Aviary

This is a bird watcher’s paradise, as you will see some of the most exciting and colorful birds of Costa Rica, without binoculars! Our Aviary is a refuge for wild birds that have been either captured illegally by hunters and confiscated by the government or donated by their owners. Many of these birds lack the basic skills to survive in the wild on their own.

In the aviary you will find the following birds:

English Common Name

  • Scarlet macaw

  • Yellow crowned euphonia

  • Yellow thighed finch

  • Red-legged honey creeper

  • Blue gray tanager

  • Common bush tanager

  • Silver throated tanager

  • Variable seedeater

  • Yellow faced grassquit

  • Keel billed toucan

  • Red lored parrot

  • Yellow throated euphonia

  • Blue crowned motmot

  • Chestnut mandibled toucan

  • Yellow-bellied seedeater

  • Buff-throated saltator

  • Passerinii tanager

  • Green honey creeper

  • Spangled cheeked tanager

  • Golden-hooded tanager

  • Slate throated red start

  • Black-headed nightingale thrush

  • Red headed barbet

  • Prong billed barbet

  • Black cheeked woodpecker

  • Vermiculated screech owl

  • White crowned parrot

  • Crimson fronted parakeet

  • Barred forest falcon

  • Gray hawk

  • Crested caracara

  • Black guan

  • Chesnut capped brush finch

  • Black bellied whistling duck

Scientific Name

  • Ara macao

  • Euphonia luteicapilla

  • Pselliophorus tibialis

  • Cianerpes cianeus

  • Thraupis episcopus

  • Chlorospingus optalmicus

  • Tangara icterocephala

  • Amauruspiza concolor

  • Tiaris olivacea

  • Ramphastus sulfuratus

  • Amazona autumnalis

  • Euphonia hirundinacea

  • Momotus momota

  • Ramphastus swainsonii

  • Sporofila nigrocolis

  • Saltador maximus

  • Ramphocelus passerinii

  • Chlorofanes zpiza

  • Tangara dowii

  • Tangar larvata

  • Myioborus miniatus

  • Catharus fuscater

  • Eubucco bourcierii

  • Semnornis frantzii

  • Melanerpes pucherani

  • Otus guatemalae

  • Pionus senelis

  • Aratinga finschi

  • Miscratur ruficolis

  • Buteo nictidus

  • Polyborus plancus

  • Chamaepetes unicolor

  • Athlapetes brunneinucha

  • Dendrocygna autumnalis

Spanish Common Name

  • Lapa Roja

  • Eufonia corona amarilla

  • Saltón de muslos

  • Mielero de patas rojas

  • Viuda o viudita

  • Tangara ojeruda

  • Tangara dorada

  • Semillero variable

  • Gallito

  • Tucán pico iris

  • Lora copete rojo

  • Aguío

  • Pájaro bobo

  • Tucán bicolor

  • Semillero de pecho amarillo

  • Buchón

  • Sargento

  • Mielero verde

  • Siete colores

  • Mariposa

  • Reinita

  • Jilguerofalso

  • Barbudo cabecirojo

  • Cocora

  • Carpintero

  • Lechucita del Pacífico

  • Chucuyo

  • Perico frentirojo

  • Halcón de bosque

  • Gavilán gris

  • Caracara

  • Pava negra

  • Saltó

  • Piches de agua

English Common Name

  • Scarlet macaw

  • Yellow crowned euphonia

  • Yellow thighed finch

  • Red-legged honey creeper

  • Blue gray tanager

  • Common bush
    tanager

  • Silver throated tanager

  • Variable seedeater

  • Yellow faced grassquit

  • Keel billed toucan

  • Red lored parrot

  • Yellow throated euphonia

  • Blue crowned motmot

  • Chestnut mandibled toucan

  • Yellow-bellied seedeater

  • Buff-throated saltator

  • Passerinii tanager

  • Green honey
    creeper

  • Spangled cheeked tanager

  • Golden-hooded tanager

  • Slate throated red start

  • Black-headed nightingale thrush

  • Red headed barbet

  • Prong billed barbet

  • Black cheeked woodpecker

  • Vermiculated screech owl

  • White crowned parrot

  • Crimson fronted parakeet

  • Barred forest falcon

  • Gray hawk

  • Crested caracara

  • Black guan

  • Chesnut capped brush finch

  • Black bellied whistling duck

Scientific 
Name

  • Ara macao

  • Euphonia
    luteicapilla

  • Pselliophorus tibialis

  • Cianerpes
    cianeus

