Ajaia

This white rookery is composed first by hatchlings of the wood-ibis Mycteria americana Linnaeus, 1758, followed in lower proportions by hatchlings of the egrets Ardea alba Linnaeus, 1758 and Egretta thula Molina, 1782, and finally by hatchlings of the spoonbill (Platalea = Ajaia ajaja Linnaeus, 1758).

WANNA 16 POERA 1 CABRA 2 OLIVA 26 AMORE 7 MURRI 16 AHEIM 7 OERIS 6 APIOS 12 BISON 27 JOHAN 31 BRYAN 7 NENGO 10 EROSA 18 BIMBA 7 AVONG 28 ORANG 6 ORANG 6 NIGER 30 RISEN 7 ROBIN 7 HANGA 29 RENGA 17 LINGO 2 AMORE 7 ASANA 32 ASANA 32 LABBA 33 UPUPA 34 BUNDA 16 BUDGE 36 OHGOB 7 FRANK 24 ARIUS 21 PARAN 3 UNION 7 UNION 7 HAUER 1 RONGA 39 BILLA 16 URANG 6 NIANG 35 DIVES 37 GUALA 38 ANDOL 28 BULAN 2 PANGI 6 DONGI 21 GOELI 1 OELAN 5 NGOTA 40 ASANA 32 ANGIN 6 ANGIN 6 ENSIS 11 BRANG 5 KALAN 10 NGIRU 17 TALKY 12 BURRO 43 MORRO 36 BONGA 33 TOMBA 29 GALAN 3 AJAIA ?

Nothing is known about the current occurrence of more sporadic species like the Roseate Spoonbill (Ajaia ajaja) documented and collected early in the century at Laguna Salada (Grinnell 1926; letters of E.W.

Intestine, Ajaia ajaja (B), Mata de Limon, Puntarenas (Caballero and Brenes-Madrigal 1958).