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Birds during
Focus On Nature Tours
in
Costa
Rica
during the Summer, in July
91: July 7-14, 1991 (in Guanacaste only)
99: July 17-30, 1999
05: July 3-13, 2005
A Listing compiled by Armas Hill
424 species (& 2 additional subspecies) have been found during FONT tours in
Costa Rica in July.
Of our 30 FONT tours in Costa Rica, 3 have been during July. All of them
have been in mostly northern Costa Rica. The '99 tour, however, did go as
far south as the areas of Carara and San Isidro de General.
Codes:
(t): a globally threatened or rare
species, designated by Birdlife International.
(t1): critical (t2): endangered (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally.
(i): introduced species.
(CRe): Costa Rican endemic
(r/CR): rare in Costa Rica
(r/CRs): rare in Costa Rica in the summer
Links:
Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Costa Rica
A Complete List of Costa Rica Birds
(with some photos)
Hummingbirds of the
Americas
(with some photos)
Costa Rican
Mammals (with some photos)
A List & Photo Gallery of Central American Butterflies & Moths, in 6 parts
Amphibians & Reptiles of Costa Rica &
Panama (with some photos)
Directory of
Photos in this Website
Bird-List:
- Great Tinamou ______
91h 99h 05h
Tinamus major
- Little Tinamou ______ 99h
Crypturellus soui
- Thicket Tinamou ______ 91
05h
Crypturellus cinnamomeus
- Gray-headed Chachalaca ______
99 05
Ortalis cinereiceps
- Crested Guan ______ 99
05
Penelope purpurascens
- Black Guan (nt) ______
05
Chamaepetes unicolor
- Great Curassow (nt) ______ 91
99
Crax rubra
- Buffy-crowned
(or Buff-fronted)
Wood-Partridge ______ 05
Dendrotyx leucophrys
- Spot-bellied Bobwhite ______ 91
99 05
Colinus leucopogon
- Black-eared Wood Quail ______ 99h
Odontophorus melanotis
The Black-eared Wood Quail was conspecific with the Rufous-fronted
Wood Quail of South America.
- Black-bellied Whistling Duck ______
91 99 05
Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Fulvous Whistling Duck ______ 99
Dendrocygna bicolor
- Muscovy Duck ______ 91
99 05
Cairina moschata
- Sooty Shearwater ______
99
Puffinus griseus
- Least Grebe ______
99
Tachybaptus dominicus
- Wood Stork ______ 91
99 05
Myceteria americana
- Jabiru (r/CR) ______
99 05
Jabiru mycteria
- Green Ibis ______ 99
05
Mesembrinibis cayennensis
- American White Ibis ______ 91
99 05
Eudocimus albus
- Glossy Ibis ______ 91
99
Plegadis falcinellus
- Roseate Spoonbill ______ 91
99 05
Platalea
(formerly Ajala) ajaja
- Bare-throated Tiger Heron ______
91 99 05
Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Black-crowned Night Heron ______
91 99
Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-crowned Night Heron ______
91
Nyctanassa violacea
- Boat-billed Heron ______ 91
99 05
Cochlearius cochlearius
- Agami
(or Chestnut-bellied) Heron
(r/CR) ______ 05
Agamia agami
- Western Cattle Egret ______
91 99 05
Bubicus ibis
- Green Heron ______ 91
99 05
Butorides virrescens
- Little Blue Heron ______
91 99 05
Egretta caerulea
- Tricolored Heron ______ 91
99
Egretta tricolor
- Snowy Egret ______ 91
99 05
Egretta thula
- Great Egret ______ 91
99 05
Ardea
(has been Casmerodius) alba egretta
Great Blue Heron ______
99
Ardea herodias
Magnificent Frigatebird ______ 91
99 05
Fregata magnificens
Brown Pelican ______ 91
99 05
Pelecanus occidentalis
Brown Booby ______ 99
05
Sula leucogaster
Neotropic Cormorant ______ 91
99 05
Phalacorcorax brasilianus
Anhinga ______ 99
05
Anhinga anhinga
Turkey Vulture ______ 91
99 05
Cathartes aura
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture ______
99
Cathartes burrovianus
Black Vulture ______ 91
99 05
Coragyps atratus
King Vulture ______
99 05
Sarcoramphus papa
Northern Crested Caracara ______ 91
99 05
Caracara cheriway
Yellow-headed Caracara ______ 99
05
Milvago chimachima
Laughing Falcon ______ 91
99 05
Herpetotheres cachinnans
Barred Forest Falcon ______
99
Micrastur ruficollis
Collared Forest Falcon ______
99
Micrastur semitorquatus
Bat Falcon ______
91 99 05
Falco rufigularis
American Kestrel (r/CRs) ______ 05
Falco sparverius
Osprey ______ 91
99
Pandion haliaetus
Gray-headed
(or Cayenne) Kite ______
99 05
Leptodon cayanensis
Snail Kite ______ 99
Rostrhamus sociabilis
Swallow-tailed Kite ______ 99
05
Elanoides forficatus
White-tailed Kite ______ 91
99 05
Elanus leucurus
Double-toothed Kite ______ 91
99
Harpagus bidentatus
Plumbeous Kite ______ 91
99 05
Ictinia plumbea
Crane Hawk ______ 99
Geranospiza caerulesens
Barred
(or Black-chested) Hawk ______ 99
Leucopternis princeps
Semiplumbeous Hawk (nt) ______
99
Leucopternis semiplumbeus
White Hawk ______
99
Leucopternis albicollis
Common Black Hawk ______
05
Buteogallus anthracinus
"Mangrove (or Pacific)
Black
Hawk" ______ 91 99
Buteogallus anthracinus bangsi
The "Mangrove Black Hawk" is best considered
as a part of the Common Black Hawk.
