Bird AlbumCosta Rica · San José Province
Parque Metropolitano La Sabana
271 species and 41,749 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: October–November, with up to 127 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii
Inca DoveColumbina inca
Blue-grey TanagerThraupis episcopus
Rock DoveColumba livia122 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 271 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Hotel Bougainvillea6 km337 species
- Belén12 km202 species
- La Paz Waterfall Gardens31 km457 species
- PN Braulio Carrillo – Quebrada González31 km476 species
- Galeria de Colibrí y Soda Cinchona - Mirador San Fernando33 km431 species
- RF Río Macho, Cartago – camino ICE33 km395 species
All 271 species recorded here
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Mallard Anas platyrhynchos
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- White-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes albinucha
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii
- Costa Rican Pygmy Owl Glaucidium costaricanum
- Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Marbled Wood Quail Odontophorus gujanensis
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus
- Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
- Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner Automolus exsertus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Magenta-throated Woodstar Philodice bryantae
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Cabanis's Ground Sparrow Melozone cabanisi
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor
- Cockatiel Nymphicus hollandicus
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Northern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- Mountain Thrush Turdus plebejus
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Costa Rican Swift Chaetura fumosa
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Parque Metropolitano La Sabana?
October–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 127 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Parque Metropolitano La Sabana?
271 species, from 41,749 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Parque Metropolitano La Sabana in November?
The most recorded in November: Great-tailed Grackle, Northern Jacana, Tropical Kingbird, Least Grebe and Clay-colored Thrush.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.