Trip Report: Costa Rica (2023-09-26 - 2023-10-06)
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Tortuguero
Arenal Volcano
Arenal National Park
Tortuguero
Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus)
Middle American Screech-Owl (Megascops guatemalae)
White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
Thermesiini Moth (Feigeria herilia)
Tiger Bromeliad Spider (Cupiennius salei)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
Garden Orbweaver (Argiope submaronica)
Great Curassow (Crax rubra) - Female
Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) - Male
Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii) - Male
Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus)
Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
Broad-nosed Weevil (Claeoteges virosa)
Olive Snouted Tree Frog (Scinax elaeochroa)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Lysimnia Longwing (Mechanitis lysimnia)
Crimson-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara finschi)
Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Black Witch (Ascalapha odorata)
White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
Stink Bug (Loxa viridis)
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
Tiger Bromeliad Spider (Cupiennius salei)
Masked Tree Frog (Smilisca phaeota)
Harlequin Treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus)
Katydid (Tettigoniidae sp)
Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
Jumping Spider (Phiale formosa)
Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Dicot Skipper (Chioides sp)
Fruit-piercing Moth (Ferenta stolliana)
Non-biting Midge (Chironomidae sp)
Brilliant Forest Frog (Lithobates warszewitschii)
Plain Longtail (Spicauda simplicius)
Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
Emperor Moth (Oxytenis naemia)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti) - Female
Lappet Moth (Euglyphis rundala)
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Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Tortuguero
Arenal Volcano
Arenal National Park
Tortuguero
Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus)
Middle American Screech-Owl (Megascops guatemalae)
White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
Thermesiini Moth (Feigeria herilia)
Tiger Bromeliad Spider (Cupiennius salei)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
Garden Orbweaver (Argiope submaronica)
Great Curassow (Crax rubra) - Female
Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) - Male
Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii) - Male
Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus)
Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
Broad-nosed Weevil (Claeoteges virosa)
Olive Snouted Tree Frog (Scinax elaeochroa)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Lysimnia Longwing (Mechanitis lysimnia)
Crimson-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara finschi)
Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Black Witch (Ascalapha odorata)
White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
Stink Bug (Loxa viridis)
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
Tiger Bromeliad Spider (Cupiennius salei)
Masked Tree Frog (Smilisca phaeota)
Harlequin Treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus)
Katydid (Tettigoniidae sp)
Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
Jumping Spider (Phiale formosa)
Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Dicot Skipper (Chioides sp)
Fruit-piercing Moth (Ferenta stolliana)
Non-biting Midge (Chironomidae sp)
Brilliant Forest Frog (Lithobates warszewitschii)
Plain Longtail (Spicauda simplicius)
Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
Emperor Moth (Oxytenis naemia)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti) - Female
Lappet Moth (Euglyphis rundala)
A trip to Costa Rica to look for nesting sea turtles and to visit Arenal both of which we had not visited in previous trips.
Sites Visited
Species Seen
Kingdom: Animals (426 records)
Phylum: Arthropods
(122 records)
Class: Arachnids
(20 records)
- Order: Harvestmen
(4 records)
- Family: Pied Harvestmen
- Pied Harvestman (Cynorta marginalis)
- Family: Sclerosomatidae Harvestmen
- Harvestman (Sclerosomatidae sp)
- Harvestman (Sclerosomatidae sp)
- Harvestman (Sclerosomatidae sp)
- Order: Spiders
(16 records)
- Family: Crevice Weavers
- Crevice Weaver (Kukulcania sp)
- Family: Jumping Spiders
- Jumping Spider (Phiale formosa)
- Family: Nursery Web Spiders
- Nursery Web Spider (Thaumasia sp)
- Family: Orbweavers
- Golden Silk Orb-weaver (Trichonephila clavipes)
- Spinybacked Orbweaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis)
- Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora fuliginea)
- Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
- Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
- Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora edax)
- Garden Orbweaver (Argiope submaronica)
- Micrathena Orbweaver (Micrathena brevipes)
- Orbweaver Spider (Eustala fuscovittata)
- Orbweaver Spider (Parawixia sp)
- Pretty Orbweaver (Eriophora nephiloides)
- Family: Trechaleid Spiders
