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Birds to Costa Rica

Posted on May 17th, 2009 by Angela Passman

So you want to bring your beloved bird with you to Costa Rica?  Do you know what all is involved in this endeavor?  Lots of paperwork and permissions from your home country and Costa Rica’s government agency’s.

This month we brought in a bird from Honduras.  Birds from Central and South America are not permitted entry to Costa Rica but we did it and Phoenix is with her mother on the Pacific Coast, both very happy.

If you are coming out of the United States, you must first get the permission of the US Fish & Wildlife Agency in the form of what they call a CITES permit.  This is the first step towards getting your bird OUT of the US.  You must then get a CITES from the Costa Rican Ministry of Agriculture and approval from the MINAE.

After you have all of this, you must get your bird to Costa Rica within 30 days of the issuance of the Costa Rican CITES or your window of opportunity is gone.

This is not a process that is simple by any means.  You must know who to talk to and truthfully, have a little pull with them or it never gets done.

This year so far, we have brought 4 birds into the country.  We are now working on 3 more.

Do NOT try to bring your bird with you on the plane as it WILL be taken away from you when you arrive at the airport in San Jose and you might never see your bird again.

Filed under: Animals, Moving pets to Costa Rica, Moving to Costa Rica

3 Responses to “Birds to Costa Rica”

  1. Jacqueline Monacell, on January 21st, 2010 at 11:59 am Said:

    I would like to engage your services to assist a client importing a bird to Costa Rica. I look forward to hearing from you soon.

    Kind regards,
    Jacqui Monacell
    Cellular 8878 4932
    Office 2271 1845

  2. Ken Carter, on January 23rd, 2010 at 9:05 am Said:

    Hello, I am interested in bringing my bird with me and him being able to travel to and from the US
    US 251 767 9989 and CR is 8827 7634 He is a Yellow Collard Macaw. I have had him 14 years in March.

    Thanks
    Ken
    Carter

  3. Angela Passman, on January 31st, 2010 at 6:50 pm Said:

    Ken, Email me directly at info@relocationcr.com and we can discuss what it takes to bring your bird into Costa Rica. So far as traveling in and out of Costa Rica with your bird, that is not feasible. The paperwork and the expense is cost prohibitive and not really feasible. Costa Rica does not give export permits freely once birds are in the country. We can discuss this further and in more detail if you would like to email me directly.

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