List of birds in Costa Rica
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The following list contains all birds (aves) that are found in Costa Rica .
With 79 families and around 900 species - more than twice as many as in Central Europe - Costa Rica's bird life is extraordinarily diverse. A multitude of birds of all sizes and colors can be found in all regions and areas of life in the country. Like its neighboring country Panama, Costa Rica is one of the most important destinations for bird watchers and therefore an El Dorado for ornithologists. The main bird families in the country are:
- Kingfishers from the order of the rocket birds
- Falcon-like from the order of the birds of prey
- Ospreys from the order of birds of prey
- Hawks from the order of the birds of prey
- Hummingbirds from the order of the sailing birds
- New World Vulture from the order of the walking birds
- Actual parrots from the order of the parrots
- Woodpeckers from the order of the woodpecker birds
- Trogons from the order of the Trogons
- Toucans of the order of the woodpecker birds
Frequently seen birds in Costa Rica are New World vultures , hummingbirds , parrots , tanagers , trogons and toucans , in the coastal areas also pelicans and frigate birds, on lake shores and in river landscapes especially kingfishers , herons , ibises and spoonbills .
List of all birds found in Costa Rica by families and species
Albatrosses
- Galapagos albatross ( Phoebastria irrorata )
Ant pittas
- Little bearded ant pitta ( Grallaria guatimalensis )
- Ocher breast ant pitta ( Grallaricula flavirostris )
- Orange flank ant pitta ( Hylopezus dives )
- Red breast ant thrush ( Formicarius rufipectus )
- Black-throated ant thrush ( Formicarius analis )
- Black-headed ant thrush ( Formicarius nigricapillus )
- Black-headed ant pitta ( Pittasoma michleri )
- Western spectacled pitta ( Hylopezus perspicillatus )
Ant birds
- Banded ant shrike ( Thamnophilus doliatus )
- Brown-backed ant bird ( Myrmeciza exsul )
- Brown and white ant bird ( Gymnopithys leucaspis )
- Gray-headed ant bird ( Myrmeciza laemosticta )
- Collar Ameisenvogel ( Phaenostictus mcleannani )
- Highland ant hatchers ( Myrmotherula schisticolor )
- Hooded ant shrike ( Thamnophilus bridgesi )
- Bare-forehead ant bird ( Gymnocichla nudiceps )
- Olive shrike ( Dysithamnus mentalis )
- Rust- brown ant strangler ( Thamnistes anabatinus )
- Rustbump ant catcher ( Terenura callinota )
- Red- coat ant guard ( Hylophylax naevioides )
- Black ant bird ( Myrmeciza immaculata )
- Striped Shrike ( Dysithamnus striaticeps )
- Stubby ant bird ( Myrmornis torquata )
- Drip wing ant catcher ( Microrhopias quixensis )
- Drip-throated ant hatchers ( Myrmotherula fulviventris )
- Tüpfelscheitelwürgerling ( Dysithamnus puncticeps )
- Tyrant ant catcher ( Cercomacroides tyrannina )
- White-breasted ant shrike ( Taraba major )
- White-flanked ant hatchers ( Myrmotherula axillaris )
- Western drop ant shrike ( Thamnophilus atrinucha )
- Zebra ant shrike ( Cymbilaimus lineatus )
Bunting
- Botteri bunting ( Aimophila botterii )
- Brown- eared monkey ( Sporophila torqueola )
- Brown -headed Bushhammer ( Buarremon brunneinucha )
- Thick-billed bushhammer ( Lysurus crassirostris )
- Monochrome hooked beak ( Diglossa plumbea )
- Yellow-bellied monkey ( Sporophila nigricollis )
- Yellow- thigh Bushhammer ( Pselliophorus tibialis )
- Gold brow ( Tiaris olivacea )
- Golden beak oar mer ( Arremon aurantiirostris )
- Grass bunting ( Passerculus sandwichensis )
- Big-footed bush hammer ( Pezopetes capitalis )
