Arenal Volcano National Park

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Straddling the border between Alajuela and Guanacaste in northwestern Costa Rica, this national park rises dramatically around one of Central America's most active volcanic systems. The landscape is dominated by Arenal's perfect cinder cone and the older Chato volcano, their slopes cloaked in humid tropical forest that transitions from lowland rainforest in the park's western reaches to montane cloud forest at higher elevations. Lava flows from eruptions spanning centuries have carved a mosaic of geological features—bare volcanic rock, regenerating secondary forest, and dense primary woodland—that create distinct microclimates and niches. The park's diverse habitats support an abundance of wildlife adapted to tropical forest conditions: birds of prey hunt above the canopy and forest edges, while woodland songbirds, tanagers, and other passerines move through the mid-story vegetation. Small forest mammals navigate the understory, and amphibians thrive in the perpetually moist environment, especially around streams and forest pools. The volcanic landscape itself remains the park's defining feature, with hot springs and geothermal activity adding another dimension to an already ecologically rich territory.

For wildlife photographers and birders, the park's combination of accessibility and ecological diversity makes it essential. The mix of forest types and open volcanic terrain creates excellent sightlines for observing birds of prey and larger forest birds, while the dramatic backdrop of the volcano—often wreathed in morning mist or illuminated by afternoon light—elevates every encounter to the visual realm. The park's trail network ranges from gentle walks through regenerating forest to more challenging climbs, allowing visitors of varied fitness levels to explore different habitats and encounter different assemblages of wildlife. Year-round residence of tropical forest species ensures year-round birding and mammal-watching opportunities, though the drier season from December to April typically offers clearer views of the volcano and slightly improved accessibility to certain trails. The combination of volcanic grandeur, intact rainforest, and the genuine thrill of exploring an active geological landscape, all within a few hours of San José, makes this one of Costa Rica's most rewarding destinations for nature travellers committed to understanding both landscape and wildlife in their full ecological context.