Montane Solitary Eagle ______
05
Buteogallus
(formerly Harpyhaliaetus) solitarius
Bay-winged
(or Harris') Hawk ______
99
Parabuteo unicinctus
Gray Hawk ______ 91 99
Buteo plagiatus
The Gray Hawk has been considered conspecific with the Gray-lined
Hawk (below).
Buteo plagiatus, the Gray
Hawk, ranges from northern Costa Rica north into to the US in southern
Arizona and southern Texas (and rarely into southern New Mexico).
Buteo nitidus, the Gray-lined
Hawk, ranges from Costa Rica south into South
America.
Gray-lined Hawk ______ 91
99
Buteo nitidus costaricensis
Roadside Hawk ______
91
99 05
Rupornis magnirostris (formerly Buteo magnirostris)
Short-tailed Hawk ______ 99
Buteo brachyurus
Zone-tailed Hawk ______ 91
Buteo albonotatus
Red-tailed Hawk ______
05
Buteo jamaicensis costaricensis
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle ______ 99 05
Spizastus melanoleucus
Gray-necked Wood Rail ______ 05
Aramides cajanea
Rufous-necked Wood Rail ______ 99
Aramides axillaris
White-throated Crake ______
99h
05h
Laterallus albigularis
Common Gallinule ______ 05
Gallinula chloropus
Purple Gallinule ______
99 05
Porphyrio martinica
Sungrebe ______ 99 05
Heliornis fulica
Sunbittern ______ 91
Eurypyga helias
Limpkin ______ 99 05
Aramus guarauna
Northern Jacana ______ 99
05
Jacana spinosa
Black-necked Stilt ______ 99 05
Himantopus mexicanus
Double-striped Thick-knee ______
91 99 05
Burbinus bistriatus
Black-bellied (or Grey) Plover ______
99
Pluvialis squatarola
Semipalmated Plover ______ 91
99
Charadrius semipalmatus
Collared Plover ______ 91
99
Charadrius collaris
Whimbrel ______ 91 99
Numenius phaeopus hudsonicus
Lesser Yellowlegs ______ 99
Tringa flavipes
Willet ______ 91 99
Tringa semipalamatus
Spotted Sandpiper ______ 91 99
Actitis macularia
Ruddy Turnstone ______ 99
Arenaria interpres
Short-billed Dowitcher ______
99
Limnodromus griseus
Western Sandpiper ______ 99
Calidris mauri
Semipalmated Sandpiper ______ 99
Calidris pusilla
Least Sandpiper ______ 99
Calidris minutilla
Parasitic Jaeger ______ 99
Stercorarius parasiticus
Laughing Gull ______ 91 99
Leucophaeus
(formerly Larus) atricilla
Royal Tern ______ 91 99
Thalasseus
(formerly Sterna) maxima
Brown Noddy ______ 05
Anous stolidus
Feral Pigeon (i) ______ 91
99 05
Columba livia
Scaled Pigeon ______ 99
05
Patagioenas speciosa
Band-tailed Pigeon ______ 99 05
Patagioenas fasciata
Pale-vented Pigeon ______ 99 05
Patagioenas pallidicirissa
Red-billed Pigeon ______ 91
99 05
Patagioenas flavirostris
Ruddy Pigeon ______ 99
Patagioenas subvinacea
Short-billed Pigeon ______ 99
05
Patagioenas nigrirostris
Mourning Dove ______ 91
99 05
Zenaida macroura
White-winged Dove ______ 91
99 05
Zenaida asiatica
Common Ground Dove ______
91
99 05
Columbina passerina
Plain-breasted Ground Dove ______ 99
Columbina minuta
Ruddy Ground Dove ______ 91
99 05
Columbina taipacoti
Inca Dove ______
91 99 05
Columbina
(formerly Scardafella) inca
Blue Ground Dove ______
99 05
Claravis pretiosa
White-tipped Dove ______ 91
99 05
Leptotila verrreauxi
Gray-headed Dove ______ 99
Leptotila plumbeiceps
The Gray-headed Dove has been considered by some to be
conspecific with the Gray-fronted Dove of South America.
