythropthalmus |
| Pájaro león | Blue-crowned Motmot | Momotus Momotas |
| Pijul | Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris |
| Relojero | Lesser Ground Cuckoo | Morococcyx erythropygus |
| Esquirin | Nocturnal Barn Owl | Tito alba |
| Lechuza | Pacific Screech owl | Otus cooperi |
| Búho de espejuelos | Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata |
| Manguito | Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostil |
| Colibrí | Cinnamon Hummingbird | Amazilia rutila |
| Calandria | Citreoline Trogon | Trogon citreolus |
| Martín pescador | Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torcuata |
| Guardabarranco gigante | Tody Motmot | Hylomanes momotula |
| Guardabarrancos | Turquoise-browed Motmot | Eumomota superciliosa |
| Urraca chinga | unknown | Notachus macorrhynchus |
| Chenge | Golden-fronted Woodpecker | Centurus aurifrons |
| Carpintero | unknown | Phbcoceases guatemalensis |
| Toledo | Long-tailed Manekin | Chiroxiphia liniaris |
| Prisionero | Great Antshrike | Taraba major |
| Guarumo carraco | unknown | Cotinga fasciatus |
| Cierto güis | Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus |
| Güisito de hamón | unknown | Empidonax hammoudii |
| Ventura | unknown | Myiodinaster luteiventris |
| Golond./alambres | unknown | Progne chalybon |
| Golond./migratoria | Barn Swallow | Hirundo rústica |
| Urraca | White-throated Magpie-Jay | Cyanocitta formosa |
| Guarachía | Rufous-naped Wren | Campylorhynchus rufinucha |
| Pavito | Stripe-breasted Wren | Thyothorus thoracicus |
| Pavito grandre | unknown | Thyothorus rufalvus |
| Sinsontle | Clay-colored Robin | Turdus gragi |
| Brinquito | unknown | Polioptila albifrons |
| Oropéndola | unknown | Gymnoshops montezuma |
| Tordo | Melodious Black-bird | Dives dives |
| Sargento | Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| Chichiltote | Altmira Oriole | Icterus gularis |
| Chichiltote pálido | Orange Oriole | Icterus sclateri |
| Viuda chiquita | Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus |
| Arrocero | unknown | Sporofila torcuata |
| Retumbo | unknown | Guarica caerulea |
| Clarinero zanate | Great-tailed Grackle | Cassidix mexicanus |
| Pasarrios | unknown | Basiliscus vittatus |
| Pancho galán | Jaribu Stork | Jabiru mycteria |
| Alcaravan de water | Pinnated Bittern | Botaurus pinatus |
| Paloma llanera | Mourning Dove | Zenaida macrorura |
Species of mammals |
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| Mapache | Racoon | Procyon lotor |
| Ardilla | Variegated Squirrel | Scirus variegatoides |
| Guatuza | Central American Agouti | Dasyprocta punctata |
| Pizote | White-nosed Coati | Nasua narica |
| Zorro meón | unknown | Maphites macroura |
| Tigre | Jaguar | Felis onca |
| León | Mountain Lion | Felis concolor |
| Caucelo | Tiger cat | Felis tigrina |
| Sahino | Collared Peccary | Tayassu tajacu |
| Ratita cosechadora | unknown | Reithrodontromys spp. |
| Zorro cola pelada | Common Opossum | Deidelphis marsupialis |
| Cusuco | Nine banded Armadillo | Dasypus novemcinctus |
| Mono tecolote | Central American Spider Monkey | Ateles gesffroyi |
| Vampiro | Common Vampire Bat | Desmodus rotundus |
| Conejo cola blanca | Eastern Cottontail | Sylvilagus floridanus |
| Venado cola blanca | Whitetail Deer | Odocoileus virginainus |
| Tigrillo | Ocelot | Felis pardalis |
| Comadreja | Weasel | Mustela sp. |
| Coyote | Coyote | Canis latrans |
| Gato onza | unknown | Felis vagoaroundi |
| Perezoso | Three-toed Sloth | Bradypus grieseus |
| Cuyuceo | Kinkajou | Potos flavus |
| Guardatinaja | Paca | Agouti paca |
| Gato de monte | unknown | Felis criedii |
Species of amphibians and reptiles |
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| Iguana verde | Green Iguana | Iguana iguana |
| Garrobo Negro | Black Iguana | Ctenosaura similes |
| Cocodrilo | American Crocodile | Crocodrylus acutus |
| Boa | Boa Constrictor | Boa constrictor |
| Lagartija | Barred Whiptail | Ameiva undulata |
| Lagartija rayada | Deppe’s Whiptail | Cnemidophorus deppii |
| Escorpión | Skorpion | Lepidodactylus lúgubres |
| Sapito | Mudpuddle Frog | Physalaemus pustulosus |
| Rana maculata | unknown | Rana maculata |
| Cuajipal | Brown Caiman | Caiman crododilus fuscus |
| Cascabel | Sidewinder | Crotalus cerastes |
| Culebra ratonera | Rat Snake | Elaphe Bairdi |
Species of fish |
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| Lisa | White Mullet | Mugil curema |
| Róbalo | Robalo Snook | Centropomus |
| Wicho | Sea Catfish | Arius spp., |
| Corvina | Weakfish | Cynoscion squamipinnis |
| Corvina | Whitefin weakfish | Cynoscion albus |
| Corvina | Dwarf Weakfish | Cynoscion nannus |
| Jurel | Jack | Parapsetus panamensis |
| Pargo | Red Snapper | Lutjanus spp. |
| Mero | Spotted Grouper | Epinephelus analogus |
| Tiburón | Reef shark | Carcharhinus perezi |
| Peperechin | Bonefish | Albula spp. |
| Peje chancho | Triggerfish | Pseudobalistes spp. |
| Sapa muche | unknown | Batrachoides spp. |
| Peje aguja | unknown | Strongulura spp. |
| Jurel | unknown | Camax vincus |
| Sardina | Anchovy | Anchoa spp. |
| Cwatercha | unknown | Diapterus brevimanus |
| Peje gato | unknown | Polydactilus approximans |
| Ruco rayado | unknown | Anisotremus spp. |
| Ruco cabezón | unknown | Genuatremus spp. |
| Ruco negro | Longspine Grunt | Pomadasys macracanthus |
| Ruco dorado | unknown | Haemulon scuderi |
| Pancha corvina | unknown | Stellifer spp. |
| Babosa pinchada | unknown | Cynoscion spp. |
| Pancha | unknown | Bairdiella spp. |
| Pancha rayada | unknown | Paraionchurus spp. |
| Pancha coneja | unknown | Menticirrhus nasus |
| Macarela | unknown | Scomberomorus spp. |
| Picuda | unknown | Sphoeroides spp. |
| Pez sapo | unknown | Sphoeroides spp. |
| Cuyamel | unknown | Jutunus pichardi |
Species of the most common crustaceans |
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| Camarón | White Shrimp | Penaeus vannamei |
| Camarón | Blue Shrimp | Penaeus stylirostris |
| Camarón | White Shrimp | Penaeus occidentalis |
| Camarón | unknown | Penaeus californiensis |
| Camarón | unknown | Macrobachium spp. |
| Tiguacal | Crab | Cardiosoma crasum |
| Jaiba | Blue Crab | Callinectes spp. |
| Punche | Land crab | Ucides occidentalis |
Species of the most common molluscs |
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| Concha negra | Pustulose Ark | Anadara tuberculosa |
| Casco de burro | unknown | Grausdiarca grandis |
| Cambute | unknown | Strombus galeatus |
| Oyster | Oyster | Crassostrea iridescens |