Costa Rica Photo Gallery

We visited Costa Rica in July 2004.

Scenery:

Monteverde cloud forest rain forest lowland river waterfall near Arenal Volcano

Birds:

swallow Tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor

white-throated magpie jay White-breasted magpie jay, Calocitta formosa

tiger heron Bare-throated tiger heron, Tigrisoma mexicanum

great egretGreat egret, Ardea alba

boat-billed heron Boat-billed heron (immature), Cochlearius cochlearius

Hummingbirds:

magnificent hummingbird blue-tailed hummingbird Green-crownd brilliant, Heliodoxa jacula

violet sabrewing hummingbird Violet sabrewing, Campylopterus hemileucurus

Mammals:

mantled howler monkey mantled howler monkey Black howler monkey, Alonatta caraya

white-faced capuchin monkeys Whate-faced capuchin, Cebus imitator

long-nosed bats Long-nosed bats, Rhynchonycteris naso

crab-eating raccoon Crab-eating raccoon, Procyon cancrivorus

Insects:

butterfly butterfly butterfly butterfly butterfly butterflies eating a guava flea on butterfly eye

Africanized bees grasshopper

Fish:

three-banded butterfly fish Banded butterflyfish, Chaetodon striatus

barberfish Black butterflyfish, Chaetodon aya

Cortez angelfish Grey angelfish, Pomacanthus arcuatus

Mexican goatfish Snappers

spottail grunts Latin grunts, Haemulon steindachneri

spotted porcupinefish Porcupinefish, Diodon hystrix

balloonfish Balloonfish, Diodon holocanthus

white spotted puffer Spotted puffer, Guentheridia formosa

round stingray Yellow stingray, Urolophus jamaicensis

blunthead triggerfish spotted sharpnose puffer Triggerfish, Balistes sp.

damselfish Damselfish

Panamic green moray Argus moray Moray eels

rock croaker (juvenile) grouper hamlet Unidentified

blenny Blenny

Pacific seahorse Pacific seahorse, Hippocampus ingens

Nudibranchs:

nudibranch nudibranch Samla telja

nudibranch Coryphellina marcusorum

nudibranch Felimarc agassizii

nudibranch unidentified

nudibranch Anetarca armata

Invertebrates:

pen shell Pen shell

land crab Fiddler crab

sea cucumber Sea cucumber

hermit crab Hermit crab

wormsUnidentified

harlequin shrimps Harlequin shrimp, Hymenocera picta

Panamic cushion stars Bat star, Patiria chilensis

sea star Unidentified sea star

octopus Octopus

Reptiles and Amphibians:

tree frog unidentified frog

American crocodile American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus

iguana iguana iguana iguana Iguanas

lizard lizard lizard mating lizards Lizards

We returned to Costa Rica on a wildlife photography trip in July 2025:

Amphibians

Birds

Insects

Mammals

Reptiles

Spiders

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