Costa Rica · Alajuela Province
Entrada Los Chiles (El Parque) hasta Caño Negro
345 species and 42,780 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–March and October, with up to 181 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Green HeronButorides virescens
Bare-throated Tiger HeronTigrisoma mexicanum
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea145 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 345 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Medio Queso wetland7 km356 species
- Refugio mixto Caño Negro12 km471 species
- Los Guatuzos Centro Ecológico y Río Papaturro37 km364 species
- RB Indio Maíz – Entrada y Refugio Bartola41 km372 species
- Bijagua – Tapir Valley43 km457 species
- Celeste Mountain Lodge44 km428 species
All 345 species recorded here
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Nicaraguan Seed Finch Sporophila nuttingi
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Nicaraguan Grackle Quiscalus nicaraguensis
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- White-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittatus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Stripe-breasted Wren Cantorchilus thoracicus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
- Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Snowy Cotinga Carpodectes nitidus
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Middle American Screech Owl Megascops guatemalae
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Black-throated Wren Pheugopedius atrogularis
- Amazonian Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
- Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Cattle Tyrant Machetornis rixosa
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Entrada Los Chiles (El Parque) hasta Caño Negro?
December–March and October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 181 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Entrada Los Chiles (El Parque) hasta Caño Negro?
345 species, from 42,780 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Entrada Los Chiles (El Parque) hasta Caño Negro in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Northern Jacana, Groove-billed Ani, Tropical Kingbird and Green Heron.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.