Costa Rica · Alajuela Province
Arenal Observatory Lodge
513 species and 732,582 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–April and October, with up to 398 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
Scarlet-rumped TanagerRamphocelus passerinii
Montezuma OropendolaPsarocolius montezuma
Green HoneycreeperChlorophanes spiza
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Golden-hooded TanagerStilpnia larvata
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
Great CurassowCrax rubra
Crested GuanPenelope purpurascens
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Blue-grey TanagerThraupis episcopus
Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani336 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 513 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Sky Adventures - Arenal Park3 km444 species
- Arenal – Peninsula road6 km446 species
- Sendero Bogarín7 km426 species
- Arenal Misticopark8 km457 species
- El Congal Rainforest8 km396 species
- Bosque Eterno de Los Niños – Poco Sol11 km470 species
All 513 species recorded here
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- Emerald Tanager Tangara florida
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- Stripe-breasted Wren Cantorchilus thoracicus
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
- Carmiol's Tanager Chlorothraupis carmioli
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Tawny-capped Euphonia Euphonia anneae
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
- Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Northern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus philomela
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
- Dull-mantled Antbird Sipia laemosticta
- Thicket Antpitta Myrmothera dives
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Green Thorntail Discosura conversii
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus mexicanus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Black-and-yellow Tanager Chrysothlypis chrysomelas
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae
- Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Black-throated Wren Pheugopedius atrogularis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Streak-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus striaticeps
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
- Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus cervinigularis
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
- White-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio leucothorax
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Rufous-winged Tanager Tangara lavinia
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Olive-streaked Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes melanops
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Golden-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes hemichrysus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Western Woodhaunter Automolus virgatus
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
- Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Keel-billed Motmot Electron carinatum
- Amazonian Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Barred Hawk Morphnarchus princeps
- Blue-and-gold Tanager Bangsia arcaei
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus
- Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
- Yellow-eared Toucanet Selenidera spectabilis
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Coppery-headed Emerald Microchera cupreiceps
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Bare-necked Umbrellabird Cephalopterus glabricollis
- Purplish-backed Quail-Dove Zentrygon lawrencii
- Snowcap Microchera albocoronata
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus
- White-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittatus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
- Northern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
- Zeledon's Antbird Hafferia zeledoni
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- Lovely Cotinga Cotinga amabilis
- White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa eximia
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
- Golden-browed Chlorophonia Chlorophonia callophrys
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Speckled Tanager Ixothraupis guttata
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Black-headed Antthrush Formicarius nigricapillus
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Purple-throated Mountaingem Lampornis calolaemus
- Black-thighed Grosbeak Pheucticus tibialis
- Magenta-throated Woodstar Philodice bryantae
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus geoffroyi
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
- Checker-throated Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla fulviventris
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
- Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Lattice-tailed Trogon Trogon clathratus
- White-fronted Nunbird Monasa morphoeus
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
- Black-eared Warbler Basileuterus melanotis
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Northern Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
- Yellow-winged Flatbill Tolmomyias flavotectus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Ochraceous Wren Troglodytes ochraceus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops
- Chiriqui Quail-Dove Zentrygon chiriquensis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- White-bellied Mountaingem Lampornis hemileucus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Sharpbill Oxyruncus cristatus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha
- Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus
- Sooty-faced Finch Arremon crassirostris
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei
- Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis frantzii
- Red-fronted Parrotlet Touit costaricensis
- Black-breasted Wood Quail Odontophorus leucolaemus
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno
- Olive-backed Quail-Dove Leptotrygon veraguensis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Silvery-fronted Tapaculo Scytalopus argentifrons
- Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Violaceous Quail-Dove Geotrygon violacea
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Central American Pygmy Owl Glaucidium griseiceps
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Lanceolated Monklet Micromonacha lanceolata
- Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Black-eared Wood Quail Odontophorus melanotis
- Rufous-browed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes superciliaris
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Middle American Screech Owl Megascops guatemalae
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Azure-hooded Jay Cyanolyca cucullata
- Dark Pewee Contopus lugubris
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- White-chinned Swift Cypseloides cryptus
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus melanoleucus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Little Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura typica
- Slaty-backed Forest Falcon Micrastur mirandollei
- Grey-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus albigularis
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- Buff-fronted Quail-Dove Zentrygon costaricensis
- Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus
- Ochre-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula flavirostris
- White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
- Blue-and-yellow Macaw Ara ararauna
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Spangle-cheeked Tanager Tangara dowii
- White-crested Coquette Lophornis adorabilis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii
- Mountain Thrush Turdus plebejus
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Arenal Observatory Lodge?
December–April and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 398 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Arenal Observatory Lodge?
513 species, from 732,582 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Arenal Observatory Lodge in November?
The most recorded in November: Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Scarlet-rumped Tanager, Montezuma Oropendola, Green Honeycreeper and Chestnut-sided Warbler.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.