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Costa Rica Birds 
during FONT Birding & Nature Tours 
in the Summer

1991 thru 2009

(during the month of July)


 A Costa Rica bird list compiled by Armas Hill with photos

Photo at right: PASSERINI'S TANAGER 
(formerly part of the SULPHUR-RUMPED TANAGER)
Photo below: EMERALD TOUCANET

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): endemic in Costa Rica
(CRr): rare in Costa Rica 


Links:

A Complete Cost Rica Bird-List, including scientific names 

A Central America Bird-List & Photo Gallery, Part 1 of 4
 (with links to parts 2 to 4) 

Mammals during FONT Tours in Central America (with some photos) 

Butterflies in Central America

Previous Costa Rica Tour Highlights

Upcoming FONT Birding & Nature Tours in Central America

 


Bird-List:

  1. Great Tinamou
  2. Little Tinamou
  3. Least Grebe
  4. Sooty Shearwater
  5. Brown Pelican
  6. Brown Booby
  7. Neotropic Cormorant
  8. Anhinga
  9. Magnificent Frigatebird
  10. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
  11. Black-crowned Night-Heron
  12. Boat-billed Heron
  13. Cattle Egret
  14. Green Heron
  15. Little Blue Heron
  16. Tricolored Heron
  17. Snowy Egret
  18. Great Egret
  19. Great Blue Heron
  20. Wood Stork
  21. Jabiru
  22. Green Ibis
  23. White Ibis
  24. Glossy Ibis
  25. Roseate Spoonbill
  26. Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
  27. Fulvous Whistling-Duck
  28. Muscovy Duck
  29. Turkey Vulture
  30. Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
  31. American Black Vulture
  32. King Vulture
  33. Osprey
  34. Gray-headed Kite
  35. Snail Kite
  36. Swallow-tailed Kite
  37. White-tailed Kite
  38. Double-toothed Kite
  39. Plumbeous Kite
  40. Crane Hawk
  41. Black-chested Hawk
  42. Semiplumbeous Hawk
  43. White Hawk
  44. "Mangrove Black Hawk"
  45. Bay-winged/Harris' Hawk
  46. Gray Hawk
  47. Roadside Hawk
  48. Short-tailed Hawk
  49. Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
  50. Crested Caracara
  51. Yellow-headed Caracara
  52. Laughing Falcon
  53. Barred Forest-Falcon
  54. Collared Forest-Falcon
  55. Bat Falcon
  56. Gray-headed Chachalaca
  57. Crested Guan
  58. Great Curassow
  59. Spot-bellied Bobwhite
  60. Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail
  61. Limpkin
  62. Rufous-necked Wood-Rail
  63. White-throated Rail/Crake
  64. American Purple Gallinule
  65. Sungrebe
  66. Northern Jacana
  67. Black-necked Stilt
  68. Double-striped Thick-knee
  69. Black-bellied Plover
  70. Semipalmated Plover
  71. Collared Plover
  72. Whimbrel
  73. Lesser Yellowlegs
  74. Willet
  75. Spotted Sandpiper
  76. Ruddy Turnstone
  77. Short-billed Dowitcher
  78. Western Sandpiper
  79. Semipalmated Sandpiper
  80. Least Sandpiper
  81. Parasitic Jaeger
  82. Laughing Gull
  83. Royal Tern
  84. Feral Pigeon (i)
  85. Scaled Pigeon
  86. Band-tailed Pigeon
  87. Pale-vented Pigeon
  88. Red-billed Pigeon
  89. Ruddy Pigeon
  90. Short-billed Pigeon
  91. Mourning Dove
  92. White-winged Dove
  93. Common Ground-Dove
  94. Plain-breasted Ground-Dove
  95. Ruddy Ground-Dove
  96. Inca Dove
  97. Blue Ground-Dove
  98. White-tipped/-fronted Dove
  99. Gray-headed Dove
  100. Gray-chested Dove
  101. Buff-fronted Quail-Dove
  102. Scarlet Macaw
  103. Crimson-fronted Parakeet
  104. Olive-throated Parakeet
  105. Orange-fronted Parakeet
  106. Orange-chinned/Tovi Parakeet
  107. Brown-hooded Parrot
  108. White-crowned Parrot
  109. White-fronted Parrot
  110. Red-lored Parrot
  111. Yellow-naped Parrot
  112. Mealy Parrot
  113. Squirrel Cuckoo
  114. Groove-billed Ani
  115. Smooth-billed Ani
  116. Striped Cuckoo
  117. Barn Owl
  118. Vermiculated Screech-Owl
  119. Central American Pygmy-Owl
  120. Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
  121. Mottled Owl
  122. Striped Owl
  123. Great Potoo
  124. Short-tailed Nighthawk
  125. Lesser Nighthawk
  126. Pauraque
  127. White-chinned Swift
  128. White-collared Swift
  129. Vaux's/Dusky-backed Swift
