Bird AlbumCosta Rica · Guanacaste Province
El Congal Rainforest
396 species and 44,050 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: May and October, with up to 280 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
Montezuma OropendolaPsarocolius montezuma
Scarlet-rumped TanagerRamphocelus passerinii
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularis
Black-striped SparrowArremonops conirostris
Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
Orange-chinned ParakeetBrotogeris jugularis
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus169 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 396 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Arenal – Peninsula road5 km446 species
- Sky Adventures - Arenal Park5 km444 species
- Arenal Misticopark7 km457 species
- San Gerardo Biological Station7 km423 species
- Arenal Observatory Lodge8 km513 species
- Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre14 km415 species
All 396 species recorded here
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Thicket Antpitta Myrmothera dives
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Black-throated Wren Pheugopedius atrogularis
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Northern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus philomela
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Stripe-breasted Wren Cantorchilus thoracicus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
- Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus cervinigularis
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
- Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
- Carmiol's Tanager Chlorothraupis carmioli
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Tawny-capped Euphonia Euphonia anneae
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor
- Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Tawny-chested Flycatcher Aphanotriccus capitalis
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
- White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Sepia-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon amaurocephalus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Dull-mantled Antbird Sipia laemosticta
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
- Zeledon's Antbird Hafferia zeledoni
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Keel-billed Motmot Electron carinatum
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Black-headed Antthrush Formicarius nigricapillus
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Tody Motmot Hylomanes momotula
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Amazonian Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- White-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio leucothorax
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Black-and-yellow Tanager Chrysothlypis chrysomelas
- Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus mexicanus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Streak-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus striaticeps
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Purplish-backed Quail-Dove Zentrygon lawrencii
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Olive-streaked Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus
- White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
- Chiriqui Quail-Dove Zentrygon chiriquensis
- Green Thorntail Discosura conversii
- Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
- Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus
- Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Emerald Tanager Tangara florida
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Lattice-tailed Trogon Trogon clathratus
- Western Woodhaunter Automolus virgatus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens
- Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii
- Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula
- Northern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia
- Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa eximia
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Yellow-eared Toucanet Selenidera spectabilis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Yellow-winged Flatbill Tolmomyias flavotectus
- Blue-and-gold Tanager Bangsia arcaei
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Rufous-browed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes superciliaris
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
- Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes melanops
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- White-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittatus
- Sooty-faced Finch Arremon crassirostris
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Golden-browed Chlorophonia Chlorophonia callophrys
- Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
- Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Slaty-backed Forest Falcon Micrastur mirandollei
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops
- Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
- Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis
- Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus
- Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus
- Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus geoffroyi
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Olive-backed Quail-Dove Leptotrygon veraguensis
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
- Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at El Congal Rainforest?
May and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 280 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at El Congal Rainforest?
396 species, from 44,050 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at El Congal Rainforest in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Tody-Flycatcher, Social Flycatcher, Clay-colored Thrush, Northern House Wren and Montezuma Oropendola.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.