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Group leader: the incomparable Vanessa Willing.
Thanks to Kevin Laves for help compiling this list. (And for help finding these critters in the first place.)
species (common name) | location | comments |
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long-nosed bat | Caño Negro | |
jesus christ lizard (basilisk) | Caño Negro | |
howler mono | Caño Negro | |
painted turtle | Caño Negro | |
white-faced monkey | Caño Negro | |
blue morpho butterfly | Caño Negro | |
collared anteater (tamandua) | Caño Negro | |
army ants | Cahuita | |
leafcutter ants | Cahuita | |
spider monkey | ||
pit viper | Cahuita | yellow, white |
coral snake | Rara Avis | black & red |
brilliant rainforest tree frog | Rara Avis | |
amazon kingfisher | Caño Negro | |
green kingfisher | Caño Negro | |
olivaceous cormorant | Caño Negro | |
anhinga | Caño Negro | |
snowy egret | Caño Negro | |
great blue heron | Caño Negro | |
green-backed heron | Caño Negro | |
limpkin | Caño Negro | call only |
mangrove swallow | Caño Negro | |
great egret | Caño Negro | |
osprey | Caño Negro | |
black-headed trogon | Caño Negro | |
squirrel cuckoo | Caño Negro | |
spectacled caiman | Caño Negro | |
ringed kingfisher | Caño Negro | |
sungrebe | Caño Negro | "sungrebie" |
great potoo | Caño Negro | |
crested caracara | Caño Negro | |
little blue heron | Caño Negro | |
bare-throated tiger heron | Caño Negro | |
collared aracari | Caño Negro | |
boat-billed heron | Caño Negro | |
black-necked stilt | Caño Negro | |
wood stork | Caño Negro | |
white ibis | Caño Negro | |
snail kite | Caño Negro | |
spotted sandpiper | Caño Negro | |
northern jacana | Caño Negro | |
roseate spoonbill | Caño Negro | |
groove-billed ani | Caño Negro | |
great kiskadee | Caño Negro | |
red winged blackbird | Caño Negro | |
american wigeon | Caño Negro | in flight |
black-crowned night heron | Caño Negro | |
slaty-tailed trogon | Cahuita | |
magnificent frigatebird | Cahuita | |
caspian tern | Cahuita | |
royal tern | Cahuita | |
Brown Pelican | Cahuita | |
yellow-crowned night heron | Cahuita | |
antbird sp. | Cahuita | |
tricolored heron | ||
cattle egret | ||
whimbrel | Tortuguero | 90% positive ID |
killdeer | ||
turkey vulture | ||
black vulture | ||
mealy parrot | bad lighting | |
hummingbird, coppery-headed emerald | Monteverde | |
hummingbird, purple-throated mountain gem | Monteverde | |
hummingbird, violet sabrewing | Monteverde | |
hummingbird, green violet-ear | Monteverde | |
hummingbird | Monteverde | ? |
hummingbird | Monteverde | ? |
hummingbird | Monteverde | ? |
orange-bellied trogon | Monteverde | |
black-breasted wood-quail | Monteverde | |
slate-throated redstart | Monteverde | |
resplendent quetzal | Monteverde | 2 males |
belted kingfisher | ||
chestnut-mandibled toucan | Rara Avis | |
bay wren | Rara Avis | |
black phoebe | ||
mississippi kite | ||
wilson's warbler | ||
prothonotary warbler | ||
mangrove warbler | Quepos (mangrove kayak trip) | |
montezuma oropendola | ||
great-tailed grackle | ||
summer tanager | Rara Avis | |
easter meadowlark | call only? | |
blue-grey tanager | Fortuna | |
fiery-billed toucan | Lake Arenal (horseback ride) | seen by Vanessa |