Monteverde

Birding & wildlife tours in Monteverde

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

One of the most famous cloud forests in the world, home to the Resplendent Quetzal and over 400 bird species.

Tours in this location

Monteverde Birdwatching and Wildlife History Guided Tour

Monteverde Birdwatching and Wildlife History Guided Tour

5 hrsUp to 6 travelers
$100.00 per person
Birdwatching and Photography at Monteverde Cloud Forest

Birdwatching and Photography at Monteverde Cloud Forest

4 hrsUp to 6 travelers
$75.00 per person
Monteverde Sunset & Night Walk

Monteverde Sunset & Night Walk

2 hrsUp to 8 travelers
$60.00 per person
Private Night Walk Tour in Monteverde

Private Night Walk Tour in Monteverde

3 hrsUp to 10 travelers
$80.00 per person
Special Wildlife Photography Tour in Monteverde

Special Wildlife Photography Tour in Monteverde

4 hrsUp to 8 travelers
$180.00 per person
Private Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve Guided Tour

Private Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve Guided Tour

4 hrsUp to 10 travelers
$125.00 per person
Monteverde Sunrise Birdwatching & Nature Experience

Monteverde Sunrise Birdwatching & Nature Experience

3 hrsUp to 8 travelers
$141.00 per person
Monteverde Birdwatching Experience (Cloud Forest)

Monteverde Birdwatching Experience (Cloud Forest)

