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Most people come to see the Fauna of Costa Rica. Here is a small list of what you can expect:


Costa Rica Fauna:  A B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z   A   Amazon Kingfisher  American Crocodile  American Pygmy Kingfisher  American Swallow-tailed Kite (+pic.)  American Swallow-tailed Kites  Amphibians (Species)  Amphibians (Pictures)  Anhinga (+pic)  Anhingas  Anteaters  Armadillos  Azure-hooded Jay  B   Baird's Tapir  Baltimore Oriole  Bananaquit  Banded-backed Wren  Band-tailed Pigeon  Bare-throated Tiger Heron (+pic.)  Bare-throated Tiger Herons  Barn Swallow  Barred Antshrike  Barred Whiptail  Barred Woodcreeper  Basilisk  Bats  Bay-headed Tanager  Belted Kingfisher  Bicolored Antbird  Big-headed Anole  Bird-eating Snake  Birds, Pictures  Birds, Species  Black-bellied Plover  Black-bellied Whistling Duck (+pic.)  Black-bellied Whistling Ducks  Black-cheeked Woodpecker  Black-chested Hawks  Black-faced Antthrush  Black-faced Grosbeak  Black-faced Solitaire  Black Guan  Black-headed Trogon  Black Myotis  Black River Turtle  Black-shouldered Kites  Black-striped Sparrow  Black-throated Trogon  Black Vulture (+pic.)  Black Vultures  Blue and White Swallow  Blue-crowned Motmot  Blue-gray Tanager  Blue Ground-dove  Blue-winged Teal  Blunt-headed Tree Snake  Boa Constrictor  Boat-billed Flycatcher  Boat-billed Heron (+pic.)  Boat-billed Herons  Bottle Nosed Dolphins  Bransford's Litter Frog  Brilliant Forest Frog  Broad-billed Motmot  Broad-winged Hawk (+pic.)  Broad-winged Hawks  Bronzed Cowbird  Brown Booby  Brown-crested Flycatcher  Brown-hooded Parrot  Brown Land Turtle  Brown Jay  Brown Pelican (+Pic.)  Brown Pelicans  Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth  Brown Vine Snake  Boulenger's Snouted Treefrog  Buff-rumped Warbler  Buff-throated Saltator  Bushmaster (Snake)  C  Capuchin Monkeys  Caracaras  Cattle Egret (+pic.)  Cattle Egrets  Central American Agouti (+pic)  Central American Agoutis  Central American Coral Snake  Central American Dwarf Squirrel  Central American Mud Turtle  Central American Smooth Gecko  Central American Spider Monkey  Central American Spider Monkeys  Central American Squirrel Monkeys  Central American Whiptail  Central American Woolly Opossum  Chestnut-headed Oropendola  Chestnut-mandibled Toucan  Chestnut-sided Warbler  Cinnamon Hummingbird  Clay-colored Robin  Climate and Geography  Collared Aracari  Collared Forest Falcon  Collared Peccary  Common Black Hawk (+pic.)  Common Black Hawks  Common Bush-tanager  Common Dink Frog  Common Dolphins  Common Ground-dove  Common Opossum  Common Rain Frog  Common Tody Flycatcher  Common Vampire Bat  Conservation in Costa Rica  Cormorants  Coyote (+pic)  Crab-eating Racoon (+pic.)  Crab-eating Racoons  Crested Caracara (+pic.)  Crested Caracaras  Crested Guan  Crocodile  Crowned Woodnymph  Ctenosaur  Cuckoos  D  Dangerous Snakes  Dangerous Snakes Pictures  Deer  Deppe's Whiptail  Dogs  Dolphins  Dotted-winged Antwren  Double-striped Thick-knee  Doves  Drab Treefrog  Ducks  Dusky-capped Flycatcher  Dusky-faced Tanager  E  Eagle  Eastern Cottontail  Ecotourism, what is it?  