Costa Rica · Puntarenas Province
Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde
428 species and 174,188 records in eBird up to 2024-12-31.
Best months: December–March, with up to 286 species seen regularly.
Seen here in November
Common ChlorospingusChlorospingus flavopectus
Grey-breasted Wood WrenHenicorhina leucophrys
Slate-throated WhitestartMyioborus miniatus
Black-eared WarblerBasileuterus melanotis
Black-faced SolitaireMyadestes melanops
Slaty-backed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus fuscater
Purple-throated MountaingemLampornis calolaemus
Lesser VioletearColibri cyanotus
Violet SabrewingCampylopterus hemileucurus
Green-crowned BrilliantHeliodoxa jacula
Resplendent QuetzalPharomachrus mocinno
Stripe-tailed HummingbirdEupherusa eximia
Magenta-throated WoodstarPhilodice bryantae
Yellowish FlycatcherEmpidonax flavescensSpecies seen regularly, by month
Species with 3 or more records in that month, all years combined.
Nearby hotspots
- Curi-Cancha Refugio de Vida Silvestre1 km415 species
- Monteverde2 km414 species
- Stella's Bakery2 km270 species
- San Luis – Finca Ecológica2 km364 species
- San Gerardo Biological Station7 km423 species
- El Congal Rainforest14 km396 species
All 428 species recorded here
- Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus
- Slate-throated Whitestart Myioborus miniatus
- Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes melanops
- Grey-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Black-eared Warbler Basileuterus melanotis
- Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno
- Purple-throated Mountaingem Lampornis calolaemus
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater
- Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
- Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula
- Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus
- Northern Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
- Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens
- Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor
- Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa eximia
- Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
- Green Hermit Phaethornis guy
- Collared Trogon Trogon collaris
- Bananaquit Coereba flaveola
- Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis frantzii
- Ochraceous Wren Troglodytes ochraceus
- Golden-browed Chlorophonia Chlorophonia callophrys
- Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala
- Coppery-headed Emerald Microchera cupreiceps
- Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha
- Azure-hooded Jay Cyanolyca cucullata
- Mountain Thrush Turdus plebejus
- Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops
- Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Magenta-throated Woodstar Philodice bryantae
- White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis
- Collared Whitestart Myioborus torquatus
- Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii
- Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi
- Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
- Northern House Wren Troglodytes aedon
- Spangle-cheeked Tanager Tangara dowii
- Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea
- Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor
- Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus
- Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio
- Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii
- Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis
- Olive-streaked Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus
- Ruddy Treerunner Margarornis rubiginosus
- Black Vulture Coragyps atratus
- White-throated Spadebill Platyrinchus mystaceus
- Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus
- Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera
- Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris
- Northern Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
- Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus
- Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla
- Black-breasted Wood Quail Odontophorus leucolaemus
- Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia
- Silvery-fronted Tapaculo Scytalopus argentifrons
- Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
- Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata
- Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis
- Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
- Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens
- Buff-fronted Quail-Dove Zentrygon costaricensis
- Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura
- Smoky-brown Woodpecker Leuconotopicus fumigatus
- Summer Tanager Piranga rubra
- Streak-breasted Treehunter Thripadectes rufobrunneus
- Highland Tinamou Nothocercus bonapartei
- Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata
- Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus
- Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
- Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
- Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus
- Sooty-faced Finch Arremon crassirostris
- White-eared Ground Sparrow Melozone leucotis
- Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
- Red Tanager Piranga flava
- Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus
- Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta
- Golden-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes hemichrysus
- Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
- Blue-grey Tanager Thraupis episcopus
- Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris
- Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
- Zeledon's Antbird Hafferia zeledoni
- Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus mexicanus
- Green-fronted Lancebill Doryfera ludovicae
- Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
- Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
- Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus
- Barred Forest Falcon Micrastur ruficollis
- Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
- Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata
- Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii
- Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
- Grey-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus albigularis
- Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
- White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris
- Elegant Euphonia Chlorophonia elegantissima
- Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina
- Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus
- Black-and-yellow Phainoptila Phainoptila melanoxantha
- Slaty Flowerpiercer Diglossa plumbea
- Blue-vented Hummingbird Saucerottia hoffmanni
- Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus
- Brown-capped Vireo Vireo leucophrys
- Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl
- White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Chiriqui Quail-Dove Zentrygon chiriquensis
- Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
- Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula
- Tawny-capped Euphonia Euphonia anneae
- Brown-billed Scythebill Campylorhamphus pusillus
- White-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes albinucha
- Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus
- Grey-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
- Tawny-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus mexicanus
- Chestnut-capped Warbler Basileuterus delattrii
- Red-headed Barbet Eubucco bourcierii
- Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
- Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina
- Mottled Owl Strix virgata
- Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii
- Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
- Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa
- Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla
- Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus
- Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi
- Pale-vented Thrush Turdus obsoletus
- Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis
- Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca
- Sooty-capped Chlorospingus Chlorospingus pileatus
- Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus
- Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii
- Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum
- White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi
- Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla
- Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus
- Black-thighed Grosbeak Pheucticus tibialis
- Brown Violetear Colibri delphinae
- Finsch's Parakeet Psittacara finschi
- Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- White-breasted Wood Wren Henicorhina leucosticta
- Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum
- Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi
- White-throated Magpie-Jay Cyanocorax formosus
- Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
- Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa
- Yellow-thighed Brushfinch Atlapetes tibialis
- Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus
- Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna
- Talamanca Hummingbird Eugenes spectabilis
- Western Cattle Egret Ardea ibis
- Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis
- Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis
- Mangrove Warbler Setophaga petechia
- Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi
- Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
- Wrenthrush Zeledonia coronata
- Melodious Blackbird Dives dives
- Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica
- Western Wood Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus
- Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi
- Northern Plain Xenops Xenops mexicanus
- Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus
- Bare-shanked Screech Owl Megascops clarkii
- Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus
- Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons
- Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina
- Fiery-throated Hummingbird Panterpe insignis
- Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
- Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris
- Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
- Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
- Scintillant Hummingbird Selasphorus scintilla
- Red-fronted Parrotlet Touit costaricensis
- Collared Forest Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
- Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
- Grey Hawk Buteo plagiatus
- Inca Dove Columbina inca
- Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda
- Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
- Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti
- White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis
- Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra
- White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica
- Barred Parakeet Bolborhynchus lineola
- White-bellied Mountaingem Lampornis hemileucus
- Rufous-backed Wren Campylorhynchus capistratus
- Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris
- Barred Hawk Morphnarchus princeps
- Buffy Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes lawrencii
- Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus
- Cinnamon-bellied Saltator Saltator grandis
- Bicolored Hawk Astur bicolor
- Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris
- Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
- Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus
- Yellow-olive Flatbill Tolmomyias sulphurescens
- Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis
- Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
- Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis
- Northern Tropical Pewee Contopus bogotensis
- Eastern Wood Pewee Contopus virens
- Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner Anabacerthia variegaticeps
- Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
- Sunbittern Eurypyga helias
- Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans
- Green Thorntail Discosura conversii
- Barred Becard Pachyramphus versicolor
- Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
- Great Tinamou Tinamus major
- Western Woodhaunter Automolus virgatus
- Black-and-white Owl Strix nigrolineata
- Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica
- Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis
- Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus
- Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica
- Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis
- Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans
- Northern Barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris
- Grey-breasted Martin Progne chalybea
- Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus
- Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti
- Hairy Woodpecker Leuconotopicus villosus
- Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
- Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
- Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus cervinigularis
- Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis
- Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana
- Northern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus philomela
- Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis
- Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa
- Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor
- American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla
- Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata
- Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana
- Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda
- Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina
- Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila
- Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava
- King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa
- Rock Dove Columba livia
- Trilling Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
- Bare-necked Umbrellabird Cephalopterus glabricollis
- Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis
- Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
- Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris
- Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus
- Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
- Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii
- Great Black Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Plain-capped Starthroat Heliomaster constantii
- Oilbird Steatornis caripensis
- Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
- Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus
- Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila
- White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora
- Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
- Tiny Hawk Microspizias superciliosus
- Crested Caracara Caracara plancus
- Great Curassow Crax rubra
- House Sparrow Passer domesticus
- Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus
- Lesser Goldfinch Spinus psaltria
- Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner Dendroma rufa
- Grey-cowled Wood Rail Aramides cajaneus
- Dark Pewee Contopus lugubris
- Costa Rican Pygmy Owl Glaucidium costaricanum
- Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
- Northern Schiffornis Schiffornis veraepacis
- Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul
- Red-crowned Ant Tanager Habia rubica
- Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
