Adults have slate-blue bodies and purplish heads and necks.
Explore Caribbean
Costa Rica’s Caribbean region brings together coastal communities, rainforest and winding waterways. From Tortuguero to Cahuita and Puerto Viejo, discover wildlife alongside Afro-Caribbean and Indigenous cultural heritage. Explore at a thoughtful pace, respect local guidance and discover how small choices can care for both community and nature.
Wood Stork
The Wood Stork is a large white wader with black flight feathers and a mostly bare dark adult head.
Magnificent Frigatebird
Frigatebirds use very long wings and a deeply forked tail to soar above tropical coasts.
Royal Tern
The Royal Tern is a large pale coastal tern with a substantial orange bill and ragged dark crest.
Hudsonian Whimbrel
This large shorebird uses its long downward-curved bill to find crabs and other small animals on coastal flats.
Ruddy Turnstone
A Ruddy Turnstone uses a short sturdy bill to flip small objects and search for hidden invertebrates.
