Costa Rica
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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
Chuoi Rung
Musa coccinea
Khoai sọ
Colocasia esculenta
Ngây long
Rubus ellipticus
Rock Pigeon
Columba livia
House Sparrow
Passer domesticus
Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus
wild boar
Sus scrofa
wild cat
Felis silvestris
black rat
Rattus rattus
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
Cerf De Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
House cricket
Acheta domesticus
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
Johnstone's Robber Frog
Eleutherodactylus johnstonei
Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium floricola
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
Big-Leaved Periwinkle
Vinca major
Giant reed
Arundo donax
Large Sweet Vernalgrass
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Annual canarygrass
Phalaris canariensis
Green bristlegrass
Setaria viridis
Broomcorn
Sorghum bicolor
Aleppo Grass
Sorghum halepense
Annual ryegrass
Lolium multiflorum
Annual rabbitsfoot grass
Polypogon monspeliensis
Annual Bluegrass
Poa annua
English Meadow Grass
Poa pratensis
Common Velvetgrass
Holcus lanatus
Stinkgrass
Eragrostis cilianensis
Job's tears
Coix lacryma-jobi
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
Colonial bentgrass
Agrostis capillaris
Creeping bentgrass
Agrostis stolonifera
Bermudagrass
Cynodon dactylon
Corn
Zea mays
Barnyard Grass
Dactylis glomerata
Crabgrass
Eleusine indica
Creeping Fescue
Festuca rubra
Black Thistle
Cirsium vulgare
Absinth Sagewort
Artemisia absinthium
Annual Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
Blue Chamomile
Matricaria chamomilla
Common sowthistle
Sonchus oleraceus
Common Daisy
Leucanthemum vulgare
Sour orange
Citrus aurantium
Akulikuli-Kula
Portulaca oleracea
Common Lamb'S-Quarters
Chenopodium album
Horseradish tree
Moringa oleifera
'Ihi
Oxalis corniculata
Bottle gourd
Lagenaria siceraria
Cantaloupe
Cucumis melo
American Pumpkin
Cucurbita pepo
Calla lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Cananga tree
Cananga odorata
Chinaberrytree
Melia azedarach
Carpenter Weed
Prunella vulgaris
Coliseum-Ivy
Cymbalaria muralis
Black Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
Broad-Leaved Plantain
Plantago major
Common Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea
Bright-Blue Speedwell
Veronica serpyllifolia
Grey Field-speedwell
Veronica polita
Common Toad Rush
Juncus bufonius
Dudley'S Rush
Juncus tenuis
Bog Rush
Juncus effusus
Common Woodrush
Luzula campestris
Bird'S Foot Trefoil
Lotus corniculatus
Common gorse
Ulex europaeus
Creeping White Clover
Trifolium repens
Least Hop Clover
Trifolium dubium
Chilean Clover
Trifolium pratense
Purple granadilla
Passiflora edulis
Centuryplant
Agave americana
Creeping buttercup
Ranunculus repens
Field mustard
Brassica rapa
Brown mustard
Brassica juncea
Bending Bittercress
Cardamine flexuosa
Beauty Of The Night
Mirabilis jalapa
Annual Knawel
Scleranthus annuus
Common catchfly
Silene gallica
Bird'S-Eye Pearlwort
Sagina procumbens
Corn spurry
Spergula arvensis
Bullwort
Ammi majus
Carrot-Fern
Conium maculatum
Castor
Ricinus communis
Barbary fig
Opuntia ficus-indica
Papyrus
Cyperus papyrus
Mat-Grass
Nardus stricta
Littleseed canarygrass
Phalaris minor
Hairy Love Grass
Eragrostis pilosa
Little quakinggrass
Briza minor
Common Silver Hairgrass
Aira caryophyllea
Oil palm
Elaeis guineensis
Buzzy lizzy
Impatiens walleriana
Balsampear
Momordica charantia
Swamp morning-glory
Ipomoea aquatica
Fourleaf manyseed
Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Chinese Honeysuckle
Lonicera japonica
Sugarcane
Saccharum officinarum
Dallisgrass
Paspalum dilatatum
Balsam
Impatiens balsamina
Malaysian apple
Syzygium malaccense
Soursop
Annona muricata
custard-apple
Annona squamosa
Beach sheoak
Casuarina equisetifolia
Silver wattle
Acacia dealbata
White egyptian lotus
Nymphaea lotus
Clove Pink
Dianthus plumarius
Montbretia
Crocosmia crocosmiiflora
Cashew
Anacardium occidentale
Mango
Mangifera indica
Southern sandbur
Cenchrus echinatus
Rhodes grass
Chloris gayana
Pink woodsorrel
Oxalis debilis
Malabar plum
Syzygium jambos
Coffee
Coffea arabica
Indian mulberry
Morinda citrifolia
Ginger
Zingiber officinale
Black Eyed Susan
Thunbergia alata
African tuliptree
Spathodea campanulata
Golden bamboo
Phyllostachys aurea
Chinese Packing Grass
Microstegium vimineum
Bachelor'S-Button
Gomphrena globosa
bilimbi
Averrhoa bilimbi
blimbing
Averrhoa carambola
Surinam cherry
Eugenia uniflora