Ecotourism, History  Egrets  Emerald Glass Frog  Emerald Toucanet  Endangered Species  Eyelash Viper  F  Falcon  False Vampire Bat  Fer-de-lance (Snake)  Ferruginous Pygmy-owl  Fiery-billed Aracari  Fleischmann's Glass Frog  Forest Rabbits  G  Game Birds  Geography and Climate  Gladiator Frog  Golden-browed Chlorophonia  Golden-hooded Tanager  Golden Toad  Granular Poison-arrow Frog  Gray-breasted Wood-wren  Gray-capped Flycatcher  Gray Four-eyed Opossum  Gray Fox  Gray-headed Chachalaca  Gray-headed Kite  Gray-necked Wood-rail  Gray-rumped Swift  Great Curassow  Great Egret (+pic.)  Great Egrets  Greater Fishing Bat  Greater White-lined Bat  Great Kiskadee  Great-tailed Grackle  Great Tinamou  Green-backed Herons  Green Climbing Toad  Green-crowend Brilliant  Green Hermit  Green Heron  Green Honeycreeper  Green Ibis  Green Iguana  Green Kingfisher  Green Parrot Snake  Green Poison-arrow Frog  Green Sea Turtle  Green Spiny Lizard  Green Violet-ear  Grison (+pic.)  Grisons  Ground Anole  Groove-billed Ani  Gulls  H   Harlequin Frog  Harlequin Snake  Harpy Eagle  Hawks  Hawksbill Sea Turtle  Herons  Hoffman's Two-toad Sloth  Hoffman's Woodpecker  Hooded Skunk  House Sparrow  House Wren  Hummingbirds  Hump-back Whale  Howler Monkeys    I, J  Ibis  Iguanas  Inca Dove  Indigo Snake  Insects  Jaguar (+pic.)  Jaguars  Jaguarundi (+pic.)  Jaguarundis  Jabiru Stork  Jamaican Fruit-eating Bat  Jumping Viper      K   Keel-billed Toucan  Kingfishers  King Vulture (+pic.)  King Vultures  Kinkajou (+pic.)  Kinkajous      L   Kites  Laughing Falcon (+pic.)  Laughing Falcons  Laughing Gull  Leaf Litter Gecko  Leatherback Sea Turtle  Leopard Frog  Lesser Nighthawk  Lesser Yellow-headed Vultures  Lineated Woodpecker  Litter Skink  Litter Toad  Little Blue Heron (+pic.)  Little Blue Herons  Little Hermit  Lizards  Long-tailed Hermit  Long-tailed Manakin  Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher  Long-tailed Tyrant  Long-tailed Weasel (+pic.)  Long-tailed Weasels  Lovely Poison-dart Frog    M  Magenta-throated Hummingbird  Magnificent Frigatebird (+pic.)  Magnificent Frigatebirds  Mammals (Species)  Mammals (Pictures)  Mangrove Swallow  Mantled Howler Monkey  Mantled Howler Monkeys  Margay  Marine Toad  Masked Tityra  Masked Treefrog  Meadow Treefrog  Mealy Parrot  Mexican Burrowing Toad  Mexican Hairy Porcupine  Mexican Treefrog  Mica (Snake)  Misfit Leaf Frog  Monkeys Squirrel  Montezumas Oropendola  Motmots  Mountain Salamander  Mudpuddle Frog  Muscovy Duck (+pic.)  Muscovy Ducks  Mussurana (Snake)    N   Nectar Bat  Neotropical Otter  Nightjars  Nine-banded Armadillo  Northern Jacana  Northern Racoon (+pic.)  Northern Racoons  Northern Tamandua    O   Ocelot (+pic.)  Ocelots  Ochre-bellied Flycatcher  Olingo (+pic.)  Olingos  Olivaceous Cormorant (+pic.) Olivaceous Cormorants  Olivaceous Piculet  Olivaceous Woodcreeper  Olive-backed Euphonia  Olive Ridley Sea Turtle  Oncilla  Opossums  Orange + Black Poison-dart Frog  Orange-billed Sparrow  Orange-chinned Parakeet  Orange-fronted Parakeet  Osprey (+pic.)  