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MAMMALS • AMPHIBIANS • LIZARDS • SNAKES • BIRDS

COMMON MAMMALS of the Osa Peninsula, COsta Rica

Spider Monkey (Ateles geoffroyi)
Howler Monkey (Aloutta palliata)
Capuchin Monkey (Cebus capucinus)
Squirrel Monkey (Saimiri oerstedii)
Coati (Nasua narica)
Agouti (Dasyprocta punctate)
Three-Toed Sloth (Bradypus variegatus)
Tamandua (Tamandua Mexicana)
Collared Peccary (Tayassu tajacu)
Two-Toed Sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni)
Kinkajou (Potos flavus) (Nocturnal)

Paca (Agouti paca)
Tayra (Eira barbara)
Naked-Tailed Armadillo (Cabassous centralis)
Nine-Banded Long-Nosed Armadillo (Dasypus novemcinctus)
Crab-Eating Raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus)
Northern Raccoon (Procyon lotor)
Margay (Leopardus wiedii)
Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
Jaguarundi (Herpailurus yagouaroundi)
Puma (Puma concolor)
Jaguar (Panthera onca)
Tapirs (Tapirus bairdii)
White-Lipped Peccary (Tayassu pecari)
Red Brocket Deer (Mazama americana)
Striped Hog-Nosed Skunk (Conepatus semistriatus)
Silky Anteater (Cyclopes didactylus)
4 Species of Opossums (Nocturnal)
Many Species of Bat
4 Species of Squirrels
10 Species Mice and Rats

Amphibians of the Osa Peninsula, COsta Rica

SALAMANDERS

Camron Climbing Salamander (Bolitoglossa lignicolor )
Allen's Worm Salamander (Oedipina alleni)
Pacific Worm Salamander (Oedipina pacificensis)

TOADS (Bufonidae)

Cane Toad (Rhinella marina)
No Common Name (Incilius aucoinae)

TRUE FROGS (Leptodactylidae)

No Common Name (Leptodactylus bolivianus)
Savage's Thin-Toed Frog (Leptodactylus savagei)
White-lipped Foam Frog (Leptodactylus labialis)
Turbo White-lipped Frog (Leptodactylus poecilochilus)

TUNGARA FROG (Leiuperidae)

Túngara Frog (Engystomops pustulosus)

LEAF LITTER FROGS

Isla Bonita Robber Frog (Craugastor crassidigitus)
Common Rain Frog (Craugastor fitzingeri)
Veragua Robber Frog (Craugastor rugosus)
Stejneger's Robber Frog (Craugastor stejnegerianus)

DINK FROGS (Eleutherodactylidae)

Common Dink Frog (Diasporus diastema)
Agua Buena robber frog (Diasporus vocator)

TREE FROGS OR LEAF FROGS (Hylidae)

Red-eyed Tree Frog (Agalychnis callidryas)
Gliding Tree Frog (Agalychnis spurrelli)
Rosenberg's Gladiator Tree Frog (Hypsiboas rosenbergi)
Hourglass Tree Frog (Dendrosophus ebraccatus)
Boulenger's Snouted Tree Frog (Scinax boulengeri)
Olive Snouted Tree Frog (Scinax elaeochroa)
Common Mexican Tree Frog (Smilisca phaeota)
Panama Cross-banded Tree Frog (Smilisca sila)
Veragua Cross-banded Tree Frog (Smilisca sordida)

GLASS FROGS (Centrolenidae)

Granular Glass Frog or Grainy Cochran Frog (Cochranella granulosa)
Nicaragua Giant Glass Frog (Espadarana prosoblepon)
Bare-hearted Glass Frog, Plantation Glass Frog, Cricket Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium colymbiphyllum)
La Palma Glass Frog (Hyalinobatrachium valerioi)
No Common Name (Sachatamia albomaculata)
Powdered Glass Frog or Chiriqui Glass Frog (Teratohyla pulverata)

POISON DART FROGS (Dendrobatidae)

Green and Black Poison Dart Frog (Dendrobates auratus)
Granular Poison Frog (Oophaga granuligera)
Golfodulcean Poison Frog (Phyllobates vittatus)
Rainforest Rocket Frog (Silverstoneia flotator)

ROCKET FROGS (Aromobatidae)

