Costa Rica
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Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
kharwa'a
Ricinus communis
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
Cerf De Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Colonial bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
Centuryplant
Agave americana
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Ecoregions
Cocos Island moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Costa Rican seasonal moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Isthmian-Pacific moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Talamancan montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Central American dry forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
All Species in Costa Rica
Al qit
Felis silvestris
barbir
Portulaca oleracea
Bardí
Cyperus papyrus
Bashneen Abyad
Nymphaea lotus
Bous El-Gazaier
Saccharum spontaneum
dhail al qut
Polypogon monspeliensis
Ghaab
Arundo donax
hamd
Oxalis corniculata
Hamool
Potamogeton crispus
kharwa'a
Ricinus communis
khillah
Ammi majus
lisan al-hamal
Plantago major
na'eem
Achyranthes aspera
na'eem el-saleeb
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
nageil
Eleusine indica
qasab el-sokkar
Saccharum officinarum
rukab al-gamal
Chenopodium album
sheb al-leil
Mirabilis jalapa
theel
Cynodon dactylon
الدوري البلدي, العصفور الدوري
Passer domesticus
حمام ازرق
Columba livia
لِبَّيْـن
Sonchus oleraceus
Bean weevil
Acanthoscelides obtectus
Drone-Bee
Apis mellifera
wild boar
Sus scrofa
Giant Freshwater Prawn
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Common Plume
Emmelina monodactyla
Asian Tiger Mosquito
Aedes albopictus
Little fire ant
Wasmannia auropunctata
Common Diadem
Hypolimnas misippus
Sweetpotato whitefly
Bemisia tabaci
Red Swamp Crayfish
Procambarus clarkii
Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Hypoponera punctatissima
Longhorned crazy ant
Paratrechina longicornis
Asian Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Stable Fly
Stomoxys calcitrans
Mediterranean fruit fly
Ceratitis capitata
pharaoh ant
Monomorium pharaonis
Ensign wasp
Evania appendigaster
Pomace fly
Drosophila melanogaster
Coffee berry borer
Hypothenemus hampei
Horn fly
Haematobia irritans
Fly
Drosophila simulans
Madeira cockroach
Rhyparobia maderae
Scuttle fly
Megaselia scalaris
Coqui frog
Eleutherodactylus coqui
Moth fly
Psychoda alternata
pear cone
Conus patricius
giant tiger prawn
Penaeus monodon
Indian House Cricket
Gryllodes sigillatus
Brown twig beetle
Xylosandrus morigerus
Ant
Cardiocondyla obscurior
Common Sheep Sorrel
Rumex acetosella
Curled Dock
Rumex crispus
Bitter Dock
Rumex obtusifolius
Prostrate knotweed
Polygonum aviculare
brown-banded cockroach
Supella longipalpa
Bathroom Moth Fly
Clogmia albipunctatus
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