What species of Curassows are found in Costa Rica?
What species of Curassows are found in Costa Rica?
The Great Curassow
KINGDOM: Animalia
PHYLUM: Chordata
CLASS: Birds
ORDER: Galliformes
FAMILY: Cracidae
GENUS: Crax
SPECIES: Crax rubra
The Great Curassow is the largest of all the guans ...
Birding in Costa Rica, what to expect?
Birding in Costa Rica, what to expect?A kingdom of tropical biodiversity, Costa Rica is only the size of West Virginia but lodges 5% of Earth’s species. This small Central American country, located between Nicaragua and ...
What to know about the Cedar Waxwing?
What to know about the Cedar Waxwing?
Cedar Waxwing
Bombycilla cedrorum
ORDER: Passeriformes
FAMILY: Bombycillidae
Basic Description.
The Cedar Waxwing is a silky, shiny collection of brown, gray, and lemon-yellow, accented with a subdued crest, rakish black ...
How many species of Peccaries are there in Costa Rica? (Part 2)
How many species of Peccaries are there in Costa Rica?
Second Part.
White-lipped Peccary (Tayassu Pecari)
Names: Sometimes listed under the genus Dicotyles. Both parts of the scientific name come from the Brazilian Tupi language. Tayassu means taya ...
How many species of Peccaries are there in Costa Rica? (Part 1)
How many species of Peccaries are there in Costa Rica?
Well, the family Tayassuidae has two species in this country, let's talk about them.
First Part.
Collared Peccary (Pecari tajacu)
Names: Also known as the javelina, because of its ...
The Blue Morpho Butterfly of Costa Rica
The Blue Morpho Butterfly of Costa Rica
Type: Insect
Family: Nymphalidae
Range: The most amazing insect in the tropical rainforests of Central America and South America. Blue Morpho is found mainly in forests Throughout the U.S., Mexico, and ...
5 beautiful animals of Costa Rica
5 beautiful animals of Costa Rica
Baird’s Tapir
The Baird's Tapir is Central America’s largest land mammal growing up to six feet long and four feet tall. Resembling something between a rhino, an elephant and a pig, ...
All about the Yellow-Naped Parrot
All about the Yellow-Naped Parrot
CLASS: Birds
ORDER: Psittaciformes
FAMILY: Psittacidae
GENUS: Amazona
SPECIE: auropalliata
Main facts.
Parrots are some of the most amazing animals out there. Their incredible vocal abilities, their outstanding social skills and their wonderful, cheery disposition have earned ...
10 common tropical fruits you can find in Costa Rica
10 common tropical fruits you can find in Costa Rica.Costa Rica is known for its lush jungles, 500,000 different species of animals, and some of the most delectable and nutritious fruit in the world. Wander ...
The howler monkeys of Costa Rica
The howler monkeys of Costa Rica.
Interesting facts about:
Scientific Name: Alouatta palliata
Status in the Wild: Common
Habitat: Cloud Forests, Rainforests, Tropical Dry Forests
Diet: Herbivore
Named for their throaty howls, they can be heard for ...