Birds & Birding in Costa Rica

Upper Montane & Páramo

Copey de Dota Area

• • Province: San José

  • eBird Hotspots visited: Copey de Dota--EL Toucanet Lodge

  • Elevation: 6400’

  • Precipitation: 120-160”/yr

  • Holdridge Life Zone: Tropical Lower Montane Wet Forest

San Gerardo de Dota  Area

• • Province: San José

  • eBird Hotspots visited: Savegre Valley--Miriam's Restaurant & Rest. Alma de Árbol--San Gerardo de Dota (Private Hotspot)

  • Elevation: 7250' to 8900’

  • Precipitation: 120-160”/yr

  • Holdridge Life Zone: Tropical Montane Rain Forest

Paraiso Quetzal Lodge

• • Province: San José

  • eBird Hotspots visited: Paraiso Quetzal Lodge - Km 70

  • Elevation: 8950’

  • Precipitation: 160-200”/yr

  • Holdridge Life Zone: Tropical Montane Rain Forest

Páramo Highlands

• Cerro de la Muerte Area in the Talamanca Mountain Range

  • Province: San José

  • eBird Hotspots visited: PN Los Quetzales--Cerro Buenavista communication towers

  • Elevation 11,400', 

  • Precipitation: 140-180”/yr

  • Holdridge Life Zone: Tropical Montane Rain Forest