Costa Rica Wildlife Guide

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

CaribbeanCloud Forest

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Black-bellied Hummingbird

Eupherusa nigriventris

Cloud ForestCentral Valley

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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna autumnalis

CaribbeanPacificGuanacaste

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Blue Morpho

Morpho peleides

CaribbeanPacificOsa

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Blue-gray Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

Central ValleyCaribbeanPacific

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Blue-sided Leaf Frog

Agalychnis annae

Central ValleyCloud Forest

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Boa Constrictor

Boa imperator

CaribbeanPacificOsa

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Brown Vine Snake

Oxybelis aeneus

CaribbeanPacificOsa

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Bushmaster

Lachesis stenophrys

CaribbeanOsa

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Central American Agouti

Dasyprocta punctata

CaribbeanPacificOsa

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Central American Coral Snake

Micrurus nigrocinctus

CaribbeanPacificCentral Valley

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Clay-colored Thrush

Turdus grayi

Central ValleyCaribbeanPacific

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Collared Aracari

Pteroglossus torquatus

Caribbean

Coppery-headed Emerald

Microchera cupreiceps

Cloud ForestCentral Valley

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

GuanacastePacificCentral Valley

Crimson-fronted Parakeet

Psittacara finschi

Central ValleyCaribbeanPacific

Emerald Tanager

Tangara florida

CaribbeanCloud Forest

Emerald Toucanet

Aulacorhynchus prasinus

Cloud ForestCentral Valley

Eyelash Pit Viper

Bothriechis schlegelii

CaribbeanCloud ForestPacific

Fer-de-Lance (Terciopelo)

Bothrops asper

CaribbeanPacificOsa

Fiery-throated Hummingbird

Panterpe insignis

Cloud Forest

Fleischmann's Glass Frog

Hyalinobatrachium fleischmanni

CaribbeanCloud Forest

Geoffroy's Spider Monkey

Ateles geoffroyi

CaribbeanOsa

Glasswing Butterfly

Greta oto

CaribbeanCloud Forest

Great Curassow

Crax rubra

CaribbeanOsa

Greater Grison

Galictis vittata

CaribbeanPacific

Green Thorntail

Discosura conversii

Cloud ForestCentral Valley

Green-and-black Poison Frog

Dendrobates auratus

CaribbeanPacificOsa

Green-crowned Brilliant

Heliodoxa jacula

Cloud ForestCentral Valley

Hercules Beetle

Dynastes hercules

CaribbeanOsa

Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth

Choloepus hoffmanni

CaribbeanPacificOsa

Indigo Bunting

Passerina cyanea

Central ValleyCaribbeanPacific

Jaguar

Panthera onca

CaribbeanOsa

Keel-billed Toucan

Ramphastos sulfuratus

Caribbean

King Vulture

Sarcoramphus papa

CaribbeanOsa

Kinkajou

Potos flavus

CaribbeanPacificOsa

Lesson's Motmot

Momotus lessonii

Central ValleyCaribbeanPacific

Long-tailed Manakin

Chiroxiphia linearis

Guanacaste

Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher

Ptiliogonys caudatus

Cloud Forest

Margay

Leopardus wiedii

CaribbeanCloud ForestOsa

Mealy Parrot

Amazona farinosa

CaribbeanOsa

Mexican Red-Knee Tarantula

Brachypelma hamorii

GuanacastePacific

Monarch Butterfly

Danaus plexippus

Central ValleyCaribbeanCloud Forest

Northern Jacana

Jacana spinosa

CaribbeanPacificGuanacaste

Ocelot

Leopardus pardalis

CaribbeanPacificOsa

Owl Butterfly

Caligo memnon

CaribbeanPacificOsa

Puma / Mountain Lion

Puma concolor

CaribbeanCloud ForestOsa

Purple-crowned Fairy

Heliothryx barroti

CaribbeanPacificOsa

Red-eyed Tree Frog

Agalychnis callidryas

CaribbeanPacificOsa

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus

CaribbeanPacific

Red-lored Parrot

Amazona autumnalis

CaribbeanPacific

Resplendent Jewel Scarab

Chrysina resplendens

Cloud Forest

Resplendent Quetzal

Pharomachrus mocinno

Cloud ForestCentral Valley

Roadside Hawk

Rupornis magnirostris

Central ValleyCaribbeanPacific

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Amazilia tzacatl

Central ValleyCaribbeanPacific

Scarlet Macaw

Ara macao

PacificOsa

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Ramphocelus passerinii

CaribbeanPacific

Sooty-capped Chlorospingus

Chlorospingus pileatus

Cloud Forest

Spectacled Owl

Pulsatrix perspicillata

CaribbeanPacific

Splendid Leaf Frog

Cruziohyla calcarifer

CaribbeanOsa

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Strawberry Poison Frog

Oophaga pumilio

Caribbean

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Sunbittern

Eurypyga helias

Caribbean

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Tarantula Hawk Wasp

Pepsis spp.

CaribbeanPacificGuanacaste

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Thoas Swallowtail

Papilio thoas

CaribbeanPacific

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Three-wattled Bellbird

Procnias tricarunculatus

Cloud Forest

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Turquoise-browed Motmot

Eumomota superciliosa

Guanacaste

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Violet Sabrewing

Campylopterus hemileucurus

Cloud ForestCentral ValleyCaribbean

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Volcano Hummingbird

Selasphorus flammula

Cloud ForestCentral Valley

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White-faced Capuchin Monkey

Cebus imitator

CaribbeanPacificOsa

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Yellow-naped Parrot

Amazona auropalliata

GuanacastePacific

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Yellow-throated Toucan

Ramphastos ambiguus

CaribbeanOsa

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Zebra Longwing

Heliconius charithonia

CaribbeanPacificOsa

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