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Friday, May 25, 2012

Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge



This shelter has gained popularity among tourists more nature oriented and eco-tourism. The reason is that the lake is full at the beginning of the rainy season, joining the Frio River, this phenomenon provides an ideal habitat for breeding birds, making this a paradise for lovers of the same.

Is a set of lowland seasonally flooded, consisting of some lakes and swamps that harbor a diverse fauna, especially birds. Life revolves around Caño Black Lagoon, fed by the Frio River. With the advent of the dry season in early February through April, is reduced to small lakes, canals and furrows.

The variety of birds is outrageous, this park can be found garzillas egrets, jabiru (endangered), roseate spoonbills, white ibis, ducks needle piches and Neotropical cormorants. The place is particularly important because here nests the largest colony of cormorants Neotropical the country, and also for being the only region with permanent populations clarinero Nicaragua, a bird endemic to the Lake of Nicaragua.

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