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Platymiscium Curuense

This tree can grow up to 33 meters high and has become very rare, making it one of the trees in danger of extinction.

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Montezuma Oropendola

Spectacular, very large ‘blackbird’ of tropical lowlands. Favors forest edge, open woodland, plantations, semi-open areas with trees;

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Calycophyllum Candidísimum

This tree, with a height of about 25 meters, is known for its flowering. Its wood (hardwood) is used for making bows and arrows.

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Cedrela Odorata

The West Indian cedar is a plant species in the mahogany family and reaches a growth height of over 40 meters. The trunk diameter reaches up to 3 meters.

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Pouteria Sapota

Pouteria sapota is an evergreen or deciduous, milky sap tree. It reaches growing heights of up to 25, rarely 40 meters, and trunk diameters of up to 1 meter.

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Dalbergia Retusa

Grows as a small to medium sized tree and reaches a growth height of 15 to 20 meters. The trunk is irregular and branches already at low height.

Tababuia Ochracea

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Astronium Graveoleans

This is a hard, noblewood tree that is cut down for furniture making and other crafts, and has therefore unfortunately become rare.

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Yellow Troated Tucan

Large unmistakable toucan with a huge, rainbow-colored bill. Often seen in pairs, but not usually in groups like aracaris.

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Tabebuia Impetiginosa

Tabebuia impetiginosa, Purple Trumpet Tree, Cortez Negro, Black Trumpet

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Cordia Alliodora

This tree can grow up to 20 meters high and has a diameter of up to 60 cm, found in rainforests from 0 to 600 m above sea level.

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Byrsonima Crassifolia

This is a slow growing large shrub or tree that can grow up to 10 meters tall. Its fruits are eaten raw or cooked as a dessert.

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Catalpa Longísima

This tree grows about 25 meters high and has white or pink flowers. The wood is hard and resistant, brown in color with dark veins and is used for common work, poles, beams, carpentry, joinery and construction.

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Guanacaste Blanco

The white guanacaste, Albizia niopoides belongs to the Fabaceae family and is deciduous in the dry season. It reaches a height of up to 25 meters.

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Brosimum Alicastrum

The breadnut tree is a fast-growing evergreen deciduous tree that reaches growth heights of up to 30 meters or more. Trunk diameter can exceed 1 meter.

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Ceiba Pentandra

The kapok tree is a mighty, deciduous tree with an umbrella-shaped to round crown. It can reach a height of 75 meters and a trunk diameter of more than 3 meters.

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Summer Tanager

Large tanager with a hefty bill. Adult males are completely red; immature males are dull yellow-olive with blotchy patches of red.

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Sterculia Apetala

The height of this tree ranges from up to 40 meters. The wood of Sterculia apetala is used to make boxes, industrial and household wood products, canoes and tool handles.

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Tennesse Warbler

Tiny, greenish warbler that breeds in boreal forest. Breeding males have lime-green back, pale blue-gray head, and dingy whitish underparts.

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Syzygium Malaccense

The tree can grow up to 18 meters high. It flowers in early summer and bears fruit three months later. In Costa Rica, it flowers earlier and bears ripe fruit in April.

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Cassia Grandis

This tree can grow up to 25 meters high with dark green foliage and very showy pink flowers in clusters.

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Red Legged Honeycreeper

Small, warbler-like tanager of tropical lowlands. Favors forest edge, woodland, and semi-open areas with taller trees.

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Anacardium Excelsum

This tree species is found mainly on the banks of rivers and streams. It is a large tree that can reach a height of up to 40 meters and a diameter of up to 1.5 meters!

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Ocelot

The ocelot is a medium-sized spotted wild cat that reaches 40–50 cm at the shoulders and weighs between 7 and 15.5 kg on average.

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White nacked Jacobin

The white-necked jacobin is a medium-size hummingbird.

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Great Kiskadee

Large, boldly marked, and boisterous flycatcher. Rather stocky with large head and short tail.

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Jacaranda Mimosifolia

The rosewood tree grows as a deciduous tree, reaching heights of 5 to 20 meters. Its bark is usually coarse, cracked to furrowed and grayish-brown in color when old.

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Yellow throated Euphonia

The yellow-throated euphonia is a species of songbird in the family Fringillidae.

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Terminalia Oblonga

Terminalia oblonga, Surá, Guayabon, Surá is a large tree that can reach a height of 45 meters and a trunk circumference of 150 cm.

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Chrysophyllum Cainito

It grows as an evergreen tree to over 20 meters high. The fruits are edible, used raw and cooked. The seeds, skin and inner "bark" are not edible.