Costa Rica
North America · Central America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
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
Castor
Ricinus communis
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
Dudhi
Sonchus oleraceus
Hinsal
Rubus ellipticus
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
wild boar
Sus scrofa
black rat
Rattus rattus
House cricket
Acheta domesticus
Cabbage Moth
Plutella xylostella
pharaoh ant
Monomorium pharaonis
Asian Lady Beetle
Harmonia axyridis
Red Swamp Crayfish
Procambarus clarkii
Drone-Bee
Apis mellifera
Bean weevil
Acanthoscelides obtectus
Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium floricola
Johnstone's Robber Frog
Eleutherodactylus johnstonei
House fly
Musca domestica
Fire ant
Solenopsis geminata
domestic goat
Capra hircus
brown-banded cockroach
Supella longipalpa
Mediterranean fruit fly
Ceratitis capitata
Stable Fly
Stomoxys calcitrans
Longhorned crazy ant
Paratrechina longicornis
Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Hypoponera punctatissima
Sweetpotato whitefly
Bemisia tabaci
Giant Freshwater Prawn
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
Common Plume
Emmelina monodactyla
Asian Tiger Mosquito
Aedes albopictus
Little fire ant
Wasmannia auropunctata
Common Diadem
Hypolimnas misippus
Cerf De Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
wild cat
Felis silvestris
Guinea ant
Tetramorium bicarinatum
Citrus leafminer
Phyllocnistis citrella
Southern green stink bug
Nezara viridula
Greenhouse frog
Eleutherodactylus planirostris
Cuban Tree Frog
Osteopilus septentrionalis
Cottony cushion scale
Icerya purchasi
False stable fly
Muscina stabulans
Bathroom Moth Fly
Clogmia albipunctatus
Pomace fly
Drosophila melanogaster
Ensign wasp
Evania appendigaster
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
Crisp Pondweed
Potamogeton crispus
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
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