Costa Rica Wildlife Anthology
72 species across birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, butterflies, and insects. Filter by category, region, or elevation.
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Bay-headed Tanager
Tangara gyrola
Black-bellied Hummingbird
Eupherusa nigriventris
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Dendrocygna autumnalis
Blue Morpho
Morpho peleides
Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus
Blue-sided Leaf Frog
Agalychnis annae
Boa Constrictor
Boa imperator
Brown Vine Snake
Oxybelis aeneus
Bushmaster
Lachesis stenophrys
Central American Agouti
Dasyprocta punctata
Central American Coral Snake
Micrurus nigrocinctus
Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus grayi
Collared Aracari
Pteroglossus torquatus
Coppery-headed Emerald
Microchera cupreiceps
Crested Caracara
Caracara plancus
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
Psittacara finschi
Emerald Tanager
Tangara florida
Emerald Toucanet
Aulacorhynchus prasinus
Eyelash Pit Viper
Bothriechis schlegelii
Fer-de-Lance (Terciopelo)
Bothrops asper
Fiery-throated Hummingbird
Panterpe insignis
Fleischmann's Glass Frog
Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni
Geoffroy's Spider Monkey
Ateles geoffroyi
Glasswing Butterfly
Greta oto
Great Curassow
Crax rubra
Greater Grison
Galictis vittata
Green Thorntail
Discosura conversii
Green-and-black Poison Frog
Dendrobates auratus
Green-crowned Brilliant
Heliodoxa jacula
Hercules Beetle
Dynastes hercules
Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
Choloepus hoffmanni
Indigo Bunting
Passerina cyanea
Jaguar
Panthera onca
Keel-billed Toucan
Ramphastos sulfuratus
King Vulture
Sarcoramphus papa
Kinkajou
Potos flavus
Lesson's Motmot
Momotus lessonii
Long-tailed Manakin
Chiroxiphia linearis
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher
Ptiliogonys caudatus
Margay
Leopardus wiedii
Mealy Parrot
Amazona farinosa
Mexican Red-Knee Tarantula
Brachypelma hamorii
Monarch Butterfly
Danaus plexippus
Northern Jacana
Jacana spinosa
Ocelot
Leopardus pardalis
Owl Butterfly
Caligo memnon
Puma / Mountain Lion
Puma concolor
Purple-crowned Fairy
Heliothryx barroti
Red-eyed Tree Frog
Agalychnis callidryas
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Red-lored Parrot
Amazona autumnalis
Resplendent Jewel Scarab
Chrysina resplendens
Resplendent Quetzal
Pharomachrus mocinno
Roadside Hawk
Rupornis magnirostris
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Amazilia tzacatl
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macao
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii
Sooty-capped Chlorospingus
Chlorospingus pileatus
Spectacled Owl
Pulsatrix perspicillata
Splendid Leaf Frog
Cruziohyla calcarifer
Strawberry Poison Frog
Oophaga pumilio
Sunbittern
Eurypyga helias
Tarantula Hawk Wasp
Pepsis spp.
Thoas Swallowtail
Papilio thoas
Three-wattled Bellbird
Procnias tricarunculatus
Turquoise-browed Motmot
Eumomota superciliosa
Violet Sabrewing
Campylopterus hemileucurus
Volcano Hummingbird
Selasphorus flammula
White-faced Capuchin Monkey
Cebus imitator
Yellow-naped Parrot
Amazona auropalliata
Yellow-throated Toucan
Ramphastos ambiguus
Zebra Longwing
Heliconius charithonia
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