Gray-chested Dove ______ 99
Leptotila cassinii
Buff-fronted Quail-Dove ______
99
Geotrygon costaricensis
Ruddy Quail-Dove ______
05
Geotrygon montana
Scarlet Macaw ______
91
99 05
Ara macao
Great Green Macaw (t3) ______ 05
Ara ambigus
Crimson-fronted Parakeet ______
99 05
Psittacara (formerly Aratinga) finschi
Another name for Psittacara
finschi is Finch's Conure.
Aztec Parakeet ______ 05
Eupsittula (formerly Aratinga) astec
The Aztec Parakeet was part of the former Olive-throated
Parakeet, which also included the Jamaican Parakeet.
Orange-fronted Parakeet ______
91 99 05
Eupsittula
(formerly Aratinga) canicularius
Orange-chinned Parakeet ______
91 99 05
Brotogeris jugularis
Another name for Brotogeris jugularis
has been Tovi Parakeet.
Sulphur-winged Parakeet ______
05
Pyrrhura hoffmanni
Brown-hooded Parrot ______ 99
05
Pionopsitta haematotis
White-crowned Parrot ______ 91 99 05
Pionus senilla
White-fronted Amazon ______
91 99 05
Amazona albifrons
Red-lored
(or Yellow-cheeked) Amazon ______ 91 99 05
Amazona autumnalis
Yellow-naped Amazon (t2) ______
91 99 05
Amazona auropalliata
Mealy Amazon ______ 99 05
Amazona farinosa
Amazona farinosa
has also been called the Blue-crowned Amazon.
Squirrel Cuckoo ______ 91
99 05
Piaya cayana
Groove-billed Ani ______ 91
99 05
Crotophaga suiciroxtris
Smooth-billed Ani _____ 99
Crotophaga ani
Striped Cuckoo ______ 99
Tapera naevia
Lesser Ground Cuckoo ______ 91
Morococcyx erythropygus
American Barn Owl ______ 91
99 05
Tyto furcata pratincola
Vermiculated Screech Owl ______ 99
Megascops vermiculatus
Pacific Screech Owl ______ 91
05
Megascops cooperi
Spectacled Owl ______ 91
Pulsatrix perspicillata
Central American Pygmy Owl ______ 99
Glaucidium griseiceps
The Central American Pygmy Owl was part of the former Least Pygmy Owl.
Costa Rican Pygmy Owl ______
Glaucidium costaricanum
The Costa Rican Pygmy Owl was part of the more-southerly Andean Pygmy
Owl.
"Ridgway's" Ferruginous Pygmy Owl ______
91 99 05
Glaucidium (brasilianum) ridgwayi
Mexican Wood Owl ______ 99
Strix virgata
The Mexican Wood Owl has been considered part of the Mottled Owl, now a
South American species.
Striped Owl ______
99
Pseudoscops
(formerly Asio) clamator
Great Potoo ______ 99
Nyctibius grandis
Short-tailed
(or Semicollared) Nighthawk
______ 99
Lurocalis semitorquatus
Lesser Nighthawk ______ 91 99
Chordeiles acutipennis
Pauraque ______ 91 99 05
Nyctidromus albicollis
White-chinned Swift ______ 99
05
Cypseloides cryptus
White-collared Swift ______ 91
99 05
Streptoprocne zonaris
Vaux's
(or Dusky-backed) Swift ______ 91 99 05
Chaetura vauxi
Costa Rican Swift ______ 99
Chaetura fumosa
The Costa Rican Swift has been part of the more-southerly Band-rumped
Swift.
Gray-rumped Swift ______
99
Chaetura cinereiventris
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift ______ 99 05
Panyptila cayennensis
Band-tailed Barbthroat ______ 99
Threnetes ruckeri
Green Hermit ______ 05
Phaethornis guy
Long-billed Hermit ______ 99
Phaethornis longirostris
The Long-billed Hermit was part of the Long-tailed Hermit.
Stripe-throated Hermit ______ 91 99 05
Phaethornis striigularis
The Stripe-throated Hermit was part of the Little Hermit.
