Bird AlbumCosta Rica · San José Province
Esquipulas
348 species and 46,800 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–April, with up to 211 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus
Golden-hooded TanagerStilpnia larvata
White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
White-crowned ParrotPionus senilis
Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
Scarlet-rumped TanagerRamphocelus passerinii
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Blue-grey TanagerThraupis episcopus
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl183 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 348 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- PN Manuel Antonio16 km428 species
- Savegre Hotel27 km250 species
- Paraiso Quetzal Lodge - Km 7027 km250 species
- Savegre Mt. Lodge – primary forest trails above lodge28 km213 species
- San Gerardo de Dota28 km221 species
- Savegre Valley – Miriam's Restaurant29 km189 species
All 348 species recorded here
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Golden-naped Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Riverside Wren Cantorchilus semibadius
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Fiery-billed Aracari Pteroglossus frantzii
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Spot-crowned Euphonia Euphonia imitans
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Charming Hummingbird Polyerata decora
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Black-hooded Antshrike Thamnophilus bridgesi
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Orange-collared Manakin Manacus aurantiacus
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Costa Rican Swift Chaetura fumosa
- White-crested Coquette Lophornis adorabilis
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Amazonian Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Velvety Manakin Lepidothrix velutina
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera
- Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Black-bellied Wren Pheugopedius fasciatoventris
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Turquoise Cotinga Cotinga ridgwayi
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- White-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio leucothorax
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
- Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Elegant Euphonia Chlorophonia elegantissima
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
- Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex
- Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner Automolus exsertus
- Barred Hawk Morphnarchus princeps
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Saucerottia edward
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Marbled Wood Quail Odontophorus gujanensis
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Western Woodhaunter Automolus virgatus
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Black-tailed Myiobius Myiobius atricaudus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Speckled Tanager Ixothraupis guttata
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
- Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus
- White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus
- Costa Rican Brushfinch Arremon costaricensis
- Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis
- Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis
- White-tailed Emerald Microchera chionura
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Black-thighed Grosbeak Pheucticus tibialis
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Grey-lined Hawk Buteo nitidus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Brown-throated Parakeet Eupsittula pertinax
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata
- Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
- Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
- Streaked Saltator Saltator striatipectus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Esquipulas?
October–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 211 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Esquipulas?
348 species, from 46,800 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Esquipulas in November?
The most recorded in November: Chestnut-sided Warbler, Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture, Yellow-throated Toucan and Golden-hooded Tanager.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.