The Great Egret is a large white wading bird that hunts by waiting or walking slowly in shallow water.
Explore Central Pacific
Costa Rica’s Central Pacific region connects beach communities with forest and river landscapes. Jacó, Quepos and Manuel Antonio offer different ways to explore the meeting of land and ocean. Look closer with Pico and Tati, ask questions and show care by respecting local communities and leaving nature undisturbed.
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.
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.
