Photographed in the wild by Jeff Aguilar
We never saw more animals in one week than in Costa Rica. We saw animals ranging from sloths to monkeys to birds of every kind, to amphibians, reptiles, and more. And we only scratched the amazing surface of this incredibly biodiverse place. I took so many photos of so many animals it will take a while to go through and identify them all.
All photos exclusive copyright of Jeff Aguilar.
Keel-billed Toucan, Bijagua Brown-throated 3-toed Sloth, Bijagua 2-toed Sloth, Bijagua Mahogony Tree Frog, Rio Celeste Red-eyed Tree Frog, Bijagua Crested Caracaras, Near Playa Hermosa
Bare-throated Tiger Heron, Penas Blanca White-nosed Coatimundi, Arenal NP Basilisk Lizard, Penas Blancas Geoffrey’s Spider Monkey, Arenal NP
White-throated Magpie Jay, Playa Hermosa Red Land Crab, Playa Flamingo Hermit Crab, Playa Flamingo Great Currasow, Arenal NP Mantled Howler Monkey, Rio Celeste
Cicada, Rio Celeste Blue-jeans Poison Arrow Frog, Bijagua Banded Owl Butterfly, Tenorio Volcano Clear-winged Butterfly, Tenorio Volcano Spectacled Owl, Penas Blancas
White-faced Capuchin, Palo Verde NP
Scarlet-rumped Tanager (female), Arenal Great Currasow, Arenal NP Montezuma Oropendola, Arenal NP Magnificent Frigatebird, Playa Hermosa Black-bellied Whistling Duck, Playa Hermosa Cormorant, Playa Hermosa Collared Aracari, Arenal NP Butterfly, Arenal NP Tarantula Hawk Wasp, Mistico Bridges
Scarlet-rumped Tanager, Arenal NP Cattle Egret, Penas Blancas Roadside Hawk, Near Katira Rufous-tailed Hummingbird, Arenal Yellow-throated Toucan, Arenal NP
Squirrel, Arenal NP Birds, Arenal NP Green Iguana, Penas Blancas Proboscis Bat, Palo Verde NP
Variegated Squirrel, Playa Hermosa Black Vulture, Playa Hermosa American Crocodile, Palo Verde Crowned Night Heron, Palo Verde Great Egret, Palo Verde Jabiru Stork, Palo Verde
Fruit Fly, Rio Celeste Leaf-cutter Ants, Near La Fortuna Iguana, Playa Grande Fer-de-lance Viper, Mistico Hanging Bridges
Sulfur Cone, Mistico Hanging Bridges Caterpillar, Mistico Bees, Mistico Long-flange Millipede, Near La Fortuna Arenal NP Termite Nest, Bijagua Great Kiskadee, Rio Celeste Daggerwing Butterfly, Playa Hermosa Great Curaasow, Arenal NP
Thrush?, Rio Celeste Cattleheart Butterfly, Arenal NP Mantled Howler Monkey, Rio Celeste Mantled Howler Monkey, Penas Blancas
Spider Monkey, Arenal NP White-faced Capuchins, Arenal NP White-faced Capuchin, Arenal Montezuma Oropendola, Arenal Spider Monkey, Arenal Spider Monkeys, Arenal
Middle American Ameiva, Playa Grande Crested Guans Variegated Squirrel, Playa Hermosa Green Iguana, Palo Verde
Variegated Squirrel Baby Sloth, Near La Fortuna Collared Aracari, Arenal NP
Clay-colored Thrush, Playa Hermosa Tiger Heron in nest, Palo Verde Feral Chicken, Playa Hermosa Baby Crocodile, Palo Verde Baby Crocodile Great-tailed Grackle, Playa Hermosa Roseate Spoonbills, Palo Verde NP
Bats, Rio Celeste Jabiru Stork and Egret, Palo Verde
American Crocodile, Palo Verde
Great Kiskadee, Penas Blancas Coatimundi, Arenal NP Guans, Arenal NP Toucam, Arenal NP Tiger Heron, Penas Blancas
Pink Banana, Bijagua Indian Head Ginger, Bijagua Heliconia, Rio Celeste Ginger, Rio Celeste Drymonia turrialvae, Tenorio Volcano NP
Centropogon granulosus, Tenorio Volcano NP Red Button Ginger, Mistico Park Eleanthus, Arenal NP Painter’s Palette, Arenal NP Cacao Flower, Near La Fortuna Sandbox Tree, Rio Celeste
Angel’s Trumpets, Arenal NP
