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All year
Ara ambiguus
Common name: Great Green Macaw
Photo: ICT
Jacana spinosa
Common name:
Northern Jacana
Photo: ICT
Ramphastos sulfuratus
Common name:
Keel-billed Toucan
Photo: Laurens Alvarez
Pandion haliaetus
Common name:
Osprey
Photo: David Chiapponi
All year
26oC
Average annual temperature
4.500 - 6.000
Annual precipitation
Mammal
species (101 genera and 32 families)
All year
It includes the watershed of the Río Colorado, an offshoot of the Río San Juan. The Barra del Colorado Wildlife Reserve is a swampy area of great importance for the conservation of wild aquatic fauna and flora. Some of the species that can be seen here include the osprey, neotropic cormorant, great tinamou, little blue heron, tricolor heron, rainbow-billed toucan, white-tailed kite and red-lored amazon.
All year nest from May to February
observation of turtle nesting.
Tortuguero National Park
Far away from the city and made up of an extensive network of rivers and canals, the only way to get there is in a small boat.
Trails
El Gavilán overland trail, Río Tortuguero aquatic trail, Caño Chiquero aquatic trail, Caño Harold aquatic trail, Caño Mora aquatic trail, Jaguar trail.
In addition to being a nesting site for green sea turtles, the beaches are visited by the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea), hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) and the loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta).
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The best months to witness this spectacle are between
March and June for loggerhead turtles and between July
and October for green turtles. Turtle watching must always be carried out with an
National Wildlife Refuge
Barra del Colorado - Cerro Tortuguero Sector
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Plant species
Mammal species
Amphibian species
Bird species (approximately)
Reptile species
Fish species
Of coastline Ha of canals, lagoons, rivers and delta islands.
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400 110 70
Tropical rainforest
442
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Bird species
Reptile
species (76 genera and 22 families)
Amphibian
138
Hectares of land
Hectares of marine area
species (27 genera and 11 families)
Arthropod species
Plant species
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Sea turtle species:
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