| # |
English name |
Scientific Name |
Notes |
| 1 |
Great Tinamou |
Tinamus major |
Sound, Tirimbina, according to guide |
| 2 |
Little Tinamou |
Crypturellus soui |
Sound, Boca Tapada, according to guide |
| 3 |
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck |
Dendrocygna autumnalis |
La Paz Waterfall |
| 4 |
Gray-headed Chachalaca |
Ortalis cinereiceps |
Tirimbina |
| 5 |
Black Guan |
Chamaepetes unicolor |
Monteverde |
| 6 |
Great Curassow |
Crax rubra |
Tortuguero |
| 7 |
Wood Stork |
Mycteria americana |
Caño Negro |
| 8 |
Magnificent Frigatebird |
Fregata magnificens |
Tortuguero |
| 9 |
Neotropic Cormorant |
Phalacrocorax brasilianus |
Tortuguero |
| 10 |
Anhinga |
Anhinga anhinga |
Tortuguero |
| 11 |
Brown Pelican |
Pelecanus occidentalis |
Tortuguero |
| 12 |
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron |
Tigrisoma mexicanum |
Tortuguero |
| 13 |
Great Blue Heron |
Ardea herodias |
Tortuguero |
| 14 |
Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
Tortuguero |
| 15 |
Snowy Egret |
Egretta thula |
Tortuguero |
| 16 |
Little Blue Heron |
Egretta caerulea |
Tortuguero |
| 17 |
Tricolored Heron |
Egretta tricolor |
Tortuguero |
| 18 |
Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
Tortuguero |
| 19 |
Green Heron |
Butorides virescens |
Tortuguero |
| 20 |
Black-crowned Night-Heron |
Nycticorax nycticorax |
La Fortuna |
| 21 |
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
Nyctanassa violacea |
Tortuguero |
| 22 |
Boat-billed Heron |
Cochlearius cochlearius |
La Fortuna |
| 23 |
White Ibis |
Eudocimus albus |
Caño Negro |
| 24 |
Green Ibis |
Mesembrinibis cayennensis |
Tortuguero |
| 25 |
Roseate Spoonbill |
Platalea ajaja |
Tarcoles River |
| 26 |
Black Vulture |
Coragyps atratus |
Many places |
| 27 |
Turkey Vulture |
Cathartes aura |
Many places |
| 28 |
King Vulture |
Sarcoramphus papa |
Tortuguero and Boca Tapada |
| 29 |
Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
Tarcoles |
| 30 |
Common Black-Hawk |
Buteogallus anthracinus |
Tarcoles |
| 31 |
Roadside Hawk |
Buteo magnirostris |
Boca Tapada and Tarcoles |
| 32 |
Broad-winged Hawk |
Buteo platypterus |
|
| 33 |
Swainson's Hawk |
Buteo swainsoni |
Cerro Lodge |
| 34 |
Crested Caracara |
Caracara cheriway |
Cerro Lodge |
| 35 |
Yellow-headed Caracara |
Milvago chimachima |
Cerro Lodge |
| 36 |
Sunbittern |
Eurypyga helias |
Monteverde |
| 37 |
White-throated Crake |
Laterallus albigularis |
Sound, according to guide |
| 38 |
Russet-naped Wood-Rail |
Aramides albiventris |
Caño Negro |
| 39 |
Purple Gallinule |
Porphyrio martinica |
Tortuguero |
| 40 |
Common Gallinule |
Gallinula galeata |
|
| 41 |
Sungrebe |
Heliornis fulica |
Tortuguero |
| 42 |
Limpkin |
Aramus guarauna |
Caño Negro |
| 43 |
Semipalmated Plover |
Charadrius semipalmatus |
Caño Blanco |
| 44 |
Black-necked Stilt |
Himantopus mexicanus |
Tortuguero |
| 45 |
Northern Jacana |
Jacana spinosa |
Tortuguero, Boca Tapada |
| 46 |
Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis macularius |
Tarcoles |
| 47 |
Greater Yellowlegs |
Tringa melanoleuca |
Tarcoles |
| 48 |
Willet |
Tringa semipalmata |
Tarcoles |
| 49 |
Whimbrel |
Numenius phaeopus |
Tarcoles |
| 50 |
Sanderling |
Calidris alba |
Tortuguero |
| 51 |
Western Sandpiper |
Calidris mauri |
Tortuguero |
| 52 |
Least Sandpiper |
Calidris minutilla |
Tarcoles |
| 53 |
Short-billed Dowitcher |
Limnodromus griseus |
Tarcoles |
| 54 |
Laughing Gull |
Leucophaeus atricilla |
Tortuguero |
| 55 |
Royal Tern |
Thalasseus maximus |
Tortuguero |
| 56 |
Rock Pigeon |