4 hrsUp to 6 travelers
$180.00 per person

Species you can spot here

Agami Heron

Agamia agami

American Bittern

Botaurus lentiginosus

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

Azure-hooded Jay

Cyanolyca cucullata

Baird's Trogon

Trogon bairdii

Baltimore Oriole

Icterus galbula

Bananaquit

Coereba flaveola

Band-tailed Pigeon

Patagioenas fasciata

Bank Swallow

Riparia riparia

Bare-necked Umbrellabird

Cephalopterus glabricollis

Bare-shanked Screech-Owl

Megascops clarkii

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

Tigrisoma mexicanum

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Barred Becard

Pachyramphus versicolor

Barred Forest-Falcon

Micrastur ruficollis

Barred Parakeet

Bolborhynchus lineola

Bat Falcon

Falco rufigularis

Bicolored Hawk

Accipiter bicolor

Black Guan

Chamaepetes unicolor

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Black-and-white Owl

Ciccaba nigrolineata

Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher

Phainoptila melanoxantha

Black-and-yellow Tanager

Chrysothlypis chrysomelas

Black-bellied Hummingbird

Eupherusa nigriventris

Black-bellied Wren

Pheugopedius fasciatoventris

Black-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus erythropthalmus

Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush

Catharus gracilirostris

Black-breasted Wood-Quail

Odontophorus leucolaemus

Black-capped Flycatcher

Empidonax atriceps

Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager

Habia atrimaxillaris

Black-cheeked Warbler

Basileuterus melanogenys

Black-cheeked Woodpecker

Melanerpes pucherani

Black-crested Coquette

Lophornis helenae

Black-crowned Antpitta

Pittasoma michleri

Black-crowned Night-Heron

Nycticorax nycticorax

Black-eared Wood-Quail

Odontophorus melanotis

Black-faced Solitaire

Myadestes melanops

Black-hooded Antshrike

Thamnophilus bridgesi

Black-thighed Grosbeak

Pheucticus tibialis

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Setophaga caerulescens

Black-throated Wren

Pheugopedius atrogularis

Blackburnian Warbler

Setophaga fusca

Blue-and-gold Tanager

Bangsia arcaei

Blue-and-white Swallow

Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

Blue-gray Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

Blue-headed Vireo

Vireo solitarius

Blue-throated Goldentail

Chlorestes eliciae

Blue-throated Toucanet
Blue-throated Toucanet

Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis

Blue-vented Hummingbird

Saucerottia hoffmanni

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua

Boat-billed Heron

Cochlearius cochlearius

Bright-rumped Attila

Attila spadiceus

Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus

Bronzed Cowbird

Molothrus aeneus

Brown Jay

Psilorhinus morio

Brown Violetear

Colibri delphinae

Brown-billed Scythebill

Campylorhamphus pusillus

Brown-capped Vireo

Vireo leucophrys

Brown-hooded Parrot

Pyrilia haematotis

Buff-fronted Quail-Dove

Zentrygon costaricensis

Buff-rumped Warbler

Myiothlypis fulvicauda

Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

Buffy Tuftedcheek

Pseudocolaptes lawrencii

Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge

Dendrortyx leucophrys

Cabanis's Ground-Sparrow

Melozone cabanisi

Cabanis’s Wren

Cantorchilus modestus

Canada Warbler

Cardellina canadensis

Canebrake Wren

Cantorchilus zeledoni

Canivet's Emerald

Cynanthus canivetii

Cerulean Warbler

Setophaga cerulea

Charming Hummingbird

Polyerata decora

Cherrie’s Tanager

Ramphocelus costaricensis

Chestnut-capped Brushfinch

Arremon brunneinucha

Chestnut-capped Warbler

Basileuterus delattrii

Chestnut-headed Oropendola

Psarocolius wagleri

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Setophaga pensylvanica

Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner

Automolus exsertus

Chiriqui Quail-Dove

Zentrygon chiriquensis

Cinnamon Hummingbird

Amazilia rutila

Cliff Swallow

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Cocos Cuckoo

Coccyzus ferrugineus

Cocos Finch

Pinaroloxias inornata

Cocos Flycatcher

Nesotriccus ridgwayi

Collared Aracari

Pteroglossus torquatus

Collared Forest-Falcon

Micrastur semitorquatus

Collared Redstart

Myioborus torquatus

Collared Trogon

Trogon collaris

Common Chlorospingus

Chlorospingus flavopectus

Common Ground Dove

Columbina passerina

Common Pauraque

Nyctidromus albicollis

Common Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum cinereum

Coppery-headed Emerald

Microchera cupreiceps

Costa Rican Brushfinch

Arremon costaricensis

Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl

Glaucidium costaricanum

Costa Rican Swift

Chaetura fumosa

Costa Rican Warbler

Basileuterus melanotis

Crested Guan

Penelope purpurascens

Crested Owl

Lophostrix cristata

Crimson-collared Tanager

Ramphocelus sanguinolentus

Crimson-fronted Parakeet

Psittacara finschi

Dark Pewee

Contopus lugubris

Dusky Nightjar

Antrostomus saturatus

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Myiarchus tuberculifer

Eastern Meadowlark

Sturnella magna

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Contopus virens

Elegant Euphonia

Chlorophonia elegantissima

Eye-ringed Flatbill

Rhynchocyclus brevirostris

Fasciated Tiger-Heron

Tigrisoma fasciatum

Fiery-billed Aracari

Pteroglossus frantzii

Flame-throated Warbler

Oreothlypis gutturalis

Garden Emerald

Chlorostilbon assimilis

Golden-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes hemichrysus

Golden-browed Chlorophonia

Chlorophonia callophrys

Golden-crowned Warbler

Basileuterus culicivorus

Golden-hooded Tanager

Stilpnia larvata

Golden-naped Woodpecker

Melanerpes chrysauchen

Golden-olive Woodpecker

Colaptes rubiginosus

Golden-winged Warbler

Vermivora chrysoptera

Gray Hawk

Buteo plagiatus

Gray-breasted Martin

Progne chalybea

Gray-breasted Wood-Wren

Henicorhina leucophrys

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

Aramides cajaneus

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

Geothlypis poliocephala

Gray-headed Chachalaca

Ortalis cinereiceps

Gray-headed Piprites

Piprites griseiceps

Gray-tailed Mountain Gem

Lampornis cinereicauda

Gray-throated Leaftosser

Sclerurus albigularis

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Great Curassow

Crax rubra

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Great Green Macaw
Great Green Macaw

