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Explore South Pacific

Costa Rica’s South Pacific region brings together rainforest, mountain communities and remarkable coastal landscapes. Uvita, the Osa Peninsula and the Golfo Dulce invite discovery of the connections between forests, rivers and sea. Look closer with Pico and Tati, ask questions and show care by respecting local communities and leaving nature undisturbed.

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Firebush

Firebush is a shrub with clusters of narrow orange to red tubular flowers.

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Golden Trumpet

Golden trumpet is a South American ornamental cultivated and naturalized in Costa Rica.

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Boat-billed Heron

The Boat-billed Heron has an unusually wide flattened bill and large dark eyes.

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Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

This robust tropical heron uses mangroves and freshwater wetlands.

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Great Blue Heron

This large heron searches shallow water for fish and other small animals.

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Great Egret

The Great Egret is a large white wading bird that hunts by waiting or walking slowly in shallow water.

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Little Blue Heron

Adults have slate-blue bodies and purplish heads and necks.

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Wood Stork

The Wood Stork is a large white wader with black flight feathers and a mostly bare dark adult head.

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Neotropic Cormorant

This dark waterbird catches fish by diving and swimming underwater.

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Magnificent Frigatebird

Frigatebirds use very long wings and a deeply forked tail to soar above tropical coasts.

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Osprey

The Osprey is a large raptor that catches fish with its feet.

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Cocos Booby

Cocos Boobies are eastern Pacific seabirds formerly included with Brown Booby.

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