
COSTA RICA - Wildlife
Costa Rica is home to more than 500,000 species, which represents nearly 4% of the total species estimated worldwide, making Costa Rica one of the 20 countries with the highest biodiversity in the world.
BEST TIME to VISIT COSTA RICA
BEST TIME to TRAVEL to COSTA RICA
From December to April

tiny male lizard with yellow skin under its throat which inflate to seduce females and repell other males

Night walk - frog

night walk - green frogs with red eyes mating

Hawler monkey

squirrel monkey

squirrel monkey

squirrel monkey

squirrel monkey

green and black dart frog - poisonous

coati

sloth










trogon










egret

blue heron

jacana

Tiger heron with extended neck

Tiger heron in normal position

Grey-necked wood-rail

tiger heron

butterfly

strawberry poisonous dart frog - also called blue jean frog as its back legs are blue

bird

woodpecker

woodpecker

woodpecker

Green Basilisk Lizard

Aninga

Collared Aracari toucan

brown hawk

toucan

parakeet

lizard with a blue tail

pretty blue and yellow bird

bird

tiger heron

black eagle

a large female spider and the little red dot is the male which might be also a snack after mating

lizard

scarlet macaw

tiger heron

lizard

trogon

trogon

lizard

pelican




ant-eater




Black-Mandibled Tiucan

couple of Black-Mandibled Tiucans

Black-Mandibled Tiucan

small bird

parakeet

bird

Great curassow - male

Great curassow - female

Great curassow - female

Great curassows - female and male

heron

Great curassows - female and male

bird entereing in a nest

yellow bird - female

pretty yellow and blue bird

yellow birds in a tree

hawler monkey

red tanager

the blue morpho, but with closed wings - unfortunately

hawler monkey

golfo dulce is endemic but poisonous

hummingbird

Keel-billed toucan

toad

pelican

pretty bird

scarlet macaws

kingfisher

not a spider but a close family

small tarentula

jacana

Keel-billed toucan

giant otter

Ringed kingfisher

Caiman's head as its body is covered of mud and leaves

Anhinga

babies caiman

fresh watr turtle

Keel-billed toucan

strawberry dart frog

strawberry dart frog

strawberry poisonous dart frog

jacana

Green Basilisk Lizard - also called "Jesus Christ" as it can run on water with its large feet

Montezuma oropendola

tiger heron

baby toed

couple of toucans

jacanas

spider monkey - female with a baby on its side

hawler monkey

hawler monkey

blue heron

nest with a bird inside

tiger heron - juvenal

green frog

Kingfisher

large and colorful iguana - male

large and colorful iguana - male

large and colorful iguana - female

pretty tiny poisonous frog but don't touch it

Capucin monkeys - mother and baby

woodpecker with a red crest

Anteater

Anteater back - a bit surprising

cute bird

the famous Quetzal - the mail has a tail of 80-90 centimeters - Just Gorgeous

don't drive too fast - Wild animals can cross the road

couple of yellow birds

Scarlet macaw

scarlet macaw

spider monkey

toucan

spider monkey - baby on mother belly

spider monkey - mother and baby

spider monkey

sloth on a tree

sloth on a tree - their fur, greenish brown, is like a camouflage and they also hide in the trees - so difficult to spot

sloths - mother and baby in a tree

sloth

sloth in a tree

sloths - mother and baby in a tree

Sloth hanging on a tree

small iguana on a roof

very noisy cicada as they are millions in the forest - singing at the same time

small iguana

caterpillar

Orange insects

Baby sloth - mother is gone to raise another baby and he is alone - he is almost invisible for predators as he don't move

Baby sloth between the roots of this tree - mother is gone to raise another baby and he is alone - he is almost invisible for predators as he don't

Baby sloth - mother is gone to raise another baby and he is alone - he is almost invisible for predators as he don't

Baby sloth on the shoulder of its mother

Blue morpho butterfly and a dark one - the female can be blue but the females are generally not blue at all and tend to have have wings exhibiting various shades of brown, yellow and black.

Blue Morpho butterfly - brown with eyes outside and blue inside for males and some females

Blue Morpho Butterfly

Blue morpho butterfly and a dark one - the female can be blue but the females are generally not blue at all and tend to have have wings exhibiting various shades of brown, yellow and black.

Keeled-billed toucan

Tiger heron

Blue heron - juvenal

Keeled-billed toucan

Ant Eater

Ant Eater

Ant Eater

Toucan

spider monkey

beach

large iguana (male)

large iguana (female)

medium size caiman

baby caiman

medium-size caiman

baby caiman (with reflects of the vegetation)

giant otter

giant otter

giant otter

2 frogs at mating season

Insect looking like a leaf and is a good camouflage on a tree, not on a bench

pretty frog

White ibis

Leaf-cutter ants are so called because they have sharp jaws that they use to cut leaves into tiny pieces. They carry the leaf parts back to their nests where the pieces decay. Fungus grows in the decaying leaves, and the ants eat this fungus.

snow egret

spider monkey in a tree

scarlet macaw eating a fruit

spider monkey

Spider monkey

white ibis

Capucin monkeys - mother and baby

snow egrets

cute bird

Hawler monkeys are very noisy - Here a mother and a baby

Capucin monkey - mother and baby

capucin monkey

Capucin monkey

Capucin monkey

owl in a palm tree

green kinfisher