Trip Report: Costa Rica (2023-09-26 - 2023-10-06)
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Tortuguero
Tortuguero
Arenal National Park
Arenal Volcano
Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Middle American Screech-Owl (Megascops guatemalae)
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
Tiger Bromeliad Spider (Cupiennius salei)
Thermesiini Moth (Feigeria herilia)
Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
Great Curassow (Crax rubra) - Female
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii) - Male
Garden Orbweaver (Argiope submaronica)
Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) - Male
Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus)
Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
Olive Snouted Tree Frog (Scinax elaeochroa)
Crimson-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara finschi)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Lysimnia Longwing (Mechanitis lysimnia)
Broad-nosed Weevil (Claeoteges virosa)
Black Witch (Ascalapha odorata)
Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Stink Bug (Loxa viridis)
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
Katydid (Tettigoniidae sp)
Tiger Bromeliad Spider (Cupiennius salei)
Masked Tree Frog (Smilisca phaeota)
Harlequin Treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus)
Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
Jumping Spider (Phiale formosa)
Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Fruit-piercing Moth (Ferenta stolliana)
Brilliant Forest Frog (Lithobates warszewitschii)
Dicot Skipper (Chioides sp)
Non-biting Midge (Chironomidae sp)
Plain Longtail (Spicauda simplicius)
Skipper (Hesperiidae sp)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
Python Millipede (Nyssodesmus python)
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Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Tortuguero
Tortuguero
Arenal National Park
Arenal Volcano
Eyelash Viper (Bothriechis schlegelii)
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Middle American Screech-Owl (Megascops guatemalae)
Monarch Butterfly (Danaus Plexippus)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)
White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
Tiger Bromeliad Spider (Cupiennius salei)
Thermesiini Moth (Feigeria herilia)
Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
Great Curassow (Crax rubra) - Female
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii) - Male
Garden Orbweaver (Argiope submaronica)
Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula) - Male
Zebra Longwing (Heliconius charithonia)
Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus)
Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
Olive Snouted Tree Frog (Scinax elaeochroa)
Crimson-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara finschi)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
Lysimnia Longwing (Mechanitis lysimnia)
Broad-nosed Weevil (Claeoteges virosa)
Black Witch (Ascalapha odorata)
Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Stink Bug (Loxa viridis)
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
White-nosed Coati (Nasua narica)
Katydid (Tettigoniidae sp)
Tiger Bromeliad Spider (Cupiennius salei)
Masked Tree Frog (Smilisca phaeota)
Harlequin Treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus)
Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
Jumping Spider (Phiale formosa)
Central American Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Fruit-piercing Moth (Ferenta stolliana)
Brilliant Forest Frog (Lithobates warszewitschii)
Dicot Skipper (Chioides sp)
Non-biting Midge (Chironomidae sp)
Plain Longtail (Spicauda simplicius)
Skipper (Hesperiidae sp)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
Python Millipede (Nyssodesmus python)
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
- Garden Orbweaver (Argiope submaronica)
- Golden Silk Orb-weaver (Trichonephila clavipes)
- Micrathena Orbweaver (Micrathena brevipes)
- Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora edax)
- Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora fuliginea)
- Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
- Orbweaver Spider (Eriophora sp)
- Orbweaver Spider (Eustala fuscovittata)
- Orbweaver Spider (Parawixia sp)
- Pretty Orbweaver (Eriophora nephiloides)
- Spinybacked Orbweaver (Gasteracantha cancriformis)
- Family: Trechaleid Spiders
- Bromeliad Spider (Cupiennius sp)
- Spotted-legged Banana Spider (Cupiennius getazi)
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 (Elateridae sp)
- Click Beetle (Semiotus 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
- Broad-nosed Weevil (Claeoteges virosa)
- Broad-nosed Weevil (Exophthalmus jekelianus)
- Weevil (Conotrachelus sp)
- Weevil (Lixus apterus)
- Order: Butterflies and Moths
(49 records)
- Family: Brush-footed Butterflies
- Banded Owl-Butterfly (Caligo atreus)
- Banded Peacock (Anartia fatima)
- Julia Heliconian (Dryas iulia)
- Lysimnia Longwing (Mechanitis lysimnia)
- Pale Owl Butterfly (Caligo telamonius)
- Red-washed Satyr (Pierella helvina)
- Ruddy Daggerwing (Marpesia petreus)
- Rusted Clearwing-Satyr (Cithaerias pireta)
- Sara Longwing (Heliconius sara)
- Tiger Longwing (Heliconius hecale)
- White Peacock (Anartia jatrophae)
- 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 (Crambidae sp)
- Crambid Snout Moth (Herpetogramma sp)
- Dusky Herpetogramma Moth (Herpetogramma phaeopteralis)
- Pearl Moth (Spilomelinae sp)
- Family: Emperor and Giant Silk Moths
- Emperor Moth (Arsenura sp)
- Emperor Moth (Copaxa sp)
- Emperor Moth (Oxytenis naemia)
- 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
- Dicot Skipper (Chioides sp)
- Long-tailed Skipper (Urbanus proteus)
- Plain Longtail (Spicauda simplicius)
- Skipper (Hesperiidae sp)
- Skipper (Hesperiidae sp)
- Family: Slug Caterpillar Moths
- Slug Caterpillar Moth (Parasa wellesca)
- Family: Sphinx Moths
- Muscosa Sphinx Moth (Manduca muscosa)
- Sphinx Moth (Aellopos ceculus)
- Family: Swallowtails and Parnassians
- Cattleheart (Parides sp)
- Thoas Swallowtail (Papilio thoas)
- Family: Tortricid Leafroller Moths
- Sparganothini Moth (Platynota sp)
- Family: Underwing, Tiger, Tussock, and Allied Moths
- Black Witch (Ascalapha odorata)
- Fruit-piercing Moth (Ferenta stolliana)
- Fruit-piercing Moth (Gorgone sp)
- Litter Moth (Rejectaria sp)
- Thermesiini Moth (Feigeria herilia)
- Tiger Moth (Dysschema magdala)
- Tiger Moth (Erebidae sp)
- Velvetbean Caterpillar Moth (Anticarsia gemmatalis)