- American Dipper Cinclus mexicanus
- American Kestrel Falco sparverius
- Yellow-headed Caracara Daptrius chimachima
- Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus
- Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena
- Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius
- Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia
- Cooper's Hawk Astur cooperii
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera
- White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus
- Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus
- Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus
- Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus
- Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus
- Hermit Warbler Setophaga occidentalis
- Blue-throated Sapphire Chlorestes eliciae
- Fasciated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum
- American Black Swift Cypseloides niger
- Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus
- Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea
- Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica
- Emerald Tanager Tangara florida
- Black-headed Antthrush Formicarius nigricapillus
- Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas
- Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus
- Great Egret Ardea alba
- Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides
- Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea
- Scaled Antpitta Grallaria guatimalensis
- White-winged Tanager Piranga leucoptera
- Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus
- Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona
- White-chinned Swift Cypseloides cryptus
- Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps
- White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis
- Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni
- Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus
- Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola
- Southern Nightingale-Wren Microcerculus marginatus
- Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea
- Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens
- Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina
- Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias
- Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea
- American Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
- Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia
- Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis
- Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius
- Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
- Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea
- Ochre-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula flavirostris
- Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus
- Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus
- Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata
- Purplish-backed Quail-Dove Zentrygon lawrencii
- White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus
- Green Heron Butorides virescens
- Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis
- Sand Martin Riparia riparia
- Myrtle Warbler Setophaga coronata
- Peg-billed Finch Acanthidops bairdi
- Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Rufous-browed Tyrannulet Phylloscartes superciliaris
- Morelet's Seedeater Sporophila morelleti
- Sulphur-rumped Myiobius Myiobius sulphureipygius
- Tropical Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus
- Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea
- Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea
- Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
- Rufous-breasted Antthrush Formicarius rufipectus
- Grey-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite Colinus leucopogon
- Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata
- Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi
- White-fronted Tyrannulet Acrochordopus zeledoni
- MacGillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei
- Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis
- Ferruginous Pygmy Owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
- Cabanis's Ground Sparrow Melozone cabanisi
- Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus
- Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus
- Veery Catharus fuscescens
- Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius
- Pacific Screech Owl Megascops cooperi
- Grey Catbird Dumetella carolinensis
- Osprey Pandion haliaetus
- Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa
- Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
- Dusky Nightjar Antrostomus saturatus
- Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica
- Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor
- Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria
- Strong-billed Woodcreeper Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
- Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens
- Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum
- Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naevioides
- Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae
- White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila
- Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus
- Rufous-necked Wood Rail Aramides axillaris
- Black-and-yellow Tanager Chrysothlypis chrysomelas
- Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris
- Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius
- Snowy Egret Egretta thula
- Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens
- Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor
- Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica
- Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis
- Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea
- American Barn Owl Tyto furcata
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Little Long-tailed Woodcreeper Deconychura typica
- Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda
- Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis
- Cerulean Warbler Setophaga cerulea
- Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor
- Palm Warbler Setophaga palmarum
- Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata
- Cape May Warbler Setophaga tigrina
- Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata
- Violet-green Swallow Tachycineta thalassina
- Blue Seedeater Amaurospiza concolor
- Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani
- Northern Parula Setophaga americana
- Black-hooded Antshrike Thamnophilus bridgesi
- Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
- Lattice-tailed Trogon Trogon clathratus
- Willow Flycatcher Empidonax traillii
- Purple Martin Progne subis
- Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus
- Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum
- Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus gracilirostris
- Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
- Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon
- Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda
- Carmiol's Tanager Chlorothraupis carmioli
Most recorded first. Species we protect from disturbance aren't listed.
Questions
When is the best time to go birding at Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde?
December–March. That's when the most species are seen regularly here, up to 286 in a month.
How many bird species have been seen at Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde?
428 species, from 174,188 eBird records up to 2024-12-31.
What birds can I see at Reserva Biológica Bosque Nuboso Monteverde in November?
The most recorded in November: Common Chlorospingus, Grey-breasted Wood Wren, Slate-throated Whitestart, Black-eared Warbler and Black-faced Solitaire.
eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.