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Jabiru Stork in Costa Rica - BirdForum

I am planning a trip to Costa Rica for the beginning of September and one of the birds I would like to see there is the Jabiru Stork.

However, I can not find enough information about where I could see this bird best and so I need your help.

Does anyone know of a place where I would be able to see the Jabiru Stork while in Costa Rica? Thank you in advance for the help!

He north west of the country is best.

They are quite rare in Costa Rica but the Palo Verde area does have them.

Check out http://www.travellingbirder.com/bird...ca.php?start=0 for a load of trip reports. David

Bird guide Carlos Jimenez has suggested there isn't much to see in the Palo Verde region at the moment.We were planning a boat trip there.

There are only about 40 individual Jabiru left in Costa Rica with a small number being found in the Cano Negro area (a large wetland just south of the Nicaragua border) & the majority being found in the lower Rio Tempisque floodplain (mainly in Palo Verde N.P).

Unlike Wood Stork they are loners being only found as singles, pairs or occasionally as family parties.

They are specialised feeders on largish fish such as eels, catfish & large cichlids (as well as small reptiles/amphibians). In the wet season huge areas of Palo Verde are inundated so the Jabiru disperse widely & are rarely accessible (we tried without luck in July of this year).

Later in the season they start to frequent certain favoured sites which are accessible.

Some of these sites are open fish farms & others flooded fields by pemanent water.

Unfortunately you will need local knowledge to find these sites & even then there is never a guarantee! The best time to look for Jabiru in CR is in the mid-late dry season (Feb-April) as much of Palo Verde has dried out so that most of the waterbirds (including the Jabiru) are concentrated around the remaining permanent watercourses -many of which can be reached by vehicle. To maximize your chances of Jabiru you will need local knowledge & transport.

The best advice I can give is to contact Carlos Jimenez who is probably the only bona-fide birdguide resident in Guanacaste.

Carlos has been involved in Jabiru conservation & has a few sites up his sleeve which may deliver the goods (though we didn't see any despite using Carlos)! Here is a link to a fairly recent trip report from Guanacaste where Jabiru was seen (see 10th October entry): http://hawfinches.co.uk/Costa_Rica/DayByDay.htm . Carlos can be contacted on: ticomonklet@yahoo.com . Good luck!

Nah, you don't need a guide!!

Just gotta get to the right places!

I saw a Jabiru in wet fields on the approach to Palo Verde in late Dec last year.

There were none present at the reserve itself (which was very quiet for waterbirds in general) so was pleased to find this one.

It fed along the edges of the field with egrets fairly unconcerned by the tractor ploughing nearby.

Discussion Title: Jabiru Stork in Costa Rica
Title Keywords: Jabiru  Stork  Costa  Rica  BirdForum 



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