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Birds and Other Wildlife 
 during the 
Focus On Nature Tours
in northern & southern 
Costa Rica 

 in  March 2012

List compiled by Armas Hill, leader of the tours


Dates: 
March 10-24, 2012
          

Codes:
 
N:   during the Northern Costa Rica tour, March 10-16
S:   during the Southern Costa Rica tour, March 16-24


(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International.
(t1): critical     (t2): endangered     (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally.

(CRi): introduced in Costa Rica
(CRe): Costa Rican endemic
 (CRne): Costa Rica near-endemic 
(CRr): rare in Costa Rica.
(h): heard only

The number in ( ) indicates the number of FONT tours in Costa Rica during which the species has been found.  


Photo at upper right of a TURQUOISE-BROWED MOTMOT 
photographed during the March 2012 FONT tour in northern Costa Rica 
 (photo by Virginia Woodhouse)

Links:

More about the FONT Costa Rica Tours in March 2012

A Gallery of Photos from our March 2012 Costa Rica Tours

A Cumulative List of Costa Rica Birds     A Photographic Sampling of Colorful Costa Rican Birds

A List & Photo Gallery of Central American Birds, in 4 Parts

Mammals & some Other Wildlife of Costa Rica  (with some photos)

A List & Photo Gallery of Central American Butterflies, in 5 Parts 

Amphibians & Reptiles of Costa Rica & Panama  (with some photos)

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Costa Rica



In a distant tree, a Gartered Trogon by a large wasp nest
where it was feeding on the insects,
photographed during the March 2012 FONT tour in southern Costa Rica.
(photo by Virginia Woodhouse)


Bird-List:

