Costa Rica · Puntarenas Province
Ensenada Lodge [Área General]
361 species and 102,791 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–March and November, with up to 245 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii
Cinnamon HummingbirdAmazilia rutila
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Inca DoveColumbina inca
Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
Rufous-backed WrenCampylorhynchus capistratus
Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
White-throated Magpie-JayCyanocorax formosus
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus214 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 361 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Punta Morales – Cocorocas salinas14 km311 species
- Stella's Bakery31 km270 species
- Monteverde31 km414 species
- San Luis – Finca Ecológica32 km364 species
- Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre32 km415 species
- Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde32 km428 species
All 361 species recorded here
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Mangrove Hummingbird Chrysuronia boucardi
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Mangrove Rail Rallus longirostris
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- White-eyed Vireo Vireo griseus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Grey Kingbird Tyrannus dominicensis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
- Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Bonaparte's Gull Chroicocephalus philadelphia
- Brown Noddy Anous stolidus
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Bridled Tern Onychoprion anaethetus
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Ensenada Lodge [Área General]?
January–March and November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 245 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Ensenada Lodge [Área General]?
361 species, from 102,791 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Ensenada Lodge [Área General] in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Kiskadee, Hoffmann's Woodpecker, Cinnamon Hummingbird, Tropical Kingbird and Inca Dove.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.