Ospreys  Owls  P , Q  Paca  Pacific Screech-owl  Pale-billed Woodpecker  Palm Tanager  Parrots  Passerines  Pauraque  Peccaries  Pelagic Sea Snake  Pelicans  Pigeons  Plain Chachalaca  Poisenous Snakes  Poisenous Snakes Pictures  Porcupines  Pumas  Purple Caecilian  Purple Gallinule  Purple-throated Fruitcrow  Purple-throated Mountain-gem    R  Rabbits  Rails  Rainforest Hognosed Pit-viper  Red-backed Squirrel Monkley  Red-billed Pigeon  Red Brocket Deer  Red-capped Manakin  Red-crowned Woodpecker  Red-eyed Leaf Frog  Red-legged Honeycreeper  Red-lored Parrot  Red-tailed Squirrel  Red Turtle  Reptiles (Species)  Reptiles (Pictures)  Resplendent Quetzal  Ringed Kingfisher  Ring-tailed Salamander  Roadguard (Snake)  Roadside Hawk (+pic.)  Roadside Hawks  Roseate Spoonbill (+pic.)  Rosate Spoonbills  Ruddy Ground-dove  Ruddy Quail-dove  Rufous-collared Sparrow  Rufous Motmot  Rufous-naped Wren  Rufous Piha  Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  Rufous-tailed Jacamar    S   Sanderling  Scarlet Macaw  Scarlet-rumped Cacique  Scarlet-rumped Tanager  Scarlet-thighed Dacnis  Scissor-tailed Flycatcher  Scrub Euphonia  Shining Honeycreeper  Shorebirds  Short-billed Pigeon  Short-tailed Fruit Bat  Silky Anteater  Silver-throated Tanager  Skink-eater (Snake)  Skunks  Slate-throated Redstart  Slaty-breasted Tinamou  Slaty-tailed Trogon  Slender Anole  Sloths  Smokey Jungle Frog  Smooth-billed Ani  Snapping Turtle  Snowy Coting  Snowy Egret (+pic.)  Snowy Egrets  Social Flycatcher  Sooty-capped Bush-tanager  Sooty Robin  Southern River Otter  Southern Rough-winged Swallow  Speckled Racer (Snake)  Speckled Tanager  Spectacled Caiman  Spectacled Owl  Spotted-bellied Bobwhite  Spotted Sandpiper  Squirrel Cuckoo  Squirrel Monkeys  Squirrel Monkeys (Costa Verde)  Squirrels  Steely-vented Hummingbird  Strawberry Poison-dart Frog  Streak-backed Oriole  Streaked-headed Woodcreeper  Striped Cuckoo  Striped-headed Sparrow  Striped Hog-nosed Skunk  Striped-tailed Hummingbird  Sucker-footed Bat  Sunbittern  Sungrebe  Swainson's Hawk  Swifts    T  Tapirs  Tayra (+pic.)  Tayras  Tennessee Warbler  Thicket Tinamou  Three-striped Warbler  Three-wattled Bellbird  Toads  Tricolored Heron  Trogons  Tropical Gnatcatcher  Tropical Kingbird  Tropical Kingsnake  Tropical Rattlesnake  Turkey Vulture (+pic.)  Turkey Vultures  Turquoise-browed Motmot  Turtles    U - Z  Vaillant's Frog  Variable Seedeater (Caribbean)  Variable Seedeater (Pacific)  Variegated Squirrel  Variegated Treefrog  Venomous Snakes  Venomous Snakes Pictures  Violaceous Trogon  Violet Sabrewing  Vultures  Water Opossum  Wedge-billed Woodcreeper  Western Sandpiper  West Indian Manatee  Whimbrel  White-breasted Wood-wren  White-collared Manakin  White-collared Swift  White-crowned Parrot  White-faced Capuchin Monkey  White-faced Capuchin Monkeys  White-fronted Nunnbird  White-fronted Parrot  White Hawk (+pic.)  White Hawks  White Ibis (+pic.)  White Ibis  White-lipped Mud Turtle  White-lipped Peccary  White-necked Puffbird  White-nosed Coati (+pic.)  White-nosed Coatis  White-ruffed Manakin  White-tailed Deer  White-throated Magpie-jay  White-tipped Dove  White-whiskered Puffbird  White-winged Dove  Wildlife Watching  Woodpeckers  Wood Stork  Yellowbelly Gecko  Yellow-billed Cacique  Yellow-crowned Euphonia  Yellow-crowned Night Herons  Yellow-faced Grassquit  Yellow-headed Caracara (+pic.)  Yellow-headed Caracaras  Yellow Margay  Yellow-naped Parrot  Yellow-throated Euphonia

