Costa Rica Wildlife

National Flower Of Costa Rica

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

 The national flower of Costa Rica is the beautiful purple orchid. There are several orchid gardens in Costa Rica such as the excellent one which is in Monte Verde where these flowers are seen most easily.

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National Bird Of Costa Rica

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

The national bird of Costa Rica is the “resplendant quetzal”. The quetzal (pronounced “ket-zal”) gorws to just over 30cm in body length and is an amazing bird to see in the wild. In shade, just a small brown bird, but when the sunlight hits it’s feathers the quetzal becomes the most dazzling green with a [...]

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