Keel-billed Toucan

Ramphastos sulfuratus

Green-crowned Brilliant

Heliodoxa jacula

Lesson's Motmot

Momotus lessonii

Penelope purpurascens

Clay-colored Thrush

Yellow-throated Toucan

Ramphastos ambiguus

Blue-grey Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

Pitangus sulphuratus

Montezuma Oropendola

Psarocolius montezuma

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Ortalis cinereiceps

Yellow-throated Euphonia

Euphonia hirundinacea

Cyanocorax morio

Collared Aracari

Pteroglossus torquatus

Coereba flaveola

Thraupis palmarum

Black-cheeked Woodpecker

Melanerpes pucherani

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Common Chlorospingus

Chlorospingus flavopectus

Golden-hooded Tanager

Stilpnia larvata

Stripe-tailed Hummingbird

Eupherusa eximia

Coragyps atratus

Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus

Orange-chinned Parakeet

Brotogeris jugularis

Red-billed Pigeon

Patagioenas flavirostris

Phaethornis guy

Silver-throated Tanager

Tangara icterocephala

Black-eared Warbler

Basileuterus melanotis

Red-lored Amazon

Amazona autumnalis

Streak-headed Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes souleyetii

Common Squirrel Cuckoo

Crimson-collared Tanager

Ramphocelus sanguinolentus

Groove-billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

White-winged Dove

Zenaida asiatica

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

Cairina moschata

Cinnamon-bellied Saltator

Saltator grandis

Black-and-white Owl

Strix nigrolineata

Golden-olive Woodpecker

Colaptes rubiginosus

Northern Jacana

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Ramphocelus passerinii

Purple-throated Mountaingem

Lampornis calolaemus

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Amazilia tzacatl

Violet Sabrewing

Campylopterus hemileucurus

Lesser Violetear

Colibri cyanotus

Coppery-headed Emerald

Microchera cupreiceps

Green Honeycreeper

Chlorophanes spiza

Social Flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

Broad-billed Motmot

Electron platyrhynchum

Slate-throated Whitestart

Myioborus miniatus

White-throated Magpie-Jay

Cyanocorax formosus

Variable Seedeater

Sporophila corvina

Yellow-faced Grassquit

Tiaris olivaceus

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

Baryphthengus martii

Violet-headed Hummingbird

Scaly-breasted Hummingbird

Phaeochroa cuvierii

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Galbula ruficauda

Common Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum cinereum

Crowned Woodnymph

Thalurania colombica

Melodious Blackbird

Buteo plagiatus

Bare-throated Tiger Heron

Tigrisoma mexicanum

Buff-rumped Warbler

Myiothlypis fulvicauda

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Myiarchus tuberculifer

Boat-billed Heron

Cochlearius cochlearius

Grey-capped Flycatcher

Myiozetetes granadensis

Laughing Falcon

Herpetotheres cachinnans

Ruddy Ground Dove

Columbina talpacoti

White-fronted Amazon

Amazona albifrons

Black-striped Sparrow

Arremonops conirostris

Gartered Trogon

Trogon caligatus

Collared Whitestart

Myioborus torquatus

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Glyphorynchus spirurus

Long-tailed Tyrant

Colonia colonus

Pseudastur albicollis

Finsch's Parakeet

Psittacara finschi

Turquoise-browed Motmot

Eumomota superciliosa

Barred Antshrike

Thamnophilus doliatus

Pale-billed Woodpecker

Campephilus guatemalensis

Resplendent Quetzal

Pharomachrus mocinno

Northern Emerald Toucanet

Aulacorhynchus prasinus

Chamaepetes unicolor

Hoffmann's Woodpecker

Melanerpes hoffmannii

Collared Trogon

Trogon collaris

Scarlet-thighed Dacnis

Tropical Mockingbird

Russet-naped Wood Rail

Aramides albiventris

White-collared Manakin

Emerald Tanager

Tangara florida

Olive-backed Euphonia

Euphonia gouldi

Blue-vented Hummingbird

Saucerottia hoffmanni

Western Cattle Egret

Bay-headed Tanager

Anhinga anhinga

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua

Golden-crowned Warbler

Basileuterus culicivorus

Grey-breasted Wood Wren

Henicorhina leucophrys

Cantorchilus modestus

Yellow-crowned Euphonia

Euphonia luteicapilla

White-breasted Wood Wren

Henicorhina leucosticta

Stripe-breasted Wren

Cantorchilus thoracicus

Wilson's Warbler

Cardellina pusilla

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush

Catharus fuscater

Yellowish Flycatcher

Empidonax flavescens

Tityra semifasciata

Black-faced Solitaire

Myadestes melanops

Golden-browed Chlorophonia

Chlorophonia callophrys

Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

White-necked Jacobin

Florisuga mellivora

White-eared Ground Sparrow

Melozone leucotis

Morelet's Seedeater

Sporophila morelleti

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Baltimore Oriole

Icterus galbula

Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Setophaga pensylvanica

Tennessee Warbler

Leiothlypis peregrina

Magenta-throated Woodstar

Philodice bryantae

Three-wattled Bellbird

Procnias tricarunculatus

Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus

White-throated Thrush

Turdus assimilis

Black-crested Coquette

Lophornis helenae

Black-and-white Warbler

Mniotilta varia

Mangrove Warbler

Setophaga petechia

Black-bellied Whistling Duck

Dendrocygna autumnalis

Ring-necked Duck

Aythya collaris

Nyctidromus albicollis

Nyctibius grandis

Nyctibius griseus

White-collared Swift

Streptoprocne zonaris

White-tipped Sicklebill

Eutoxeres aquila

Band-tailed Barbthroat

Threnetes ruckeri

Stripe-throated Hermit

Phaethornis striigularis

Long-billed Hermit

Phaethornis longirostris

Green-fronted Lancebill

Doryfera ludovicae

Brown Violetear

Colibri delphinae

Purple-crowned Fairy

Heliothryx barroti

Green-breasted Mango

Anthracothorax prevostii

Green Thorntail

Discosura conversii

Long-billed Starthroat

Heliomaster longirostris

Canivet's Emerald

Cynanthus canivetii

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Chalybura urochrysia

Microchera albocoronata

Cinnamon Hummingbird

Amazilia rutila

Blue-chested Hummingbird

Polyerata amabilis

Blue-throated Sapphire

Chlorestes eliciae

Band-tailed Pigeon

Patagioenas fasciata

Pale-vented Pigeon

Patagioenas cayennensis

Violaceous Quail-Dove

Geotrygon violacea

Grey-chested Dove

Leptotila cassinii

Purplish-backed Quail-Dove

Zentrygon lawrencii

Purple Gallinule

Porphyrio martinica

White-throated Crake

Laterallus albigularis

Tachybaptus dominicus

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

Eurypyga helias

Neotropic Cormorant

Nannopterum brasilianum

Mesembrinibis cayennensis

American White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Fasciated Tiger Heron

