Sunday, March 1, 2026

Bougainvillea Birding

Blue-crowned or Lesson's Motmot - Bird of the Day

 From our hotel's website,

The Hotel Bougainvillea has been a perfect fit for travelers since 1989. Located in a suburb just 10 minutes from downtown San José, we have made a name for ourselves by providing a genuine home-away-from-home experience that keeps our guests returning year after year.

The Bougainvillea is nestled within an award-winning tropical botanical garden that attracts many of the birds and butterflies that Costa Rica is famous for. We are confident you will long remember your time spent in this ten acre gem that is widely recognized as one of the most beautiful gardens in the country.

This is the third time I have had the pleasure of visiting the Hotel Bougainvillea and, if you appreciate gardens and birds, you will love it - as we have.

We recorded the following species:

Costa Rica's National Bird - Clay colored Thrush


Bicolored Hawk

Bicolored Hawk
Mottled Owl  

Grey-headed Chachalaca

Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)

Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)

Crested Caracara

Crimson-Fronted Parakeet (Aratinga finschi)

Social Flycatcher      
Great Kiskadee

Boat billed Flycatcher (Megarhynchus pitangua)

Rufous-Collared Sparrow (Zonotrichi capencis)

Baltimore Oriole

Tropical Kingbird

Red billed Pigeon
Hoffman's Woodpecker


Hoffman's Woodpecker


Hoffman's Woodpecker
Rufous browed Pepper-shrike

Rufous browed Pepper-shrike

Rufous backed Wren


Cinnamon-bellied [or Grayish] Saltator (Saltator grandis)

                  
Great tailed Grackle

Tropical Mockingbird

White-winged Dove

Inca Dove
Black and White Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Golden hooded Tanager

Blue-grey Tanager

White fronted Amazon

I also recorded  [but didn't photograph]: Blue And White Swallow, Turkey Vulture, Black Vulture, White tailed Kite, House Wren, Melodious Blackbird, Summer Tanager, Brown Jay, Yellow Warbler, Chestnut sided Warbler, Black and White Warbler, Rufous-capped warbler, Philadelphia Vireo, and House Sparrow.

Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides

Green Iguana Iguana iguana

Green Iguana

Green Iguana


Monarch Danaus plexippus

Malachite Siproeta stelenes


Dancer sp [A damselfly]

Mexican Zebra Longwing Heliconius charithonia vazquezae

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