Animals and wildlife in Costa Rica
Common Name: Fireflies (Lightning Bugs) Type: Insect / Bugs Family: Lampyridae Range: Fireflies are a kind of beetle that is known for their glowing and flashing abilities which have given them the substitute name as lightening bugs. Fireflies love to stay at warm and humid areas. Due to this, they flourish in the tropical regions […]
Common Name: Kingfisher Type: Bird Family: Alcedines Range: Different types of Kingfishers live both in wetlands and woodlands throughout the world. Costa Rica is a magnificent place for birds’ watches. You can see three species of Kingfishers along the river to Tortuguero. There is Amazon Kingfisher, the Ringed Kingfisher and the smallest kingfisher called the […]
Common Name: Jaguarundi Type: Mammal Family: Felidae Range: The Jaguarundi is an animal that is native to Central America. It can also be found in the central countries and northern America to Argentina – it is rarely sighted in several parts of New Mexico and Texas in the southern United States. It is found mainly […]
Common Name: Bushmaster Type: Reptile Family: Viperidae Range: The Central American bushmaster is found all over Central America including Costa Rica with in Northern South America and in Ecuador and Lower Columbia. Bushmasters are inhabitant to southern Central America and all through the northern half of South America. It can be found in southern Nicaragua […]
Common Name: Jaguar Type: Mammal Family: Felidae Range: The Jaguar is native to the Western Hemisphere, where it lives in the tropical rainforests of Central and South America. It is available from the north Mexico to the northern Argentina. Although they were found initially across the whole continents and even into the southern states of […]