Uvita de Osa, is a small town in southern Costa Rica, on a section of coastline known as the Bahía Ballena.
Tourism Uvita has become the tourist and adventure tour hub of the Costa Ballena region. The town offers several tours ranging from whale watching to horseback riding. The town is also known for its many restaurants and accommodations catering to tourists..
Wildlife The region around Uvita is home to a large variety of animals. Uvita regularly is regularly visited by humpback whales which come from Northern California and Alaska during one time of the year and groups that come from the south and Antarctica during another time of the year.
Birds At Hacienda Baru National Wildlife Preserve, fifteen minutes north of Uvita, more than 350 different species of birds have been identified.
Scarlet Macaw Green and Little Blue Herons American White Pelican Many varieties of Hummingbirds Many other species of birds, such as fiery-billed aracaris, collared aracaris, broad-winged hawks, great kiskadees, hook-billed kites, slaty-tailed trogons, flycatchers, chachalacas, crested oropendolas, collared forest falcons, chestnut-mandibled toucans, red lored parrots, saltators, orioles, kingfishers, crimson-fronted parakeets and orange-chinned parakeets.
Insects
Hercules Beetle Scarabs Leaf-Cutter and Army Ants Blue Morpho and Glasswing Butterfly Thaos Swallowtail
Mammals
Howler Monkey and Capuchin Monkey Baird's Tapir Pumas Jaguarundis Margays Ocelots Vampire Bats
Bottlenose Dolphins Pantropical Spotted Dolphins Humpback Whales False Killer Whales Pilot Whales
Reptiles
Green Sea Turtles Olive Ridley Turtles Yellow-bellied Sea Snake Green or Black Iguana Striped Basilisk Boa Constrictors eyelash viper bushmaster fer de lance Spectacled Caiman American Crocodile
Fish
White-tipped reef shark Nurse Shark Cortez Angelfish Butterfly fish Parrot Fish Puffer Fish
Amphibians
Giant Toad Red-Eyed Tree Frog Dart Frog Glass Frog
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