- 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
- Blue-winged Helicopter (Megaloprepus caerulatus)
- Oculate Dancer (Argia oculata)
- 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
- Striped Walkingstick (Prexaspini sp)
- Walking Stick (Prexaspini sp)
- Walking Stick (Pseudophasmatidae 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: Aphelidesmidae
- Flat-backed Millipede (Amplinus sp)
- Family: Flat-backed Millipedes
- Chondrodesmus Millipede (Chondrodesmus 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
- Harlequin Treefrog (Dendropsophus ebraccatus)
- Mahogany Tree Frog (Tlalocohyla loquax)
- Masked Tree Frog (Smilisca phaeota)
- Mosquito Coast Tree Frog (Smilisca manisorum)
- Olive Snouted Tree Frog (Scinax elaeochroa)
- Yellow Treefrog (Dendropsophus microcephalus)
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
- Gray-chested Dove (Leptotila cassinii)
- Pale-vented Pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis)
- Red-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas flavirostris)
- Ruddy Ground Dove (Columbina talpacoti)
- Short-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris)
- White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
- White-winged Dove (Zenaida asiatica)
- 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
- Bicolored Hawk (Astur bicolor)
- Black-collared Hawk (Busarellus nigricollis)
- Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
- Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
- Gray Hawk (Buteo plagiatus)
- Plumbeous Kite (Ictinia plumbea)
- Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
- Semiplumbeous Hawk (Leucopternis semiplumbeus)
- Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
- Family: Osprey
- Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
- Order: Hummingbirds and Swifts
(21 records)
- Family: Hummingbirds
- Black-crested Coquette (Lophornis helenae)
- Blue-chested Hummingbird (Polyerata amabilis)
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer (Chalybura urochrysia)
- Canivet's Emerald (Cynanthus canivetii)
- Coppery-headed Emerald (Microchera cupreiceps)
- Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
- Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)
- Green-fronted Lancebill (Doryfera ludovicae)
- Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy)
- Green Thorntail (Discosura conversii)
- Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)
- Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii)
- Snowcap (Microchera albocoronata)
- Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)
- Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
- Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus)
- Family: Swifts
- Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis)
- White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
- Order: Kingfishers, Bee-eaters, Motmots (7 records)
- Family: Motmots
- Broad-billed Motmot (Electron platyrhynchum)
- Lesson's Motmot (Momotus lessonii)
- Rufous Motmot (Baryphthengus martii)
- 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)
- Black-and-white Owl (Strix nigrolineata)
- Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata)
- Middle American Screech-Owl (Megascops guatemalae)
- Mottled Owl (Strix virgata)
- Order: Parrots
(10 records)
- Family: New World Parrots
- Crimson-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara finschi)
- Great Green Macaw (Ara ambiguus)
- Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa)
- Olive-throated Parakeet (Eupsittula nana)
- Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)
- Orange-fronted Parakeet (Eupsittula canicularis)
- Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis)
- Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
- White-crowned Parrot (Pionus senilis)
- White-fronted Amazon (Amazona albifrons)
- Order: Pelicans
(19 records)
- Family: Anhingas
- Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
- Family: Cormorants
- Neotropic Cormorant (Nannopterum brasilianum)
- Family: Falcons and Caracaras
- Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)
- Crested Caracara (Caracara plancus)
- Family: Herons
- Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
- Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
- Great Egret (Ardea alba)
- Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
- Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
- Reddish Egret (Egretta rufescens)
- Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
- Western Cattle-Egret (Ardea ibis)
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
- Family: Ibises and Spoonbills
- Green Ibis (Mesembrinibis cayennensis)
- Family: Jacanas
- Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
- Family: Sandpipers and Allies
- Hudsonian Whimbrel (Numenius hudsonicus)
- Sanderling (Calidris alba)
- Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
- Family: Stilts and Avocets
- Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
- Order: Perching Birds
(147 records)
- Family: American Blackbirds and Orioles
- Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
- Black-cowled Oriole (Icterus prosthemelas)
- Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri)
- Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
- Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
- Montezuma Oropendola (Psarocolius montezuma)
- Orchard Oriole (Icterus spurius)
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Cacicus uropygialis)
- Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
- 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)
- 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
- Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
- Blackburnian Warbler (Setophaga fusca)
- Black-throated Green Warbler (Setophaga virens)
- Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
- Canada Warbler (Cardellina canadensis)
- Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
- Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)
- Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa)
- Louisiana Waterthrush (Parkesia motacilla)
- Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
- Northern Yellow Warbler (Setophaga aestiva)
- Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
- Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
- Tennessee Warbler (Leiothlypis peregrina)
- Tropical Parula (Setophaga pitiayumi)
- Wilson's Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
- Family: Old World Buntings
- Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris)
- Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
- Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
- Family: Old World Sparrows
- House Sparrow (Passer domesticus)
- Family: Ovenbirds and Woodcreepers
- Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner (Automolus cervinigularis)
- Northern Plain-Xenops (Xenops mexicanus)
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper (Sittasomus griseicapillus)
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa)
- Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops)
- Spotted Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus erythropygius)
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
- Family: Swallows
- Bank Swallow (Riparia riparia)
- Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
- Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
- Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
- Purple Martin (Progne subis)
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
- Family: Tanagers and Allies
- Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
- Black-and-yellow Tanager (Chrysothlypis chrysomelas)
- Black-headed Saltator (Saltator atriceps)
- Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
- Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
- Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
- Carmiol's Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli)
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator (Saltator grandis)
- Common Chlorospingus (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
- Crimson-collared Tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus)
- Emerald Tanager (Tangara florida)
- Golden-hooded Tanager (Stilpnia larvata)
- Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
- Olive-backed Euphonia (Euphonia gouldi)
- Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
- Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
- Red-throated Ant-Tanager (Driophlox fuscicauda)
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii)
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
- Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus)
- Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
- Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae)
- Thick-billed Seed-Finch (Sporophila funerea)
- Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
- White-shouldered Tanager (Loriotus luctuosus)
- White-throated Shrike-Tanager (Lanio leucothorax)
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla)
- Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea)
- Family: Thrushes and Allies
- Black-faced Solitaire (Myadestes melanops)
- Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus mexicanus)
- Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus fuscater)
- Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
- Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina)
- Family: Tityras and Allies
- Black-crowned Tityra (Tityra inquisitor)
- Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
- Family: Treecreepers
- Long-billed Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus)
- Family: Typical Antbirds
- Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus)
- Black-crowned Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha)
- Checker-throated Stipplethroat (Epinecrophylla fulviventris)
- Chestnut-backed Antbird (Poliocrania exsul)
- Dull-mantled Antbird (Sipia laemosticta)
- Dusky Antbird (Cercomacroides tyrannina)
- Fasciated Antshrike (Cymbilaimus lineatus)
- Great Antshrike (Taraba major)
- Russet Antshrike (Thamnistes anabatinus)
- Spotted Antbird (Hylophylax naevioides)
- Streak-crowned Antvireo (Dysithamnus striaticeps)
- White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris)
- Family: Tyrant Flycatchers
- Acadian Flycatcher (Empidonax virescens)
- Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
- Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
- Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus)
- Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
- Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
- Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens)
- Gray-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis)
- Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
- Northern Schiffornis (Schiffornis veraepacis)
- Northern Tropical Pewee (Contopus bogotensis)
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)
- Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)
- Rufous Mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra)
- Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon superciliaris)
- Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
- Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius sulphureipygius)
- Torrent Tyrannulet (Serpophaga cinerea)
- Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
- Tufted Flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus)
- White-ringed Flycatcher (Conopias albovittatus)
- White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (Empidonax flaviventris)
- Yellow-olive Flatbill (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
- Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola)
- Yellow-winged Flatbill (Tolmomyias flavotectus)
- Family: Vireos
- Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtata)
- Ochre-crowned Greenlet (Tunchiornis ochraceiceps)
- Red-eyed Vireo (Vireo olivaceus)
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)
- Family: Wrens
- Bay Wren (Cantorchilus nigricapillus)
- Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
- Nightingale Wren (Microcerculus philomela)
- Southern House Wren (Troglodytes musculus)
- Stripe-breasted Wren (Cantorchilus thoracicus)
- White-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta)
- 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
- Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens)
- Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
- 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)
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker (Celeus castaneus)
- Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus)
- Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis)
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker (Piculus simplex)
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker (Leuconotopicus fumigatus)
- 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
- Brown Basilisk (Basiliscus vittatus)
- Green Basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons)
- 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)