cocoa
Theobroma cacao
Shoeblackplant
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
teak
Tectona grandis
Philippine Waxflower
Etlingera elatior
akee
Blighia sapida
White leadtree
Leucaena leucocephala
Golden shower
Cassia fistula
Cathedral bells
Kalanchoe pinnata
Edible banana
Musa acuminata
breadfruit
Artocarpus altilis
Golden trumpet
Allamanda cathartica
Madagascar periwinkle
Catharanthus roseus
Egyptian grass
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Common bamboo
Bambusa vulgaris
Molassesgrass
Melinis minutiflora
Rose natal grass
Melinis repens
Jaraguagrass
Hyparrhenia rufa
Blowball
Taraxacum officinale
cup-and-saucer-vine
Cobaea scandens
Silkoak
Grevillea robusta
Giant taro
Alocasia macrorrhizos
Robusta Coffee
Coffea canephora
Royal poinciana
Delonix regia
good-luck-plant
Cordyline fruticosa
Black poui
Jacaranda mimosifolia
Coral vine
Antigonon leptopus
Wild sugarcane
Saccharum spontaneum
Manila grass
Zoysia matrella
Devil's horsewhip
Achyranthes aspera
Alexandrian laurel
Calophyllum inophyllum
Punktree
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Stickbush
Clerodendrum chinense
White garland-lily
Hedychium coronarium
purpleheart
Tradescantia pallida
River sheoak
Casuarina cunninghamiana
Cedar of Goa
Cupressus lusitanica
Black wattle
Acacia mangium
African senna
Senna didymobotrya
Emperor's candlesticks
Senna alata
Pride-of-barbados
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Heartleaf madeiravine
Anredera cordifolia
True kola
Cola acuminata
Buffelgrass
Cenchrus ciliaris
Antelope Grass
Echinochloa pyramidalis
Brownbeard rice
Oryza rufipogon
Yellow bluestem
Bothriochloa ischaemum
Violet crabgrass
Digitaria violascens
African bermudagrass
Cynodon nlemfuensis
Daisy-Chrysanthemum
Leucanthemum maximum
Golden dewdrops
Duranta erecta
Honeyweed
Leonurus japonicus
Christmas candlestick
Leonotis nepetifolia
Chinese violet
Asystasia gangetica
Polkadot-plant
Hypoestes phyllostachya
Bengal trumpet
Thunbergia grandiflora
Bush clockvine
Thunbergia erecta
Hairy indigo
Indigofera hirsuta
Coral tree
Erythrina poeppigiana
Asparagus fern
Asparagus densiflorus
Caribbean Pine
Pinus caribaea
Peregrina
Jatropha integerrima
Pascuita
Euphorbia leucocephala
Cassava
Manihot esculenta
soulvine
Banisteriopsis caapi
Kikuyugrass
Cenchrus clandestinus
Sprawling signalgrass
Urochloa reptans
Pitted beardgrass
Bothriochloa pertusa
African couchgrass
Digitaria abyssinica
Angleton bluestem
Dichanthium aristatum
Gophertail lovegrass
Eragrostis ciliaris
saramatta grass
Ischaemum rugosum
Itchgrass
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Kahili flower
Grevillea banksii
pinto peanut
Arachis pintoi
candletree
Parmentiera cereifera
hedge euphorbia
Euphorbia neriifolia
Pink velvet banana
Musa velutina
African bristlegrass
Setaria sphacelata
Glenwoodgrass
Sacciolepis indica
Elastic grass
Eragrostis tenuifolia
Stalkleaf murainagrass
Ischaemum timorense
Nakedstem dewflower
Murdannia nudiflora
Ricefield flatsedge
Cyperus iria
Beehive Ginger
Zingiber spectabile
Annual Fleabane
Erigeron annuus
Okra
Abelmoschus esculentus
Key lime
Citrus aurantiifolia
Sponge gourd
Luffa aegyptiaca
Water yam
Dioscorea alata
Vasey's grass
Paspalum urvillei
Para grass
Urochloa mutica
Arrowleaf elephant's ear
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Flamevine
Pyrostegia venusta
Quito-orange
Solanum quitoense
West indian gherkin
Cucumis anguria
casabanana
Sicana odorifera
mabola-tree
Diospyros blancoi
Redflower ragleaf
Crassocephalum crepidioides
queen's crape-myrtle
Lagerstroemia speciosa
Buddha's hand
Alocasia cucullata
pagoda-flower
Clerodendrum paniculatum
Red ginger
Alpinia purpurata
Manila-hemp
Musa textilis
Japanese mazus
Mazus pumilus
African signalgrass
Urochloa arrecta
wire crabgrass
Digitaria longiflora
Florida tasselflower
Emilia fosbergii
Chamber bitter
Phyllanthus urinaria
Sanchezia
Sanchezia parvibracteata
Bamboo orchid
Arundina graminifolia
peacock-flower
Tigridia pavonia
Florida keys indian mallow
Abutilon hirtum
Mule's-foot fern
Angiopteris evecta
armgrass millet
Urochloa subquadripara
Broadleaved bristlegrass
Setaria palmifolia
East indian crabgrass
Digitaria setigera
Kleberg's bluestem
Dichanthium annulatum
Long lovegrass
Eragrostis elongata
Giant brake
Pteris tripartita
Wild hops
Flemingia strobilifera
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
Small carpgrass
Arthraxon hispidus
Green Iguana
Iguana iguana
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
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