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Birders Take Notice!

Blue-Crowned Motmot

AmaTierra is being called a "newly discovered hot spot" for viewing birds of the Pacific slope Woodland area. Since February 2007, more than 65 species of birds have been identified within the 8 acres of AmaTierra Hotel & Retreat.

If you are planning a trip specifically for birdwatching, AmaTierra is only an hour's plus drive from San Jose. Why not break up your journey en route to the Pacific Coast and enjoy the remote and peaceful woodland gardens of AmaTierra? Or use this hideaway as a convenient base to visit Turubari Park (15 minutes’ drive) or the hot and steamy Tarcoles Region (Carara Park, 45 min. drive).

Afterwards, return to the cooler elevations for a cold drink, some great healthy food on the balcony (still birdwatching from magnificent views) and perhaps a dip in the pool or a massage.

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Keel Billed Toucan

Cattle Egret

Blue-Grey Tanager

John Best, a birder from Wales, had this to say:

“I recommend to any independent birders or small birding tour groups traveling between San Jose and the Pacific coast a stay at the Ama Tierra. Its hillside setting in delightful wooded surrounds with a terraced balcony and an amazing collection of bird species, is the ideal setting for a relaxed introduction to birding in Costa Rica.”

Great Kiskadee

Turkey Vulture

Yellow Warbler

The following is a list of bird species identified by sight from within the garden at AmaTierra.

Black Vulture

Great Kiskadee

Orange-billed Sparrow

Striped-headed Sparrow

Black-and-white Warbler

Grey-headed Tanager

Orange-chinned Parakeet

Summer Tanager

Black-crowned Tityra

Grove-billed Ani

Pale-billed Woodpecker

Swainson's Thrush

Black-hooded Antshrike

Hoffmann's Woodpecker

Philadelphia Vireo

Tennessee Warbler

Blue Grosbeak

Inca Dove

Plain-breasted Ground-Dove

Three-striped Warbler

Blue-black Grassquit

Keel-billed Toucan

Red-billed Pigeon

Tropical Parula

Blue-gray Tanager

Laughing Falcon

Red-tailed Hawk

Turkey Vulture

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Lesser Elaenia

Rufous-and-white Wren

Turquoise-browed Motmot

Brown Jay

Lesson Greenlet

Rufous-breasted Wren

Violaceo Trogon

Cattle Egret

Lineated Woodpecker

Rufous-capped Warbler

White-tipped Dove

Clay-colored Robin

Long-tailed Manakin

Rufous-naped Wren

Wilson's Warbler

Crane Hawk

Masked Tityra

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Yellow Warbler

Crested Caracara

Montezuma Oropendola

Scrub Euphonia

Yellow-crowned Euphonia

Fiery-billed Aracari

Northern Oriole

Social Flycatcher

Yellow-green Vireo

Gray Hawk

Northern-barred Woodcreeper

Squirrel Cuckoo

Yellow-faced Grassquit

Gray-chested Dove

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

Steely-vented Hummingbird

Yellow-throated Euphonia

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

Olive Sparrow

Streaked-headed Woodcreeper

Yellow-throated Vireo

Gray-headed Chachalaca

Oliviceous Woodcreeper