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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 Crested Guan, Great Curassow, Gray-headed Chachalaca in the area.

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Trailing 14 Days
Species
Date Spotted
Count
Crested GuanPenelope purpurascens
Jun 5, 2026
1
Great CurassowCrax rubra
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
Rufous MotmotBaryphthengus martii
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
Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus
Jun 5, 2026
1
Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii
Jun 5, 2026
1
Smoky-brown WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus fumigatus
Jun 5, 2026
1
Jun 5, 2026
1
Great AntshrikeTaraba major
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
Thicket AntpittaMyrmothera dives
Jun 5, 2026
2
Cocoa WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus susurrans
Jun 5, 2026
1
Jun 5, 2026
1
Mistletoe TyrannuletZimmerius parvus
Jun 5, 2026
1
Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
Jun 5, 2026
1
Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
Jun 5, 2026
1
Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
Jun 5, 2026
2
Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
Jun 5, 2026
2
Piratic FlycatcherLegatus leucophaius
Jun 5, 2026
2
Brown JayCyanocorax morio
Jun 5, 2026
3
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
Stripe-breasted WrenCantorchilus thoracicus
Jun 5, 2026
1
Bay WrenCantorchilus nigricapillus
Jun 5, 2026
1
White-breasted Wood-WrenHenicorhina leucosticta
Jun 5, 2026
1
Jun 5, 2026
1
Black-striped SparrowArremonops conirostris
Jun 5, 2026
2
Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
Jun 5, 2026
1
Chestnut-headed OropendolaPsarocolius wagleri
Jun 5, 2026
1
Montezuma OropendolaPsarocolius montezuma
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
Jun 5, 2026
1
Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
Jun 5, 2026
1
Buff-rumped WarblerMyiothlypis fulvicauda
Jun 5, 2026
3
Blue-black GrosbeakCyanoloxia cyanoides
Jun 5, 2026
1
Crimson-collared TanagerRamphocelus sanguinolentus
Jun 5, 2026
1
Scarlet-rumped TanagerRamphocelus passerinii
Jun 5, 2026
1
Golden-hooded TanagerStilpnia larvata
Jun 5, 2026
1
Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
Jun 5, 2026
1
Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
Jun 5, 2026
1
Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti
Jun 5, 2026
1
Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximus
Jun 5, 2026
2
Black-headed SaltatorSaltator atriceps
Jun 5, 2026
2
Long-billed HermitPhaethornis longirostris
Jun 2, 2026
1
Jun 2, 2026
1
White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularis
Jun 2, 2026
1
Turkey VultureCathartes aura
Jun 2, 2026
1
Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
Jun 2, 2026
1
White-fronted NunbirdMonasa morphoeus
Jun 2, 2026
2
Red-lored AmazonAmazona autumnalis
Jun 2, 2026
6
Fasciated AntshrikeCymbilaimus lineatus
Jun 2, 2026
1
Northern Barred-WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes sanctithomae
Jun 2, 2026
1
Cinnamon BecardPachyramphus cinnamomeus
Jun 2, 2026
1
Yellow TyrannuletCapsiempis flaveola
Jun 2, 2026
2
Black-throated WrenPheugopedius atrogularis
Jun 2, 2026
1
Orange-billed SparrowArremon aurantiirostris
Jun 2, 2026
1
Red-throated Ant-TanagerDriophlox fuscicauda
Jun 2, 2026
1
Blue-gray TanagerThraupis episcopus
Jun 2, 2026
1
Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
Jun 2, 2026
2
BananaquitCoereba flaveola
Jun 2, 2026
2
Violet SabrewingCampylopterus hemileucurus
Jun 2, 2026
1
Great EgretArdea alba
Jun 2, 2026
1
Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani
Jun 2, 2026
1
Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
Jun 2, 2026
1
Northern Plain-XenopsXenops mexicanus
Jun 2, 2026
1
Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
Jun 2, 2026
2
Scale-crested Pygmy-TyrantLophotriccus pileatus
Jun 2, 2026
1
Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
Jun 2, 2026
1
Tawny-chested FlycatcherAphanotriccus capitalis
Jun 2, 2026
2
Long-tailed TyrantColonia colonus
Jun 2, 2026
1
Lesser GreenletPachysylvia decurtata
Jun 2, 2026
2
Song WrenCyphorhinus phaeocephalus
Jun 2, 2026
1
Yellow-billed CaciqueAmblycercus holosericeus
Jun 2, 2026
1
Palm TanagerThraupis palmarum
Jun 2, 2026
1
Green HoneycreeperChlorophanes spiza
Jun 2, 2026
2

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