Costa Rica · Guanacaste Province
PN Palo Verde
346 species and 42,616 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: January–March, with up to 228 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Wood StorkMycteria americana
Great EgretArdea alba
Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
Inca DoveColumbina inca
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
Bare-throated Tiger HeronTigrisoma mexicanum
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajajaSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- PN Palo Verde – OTS Station and marsh3 km329 species
- Ensenada Lodge [Área General]40 km361 species
- Las Heliconias Lodge and hanging bridges50 km480 species
- Celeste Mountain Lodge51 km428 species
- Bijagua – Tapir Valley52 km457 species
- Punta Morales – Cocorocas salinas54 km311 species
All 346 species recorded here
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Elegant Trogon Trogon elegans
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Coot Fulica americana
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Sora Porzana carolina
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Grey-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Least Bittern Botaurus exilis
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Mangrove Hummingbird Chrysuronia boucardi
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Grasshopper Sparrow Ammodramus savannarum
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Tropical Screech Owl Megascops choliba
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Grey-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Ivory-billed Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Bullock's Oriole Icterus bullockiorum
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus
- Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Northern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet Ornithion semiflavum
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at PN Palo Verde?
January–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 228 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at PN Palo Verde?
346 species, from 42,616 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at PN Palo Verde in November?
The most recorded in November: Wood Stork, Great Egret, Northern Jacana, Inca Dove and Black Vulture.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.