Violet Sabrewing ______ 99 05
Campylopteus hemileucurs
White-necked Jacobin ______ 99
Florisuga mellivora
Brown Violetear ______ 99 05
Colibri delphinae
Green Violetear ______ 99 05
Colibri thalassinus
Green-breasted
(or Prevost's) Mango ______ 99 05
Anthracothorax prevostii
Violet-headed Hummingbird ______
99 05
Klais guimeti
Green Thorntail ______
99 05
Discosura
(formerly Popelairia) conversii
Salvin's Emerald _____ 91
99
Chlorostilbon salvini
The Salvin's Emerald was part of the former Fork-tailed Emerald.
Violet-crowned Woodnymph ______ 99 05
Thalurania colombica
Fiery-throated Hummingbird ______ 99 05
Panterpe insignis
Mangrove Hummingbird (t2) (CRe)
______ 99
Amazilia boucardi
Steely-vented Hummingbird ______
91 99 05
Amazilia saucerrottei
Cinnamon Hummingbird ______ 91
99 05
Amazilia rutila
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird ______ 99 05
Amazilia tzacatl
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird ______ 05
Eupherusa eximia
Black-bellied Hummingbird ______ 99 05
Eupherusa nigriventris
Snowcap ______ 05
Microchera albocoronata
Coppery-headed Emerald (CRe) ______
99 05
Elvira cupreiceps
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer ______
99 05
Chalybura urochrysia
Chalybura urochrysia has also been called the Red-footed Plumeleteer.
White-bellied Mountain-gem ______
99
Lampornis hemileucus
Purple-throated Mountain-gem ______
99 05
Lampornis calolaema
Gray-tailed Mountain-gem (CRe) ______
99 05
Lampornis cinereicauda
Green-crowned Brilliant ______ 99 05
Heliodoxa jacula
Magnificent Hummingbird ______ 99 05
Eugenes fulgens
Purple-crowned Fairy ______ 99
05
Heliothryx barroti
Plain-capped Starthroat ______ 91
Heliomaster constantii
Long-billed Starthroat ______ 05
Heliomaster longirostris
Magenta-throated Woodstar ______ 05
Calliphiox bryantae
Scintillant Hummingbird ______
99 05
Selasphorus scintilla
Volcano Hummingbird ______ 99
05
Selasphorus flammula
Resplendent Quetzal (nt) ______
99 05
Pharomachrus mocinno
Slaty-tailed
(or Massena) Trogon ______
99 05
Trogon massena
Black-headed Trogon ______ 91
99 05
Trogon melanocephalus
Elegant Trogon ______ 05
Trogon elegans
Collared Trogon ______ 99
Trogon collaris
Orange-bellied Trogon ______ 99
Trogon (collaris) underwoodi
The Orange-bellied Trogon has been considered part of the Collared
Trogon.
Black-throated Trogon ______ 99
Trogon rufus
Gartered Trogon ______ 99 05
Trogon caligatus
The Gartered Trogon was part of the Violaceous Trogon, now a
species in South
America.
Ringed Kingfisher ______ 91
99 05
Megaceryle torquata
Amazon Kingfisher ______ 99 05
Chloroceryle amazona
Green Kingfisher ______ 91
99 05
Chloroceryle americana
American Pygmy Kingfisher ______ 05
Chloroceryle aenea
Turquoise-browed Motmot ______ 91 99 05
Eumomota superciliosa
Blue-diademed Motmot ______ 91
99 05
Momotus lessonii
The Blue-diademed Motmot was part of the formerly expanded Blue-crowned
Motmot.
Rufous-tailed Jacamar ______ 99
Galbula ruficauda
White-fronted Nunbird ______
99
Monasa morphoeus
Prong-billed Barbet ______ 05
Semnornis frantzii
"Blue-throated" Emerald Toucanet
______ 99
Aulacorhynchus prasinus caeruleogularis
Collared Aracari ______
91 99 05
Pteroglossus torquatus
Keel-billed Toucan ______
91 99 05
Ramphastos sulfuratus
Chestnut-mandibled
(or Swainson's)
Toucan ______ 99 05
Ramphastos ambuguus
Acorn Woodpecker ______
99
05
Melanerpes formicivorus
Black-cheeked Woodpecker ______
99 05
Melanerpes pucherani
Hoffmann's Woodpecker ______ 91
99 05
Melanerpes hoffmannii
Red-crowned Woodpecker ______ 99
Melanerpes rubricapillus
Hairy Woodpecker ______ 99 05
Picoides villosus
Smoky-brown Woodpecker ______ 99
Picoides
(formerly Veniliornis) fumigatus
Golden-olive Woodpecker ______ 05
Piculus rubiginosus
Cinnamon Woodpecker ______
99
Celeus loricatus
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker ______ 05
Celeus castaneus
Lineated Woodpecker ______ 91
99 05
Dryocopus lineatus
Pale-billed Woodpecker ______
99 05
Campephilus guatemalensis
Red-capped Manakin ______ 99
Pipra mentalis
Blue-crowned Manakin ______ 99
Lepidothrix coronata
Long-tailed Manakin ______ 91
05
Chiroxiphia linearis
White-collared Manakin ______ 99
Manacus candei
Gray-headed Piprites ______ 99
Piprites griseiceps
Piprites griseiceps
was called the Gray-headed Manakin.