  1. Great Tinamou -  S  (heard) (27)

  2. Little Tinamou -  N,S  (heard & seen) (14)

  3. Thicket Tinamou -  N  (seen) (7) 

  4. Gray-headed Chachalaca - N,S  (20)

  5. Crested Guan - S  (20)

  6. Black-bellied Whistling Duck - N  (18)

  7. Fulvous Whistling Duck -  N  (3)

  8. Muscovy Duck -  N  (14)

  9. Mallard -  N  (1)

  10. Blue-winged Teal -  N,S  (22)

  11. Least Grebe -  S  (13)

  12. Wood Stork -  N,S  (22)

  13. JABIRU -  N  (7)

  14. American White Ibis -  N,S  (25)

  15. Glossy Ibis -  N  (5)

  16. Roseate Spoonbill -  N,S  (22)

  17. Cattle Egret -  N,S  (32)

  18. Green Heron -  N,S  (32)

  19. Little Blue Heron -  N,S  (31)

  20. Tricolored Heron -  N  (24)

  21. Snowy Egret -  N,S  (30)

  22. Great Egret -  N,S  (31)

  23. Great Blue Heron -  N,S  (26)

  24. Bare-throated Tiger Heron -  N,S  (20)

  25. Yellow-crowned Night Heron -  N  (17)

  26. Boat-billed Heron -  S  (21)

  27. Magnificent Frigatebird -  N,S  (29)

  28. Brown Pelican -  N,S  (29)

  29. Neotropic Cormorant -  S  (26)

  30. Anhinga -  N,S  (18)

  31. Turkey Vulture -  N,S  (32)

  32. Black Vulture -  N,S  (32)

  33. KING VULTURE -  S  (22)

  34. Northern Crested Caracara -  N,S  (27)

  35. Yellow-headed Caracara -  S  (16)

  36. Laughing Falcon -  N,S  (29)

  37. Collared Forest Falcon -  N  (11)

  38. American Kestrel -  N,S  (15)

  39. APLOMADO FALCON -  N  (2)

  40. Peregrine Falcon - N  (13)

  41. Osprey -  N  (25)

  42. Gray-headed Kite -  S  (9)

  43. Swallow-tailed Kite -  N,S  (25)

  44. PEARL KITE -  S  (3)

  45. White-tailed Kite -  N,S  (31)

  46. Plumbeous Kite -  S  (10)

  47. Snail Kite -  N  (7)

  48. Bicolored Hawk -  N  (7)

  49. Barred Hawk -  N  (10)

  50. White Hawk -  N  (16)

  51. Common Black Hawk -  N  (18)

  52. Gray Hawk -  N,S  (24)

  53. Roadside Hawk -   N,S  (31)

  54. Broad-winged Hawk -  N,S  (25)

  55. Swainson's Hawk -  S  (10)

  56. Zone-tailed Hawk -  N  (7)

  57. Red-tailed Hawk -  N,S  (21)

  58. Black Hawk-Eagle -  S  (6)

  59. Gray-necked Wood-Rail -  S  (20)

  60. Common Gallinule -  S  (14) 
      
  61. Purple Gallinule -  N,S  (25)

  62. SUNGREBE -  S  (13)

  63. Limpkin -  N  (14)

  64. Double-striped Thick-knee -  N  (17)

  65. Northern Jacana -  N,S  (31)

  66. Black-necked Stilt -  N,S  (19)

  67. Black-bellied Plover -  N  (18)

  68. Semipalmated Plover -  N,S  (23)

  69. KIlldeer -  N  (6)

  70. SOUTHERN LAPWING -  S  (3)  

  71. Whimbrel -  N,S  (25)

  72. LONG-BILLED CURLEW -  N  (1)

  73. Greater Yellowlegs -  N,S  (14)

  74. Lesser Yellowlegs -  N  (18)

  75. Willet -  N,S  (24)

  76. Solitary Sandpiper -  S  (21)

     
  77. Spotted Sandpiper -  N,S  (31)

  78. Ruddy Turnstone - N,S  (21)

  79. Semipalmated Sandpiper -  N  (11)

  80. Western Sandpiper -  N,S  (16)

  81. Stilt Sandpiper -  N  (6)

  82. Short-billed Dowitcher -  N  (15)

  83. Laughing Gull -  N,S  (28)

  84. Royal Tern -  N,S  (25)

  85. Sandwich Tern -  N,S  (17)

  86. Feral Pigeon (CRi) -  N,S  (32)

  87. Scaled Pigeon -  S  (9)

  88. Band-tailed Pigeon -  S  (20)

  89. Pale-vented Pigeon -  N,S  (26)

  90. Red-billed Pigeon -  N  (28)

  91. Short-billed Pigeon -  S  (29)

  92. Mourning Dove -  N  (14)

  93. White-winged Dove -  N  (23)

  94. Common Ground Dove -  N  (21)

  95. Plain-breasted Ground Dove -  S  (6)

  96. Ruddy Ground Dove -  N,S  (31)

  97. Blue Ground Dove -  S  (11)

  98. Inca Dove -  N  (25)

  99. White-tipped (formerly White-fronted) Dove -  N,S  (31)

  100. Gray-chested Dove - S  (14)

  101. Chiriqui Quail-Dove - N (found deceased)  (4)

  102. Ruddy Quail-Dove -  S  (heard)  (7)

  103. Scarlet Macaw -  N,S  (18)

  104. Crimson-fronted Parakeet -  N,S  (25)

  105. Aztec (formerly Olive-throated) Parakeet -  N  (17)

  106. Orange-fronted Parakeet  -  N  (21)

  107. Orange-chinned (or Tovi) Parakeet -  N,S  (32)

  108. Brown-hooded Parrot -  S  (21)

  109. Blue-headed Parrot -  S  (13)

  110. White-crowned Parrot -  N,S  (31)

  111. White-fronted Parrot -  N  (19)

  112. Red-lored Amazon (or Parrot) -  N,S  (27)

  113. Yellow-naped Amazon (or Parrot) (t2) -  N  (15)

  114. Mealy Amazon (or Parrot) -  S  (26)

  115. Black-billed Cuckoo -  S  (2)

  116. Mangrove Cuckoo -  N  (8)

  117. Squirrel Cuckoo -  N,S  (29)

  118. Groove-billed Ani -  N,S  (27)

  119. Smooth-billed Ani -  S  (13)

  120. Striped Cuckoo -  N  (heard) (15)

  121. Tropical Screech Owl -  S  (heard) (4)

  122. Spectacled Owl -  S  (12)

  123. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl -  N,S  (heard) (14)

