BIRDS SEEN IN COSTA RICA, 8-22 July 2000. Brad Bergstrom, Margaret Harper.
Total # species = 354, including 7 "heard only" (name in parens.)
Extended Stays:
LA= La Selva Biol. Station; 3 days
SV= Savegre Mtn. Lodge; 2 days
TR= Tarcol Lodge, mangroves, Tarcoles River & Carara Biol. Reserve; 3 d
MR= Marenco Biol. Sta. and Corcovado NP (San Pedrillo area); 3 days
Brief Stops:
G= El Gavilan lodge (near LA, above); 1/2 day
S= Sierpe, including river, rice fields & Ecomanglares Lodge; 1/2 day
C= near Cerro la Muerte (high point on Pan American Hwy.); 1 hr.
N= Pacific coastal hwy. NW of Palmar Norte; 1 hr.
I= San Isidro/ El General Valley; 1/2 day
P= between Paso Real & Buenos Aires, Pan American Hwy; 1 hr.
D= Dominical-San Isidro Hwy., mtn. pass, roadside shrine; 1 hr.
J= San Jose; 2 hrs.
Tinamiformes
Great Tinamou LA,(TR)
Little Tinamou MR,(LA)
Pelecaniformes
Brown Booby MR
Magnificent Frigatebird MR,TR
Brown Pelican MR,TR
Neotropic (Olivaceous) Cormorant LA,S,MR,TR
Anhinga LA,S,MR,TR
Ciconiiformes
Ardeidae
Great Blue Heron near LA
Boat-billed Heron MR,TR
Bare-throated Tiger-heron MR,TR
Cattle Egret widespread
Great Egret LA,S,MR,TR
Snowy Egret S,TR
Little Blue Heron LA,S,MR,TR
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron TR
Green Heron LA,S,MR,TR
Threskiornithidae
White Ibis MR,TR
Roseate Spoonbill TR
Cinconiidae
Wood Stork S,TR
Cathartidae
Black Vulture widespread
Turkey Vulture widespread
King Vulture TR
Anseriformes
Black-bellied Whistling Duck S,MR,TR,I,N
Falconiformes
Osprey TR
Swallow-tailed Kite I
White-tailed Kite P,J
Plumbeous Kite TR
Grey-headed Kite LA
Pearl Kite I
Mangrove (Common) Black-Hawk TR
Great Black-Hawk S
White Hawk MA
Semiplumbeous Hawk LA
Roadside Hawk LA,S,N,I
Red-tailed Hawk SV
Zone-tailed Hawk TR
Gray Hawk TR
Laughing Falcon MR,N,(TR)
(Collared Forest Falcon) (TR)
Yellow-headed Caracara S,MR,TR
Crested Caracara S,TR
Galliformes
Great Currasow LA,MR
Gray-headed Chachalaca LA,P
Crested Guan LA
Spotted Wood-Quail SV
Gray-necked Wood-Rail MR,N
White-throated Crake LA,N
Purple Gallinule S,MR,(TR)
Charadriiformes
Northern Jacana S,TR
Black-bellied Plover S,TR
Collared Plover S,TR
Wilson's Plover TR
Semipalmated Plover S,TR
Wandering Tattler MR
Least Sandpiper TR
Pectoral Sandpiper S
Semipalmated Sandpiper TR
Spotted Sandpiper MR,TR
Western Sandpiper TR
Short-billed Dowitcher TR
Willet S,TR
Whimbrel TR
Ruddy Turnstone TR
Laughing Gull MR,TR
Gull-billed Tern TR
Royal Tern TR
Sooty Tern MR
Columbiformes
Band-tailed Pigeon SV
Red-billed Pigeon LA,MR,TR
Short-billed Pigeon LA,MR,TR
Pale-vented Pigeon LA,G,MR
Ruddy Pigeon SV
Ruddy Ground-Dove widespread
Blue Ground-Dove LA,S,I,N,TR
White-tipped Dove S,MR,I,TR
Inca Dove S,MR,I,TR,J
Gray-chested Dove LA,G,TR
(Ruddy Quail-Dove) (TR)
Olive-backed Quail-Dove LA
Rock Dove J
Psittaciformes
Yellow-naped Parrot TR
Brown-hooded Parrot LA
White-fronted Parrot TR
White-crowned Parrot TR,LA
Red-lored Parrot TR,LA
Mealy Parrot MR,LA,TR
Scarlet Macaw MR,TR
Crimson-fronted Parakeet J
