From November 2016, when we traveled to Papagayo Peninsula and stayed at the Hyatt Andaz. It was a fantastic trip. We highly recommend the hotel, which had great rooms, facilities, restaurants, and a very friendly and helpful staff.
For a bird guide, the key book you need to get is The Birds of Costa Rica.
We took several tours with Mardigi Tours and recommend them highly.
I’ve organized this section by the ordering in the above mentioned bird book. Any thumbnail image with an * after it means that I did not take that photo. (Fortunately there are not many.)
Currasows, Chachalacas, Guans
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Crested Guan
Ducks
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck *
Anhingas
Anhinga
Pelicans
Brown Pelican
Frigatebirds
Magnificent Frigatebird
Herons, Egrets, Bitterns
Black-crowned Night-Heron
Boat-billed Heron
Great Blue Heron
Green Heron
Little Blue Heron
Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Snowy Egret
Storks
Jabiru
Wood Stork
Stilts
Black-necked Stilt *
Sandpipers, Allies
Spotted Sandpiper
New World Vultures
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Osprey
Hawks, Kites, Eagles
Broad-winged Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Gray Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Falcons, Caracaras
Crested Caracara
Laughing Falcon
Swallows
Barn Swallow
Mangrove Swallow
Gray-breasted Martin
Hummingbirds
Carnivet’s Emerald
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Steely-vented Hummingbird
Pigeons, Doves
Common Ground-Dove *
Inca Dove
White-winged Dove
Parrots
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet
White-fronted Parrot
Scarlet Macaw
Cuckoos
Groove-billed Ani
Trogons
Black-headed Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Motmots
Blue-crowned Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Kingfishers
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
Toucans
Keel-billed Toucan
Woodpeckers
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Hoffman’s Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Rufous-winged Woodpecker
Ovenbirds, Woodcreepers
Spotted Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Tyrant Flycatchers
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Black Phoebe *
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher *
Streaked Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Manakins
White-collared Manakin
Jays
Brown Jay *
White-throated Magpie-jay
Thrushes, Allies
Clay-colored Thrush
Gnatwrens, Gnatcatchers
White-lored Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Rufous-naped Wren
New World Warblers
Buff-rumped Warbler
Ovenbird
American Redstart
Tanagers, Seedeaters, Allies
Blue-gray Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Palm Tanager
Passerini’s Tanager
Green Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Blue-black Grassquit
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Variable Seedeater
Thick-billed Seed-finch
Buff-throated Saltator
Grayish Saltator
Finches, New World Sparrows, Allies
Stripe-headed Sparrow
Grosbeaks, Buntings, Allies
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Summer Tanager
Painted Bunting *
Blackbirds, Orioles
Melodious Blackbird *
Red-winged Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
Streak-backed Oriole
Montezuma Oropendola
Euphonias
Scrub Euphonia
White-vented Euphonia
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Other Animals
Frogs
Poisonous Dart Frogs
Termites
Butterflies
Giant Grasshopper
Iguanas
Jesus Christ Lizard
Leaf-cutter Ants
Halloween Crabs
Hermit Crabs
Howler Monkeys
White-faced Monkeys
Bats
Caymans
Crocodiles
Deer
Agouti
Three-toed Sloth
Other Photos
Night Shots