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Costa Rica Wildlife: When is a duck not a duck?

When it’s a black-bellied whistling duck.  If you don’t know what a black-bellied whistling duck is, picture a black, white and brown duck with an...

Costa Rica Wildlife: Meet the White-Nosed Coati

The sloths, monkeys and wild cats may be the headliners, but the white-nosed coati is secretly Costa Rica’s most famous mammal. Or at the...

Costa Rica Wildlife: Meet the White-tailed Deer

White-tailed deer live in Costa Rica, too. If you’re from anywhere from central Canada down to Peru and Bolivia, it’s the same species of deer...

Costa Rica Wildlife: Meet the Common Black Hawk

It’s the big black hawk that you’ve seen around the beach. The common black hawk has a name problem. In English anyway. Yes, there are...

Costa Rica Wildlife: Meet the White-throated Magpie-jay

Big, pretty and blue. What’s not to love? The white-throated magpie-jay is frequently one of the first birds that a visitor sees when they arrive...

Costa Rica Wildlife: Meet the Common Opossum

They’re ugly but they’re still an important member of our tropical ecosystem. The common opossum is one of a handful of opossum species in Costa...

Costa Rica Wildlife: Jaguars on Private Farms in Guanacaste

The presence of jaguars on farms in Guanacaste reflects the success of conservation on private property in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is famously biodiverse. Being...

Costa Rica Wildlife: Meet the Ocelot

Costa Rica is home to a surprising number of spotted cats. If you know one, you probably know the jaguar, the hulking king of...

Costa Rica Wildlife: Meet the Kinkajou

The cutest raccoon-teddy bear-monkey that you’ve probably never heard of. What exactly is a kinkajou? At first glance you’d be forgiven for thinking that it’s...

Wildlife in Costa Rica: Meet the Coyote

Don’t be upset that they’re skinny. They’re long-distance running athletes. This is another animal that is very widely distributed throughout Costa Rica, and for reasons...

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