Tigrisoma fasciatum

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor

Butorides virescens

Sarcoramphus papa

Pandion haliaetus

Hook-billed Kite

Chondrohierax uncinatus

Black Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus tyrannus

Microspizias superciliosus

Double-toothed Kite

Harpagus bidentatus

Morphnarchus princeps

Great Black Hawk

Buteogallus urubitinga

Rupornis magnirostris

Semiplumbeous Hawk

Leucopternis semiplumbeus

Zone-tailed Hawk

Buteo albonotatus

Short-tailed Hawk

Buteo brachyurus

Pacific Screech Owl

Megascops cooperi

Pulsatrix perspicillata

Lophostrix cristata

Lattice-tailed Trogon

Trogon clathratus

Slaty-tailed Trogon

Northern Black-throated Trogon

Trogon tenellus

Amazon Kingfisher

Chloroceryle amazona

American Pygmy Kingfisher

Chloroceryle aenea

Green Kingfisher

Chloroceryle americana

Ringed Kingfisher

Megaceryle torquata

Keel-billed Motmot

Electron carinatum

Notharchus tectus

White-fronted Nunbird

Monasa morphoeus

Prong-billed Barbet

Semnornis frantzii

Yellow-eared Toucanet

Selenidera spectabilis

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Sphyrapicus varius

Smoky-brown Woodpecker

Leuconotopicus fumigatus

Rufous-winged Woodpecker

Piculus simplex

Cinnamon Woodpecker

Celeus loricatus

Lineated Woodpecker

Dryocopus lineatus

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

Falco columbarius

Falco rufigularis

Brown-hooded Parrot

Pyrilia haematotis

White-crowned Parrot

Olive-throated Parakeet

Eupsittula nana

Tawny-throated Leaftosser

Sclerurus mexicanus

Northern Barred Woodcreeper

Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae

Spotted Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus erythropygius

Northern Plain Xenops

Xenops mexicanus

Lineated Foliage-gleaner

Syndactyla subalaris

Streak-breasted Treehunter

Thripadectes rufobrunneus

Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner

Automolus cervinigularis

Western Woodhaunter

Automolus virgatus

Ruddy Treerunner

Margarornis rubiginosus

Slaty Spinetail

Synallaxis brachyura

Russet Antshrike

Thamnistes anabatinus

Dysithamnus mentalis

Streak-crowned Antvireo

Dysithamnus striaticeps

Fasciated Antshrike

Cymbilaimus lineatus

Great Antshrike

Ocellated Antbird

Phaenostictus mcleannani

Bicolored Antbird

Gymnopithys bicolor

Cercomacroides tyrannina

Spotted Antbird

Hylophylax naevioides

Dull-mantled Antbird

Sipia laemosticta

Bare-crowned Antbird

Gymnocichla nudiceps

Thicket Antpitta

Myrmothera dives

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Elaenia flavogaster

Yellow Tyrannulet

Capsiempis flaveola

Mistletoe Tyrannulet

Zimmerius parvus

Olive-streaked Flycatcher

Mionectes olivaceus

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

Mionectes oleagineus

Slaty-capped Flycatcher

Leptopogon superciliaris

Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant

Lophotriccus pileatus

Yellow-olive Flatbill

Tolmomyias sulphurescens

Sayornis nigricans

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Contopus cooperi

Western Wood Pewee

Contopus sordidulus

Northern Tropical Pewee

Contopus bogotensis

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Empidonax flaviventris

Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius

Golden-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes hemichrysus

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes luteiventris

Streaked Flycatcher

Myiodynastes maculatus

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Rhytipterna holerythra

Bright-rumped Attila

Attila spadiceus

Lipaugus unirufus

Cotinga amabilis

White-ruffed Manakin

Corapipo altera

Black-crowned Tityra

Tityra inquisitor

Cinnamon Becard

Pachyramphus cinnamomeus

White-winged Becard

Pachyramphus polychopterus

Oxyruncus cristatus

Sulphur-rumped Myiobius

Myiobius sulphureipygius

