Red-legged HoneycreeperPhoto: elvis santana
Central and Southern Pacific Lowlands
Talari is the valley-floor lodge of the El General, down by the Chirripó river about 5 km north-east of San Isidro. Its 5 hectares are gardens and fruit trees more than forest, and fruit brings the birds into the open where you can see them from the path.
Over 200 species have been recorded on the land. Two kilometres of trail climb from the river through the property, which is enough for a whole morning at a birder's pace.
The foothills between the Highlands and the coast are close: Los Cusingos Bird Sanctuary is about 9 km away on our map, and Bosque del Tolomuco sits higher up the same valley for the birds of the cooler slopes.
The birding is the 5 hectares themselves: the fruit trees and flowers round the rooms, the thickets along the river, and the 2 km of trails up from the water. There is a pool for the afternoon. We could not find a website of the lodge's own on 4 November 2026, so this page describes the land from our catalogue only and names no feeders, guides or tower.
Photo: Talari Mountain Lodge
San Isidro de El General
Explore a Birdwatching Paradise Far Away from the Crowds!
★★★
Fourteen rooms on 5 hectares of gardens and fruit trees by the Chirripó river, 5 km from San Isidro, with over 200 species recorded on the land, Red-legged Honeycreeper and Slaty Spinetail among them. Two km of trails up from the river, and a pool for the afternoon.
At Talari, the Red-legged Honeycreeper in the fruit trees and the Slaty Spinetail in the thickets by the river. Around the valley, the Fiery-billed Aracari, the cusinga Los Cusingos is named for, with Gartered Violaceous Trogon (your field guide may still call it Violaceous Trogon), Bay-headed Tanager and the Ornate Hawk-Eagle overhead.
A short drive up at Bosque del Tolomuco, the Black Guan, the Silver-throated Tanager and the Red-fronted Parrotlet, a regional endemic, come into the gardens, with the Slate-throated Redstart at the forest edge.
| English | Scientific | Spanish | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus | Mielero Patirrojo | |
| Slaty Spinetail | Synallaxis brachyura | Arquitecto Plomizo | |
| Fiery-billed Aracari | Pteroglossus frantzii | Tucancillo Piquianaranjado | Regional endemic |
| Gartered Violaceous Trogon | Trogon caligatus | Trogón Violáceo | |
| Bay-headed Tanager | Tangara gyrola | Tangara Cabecicastaña | |
| Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | Aguilillo Penachudo | |
| Black Guan | Chamaepetes unicolor | Pava Negra | Regional endemic |
| Silver-throated Tanager | Tangara icterocephala | Tangara Dorada | |
| Red-fronted Parrotlet | Touit costaricensis | Periquito Alirrojo | Regional endemic |
| Slate-throated Redstart | Myioborus miniatus | Candelita Pechinegra |
Los Cusingos Bird Sanctuary and the El General valley around San Isidro: two of our lodges, over 200 species at one, Black Guan at the other.
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