The Green Heron is a compact hunter with a dark greenish back, chestnut neck and a short crest.
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
This sturdy heron often hunts crabs and other crustaceans around coastal wetlands.
Black-necked Stilt
Black-necked Stilts have exceptionally long pink legs, a thin straight dark bill and contrasting black-and-white plumage.
Royal Tern
The Royal Tern is a large pale coastal tern with a substantial orange bill and ragged dark crest.
Panama Hermit Crab
Clibanarius panamensis is a marine hermit crab documented in Costa Rican coastal collections.
Pacific Land Hermit Crab
Coenobita compressus is a land hermit crab whose adult life is spent on land near the coast.