Northern Schiffornis ______
99
Schiffornis veraepacis
The Northern Schiffornis was called the Thrushlike Schiffornis
and the Thrushlike Mourner.
Cinnamon Becard ______
99 05
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
White-winged Becard ______ 99
05
Pachyramphus polychopterus
Rose-throated Becard ______
91
99 05
Pachyramphus aglagiae
Masked Tityra ______ 91
99 05
Tityra semifasciata
Black-crowned Tityra ______
99
Tityra inquisitor
Snowy Cotinga ______ 99
Carpodectes nitidus
Bare-necked Umbrellabird (t3) ______
99
Cephalopterus glabricollis
Black Phoebe ______ 99
Sayornis nigricans
Long-tailed Tyrant ______ 05
Colonia colonus
Tropical Kingbird ______
91
99 05
Tyrannus melancholicus
White-ringed Flycatcher ______
99
Conopias albovittatus
Boat-billed Flycatcher ______ 91 99 05
Megarynchus pitangua
Bright-rumped Attila ______
99
Attila spadiceus
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher ______ 91 99 05
Myiodynastes luteiventris
Streaked Flycatcher ______ 99
05
Myiodynastes masulatus
Gray-capped Flycatcher ______ 99 05
Myiozetetes granadensis
Social Flycatcher ______
91
99 05
Myiozetetes similis
Great Kiskadee ______
91
99 05
Pitangus sulphuratus
Rufous Mourner ______ 99
Rhytipterna holerythra
Panama Flycatcher ______ 99
Myiarchus panamensis
Brown-crested Flycatcher ______ 91 99 05
Myiarchus tyrannulus
Nutting's Flycatcher ______
91
99 05
Myiarchus nuttingi
Dusky-capped Flycatcher ______ 99
Myiarchus tuberculifer
Tropical Pewee ______ 91
99 05
Contopus cinereus
Dark Pewee ______
99
Contopus lugubis
Yellowish Flycatcher ______ 91
99
Empidonax flavescens
Black-capped Flycatcher ______ 99
05
Empidonax atriceps
Northern Tufted Flycatcher ______ 99
Mitrephanes phaeocercus
Sulphur-rumped Myiobius ______ 99
Myiobius sulphureipygius
The Sulphur-bellied Myiobius has been called the
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher.
Yellow-olive Flatbill ______
91 99 05
Tolmomyias sulphurescens
The Yellow-olive Flatbill has been called the Yellow-olive
Flycatcher.
Eye-ringed Flatbill ______ 99
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
Common Tody-Flycatcher ______ 99 05
Todirostrum cinereum
Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher ______
91 99
Poecilotriccus sylvia
Yellow Tyrannulet ______
99
Capsiempis flaveola
Torrent Tyrannulet ______ 99 05
Serpophage cinerea
Yellow-bellied Elaenia ______ 99 05
Elaenia flavogaster
Mountain Elaenia ______ 91
99 05
Elaenia frantzii
Greenish Elaenia ______ 99 05
Myiopagis viridicata
Northern Scrub Flycatcher ______ 99
Sublegatus arenarum
Northern Beardless Tyrannulet ______ 91 99 05
Campostoma imberbe
Paltry Tyrannulet ______ 99
Zimmerius vilissimus
Another name for the Paltry Tyrannulet has been the Mistletoe
Tyrannulet.
White-fronted Tyrannulet ______ 05
Phyllomyias zeledoni
The White-fronted Tyrannulet has been called Zeledon's
Tyrannulet.
Slaty-capped Flycatcher ______
99
Leptopogon superciliaris
Olive-striped Flycatcher ______ 99 05
Mionectes olivaceus
Fasciated Antshrike ______
99
Cymbilaimus lineatus
Great Antshrike ______ 99
Taraba major
Barred Antshrike ______ 91
99 05
Thamnophilus doliatus
Black-hooded Antshrike ______ 99
Thamnophilus bridgesi
Black-crowned Antshrike ______ 99 05
Thamnophilus atrinucha
The Black-crowned Antshrike has been called the Western Slaty
Antshrike, but genetic evidence has shown that it is not related to the
South American slaty-antshrikes. The change was made by the AOU in
2013.
