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PN El Boquerón

13.73369 , -89.27916

El Salvador

Volcán de San Salvador

El Boqueron is the name of the crater of San Salvador Volcano, this crater is 1.5 kilometers wide and 550 meters deep. It is the second highest point of the volcano at 1800 meters above sea level. The volcano erupted for the last time in 1917 and it is still active. The park has a combination of Pine-Oak forest and Cloud Forest. There is a lot of gardening work so depending on the season you may see a lot of flowers. It is the smallest of the parks of the country with 54 hectares of extension. 

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Coordinates were changed by Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos : 13.7337/-89.2792 (2021-08-01 01:28:28 )

Coordinates were set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) : 13.7302/-89.2813 (2021-01-22 17:47:05 )

Site name was set by Mathias Ritschard (Admin) as "PN El Boquerón" (2021-01-22 17:47:05 )

Edited by Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos on 2021-08-01 01:54:27
El Boqueron is the name of the crater of San Salvador Volcano, this crater is 1.5 kilometers wide and 550 meters deep. It is the second highest point of the volcano at 1800 meters above sea level. The volcano erupted for the last time in 1917 and it is still active. The park has a combination of Pine-Oak forest and Cloud Forest. There is a lot of gardening work so depending on the season you may see a lot of flowers. It is the smallest of the parks of the country with 54 hectares of extension. 

  • Top species

List up to ca. 25 species that:
• have a limited distribution range and/or are rare on a global level
• are most sought-after by birdwatchers at this site
• and are relatively easy to see at this site (year-round or seasonally)

Canivet's Emerald (Cynanthus canivetii)
Rufous Sabrewing (Pampa rufa)
Emerald-chinned Hummingbird (Abeillia abeillei)
Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus)
Blue-and-white Mockingbird (Melanotis hypoleucus)
Brown-backed Solitaire (Myadestes occidentalis)
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)
Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer (Diglossa baritula)

Cinnamon-bellied Flowerpiercer (Diglossa baritula) was added by Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos (2021-08-01 01:30:42)

Canivet's Emerald (Cynanthus canivetii) was added by Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos (2021-08-01 01:30:32)

Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris) was added by Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos (2021-08-01 01:30:18)

Emerald-chinned Hummingbird (Abeillia abeillei) was added by Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos (2021-08-01 01:30:05)

Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus) was added by Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos (2021-08-01 01:29:55)

Rufous Sabrewing (Pampa rufa) was added by Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos (2021-08-01 01:29:43)

Blue-and-white Mockingbird (Melanotis hypoleucus) was added by Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos (2021-08-01 01:29:30)

Brown-backed Solitaire (Myadestes occidentalis) was added by Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos (2021-08-01 01:29:17)

  • Timing and strategy

The park opens at 8:00 a.m so it is perfect if you arrived at that time at the park to be the first to walk the trails towards the edge of the crater. The trails that goes by the north limit of the park is the perfect one since it is the most isolated area of the park. Take a look at flowers since there multiple species of hummingbirds that feed from them as well as the flowerpiercer. During migration time it is common to find warblers that winter higher than 1,000 meters above sea level like Townsend's, Hermit and Wilson among others. The total distance walked should be around 1 kilometers and it can take around 2 to 3 hours. 

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Edited by Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos on 2021-08-01 01:45
The park opens at 8:00 a.m so it is perfect if you arrived at that time at the park to be the first to walk the trails towards the edge of the crater. The trails that goes by the north limit of the park is the perfect one since it is the most isolated area of the park. Take a look at flowers since there multiple species of hummingbirds that feed from them as well as the flowerpiercer. During migration time it is common to find warblers that winter higher than 1,000 meters above sea level like Townsend's, Hermit and Wilson among others. The total distance walked should be around 1 kilometers and it can take around 2 to 3 hours. 
  • How to get there

There is a paved road all the way to the entrance of the park and from San Salvador it takes no more than 30 minutes to get there. The public transportation does not get to the park itself and it has a terminal 2 kilometers away. 

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Edited by Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos on 2021-08-01 01:56
There is a paved road all the way to the entrance of the park and from San Salvador it takes no more than 30 minutes to get there. The public transportation does not get to the park itself and it has a terminal 2 kilometers away. 

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2019-11-02 Birding Layover with Adam at Ecoparque El Espino & El Boqueron Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos
2020-02-13 Layover at Ecoparque El Espino & Parque Nacional El Boqueron with Kim Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos
2019-06-21 to 2019-06-24 Chris Fischer's 2019 Central American Big Year El Salvador Trip 1 Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos
2021-07-14 Birding at Ecoparque El Espino and El Boqueron with Lawrence Julio Cesar Acosta Burgos
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