Costa Rica · Puntarenas Province
Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre
415 species and 280,736 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–April, with up to 241 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Lesser VioletearColibri cyanotus
Coppery-headed EmeraldMicrochera cupreiceps
Brown JayCyanocorax morio
Stripe-tailed HummingbirdEupherusa eximia
Slate-throated WhitestartMyioborus miniatus
Purple-throated MountaingemLampornis calolaemus
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
Lesson's MotmotMomotus lessonii
Common ChlorospingusChlorospingus flavopectus
Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus
Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus
Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Monteverde0 km414 species
- Stella's Bakery1 km270 species
- Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde1 km428 species
- San Luis – Finca Ecológica3 km364 species
- San Gerardo Biological Station6 km423 species
- El Congal Rainforest14 km396 species
All 415 species recorded here
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Coppery-headed Emerald Microchera cupreiceps
- Purple-throated Mountaingem Lampornis calolaemus
- Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa eximia
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Northern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Mountain Thrush Turdus plebejus
- White-eared Ground Sparrow Melozone leucotis
- Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Golden-browed Chlorophonia Chlorophonia callophrys
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno
- Magenta-throated Woodstar Philodice bryantae
- Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- White-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes albinucha
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala
- Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus mexicanus
- Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes melanops
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Elegant Euphonia Chlorophonia elegantissima
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Olive-streaked Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Ochraceous Wren Troglodytes ochraceus
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater
- Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis frantzii
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
- Grey-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus albigularis
- Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Black-eared Warbler Basileuterus melanotis
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Black-breasted Wood Quail Odontophorus leucolaemus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Northern Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Azure-hooded Jay Cyanolyca cucullata
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae
- Scintillant Hummingbird Selasphorus scintilla
- Chiriqui Quail-Dove Zentrygon chiriquensis
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Silvery-fronted Tapaculo Scytalopus argentifrons
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
- Highland Tinamou Nothocercus bonapartei
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Spangle-cheeked Tanager Tangara dowii
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Black-thighed Grosbeak Pheucticus tibialis
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Golden-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes hemichrysus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Streak-breasted Treehunter Thripadectes rufobrunneus
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus
- Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii
- Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
- Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
- Zeledon's Antbird Hafferia zeledoni
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Tawny-capped Euphonia Euphonia anneae
- Buff-fronted Quail-Dove Zentrygon costaricensis
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Bare-necked Umbrellabird Cephalopterus glabricollis
- Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis
- Ruddy Treerunner Margarornis rubiginosus
- Collared Whitestart Myioborus torquatus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Sooty-faced Finch Arremon crassirostris
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Oilbird Steatornis caripensis
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- Talamanca Hummingbird Eugenes spectabilis
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Bare-shanked Screech Owl Megascops clarkii
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- White-bellied Mountaingem Lampornis hemileucus
- Green Thorntail Discosura conversii
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Red-fronted Parrotlet Touit costaricensis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Flame-throated Warbler Oreothlypis gutturalis
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Sooty-capped Chlorospingus Chlorospingus pileatus
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Yellow-eared Toucanet Selenidera spectabilis
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Fiery-throated Hummingbird Panterpe insignis
- Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
- White-chinned Swift Cypseloides cryptus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Barred Hawk Morphnarchus princeps
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus philomela
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- White-fronted Tyrannulet Acrochordopus zeledoni
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Dendroma rufa
- Emerald Tanager Tangara florida
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Slaty Flowerpiercer Diglossa plumbea
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Wrenthrush Zeledonia coronata
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Yellow-thighed Brushfinch Atlapetes tibialis
- Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus cervinigularis
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-and-yellow Phainoptila Phainoptila melanoxantha
- Keel-billed Motmot Electron carinatum
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Dusky Nightjar Antrostomus saturatus
- Dark Pewee Contopus lugubris
- Cabanis's Ground Sparrow Melozone cabanisi
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Sharpbill Oxyruncus cristatus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Violaceous Quail-Dove Geotrygon violacea
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Buffy Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes lawrencii
- Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys caudatus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
- Nashville Warbler Leiothlypis ruficapilla
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus
- Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Purplish-backed Quail-Dove Zentrygon lawrencii
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Peg-billed Finch Acanthidops bairdi
- Ochre-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula flavirostris
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- White-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio leucothorax
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus
- Black-headed Antthrush Formicarius nigricapillus
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Costa Rican Pygmy Owl Glaucidium costaricanum
- Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani
- Western Woodhaunter Automolus virgatus
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Rufous-browed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes superciliaris
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre?
December–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 241 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre?
415 species, from 280,736 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre in November?
The most recorded in November: Lesser Violetear, Coppery-headed Emerald, Brown Jay, Stripe-tailed Hummingbird and Slate-throated Whitestart.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.