Orange-chinned Parakeet LA,S,MR,TR,I
(Barred Parakeet) (SV)
Cuculiformes
Squirrel Cuckoo LA,S,MR,TR,N,I,J
Smooth-billed Ani S
Groove-billed Ani LA,TR
Strigiformes
(Barn Owl) (LA)
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl TR
Vermiculated Screech-Owl LA
Crested Owl LA
Black-and-white Owl TR
Striped Owl TR
Caprimulgiformes
Common Potoo LA
Great Potoo LA
Lesser Nighthawk TR
Common Pauraque S,MR,TR
White-tailed Nightjar TR
Apodiformes, Apodidae
White-collared Swift TR
Band-rumped Swift MR,TR,I
Gray-rumped Swift LA
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift LA
Apodiformes, Trochilidae
Little Hermit LA,MR
Long-tailed Hermit LA,MR,TR
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird widespread
Blue-chested Hummingbird LA
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird I,TR
Blue-throated Goldentail TR
Mangrove Hummingbird TR
Magnificent Hummingbird SV
Crowned Woodnymph LA
Purple-crowned Fairy LA,TR
Red-footed Plumeleteer LA
White-throated (=Gray-tailed) Mountain-gem SV
Fiery-throated Hummingbird C
Scintillant Hummingbird SV
Volcano Hummingbird SV
Green Violetear SV
White-necked Jacobin MR
Violet-headed Hummingbird LA
Long-billed Starthroat LA,I
Trogoniformes
Black-headed Trogon TR
Black-throated Trogon LA,MR,TR
Collared Trogon SV
Slaty-tailed Trogon LA,TR
Baird's Trogon MR,TR
Violaceous Trogon MR,TR
Resplendent Quetzal SV
Coraciiformes, Alcedinidae
American Pygmy Kingfisher TR
Green Kingfisher MR,TR
Ringed Kingfisher S,MR,TR
Amazon Kingfisher S,MR,TR
Coraciiformes, Momotidae
Blue-crowned Motmot TR,I
Turquoise-browed Motmot TR
Rufous Motmot LA
Broad-billed Motmot LA
Piciformes, Galbulidae + Bucconidae
Rufous-tailed Jacamar LA,(TR)
White-necked Puffbird LA
White-whiskered Puffbird TR
Piciformes, Ramphastidae
Collared Aracari LA
Fiery-billed Aracari MR,TR
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan LA,MR,TR,I
Keel-billed Toucan LA
Piciformes, Picidae
Acorn Woodpecker SV
Lineated Woodpecker I,TR
Pale-billed Woodpecker LA,TR
Black-cheeked Woodpecker LA
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker LA
Rufous-winged Woodpecker LA
Smoky-brown Woodpecker LA
Hoffmann's Woodpecker TR
Golden-naped Woodpecker TR
Red-crowned Woodpecker S,MR,P,TR
Hairy Woodpecker SV
Passeriformes:
Dendrocolaptidae
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper TR
Streak-headed Woodcreeper LA,TR,MR
Spotted-crowned Woodcreeper SV,P,I
Cocoa (=Buff-throated) Woodcreeper LA,TR
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper LA,MR,TR
Northern Barred Woodcreeper LA,TR
Long-tailed Woodcreeper S
(Black-striped Woodcreeper) (LA)
Furnariidae
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner LA
Lineated Foliage-gleaner SV
Slaty Spinetail LA,MR
Ruddy Treerunner SV
Streaked-breasted Treehunter SV
Buffy Tuftedcheek SV,MR
Plain Xenops SV,MR,TR
Formicariidae
Black-faced Antthrush MR,TR
Barred Antshrike LA,TR
Fasciated Antshrike LA
Great Antshrike LA
Black-hooded Antshrike MR,TR
Russet Antshrike TR
Plain Antvireo LA