- Spotted-legged Banana Spider (Cupiennius getazi)
- Bromeliad Spider (Cupiennius sp)
Class: Insects
(96 records)
- Order: Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice
(1 record)
- Family: Psocodea
- Barklouse (Psocodea sp)
- Order: Bees, Wasps, and Ants
(1 record)
- Family: Ants
- Leafcutter Ant (Attina sp)
- Order: Beetles
(14 records)
- Family: Click Beetles
- Click Beetle (Semiotus sp)
- Click Beetle (Elateridae sp)
- Family: False Blister Beetles
- False Blister Beetle (Oedemeridae sp)
- Family: Leaf Beetles
- Flea Beetle (Parchicola sp)
- Family: Longhorn Beetles
- Flat-faced Longhorn Beetle (Aegomorphus circumflexus)
- Family: Rove Beetles
- Rove Beetle (Gyrophaenina sp)
- Family: Soldier Beetles
- Soldier Beetle (Chauliognathus terminalis)
- Family: Tiger Beetles
- Central American Montane Tiger Beetle (Pseudoxycheila tarsalis)
- Family: Weevils
- Weevil (Conotrachelus sp)
- Broad-nosed Weevil (Exophthalmus jekelianus)
- Broad-nosed Weevil (Claeoteges virosa)
- Weevil (Lixus apterus)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(49 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Pale Owl Butterfly (Caligo telamonius)
- Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)
- Sara Longwing (Heliconius sara)
- Banded Peacock (Anartia fatima)
- White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
- Red-washed Satyr (Pierella helvina)
- Julia Heliconian (Dryas iulia)
- Tiger Longwing (Heliconius hecale)
- Rusted Clearwing-Satyr (Cithaerias pireta)
- Lysimnia Longwing (Mechanitis lysimnia)
- Banded Owl-Butterfly (Caligo atreus)
- Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
- Family: Carpenter, Leopard, Goat, and Allied Moths
- Castniidi Moth (Telchin atymnius)
- Family: Crambid Snout Moths
- Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Crambid Snout Moth (Herpetogramma sp)
- Pearl Moth (Spilomelinae sp)
- Dusky Herpetogramma Moth (Herpetogramma phaeopteralis)
- Crambid Snout Moth (Crambidae sp)
- Family: Emperor and Giant Silk Moths
- Emperor Moth (Arsenura sp)
- Emperor Moth (Oxytenis naemia)
- Emperor Moth (Copaxa sp)
- Family: Fungus Moths, Clothes Moths, & Allies
- Household Casebearer (Phereoeca uterella)
- Family: Geometer Moths
- Geometer Moth (Geometridae sp)
- Family: Jewel Caterpillar Moths
- Jewel Caterpillar Moth (Dalcerinae sp)
- Family: Lappet Moths
- Lappet Moth (Euglyphis rundala)
- Family: Milkweed Butterflies
- Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus)
- Family: New World Flannel Moths
- Flannel Moth (Podalia sp)
- Family: Prominent Moths
- Prominent Moth (Tithraustes noctiluces)
- Family: Skippers
- Plain Longtail (Spicauda simplicius)
- Skipper (Hesperiidae sp)
- Skipper (Hesperiidae sp)
- Dicot Skipper (Chioides sp)
- Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
- Family: Slug Caterpillar Moths
- Slug Caterpillar Moth (Parasa wellesca)
- Family: Sphinx Moths
- Sphinx Moth (Aellopos ceculus)
- Muscosa Sphinx Moth (Manduca muscosa)
- Family: Swallowtails and Parnassians
- Thoas Swallowtail (Papilio thoas)
- Cattleheart (Parides sp)
- Family: Tortricid Leafroller Moths
- Sparganothini Moth (Platynota sp)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth (Anticarsia gemmatalis)
- Fruit-piercing Moth (Gorgone sp)
- Fruit-piercing Moth (Ferenta stolliana)
- Thermesiini Moth (Feigeria herilia)
- Black Witch (Ascalapha odorata)
- Litter Moth (Rejectaria sp)
- Tiger Moth (Dysschema magdala)
- Tiger Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Family: Whites, Yellows, and Sulphurs
- Ghost Yellow (Eurema albula)
- Green-eyed White (Leptophobia aripa)
- Order: Caddisflies
(1 record)
- Family: Net-spinning Caddisflies
- Net-spinning Caddisfly (Smicridea sp)
- Order: Cockroaches and Termites
(2 records)
- Family: Giant Cockroaches
- American Cockroach (Periplaneta americana)
- Maya Cockroach (Epilampra maya)
- Order: Dragonflies and Damselflies
(3 records)
- Family: Narrow-winged Damselflies
- Oculate Dancer (Argia oculata)
- Blue-winged Helicopter (Megaloprepus caerulatus)
- Family: Skimmers
- Blue-eyed Setwing (Dythemis nigra)
- Order: Flies
(3 records)
- Family: Hover Flies
- Hover Fly (Palpada sp)
- Family: Limoniid Crane Flies
- Crane Fly (Gonomyia sp)
- Family: Non-biting Midges
- Non-biting Midge (Chironomidae sp)
- Order: Grasshoppers, Katydids and Crickets (12 records)
- Family: Lubber Grasshoppers
- Reticulate Lubber Grasshopper (Romalea reticulata)
- Family: Spider Crickets and Allies
- Spider Cricket (Phalangopsidae sp)
- Family: Trigs, Sword-tailed Crickets, and Ground Crickets
- Brown Sword-tail Cricket (Anaxipha sp)
- Order: Mantises
(1 record)
- Family: Lichen Mantises
- Lichen Mantis (Liturgusa sp)
- Order: Stick Insects
(3 records)
- Family: Striped Walkingsticks
- Walking Stick (Pseudophasmatidae sp)
- Striped Walkingstick (Prexaspini sp)
- Walking Stick (Prexaspini sp)
- Order: True Bugs
(6 records)
- Family: Derbid Planthoppers
- Derbid Planthopper (Derbe sp)
- Derbid Planthopper (Mysidiina sp)
- Family: Dirt-colored Seed Bugs
- Long-necked Seed Bug (Myodocha intermedia)
- Family: Giant Water Bugs
- Giant Water Bug (Lethocerus sp)
- Family: Lanternflies
