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Los Arroyos, Sierra de Bahoruco National Park

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Los Arroyos lays within the 112,488 ha Sierra de Bahoruco National Park and the Jaragua-Bahoruco-Enriquillo Biosphere Reserve. It is one of the more easily accessed sites on the south side of the mountains to see some of the high elevation endemic bird species. Nevertheless, Los Arroyos is a long and dusty drive up the road along the international border from Pedernales.

You are looking for fragments, almost magical with their tree ferns, orchids, showy epiphytes and moss-covered tree limbs, of what was once extensive moist broadleaf forest. Here is the habitat of the La Selle Thrush, Rufous-throated Solitaire, Western Chat-Tanager and Hispaniolan Highland-Tanager.

In the lower elevation dry zone, Palmchat are common and build their massive stick nests with multiple entries on un-utilized electric poles. Burrowing Owls nest in the chalky layer exposed by the road cuts. Where limestone bluffs still contain a broadleaf forest, look for Worm-eating Warbler’s, American Redstart, and Green-tailed Ground-Tanager.

At mid-elevations the road begins to switchback through some nice forested ravines with moderate streams running through them. These moist broadleaf forests should be searched for Scaly-naped Pigeon, Ruddy Quail-Dove, Hispaniolan Emerald, Broad-billed and Narrow-billed todies, and Red-legged Thrush. Finally, just before arriving at the Los Arroyos trail, look for Golden Swallows in the last large cleared fields. Once you have located the 2050 or Los Arroyos trail, you can enter the cloud forest and continue on this trail for several hundred meters. Look and listen here for the target high elevation species, including Hispaniolan Trogon, Rufous-throated Solitaire, La Selle Thrush, Hispaniolan Highland-Tanager, and Western Chat-Tanager.

Target species include Scaly- naped Pigeon, Plain Pigeon, Ashy- faced Owl, Black Swift, Hispaniolan Emerald, Hispaniolan Trogon, Yellow- bellied Sapsucker, Greater Antillean Elaenia, Golden Swallow, Rufous- throated Solitaire, La Selle Thrush, Cedar Waxwing, Magnolia Warbler, Yellow- rumped Warbler, Hispaniolan Highland- Tanager, Western Chat- Tanager

The Los Arroyos sector of the Sierra de Bahoruco National Park lies about two hours north of Pedernales. From Pedernales, take the main north-south road in town and head north towards the mountains in the distance. Continue several kilometers north through town, passing the gasoline station on your left. Be sure to fill up here as this is the only gas in the region.

You will then pass a military checkpoint as you leave Pedernales, cross an irrigation channel, and slowly make your way through pastures to the rising mountains. You will pass several major forks in the road, for the communities of Aguas Negras, Mencia and La Altagracia, and pass the military post on the border at Bonano, but always stay to the left and on the main road.

You have arrived at Los Arroyos when you reach a military post followed by a few houses and a school. Just beyond, and after passing the last of the agricultural clearings, the forest becomes denser and there is a short straightaway in the previously curvy road. Look for a tree trunk on your left with the number 2050 painted on it in red (lending itself to the trail’s local name). Stop here and look for the partially hidden trail on the right.

Los Arroyos, Sierra de Bahoruco National Park

Dominican Republic Sites

Central Mountain Range
Constanza and Valle Nuevo
Ebano Verde Reserve
Hatillo
Jarabacoa with Armando Bermúdez and José del Carmen Ramírez National Parks
La Joya de San Francisco
Loma Quita Espuela
Pico Diego de Ocampo, Santiago
Southeast
Bávaro
Cumayasa
Del Este National Park
Del Este National Park: Boca de Yuma
Del Este National Park: Guaraguao
Del Este National Park: Padre Nuestro Trail
Del Este National Park: Saona Island
Ecological Foundation Trail, Punta Cana
Limón Lagoon
Los Haitises National Park
Los Haitises National Park: Caño Hondo
Los Haitises National Park: Los Limones
Monte Plata
Southwest
Aguacate and Zapotén
Cabo Rojo and Pedernales
Cabral Lagoon
Cachote, Eastern Bahoruco
Jimaní
Lake Enriquillo
Loma Charco Azul
Oviedo Lagoon, Jaragua National Park
Puerto Alejandro and Tortuguero
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Sierra de Bahoruco National Park
Los Arroyos, Sierra de Bahoruco National Park
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Cayos Siete Hermanos
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Estero Hondo
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Loma Isabel de Torres, Puerto Plata
Monte Cristi and Saladilla
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Samaná
Around Santo Domingo
Las Salinas de Baní
Mirador del Norte Park
National Botanical Garden
Ozama Wetlands

Partners in the Dominican Republic

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With special thanks to our partners at the Ruta Barrancoli

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Dominican Republic Tour Operators

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Bird Checklists

Click here to download a pamphlet-sized year-round checklist for Dominican Republic.

Recommended Field Guides

Birds of the Dominican Republic and Haiti by Steven Latta, Christopher Rimmer, Allan Keith, James Wiley, Herbert A. Raffaele, Kent McFarland, and Eladio Fernandez

Aves de la República Dominicana y Haití by Steven Latta, Christopher Rimmer, Allan Keith, James Wiley, Herbert A. Raffaele, Kent McFarland, and Eladio Fernandez

Ruta Barrancolí: A Bird-finding Guide to the Dominican Republic by Steven C. Latta and Kate J. Wallace

Birds of the West Indies by Herbert Raffaele, James Wiley, Orlando Garrido, Allan Keith, and Janis Raffaele

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