  124. Black-and-white Owl -  S  (8)

  125. Common Potoo -  S  (3)

  126. Lesser Nighthawk -  N  (18)

  127. Pauraque -  N,S  (32)

  128. White-tailed Nightjar -  S  (3)

  129. White-collared Swift -  N,S  (32)

  130. Costa Rican (formerly Band-rumped) Swift -  S  (10)

  131. "Dusky-backed" Vaux's Swift -  N,S  (25)

  132. Band-tailed Barbthroat - N  (10)

  133. Bronzy Hermit -  S  (8)

  134. Green Hermit -  N  (19)

  135. Long-billed (formerly Long-tailed) Hermit - S  (21)

  136. Stripe-throated (formerly Little) Hermit -  S  (24)

  137. Violet Sabrewing -  N  (23)

  138. White-necked Jacobin -  N  (17)

  139. Brown Violetear - N  (9)

  140. Green Violetear -  N,S  (23)

  141. Green-breasted Mango -  N,S  (18)

  142. GREEN THORNTAIL -  N,S  (11)

  143. Salvin's Emerald -  N  (13)

  144. Garden Emerald -  S  (6)

  145. Violet-crowned Woodnymph -  N  (22)

  146. Fiery-throated Hummingbird -  S  (16)

  147. Charming (or Beryl-crowned) Hummingbird -  S  (8)

  148. Snowy-bellied Hummingbird -  S  (7)

  149. Steely-vented Hummingbird -  N  (18)

  150. Cinnamon Hummingbird -  N  (20)

  151. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird -  N,S  (31)

