Bird AlbumCosta Rica · Alajuela Province
Medio Queso wetland
356 species and 76,539 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: November–March and May, with up to 195 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great EgretArdea alba
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Green HeronButorides virescens
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularis
Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris167 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 356 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Entrada Los Chiles (El Parque) hasta Caño Negro7 km345 species
- Refugio mixto Caño Negro20 km471 species
- RB Indio Maíz – Entrada y Refugio Bartola38 km372 species
- Los Guatuzos Centro Ecológico y Río Papaturro40 km364 species
- Bijagua – Tapir Valley50 km457 species
- Celeste Mountain Lodge51 km428 species
All 356 species recorded here
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Nicaraguan Grackle Quiscalus nicaraguensis
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Yellow-breasted Crake Laterallus flaviventer
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Ruddy-breasted Seedeater Sporophila minuta
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
- Nicaraguan Seed Finch Sporophila nuttingi
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- White-throated Flycatcher Empidonax albigularis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Striated Heron Butorides striata
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- American Coot Fulica americana
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- White-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittatus
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Agami Heron Agamia agami
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Rufescent Tiger Heron Tigrisoma lineatum
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Stripe-breasted Wren Cantorchilus thoracicus
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris
- Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Green-and-rufous Kingfisher Chloroceryle inda
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Sooty Tern Onychoprion fuscatus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Aplomado Falcon Falco femoralis
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Black-throated Wren Pheugopedius atrogularis
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Paint-billed Crake Mustelirallus erythrops
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Amazonian Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
- Olive-backed Quail-Dove Leptotrygon veraguensis
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Brown-chested Martin Progne tapera
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Thicket Antpitta Myrmothera dives
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia
- Yellow-winged Tanager Thraupis abbas
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
- Ruddy Duck Oxyura jamaicensis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Medio Queso wetland?
November–March and May. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 195 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Medio Queso wetland?
356 species, from 76,539 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Medio Queso wetland in November?
The most recorded in November: Great Egret, Purple Gallinule, Northern Jacana, Green Heron and Tropical Kingbird.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.