Talamanca Rocket Frog, Striped Rocket Frog, Talamanca Striped Rocket Frog (Allobates talamancae)

LIZARDS of the Osa Peninsula, COsta Rica

JESUS CHRIST LIZARDS, BASILISKS (Corytophanidae)

Common Basilisk (Basiliscus basiliscus)
Helmeted Iguana (Corytophanes cristatus)

GECKOS (Gekkonidae)

Common (or Asian) House Gecko (Hemydactilus frenatus)
Turnip-tailed Gecko (Thecadactylus rapicauda)
Yellow-headed Gecko (Gonatodes albogularis)

SPECKLED LIZARDS (Gymnophthalmidae)

Northern Speckled Lizard (Leposoma southi)
Uzzell's Neusticurus (Potamites apodemus)

IGUANAS (Iguanidae)

Green Iguana (Iguana iguana)

ANOLES (Polychrotidae)

Water Anole (Norops aquaticus)
Bighead Anole (Norops capito)
Becker's Lichen Anole (Norops charlesmyersi)
Slender Anole (Norops limifrons)
Golfo-Dulce Anole or Many-scaled Anole (Norops polylepis)
Berthold's Bush Anole (Polychrus gutturosus)

SKINKS (Scincidae)

Central American Mabuya (Mabuya unimarginata)
Brown Forest Skink (Sphenomorphus cherriei)

WHIPTAILS, RACERUNNERS (Teiidae)

Middle American Ameiva, Central American Whiptail, or Tiger Ameiva (Ameiva festiva)
Delicate Ameiva (Ameiva leptophrys)

NIGHT LIZARDS (Xantusidae)

Costa Rican Tropical Night Lizard (Lepidophyma reticulatum)

SNAKES of the Osa Peninsula, COsta Rica

BOAS (Boidae)

Boa Constrictor (Boa constrictor)

DWARF BOAS (Ungaliophidae)

Panamanian Dwarf Boa (Ungaliophis panamensis)

COLUBRIDS (Colubridae)

Ecuador Sipo (Chironius grandisquamis)
South American Forest Racer (Dendrophidion percarinatum)
Parrot Snake or Lora (Leptophis ahaetulla)
Salmon-bellied Racer, Dryad Snake (Mastigodryas melanolomus)
Puffing Snake (Pseustes poecilonotus)
Tropical Rat Snake (Spilotes pullatus)
Degenhardt's Scorpion Eating Snake (Stenorrhina degenhardtii)
Tricolored Crowned Snake (Tantilla supracinta)
Rough Coffee Snake (Notopsis rugosus)
Rustyhead Snake (Amastridium veliferum)
Yellowbelly Snake (Coniophanes fissidens)
Taylor's Snail-eater (Dipsas tenuissima)
Colombian Longtail Snake (Enulius sclateri)
Costa Rica Water Snake (Hydromorphus concolor)
Blunthead Tree Snake, Fiddle-String Snake (Imantodes cenchoa)
Northern Cat-eyed Snake (Leptodeira septentrionalis)
Adorned Graceful Brown Snake (Rhadinaea decorata)
Slender Snail Sucker (Sibon dimidiatus)
Clouded Snake (Sibon nebulatus)
Common Mussurana (Clelia clelia)
False Coral Snake or Calico Snake (Oxyrophus petolarius)
Tropical Flat Snake (Siphlophis compressus)

ELAPIDS (Elapidae)

Allen's Coral Snake (Micrurus alleni)
Clark's Coral Snake (Micrurus clarki)
Central American Coral Snake (Micrurus nigrocinctus)

VIPERS (Viperidae)

Eyelash Viper (Botriechis schlegelii)
Fer-de-lance, Terciopelo (Bothrops asper)
Black-headed Bushmaster (Lachesis melanocephala)
White-tailed Hognose Viper Snake (Porthidium porrasi)

BIRDS of the Osa Peninsula, COsta Rica

Great Tinamou (Tinamus major)
Little Tinamou (Crypturellus soui)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata)

Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps )
Crested Guan (Penelope purpurascens)
Great Curassow (Crax rubra)

Marbled Wood-Quail (Odontophorus gujanensis )

Least Grebe (Tachybaptus dominicus)

Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
Pale-vented Pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis)
Short-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris)
Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti)
Blue Ground-Dove (Claravis pretiosa)
Ruddy Quail-Dove (Geotrygon montana)
White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
Gray-chested Dove (Leptotila cassinii)

Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)

Common Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis)
Short-tailed Nighthawk (Lurocalis semitorquatus)
Lesser Nighthawk (Chordeiles acutipennis)

Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus)

White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
Costa Rican Swift (Chaetura fumosa)
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (Panyptila cayennensis)
Black Swift (Cypseloides niger)
Chestnut-Collared Swift (Streptoprocne rutila)
Spot-fronted Swift (Cypseloides cherriei)

White-tipped Sicklebill (Eutoxeres aquila)
White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
Band-tailed Barbthroat (Threnetes ruckeri)
Long-billed Hermit (Phaethornis longirostris)
Stripe-throated Hermit (Phaethornis striigularis)
Purple-crowned Fairy (Heliothryx barroti)
Green-breasted Mango (Anthracothorax prevostii)
Veraguan Mango (Anthracothorax veraguensis)
White-crested Coquette (Lophornis adorabilis)
Long-billed Starthroat (Heliomaster longirostris)
Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii)
Crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
Charming Hummingbird (Amazilia decora)
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
Blue-throated Goldentail (Hylocharis eliciae)

Laterallus albigularis White-throated Crake (Laterallus albigularis)
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail (Aramides cajaneus)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinicus)

Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)

Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)

Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)

Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)

Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)

Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)

Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)

Fasciated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma fasciatum)
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)

White Ibis (Eudocimus albus)
Roseate Spoonbill (Platalea ajaja)

Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)

Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
Gray-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis)
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
Pearl Kite (Gampsonyx swainsonii)
White-tailed Kite (Elanus leucurus)
Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus)
Tiny Hawk (Accipiter superciliosus)
Crane Hawk (Geranospiza caerulescens)
Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
Roadside Hawk (Rupornis magnirostris)
White Hawk (Pseudastur albicollis)
Gray-lined Hawk (Buteo nitidus)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
Black Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus tyrannus)
Ornate Hawk-Eagle (Spizaetus ornatus)

Barn-Owl (Tyto alba)
Tropical Screech-Owl (Megascops choliba)
Crested Owl (Lophostrix cristata)
Spectacled Owl (Pulsatrix perspicillata)
Mottled Owl (Ciccaba virgata)
Black-and-white Owl (Ciccaba nigrolineata)
Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena)
Baird's Trogon (Trogon bairdii)
Gartered Trogon (Trogon caligatus)
Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus)

Lesson’s Motmot (Momotus lessonii)
Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquatus)
Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea)

White-necked Puffbird (Notharchus hyperrhynchus)
White-whiskered Puffbird (Malacoptila panamensis)

Rufous-tailed Jacamar (Galbula ruficauda)

Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii)
Yellow-throated Toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus)

Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus)
Golden-naped Woodpecker (Melanerpes chrysauchen)
Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus)
Rufous-winged Woodpecker (Piculus simplex)
Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
Pale-billed Woodpecker (Campephilus guatemalensis)

Barred Forest-Falcon (Micrastur ruficollis)
Collared Forest-Falcon (Micrastur semitorquatus)
Red-throated Caracara (Ibycter americanus)
Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway)
Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)
Laughing Falcon (Herpetotheres cachinnans)
Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)

Scarlet Macaw (Ara macao)
Crimson-fronted Parakeet (Psittacara finschi)
Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)
Brown-hooded Parrot (Pyrilia haematotis)
White-crowned Parrot (Pionus senilis)
Red-lored Parrot (Amazona autumnalis)
Mealy Parrot (Amazona farinosa)

Great Antshrike (Taraba major)
Black-hooded Antshrike (Thamnophilus bridgesi)
Russet Antshrike (Thamnistes anabatinus)
Slaty Antwren (Myrmotherula schisticolor)
Dot-winged Antwren (Microrhopias quixensis)
Chestnut-backed Antbird (Myrmeciza exsul)
Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys bicolor)
Streak-chested Antpitta (Hylopezus perspicillatus)
Black-faced Antthrush (Formicarius analis)

