Photos of wildlife in Costa Rica (Central America) [updated 2009-03-26]

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Below you will find a collection of photos from Costa Rica. Pictures were taken by Rhett A. Butler, copyright 2008. While these images are the property of mongabay.com, it may be permissible to use them for non-commercial purposes (like powerpoint presentations and school projects), provided that the images are not altered in any form. Please read this for more details. If you are interested in using an image in a publication please contact me.

Green grasshopper with an orange abdomen Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus) Sea turtle hatchlings Rescued baby sea turtles Bird in flight Atta leaf-cutter ants Small Postman Butterfly, Heliconius erato White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) Blue and black moth White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) showing its fangs Sleeping Caligo sp or Owl Butterfly Moth White-faced Coatimundi (Nasua narica) Light brown Dung Beetle, family Scarabaeidae Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona) White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus) Black-faced Antthrush (Formicarius analis), captured for study Kinkajou in the rainforest canopy Leaf-footed Bugs (family Coreidae) Transparent moth Arboreal Lesser Anteater (Tamandua tetradactyla) Mantled Howler (Alouatta palliata) Brown and yellow insect with a false eye spot Bird Dung Beetle, family Scarabaeidae Blue morpho, with its wings closed, on a tree trunk Swainson’s Toucan Central American Dwarf Squirrel (Microsciuris alfari) Scarlet macaws in flight Page 1 | Page 2 | Page 3 | Page 4 | Page 5 | Page 6 | Page 7 | Page 8 | Page 9 | Page 10 | Page 11 | Page 12 | Page 13 | Page 14 | Page 15 | Page 16 | Page 17 | Page 18 | Page 19 | Page 20 | Page 21 | Page 22 | Page 23 | Page 24 | Page 25 | Page 26 | Page 27 | Page 28 | Page 29 | Page 30 | Page 31 | Page 32 | Page 33 | Page 34 | Page 35 | Page 36 | Page 37 | Page 38 | Page 39 | Page 40 | Page 41 | Page 42 | Page 43 | Page 44 | Page 45 | Page 46 | Page 47 | Page 48 | Page 49 | Page 50 | Page 51 | Page 52 | Page 53 | Page 54 | Page 55