Costa Rica · Puntarenas Province
PN Carara-Entrada principal [senderos Quebrada Bonita y Universal]
427 species and 261,247 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–April, with up to 348 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Chestnut-backed AntbirdPoliocrania exsul
Black-hooded AntshrikeThamnophilus bridgesi
Scarlet MacawAra macao
White-whiskered PuffbirdMalacoptila panamensis
Riverside WrenCantorchilus semibadius
Lesser GreenletPachysylvia decurtata
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
Rufous-backed WrenCampylorhynchus capistratus
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
White-shouldered TanagerLoriotus luctuosus
Orange-billed SparrowArremon aurantiirostris
Streak-chested AntpittaHylopezus perspicillatusSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- PN Carara – Sendero La Meandrica2 km408 species
- Tárcoles – Tour en Bote2 km428 species
- Villa Lapas3 km393 species
- Cerro Lodge3 km376 species
- Macaw Lodge11 km365 species
- Bajo La Paz, San Ramón44 km380 species
All 427 species recorded here
- Black-hooded Antshrike Thamnophilus bridgesi
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Riverside Wren Cantorchilus semibadius
- White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Amazonian Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- Velvety Manakin Lepidothrix velutina
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Orange-collared Manakin Manacus aurantiacus
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner Automolus exsertus
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Spot-crowned Euphonia Euphonia imitans
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Golden-naped Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
- Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Fiery-billed Aracari Pteroglossus frantzii
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Costa Rican Swift Chaetura fumosa
- Little Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura typica
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Charming Hummingbird Polyerata decora
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Marbled Wood Quail Odontophorus gujanensis
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Black-bellied Wren Pheugopedius fasciatoventris
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Turquoise Cotinga Cotinga ridgwayi
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Mangrove Hummingbird Chrysuronia boucardi
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Yellow-billed Cotinga Carpodectes antoniae
- White-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio leucothorax
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- White-crested Coquette Lophornis adorabilis
- Black-tailed Myiobius Myiobius atricaudus
- Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Eastern Warbling Vireo Vireo gilvus
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at PN Carara-Entrada principal [senderos Quebrada Bonita y Universal]?
December–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 348 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at PN Carara-Entrada principal [senderos Quebrada Bonita y Universal]?
427 species, from 261,247 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at PN Carara-Entrada principal [senderos Quebrada Bonita y Universal] in November?
The most recorded in November: Chestnut-backed Antbird, Black-hooded Antshrike, Scarlet Macaw, White-whiskered Puffbird and Riverside Wren.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.