  152. Stripe-tailed Hummingbird - S  (7)

  153. SNOWCAP - N  (4)

  154. Coppery-headed Emerald  (CRe) - N  (15)

  155. Gray-tailed Mountain-gem  (CRe) -  S  (13)

  156. Green-crowned Brilliant -  N  (23)

  157. Magnificent Hummingbird -  S  (22)

  158. Purple-crowned Fairy -  N  (17)

  159. Plain-capped Starthroat - N  (13)

  160. Magenta-throated Woodstar -  S  (16)

  161. Ruby-throated Hummingbird - N  (12)

  162. Scintillant Hummingbird - N,S  (21)

  163. Volcano Hummingbird -  S  (23)

  164. RESPLENDENT QUETZAL (nt) -  N,S  (23)

  165. Slaty-tailed Trogon - S  (23)

  166. BAIRD'S TROGON  (nt) - S  (9)

  167. Black-headed Trogon -  N  (20)

  168. Collared Trogon - S  (22: includes Orange-bellied)

  169. Orange-bellied Trogon -  N

  170. Gartered (formerly Violaceous) Trogon -  S  (23)

  171. Ringed Kingfisher -  N,S  (28)

  172. Amazon Kingfisher -  N,S  (26)

  173. Green Kingfisher -  N,S  (30)

  174. Turquoise-browed Motmot -  N  (20)

  175. Blue-crowned Motmot  -  S  (28)

  176. Rufous-tailed Jacamar - S  (13)

  177. White-necked Puffbird -  S  (12)

  178. Fiery-billed Aracari -  S  (13)

  179. Keel-billed Toucan -  N  (20)

  180. Black-mandibled (or Chestnut-mandibled) Toucan -  S  (30)

  181. Olivaceous Piculet - S  (6)

  182. Acorn Woodpecker -  S  (17)

  183. Golden-naped Woodpecker -  S  (11)

  184. Hoffmann's Woodpecker -  N  (27)

  185. Red-crowned Woodpecker -  S  (15)

  186. Red-rumped Woodpecker -  S  (1)

     
  187. Lineated Woodpecker -  N,S  (31)

  188. Pale-billed Woodpecker -  S  (24)

  189. Blue-crowned Manakin -  S  (12)

  190. Lance-tailed Manakin -  S  (heard) (4)

  191. LONG-TAILED MANAKIN -  N  (15)

  192. White-collared Manakin -  N  (16)

  193. Orange-collared Manakin -  S  (6)

  194. Black-crowned Tityra -  S  (18)

  195. Thrushlike Schiffornis - S  (heard) (13)

  196. Rose-throated Becard -  N  (26)

  197. Rufous Piha -  S  (14)

  198. TURQUOISE COTINGA (t3) -  S  (8)

  199. THREE-WATTLED BELLBIRD (t3) -  S  (13)

  200. Black Phoebe -  N,S  (25)

  201. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher -  N,S  (17)

  202. FORK-TAILED FLYCATCHER -  S  (11)

  203. Tropical Kingbird -  N,S  (32)

  204. Piratic Flycatcher -  N,S  (15)

  205. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher -  N  (14)

  206. Streaked Flycatcher - S  (18)

  207. Golden-bellied Flycatcher -  N,S  (11)

  208. Gray-capped Flycatcher -  S  (23)

  209. Social Flycatcher -  N,S  (32)

  210. Great Kiskadee -  N,S  (32)

  211. Nutting's Flycatcher -  N  (20)

  212. Brown-crested Flycatcher -  N  (18)

  213. Great Crested Flycatcher -  N  (22)

  214. Dusky-capped Flycatcher -  N,S  (26)

  215. Bright-rumped Attila -  S  (heard) (17)

  216. Tropical Pewee -  S  (23)

  217. Dark Pewee -  S  (19)

  218. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher -  N  (10)

  219. Least Flycatcher -  S  (1)

  220. Yellowish Flycatcher -  N,S  (19)

  221. Black-capped Flycatcher -  N  (14)

  222. Northern Tufted Flycatcher -  N  (21)

  223. Black-tailed Flycatcher (or Myiobius) -  S  (2)

  224. Yellow-olive Flatbill (or Flycatcher) -  N  (22)

  225. Common Tody-Flycatcher -  S  (29)

  226. Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher -  N  (15)

