Tortuguero

Costa Rica · park

Centred on 10.550°, -83.500°.

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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Blue Morpho

Morpho helenor

Electric blue flashes down forest paths, impossible to photograph in flight.

Very likelyCR

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Green Iguana

Iguana iguana

Basking in the crowns of trees along slow rivers.

Very likelyCR

mammalNT

Sensitive · location generalised

Jaguar

Panthera onca

Tracks along the beach at Corcovado; the animal itself is a gift.

Very likelyCR

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Keel-billed Toucan

Ramphastos sulfuratus

Improbable bill, croaking calls above the canopy.

Very likelyCR

mammalVU

Sensitive · location generalised

Leopard

Panthera pardus

Cryptic, solitary, and everywhere, if you know where to look.

Very likelyNA · CR