Jungle & River Birding





Your tour guide:
My name is Gerson. I am a naturalist guide, born in the Caribbean of Costa Rica and now residing in Puerto Jiménez. I visited the Osa Peninsula a long time ago, and I simply fell in love with the place. Since then, I have tried to do the things that fill me as a person: love nature and share it, learn from it, and grow.
About this tour
Jungle River Birding – Description Explore a productive birding area near Puerto Jiménez where forest and river habitats create excellent opportunities for birdwatching. During this short birding experience, we will search for forest species such as woodcreepers, woodpeckers, trogons, and, with some luck, colorful manakins hidden inside the vegetation. Along the river edge, we may encounter kingfishers, herons, hawks, and other species associated with open areas and freshwater habitats. Depending on the season and conditions, exciting sightings such as the Roseate Spoonbill are also possible. This tour offers a great opportunity to experience the bird diversity of the Osa Peninsula in a relaxed and scenic setting.
Target Species

Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

Slaty-tailed Trogon
Trogon massena

Red-eyed Vireo
Vireo olivaceus

Dot-winged Antwren
Microrhopias quixensis

Crowned Woodnymph
Thalurania colombica

Gray Catbird
Dumetella carolinensis

Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
Myiobius sulphureipygius

Swainson's Thrush
Catharus ustulatus

Snowy Egret
Egretta thula

Inca Dove
Columbina inca

Golden-winged Warbler
Vermivora chrysoptera

Great-tailed Grackle
Quiscalus mexicanus

Slaty Antwren
Myrmotherula schisticolor

Mealy Parrot
Amazona farinosa
Scarlet Macaw
Ara macao

Yellow-throated Toucan
Ramphastos ambiguus

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Amazilia tzacatl

Black-mandibled Toucan
Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii

Crimson-fronted Parakeet
Psittacara finschi

Boat-billed Heron
Cochlearius cochlearius

Roseate Spoonbill
Platalea ajaja

Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager
Habia atrimaxillaris

Cinnamon Becard
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Empidonax flaviventris

Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Poecilotriccus sylvia

Eastern Meadowlark
Sturnella magna

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Tigrisoma mexicanum

White-throated Shrike-Tanager
Lanio leucothorax

Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Tolmomyias sulphurescens

Red-lored Parrot
Amazona autumnalis

White-whiskered Puffbird
Malacoptila panamensis

Veraguan Mango
Anthracothorax veraguensis

Black-striped Sparrow
Arremonops conirostris

Southern Lapwing
Vanellus chilensis

Riverside Wren
Cantorchilus semibadius

Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Ramphocelus passerinii

Streaked Flycatcher
Myiodynastes maculatus

White-browed Gnatcather
Polioptila bilineata

Black Vulture
Coragyps atratus

Orange-chinned Parakeet
Brotogeris jugularis

Lesser Greenlet
Pachysylvia decurtatus

Red-legged Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes cyaneus

Green Honeycreeper
Chlorophanes spiza

Red-rumped Woodpecker
Dryobates kirkii

Great Curassow
Crax rubra

Variable Seedeater
Sporophila corvina

Least Sandpiper
Calidris minutilla

Orange-billed Sparrow
Arremon aurantiirostris

Tropical Mockingbird
Mimus gilvus

Brown-hooded Parrot
Pyrilia haematotis

Chestnut-backed Antbird
Poliocrania exsul

Eastern Kingbird
Tyrannus tyrannus

Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus grayi

Gray-chested Dove
Leptotila cassinii

Great Kiskadee
Pitangus sulphuratus

Bananaquit
Coereba flaveola

Collared Forest-Falcon
Micrastur semitorquatus

Blue-gray Tanager
Thraupis episcopus

White-throated Thrush
Turdus assimilis

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Mionectes oleagineus

Yellow-headed Caracara
Milvago chimachima

Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Elaenia flavogaster

Ruddy Ground Dove
Columbina talpacoti

White Ibis
Eudocimus albus

Mistletoe Tyrannulet
Zimmerius parvus

Yellow Warbler
Setophaga petechia

Long-tailed Woodcreeper
Deconychura longicauda

Osprey
Pandion haliaetus

Great Tinamou
Tinamus major

Baltimore Oriole
Icterus galbula

Social Flycatcher
Myiozetetes similis

Scrub Greenlet
Hylophilus flavipes

Tawny-crowned Greenlet
Tunchiornis ochraceiceps

Morelet's Seedeater
Sporophila morelleti

Turkey Vulture
Cathartes aura

Black-bellied Wren
Pheugopedius fasciatoventris

Black-crowned Tityra
Tityra inquisitor

Laughing Falcon
Herpetotheres cachinnans

Masked Tityra
Tityra semifasciata

Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa melanoleuca

Yellow Tyrannulet
Capsiempis flaveola

Black-throated Trogon
Trogon rufus

Pale-billed Woodpecker
Campephilus guatemalensis

White-tipped Dove
Leptotila verreauxi

Ruddy Quail-Dove
Geotrygon montana

Lineated Woodpecker
Dryocopus lineatus

Northern Waterthrush
Parkesia noveboracensis

Gray-capped Flycatcher
Myiozetetes granadensis

Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Dacnis venusta

Palm Tanager
Thraupis palmarum

Tennessee Warbler
Leiothlypis peregrina

Orange-collared Manakin
Manacus aurantiacus

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Aramides cajaneus

Plain Xenops
Xenops minutus

Red-breasted Meadowlark
Leistes militaris

Great Antshrike
Taraba major

Panama Flycatcher
Myiarchus panamensis

Mangrove Cuckoo
Coccyzus minor

White-vented Euphonia
Euphonia minuta

Barn-Owl
Tyto alba

Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Sporophila funerea

Great Egret
Ardea alba

Melodious Blackbird
Dives dives

Lesson’s Motmot
Momotus lessonii

Purple Gallinule
Porphyrio martinicus

Black-hooded Antshrike
Thamnophilus bridgesi

Buff-rumped Warbler
Myiothlypis fulvicauda

Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Euphonia luteicapilla

Bay-headed Tanager
Tangara gyrola

White-crowned Parrot
Pionus senilis

Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Myiarchus tuberculifer

White-necked Jacobin
Florisuga mellivora

Cocoa Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus susurrans

Violet-headed Hummingbird
Klais guimeti

Common Tody-Flycatcher
Todirostrum cinereum

Shining Honeycreeper
Cyanerpes lucidus

Gray-headed Tanager
Eucometis penicillata

Buff-throated Saltator
Saltator maximus

Crested Owl
Lophostrix cristata

Mottled Owl
Ciccaba virgata

Fiery-billed Aracari
Pteroglossus frantzii

Slaty Spinetail
Synallaxis brachyura
Red-capped Manakin
Ceratopipra mentalis

White-winged Becard
Pachyramphus polychopterus

Bright-rumped Attila
Attila spadiceus

Stripe-throated Hermit
Phaethornis striigularis

Little Tinamou
Crypturellus soui

Boat-billed Flycatcher
Megarynchus pitangua

Black-striped Woodcreeper
Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus

Red-crowned Woodpecker
Melanerpes rubricapillus

Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Sporophila minuta

Band-tailed Barbthroat
Threnetes ruckeri

Marbled Wood-Quail
Odontophorus gujanensis

Black-bellied Plover
Pluvialis squatarola

Common Potoo
Nyctibius griseus

Dusky Antbird
Cercomacroides tyrannina

Killdeer
Charadrius vociferus

Spot-crowned Euphonia
Euphonia imitans

Blue Dacnis
Dacnis cayana

Blue-crowned Manakin
Lepidothrix coronata

Charming Hummingbird
Polyerata decora

Long-billed Gnatwren
Ramphocaenus melanurus

Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Phaeochroa cuvierii

Black-faced Antthrush
Formicarius analis

Bicolored Antbird
Gymnopithys bicolor

Baird's Trogon
Trogon bairdii

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
Nyctanassa violacea

Purple-crowned Fairy
Heliothryx barroti

Least Grebe
Tachybaptus dominicus

Yellow-bellied Seedeater
Sporophila nigricollis

Green Heron
Butorides virescens

Turquoise Cotinga
Cotinga ridgwayi

Gray-headed Chachalaca
Ortalis cinereiceps

Rose-throated Becard
Pachyramphus aglaiae

Great Crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus crinitus

Chestnut-sided Warbler
Setophaga pensylvanica

Isthmian Wren
Cantorchilus elutus

Neotropic Cormorant
Nannopterum brasilianum

Gartered Trogon
Trogon caligatus

Mangrove Swallow
Tachycineta albilinea

Long-billed Hermit
Phaethornis longirostris

Ruddy Turnstone
Arenaria interpres

Crested Caracara
Caracara plancus

Tropical Screech-Owl
Megascops choliba

Green Shrike-Vireo
Vireolanius pulchellus

Squirrel Cuckoo
Piaya cayana

Little Blue Heron
Egretta caerulea
King Vulture
Sarcoramphus papa

Costa Rican Swift
Chaetura fumosa

Black-and-white Owl
Ciccaba nigrolineata

Montezuma Oropendola
Psarocolius montezuma

Eye-ringed Flatbill
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris

Black-tailed Flycatcher
Myiobius atricaudus

White-necked Puffbird
Notharchus hyperrhynchus

Wood Stork
Mycteria americana

Blue-black Grassquit
Volatinia jacarina

Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Cacicus uropygialis

Black-necked Stilt
Himantopus mexicanus

Pale-vented Pigeon
Patagioenas cayennensis

Short-billed Pigeon
Patagioenas nigrirostris

Yellow-throated Vireo
Vireo flavifrons

Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner
Automolus exsertus

Cattle Egret
Bubulcus ibis

Golden-hooded Tanager
Stilpnia larvata

Tropical Kingbird
Tyrannus melancholicus

Crested Guan
Penelope purpurascens

Brown Jay
Psilorhinus morio

Golden-naped Woodpecker
Melanerpes chrysauchen

Piratic Flycatcher
Legatus leucophaius

Great Blue Heron
Ardea herodias

Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant
Lophotriccus pileatus

Barn Swallow
Hirundo rustica

Northern Jacana
Jacana spinosa

Pale-breasted Spinetail
Synallaxis albescens

Olivaceous Piculet
Picumnus olivaceus

Spotted Sandpiper
Actitis macularius

Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Camptostoma obsoletum

Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Coccyzus americanus

Slate-colored Seedeater
Sporophila schistacea

White-shouldered Tanager
Loriotus luctuosus

Wilson's Plover
Charadrius wilsonia

Long-billed Starthroat
Heliomaster longirostris

Bat Falcon
Falco rufigularis
What's Included
Naturalist Guide Spotting Scope Guided Walk
Not Included
Transportation
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$65.00
includes all fees