FAUNE COSTARICIENNE
OISEAUX IDENTIFIES
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| FRANCAIS | ANGLAIS | LATIN | LIEU |
| AIGRETTE BLEUE | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Corcovado |
| AIGRETTE NEIGEUSE | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Boca Tapada |
| ANHINGA D’AMERIQUE | Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | Boca Tapada |
| ARA DE BUFFON (GRAND ARA VERT) | Great green Macaw | Ara ambiguus | Boca Tapada |
| ARA ROUGE | Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao | Osa/ Corcovado |
| ARAÇARI A COLLIER | Collared Aracari | Pteroglossus torquatus | Boca Tapada |
| ARAPONGA TRICARONCULE | Three-wattled Bellbird | Procnias tricarunculatus | Monteverde |
| ARIANE A VENTRE GRIS (colibri) | Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl | Boca Tapada |
| BATARA CAPUCIN | Black-hooded Antshrike | Thamnophilus bridgesi | Corcovado |
| BRILLANT FER-DE-LANCE (Colibri) | Green-crowned Brilliant | Heliodoxa jacula | Monteverde |
| BRUANT CHINGOLO | Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | Quetzales NP |
| BUSE NOIRE | Common Black-Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | Corcovado |
| CALLISTE A COIFFE D’OR | Golden-hooded Tanager | Tangara larvata | Boca Tapada/ Arenal |
| CAMPYLOPTERE VIOLET (colibri) | Violet Sabrewing | Campylopterus hemileucurus | Monteverde |
| CASSIQUE DE MONTEZUMA | Montezuma Oropendola | Psarocolius montezuma | Boca Tapada |
| CHEVALIER GRIVELE | Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | Corcovado |
| COLIBRI A GORGE POURPREE | Purple-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis calolaemus | Monteverde |
| COLIBRI A TETE VIOLETTE | Violet-headed Hummingbird | Klais guimeti | Monteverde |
| COLIBRI DE RIVOLI | Magnificent Hummingbird | Eugenes fulgens | Quetzales NP |
| COLIBRI INSIGNE | Fiery-throated Hummingbird | Panterpe insignis | Quetzales NP |
| COLIBRI JACOBIN | White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora | Tenorio |
| COLIBRI THALASSIN | Green Violetear | Colibri thalassinus | Quetzales NP |
| CORMORAN VIGUA | Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | Boca Tapada |
| COURLIS CORLIEU | Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Corcovado |
| DENDROCYGNE A VENTRE NOIR | Black-bellied Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | Boca Tapada |
| GEAI A FACE BLANCHE | White-throated Magpie-Jay | Calocitta formosa | Arenal/ Tenorio |
| GRAND HERON | Great blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Boca Tapada |
| GRAND HOCCO | Great Curassow | Crax Rubra | Corcovado |
| GRAND TINAMOU | Great Tinamou | Tinamus major | Corcovado |
| GRANDE AIGRETTE | Great Egret | Ardea alba | Boca Tapada |
| GRIVE A BEC NOIR | Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus gracilirostris | Volcan Poas |
| GUIT-GUIT SAI | Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus | Boca Tapada |
| HERON GARDE BOEUF | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Un peu partout |
| IBIS BLANC | White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | Corcovado |
| IBIS VERT | Green Ibis | Mesembrinibis cayennensis | Boca Tapada |
| JACANA DU MEXIQUE | Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa | Boca Tapada/ Tenorio |
| MACAGUA RIEUR | Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | Tenorio |
| MARTIN-PECHEUR VERT | Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | Boca Tapada |
