Costa Rica
North America · Central America
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
jarak
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
jambu bol
Syzygium malaccense
jarak
Ricinus communis
jati
Tectona grandis
kangkong
Ipomoea aquatica
kayu putih
Melaleuca quinquenervia
kelapa sawit
Elaeis guineensis
kenanga
Cananga odorata
kopi arab
Abelmoschus esculentus
markisah
Passiflora edulis
paria
Momordica charantia
pisang batu
Musa acuminata
sawi
Brassica juncea
Bean weevil
Acanthoscelides obtectus
Drone-Bee
Apis mellifera
wild boar
Sus scrofa
Red Swamp Crayfish
Procambarus clarkii
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
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
brown-banded cockroach
Supella longipalpa
domestic goat
Capra hircus
Cabbage Moth
Plutella xylostella
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Cottony cushion scale
Icerya purchasi
Cuban Tree Frog
Osteopilus septentrionalis
Fire ant
Solenopsis geminata
Greenhouse frog
Eleutherodactylus planirostris
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
Southern green stink bug
Nezara viridula
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