Costa Rica · Puntarenas Province
Punta Morales – Cocorocas salinas
311 species and 83,819 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: September–November, with up to 185 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
WilletTringa semipalmata
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
Wilson's PloverAnarhynchus wilsonia
Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
Inca DoveColumbina inca
Great EgretArdea alba
Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
Blue-winged TealSpatula discors160 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 311 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Ensenada Lodge [Área General]14 km361 species
- San Luis – Finca Ecológica30 km364 species
- Stella's Bakery31 km270 species
- Monteverde31 km414 species
- Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre31 km415 species
- Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde31 km428 species
All 311 species recorded here
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Eurasian Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus
- Willet Tringa semipalmata
- Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri
- Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa
- Wilson's Plover Anarhynchus wilsonia
- Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus
- Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- American White Ibis Eudocimus albus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres
- Black Skimmer Rynchops niger
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus
- Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
- Northern Scrub Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Collared Plover Anarhynchus collaris
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica
- Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Sanderling Calidris alba
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Surfbird Calidris virgata
- White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris
- Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus
- Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan
- Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Caspian Tern Hydroprogne caspia
- Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Mangrove Hummingbird Chrysuronia boucardi
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Common Tern Sterna hirundo
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- White-cheeked Pintail Anas bahamensis
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- Northern Beardless Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Red Knot Calidris canutus
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Black Tern Chlidonias niger
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Cinnamon Teal Spatula cyanoptera
- Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Grey-headed Gull Chroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica
- Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- American Golden Plover Pluvialis dominica
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Greenish Elaenia Myiopagis viridicata
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Mangrove Rail Rallus longirostris
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Olive Sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- American Avocet Recurvirostra americana
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos
- White-tailed Hawk Geranoaetus albicaudatus
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Forster's Tern Sterna forsteri
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Double-striped Thick-knee Hesperoburhinus bistriatus
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis
- Cave Swallow Petrochelidon fulva
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Fulvous Whistling Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Cocos Booby Sula brewsteri
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Eurasian Collared Dove Streptopelia decaocto
- Limpkin Aramus guarauna
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Snowy Plover Anarhynchus nivosus
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Northern Pintail Anas acuta
- American Wigeon Mareca americana
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana
- Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Kelp Gull Larus dominicanus
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula
- White-tailed Nightjar Hydropsalis cayennensis
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Dunlin Calidris alpina
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Wandering Tattler Tringa incana
- Arctic Tern Sterna paradisaea
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Eurasian Teal Anas crecca
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Punta Morales – Cocorocas salinas?
September–November. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 185 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Punta Morales – Cocorocas salinas?
311 species, from 83,819 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Punta Morales – Cocorocas salinas in November?
The most recorded in November: Black-necked Stilt, Eurasian Whimbrel, Western Sandpiper, Willet and Semipalmated Plover.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.