All Costa Rica birding tours face a similar quandary. From the initial planning stages even up to and during the tour, the tour planners...

The Costa Rica bird list has recently topped 930 species! That's a sizeable increase from the oft-quoted and antiquated total of 860....

Tanagers are much more than Scarlet, Western, or Summer. During a birding tour in Costa Rica, birders quickly discover that they can also...

There's more than 10,000 species of birds, maybe even 11,000 species. Literally hundreds are fantastic birds with colorful patterns and...

How about a moon-walking Red-capped Manakin? Birding in Costa Rica can be more than seeing and getting pictures of 100s of beautiful...

A birding tour in Costa Rica can take many forms. Focusing on photography, searching for special target birds, or aiming for seeing more...

There's more than one way to see birds in Costa Rica but if you want to see the most birds, including rare species, a guided tour is the...

Updates on entry requirements for birding tours in Costa Rica, August, 2021

Read about better birding in Costa Rica- what that means and how we make it happen at Lifer Tours.

The Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo is one of the more challenging birds to see. On the entire planet. Although this rainforest roadrunner...