Slaty Antwren ______ 99
Myrmotherula schisticolor
Dot-winged Antwren ______ 99
Microrhopias quixensis
Dusky Antbird ______ 99
Cercomacra tyrannina
Chestnut-backed Antbird ______ 99 05
Mymeciza exsul
Bicolored Antbird ______ 99
Gymnopithys leucaspis
Spotted Antbird ______
99
Hylophylax naevioides
Ocellated Antbird ______ 99
Phaenostictus mcleannani
Black-faced Antthrush ______ 99
Formicarius analis
Spotted Barbtail ______
05
Premnoplex brunnescens
Slaty Spinetail ______ 99
Synallaxis brachyura
Red-faced Spinetail ______ 99
Cranioleuca erythrops
Ruddy Treerunner ______ 99
Margarornis rubiginosus
Buffy Tuftedcheek ______ 99
Pseudocolaptes lawrencii
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner ______
05
Anabacerthia variegaticeps
The Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner has also been called the Spectacled
Foliage-gleaner.
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner ______ 05
Philydor rufus
Streak-breasted Treehunter ______ 05
Tripacdectes rufobrunneus
Scaly-throated Leaftosser ______ 99
Sclerurus guatemalensis
Plain Xenops ______ 99
Xenops minutis
Streaked Xenops ______ 99
Xenops rutilans
Plain-brown Woodcreeper ______ 99
Dendrocincla fuliginosa
Olivaceous Woodcreeper ______
99 05
Sittasomus griseicapillus
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper ______
99 05
Glyphorynchus spirurus
Northern Barred Woodcreeper ______ 91 99 05
Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae
Cocoa Woodcreeper ______
99 05
Xiphorhynchus susurrans
The Cocoa Woodcreeper was part of the Buff-throated
Woodcreeper of South America.
Ivory-billed
(or Laughing) Woodcreeper
______ 05
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster
Streak-headed Woodcreeper ______ 99 05
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper ______ 99 05
Lepidocolaptes affinis
Rufous-browed Peppershrike ______ 99
Cyclarhis gujanensis
Mangrove Vireo ______ 91 99
Vireo pallens
Yellow-winged Vireo ______ 99
Vireo carmioli
Yellow-green Vireo ______ 91 99
Vireo flavoviridis
Brown-capped Vireo ______ 99
Vireo leucophrys
Lesser
(or "Gray-headed") Greenlet
______ 91 99 05
Hylophilus decurtatus
White-throated Magpie-Jay ______ 99 05
Calocitta formosa
Brown Jay ______
99 05
Cyanocorax morio
Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher ______ 99 05
Ptilogonys caudatus
Black-and-yellow Phainoptila ______
05
Phainoptila melanoxantha
Phainoptila melanoxantha has been called the Black-and-yellow
Silky-Flycatcher.
Gray-breasted Martin ______
91
99 05
Progne chalybea
Blue-and-white Swallow ______ 91 99 05
Pygochelidon cyanoleuca
Southern Rough-winged Swallow ______
99 05
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis
Barn Swallow ______
99
Hirundo rustica
Mangrove Swallow ______ 99 05
Tachycineta albilinea
Rufous-naped Wren ______ 91
99 05
Campylorhynchus rufinucha
Band-backed
(or Barred) Wren ______
05
Campylorhynchus zonatus
Plain Wren ______ 99 05
Cantorchilus
(formerly Thryothorus) modestus
Stripe-breasted Wren ______ 99
Cantorchilus
(formerly Thryothorus) thoracicus
Bay Wren ______ 99
Cantorchilus
(formerly Thryothorus) nigricapillus
Riverside Wren ______ 99
Cantorchilus
(formerly Thryothorus) semibadius
Banded Wren ______ 91 99
Thryophilus
(formerly Thryothorus) pleurostictus
Rufous-and-white Wren ______ 91
Thryophilus
(formerly Thryothorus) rufalbus
Black-throated Wren ______ 99
Pheugopedius
(formerly Thryothorus) atroguaris
"Southern" House Wren ______
91 99 05
Troglodytes aedon
Ochraceous Wren ______
99
Troglodytes ochraceus
White-breasted Wood Wren ______ 99 05
Henicorhina leucosticta
Gray-breasted Wood Wren ______ 99 05
Henicorhina leucophrys
Northern Nightingale-Wren ______
99
Microcerculus philomela
Song Wren ______
99
Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
White-lored Gnatcatcher ______
91 99 05
Polioptila albiloris
Tropical Gnatcatcher ______ 91
99
Polioptila plumbea
Black-faced Solitaire ______
99
05
Myadestes melanops
Black-billed
Nightingale-Thrush ______ 99 05
Catharus gracilirostris
Orange-billed
Nightingale-Thrush ______ 99
Catharus aurantiirostris
Ruddy-capped
Nightingale-Thrush ______ 99 05
Catharus frantzii
Sooty Thrush ______ 99 05
Turdus nigrescens
Mountain Thrush ______ 99 05
Turdus plebejus
Clay-colored Thrush ______
99
05
Turdus grayi
White-throated Thrush ______ 99
Turdus assimilis
American Dipper ______ 05
Cinclus mexicanus
Yellow-crowned Euphonia ______
05
Euphonia luteicapilla
Yellow-throated Euphonia ______ 99
Euphonia hirundinacea
Olive-backed Euphonia ______ 99
05
Euphonia gouldi
Elegant Euphonia ______ 99
Euphonia elegantissma
The Elegant Euphonia was part of the former Blue-hooded
Euphonia.
