Birds

894 bird species have been recorded in Costa Rica (including Cocos Island), more than all of the United States and Canada combined.

More than 600 of the Costa Rican species are permanent residents, and upwards of 200 are migrants, spending portions of the year outside of the country, usually in North America. The list includes the ever evasive, but spectacular, Resplendent Quetzal as well as over 50 species of hummingbirds, 15 parrots (including the scarlet macaw and six toucan species like the keel-billed toucan and the mandibled toucan.