Lesser Greenlet

Pachysylvia decurtata

Vireo olivaceus

Philadelphia Vireo

Vireo philadelphicus

Yellow-throated Vireo

Vireo flavifrons

Bombycilla cedrorum

Grey-breasted Martin

Progne chalybea

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

Blue-and-white Swallow

Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

Hirundo rustica

Band-backed Wren

Campylorhynchus zonatus

Cantorchilus nigricapillus

Northern Nightingale-Wren

Microcerculus philomela

Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus

Trilling Gnatwren

Ramphocaenus melanurus

Tawny-faced Gnatwren

Microbates cinereiventris

White-browed Gnatcatcher

Polioptila bilineata

Hylocichla mustelina

Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush

Catharus mexicanus

Swainson's Thrush

Catharus ustulatus

Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush

Catharus frantzii

Catharus fuscescens

White-vented Euphonia

Euphonia minuta

Tawny-capped Euphonia

Euphonia anneae

Orange-billed Sparrow

Arremon aurantiirostris

Sooty-faced Finch

Arremon crassirostris

White-naped Brushfinch

Atlapetes albinucha

Eastern Meadowlark

Sturnella magna

Yellow-billed Cacique

Amblycercus holosericeus

Chestnut-headed Oropendola

Psarocolius wagleri

Black-cowled Oriole

Icterus prosthemelas

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Molothrus oryzivorus

Molothrus bonariensis

Bronzed Cowbird

Molothrus aeneus

Louisiana Waterthrush

Parkesia motacilla

Northern Waterthrush

Parkesia noveboracensis

Golden-winged Warbler

Vermivora chrysoptera

Grey-crowned Yellowthroat

Geothlypis poliocephala

MacGillivray's Warbler

Geothlypis tolmiei

Mourning Warbler

Geothlypis philadelphia

Setophaga citrina

Cape May Warbler

Setophaga tigrina

Tropical Parula

Setophaga pitiayumi

Bay-breasted Warbler

Setophaga castanea

Blackburnian Warbler

Setophaga fusca

American Yellow Warbler

Setophaga aestiva

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Setophaga caerulescens

Setophaga coronata

Cardellina canadensis

Scarlet Tanager

Piranga olivacea

Red-throated Ant Tanager

Driophlox fuscicauda

Carmiol's Tanager

Chlorothraupis carmioli

Black-thighed Grosbeak

Pheucticus tibialis

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Pheucticus ludovicianus

Black-faced Grosbeak

Caryothraustes poliogaster

Blue-black Grosbeak

Cyanoloxia cyanoides

Black-and-yellow Tanager

Chrysothlypis chrysomelas

Shining Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes lucidus

Black-headed Saltator

Saltator atriceps

Slate-colored Grosbeak

Saltator grossus

Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina

White-shouldered Tanager

Loriotus luctuosus

White-lined Tanager

Tachyphonus rufus

White-throated Shrike-Tanager

Lanio leucothorax

Thick-billed Seed Finch

Sporophila funerea

Rufous-winged Tanager

Tangara lavinia

Crypturellus soui

Blue-winged Teal

Spatula discors

Black-eared Wood Quail

Odontophorus melanotis

Black-breasted Wood Quail

Odontophorus leucolaemus

Lesser Nighthawk

Chordeiles acutipennis

Common Nighthawk

Chordeiles minor

Short-tailed Nighthawk

Lurocalis semitorquatus

Chuck-will's-widow

Antrostomus carolinensis

Spot-fronted Swift

Cypseloides cherriei

White-chinned Swift

Cypseloides cryptus

American Black Swift

Cypseloides niger

Chestnut-collared Swift

Streptoprocne rutila

Grey-rumped Swift

Chaetura cinereiventris

Chaetura pelagica

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift

Panyptila cayennensis

White-crested Coquette

Lophornis adorabilis

Plain-capped Starthroat

Heliomaster constantii

White-bellied Mountaingem

Lampornis hemileucus

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo

Neomorphus geoffroyi

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus

Mangrove Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Patagioenas subvinacea

