 As suggested in Robert S. Ridgley's A Guide to the Birds of Panama, Finca Lerida is a place to go "searching for quetzals and other specialties".
Finca Lerida has been a unique destination for birders for over 70 years. It's importance as a birding site is mentioned in the introduction of Emmet R. Blake's report: Birds of Volcán de Chiriquí, published by the Chicago Natural History Museum, June 25, 1958. A unique collection of over 1600 bird specimens collected in the vecinity of Lerida by its previous owner Mr. Tollef B. Monniche was donated to the Museun in 1957.
In January 2006, Directors of Finca Lerida had the honor of visiting with Mr. David Willard, Collections Manager of the Birds Department of Zoology in the Field Museum in Chicago. Mr Willard is in charge of an impressive collection of more than 600,000 specimens from around the world. During this meeting the the Directors could evidence that Finca Lerida's bird collection is kept in perfect conditions and received a detailed inventory of the collection which will be in display in the Permanent Exhibit of the Estate.
Located on our exclusive private nature reserve at an altitude ranging from 5,000 -10,000 feet above sea level, and consisting of primary and secondary forests, Finca Lerida has a network of professionaly built trails which have been visited by birdwatchers looking to see the Resplendent Quetzal, and by those interested in the magnificent fauna and flora within the estate grounds.
Among the Highland species sighted in Finca Lerida are the Resplendent Quetzal, Collared Trogon, Orange-bellied Trogon, Bellbirds, Dark Pewee, Silvery-throated Tanager, Sulphur-winged Parakeet, Black Guan, Violet Saberwing, Stripe-tailed Hummingbird, White-tailed Emerald, Volcano Hummingbird, White-throated Mountain – Gem, Scintillant Hummingbird, Prong-billed Barbet, Red-headed Barbet, Acorn Woodpecker, Hairy Woodpecker, Silvery-fronted Tapaculo, Barred Becard, Black-faced Solitaire, Buff-fronted Quail Dove, Spotted Wood Quail and the Rufous-Collared Sparrow.
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