Ara ambiguus

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

Great Tinamou

Tinamus major

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Green Hermit

Phaethornis guy

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Green Thorntail

Discosura conversii

Green-crowned Brilliant

Heliodoxa jacula

Green-fronted Lancebill

Doryfera ludovicae

Groove-billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

Hairy Woodpecker

Dryobates villosus

Hepatic Tanager

Piranga flava

Hermit Warbler

Setophaga occidentalis

Highland Tinamou

Nothocercus bonapartei

Hoffmann's Woodpecker

Melanerpes hoffmannii

Inca Dove

Columbina inca

Isthmian Wren

Cantorchilus elutus

Ivory-billed Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus flavigaster

Keel-billed Motmot

Electron carinatum

Keel-billed Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan

Ramphastos sulfuratus

Kentucky Warbler

Geothlypis formosa

King Vulture
King Vulture

Sarcoramphus papa

Large-footed Finch

Pezopetes capitalis

Lattice-tailed Trogon

Trogon clathratus

Laughing Falcon

Herpetotheres cachinnans

Least Bittern

Ixobrychus exilis

Least Flycatcher

Empidonax minimus

Least Grebe

Tachybaptus dominicus

Lesser Greenlet

Pachysylvia decurtatus

Lesser Ground-Cuckoo

Morococcyx erythropygus

Lesser Violetear

Colibri cyanotus

Lesson’s Motmot

Momotus lessonii

Lineated Foliage-gleaner

Syndactyla subalaris

Lineated Woodpecker

Dryocopus lineatus

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Long-tailed Manakin

Chiroxiphia linearis

Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher

Ptiliogonys caudatus

Louisiana Waterthrush

Parkesia motacilla

Lovely Cotinga

Cotinga amabilis

MacGillivray's Warbler

Geothlypis tolmiei

Magenta-throated Woodstar

Philodice bryantae

Mangrove Hummingbird

Amazilia boucardi

Masked Tityra

Tityra semifasciata

Mealy Parrot

Amazona farinosa

Middle American Screech-Owl

Megascops guatemalae

Mistletoe Tyrannulet

Zimmerius parvus

Montezuma Oropendola

Psarocolius montezuma

Morelet's Seedeater

Sporophila morelleti

Mottled Owl

Ciccaba virgata

Mountain Elaenia

Elaenia frantzii

Mountain Thrush

Turdus plebejus

Mourning Warbler

Geothlypis philadelphia

Nashville Warbler

Leiothlypis ruficapilla

Nicaraguan Grackle

Quiscalus nicaraguensis

Nicaraguan Seed-Finch

Sporophila nuttingi

Northern Barred-Woodcreeper

Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae

Northern Emerald-Toucanet

Aulacorhynchus prasinus

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Northern Tropical Pewee

Contopus bogotensis

Northern Yellow Warbler

Setophaga aestiva

Ocellated Crake

Micropygia schomburgkii

Ochraceous Pewee

Contopus ochraceus

Ochraceous Wren

Troglodytes ochraceus

Oilbird

Steatornis caripensis

Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Sittasomus griseicapillus

Olive-streaked Flycatcher

Mionectes olivaceus

Orange-bellied Trogon

Trogon aurantiiventris

Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush

Catharus aurantiirostris

Orange-chinned Parakeet

Brotogeris jugularis

Orange-collared Manakin

Manacus aurantiacus

Orange-fronted Parakeet

Eupsittula canicularis

Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus ornatus

Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapilla

Pacific Screech-Owl

Megascops cooperi

Pale-billed Woodpecker

Campephilus guatemalensis

Pale-vented Thrush

Turdus obsoletus

Palm Tanager

Thraupis palmarum

Palm Warbler

Setophaga palmarum

Peg-billed Finch

Acanthidops bairdi

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Philadelphia Vireo

Vireo philadelphicus

Pinnated Bittern

Botaurus pinnatus

Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius

Plain Antvireo

Dysithamnus mentalis

Plain-capped Starthroat

Heliomaster constantii

Plain-colored Tanager

Tangara inornata

Prong-billed Barbet

Semnornis frantzii

Purple-throated Mountain-gem

Lampornis calolaemus

Purplish-backed Quail-Dove

Zentrygon lawrencii

Red-billed Pigeon

Patagioenas flavirostris

Red-faced Spinetail

Cranioleuca erythrops

Red-fronted Parrotlet

Touit costaricensis

Red-headed Barbet
Red-headed Barbet

Eubucco bourcierii

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Red-lored Parrot

Amazona autumnalis

Reddish Egret

Egretta rufescens

Resplendent Quetzal
Resplendent Quetzal

Pharomachrus mocinno

Riverside Wren

Cantorchilus semibadius

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Pheucticus ludovicianus

Rosy Thrush-Tanager

Rhodinocichla rosea

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

Ruddy Pigeon

Patagioenas subvinacea

Ruddy Treerunner

Margarornis rubiginosus

Ruddy Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla homochroa

Rufescent Tiger-Heron

Tigrisoma lineatum

Rufous Mourner

Rhytipterna holerythra

Rufous-and-white Wren

Thryophilus rufalbus

Rufous-breasted Wren

Pheugopedius rutilus

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis gujanensis

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Galbula ruficauda

Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo

Neomorphus geoffroyi

Sapphire-throated Hummingbird

Chrysuronia coeruleogularis

Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant

Lophotriccus pileatus

Scaled Antpitta

Grallaria guatimalensis

Scarlet Macaw
Scarlet Macaw

Ara macao

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Ramphocelus passerinii

Scintillant Hummingbird

Selasphorus scintilla

Sharpbill

Oxyruncus cristatus

Shiny Cowbird

Molothrus bonariensis

Silver-throated Tanager

Tangara icterocephala

Silvery-fronted Tapaculo

Scytalopus argentifrons

Silvery-throated Jay

Cyanolyca argentigula

Slate-throated Redstart

Myioborus miniatus

Slaty Antwren

Myrmotherula schisticolor

Slaty Flowerpiercer

Diglossa plumbea

Slaty-capped Flycatcher

Leptopogon superciliaris

Smoky-brown Woodpecker

Dryobates fumigatus

Snowcap
Snowcap

Microchera albocoronata

Snowy Cotinga

Carpodectes nitidus

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

Snowy-bellied Hummingbird

Saucerottia edward

Social Flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

Sooty Thrush

Turdus nigrescens

Sooty-capped Chlorospingus

Chlorospingus pileatus

Sooty-faced Finch

Arremon crassirostris

Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

Southern Spot-crowned Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes neglectus

