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TIKAL NATIONAL PARK & LIST 
GUATEMALA

PETEN (Compass)

Lat:00o00´S/00o00´W ha topography msl 
Protected/registered status 
Best Time for visit (16-17th December, 2004)

 

Birding Site Guide

The ruins at Tikal were reached in an hour and a quarter from Flores by minibus. The area has some excellent lowland tropical rain forest and a high diversity of birds. I spent the first day birdwatching around the ruins and the second at the disused airstrip and along trails into some good (mosquito infested) forest away from the public. The aguada between the carpark and the ruins and 2 ponds next to the airstrip were also checked for water birds. I saw both my target species, Crested Guan & Ocellated Turkey, by the side of the road on the way in. Tame Ocellated Turkeys were also common next to the car park. I saw a total of 82 species including 9 lifers. 


Species seen 


Other Fauna 
A total of -- species of mammals. 

There are -- recorded species of amphibians and reptiles. 

Flora 

Author: Charles Hesse

 

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