Scrub Euphonia ______
91 99
Euphonia affinis
Yellow-bellied Siskin ______ 99
Carduelis xanthogastra
Flame-throated Warbler ______ 99
Oreothlypis
(formerly Parula) gutturalis
Tropical Parula ______
99 05
Setophaga
(formerly Parula) pitiayumi
Mangrove Warbler ______ 91 99
Setophaga (formerly Dendroica) erithachorides
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat ______
99 05
Geothlypis semiflava
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat ______ 91 99 05
Chamaethlypis poliocephala
Slate-throated Whitestart ______ 99 05
Myioborus miniatus
The Slate-throated Whitestart has been called the Slate-throated
Redstart.
Collared Whitestart ______ 99
05
Myioborus torquatus
The Collared Whitestart has been called the Collared Redstart.
Three-striped Warbler ______ 99
Basileuterus tristriatus
Chestnut-capped Warbler ______
91 05
Basileuterus delattrii
The Chestnut-capped Warbler has been considered conspecific with
the more-northerly Rufous-capped Warbler.
Stripe-crowned Warbler ______ 99
Basileuterus culcivorus
The Stripe-crowned Warbler has been called the Golden-crowned
Warbler.
Black-cheeked Warbler ______ 99
05
Basilleuterus melanogernys
Buff-rumped Warbler ______
99 05
Phaeothlypis fulvicauda
Zeledonia ______ 99
Zeledonia coronata
The Zeledonia has been called the "Wrenthrush",
but it is neither a wren nor a thrush.
Chestnut-headed Oropendola ______
99 05
Zarhynchus wagleri
Montezuma Oropendola ______ 91
99 05
Psarocollus montezuma
Scarlet-rumped Cacique ______ 99
05
Cacicus microrhynchus
Black-cowled Oriole ______
99 05
Icterus prosthemelas
Spot-breasted Oriole ______
99
Icterus pectoralis
Streak-backed Oriole ______
91 99 05
Icterus pustulatus
Eastern Meadowlark ______ 91
99 05
Sturnella magna
Red-winged Blackbird ______
99 05
Agelaius phoeniceus
Melodious Blackbird ______
05
Dives dives
The Melodious Blackbird has been rare in Costa Rica, but recently
it has been spreading and its population increasing.
Great-tailed Grackle ______ 91
99 05
Quiscalus mexicanus
Nicaraguan Grackle (nt) ______
99
Quiscalus nicaraguensis
Bronzed Cowbird ______ 99
05
Molothrus aeneus
Giant Cowbird ______ 99
05
Molothrus oryzivorus
Bananaquit ______ 99
05
Coereba flaveola mexicana
"Pacific" Olive Sparrow ______
91
Arremonops rufivirgatus superciliosus
Black-striped Sparrow ______
99 05
Arremonops conirostris
White-eared Ground Sparrow ______ 99
Melozone leucotis
Grasshopper Sparrow ______ 91
Ammodramus savannarum
Stripe-headed Sparrow ______ 91
99 05
Aimophila ruficauda
Volcano Junco ______ 99
Junco vulcani
Rufous-collared Sparrow ______
91 99 05
Zonotrichia capensis
Common Bush Tanager ______ 99
05
Chlorospingus opththalmicis
Sooty-capped Bush Tanager ______ 99
05
Chlorospingus pileatus
Ashy-throated Bush Tanager ______ 05
Chlorospingus canigularis
Black-and-yellow Tanager ______ 99
Chrysothlypis chrysomelas
Tawny-crested Tanager ______ 99
05
Tachyphonus delatrii
White-lined Tanager ______ 99
05
Tachyphonus rufus
Carmiol's Tanager ______ 99
Chlorothraupis carmioli
Flame-colored
(or Streak-backed) Tanager)
______ 99 05
Piranga bidentata
Tooth-billed Tanager ______ 99
Piranga lutea
The Tooth-billed Tanager was part of the Hepatic Tanager.
Crimson-collared Tanager ______
99 05
Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta
Passerini's Tanager ______ 99
05
Ramphocelus passerini
The Passerini's Tanager was formerly the Scarlet-rumped
Tanager, on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica.
Cherrie's Tanager ______
99
Ramphocelus costaricensis
The Cherrie's Tanager was formerly the Scarlet-rumped Tanager,
on the southern Pacific side of Costa Rica.