  130. Band-rumped Swift
  131. Gray-rumped Swift
  132. Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
  133. Band-tailed Barbthroat
  134. Long-tailed Hermit
  135. Little Hermit
  136. Violet Sabrewing
  137. White-necked Jacobin
  138. Brown Violetear
  139. Green Violetear
  140. Green-breasted Mango
  141. Violet-headed Hummingbird
  142. Green Thorntail
  143. Salvin's/Fork-tailed Emerald
  144. Crowned Woodnymph
  145. Fiery-throated Hummingbird
  146. Mangrove Hummingbird (e)
  147. Steely-vented Hummingbird
  148. Cinnamon Hummingbird
  149. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
  150. Black-bellied Hummingbird
  151. Coppery-headed Emerald (e)
  152. Red-footed Plumeleteer
  153. White-bellied Mountain-gem
  154. Purple-throated Mountain-gem
  155. Gray-tailed Mountain-gem (e)
  156. Green-crowned Brilliant
  157. Magnificent Hummingbird
  158. Purple-crowned Fairy
  159. Scintillant Hummingbird
  160. Volcano Hummingbird
  161. Resplendent Quetzal (nt)
  162. Slaty-tailed/Massena Trogon
  163. Black-headed Trogon
  164. Collared Trogon
  165. Orange-bellied Trogon
  166. Black-throated Trogon
  167. Violaceous Trogon
  168. Ringed Kingfisher
  169. Amazon Kingfisher
  170. Green Kingfisher
  171. Turquoise-browed Motmot
  172. Blue-crowned Motmot
  173. Rufous-tailed Jacamar
  174. White-fronted Nunbird
  175. Emerald Toucanet
  176. Collared Aracari
  177. Keel-billed Toucan
  178. Chestnut-mandibled/Swainson's Toucan
  179. Acorn Woodpecker
  180. Black-cheeked Woodpecker
  181. Hoffmann's Woodpecker
  182. Red-crowned Woodpecker
  183. Hairy Woodpecker
  184. Smoky-brown Woodpecker
  185. Cinnamon Woodpecker
  186. Lineated Woodpecker
  187. Pale-billed Woodpecker
  188. Plain-brown Woodcreeper
  189. Olivaceous Woodcreeper
  190. Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
  191. Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
  192. Cocoa (formerly Buff-throated) Woodcreeper
  193. Streak-headed Woodcreeper
  194. Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
  195. Slaty Spinetail
  196. Red-faced Spinetail
  197. Ruddy Treerunner
  198. Buffy Tuftedcheek
  199. Scaly-throated Leaftosser
  200. Plain Xenops
  201. Streaked Xenops
  202. Fasciated Antshrike
  203. Great Antshrike
  204. Barred Antshrike
  205. Black-hooded Antshrike
  206. Western Slaty-Antshrike
  207. Slaty Antwren
  208. Dot-winged Antwren
  209. Dusky Antbird
  210. Chestnut-backed Antbird
  211. Bicolored Antbird
  212. Spotted Antbird
  213. Ocellated Antbird
  214. Black-faced Antthrush
  215. Cinnamon Becard
  216. White-winged Becard
  217. Rose-throated Becard
  218. Masked Tityra
  219. Black-crowned Tityra
  220. Snowy Cotinga
  221. Bare-necked Umbrellabird
  222. Red-capped Manakin
  223. Blue-crowned Manakin
  224. White-collared Manakin
  225. Gray-headed Piprites/Manakin
  226. Thrushlike Schiffornis
  227. Black Phoebe
  228. Tropical Kingbird
  229. White-ringed Flycatcher
  230. Boat-billed Flycatcher
  231. Bright-rumped Attila
  232. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
  233. Streaked Flycatcher
  234. Gray-capped Flycatcher
  235. Social Flycatcher
  236. Great Kiskadee
  237. Rufous Mourner
  238. Panama Flycatcher
  239. Brown-crested Flycatcher
  240. Nutting's Flycatcher
  241. Dusky-capped Flycatcher
  242. Tropical Pewee
  243. Dark Pewee
  244. Yellowish Flycatcher
  245. Black-capped Flycatcher
  246. Tufted Flycatcher
  247. Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
  248. Yellow-olive Flycatcher
  249. Eye-ringed Flatbill
  250. Common Tody-Flycatcher
  251. Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher
  252. Yellow Tyrannulet
  253. Torrent Tyrannulet
  254. Yellow-bellied Elaenia
  255. Mountain Elaenia
  256. Greenish Elaenia
  257. Northern Scrub-Flycatcher
  258. Northern Beardless Tyrannulet
  259. Mistletoe/Paltry Tyrannulet
  260. Slaty-capped Flycatcher
  261. Olive-striped Flycatcher
  262. Gray-breasted Martin
  263. Blue-and-white Swallow
