Bird AlbumCosta Rica · Puntarenas Province
Monteverde
414 species and 56,747 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: February–April, with up to 257 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Brown JayCyanocorax morio
Lesson's MotmotMomotus lessonii
Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifrons
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Stripe-tailed HummingbirdEupherusa eximia
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Northern Emerald ToucanetAulacorhynchus prasinus
Blue-grey TanagerThraupis episcopus
Golden-browed ChlorophoniaChlorophonia callophrysSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Stella's Bakery0 km270 species
- Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre0 km415 species
- Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde2 km428 species
- San Luis – Finca Ecológica4 km364 species
- San Gerardo Biological Station7 km423 species
- El Congal Rainforest14 km396 species
All 414 species recorded here
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Northern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- Purple-throated Mountaingem Lampornis calolaemus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa eximia
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- White-eared Ground Sparrow Melozone leucotis
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Coppery-headed Emerald Microchera cupreiceps
- Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula
- Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno
- Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Magenta-throated Woodstar Philodice bryantae
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes melanops
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Golden-browed Chlorophonia Chlorophonia callophrys
- Black-eared Warbler Basileuterus melanotis
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
- Mountain Thrush Turdus plebejus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens
- Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
- Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis frantzii
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Collared Whitestart Myioborus torquatus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis
- Ochraceous Wren Troglodytes ochraceus
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- White-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes albinucha
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Azure-hooded Jay Cyanolyca cucullata
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Spangle-cheeked Tanager Tangara dowii
- Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Ruddy Treerunner Margarornis rubiginosus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops
- Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Black-breasted Wood Quail Odontophorus leucolaemus
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Elegant Euphonia Chlorophonia elegantissima
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Northern Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Olive-streaked Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Golden-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes hemichrysus
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Chiriqui Quail-Dove Zentrygon chiriquensis
- Streak-breasted Treehunter Thripadectes rufobrunneus
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus mexicanus
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Silvery-fronted Tapaculo Scytalopus argentifrons
- White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Black-and-yellow Phainoptila Phainoptila melanoxantha
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Sooty-capped Chlorospingus Chlorospingus pileatus
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Slaty Flowerpiercer Diglossa plumbea
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Buff-fronted Quail-Dove Zentrygon costaricensis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii
- Grey-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus albigularis
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Yellow-thighed Brushfinch Atlapetes tibialis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Highland Tinamou Nothocercus bonapartei
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Zeledon's Antbird Hafferia zeledoni
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
- Black-thighed Grosbeak Pheucticus tibialis
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae
- Tawny-capped Euphonia Euphonia anneae
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- Bare-shanked Screech Owl Megascops clarkii
- Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Scintillant Hummingbird Selasphorus scintilla
- Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Barred Hawk Morphnarchus princeps
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Talamanca Hummingbird Eugenes spectabilis
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Sooty-faced Finch Arremon crassirostris
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- White-bellied Mountaingem Lampornis hemileucus
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Fiery-throated Hummingbird Panterpe insignis
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Wrenthrush Zeledonia coronata
- Green Thorntail Discosura conversii
- Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Bare-necked Umbrellabird Cephalopterus glabricollis
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- Red-fronted Parrotlet Touit costaricensis
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Buffy Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes lawrencii
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
- Northern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus philomela
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Rufous-browed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes superciliaris
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Dendroma rufa
- Oilbird Steatornis caripensis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Dark Pewee Contopus lugubris
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus cervinigularis
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Peg-billed Finch Acanthidops bairdi
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Western Woodhaunter Automolus virgatus
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Dusky Nightjar Antrostomus saturatus
- Ochre-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula flavirostris
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- White-fronted Tyrannulet Acrochordopus zeledoni
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
- Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae
- White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila
- Cabanis's Ground Sparrow Melozone cabanisi
- Emerald Tanager Tangara florida
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
- White-chinned Swift Cypseloides cryptus
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Black-bellied Hummingbird Eupherusa nigriventris
- Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Prairie Warbler Setophaga discolor
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Black-headed Antthrush Formicarius nigricapillus
- Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Blue-tailed Hummingbird Saucerottia cyanura
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Purplish-backed Quail-Dove Zentrygon lawrencii
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
- Wild Turkey Meleagris gallopavo
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
- Costa Rican Pygmy Owl Glaucidium costaricanum
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Black-throated Blue Warbler Setophaga caerulescens
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Monteverde?
February–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 257 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Monteverde?
414 species, from 56,747 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Monteverde in November?
The most recorded in November: Great-tailed Grackle, Brown Jay, Lesson's Motmot, Wilson's Warbler and White-fronted Amazon.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.