- Green-crowned Bushhammer ( Buarremon torquatus )
- Grasshopper ( Ammodramus savannarum )
- Indigo monkey ( Amaurospiza concolor )
- Jacarinitangare ( Volatinia jacarina )
- Wedge-tailed hammer ( Emberizoides herbicola )
- Coconut Finch ( Pinaroloxias inornata )
- Short-billed Gilbammer ( Sicalis luteola )
- Lincoln bunting ( Melospiza lincolnii )
- Dark husk ( Sporophila corvina )
- Morning bunting ( Zonotrichia capensis )
- Nicaraguan ice cracker ( Oryzoborus nuttingi )
- Olive bammer ( Arremonops rufivirgatus )
- Panamanian ( Arremonops conirostris )
- Rust-backed hammer ( Aimophila rufescens )
- Rusttail ( Aimophila ruficauda )
- Schieferämmerling ( Haplospiza rustica )
- Schistpfäffchen ( Sporophila schistacea )
- Schwirrammer ( Spizella passerina )
- Spitzschnabelämmerling ( Acanthidops bairdii )
- Volcanic bunting ( Junco vulcani )
- Dick- billed husk ( Oryzoborus funerea )
- White- naped bushhammer ( Atlapetes albinucha )
- White-eared hammer ( Melozone leucotis )
- Barnacle bunting ( Melozone biarcuatum )
- Pygmy peacock ( Sporophila minuta )
Oystercatcher
- Brown-mantled oystercatcher ( Haematopus palliatus )
Bearded birds
- Andean whiskers ( Eubucco bourcierii )
- Aztec beard bird ( Semnornis frantzii )
Tree climber
- Brown scythe beak ( Campylorhamphus pusillus )
- Dark- billed poison dart ( Dendrocolaptes picumnus )
- Thin-billed poison diver ( Sittasomus griseicapillus )
- Gray-cheeked poison dart ( Dendrocincla fuliginosa )
- Wedge beak Baumsteiger ( Glyphorynchus spirurus )
- Lesser pale-throated tree climber ( Xiphorhynchus susurrans )
- Long-tailed poison climber ( Deconychura longicauda )
- Lancet tree cinder ( Lepidocolaptes souleyetii )
- Tan-winged tree climber ( Dendrocincla anabatina )
- Northern Bindenbaumsteiger ( Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae )
- Olive cap tree climber ( Xiphorhynchus erythropygius )
- Pearl cap tree climber ( Lepidocolaptes affinis )
- Rust cap tree climber ( Dendrocincla homochroa )
- Black- backed Poison Diver ( Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus )
- Stark beak Baumsteiger ( Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus )
- Strichelbaumsteiger ( Xiphorhynchus flavigaster )
Rush claws
- Dwarf rush claw ( Heliornis fulica )
Jacana
- Yellow-fronted jacana ( jacana spinosa )
- Red- fronted jacana ( jacana jacana )
Bürzelstelzer
- Silver- browed tapaculo ( Scytalopus argentifrons )
Chokes
- Mountain musk thrush ( Catharus frantzii )
- Pale-bellied thrush ( Turdus obsoletus )
- Cabanis thrush ( Turdus plebejus )
- Yellow Thrush ( Turdus grayi ) national bird of Costa Rica
- Golden-beaked muse thrush ( Catharus aurantiirostris )
- Gray-throated thrush ( Catharus gracilirostris )
- Gray-backed muse thrush ( Catharus fuscater )
- Gray-cheeked thrush ( Catharus minimus )
- Masked clarino ( Myadestes melanops )
- Wood Thrush ( Hylocichla mustelina )
- Soot Thrush ( Turdus nigrescens )
- Black-headed Muse thrush ( Catharus mexicanus )
- Drip-breasted muse thrush ( Catharus dryas )
- White-throated Thrush ( Turdus assimilis )
- Wilson's thrush ( Catharus fuscescens )
- Little Thrush ( Catharus ustulatus )
Real owls
- Ribbon screech owl ( Megascops vermiculatus )
- White- necked Owl ( Ciccaba nigrolineata )
- Brazilian Eurasian Owl ( Glaucidium brasilianum )
- Brillenkauz ( Pulsatrix perspicillata )
- Choliba Screech Owl ( Megascops choliba )
- Costa Rican pygmy owl ( Glaucidium costaricanum )
- Gray-headed pygmy owl ( Glaucidium griseiceps )
- Guatemala Screech Owl ( Megascops guatemalae )
