Field Observations include 231 species

Monte Azul Hotel and Nature Perserve, situated in the mountains and rainforest of southern Costa Rica, offers some of the finest bird watching in the country.

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Starting in October of 2007, Monte Azul Hotel hired Costa Rica birding experts, Noel Ureña and Luis Sánchez Arguedasto, to perform a year-long study of the bird population on our 125 acre Nature Preserve.

As a result of the team's field observations, the Monte Azul birding database includes 231 currently identified species of birds categorized under 41 family groups, among which are found 38 species of latitudinal migrants, 186 resident species and two species whose populations include both resident and migratory categories. 141 species are considered abundant, 67 as common and 18 less common.

Among outstanding observations are the facts that all five species of Honeycreepers reported in Costa Rica are found at Monte Azul, as are 23 species of Hummingbirds.

Monte Azul Hotel offers bird watching tours to hotel guests and is a short drive from the legendary Skutch Ranch. Enjoy an astonishing number of avian inhabitants just outside your hotel room doors, including endemic species to passing migratory birds.

Particularly exceptional is the presence of birds considered difficult to spot by even the most experienced bird watcher, including the Turquoise Cotinga (Cotinga ridwayi) and the White Crested Coquette, both frequently observed on our property.

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