Bird AlbumCosta Rica · Guanacaste Province
PN Palo Verde – OTS Station and marsh
329 species and 42,216 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–February, with up to 181 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Great EgretArdea alba
Western Cattle EgretArdea ibis
Inca DoveColumbina inca
Bare-throated Tiger HeronTigrisoma mexicanum
Green HeronButorides virescens
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Rufous-backed WrenCampylorhynchus capistratus
Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis125 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 329 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- PN Palo Verde3 km346 species
- Ensenada Lodge [Área General]39 km361 species
- Las Heliconias Lodge and hanging bridges52 km480 species
- Celeste Mountain Lodge54 km428 species
- Punta Morales – Cocorocas salinas54 km311 species
- Bijagua – Tapir Valley55 km457 species
All 329 species recorded here
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Mangrove Hummingbird Chrysuronia boucardi
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Paint-billed Crake Mustelirallus erythrops
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Comb Duck Sarkidiornis sylvicola
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Mangrove Rail Rallus longirostris
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at PN Palo Verde – OTS Station and marsh?
December–February. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 181 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at PN Palo Verde – OTS Station and marsh?
329 species, from 42,216 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at PN Palo Verde – OTS Station and marsh in November?
The most recorded in November: Northern Jacana, Purple Gallinule, Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Tropical Kingbird and Great Egret.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.