  227. Yellow Tyrannulet -  S  (9)

  228. Torrent Tyrannulet - N,S  (26)

  229. Yellow-bellied Elaenia -  S  (26)

  230. Lesser Elaenia -  S  (11)

  231. Mountain Elaenia -  N,S  (25)

  232. Greenish Elaenia -  N  (7)

  233. Northern Scrub Flycatcher -  N  (5)

  234. Mouse-colored Tyrannulet -  S  (2)

  235. Slaty-capped Flycatcher -  S  (9)

  236. Barred Antshrike -  N  (heard) (24)

  237. Black-hooded Antshrike -  S  (heard) (15)

  238. Chestnut-backed Antbird -  S  (12)

  239. Bicolored Antbird -  S  (8)

  240. Black-faced Antthrush -  N  (heard) (11)

  241. STREAK-CHESTED ANTPITTA -  S  (1)  

  242. Spotted Barbtail -  N  (8)

  243. Ruddy Treerunner -  N,S  (10)

  244. Olivaceous Woodcreeper -  N  (18)

  245. Wedge-billed Woodcreeper -  S  (20)

  246. Cocoa Woodcreeper -  N,S  (18)

  247. Spotted Woodcreeper -  N  (11)

  248. Streak-headed Woodcreeper -  N,S  (29)

  249. Spot-crowned Woodcreeper -  S  (16)

  250. Rufous-browed Peppershrike -  N  (heard) (6)

  251. Yellow-winged Vireo -  S  (15)

  252. Yellow-throated Vireo -  N  (21)

  253. Yellow-green Vireo -  N,S  (25)

  254. Tawny-crowned Greenlet - S  (4)

  255. Lesser Greenlet -  N,S  (28)

  256. Brown Jay -  N,S  (29)

  257. White-throated Magpie-Jay  -  N  (19)

  258. LONG-TAILED SILKY-FLYCATCHER -  S  (19)

  259. BLACK-AND-YELLOW PHAINOPTILA (or SILKY-FLYCATCHER) -  S  (10)

  260. Gray-breasted Martin -  S  (31)

  261. Mangrove Swallow -  N,S  (26)

  262. Blue-and-white Swallow -  N,S  (32)

  263. Northern Rough-winged Swallow -  N  (17)

  264. Southern Rough-winged Swallow -  S  (28)

  265. Barn Swallow -  N,S  (27)

  266. American Cliff Swallow -  N  (4)

  267. Rufous-naped Wren -  N  (20)

  268. Black-bellied Wren -  S  (4)

  269. Rufous-breasted Wren -  S  (9)

  270. Riverside Wren - S  (14)

  271. Rufous-and-white Wren -  N  (8)

  272. Plain Wren -  S  (19)

  273. Black-throated Wren -  N  (5)

  274. (Southern) House Wren -  N,S  (32)

  275. Timberline Wren -  S  (8)

  276. White-breasted Wood Wren -  N,S  (heard) (19)

  277. Gray-breasted Wood Wren -  N,S  (heard) (27)

  278. White-lored Gnatcatcher -  N  (17)

  279. Tropical Gnatcatcher -  N,S  (24)

  280. Long-billed Gnatwren -  N  (10)

  281. Black-faced Solitaire -  N,S  (22)

  282. Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush -  N,S  (18)

  283. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush - S  (13)

  284. Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush -  S  (16)