Scaly-throated Leaftosser (Sclerurus guatemalensis)
Long-tailed Woodcreeper (Deconychura longicauda)
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla anabatina)
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
Northern-barred Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae)
Cocoa Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus susurrans)
Black-striped Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus)
Plain Xenops (Xenops minutus)
Buff-throated Foliage-glean (Automolus ochrolaemus)
Striped Woodhaunter (Automolus subulatus)
Pale-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis albescens)
Slaty Spinetail (Synallaxis brachyura)

Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet (Ornithion semiflavum)
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum)
Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola)
Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis)
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (Mionectes oleagineus)
Paltry Tyrannulet (Zimmerius vilissimus)
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)
Northern Bentbill (Oncostoma cinereigulare)
Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
Eye-ringed Flatbill (Rhynchocyclus brevirostris)
Yellow-olive Flycatcher (Tolmomyias sulphurescens)
Golden-crowned Spadebill (Platyrinchus coronatus)
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher (Terenotriccus erythrurus)
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher (Myiobius sulphureipygius)
Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus)
Rufous Mourner (Rhytipterna holerythra)
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
Gray-capped Flycatcher (Myiozetetes granadensis)
Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus)
Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus forficatus)
Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana)
Northern Schiffornis (Schiffornis veraepacis)
Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
Black-crowned Tityra (Tityra inquisitor)
White-winged Becard (Pachyramphus polychopterus)
Rose-throated Becard (Pachyramphus aglaiae)

Turquoise Cotinga (Cotinga ridgwayi)
Rufous Piha (Lipaugus unirufus)
Three-wattled Bellbird (Procnias tricarunculatus)
Yellow-billed Cotinga (Carpodectes antoniae)

Blue-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix coronata)
Orange-collared Manakin (Manacus aurantiacus)
Red-capped Manakin (Ceratopipra mentalis)
Tawny-crowned Greenlet (Tunchiornis ochraceiceps)
Lesser Greenlet (Pachysylvia decurtatus)
Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)
Philadelphia Vireo (Vireo philadelphicus)
Green-Shrike-Vireo (Vireolanius pulchellus)

Brown Jay (Psilorhinus morio)

Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
Southern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx ruficollis)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)

House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
Black-bellied Wren (Pheugopedius fasciatoventris)
Isthmian Wren (Cantorchilus elutus)
Riverside Wren (Cantorchilus semibadius)
Long-billed Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus)
Tropical Gnatcather (Polioptila plumbea)

Swainson's Thrush (Catharus ustulatus)
Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
White-throated Thrush (Turdus assimilis)
Tropical Mockingbird (Mimus gilvus)

Yellow-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia luteicapilla)
Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)
Spot-crowned Euphonia (Euphonia imitans)
White-vented Euphonia (Euphonia minuta)

Northern Waterthrush (Parkesia noveboracensis)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
Tennessee Warbler (Oreothlypis peregrina)
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat (Geothlypis poliocephala)
Mourning Warbler (Geothlypis philadelphia)
Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa)
Yellow Warbler (Setophaga petechia)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
Buff-rumped Warbler (Myiothlypis fulvicauda)
Ovenbird (Seiurus aurocapilla)
Worm-eating Warbler (Helmitheros vermivorum)
Golden-winged Warbler (Vermivora chrysoptera)
American Redstart (Setophaga ruticilla)

Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
Golden-hooded Tanager (Tangara larvata)
Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
Gray-headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata)
White-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus)
White-throated Shrike-Tanager (Lanio leucothorax)
Cherries's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis)
Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus)
Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (Dacnis venusta)
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
Thick-billed Seed-Finch (Sporophila funerea)
Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
White-collared Seedeater (Sporophila torqueola)
Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis)
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater (Sporophila minuta)
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)

Orange-billed Sparrow (Arremon aurantiirostris)
Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris)

Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Scarlet Tager (Piranga olivacea)
Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager (Habia atrimaxillaris)
Blue-black Grosbeak (Cyanocompsa cyanoides)
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)

Red-breasted Blackbird (Sturnella militaris)
Eastern Meadowlark (Sturnella magna)
Melodious Blackbird (Dives dives)
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Shiny Cowbird (Molothrus bonariensis)
Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
Giant Cowbird (Molothrus oryzivorus)
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Yellow-billed Cacique (Amblycercus holosericeus)
Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Cacicus uropygialis)

Other species/ insects

Moths

Tarantulas

Spiders (many species)

Scorpions

Butterflies (many species)

Nocturnal Insects (many species)

Ants (many species)

Beetles (many species)