BIRDING IN COSTA RICA
Taking you on great birding experiences
Though relatively small in size, Costa Rica is home to one of the highest levels of biodiversity in the world, our ecosystems are home to 921 species of birds, including 7 country endemics, and 5% of the planet´s biodiversity is sheltered among our borders.
Costa Rica encompasses 6 birding regions or ecozones, and numerous microecosystems within them, where birds and wildlife are on display in their natural habitat, keep in mind that the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) protects 25% of our territory. More than 900 bird species are found in the country, so whether in cloud forest, humid lowlands, wetlands, rainforest, highlands, dry forest or marine ecosystems, birds are abundant and easily accessible to visitors.
Best time: It is possible to have amazing birding during the whole year, however the fall (September-November) when 200 + bird species of North America travel southwards to Central and South America to spend the winter, and February to May (Spring) when they return to their breeding grounds, are the top months, these are the best periods for a higher number of resident and migratory birds. By the way, Costa Rica is one of the top countries for migration of raptors, warblers and shorebirds.
Our Travel Agency can provide an unforgettable birding package for you. Feel free to email us, let us know your particular interests and bird wishlist, and we will create a custom-made travel itinerary that will meet and exceed your expectations.
With count with a great network of local ornithologists and professional birders that cover all the birding regions and ecosystems of Costa Rica, we can help you spot some of the country’s most elusive bird species, famous for their spectacular natural beauty such as Toucans, Scarlet Macaws, Motmots, Quetzals, Hawks, Owls, Manakins, Tanagers, Hummingbirds, Woodpeckers and Trogons, just to name a few.
