Costa Rica · Puntarenas Province
PN Carara – Sendero La Meandrica
408 species and 94,078 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–April, with up to 313 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-hooded AntshrikeThamnophilus bridgesi
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
Chestnut-backed AntbirdPoliocrania exsul
Lesser GreenletPachysylvia decurtata
Dot-winged AntwrenMicrorhopias quixensis
Rufous-breasted WrenPheugopedius rutilus
Orange-collared ManakinManacus aurantiacus
Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
Northern BentbillOncostoma cinereigulare
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
Scarlet MacawAra macao
Rufous-backed WrenCampylorhynchus capistratus
Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii166 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 408 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- PN Carara-Entrada principal [senderos Quebrada Bonita y Universal]2 km427 species
- Cerro Lodge2 km376 species
- Tárcoles – Tour en Bote4 km428 species
- Villa Lapas5 km393 species
- Macaw Lodge11 km365 species
- Bajo La Paz, San Ramón42 km380 species
All 408 species recorded here
- Black-hooded Antshrike Thamnophilus bridgesi
- Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
- Orange-collared Manakin Manacus aurantiacus
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Black-bellied Wren Pheugopedius fasciatoventris
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Amazonian Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Riverside Wren Cantorchilus semibadius
- Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Tawny-winged Woodcreeper Dendrocincla anabatina
- Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Fiery-billed Aracari Pteroglossus frantzii
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Spot-crowned Euphonia Euphonia imitans
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner Automolus exsertus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Costa Rican Swift Chaetura fumosa
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Southern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Velvety Manakin Lepidothrix velutina
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Charming Hummingbird Polyerata decora
- Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Golden-naped Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Little Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura typica
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Yellow-billed Cotinga Carpodectes antoniae
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
- Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Scaly-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus guatemalensis
- Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Marbled Wood Quail Odontophorus gujanensis
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Mangrove Hummingbird Chrysuronia boucardi
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- White-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio leucothorax
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Turquoise Cotinga Cotinga ridgwayi
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- White-crested Coquette Lophornis adorabilis
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Thick-billed Euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Red-breasted Meadowlark Leistes militaris
- Violaceous Quail-Dove Geotrygon violacea
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at PN Carara – Sendero La Meandrica?
January–April. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 313 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at PN Carara – Sendero La Meandrica?
408 species, from 94,078 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at PN Carara – Sendero La Meandrica in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-hooded Antshrike, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Chestnut-backed Antbird, Lesser Greenlet and Dot-winged Antwren.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.