Costa Rica is home to more bird species (approximately 890) than huge areas such as Europe and North America. Of these, some 600 species are permanent residents.

More than 200 species of migrant birds travel to Costa Rica every year, mostly from North America. From September through November, Costa Rica becomes a corridor for thousands of migrant birds, on their way from North America to South America and Panama. These birds migrate in order to spend the Northern winter at the tropics, where they share available food with resident species. Particularly in October, the passage of thousands of vultures and raptors (hawks, eagles, falcons and their kin) through the Caribbean region of Costa Rica is a spectacular phenomenon that attracts many bird watchers.

Birding Gallery (more photos coming soon!)