- Lanternfly (Calyptoproctus sp)
- Family: Stink Bugs
- Stink Bug (Loxa viridis)
Class: Malacostracans
(2 records)
- Order: Crabs
(2 records)
- Family: Ghost Crabs
- Atlantic Ghost Crab (Ocypode quadrata)
- Family: Neotropical Freshwater Crabs
- Freshwater Crab (Ptychophallus sp)
Class: Millipedes
(4 records)
- Order: Flat-backed Millipedes
(3 records)
- Family: Flat-backed Millipedes
- Chondrodesmus Millipede (Chondrodesmus sp)
- Flat-backed Millipede (Amplinus sp)
- Family: Platyrhacidae
- Python Millipede (Nyssodesmus python)
- Order: Snake Millipedes
(1 record)
- Family: Snake Millipede
- Snake Millipede (Cylindroiulus caeruleocinctus)
Phylum: Chordates
(302 records)
Class: Amphibians
(17 records)
- Order: Toads and Frogs (17 records)
- Family: Leaf Frogs
- Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
- Family: Leptodactylid frogs
- Savage's Thin-toed Frog (Leptodactylus savagei)
- Family: Poison Dart Frogs
- Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
- Strawberry Poison Dart Frog (Oophaga pumilio)
- Family: Tree Frogs
- Yellow Treefrog (Dendropsophus microcephalus)
- Mosquito Coast Tree Frog (Smilisca manisorum)
- Olive Snouted Tree Frog (Scinax elaeochroa)
- Harlequin Treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus)
- Masked Tree Frog (Smilisca phaeota)
- Mahogany Tree Frog (Tlalocohyla loquax)
Class: Birds
(256 records)
- Order: Cranes, Rails, and Allies
(2 records)
- Family: Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
- Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
- Russet-naped Wood-Rail (Aramides albiventris)
- Order: Cuckoos (3 records)
- Family: Roadrunners
- Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
- Order: Doves and Pigeons
(7 records)
- Family: Pigeons and Doves
- Pale-vented Pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis)
- Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostris)
- Short-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris)
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
- Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti)
- White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
- Gray-chested Dove (Leptotila cassinii)
- Order: Gabuliformes
(3 records)
- Family: Jacamars
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
- Family: Puffbirds
- White-necked Puffbird (Notharchus hyperrhynchus)
- White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis)
- Order: Hawks, Eagles, Kites, and Allies
(10 records)
- Family: Hawks, Eagles, and Kites
- Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea)
- Bicolored Hawk (Astur bicolor)
- Common Black-Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
- Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
- Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
- Gray Hawk (Buteo plagiatus)
- Semiplumbeous Hawk (Leucopternis semiplumbeus)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(21 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy)
- Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)
- Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)
- Green-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera ludovicae)
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii)
- Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus)
- Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
- Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae)
- Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii)
- Canivet's Emerald (Cynanthus canivetii)
- Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
- Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis)
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
- Coppery-headed Emerald (Microchera cupreiceps)
- Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata)
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia)
- Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)
- Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
- Family: Swifts
- White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
- Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (7 records)
- Family: Motmots
- Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)
- Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii)
- Lessen's Motmot (Momotus lessonii)
- Order: Owls And Nightjars
(7 records)
- Family: Nighthawks and Nightjars
- Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
- Family: Potoos
- Great Potoo (Nyctibius grandis)
- Family: Typical Owls
- Bare-shanked Screech-Owl (Megascops clarkii)
- Mottled Owl (Strix virgata)
- Black-and-white Owl (Strix nigrolineata)
- Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata)
- Middle American Screech-Owl (Megascops guatemalae)
- Order: Parrots
(10 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus)
- Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
- Crimson-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara finschi)
- Olive-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula nana)
- Orange-fronted Parakeet (Eupsittula canicularis)
- Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)
- White-crowned Parrot (Pionus senilis)
- White-fronted Parrot (Amazona albifrons)
- Red-lored Parrot (Amazona autumnalis)
- Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa)
- Order: Pelicans
(19 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Family: Cormorants
- Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
- Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)
- Family: Herons
- Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Western Cattle Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Green Ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis)
- Family: Jacanas
- Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(147 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri)
- Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Cacicus uropygialis)
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
- Black-cowled Oriole (Icterus prosthemelas)
- Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
- Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
- Family: Antthrushes
- Thicket Antpitta (Myrmothera dives)
- Family: Bananaquit
- Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
- Family: Cardinals and Allies
- Black-faced Grosbeak (Caryothraustes poliogaster)
- Family: Cardueline Finches and Allies
- Golden-browed Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia callophrys)
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
- Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
- Family: Dippers
- American Dipper (Cinclus mexicanus)
- Family: Gnatwrens
- Tawny-faced Gnatwren (Microbates cinereiventris)
- Family: Jays and Crows
- Brown Jay (Cyanocorax morio)
- Family: Mockingbirds, Thrashers, and Allies
- Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)
- Family: New World Sparrows
- Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
- Family: New World Warblers
- Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
- Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
- Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)
- Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)
- Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
- Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)
- Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris)
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops)
- Northern Plain-Xenops (Xenops mexicanus)
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa)
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper (Sittasomus griseicapillus)
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
- Spotted Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus erythropygius)
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
- Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner (Automolus cervinigularis)
- Family: Swallows
- Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
- Purple Martin (Progne subis)
- Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Common Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
- Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas)
- Carmiol's Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli)
- White-throated Shrike-Tanager (Lanio leucothorax)
- White-shouldered Tanager (Loriotus luctuosus)
- Red-throated Ant-Tanager (Driophlox fuscicauda)
- Crimson-collared Tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus)
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla)
- Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea)
- Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi)
- Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae)
- Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida)
- Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
- Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
- Golden-hooded Tanager (Stilpnia larvata)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus)
- Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
- Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
- Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Thick-billed Seed Finch (Sporophila funerea)
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator (Saltator grandis)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Black-faced Solitaire (Myadestes melanops)
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus fuscater)
- Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus mexicanus)
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Family: Tityras and Allies
- Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
- Black-crowned Tityra (Tityra inquisitor)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Long-billed Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Fasciated Antshrike (Cymbilaimus lineatus)
- Great Antshrike (Taraba major)
- Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)
- Black-crowned Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha)
- Russet Antshrike (Thamnistes anabatinus)
- Streak-crowned Antvireo (Dysithamnus striaticeps)
- Checker-throated Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla fulviventris)
- White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris)
- Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina)
- Chestnut-backed Antbird (Poliocrania exsul)
- Dull-mantled Antbird (Sipia laemosticta)
- Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon superciliaris)
- Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
- Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola)
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
- Torrent Tyrannulet (Serpophaga cinerea)
- Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)
- Yellow-olive Flatbill (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
- Yellow-winged Flatbill (Tolmomyias flavotectus)
- White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
- Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius sulphureipygius)
- Tufted Flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Northern Tropical Pewee (Contopus bogotensis)
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
- Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus)
- Rufous Mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra)
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Gray-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis)
- Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Northern Schiffornis (Schiffornis veraepacis)
- White-ringed Flycatcher (Conopias albovittatus)
- Family: Vireos
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tunchiornis ochraceiceps)
- Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata)
- Family: Wrens
- Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
- Stripe-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus thoracicus)
- White-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta)
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Northern Nightingale-Wren (Microcerculus philomela)
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Family: Yellow-breasted Chat
- Yellow-breasted Chat (Icteria virens)
- Order: Tinamiformes
(1 record)
- Family: Tinamous
- Great Tinamou (Tinamus major)
- Order: Trogons (3 records)
- Order: Turkey-like birds
(4 records)
- Family: Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
- Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
- Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens)
- Great Curassow (Crax rubra)
- Family: Grouse, Turkeys, and Allies
- Red Junglefowl (Gallus gallus)
- Order: Vultures
(2 records)
- Family: New World Vultures
- Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
- Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
- Order: Woodpeckers, Barbets, Toucans, and Honeyguides
(10 records)
- Family: Piculets and Woodpeckers
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker (Melanerpes pucherani)
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker (Dryobates fumigatus)
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker (Piculus simplex)
- Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus)
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus)
- Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis)
- Family: Toucan Barbet
- Prong-billed Barbet (Semnornis frantzii)
Class: Mammals
(9 records)
- Order: Bats
(1 record)
- Family: Sheath-tailed Bats
- Proboscis Bat (Rhynchonycteris naso)
- Order: Carnivorans
(2 records)
- Family: Mustelids
- Northern Neotropical River Otter (Lontra annectens)
- Family: Procyonidae
- White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
- Order: Primates (2 records)
- Order: Rodents
(2 records)
- Family: Agoutis
- Central American Agouti (Dasyprocta punctata)
- Family: Squirrels
- Neotropical Red Squirrel (Sciurus granatensis)
- Order: Xenarthra
(2 records)
- Family: Bradypodidae
- Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
- Family: Megalonychidae
- Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
Class: Reptiles
(20 records)
- Order: Alligators and Crocodiles
(1 record)
- Family: Alligators
- Spectacled Caiman (Caiman crocodilus)
- Order: Lizards and Snakes (17 records)
- Family: Coral Snakes
- Costa Rican Coralsnake (Micrurus mosquitensis)
- Family: Geckos
- Asian House Gecko (Hemidactylus frenatus)
- Mourning Gecko (Lepidodactylus lugubris)
- Yellow-headed Gecko (Gonatodes albogularis)
- Family: Helmeted Lizards
- Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)
- Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus)
- Family: Iguanas
- Black Spiny-tailed Iguana (Ctenosaura similis)
- Family: Night Lizards
- Yellow-spotted Night Lizard (Lepidophyma flavimaculatum)
- Family: Vipers and Pit Vipers
- Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
- Family: Whiptails and Tegus
- Middle American Ameiva (Holcosus festivus)
- Order: Turtles
(2 records)
- Family: Eurasian Pond, River, and Neotropical Wood Turtles
- Black River Turtle (Rhinoclemmys funerea)
- Family: Sea Turtles
- Green Sea Turtle (Chelonia mydas)
Phylum: Flatworms
(1 record)
Class: Rhabditophora
(1 record)
- Order: Planarians
(1 record)
- Family: Land Planarians
- Land Planarian (Rhynchodemus bromelicola)
Phylum: Mullusks
(1 record)
Class: Gastropod
(1 record)
- Order: Systellommatophoran Slugs
(1 record)
- Family: Leatherleaf Slugs
- Tan Leatherleaf Slug (Leidyula moreleti)
Kingdom: Fungi including Lichens (1 record)
Phylum: Mushrooms
(1 record)
Class: Higher Basidiomycetes
(1 record)
- Order: Stinkhorns and Allies
(1 record)
- Family: Stinkhorns
- Costa Rican Stinkhorn (Staheliomyces costariquensis)