Spectacled Owl

Pulsatrix perspicillata

Spot-crowned Euphonia

Euphonia imitans

Spotted Barbtail

Premnoplex brunnescens

Spotted Wood-Quail

Odontophorus guttatus

Spotted Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus erythropygius

Squirrel Cuckoo

Piaya cayana

Streak-breasted Treehunter

Thripadectes rufobrunneus

Streak-crowned Antvireo

Dysithamnus striaticeps

Streak-headed Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes souleyetii

Striated Heron

Butorides striata

Stripe-breasted Wren

Cantorchilus thoracicus

Stripe-headed Sparrow

Peucaea ruficauda

Stripe-throated Hermit

Phaethornis striigularis

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes luteiventris

Sulphur-rumped Tanager

Heterospingus rubrifrons

Sulphur-winged Parakeet

Pyrrhura hoffmanni

Summer Tanager

Piranga rubra

Sunbittern
Sunbittern

Eurypyga helias

Swainson's Thrush

Catharus ustulatus

Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus

Talamanca Hummingbird

Eugenes spectabilis

Tawny-capped Euphonia

Euphonia anneae

Tawny-chested Flycatcher

Aphanotriccus capitalis

Tawny-crowned Greenlet

Tunchiornis ochraceiceps

Tawny-throated Leaftosser

Sclerurus mexicanus

Tennessee Warbler

Leiothlypis peregrina

Thicket Antpitta

Hylopezus dives

Three-wattled Bellbird
Three-wattled Bellbird

Procnias tricarunculatus

Timberline Wren

Thryorchilus browni

Tody Motmot

Hylomanes momotula

Townsend's Warbler

Setophaga townsendi

Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Tropical Parula

Setophaga pitiayumi

Tropical Screech-Owl

Megascops choliba

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Turquoise Cotinga

Cotinga ridgwayi

Turquoise-browed Motmot

Eumomota superciliosa

Vaux's Swift

Chaetura vauxi

Veraguan Mango

Anthracothorax veraguensis

Violet Sabrewing

Campylopterus hemileucurus

Volcano Hummingbird

Selasphorus flammula

Volcano Junco

Junco vulcani

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Glyphorynchus spirurus

Western Wood-Pewee

Contopus sordidulus

Whistling Heron

Syrigma sibilatrix

White-bellied Mountain-gem

Lampornis hemileucus

White-breasted Wood-Wren

Henicorhina leucosticta

White-collared Swift

Streptoprocne zonaris

White-crested Coquette
White-crested Coquette

Lophornis adorabilis

White-crowned Parrot

Pionus senilis

White-fronted Parrot

Amazona albifrons

White-naped Brushfinch

Atlapetes albinucha

White-tailed Emerald

Microchera chionura

White-throated Crake

Laterallus albigularis

White-throated Magpie-Jay

Calocitta formosa

White-throated Mountain-gem

Lampornis castaneoventris

White-throated Spadebill

Platyrinchus mystaceus

White-throated Thrush

Turdus assimilis

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

White-winged Dove

Zenaida asiatica

Wilson's Warbler

Cardellina pusilla

Wood Thrush

Hylocichla mustelina

Wrenthrush

Zeledonia coronata

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Elaenia flavogaster

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Empidonax flaviventris

Yellow-billed Cotinga

Carpodectes antoniae

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus

Yellow-crowned Euphonia

Euphonia luteicapilla

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Yellow-eared Toucanet

Selenidera spectabilis

Yellow-faced Grassquit

Tiaris olivaceus

Yellow-green Greenlet

Hylophilus viridiflavus

Yellow-green Vireo

Vireo flavoviridis

Yellow-naped Parrot

Amazona auropalliata

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata

Yellow-thighed Brushfinch

Atlapetes tibialis

Yellow-throated Euphonia

Euphonia hirundinacea

Yellow-throated Toucan

Ramphastos ambiguus

Yellow-throated Vireo

Vireo flavifrons

Yellow-throated Warbler

Setophaga dominica

Yellow-winged Vireo

Vireo carmioli

Yellowish Flycatcher

Empidonax flavescens

Zeledon's Antbird

Myrmeciza zeledoni

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