| MERLE FAUVE(l’oiseau national du Costa Rica) | Clay-colored Thrush | Turdus grayi | Un peu partout |
| MERLE FULIGINEUX | Sooty Thrush | Turdus nigrescens | Quetzales NP |
| MOTMOT A BEC LARGE | Broad-billet Motmot | Electron platyrhynchum | Arenal |
| MOUCHEROLLE A LONGS BRINS | Long-tailed Tyrant | Colonia colonus | Boca Tapada |
| ONORE DU MEXIQUE | Bare-throated Tiger-heron | Tigrisoma mexicanum | Corcovado |
| ORGANISTE A GORGE JAUNE (ou Organiste de brousse car difficile de distinguer les 2 espèces) | Yellow-throated Euphonia (ou Scrub Euphonia) | Euphonia hirundinacea (ou Euphonia affinis) | Arenal |
| ORTALIDE A TETE GRISE | Gray-headed Chachalaca | Ortalis cinereiceps | Boca Tapada |
| PELICAN BRUN | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | Côte pacifique |
| PENELOPE PANACHEE | Crested Guan | Penelope purpurascens | Corcovado |
| PIC GLANDIVORE | Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus | Quetzales NP |
| PIC DE PUCHERAN | Black-cheeked Woodpecker | Melanerpes pucherani | Boca Tapada/ Tenorio |
| PIC OUENTOU | Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus | Boca Tapada/Corcovado |
| PIRANGA A DOS RAYE | Flame-colored Tanager | Piranga bidentata | Quetzales NP |
| PTILOGON A LONGUE QUEUE | Long-tailed silky-flycatcher | Ptilogonys caudatus | Quetzales NP |
| QUETZAL RESPLENDISSANT | Resplendent Quetzal | Pharomachrus mocinno | Monteverde/Quetzales NP |
| QUISCALE A LONGUE QUEUE | Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | Rio Tarcolès |
| SALTATOR GRAND-BOIS | Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus | Boca Tapada/ Arenal |
| SALTATOR GRIS | Grayish Saltator | Saltator coerulescens | Boca Tapada |
| SUCRIER A VENTRE JAUNE | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola | Boca Tapada/Monteverde |
| TALEVE VIOLACEE | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinicus | Boca Tapada |
| TANGARA A CROUPION ROUGE(mâle noir et rouge/ femelle jaune et marron) | Passerini’s Tanager | Ramphocelus passerinii | Boca Tapada/ Péninsule d’Osa |
| TANGARA DU COSTA RICA | Cherrie’s Tanager | Ramphocelus costaricensis | Corcovado |
| TANGARA EMERAUDE | Green Honeycreeper | Chlorophanes spiza | Boca Tapada |
| TANGARA EVEQUE | Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | Boca Tapada |
| TANGARA CEINTURE | Crimson-collared Tanager | Ramphocelus sanguinolentus | Boca Tapada |
| TOUCAN A CARENE | Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus | Boca Tapada |
| TOUCAN TOCARD | Black-mandibled Toucan | Ramphastos ambiguus | Boca Tapada |
| TOUI A MENTON D’OR | Orange-chinned parakeet | Brotogeris jugularis | Boca Tapada |
| TOURNEPIERRE A COLLIER | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Corcovado |
| TROGLODYTE DES VOLCANS | Timberline Wren | Thryorchilus browni | Quetzales NP |
| TROGON AURORE | Black-throated Trogon | Trogon rufus | Corcovado |
| TYRAN QUIQUIVI | Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | Boca Tapada |
| URUBU NOIR | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | Partout |
| VANNEAU TERO | Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | Boca Tapada |
MAMMIFERES
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| Français | Anglais | Latin | Lieu |
| AGOUTI | Agouti | Dasyprocta punctata | Boca Tapada/ Corcovado |
| CERF DE VIRGINIE | White-tailed Deer | Odocoileus virginianus | Manuel Antonio |
| CHAUVE-SOURIS A LONG NEZ | Brazilian long-nosed bat | Rhynchonycteris naso | Boca Tapada |