Columba livia |
San Jose |
| 57 |
Pale-vented Pigeon |
Patagioenas cayennensis |
Tortuguero, Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 58 |
Red-billed Pigeon |
Patagioenas flavirostris |
Tortuguero |
| 59 |
Short-billed Pigeon |
Patagioenas nigrirostris |
Tortuguero |
| 60 |
White-winged Dove |
Zenaida asiatica |
San Jose |
| 61 |
Inca Dove |
Columbina inca |
Cerro Lodge |
| 62 |
Common Ground-Dove |
Columbina passerina |
Cerro Lodge |
| 63 |
Ruddy Ground-Dove |
Columbina talpacoti |
Cerro Lodge |
| 64 |
White-tipped Dove |
Leptotila verreauxi |
Many places |
| 65 |
Crimson-fronted Parakeet |
Aratinga finschi |
San Jose |
| 66 |
Olive-throated Parakeet |
Aratinga nana |
Tortuguero |
| 67 |
Orange-fronted Parakeet |
Aratinga canicularis |
Cerro Lodge |
| 68 |
Great Green Macaw |
Ara ambiguus |
Boca Tapada |
| 69 |
Scarlet Macaw |
Ara macao |
Cerro Lodge |
| 70 |
Orange-chinned Parakeet |
Brotogeris jugularis |
Boca Tapada |
| 71 |
Brown-hooded Parrot |
Pyrilia haematotis |
Boca Tapada |
| 72 |
White-crowned Parrot |
Pionus senilis |
Boca Tapada |
| 73 |
White-fronted Parrot |
Amazona albifrons |
Cerro Lodge |
| 74 |
Red-Lored Parrot |
Amazona autumnalis |
Tortuguero, Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 75 |
Mealy Parrot |
Amazona farinosa |
Tortuguero |
| 76 |
Yellow-naped Parrot |
Amazona auropalliata |
|
| 77 |
Squirrel Cuckoo |
Piaya cayana |
Cerro Lodge |
| 78 |
Groove-billed Ani |
Crotophaga sulcirostris |
Cerro Lodge |
| 79 |
Pacific Screech-Owl |
Megascops cooperi |
Sound, not 100% sure of species |
| 80 |
Lesser Nighthawk |
Chordeiles acutipennis |
Cerro Lodge |
| 81 |
Great Potoo |
Nyctibius grandis |
Sound, according to guide |
| 82 |
Bronzy Hermit |
Glaucis aeneus |
Photo, Boca Tapada |
| 83 |
Green Hermit |
Phaethornis guy |
Photo, La Paz |
| 84 |
Long-billed Hermit |
Phaethornis longirostris |
Photo, Selva Verde |
| 85 |
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird |
Phaeochroa cuvierii |
Photo, Boca Tapada |
| 86 |
Violet Sabrewing |
Campylopterus hemileucurus |
Photo, Monteverde, La Paz |
| 87 |
Brown Violetear |
Colibri delphinae |
Photo, Monteverde, La Paz |
| 88 |
Green Violetear |
Colibri thalassinus |
Photo, Monteverde, La Paz |
| 89 |
Mangrove Hummingbird |
Amazilia boucardi |
No photo, Tarcoles River |
| 90 |
Green-breasted Mango |
Anthracothorax prevostii |
Photo, Cano Negro |
| 91 |
Violet-headed Hummingbird |
Klais guimeti |
Photo, Tirimbina Nature Reserve |
| 92 |
Green Thorntail |
Discosura conversii |
Photo, Monteverde, La Paz |
| |
Blue-throated Goldentail |
Chlorestes eliciae |
Photo, La Fortuna |
| 93 |
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird |
Amazilia tzacatl |
Photo, Monteverde, La Paz |
| 94 |
Cinnamon Hummingbird |
Amazilia rutila |
Photo, Cerro Lodge |
| 95 |
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird |
Eupherusa eximia |
Photo, Monteverde, La Paz |
| 96 |
Black-bellied Hummingbird |
Eupherusa nigriventris |
Photo, La Paz |
| 97 |
Coppery-headed Emerald |
Elvira cupreiceps |
Photo, Monteverde, La Paz |
| 98 |
Purple-throated Mountain-gem |
Lampornis calolaemus |
Photo, La Paz |
| 99 |
White-bellied Mountain-gem |
Lampornis hemileucus |
Photo, La Paz |
| 100 |
Green-crowned Brilliant |
Heliodoxa jacula |
Photo, Monteverde, La Paz |
| 101 |
Magenta-throated Woodstar |
Calliphlox bryantae |
Photo, Monteverde, La Paz |
| 102 |
Slaty-tailed Trogon |
Trogon massena |
Tortuguero |
| 103 |
Black-throated Trogon |
Trogon rufus |
Selva Verde |
| 104 |
Orange-bellied Trogon |