  • Thraupis episcopus

  • Chlorospingus
    optalmicus

  • Tangara icterocephala

  • Amauruspiza concolor

  • Tiaris olivacea

  • Ramphastus sulfuratus

  • Amazona autumnalis

  • Euphonia
    hirundinacea

  • Momotus momota

  • Ramphastus
    swainsonii

  • Sporofila
    nigrocolis

  • Saltador maximus

  • Ramphocelus passerinii

  • Chlorofanes
    zpiza

  • Tangara
    dowii

  • Tangara
    larvata

  • Myioborus miniatus

  • Catharus
    fuscater

  • Eubucco bourcierii

  • Semnornis frantzii

  • Melanerpes
    pucherani

  • Otus
    guatemalae

  • Pionus senelis

  • Aratinga
    finschi

  • Miscratur ruficolis

  • Buteo nictidus

  • Polyborus plancus

  • Chamaepetes unicolor

  • Athlapetes
    brunneinucha

  • Dendrocygna
    autumnalis

Spanish Common Name

  • Lapa Roja

  • Eufonia corona
    amarilla

  • Saltón de muslos

  • Mielero de
    patas rojas

  • Viuda o viudita

  • Tangara
    ojeruda

  • Tangara dorada

  • Semillero variable

  • Gallito

  • Tucán pico iris

  • Lora copete rojo

  • Aguío

  • Pájaro bobo

  • Tucán
    bicolor

  • Semillero de pecho amarillo

  • Buchón

  • Sargento

  • Mielero
    verde

  • Siete
    colores

  • Mariposa

  • Reinita

  • Jilguero
    falso

  • Barbudo cabecirojo

  • Cocora

  • Carpintero

  • Lechucita
    del Pacífico

  • Chucuyo

  • Perico
    frentirojo

  • Halcón de bosque

  • Gavilán gris

  • Caracara

  • Pava negra

  • Saltó

  • Piches
    de agua

English Common Name

  • Scarlet macaw

  • Yellow crowned euphonia

  • Yellow thighed finch

  • Red-legged honey creeper

  • Blue gray tanager

  • Common bush tanager

  • Silver throated tanager

  • Variable seedeater

  • Yellow faced grassquit

  • Keel billed toucan

  • Red lored parrot

  • Yellow throated euphonia

  • Blue crowned motmot

  • Chestnut mandibled toucan

  • Yellow-bellied seedeater

  • Buff-throated saltator

  • Passerinii tanager

  • Green honey creeper

  • Spangled cheeked tanager

  • Golden-hooded tanager

  • Slate throated red start

  • Black-headed nightingale thrush

  • Red headed barbet

  • Prong billed barbet

  • Black cheeked woodpecker

  • Vermiculated screech owl

  • White crowned parrot

  • Crimson fronted parakeet

  • Barred forest falcon

  • Gray hawk

  • Crested caracara

  • Black guan

  • Chesnut capped brush finch

  • Black bellied whistling duck

Scientific Name

  • Ara macao

  • Euphonia luteicapilla

  • Pselliophorus tibialis

  • Cianerpes cianeus

  • Thraupis episcopus

  • Chlorospingus optalmicus

  • Tangara icterocephala

  • Amauruspiza concolor

  • Tiaris olivacea

  • Ramphastus sulfuratus

  • Amazona autumnalis

  • Euphonia hirundinacea

  • Momotus momota

  • Ramphastus swainsonii

  • Sporofila nigrocolis

  • Saltador maximus

  • Ramphocelus passerinii

  • Chlorofanes zpiza

  • Tangara dowii

  • Tangaralarvata

  • Myioborus miniatus

  • Catharus fuscater

  • Eubucco bourcierii

  • Semnornis frantzii

  • Melanerpes pucherani

  • Otus guatemalae

  • Pionus senelis

  • Aratinga finschi

  • Miscratur ruficolis

  • Buteo nictidus

  • Polyborus plancus

  • Chamaepetes unicolor

  • Athlapetes brunneinucha

  • Dendrocygna autumnalis

Spanish Common Name

  • Lapa Roja

  • Eufonia corona amarilla

  • Saltón de muslos

  • Mielero de patas rojas

  • Viuda o viudita

  • Tangara ojeruda

  • Tangara dorada

  • Semillero variable

  • Gallito

  • Tucán pico iris

  • Lora copete rojo

  • Aguío

  • Pájaro bobo

  • Tucán bicolor

  • Semillero de pecho amarillo

  • Buchón

  • Sargento

  • Mielero verde

  • Siete colores

  • Mariposa

  • Reinita

  • Jilguero falso

  • Barbudo cabecirojo

  • Cocora

  • Carpintero

  • Lechucita del Pacífico

  • Chucuyo

  • Perico frentirojo

  • Halcón de bosque

  • Gavilán gris

  • Caracara

  • Pava negra

  • Saltón

  • Piches de agua