Bird AlbumCosta Rica · Alajuela Province
Belén
202 species and 52,078 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October, with up to 125 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Blue-grey TanagerThraupis episcopus
Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Rufous-backed WrenCampylorhynchus capistratus
Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Blue-and-white SwallowPygochelidon cyanoleuca
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Parque Metropolitano La Sabana12 km271 species
- Hotel Bougainvillea13 km337 species
- La Paz Waterfall Gardens25 km457 species
- Galeria de Colibrí y Soda Cinchona - Mirador San Fernando27 km431 species
- Virgen del Socorro31 km497 species
- PN Braulio Carrillo – Quebrada González35 km476 species
All 202 species recorded here
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Fiery-billed Aracari Pteroglossus frantzii
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae
- Golden-browed Chlorophonia Chlorophonia callophrys
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- White-chinned Swift Cypseloides cryptus
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Cabanis's Ground Sparrow Melozone cabanisi
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Belén?
October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 125 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Belén?
202 species, from 52,078 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Belén in November?
The most recorded in November: Blue-grey Tanager, Clay-colored Thrush, Mangrove Warbler, Rufous-backed Wren and Rufous-tailed Hummingbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.