  285. Swainson's Thrush - S  (14)

  286. Sooty Thrush (or Robin) -  S  (20)

  287. Mountain Thrush (or Robin) -  S  (27)

  288. Clay-colored Thrush (or Robin) -  N,S  (32)

  289. White-throated Thrush - N  (heard) (12)

  290. TROPICAL MOCKINGBIRD -  S  (1)

  291. American Dipper -  S  (14)

  292. House Sparrow  (CRi) -  N,S  (31)

  293. Scrub Euphonia -  N  (16)

  294. Yellow-crowned Euphonia -  S  (19)

  295. Thick-billed Euphonia -  S  (13)

  296. Yellow-throated Euphonia -  N,S  (12)

  297. Spot-crowned Euphonia -  S  (7)

  298. Tawny-capped Euphonia -  N  (15)

  299. Black-and-white Warbler -  S  (25)

  300. Tennessee Warbler -  N,S  (26)

  301. Flame-throated Warbler -  N,S  (17)

  302. Tropical Parula -  N,S  (19)

  303. Yellow Warbler -  N,S  (28)

  304. Mangrove Warbler -  N  (18)

  305. Chestnut-sided Warbler -  N,S  (29)

  306. Black-throated Green Warbler -  S  (24)

  307. Blackburnian Warbler -  N,S  (22)

  308. American Redstart -  N  (16)

  309. Ovenbird -  N  (6)

  310. Northern Waterthrush -  N  (24)

  311. Common Yellowthroat -  S  (5)

  312. Wilson's Warbler -  N,S  (29)

  313. Slate-throated Whitestart (or Redstart) -  N  (27)

  314. Collared Whitestart (or Redstart) -  N,S  (27)

  315. Stripe-crowned (or Golden-crowned) Warbler -  N  (11)

  316. Chestnut-capped (or Rufous-capped) Warbler -  N  (19)

  317. Black-cheeked Warbler -  S  (12)

  318. Buff-rumped Warbler -  S  (21)

  319. Montezuma Oropendola -  N  (23)

  320. Streak-backed Oriole -  N  (18)

  321. Baltimore Oriole -  N.S  (28)

  322. Orchard Oriole -  S  (15)

  323. Red-winged Blackbird -  N  (16)

  324. Red-breasted Blackbird -  S  (6)

  325. Eastern Meadowlark -  N  (28)

  326. Melodious Blackbird  -  S  (5)

  327. Great-tailed Grackle -  N,S  (32)

  328. Bronzed (or Red-eyed) Cowbird -  N,S  (26)

  329. Giant Cowbird -  N  (4)

  330. Bananaquit -  N,S  (29)

  331. Orange-billed Sparrow -  S  (17)

  332. Black-striped Sparrow -  S  (28)

  333. Stripe-headed Sparrow -  N  (19)

  334. Volcano Junco -  S  (13)

  335. Rufous-collared Sparrow -  N,S  (32)

  336. Common Bush Tanager -  N,S  (29)

  337. Sooty-capped Bush Tanager -  N,S  (24)

  338. Gray-headed Tanager -  S  (12)

  339. White-lined Tanager -  S  (18)

  340. Red-throated Ant Tanager -  N  (3)

  341. BLACK-CHEEKED ANT TANAGER  (t2) (CRe) -  S  (5) 

  342. Summer Tanager -  N,S  (28)

  343. Flame-colored Tanager -  S  (18)

  344. Passerini's (formerly Scarlet-rumped) Tanager -  N  (24)
  345. Cherrie's (formerly Scarlet-rumped) Tanager -  S  (14)

  346. Blue-gray Tanager -  N,S  (32)

  347. Palm Tanager -  N,S  (31)

  348. Silver-throated Tanager -  S  (27)

  349. Bay-headed Tanager -  S  (24)

  350. Golden-hooded Tanager -  S  (30)

  351. Scarlet-thighed Dacnis -  S  (22)

  352. Blue Dacnis -  N,S  (22)

  353. Green Honeycreeper -  S  (26)

  354. Shining Honeycreeper -  S  (17)

  355. Red-legged Honeycreeper -  N,S  (27)

  356. Slaty Flower-piercer -  N,S  (26)

  357. Yellow-faced Grassquit -  S  (28)

  358. White-collared Seedeater -  N,S  (23)

  359. Variable Seedeater -  N,S  (21)

  360. Yellow-bellied Seedeater -  S  (6)

  361. Ruddy-breasted Seedeater -  S  (6)

  362. Thick-billed (formerly Lesser) Seed Finch -  S  (21)

  363. Blue-black Grassquit -  N.S  (32)

  364. Peg-billed Finch -  N  (7)

  365. Large-footed Finch -  S  (15)

  366. Buff-throated Saltator -  N,S  (30)

  367. (Northern) Grayish Saltator -  N  (14)

  368. Streaked Saltator - S  (8)

  369. Rose-breasted Grosbeak -  N,S  (26)

  370. Blue Grosbeak -  N  (7)

  371. Blue-black Grosbeak -  S  (16)

  372. Painted Bunting -  N  (8) 



 Mammals & Some Other Wildlife during 
the Focus On Nature Tours in Costa Rica 
in March 2012

 1.  Mantled Howler Monkey -  N,S


 2.  White-faced Capuchin (Monkey) -  N


 3.  Central American Squirrel Monkey -  S

 
 4.  White-nosed Coati -  N 


 5.  Central American Agouti -  S 

 
 6.  Variegated Squirrel -  N,S 


 7.  Red-tailed Squirrel -  N,S


 8.  Eastern Cottontail -  N


 9.  White-tailed Deer -  N 

10.  bats -  N,S 




11.  American Crocodile - N


12.  Spectacled Caiman -  S


13.  House Gecko (CRi) -  S


14.  Green Iguana -  N


15.  Black Spiny-tailed Lizard (or Ctenosaur) -  N


16.  Common Basilisk -  S


17.  Central American Whip-tailed Lizard -  N


18.  Four-lined Whip-tailed Lizard -  N


19.  Red-cheeked Mud Turtle -  S


20.  Giant Toad -  S


21.  Red-eyed Leaf Frog -  S


22.  Hourglass Tree Frog -  S


23.  Blue Morpho Butterflies -  N,S 


24.  other butterflies - (including some elsewhere in this web-site in the "Butterflies of Central America" list, noted with the code "CR")


25.  leaf-cutter & other forest ants -  N,S