Osa Peninsula

Costa Rica · peninsula

Centred on 8.550°, -83.500°.

25 km zone · high confidence · updated 1 day ago

Likely encounters

mammalEN

Sensitive · location generalised

Baird's Tapir

Tapirus bairdii

Ancient forest engineer; patience is the only technique.

Very likelyCR

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Green Iguana

Iguana iguana

Basking in the crowns of trees along slow rivers.

Very likelyCR

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Mantled Howler Monkey

Alouatta palliata

The sound of the neotropics at first light.

Very likelyCR

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Scarlet Macaw

Ara macao

Pairs streaking above the beach almond trees at Carara.

Very likelyCR

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Three-toed Sloth

Bradypus variegatus

Slow-motion cecropia specialists: look up, then look up again.

Very likelyCR

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White-faced Capuchin

Cebus imitator

Clever, curious troops. Do not feed them, ever.

Very likelyCR