Black-cheeked Ant Tanager
Photo: Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager , Osa Costa Rica by Daniel Lebbin |
The Challenge
The Black-cheeked Ant Tanager lives only on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica. Its mangrove habitat, however, is severely threatened by land speculation and development for the tourism industry and small scale land clearance.
ABC Conservation Framework
Efforts to save this species comes under Safeguarding the Rarest within ABC's Conservation Framework |
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Primary Birds Impacted
The endangered Black-cheeked Ant Tanager (AZE), Mangrove Hummingbird, and Yellow-billed Cotinga, and vulnerable Turquoise Cotinga, and Three-wattled Bellbird are all endemic to the Osa Peninsula. A rare Central American subspecies of Scarlet Macaw is abundant at this location. The WatchListed Pink-footed Shearwater, Wood Thrush, Western Sandpiper,
and Prothonatory, Kentucky, and Canada Warblers are all in the Osa Peninsula for part of the year.
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Yellow-billed Cotinga by Friends of the Osa |
Solutions
Protect the habitat of the Black-cheeked Ant Tanager.
ABC Results
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In 2008, ABC and its partner Friends of the Osa established the Cerro de Osa Reserve, totaling 4,300 acres
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Habitat restoration has been undertaken in degraded areas.
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Basic accommodation and a trail system have been established.
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What Next?
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Develop a conservation plan for the key species.
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Expand the reserve to 20,000 acres. |
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Develop a small scale bird tourism operation on the Osa Peninsula to cover base operation costs of the field station.
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