Slaty Antwren TR
Dot-winged Antwren MR
Chestnut-backed Antbird MR,TR
Dusky Antbird TR
Streak-chested (=Spectacled) Antpitta TR
Thicket (=Fulvous-bellied) Antpitta LA
Rhynocryptidae
(Silvery-throated Tapaculo) (SV)
Tityridae
Rose-throated Becard TR
White-winged Becard TR
Cinnamon Becard LA,TR
Masked Tityra LA,I,TR
Black-crowned Tityra LA,I,TR
Cotingidae
Snowy Cotinga LA
Turquoise Cotinga I
Rufous Piha MR,(TR)
Pipridae
White-collared Manakin LA
Orange-collared Manakin TR
Red-capped Manakin LA
Blue-crowned Manakin MR,TR
Tyrannidae
Black Phoebe SV
Long-tailed Tyrant LA
Tropical Kingbird widespread
Streaked Flycatcher I,TR,J
Great Kiskadee widespread
Boat-billed Flycatcher LA,TR
Social Flycatcher widespread
White-ringed Flycatcher LA
Piratic Flycatcher LA,TR
Gray-capped Flycatcher LA,S,MR
Bright-rumped Atilla LA,TR
Rufous Mourner LA,TR
Tropical Pewee LA,TR
Dark Pewee SV
Ochraceous Pewee SV
Common Tody-flycatcher LA,MR,TR
Slate-headed Tody-flycatcher TR
Yellowish Flycatcher SV
Yellow-olive Flycatcher LA,P,MR
(Yellow-margined Flycatcher) (LA)
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher LA,MR,TR
Northern Royal Flycatcher TR
Panama Flycatcher TR
Dusky-capped Flycatcher LA,MR,TR
Northern Scrub-Flycatcher TR
Tufted Flycatcher SV
Black-capped Flycatcher SV
Sulfur-rumped Flycatcher MR,TR
Black-tailed Flycatcher TR
Tawny-chested Flycatcher G
Golden-crowned Spadebill MR,TR
Northern Bentbill TR
Eye-ringed Flatbill LA
Torrent Tyrranulet SV
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet TR
Yellow-crowned Tyrranulet S
(Yellow Tyrranulet) (TR)
Misteltoe Tyrranulet LA
Mountain Elaenia SV
Greenish Elaenia TR
Yellow-bellied Elaenia LA
Lesser Elaenia MR
Hirundinidae
Gray-breasted Martin J,LA
Blue-and-white Swallow LA,N,I
Mangrove Swallow S,TR
Southern Rough-winged Swallow LA,I,TR
Corvidae
Brown Jay LA
White-throated Magpie-Jay TR
Troglodytidae
House Wren widespread
Ochraceous Wren SV
Banded-backed Wren LA
Rufous-naped Wren TR
Bay Wren LA
Gray-breasted Wood-wren SV
White-breasted Wood-wren LA
Plain Wren LA,I
Riverside Wren MR,D,TR
Rufous-and-white Wren TR
Rufous-breasted Wren TR
Black-bellied Wren TR
Black-throated Wren G
Turdidae (or Muscicapidae)
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-thrush SV
Clay-colored Robin widespread
Pale-vented Robin LA
Mountain Robin SV
Sooty Robin C
Black-faced Solitaire SV
Sylviidae
Tropical Gnatcatcher LA,TR
Long-billed Gnatwren LA,TR
Ptylogonatidae
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher SV
Vireonidae
Lesser Greenlet LA,MR,TR
Tawny-crowned Greenlet MR,TR
Scrub Greenlet TR
Brown-capped Vireo SV,I
Yellow-green Vireo I
Yellow-winged Vireo SV
Mangrove Vireo TR
Green Shrike-Vireo TR
Rufous-browed Peppershrike TR
Coerebidae
Bananaquit LA,MR,S
Parulidae
"Mangrove" Yellow Warbler TR
Buff-rumped Warbler LA
Rufous-capped Warbler I,D
Black-cheeked Warbler SV
Flame-throated Warbler SV
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat TR
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat LA
