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