| CHAUVE-SOURIS CAMPEUSE | Tent-making bat | Uroderma bilobatum | Boca Tapada |
| COATI A NEZ BLANC OU COATI BRUN | White-nosed coati (coatimundi) | Nasua narica | Lac Arenal/ Tenorio/ Corcovado/ Manuel Antonio |
| DAGUET D’AMERIQUE CENTRALE | Red Brocket Deer | Mazama temama | Corcovado |
| ECUREUIL A QUEUE ROUGE | Red-tailed squirrel | Sciurus granatensis | Corcovado |
| ECUREUIL MULTICOLORE | Variegated squirrel | Sciurus variegatoides | Volcan Tenorio |
| PARESSEUX A GORGE BRUNE OU PARESSEUX TRIDACTYLE DE BOLIVIE | Three-Toed Sloth | Bradypus variegatus | Lac Arenal / Manuel Antonio |
| RATON LAVEUR | Northern Raccoon | Procyon lotor | Manuel Antonio |
| SAPAJOU A DOS ROUGE OU SINGE ECUREUIL A DOS ROUGE | Red-Backed Squirrel Monkey | Saimiri oerstedii | Manuel Antonio / Corcovado |
| SAPAJOU CAPUCIN ou CAPUCIN MOINE | White-throated capuchin – White-faced capuchin | Cebus capucinus | Manuel Antonio |
| SINGE ARAIGNEE DE GEOFFROY | Central american spider monkey – Black-handed spider monkey | Ateles geoffroyi | Corcovado |
| SINGE HURLEUR À MANTEAU | Mantled howler monkey | Allouata palliata | Boca Tapada/ Corcovado/ Manuel Antonio |
| TAMANDUA DU MEXIQUE (Fourmilier) | Tamandua (Lesser, Banded or Collared Anteater) | Tamandua mexicana | Corcovado |
| TAPIR DE BAIRD | Baird’s Tapir | Tapirus bairdii | Corcovado |
REPTILES ET AMPHIBIENS
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| FRANCAIS | ANGLAIS | LATIN | LIEU |
| ANOLIS HUMILIS (Anole) | Ground Anole | Norops humilis | Boca Tapada |
| BASILIC COMMUN | Jesus Christ Lizard | Basiliscus basiliscus | Corcovado/ Péninsule d’Osa |
| BASILIC VERT ou LEZARD JESUS CHRIST | Double-crested Basilik – Jesus Christ Lizard | Basiliscus plumifrons | Boca Tapada |
| BOTHRIECHIS LATERALIS (très venimeux) | Side-striped palm Pitviper | Bothriechis lateralis | Monteverde |
| CONOPHIS LINEATUS (moyennement venimeux) | Common road Guarder | Conophis lineatus | Corcovado |
| CROCODILE AMERICAIN | American crocodile | Crocodylus acutus | Boca Tapada |
| CTENOSAURE ou IGUANE NOIR A QUEUE EPINEUSE | Ctenosaur, Spine-tailed lizard, black iguana | Ctenosaura similis | Manuel Antonio |
| HOLCOSUS FESTIVUS (lézard) | Central American Whiptail | Ameiva festiva | Arenal |
| IGUANE VERT | Green Iguana | Iguana iguana | Boca Tapada |
| RAINETTE AUX YEUX ROUGES | Red-eyed tree frog/ Gaudy tree frog | Agalychnis callidryas | Boca Tapada/ Tenorio |
| SERPENT LIANE (non venimeux) | Greene vine snake | Oxybelis fulgidus | Arenal |
| SPILOTES PULLATUS (non venimeux) | Oriole Snake (rat snake) | Spilotes pullatus | Corcovado |
INVERTEBRES ET PAPILLONS
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| FRANCAIS | ANGLAIS | LATIN | LIEU |
| ARAIGNEE NEPHILE | Golden orb spider | Nephila clavipes | Corcovado |
| ARLEQUIN DE CAYENNE | Harlequin Beetle | Acrocinus longimanus | Tenorio |
| BERNARD L’HERMITE TERRESTRE | Hermit crab | Coenobita | Corcovado/ Manuel Antonio |
| CRABE DE TERRE ROUGE | Mangrove crab | Cardisoma crassum | Corcovado |
| FOURMIS COUPEUSES DE FEUILLES | Leaf-cutting Ant | Atta cephalotes | Arenal/ Corcovado |
| HIBOU (papillon) | Great Owl | Caligo eurilochus | Tenorio |
| MONARQUE (papillon) | Monarch | Danaus plexippus | Corcovado |
| MYGALE MESOMELAS | Orange-kneed Tarantula | Megaphobema mesomelas | Monteverde |
| PHASMES (insectes brindilles) | Monteverde | ||
| PHYLLIES (insectes feuilles) | Monteverde | ||
| SCORPION | Bark Scorpion | Centruroides margaritatus | Monteverde |
