Costa Rica · Heredia Province
Refugio de Vida Silvestre Lapa Verde – Sector Chilamate
397 species and 76,067 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: March–April and September–October, with up to 267 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus
Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Scarlet-rumped TanagerRamphocelus passerinii
Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus
White-collared ManakinManacus candei
White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
Grey-capped FlycatcherMyiozetetes granadensis
Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
Common Squirrel CuckooPiaya cayana
White-breasted Wood WrenHenicorhina leucosticta221 species seen regularly here in November · showing the 14 most recorded. All 397 species recorded here ↓
Species seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Selva Verde Lodge1 km466 species
- Cabaña Allbird4 km305 species
- Comandancia de Sarapiquí Road6 km352 species
- Estación Biológica La Selva-OTS7 km502 species
- Tirimbina Rainforest Center8 km447 species
- Virgen del Socorro26 km497 species
All 397 species recorded here
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- White-collared Manakin Manacus candei
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Grey-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
- Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti
- Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris
- Black-throated Wren Pheugopedius atrogularis
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Scarlet Macaw Ara macao
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Amazonian Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Stripe-breasted Wren Cantorchilus thoracicus
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza
- Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis
- Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus
- Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura
- Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Blue Ground Dove Claravis pretiosa
- Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Slaty-breasted Tinamou Crypturellus boucardi
- Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Grey-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii
- Snowy Cotinga Carpodectes nitidus
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Wood Stork Mycteria americana
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Anhinga Anhinga anhinga
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Thick-billed Seed Finch Sporophila funerea
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis
- Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
- Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Slaty-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- White-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittatus
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- Blue-chested Hummingbird Polyerata amabilis
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus
- Russet-naped Wood Rail Aramides albiventris
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Sungrebe Heliornis fulica
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Barred Hawk Morphnarchus princeps
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Grey-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis
- Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Merlin Falco columbarius
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Central American Pygmy Owl Glaucidium griseiceps
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Northern Harrier Circus hudsonius
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea
- Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus
- Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae
- Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps
- Brown-capped Tyrannulet Ornithion brunneicapillus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- Spot-fronted Swift Cypseloides cherriei
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis
- Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus
- Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
- Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- Neotropic Cormorant Nannopterum brasilianum
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala
- Great Antshrike Taraba major
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius
- Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus
- Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Grey-cheeked Thrush Catharus minimus
- White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Middle American Screech Owl Megascops guatemalae
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Purple-throated Mountaingem Lampornis calolaemus
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Olive-backed Quail-Dove Leptotrygon veraguensis
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata
- Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera
- Slaty-backed Forest Falcon Micrastur mirandollei
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus
- Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
- Keel-billed Motmot Electron carinatum
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Yellow-winged Flatbill Tolmomyias flavotectus
- White-fronted Nunbird Monasa morphoeus
- Carmiol's Tanager Chlorothraupis carmioli
- Snowcap Microchera albocoronata
- Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Scintillant Hummingbird Selasphorus scintilla
- Grey-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Dusky-faced Tanager Mitrospingus cassinii
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor
- Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Nicaraguan Seed Finch Sporophila nuttingi
- Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura
- White-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio leucothorax
- Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
- Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Checker-throated Stipplethroat Epinecrophylla fulviventris
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii
- Green Thorntail Discosura conversii
- Bobolink Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis
- Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Dickcissel Spiza americana
- Painted Bunting Passerina ciris
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Black-crowned Night Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus
- Speckled Tanager Ixothraupis guttata
- Song Wren Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Streak-crowned Antvireo Dysithamnus striaticeps
- Tawny-capped Euphonia Euphonia anneae
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
- Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Magenta-throated Woodstar Philodice bryantae
- Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Bare-necked Umbrellabird Cephalopterus glabricollis
- Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus
- Striped Owl Asio clamator
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Rufous-winged Tanager Tangara lavinia
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae
- Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas
- White-flanked Antwren Myrmotherula axillaris
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Refugio de Vida Silvestre Lapa Verde – Sector Chilamate?
March–April and September–October. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 267 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Refugio de Vida Silvestre Lapa Verde – Sector Chilamate?
397 species, from 76,067 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Refugio de Vida Silvestre Lapa Verde – Sector Chilamate in November?
The most recorded in November: Yellow-throated Toucan, Tropical Kingbird, Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Turkey Vulture and Social Flycatcher.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.