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Arenal--Peninsula road (shortcut to dam)

Located in the Costa Rica area, Arenal--Peninsula road (shortcut to dam) is a popular birding destination. Recently, birders have spotted Great Curassow, Short-billed Pigeon, Common Squirrel-Cuckoo in the area.

453
All-Time Species
83
Sightings (14 days)
Alajuela
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Costa Rica
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Species
Date Spotted
Count
Great CurassowCrax rubra
Jun 14, 2026
1
Short-billed PigeonPatagioenas nigrirostris
Jun 14, 2026
1
Jun 14, 2026
1
Chestnut-collared SwiftStreptoprocne rutila
Jun 14, 2026
4
White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
Jun 14, 2026
10
Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii
Jun 14, 2026
1
Jun 14, 2026
1
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Jun 14, 2026
1
Jun 14, 2026
1
Rufous MotmotBaryphthengus martii
Jun 14, 2026
1
Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus
Jun 14, 2026
1
Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus
Jun 14, 2026
2
Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani
Jun 14, 2026
2
Great AntshrikeTaraba major
Jun 14, 2026
1
Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatus
Jun 14, 2026
1
Thicket AntpittaMyrmothera dives
Jun 14, 2026
5
Cocoa WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus susurrans
Jun 14, 2026
1
Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
Jun 14, 2026
2
Fawn-throated Foliage-gleanerAutomolus cervinigularis
Jun 14, 2026
1
Northern BentbillOncostoma cinereigulare
Jun 14, 2026
2
Tawny-chested FlycatcherAphanotriccus capitalis
Jun 14, 2026
1
Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
Jun 14, 2026
1
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Jun 14, 2026
3
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
Jun 14, 2026
2
Lesser GreenletPachysylvia decurtata
Jun 14, 2026
4
Brown JayCyanocorax morio
Jun 14, 2026
3
Black-throated WrenPheugopedius atrogularis
Jun 14, 2026
3
Stripe-breasted WrenCantorchilus thoracicus
Jun 14, 2026
3
Bay WrenCantorchilus nigricapillus
Jun 14, 2026
2
White-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucosticta
Jun 14, 2026
2
Jun 14, 2026
5
Olive-backed EuphoniaEuphonia gouldi
Jun 14, 2026
2
Black-striped SparrowArremonops conirostris
Jun 14, 2026
2
Orange-billed SparrowArremon aurantiirostris
Jun 14, 2026
1
Yellow-billed CaciqueAmblycercus holosericeus
Jun 14, 2026
1
Montezuma OropendolaPsarocolius montezuma
Jun 14, 2026
3
Jun 14, 2026
1
Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
Jun 14, 2026
1
Buff-rumped WarblerMyiothlypis fulvicauda
Jun 14, 2026
2
Red-throated Ant-TanagerDriophlox fuscicauda
Jun 14, 2026
1
Crimson-collared TanagerRamphocelus sanguinolentus
Jun 14, 2026
2
Scarlet-rumped TanagerRamphocelus passerinii
Jun 14, 2026
8
Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
Jun 14, 2026
3
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Jun 14, 2026
2
Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximus
Jun 14, 2026
1
Jun 14, 2026
1
Crested GuanPenelope purpurascens
Jun 5, 2026
1
Gray-headed ChachalacaOrtalis cinereiceps
Jun 5, 2026
1
Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris
Jun 5, 2026
1
Stripe-throated HermitPhaethornis striigularis
Jun 5, 2026
1
Crowned WoodnymphThalurania colombica
Jun 5, 2026
1
Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
Jun 5, 2026
2
Bare-throated Tiger-HeronTigrisoma mexicanum
Jun 5, 2026
1
Black VultureCoragyps atratus
Jun 5, 2026
2
Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
Jun 5, 2026
1
Jun 5, 2026
1
Keel-billed MotmotElectron carinatum
Jun 5, 2026
1
Broad-billed MotmotElectron platyrhynchum
Jun 5, 2026
2
Rufous-tailed JacamarGalbula ruficauda
Jun 5, 2026
2
Collared AracariPteroglossus torquatus
Jun 5, 2026
1
Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii
Jun 5, 2026
1
Smoky-brown WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus fumigatus
Jun 5, 2026
1
Jun 5, 2026
1
Russet AntshrikeThamnistes anabatinus
Jun 5, 2026
4
Chestnut-backed AntbirdPoliocrania exsul
Jun 5, 2026
1
Dull-mantled AntbirdSipia laemosticta
Jun 5, 2026
2
Jun 5, 2026
1
Mistletoe TyrannuletZimmerius parvus
Jun 5, 2026
1
Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
Jun 5, 2026
1
Piratic FlycatcherLegatus leucophaius
Jun 5, 2026
2
Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
Jun 5, 2026
2
Long-billed GnatwrenRamphocaenus melanurus
Jun 5, 2026
1
Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
Jun 5, 2026
1
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
Jun 5, 2026
1
Chestnut-headed OropendolaPsarocolius wagleri
Jun 5, 2026
1
Scarlet-rumped CaciqueCacicus uropygialis
Jun 5, 2026
1
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
Jun 5, 2026
1
Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
Jun 5, 2026
2
Blue-black GrosbeakCyanoloxia cyanoides
Jun 5, 2026
1
Golden-hooded TanagerStilpnia larvata
Jun 5, 2026
1
Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
Jun 5, 2026
1
Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti
Jun 5, 2026
1
Black-headed SaltatorSaltator atriceps
Jun 5, 2026
2

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