Pura Vida Birding List

Costa Rica is one of the richest places in the world for bird watching. About 840 species of birds have been recorded in this country, which is about the size of West Virginia.

Having coasts on both the Pacific and Caribbean, and being on the flight path of many birds from both North and South America, Costa Rica offers an incredible opportunity to the ornithologist.

Whether here at Pura Vida, in the surrounding area or on one of our eco-adventures, you'll have the chance to see an amazing selection of avian life.

The following birds have been seen on the Pura Vida property:

Turkey Vulture Black Vulture Black-shouldered Kite Mississippi Kite Red-billed Pigeon Plain-breasted Ground Dove Inca Dove White-crowned Parrot Crimson-fronted Parakeet Squirrel Cuckoo Rufous Nightjar White-collared Swift Spot-fronted Swift Blue-and-white Swallow Violet Saberwing Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Blue-crowned Motmot Hoffman´s Woodpecker Masked Tityra Tropical Kingbird Piratic Flycatcher Great Kiskadee

Gray-capped Flycatcher Yellow-bellied Elaenia House Wren Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush Clay-colored Robin Brown Jay Rufous-capped Warbler Wilson´s Warbler Black-cowled Oriole Northern Oriole Bronzed Cowbird Great-tailed Grackle Palm Tanager Blue-gray Tanager Summer Tanager Scarlet Tanager Flame-colored Tanager Grayish Saltator Rose-breasted Grosbeak White-eared Ground-Sparrow Rufous-collared Sparrow