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Reptiles/Amphibians
American Crocodile
Green Iguana
Black Iguana
Gecko
Viper sp.
Frog sp.
Strawberry Frog (LS)
Red-eyed Tree Frog (LS)
Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (LS)
Toad sp.
Drunken Toad (PV)
Cain Toad (PV)
Plants
Mammals
White Nosed Coati
White-tailed Deer
Aguti
Howler Monkey
White-faced Capuchin
Spider Monkey
Delonix regia -
royal poinciana
Tabebuia ochracea -
corteza amarilla
Acacia collinsii
- bull's horn acacia
Enterolobium cyclocarpum
- guanacaste
Pithecellobium saman
- rain-tree
Parkinsonia aculeata
- palo verde
Brosimum alicastrum -
milk-tree or ojoche
Calycophyllum candidissimum -
madrono
Astronium graveolens -
ron-ron
Guaiacum sanctum -
lignum vitae
Bromelia pinguin -
terrestrial bromeliad
Plumeria rubra -
plumeria
Bursera simaruba -
gumbo-limbo or tourist tree
Acrocomia vinifera -
coyol palm
Insects
Moth sp.
Crickett sp.
Ant sp.
Spider sp.
Birds
Thicket Tinamou (PV)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (PV)
Great Curassow (PV)
Crested Guan (LS)
Crested Bobwhite (PV)
Brown Booby (MA)
Brown Pelican (MA)
Anhinga (PV)
Magnificent Frigatebird (MA)
Wood Stork (PV)
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (PV)
Little Blue Heron (PV)
Great Egret (PV)
Cattle Egret (PV)
Snowy Egret (PV)
Green Heron (PV)
White Ibis (PV)
Glossy Ibis (PV)
Black Vulture (SJ)
Turkey Vulture (SJ)
Swallow-tailed Kite (MC)
Crane Hawk (PV)
Roadside Hawk (JB)
Red-tailed Hawk (MV)
Crested Caracara (PV)
Barred Forest-Falcon (MA)
Purple Gallinule (Tarcoles River)
Northern Jacana (PV)
Double-striped Thick-Knee (PV)
Spotted Sandpiper (PV)
Rock Pigeon (SJ)
Red-billed Pigeon (LA)
Short-billed Pigeon (LA)
Ruddy Pigeon (MV)
White-winged Dove (PV)
Common Ground-Dove (PV)
Ruddy Ground-Dove (LS)
White-tipped Dove (MA)
Crimson-fronted Parakeet (SJ)
Orange-chinned Parakeet (LS)
Brown-hooded Parrot (LA)
White-crowned Parrot (LS)
Great Green Macaw (LS)
Scarlet Macaw (PV)
Mealy Parrot (LS)
Squirrel Cuckoo (LS)
Groove-billed Ani (PV)
Spectacled Owl (MV)
Vermiculated Screech-Owl (LS)
Common Pauraque (PV)
Common Potoo (MA)
Swift sp. (LS)
Stripe-throated Hermit (LS)
Violet Sabrewing (MV)
Green-crowned Brilliant (MV)
Blue-throated Goldentail (LS)
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (LA)
Purple-throated Mountain-gem
Black-headed Trogon (PV)
Violaceous Trogon (LS)
Black-throated Trogon (LS)
Elegant Trogon (PV)
Orange-bellied Trogon (MV)
Resplendent Quetzal (MV)
Slaty-tailed Trogon (LS)
Rufus Motmot (LS)
Broad-billed Motmot (LS)
Turquoise-browed Motmot (PV)
Ringed Kingfisher (GP)
Green Kingfisher (LS)
Rufus-tailed Jacamar (LS)
Emerald Toucanet (MV)
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (LS)
Keel-billed Toucan (LS)
Collard Aracari (LS)
Black-cheeked Woodpecker (LA)
Pale-billed Woodpecker (LS)
Red-faced Spinetail (MV)
Spotted Barbtail (MV)
Ruddy Treerunner (MV)
Olivaceous Woodcreeper (MV)
Woodcreeper sp. (Cocoa?) (LS)
Fasciated Antshrike (LS)
Slaty Antwren (MV)
Ochre-billed Flycatcher (LS)
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (LS)
Long-tailed Tyrant (LS)
Yellowish Flycatcher (MV)
Tufted Flycatcher (MV)
Brown-crested Flycatcher (PV)
Ducky-capped Flycatcher (PV)
Boat-billed Flycatcher (LS)
Great Kiskadee (PV)
White-ringed Flycatcher (LS)
Social Flycatcher (LS)
Gray-capped Flycatcher (LS)
Sulphere-bellied Flycatcher (LA)
Tropical Kingbird (LA)
Cinnamon Becard (LS)
Masked Tityra (LA)
Yellow-green Vireo (PV)
Azure-hooded Jay (MV)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (PV)
Southern Rough-winged Swallow (LS)
White-lored Gnatcatcher (PV)
Rufous-naped Wren (PV)
Stripe-breasted Wren (LS)
Ochraceous Wren (MV)
House Wren (LS)
White-breasted Wood-Wren (LS)
Grey-breasted Wood-Wren (MV)
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (MV)
Black-faced Solitaire (MV)
Clay-colored Robin (MV)
Mountain Robin (MV)
Tropical Mockingbird (LA)
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat (LA)
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat (LS)
Slate-throated Redstart (MV)
Three-striped Warbler (MV)
Golden-crowned Warbler (MV)
Bananaquit (LS)
Red-throated Ant-Tanager (LS)
Common Bush-Tanager (MV)
Passerini's Tanager (LA)
Golden-hooded Tanager (LS)
Spangle-cheeked Tanager (MV)
Silver-throated Tanager (MV)
Blue-gray Tanager (LA)
Palm Tanager (LS)
Green Honeycreeper (LS)
Shining Honeycreeper (LS)
Red-legged Honeycreeper (LA)
Variable Seedeater (LA)
Blue-black Grassquit (LS)
Olive Sparrow (PV)
House Sparrow (LA)
Black-faced Grosbeak (LS)
Red-winged Blackbird (PV)
Great-tailed Grackle (SJ)
Bronzed Cowbird (LS)
Giant Cowbird (LS)
Black-cowled Oriole (LA)
Spot-breasted Oriole (PV)
Streak-backed Oriole (PV)
Montezuma Oropendola (LS)
Olive-backed Euphonia (LS)