Birdwatching in Costa Rica | Birds of the Central Pacific Lowlands | Villa Lapas | 2025

The Central Pacific Lowlands of Costa Rica stretches from the Tarcoles River in the North down to the Sierpe River in the South. Especially the area around the Tarcoles River and the Carara National Park are famous among birdwatchers. The beaches along the Pacific coast attract shore and sea birds in huge numbers. The river mouths with dense mangrove forests are ideal places to look for special birds like the Mangrove hummingbird. During our stay at the Villa Lapas Jungle Village we did a long boat trip on the Tarcoles river, visited the Carara National Park, walked along the Tarcoles beach and went on many roadside birdings in the wider area. We spend the evenings at the Tiko Restaurant high up in the mountains. We enjoyed the wonderful view over the Tarcoles river valley, the amazing bird watching terrasse and delicious Asian cuisine. Welcome to part 6 of our three week bird watching tour to Costa Rica in December 2024 and January 2025. We stayed three nights at the Villa Lapas Jungle Village near the Tarcoles River and Carara National Park. In this six part series we visited the following locations: Talamanca Highlands:    • Birdwatching in Costa Rica | Birds of the ...   Carribbean Lowlands:    • Birdwatching in Costa Rica | Birds of the ...   Caño Negro Wetlands:    • Birdwatching in Costa Rica | Birds of the ...   Carribean Foothills:    • Birdwatching in Costa Rica | Birds of the ...   Northern Pacific Lowlands:    • Birdwatching in Costa Rica | Birds of the ...   Central Pacific Lowlands:    • Birdwatching in Costa Rica | Birds of the ...   Please find all the animal species names in the video subtitles [CC] or in the description below. With best regards, Sandra and Markus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Species list: 00:19 Black-bellied whistling duck 00:28 Black-necked stilt 00:47 Short-billed dowitcher 00:56 Limpkin 01:06 Juvenile snail kite 01:15 Southern lapwing 01:22 Juvenile snail kite 01:25 Osprey 02:38 Yellow-crowned night heron 02:47 Green kingfisher 02:58 American crocodile 03:23 Scarlet macaw 03:28 Double-striped thick-knee 03:38 Great egret 03:53 Snowy egret 03:58 Black-necked stilt 04:08 Bare-throated tiger heron 04:23 Peregrine falcon 04:28 Amazon kingfisher 04:48 Yellow-headed caracara 05:08 Common black hawk 05:23 Crested caracara 05:28 Osprey 05:37 Semipalmated plover 05:58 Royal tern 06:13 Great-tailed grackle 06:18 Royal tern 06:28 Western sandpiper 06:43 Western willet 07:03 Neotropic cormorant 07:13 Wood stork 07:28 Magnificent frigatebird 08:08 Brown pelican 08:28 Crab-eating raccoon 08:53 Spectacled caiman 09:08 Mangrove hummingbird 09:28 Blue-winged teal 09:38 Little blue heron 09:53 American white ibis 10:08 Roseate spoonbill 10:28 Scarlet macaw 11:14 Wood stork 11:24 Black vulture 11:34 Scissor-tailed flycatcher 11:48 Black spiny-tailed iguana 12:06 Ferruginous pygmy owl 12:26 Common black hawk 12:31 Inca dove 12:36 Plain-breasted ground dove 12:41 Hoffmann's woodpecker 12:50 Tropical kingbird 13:00 Scaly-breasted hummingbird 13:25 American redstart 13:29 Yellow warbler 13:48 Philadelphia vireo 13:58 Western giant swallowtail 14:02 Juvenile black spiny-tailed iguana 14:07 Southern beardless tyrannulet 14:17 Summer tanager 14:31 Philadelphia vireo 14:36 Turquoise-browed motmot 14:55 Rose-breasted grosbeak 15:14 Chestnut-capped warbler 15:21 Gray hawk 15:34 Collared forest falcon 15:43 Squirrel cuckoo 15:58 Yellow-olive flatbill 16:12 Striped cuckoo 16:36 Slaty-tailed trogon 16:50 Rose-throated becard 17:00 Streak-headed woodcreeper 17:05 Summer tanager 17:14 Juvenile brown basilisk 17:19 Plain-capped starthroat 17:38 Blue-throated goldentail 17:43 Blue-vented hummingbird 17:48 Yellow-throated toucan 18:02 Variable seedeater 18:07 White-necked jacobin 18:27 Fiery-billed aracari 19:10 Black spiny-tailed iguana 19:17 Black-hooded antshrike 19:37 Common potoo 19:44 Northern barred woodcreeper 20:01 Central American agouti 20:11 Pacific screech owl 20:28 Lesser nighthawk 20:32 Panama flycatcher 20:45 Red-eyed tree frog 20:55 Brown forest skink 21:05 Northern black-throated trogon 21:19 Hourglass treefrog 21:40 Chestnut-backed antbird 21:53 Green-and-black poison dart frog 22:07 Lesson's motmot 22:27 Northern cat-eyed snake 22:41 Central American agouti 22:54 Velvety manakin 23:15 Sulphur-rumped flycatcher 23:42 Ruddy-tailed flycatcher 24:04 White-nosed coati 24:17 Great-tailed grackle 24:31 Black spiny-tailed iguana 24:49 Crested caracara 24:55 Immature common black hawk 25:02 Crested caracara 25:15 Bare-throated tiger heron 25:24 Turkey vulture 25:38 Royal tern 25:42 Brown pelican 26:00 Sanderling 26:18 Royal tern 26:26 Sandwich tern 26:31 Whimbrel 26:53 Magnificent frigatebird 27:02 Sanderling ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Chapters in this video: 00:00 Birdwatching on the way to Villa Lapas 02:07 Tarcoles River Cruise 11:05 Roadside Birding and Tiko Restaurant 18:49 Carara National Park Excursion 23:56 Birdwatching at the Pacific Ocean ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ #costarica #birdwatching #tarcolesriver #cararanationalpark #villalapas