- Great crested owl ( Lophostrix cristata )
- Rabbit Owl ( Athene cunicularia )
- Mangrove Screech Owl ( Megascops cooperi )
- Bare-leg screech owl ( Megascops clarkii )
- Ridgway Owl ( Aegolius ridgwayi )
- Hoot ( Pseudoscops clamator )
- Spiny Owl ( Ciccaba virgata )
- Styx owl ( Asio stygius )
- Short-eared Owl ( Asio flammeus )
- Virginiauhu ( Bubo virginianus )
- Western Screech Owl ( Megascops kennicottii )
Real parrots
- Aztec Parakeet ( Aratinga nana , now Eupsittula nana )
- Costa Rican Parrot ( Touit costaricensis ) Vulnerable
- Ivory Parakeet ( Aratinga canicularis , now Eupsittula canicularis )
- Yellow- naped Parrot ( Amazona auropalliata )
- Yellow-headed Parrot ( Amazona ochrocephala )
- Yellow-cheeked Amazon ( Amazona autumnalis )
- Bald Parrot ( Pionus senilis )
- Gray-cheeked Parrot ( Pionopsitta haematotis )
- Great Macaw ( Ara ambigua ) Vulnerable
- Scarlet Macaw ( Ara macao )
- Hoffmanns Parakeet ( Pyrrhura hoffmanni )
- Katharinasittich ( Bolborhynchus lineola )
- Little Macaw ( Ara militaris ) Vulnerable
- Miller's Parrot ( Amazona farinosa )
- Black-eared Parrot ( Pionus menstruus )
- Knot Parakeet ( Brotogeris jugularis )
- Veragua Parakeet ( Aratinga finschi )
- White-fronted Parrot ( Amazona albifrons )
Kingfishers
- Amazon fisherman ( Chloroceryle amazona )
- Archfisherman ( Chloroceryle aenea )
- Green fisherman ( Chloroceryle americana )
- Belt fisherman ( Ceryle alcyon )
- Red-breasted fisherman ( Megaceryle torquata )
- Two-color fisherman ( Chloroceryle inda )
Ducks
- American teal ( Anas carolinensis )
- Scallops ( Aythya marila )
- Blue-winged duck ( Anas discors )
- Yellow-breasted Whistling Goose ( Dendrocygna bicolor )
- Little mountain duck ( Aythya affinis )
- Shoveler ( Anas clypeata )
- Masked owl ( Nomonyx dominica )
- Musk duck ( Cairina moschata )
- North American wigeon ( Anas americana )
- Ring-billed duck ( Aythya collaris )
- Red-billed Whistling Goose ( Dendrocygna autumnalis )
- Black-headed oar duck ( Oxyura jamaicensis )
- Pintail ( anas acuta )
- Mallard Duck ( Anas platyrhynchos )
- Widow Whistling Goose ( Dendrocygna viduata )
- Cinnamon ( Anas cyanoptera )
Hawkish
- Aplomado falcon ( Falco femoralis )
- Great spotted falcon ( Falco sparverius )
- Bat falcon ( Falco rufigularis )
- Yellow-headed caracara ( Milvago chimachima )
- Gray-backed forest falcon ( Micrastur mirandollei )
- Cap forest falcon ( Micrastur semitorquatus )
- Laughing falcon ( Herpetotheres cachinnans )
- Red breasted falcon ( Falco deiroleucus )
- European red-throated caracara ( Ibycter americanus )
- Caracara ( Polyborsu plancus )
- Sperber-forest Falke ( Micrastur ruficollis )
- Peregrine falcon ( Falco peregrinus )
- Pygmy falcon ( Falco columbarius )
Lazy birds
- Magpie lazy bird ( Notharchus tectus )
- Striped lazy bird ( Micromonacha lanceolata )
- White-necked lazy bird ( Notharchus macrorhynchos )
- White- foreheaded Rappist ( Monasa morphoeus )
- White-rein lazy bird ( Malacoptila panamensis )
Fettschwalm
- Fettschwalm ( Steatornis caripensis )
Finches
- Yellow-bellied Siskin ( Carduelis xanthogastra )
- Mexican siskin ( Carduelis psaltria )
Osprey
- Osprey ( Pandion haliaetus )
Frigate birds
- Great Frigatebird ( Fregata minor )
- Magnificent frigate bird ( Fregata magnificens )
Glossy birds
- Giant Glossy Bird ( Jacamerops aureus )
- Red-tailed glossy bird ( Galbula ruficauda )
Hawks
- Broad-winged buzzard ( Buteo platypterus )
- Cayenne ( Leptodon cayanensis )
- Thumbnail sparrow ( Accipiter superciliosus )