Short-billed Pigeon

Patagioenas nigrirostris

Blue Ground Dove

Claravis pretiosa

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Geotrygon montana

Olive-backed Quail-Dove

Leptotrygon veraguensis

Grey-headed Dove

Leptotila plumbeiceps

Buff-fronted Quail-Dove

Zentrygon costaricensis

Chiriqui Quail-Dove

Zentrygon chiriquensis

Zenaida macroura

Heliornis fulica

Amaurolimnas concolor

Common Gallinule

Gallinula galeata

Fulica americana

Grey-breasted Crake

Laterallus exilis

Aramus guarauna

Pied-billed Grebe

Podilymbus podiceps

Black-necked Stilt

Himantopus mexicanus

Charadrius vociferus

Gallinago delicata

Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitaria

Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa melanoleuca

Least Sandpiper

Calidris minutilla

Thalasseus maximus

Leucophaeus atricilla

Mycteria americana

Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens

Roseate Spoonbill

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Black-crowned Night Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Great Blue Heron

Pelecanus occidentalis

White-tailed Kite

Elanus leucurus

Grey-headed Kite

Leptodon cayanensis

Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus ornatus

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Accipiter striatus

Mississippi Kite

Ictinia mississippiensis

Ictinia plumbea

Black-collared Hawk

Busarellus nigricollis

Rostrhamus sociabilis

Parabuteo unicinctus

Swainson's Hawk

Buteo swainsoni

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

American Barn Owl

Central American Pygmy Owl

Glaucidium griseiceps

Middle American Screech Owl

Megascops guatemalae

Black-headed Trogon

Trogon melanocephalus

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

Hylomanes momotula

White-necked Puffbird

Notharchus hyperrhynchus

White-whiskered Puffbird

Malacoptila panamensis

Lanceolated Monklet

Micromonacha lanceolata

Red-headed Barbet

Eubucco bourcierii

Olivaceous Piculet

Picumnus olivaceus

Barred Forest Falcon

Micrastur ruficollis

Slaty-backed Forest Falcon

Micrastur mirandollei

Collared Forest Falcon

Micrastur semitorquatus

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Barred Parakeet

Bolborhynchus lineola

Amazona farinosa

Blue-and-yellow Macaw

Scaly-throated Leaftosser

Sclerurus guatemalensis

Grey-throated Leaftosser

Sclerurus albigularis

Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Sittasomus griseicapillus

Ruddy Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla homochroa

Plain-brown Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla fuliginosa

Cocoa Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus susurrans

Black-striped Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus

Brown-billed Scythebill

Campylorhamphus pusillus

Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner

Anabacerthia variegaticeps

Spotted Barbtail

Premnoplex brunnescens

Red-faced Spinetail

Cranioleuca erythrops

Dot-winged Antwren

Microrhopias quixensis

Checker-throated Stipplethroat

Epinecrophylla fulviventris

White-flanked Antwren

Myrmotherula axillaris

Myrmotherula schisticolor

Black-crowned Antshrike

Thamnophilus atrinucha

Chestnut-backed Antbird

Poliocrania exsul

Zeledon's Antbird

Hafferia zeledoni

Black-faced Antthrush

Formicarius analis

Scaled Antpitta

Grallaria guatimalensis

Streak-chested Antpitta

Hylopezus perspicillatus

Ochre-breasted Antpitta

Grallaricula flavirostris

Silvery-fronted Tapaculo

Scytalopus argentifrons

Greenish Elaenia

Myiopagis viridicata

Elaenia chiriquensis

Mountain Elaenia

Elaenia frantzii

Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet

Ornithion semiflavum

Brown-capped Tyrannulet

Ornithion brunneicapillus

Northern Beardless Tyrannulet

Camptostoma imberbe

Torrent Tyrannulet

Serpophaga cinerea

Rufous-browed Tyrannulet

Phylloscartes superciliaris

Sepia-capped Flycatcher

Leptopogon amaurocephalus

Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant

Myiornis atricapillus

Northern Bentbill

Oncostoma cinereigulare

Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher

Poecilotriccus sylvia

Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum nigriceps

Eye-ringed Flatbill

Rhynchocyclus brevirostris

Yellow-winged Flatbill

Tolmomyias flavotectus

White-throated Spadebill

