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


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.








Scarlet macaws in flight
Scarlet macaws in flight



Hatchling Olive ridley sea turtle headed out to sea



White-faced Capuchin monkeys


Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) wading
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) wading


Montezuma Oropendola (Gymnostinops montezuma) in a palm tree
Montezuma Oropendola (Gymnostinops montezuma) in a palm tree


White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus)
White-faced Capuchin (Cebus capucinus)



Black wasp-like insect with indigo blue eyes, orange wings, and orange antenna. This robber fly or mydas fly, (Asilidae or Mydidae family) is a mimic of the Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis formosa)


Mama two-toed sloth with baby
Mama two-toed sloth with baby


Soldiers of an army ant column
Soldiers of an army ant column



Red-Eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)



Green grasshopper



White-throated Capuchin (Cebus capucinus)


Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) in flight
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana) in flight



Spider on the underside of a banana leaf



Black wasp-like insect with indigo blue eyes, orange wings, and orange antenna. This robber fly or mydas fly, (Asilidae or Mydidae family) is a mimic of the Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis formosa)


Spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi ornatus)
Spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi ornatus)


Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)



Pair of Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii)



Hatchling sea turtle headed toward the Pacific ocean


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bird


Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight
Brown Pelicans (Pelecanus occidentalis) in flight


Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)


Blue Narrow-winged damselfly, family Coenagrionidae [Order ODONATA]
Blue Narrow-winged damselfly, family Coenagrionidae [Order ODONATA]


Yellow moth
Yellow moth


Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea)
Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea)



Red-Eyed Tree Frog on the underside of a banana leaf


Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)
Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)



Mint poison dart frog (Dendrobates auratus)



Sea turtle hatchlings



Isabella's Tiger (Eueides isabella) in the Costa Rican rainforest




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