We visited Costa Rica in July 2004.
Scenery:
Birds:
Tree swallow, Tachycineta bicolor
White-breasted magpie jay, Calocitta formosa
Bare-throated tiger heron, Tigrisoma mexicanum
Boat-billed heron (immature), Cochlearius cochlearius
Hummingbirds:
Green-crownd brilliant, Heliodoxa jacula
Violet sabrewing, Campylopterus hemileucurus
Mammals:
Black howler monkey, Alonatta caraya
Whate-faced capuchin, Cebus imitator
Long-nosed bats, Rhynchonycteris naso
Crab-eating raccoon, Procyon cancrivorus
Insects:
Fish:
Banded butterflyfish, Chaetodon striatus
Black butterflyfish, Chaetodon aya
Grey angelfish, Pomacanthus arcuatus
Latin grunts, Haemulon steindachneri
Balloonfish, Diodon holocanthus
Spotted puffer, Guentheridia formosa
Yellow stingray, Urolophus jamaicensis
Pacific seahorse, Hippocampus ingens
Nudibranchs:
Invertebrates:
Harlequin shrimp, Hymenocera picta
Reptiles and Amphibians:
American crocodile, Crocodylus acutus
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