Platyrinchus mystaceus

Golden-crowned Spadebill

Platyrinchus coronatus

Tawny-chested Flycatcher

Aphanotriccus capitalis

Northern Tufted Flycatcher

Mitrephanes phaeocercus

Contopus lugubris

Eastern Wood Pewee

Contopus virens

Acadian Flycatcher

Empidonax virescens

Willow Flycatcher

Empidonax traillii

White-throated Flycatcher

Empidonax albigularis

Least Flycatcher

Empidonax minimus

White-ringed Flycatcher

Conopias albovittatus

Western Kingbird

Tyrannus verticalis

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus forficatus

Great Crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus crinitus

Bare-necked Umbrellabird

Cephalopterus glabricollis

Red-capped Manakin

Ceratopipra mentalis

Northern Schiffornis

Schiffornis veraepacis

Tropical Royal Flycatcher

Onychorhynchus coronatus

Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher

Terenotriccus erythrurus

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis gujanensis

Green Shrike-Vireo

Vireolanius pulchellus

Ochre-crowned Greenlet

Tunchiornis ochraceiceps

Yellow-green Vireo

Vireo flavoviridis

Azure-hooded Jay

Cyanolyca cucullata

Black-and-yellow Phainoptila

Phainoptila melanoxantha

Riparia riparia

Tachycineta bicolor

Mangrove Swallow

Tachycineta albilinea

American Cliff Swallow

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Black-throated Wren

Pheugopedius atrogularis

Cantorchilus zeledoni

Ochraceous Wren

Troglodytes ochraceus

Dumetella carolinensis

Grey-cheeked Thrush

Catharus minimus

Mountain Thrush

Turdus plebejus

Pale-vented Thrush

Turdus obsoletus

American Dipper

Cinclus mexicanus

Passer domesticus

Chestnut-capped Brushfinch

Arremon brunneinucha

Yellow-breasted Chat

Red-breasted Meadowlark

Leistes militaris

Scarlet-rumped Cacique

Cacicus uropygialis

Icterus spurius

Seiurus aurocapilla

Worm-eating Warbler

Helmitheros vermivorum

Blue-winged Warbler

Vermivora cyanoptera

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

Kentucky Warbler

Geothlypis formosa

Olive-crowned Yellowthroat

Geothlypis semiflava

Common Yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas

American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

Cerulean Warbler

Setophaga cerulea

Magnolia Warbler

Setophaga magnolia

Blackpoll Warbler

Setophaga striata

Setophaga palmarum

Yellow-throated Warbler

Setophaga dominica

Townsend's Warbler

Setophaga townsendi

Setophaga occidentalis

Black-throated Green Warbler

Setophaga virens

Western Tanager

Piranga ludoviciana

Spiza americana

Passerina caerulea

Passerina cyanea

Painted Bunting

Passerina ciris

Blue-and-gold Tanager

Speckled Tanager

Ixothraupis guttata

Yellow-winged Tanager

Plain-colored Tanager

Tangara inornata

Highland Tinamou

Nothocercus bonapartei

Fiery-throated Hummingbird

Panterpe insignis

Semipalmated Plover

Charadrius semipalmatus

Lesser Yellowlegs

Tringa flavipes

Bare-shanked Screech Owl

Megascops clarkii

Buffy Tuftedcheek

Pseudocolaptes lawrencii

Ochre-throated Foliage-gleaner

Automolus ochrolaemus

Brown-crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus tyrannulus

Pachyramphus versicolor

Cyanocitta cristata

Rufous-backed Wren

Campylorhynchus capistratus

Rufous-and-white Wren

Thryophilus rufalbus

Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush

Catharus aurantiirostris

Euphonia affinis

Arremonops rufivirgatus

Yellow-thighed Brushfinch

Atlapetes tibialis

Zeledonia coronata

Slaty Flowerpiercer

Diglossa plumbea

Spangle-cheeked Tanager

Steatornis caripensis

Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth

Bradypus variegatus

White-nosed Coati

Variegated Squirrel

Sciurus variegatoides

Central American Spider Monkey

Ateles geoffroyi

Mexican Hairy Porcupine

Coendou mexicanus

Alouatta palliata

Central American Agouti

Dasyprocta punctata

Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth

Choloepus hoffmanni

Northern Tamandua

Tamandua mexicana

Leopardus pardalis

Northern Raccoon

Red-tailed Squirrel

Sciurus granatensis

Central American Tapeti

Sylvilagus gabbi

Central American Dwarf Squirrel

Microsciurus alfari

Northern Olingo

Bassaricyon gabbii

Sumichrast's Vesper Rat

Nyctomys sumichrasti

Rhynchonycteris naso

White-faced Capuchin

Cebus capucinus

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