The Place to start your heavenHow to retire Happily in Peaceful Costa Rica


Content  Home / Preface  5 - Costa Rica in Brief  6 - Map of Costa Rica  8 - Symbols of Costa Rica  9 - Introduction  12 - Getting a Bird's Eye View  14 - Why Choose Costa Rica?  18 - Costa Rica Has Many Firsts to its Name  22 - A Place That Accepts All Races  30 - The Friendliness of the Costa Ricans  33 - Ticos are Individualistic  35 - Ticos Are Different and Procrastinators  38 - Why Others Have Gone Abroad  42 - Specific Reasons for Leaving Home  45 - Culture Shock  48 - Enjoy Your Retirement by Adjusting  49 - Ways to Adjust to Your New Life  56 - Making Your Stay More Satifying  58 - Cost of Living  67 - Addresses and Directions  69 - Your Car and Driving  71 - How Not to Be Obnoxious to Locals  74 - Adjusting to the Weather and Climate  76 - Choosing the Right Climate for You  77 - City Living versus Country Living  79 - Where to Live in Costa Rica  82 - Living in Your American Style  84 - Top Quality Health Services  87 - Medical Centers in San José  89 - Dying in Costa Rica  91 - Security and Safety in Costa Rica  94 - Personal Experiences of Petty Thievery  98 - Sex and Romance  101 - Going into Business Yourself  105 - Expatriates Production Enterprises  110 - Expatriates Service Businesses  114 - The Business Environment  120 - Helpful Tips for the Newcomer  125 - National Holidays and Festivities  128 - Religion, Churches & Support Groups  131 - The Optimism and Health Link  133 - The 8 Point Formula for Anti-Aging  134 - Obtaining Insurance  136 - Early Colonial History in Brief  139 - English Language & Tico Expressions  144 - Misdemeanors That Are Now Felonies  146 - Closing Words  148 - Bibliography  149 - For More Information and Contacts  151 - Appendix  155 - Index 

The Best Tours in Guanacaste in 7 Days

The Best Tours in Guanacaste in 7 Days
At a short walk from the beach, you'll start this package like Robinson on a lonely island, see monkeys, Crocodiles, water-fowl, eat Macadamia nuts, Palmito, see a waterfall, volcanic mud holes and take a mud bath, experience a breathtaking Canopy Tour, primary forest, the Miravalles Volcano, in Nicaragua the city of Granada, the active Volcano Masaya and lots of Indigenous Handicraft and Pottery.


The Best Tours in 6 Days Package

Reduced Discount Rate The Best Tours in 6 Days Package
We just were able to reduce the Discount Rate even more for this popular vacation package to the Tortuga Island, Sarapiquí Canopy, Volcán Arenal, Tabacón Hotsprings, and La Paz Waterfalls. Includes al breakfasts, transport and accommodation in either a 2 or a 4-star hotel.


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