Blue-gray Tanager ______ 91
99 05
Thraupis episcopus
Palm Tanager ______ 99
05
Thraupis palmarum
Speckled Tanager ______
99
Tangara guttata
Silver-throated Tanager ______ 99
05
Tangara icterocephala
Bay-headed Tanager ______ 99
Tangara gyrola
Golden-hooded Tanager ______ 99
05
Tangara larvata
Spangle-cheeked Tanager ______ 99
05
Tangara dowii
Blue-and-gold Tanager (nt) ______
99
Bangsia arcaei
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis ______ 99
Dacnis venusta
Blue Dacnis ______ 05
Dacnis cayana
Shining Honeycreeper ______ 99
Cyanerpes lucidus
Red-legged Honeycreeper ______ 91
99 05
Cyanerpes cyaneus
Green Honeycreeper ______ 99
05
Chlorophanes spiza
Slaty Flower-piercer ______ 99
05
Diglossa plumbea
Yellow-faced Grassquit ______ 99
05
Tiuaris olivacea
White-collared Seedeater ______ 91
99 05
Sporophila torqueola
Variable Seedeater ______ 99
Sporophila corvina
Variable Seedeater ______
99 05
Sporophila corvina
On the Caribbean side of Costa Rica, there is a black form of Sporophila
corvina, the "Hick's Seedeater".
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater ______ 05
Sporophila minuta
Thick-billed Seed Finch ______
99 05
Oryzoborus funereus
When the Thick-billed Seed Finch of Central America was
conspecific with the Chestnut-bellied Seed Finch of South America,
the species was called the Lesser Seed Finch.
Blue-black Grassquit ______ 91
99 05
Volatinia jacarina
Large-footed Finch ______
99 05
Pezopetes capitalis
Yellow-thighed Finch ______ 99
05
Pselliophorrus tibialis
Sooty-faced Finch ______ 99
Lysurus crassirostris
Yellow-throated Brush Finch ______ 05
Atlapetes gutturalis
The Yellow-throated Brush Finch has been merged with the White-naped
Brush Finch, Atlapetes albinucha.
Chestnut-capped Brush Finch ______
05
Buaremon
(formerly Atlapetes) brunneinucha
Black-headed Saltator ______ 99
05
Saltator atriceps
Buff-throated Saltator ______ 99
05
Saltator maximus
"Northern" Grayish Saltator
______ 99 05
Saltator coerulescens brevicaudus
Black-thighed Grosbeak ______ 99
05
Pheucticus tibialis
Blue Grosbeak ______
91 99
Passerina
(formerly Guiraca) caerulea
House Sparrow (i) ______
91 99 05
Passer domesticus
Mammals & Other Wildlife in Costa Rica during FONT tours in July
Mantled Howler Monkey ______ 91 99 05
White-throated Capuchin ______ 91
99 05 (has been called White-faced Capuchin)
Central American Spider Monkey ______ 99
Virginia Opossum ______ 05
Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth ______ 99
Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth ______ 91
Northern Tamandua (or Banded Anteater) ______
99
Collared Peccary ______ 99
Northern Raccoon ______ 99 05
Central American Agouti ______ 99 05
White-nosed Coati ______ 99
Variegated Squirrel ______ 99 05
Red-tailed Squirrel ______ 99 05
White-tailed Deer ______ 05
Tapiti (or Brazilian Rabbit) ______
99 (has also been called
Forest Rabbit or Tropical Cottontail Rabbit)
rat (sp.) ______ 99
Proboscis Bat ______ 05
Long-nosed Bat ______ 99
fruit bat ______ 05
other bats (sp.) ______ 99
Olive Ridley Sea Turtle ______ 91
Common Slider ______ 99 05
Spectacled Caiman ______ 99 05
Morelet's Crocodile ______ 91 05
Green Iguana (Iguana iguana, not always green) ______ 91
99 05
Ctenosaur (or Black Spiny-tailed Iguana) ______ 91
05
Common Basilisk (this & the next, "Jesus Christ
Lizards") ______ 99 05
Emerald (or Green) Basilisk) ______ 05
Green Tree Anole ______ 05
Central American Whip-tailed Lizard ______ 91
05
Gaudy (or Red-eyed) Leaf Frog ______ 05
Strawberry Dart (or Poison-arrow) Frog ______
99 05
Black-and-green Dart (or Poison-arrow) Frog ______
99 05
Morpho Butterflies ______ 99 05
Owl Butterfly ______ 99 05
Leaf-cutter & other forest ants ______ 91
99 05
dung beetles ______ 91
Other Nature:
total solar eclipse ______ 91
active volcano ______ 99
volcanic hot springs ______ 91