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Palo Verde
Main bird watching spots
Secondary bird watching spots
Main Towns Road Network Protected Areas
HOJANCHA
CARMONA
FILADELFIA
BEBEDERO
SANTA CRUZ
Parque Nacional Diriá
SAN VICENTE
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Río Tempisque
BAGACES MONTENEGRO
Palo Verde
CANAS
BOLSON ORTEGA
SANTA BARBARA GUAITIL
COLORADO
Refugio Nacional de Vida Silvestre La Ensenada
MANZANILLO
COSTA DE PAJAROS
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CHOMES Manglares Golfo de Nicoya
PAQUERA
Parque Nacional
Palo Verde
PUERTO HUMO
Parque Nacional Barra Honda
NICOYA
G o l f o
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JICARAL
N i c o y a
LEPANTO
O c é a n o
P a c í f i c o
Cerros de la Península de Nicoya
COBANO
Reserva Natural Absoluta Cabo Blanco
Main birdwatching sites: Palo Verde National Park • Cabo Blanco Absolute Natural Reserve • Curú Mixed Wildlife Refuge • Barra Honda National Park • Tambor Bay and Beach Trails • Tambor Aquifer Recharge Zone • Nicolas Wessberg Absolute Reserve • Karen Mogensen Reserve, Wildlife Refuge • Camaronal • Mangroves of the Gulf of Nicoya • Islas Negritos and Guayabo Biological Reserves • Cabuya and Playa Cedros • Caletas • Arío Mixed Wildlife Refuge • Cipancí National Wildlife Refuge Secondary bird watching sites: Tambor Beach and Pánica River Trail, also known as "the trail of 100 species" • Biscoyol Waterfall Trail • Delfines Lagoons • Curú Finca Los Monos Nature Reserve • Curú Wildlife Reserve Quesera Beach Trails • Raptor Ridge Lowlands • Raptor Ridge Mid Mountain Trail • Raptor Ridge High Mountain Trail • Vanilla Trail • Tree of Jesus Coastal Trail National Parks: Palo Verde, Barra Honda, Diriá and Marino Las Baulas Other protected areas: 2 absolute natural reserves (one state, Cabo Blanco, and another private, Nicolás Wessberg) • 4 state national wildlife refuges (Ostional, Tamarindo and Mata Redonda and Cipancí ) • 2 semi-private (Camaronal and Werner Sauter) • 2 private (Curú and La Ceiba) • 3 protective zones (Nicoya Peninsula, Cerro La Cruz and Nosara) • in addition to two biological reserves located in the Gulf of Nicoya (Isla Guayabo and Isla de los Negritos) Wetlands: Riberino Zapandí • Palustrino Corral de Piedra • Cañas River
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PALO VERDE COSTA RICA
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