Collared Redstart SV
Thraupidae
Shining Honeycreeper LA
Red-legged Honeycreeper LA,MR,TR
Green Honeycreeper LA,MR,TR
Blue Dacnis LA,MR
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis LA
White-shouldered Tanager LA,TR
Silver-throated Tanager D
Speckled Tanager D
Spangle-cheeked Tanager SV
Golden-hooded Tanager widespread
Passerini's (Scarlet-rumped) Tanager LA,G
Cherrie's (Scarlet-rumped) Tanager I,P,N,MR,TR,C
White-lined Tanager LA,MR
Dusky-faced Tanager LA,G
Gray-headed Tanager TR
Palm Tanager widespread
Plain-colored Tanager LA
Crimson-collared Tanager LA
Blue-gray Tanager widespread
Bay-headed Tanager MR,D,TR
Common Bush-Tanager SV
Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager SV
Red-throated Ant-Tanager LA
Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager MR
Scrub Euphonia TR
Elegant (=Blue-hooded) Euphonia SV
Yellow-throated Euphonia TR
Yellow-crowned Euphonia LA,P,TR
Thick-billed Euphonia N
Olive-backed Euphonia LA
Golden-browed Chlorophonia SV
Icteridae
Great-tailed Grackle widespread
Bronzed Cowbird LA,G,S,I,N
Montezuma Oropendola LA
Scarlet-rumped Cacique LA
Yellow-billed Cacique LA
(Melodious Blackbird) (G,TR)
Red-winged Blackbird TR
Red-breasted Blackbird S
Yellow-tailed Oriole LA
Black-cowled Oriole LA,SV
Emberizidae
Blue-black Grosbeak LA
Black-thighed Grosbeak SV
Black-faced Grosbeak LA
Eastern Meadowlark G,S
Slaty Flower-Piercer SV
Rufous-collared Sparrow J,I,SV
Black-striped Sparrow LA,MR
Orange-billed Sparrow G,LA,MR,TR
Volcano Junco C
Yellow-bellied Siskin SV,P
Lesser Goldfinch P
Chestnut-capped Brush-finch SV
Large-footed Finch SV
Yellow-thighed Finch SV
Blue-black Grassquit LA,G,S,N,I,TR
Yellow-faced Grassquit SV
Variable Seedeater LA,G,S,I,P,D,N,TR
Yellow-bellied Seedeater I
Thick-billed Seed-finch LA
Buff-throated Saltator LA,S,TR
Grayish Saltator LA
Black-headed Saltator LA
Streaked Saltator I
Passeridae
House Sparrow J
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MAMMALS SEEN:
Bats
Long-nosed bat (Rhynconycteris naso, fam. Emballonuridae) -MR
Tent-making bat (Uroderma bilobatum, fam. Phyllostomidae) -MR
Jamaican fruit bat (Artibeus jamaicensis, fam. Phyllostomidae) -MR
Sloths (fam. Bradypodidae)
Brown-throated three-toed sloth (Bradypus variegatus) -LA,S,MR
Primates (fam. Cebidae)
Mantled howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) -LA,MR,TR
White-throated capuchin (Cebus capuchinus) -S,MR,TR
Central American spider monkey (Ateles geoffroyi) -LA
Central American squirrel monkey(Saimiri oerstedii) -S
Carnivores
White-nosed coati (Nasua narica) -LA,MR,TR
Kinkajou (Potos flavus) -LA
Striped hog-nosed skunk (Conepatus semistriatus) -LA
Rodents
Central American agouti (Dasyprocta punctata) -LA,SV,MR,TR
Red-tailed squirrel (Sciurus granatensis) -G
Variegated squirrel (Sciurus variegatoides) -TR,MR
Central American dwarf squirrel (Microsciurus alfari) -MR
Cetaceans
Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) -MR
Spotted dolphin (Stenella attenuata) -MR