FIELD TRIP TO ASA WRIGHT NATURE CENTRE (DATA SHEET)

1.) LIST ANY 5 SPECIES OF BIRDS FOUND AT THE AWNC?

 White-bearded Manakin
 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
 Ornate Hawk-eagle
 Channel-billed Toucans
 CUCKOOS - Cuculidae
2.) LIST 5 OTHER WILDLIFE FOUND AT THE AWNC
 Large coral snake
 Colaena iulia ( Flambeau)
 Nine-banded Armadillos
 Agouti
 Tegu Lizards.
3.) WHAT TYPE OF ECOSYSTEM IS PRESENT AT AWNC?

A terrestrial ecosystem

4.) List 3 different organisms found at the AWNC and state what its diet consists of

 Organism: Bat Falcon

Diet: bats, mammals and insects

 Organism: Blue Crowned Mot Mot

Diet: berry type fruits and insects

 Organism: The Green-backed Trogon

Diet: fruit and arthropods

5.) ARE ANY CONSERVATION EFFORTS WITHIN THE AWNC? LIST AND EXPLAIN

Conservation Practice : To spread awareness to the public

Explanation: The AWNC Community Outreach Specialist coordinate conservation and education
programmes that are designed to increase the awareness and support of local people for
conservation of the native wildlife, and to facilitate sustainable development in the
communities surrounding the Nature Centre.
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Conservation Practice : Providing habitats

 Explanation: Provide nesting boxes on trees along the driveway, creating more habitat for
cavity nesting species.

6.) ARE THERE ANY EXOTIC (NON-NATIVE) OR (INVASIVE) SPECIES PRESENT AT THE AWNC? IF
SO LIST THEM
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7.) ARE THERE ANY KEYSTONE SPECIES PRESENT AT THE AWNC? LIST
 Tropical Screech Owl

8.) CONSTRUCT A FOOD CHAIN OF APPROXIMATELY 3-4 ORGANISMS OBSERVED AT THE

AWNC?

FRUIT BAT BAT FALCON TROPICAL SCREECH OWL

9.) LIST 3 DIFFERENT ORGANISMS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE HABITATS AT THE AWNC?
 Organism: Crested Oropendola

Habitat: Mountain Immortelle trees.

 Organism: Rufous-breasted Hermit

Habitat: Nests, which are hammock-like and made of rootlets, are normally attached to
the underside of Heliconia leaves, small palm fronds or ferns.

 Organism: Tropical Screech Owl

Habitat : tree cavities and wood pecker holes

10.) ARE ANY ENDANGERED SPECIES FOUND AT THE AWNC? LIST

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