Get ready to immerse yourself in the amazing experience of birding at Costa Rica.

Why Costa Rica?

Known for the efforts of nature conservation and eco-tourism development, this country is now home to 5% of the world’s biodiversity, including 935 bird species.

Hidden Treasure: Turrialba

With 62% of the bird diversity of the country, Turrialba is the perfect birdwatching destination. It offers a variety of habitats, short distances between birding locations, and recognized hotspots.

  • Yellow-eared Toucanet (male)

  • Gray-headed Piprites

  • Resplendent Quetzal

  • Lovely Cotinga

  • Lattice-tailed Trogon

  • Broad-billed Motmot

  • Black-crested Coquette

  • Lesson's Motmot

  • Band-tailed Barbthroat

  • Ringed Kingfisher

  • Emerald Tanager

  • Gray-headed Piprites

  • Thicket Antpitta

  • Great Potoo

  • Gray-headed Kite

  • Grass Wren

  • Lattice-tailed Trogon

  • Collared Aracari

  • Sunbittern

  • Brown-billed Scythebill

  • Crowned Woodnymph

  • Yellow-eared Toucanet (female)

  • Rufous Mourner

  • Northern Jacana

  • Tricolored Heron

  • Ochre-breasted Antpitta

  • Resplendent Quetzal

  • Great Timamu

  • Snail Kite

  • Tawny-capped Euphonia

  • Collared Forest-Falcon

  • White-tipped Sicklebill

  • Ochraceous Pewee

  • Collared Redstart

  • Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush

  • Yellow-eared Toucanet (male)

  • Tawny-chested Flycatcher

  • Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo

  • Snowcap

  • Sunbittern (chicks)

  • Violet-headed Hummingbird

  • Mottled Owl

Know more

Your visit will not only give you an unforgettable experience, it also helps to support the local community and conservation efforts to maintain a healthy environment!

Know me more, I am Steven A. Montenegro

I am a local birder and guide with 15 years of experience offering birding tours in Costa Rica for overseas visitors.

I have worked on scientific projects and environmental education programs, and I am an E-bird reviewer. I am fluent in both English and Spanish!