  264. Southern Rough-winged Swallow
  265. Barn Swallow
  266. Mangrove Swallow
  267. White-throated Magpie-Jay
  268. Brown Jay
  269. Rufous-naped Wren
  270. Plain Wren
  271. Stripe-breasted Wren
  272. Bay Wren
  273. Riverside Wren
  274. Banded Wren
  275. Black-throated Wren
  276. (Southern) House Wren
  277. Ochraceous Wren
  278. White-breasted Wood-Wren
  279. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
  280. Northern Nightingale-Wren
  281. Song Wren
  282. Black-faced Solitaire
  283. Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush
  284. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
  285. Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
  286. Sooty Robin
  287. Mountain Robin
  288. Clay-colored Robin
  289. White-throated Robin
  290. White-lored Gnatcatcher
  291. Tropical Gnatcatcher
  292. Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher
  293. Rufous-browed Peppershrike
  294. Mangrove Vireo
  295. Yellow-winged Vireo
  296. Yellow-green Vireo
  297. Brown-capped Vireo
  298. Lesser/Gray-crowned Greenlet
  299. Bananaquit
  300. Flame-throated Warbler
  301. Tropical Parula
  302. "Mangrove Warbler"
  303. Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
  304. Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
  305. Slate-throated Redstart
  306. Collared Redstart
  307. Three-striped Warbler
  308. Golden-crowned Warbler
  309. Black-cheeked Warbler
  310. Buff-rumped Warbler
  311. Zeledonia
  312. Chestnut-headed Oropendola
  313. Montezuma Oropendola
  314. Scarlet-rumped Cacique
  315. Black-cowled Oriole
  316. Spot-breasted Oriole
  317. Streak-backed Oriole
  318. Eastern Meadowlark
  319. Red-winged Blackbird
  320. Great-tailed Grackle
  321. Nicaraguan Grackle
  322. Bronzed/Red-eyed Cowbird
  323. Giant Cowbird
  324. Common Bush Tanager
  325. Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager
  326. Black-and-yellow Tanager
  327. Tawny-crested Tanager
  328. White-lined Tanager
  329. Olive/Carmiol's Tanager
  330. Flame-colored Tanager
  331. Highland Hepatic-Tanager
  332. Crimson-collared Tanager
  333. Passerini's (Caribbean form of "Scarlet-rumped") Tanager
  334. Cherrie's (Pacific form of "Scarlet-rumped") Tanager
  335. Blue-gray Tanager
  336. Palm Tanager
  337. Yellow-throated Euphonia
  338. Olive-backed Euphonia
  339. Blue-hooded Euphonia
  340. Scrub Euphonia
  341. Speckled Tanager
  342. Silver-throated Tanager
  343. Bay-headed Tanager
  344. Golden-hooded Tanager
  345. Spangled-cheeked Tanager
  346. Blue-and-gold Tanager
  347. Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
  348. Shining Honeycreeper
  349. Red-legged Honeycreeper
  350. Green Honeycreeper
  351. Black-headed Saltator
  352. Buff-throated Saltator
  353. Grayish Saltator
  354. Black-thighed Grosbeak
  355. Blue Grosbeak
  356. Yellow-faced Grassquit
  357. White-collared Seedeater
  358. Variable Seedeater
  359. Thick-billed Seed-Finch
  360. Blue-black Grassquit
  361. Slaty Flower-piercer
  362. Large-footed Finch
  363. Yellow-thighed Finch
  364. Sooty-faced Finch
  365. Black-striped Sparrow
  366. White-eared Ground-Sparrow
  367. Stripe-headed Sparrow
  368. Volcano Junco
  369. Rufous-collared Sparrow
  370. Yellow-bellied Siskin
  371. House Sparrow (i)

Mammals & Other Wildlife in Costa Rica during FONT tours in July:

  1. Mantled Howler Monkey
  2. White-faced Capuchin (Monkey)
  3. Central American Spider Monkey
  4. Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth
  5. Northern Tamandua/Banded Anteater
  6. Collared Peccary
  7. Northern Raccoon
  8. Central American Agouti
  9. White-nosed Coati/Coatimundi
  10. Variegated Squirrel
  11. Red-tailed Squirrel
  12. Tropical Cottontail Rabbit
  13. rat (sp.)
  14. bats (sp.)
  15. Long-nosed Bat
  16. Caiman
  17. Iguana
  18. Basilisk
  19. Poison Dart Frogs (red; green & black)
  20. Morpho Butterflies
  21. Owl Butterfly
  22. Leaf-cutter & other forest ants
  23. fresh water turtles
  24. active volcano