Trogon aurantiiventris |
Monteverde, sound, according to guide |
| 105 |
Resplendent Quetzal |
Pharomachrus mocinno |
Monteverde |
| 106 |
Blue-crowned Motmot |
Momotus momota |
Monteverde |
| 107 |
Turquoise-browed Motmot |
Eumomota superciliosa |
Cerro Lodge |
| 108 |
Ringed Kingfisher |
Megaceryle torquatus |
Tortuguero, Cano Negro |
| 109 |
Amazon Kingfisher |
Chloroceryle amazona |
Sarapiqui, Cano Negro, Tarcoles |
| 110 |
Green Kingfisher |
Chloroceryle americana |
Sarapiqui, Cano Negro, Tarcoles |
| 111 |
American Pygmy Kingfisher |
Chloroceryle aenea |
Cano Negro |
| 112 |
Prong-billed Barbet |
Semnornis frantzii |
Sound, according to guide |
| 113 |
Emerald Toucanet |
Aulacorhynchus prasinus |
Monteverde |
| 114 |
Collared Aracari |
Pteroglossus torquatus |
Tortuguero, Boca Tapada |
| 115 |
Keel-billed Toucan |
Ramphastos sulfuratus |
Boca Tapada, La Paz |
| 116 |
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan |
Ramphastos swainsonii |
Tirimbina, Boca Tapada |
| 117 |
Black-cheeked Woodpecker |
Melanerpes pucherani |
La Fortuna |
| 118 |
Hoffmann's Woodpecker |
Melanerpes hoffmannii |
San Jose, Cerro Lodge |
| 119 |
Red-crowned x Hoffmann's Woodpecker |
Melanerpes sp. |
Cerro Lodge |
| 120 |
Smoky-brown Woodpecker |
Veniliornis fumigatus |
Monteverde |
| 121 |
Rufous-winged Woodpecker |
Piculus simplex |
Boca Tapada |
| 122 |
Lineated Woodpecker |
Dryocopus lineatus |
Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 123 |
Pale-billed Woodpecker |
Campephilus guatemalensis |
|
| 124 |
Streak-headed Woodcreeper |
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii |
|
| 125 |
Great Antshrike |
Taraba major |
Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 126 |
Yellow Tyrannulet |
Capsiempis flaveola |
|
| 127 |
Greenish Elaenia |
Myiopagis viridicata |
Cerro Lodge |
| 128 |
Yellow-bellied Elaenia |
Elaenia flavogaster |
Tortuguero |
| 129 |
Yellow-olive Flycatcher |
Tolmomyias sulphurescens |
|
| 130 |
Yellowish Flycatcher |
Empidonax flavescens |
|
| 131 |
Long-tailed Tyrant |
Colonia colonus |
Boca Tapada |
| 132 |
Bright-rumped Attila |
Attila spadiceus |
Tortuguero |
| 133 |
Dusky-capped Flycatcher |
Myiarchus tuberculifer |
|
| 134 |
Brown-crested Flycatcher |
Myiarchus tyrannulus |
Unsure |
| 135 |
Great Kiskadee |
Pitangus sulphuratus |
Most places |
| 136 |
Boat-billed Flycatcher |
Megarynchus pitangua |
San Jose |
| 137 |
Social Flycatcher |
Myiozetetes similis |
Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 138 |
Gray-capped Flycatcher |
Myiozetetes granadensis |
Boca Tapada |
| 139 |
Streaked Flycatcher |
Myiodynastes maculatus |
Cerro Lodge |
| 140 |
Tropical Kingbird |
Tyrannus melancholicus |
Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 141 |
Cinnamon Becard |
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus |
Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 142 |
Rose-throated Becard |
Pachyramphus aglaiae |
Cerro Lodge |
| 143 |
Black-crowned Tityra |
Tityra inquisitor |
Boca Tapada, Cerro Lodge |
| 144 |
White-collared Manakin |
Manacus candei |
Boca Tapada |
| 145 |
White-throated Magpie-Jay |
Calocitta formosa |
Cerro Lodge |
| 146 |
Brown Jay |
Psilorhinus morio |
Monteverde |
| 147 |
Mangrove Swallow |
Tachycineta albilinea |
Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 148 |
Blue-and-white Swallow |
Pygochelidon cyanoleuca |
|
| 149 |
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
Tortuguero |
| 150 |
Southern Rough-winged Swallow |
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis |
Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 151 |
Tropical Mockingbird |
Mimus gilvus |
Tortuguero |
| 152 |
Rufous-naped Wren |
Campylorhynchus rufinucha |
San Jose, Cerro Lodge |
| 153 |
House Wren |
Troglodytes aedon |
Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 154 |
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren |
Henicorhina leucophrys |
Monteverde |
| 155 |
Black-faced Solitaire |
Myadestes melanops |
Monteverde |
| 156 |
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush |
Catharus fuscater |
La Fortuna |
| 157 |
Wood Thrush |
Hylocichla mustelina |
Tirimbina, Monteverde |
| 158 |
Clay-colored Thrush |
Turdus grayi |
Most places |
| 159 |
Yellow Warbler |
Dendroica petechia |
Arenal |
| 160 |
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Dendroica pensylvanica |
Sarapiqui River |
| 161 |
Black-and-white Warbler |
Mniotilta varia |
La Fortuna |
| 162 |
Prothonotary Warbler |
Protonotaria citrea |
Caño Negro |
| 163 |
Lesser Greenlet |
Hylophilus decurtatus |
Cerro Lodge |
| 164 |
Yellow-green Vireo |
Vireo flavoviridis |
Cerro Lodge |
| 165 |
Ovenbird |
Seiurus aurocapilla |
Ecocentro Danaus |
| 166 |
Northern Waterthrush |
Parkesia noveboracensis |
|
| 167 |
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis poliocephala |
|
| 168 |
Slate-throated Redstart |
Myioborus miniatus |
Monteverde |
| 169 |
Bananaquit |
Coereba flaveola |
Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 170 |
White-lined Tanager |
Tachyphonus rufus |
|
| 171 |
Scarlet-rumped Tanager |
Ramphocelus passerinii |
Sarapiqui River |
| 172 |
Blue-gray Tanager |
Thraupis episcopus |
Most places |
| 173 |
Palm Tanager |
Thraupis palmarum |
Common |
| 174 |
Golden-hooded Tanager |
Tangara larvata |
Boca Tapada |
| 175 |
Blue Dacnis |
Dacnis cayana |
Cerro Lodge |
| 176 |
Green Honeycreeper |
Chlorophanes spiza |
Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 177 |
Shining Honeycreeper |
Cyanerpes lucidus |
Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 178 |
Red-legged Honeycreeper |
Cyanerpes cyaneus |
Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 179 |
Buff-throated Saltator |
Saltator maximus |
|
| 180 |
Variable Seedeater |
Sporophila americana |
Tirimbina |
| 181 |
White-eared Ground-Sparrow |
Melozone leucotis |
Cerro Lodge |
| 182 |
Stripe-headed Sparrow |
Peucaea ruficauda |
Cerro Lodge |
| 183 |
Rufous-collared Sparrow |
Zonotrichia capensis |
La Paz |
| 184 |
Summer Tanager |
Piranga rubra |
La Fortuna |
| 185 |
Scarlet Tanager |
Piranga olivacea |
Cerro Lodge |
| 186 |
Red-throated Ant-Tanager |
Habia fuscicauda |
La Fortuna |
| 187 |
Red-winged Blackbird |
Agelaius phoeniceus |
|
| 188 |
Melodious Blackbird |
Dives dives |
Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 189 |
Great-tailed Grackle |
Quiscalus mexicanus |
Maquenque Ecolodge |
| 190 |
Nicaraguan Grackle |
Quiscalus nicaraguensis |
Caño Negro |
| 191 |
Shiny Cowbird |
Molothrus bonariensis |
|
| 192 |
Bronzed Cowbird |
Molothrus aeneus |
|
| 193 |
Scrub Euphonia |
Euphonia affinis |
|
| 194 |
Yellow-crowned Euphonia |
Euphonia luteicapilla |
|
| 195 |
Yellow-throated Euphonia |
Euphonia hirundinacea |
Boca Tapada |
| 196 |
Spot-crowned Euphonia |
Euphonia imitans |
|
| 197 |
Olive-backed Euphonia |
Euphonia gouldi |
|
| 198 |
Streak-backed Oriole |
Icterus pustulatus |
Cerro Lodge |
| 199 |
Baltimore Oriole |
Icterus galbula |
Cerro Lodge |
| 200 |
Montezuma Oropendola |
Psarocolius montezuma |
Many places |
| 201 |
Giant Cowbird |
Molothrus oryzivorus |
Most places |