- Double tooth harp ( Harpagus bidentatus )
- Eckschwanzsperber ( Accipiter striatus )
- Hermit Eagle ( Harpyhaliaetus solitarius )
- Elster Adler ( Spizastur melanoleucus )
- Buzzard ( Busarellus nigricollis )
- Gray abdominal Habicht ( Accipiter polio gaster )
- Harpy eagle ( Harpia harpyja )
- Hen harrier ( Circus cyaneus )
- Crab Buzzard ( Buteogallus anthracinus )
- Short-tailed buzzard ( Buteo brachyurus )
- Long-billed harrier ( Chondrohierax uncinatus )
- Mississippi Weih ( Ictinia mississippiensis )
- Black Buzzard ( Buteo albonotatus )
- Gull Buzzard ( Leucopternis semiplumbeus )
- Magnificent eagle ( Spizaetus ornatus )
- Common buzzard ( Buteo swainsoni )
- Prince's Buzzard ( Leucopternis princeps )
- Red-tailed buzzard ( Buteo jamaicensis )
- 'S Hawk ( Accipiter cooperii )
- Savannah Buzzard ( Buteogallus meridionalis )
- Snail Harrier ( Rostrhamus sociabilis )
- Snow buzzard ( Leucopternis albicollis )
- Schwalbenweih ( Elanoides forficatus )
- Black Buzzard ( Buteogallus urubitinga )
- Plumbeous Kite ( Ictinia plumbea )
- Sperber ordination ( Geranospiza caerulescens )
- Tyrants Adler ( Spizaetus tyrannus )
- Common buzzard ( Buteo magnirostris )
- White-tailed hair ( Elanus leucurus )
- White tailed buzzard ( Buteo albicaudatus )
- Kangaroo eagle ( Morphnus guianensis )
- Desert Buzzard ( Parabuteo unicinctus )
- Two binding Bussard ( Asturina nitida )
- Bicolor sparrow ( Accipiter bicolor )
Hokko chickens
- Brown-winged Guan ( Ortalis vetula )
- Gray-headed Guan ( Ortalis cinereiceps )
- White-bellied Guan ( Ortalis leucogastra )
- Rust-bellied Guan ( Penelope purpurascens )
- Mohrenguan ( Chamaepetes unicolor )
- Tuberkelhokko ( Crax rubra )
Ibises and spoonbills
- Brown ibis ( Plegadis falcinellus )
- White-faced ibis ( Plegadis chihi )
- Green ibis ( Mesembrinibis cayennensis )
- Rosalöffler ( Ajaja ajaja )
- Snow ibis ( Eudocimus albus )
Cardinals
- Azure Bishop ( Passerina caerulea )
- Blue bunting ( Cyanocompsa parellina )
- Buntkehlsaltator ( Saltator maximus )
- Dickcissel ( Spiza americana )
- Gray abdominal Cardinal ( Caryothraustes polio gaster )
- Gray Saltator ( Saltator coerulescens )
- Indigo finch ( Passerina cyanea )
- Pabst finch ( Passerina ciris )
- Rose Breast Core Crackers ( Pheucticus ludovicianus )
- Red-billed altator ( Saltator grossus )
- Black Cap Saltator ( Saltator atriceps )
- Black-thigh core crackers ( Pheucticus tibialis )
- Black-tailed Hawfinch ( Pheucticus melanocephalus )
- Steel Bishop ( Cyanocompsa cyanoides )
- Strichelsaltator ( Saltator striatipectus )
Hummingbirds
- Guanacasteamazilie ( Amazilia alfaroana )
- Blue-breasted Amazonia ( Polyerata amabilis )
- Blue-throated hummingbird ( Lepidopyga coeruleogularis )
- Blue- tailed Amazonia ( Saucerottia cyanura )
- Blue-tailed Buffon Hummingbird ( Chalybura buffonii )
- Brown violet- eared hummingbird ( Colibri delphinae )
- Brown- tailed Mazilie ( Amazilia tzacatl )
- Bronze head amazilie ( Agyrtria candida )
- Bronze-headed Elvira hummingbird ( Elvira cupreiceps )
- Bronze-tailed Buffon Hummingbird ( Chalybura urochrysia )
- Green thread elf ( Discosura conversii )
- Edward Amazonia ( Saucerottia edward )
- Fire-throated hummingbird ( Panterpe insignis )
- Spark throated hummingbird ( Heliomaster constantii )
- Fork-tailed emerald hummingbird ( Chlorostilbon canivetii salvini )
- Garden emerald hummingbird ( Chlorostilbon assimilis )
- Golden-tailed sapphire hummingbird ( Hylocharis eliciae )
- Gray- tailed nymph ( Lampornis cinereicauda )
- Green-breasted Mangocolibri ( Anthracothorax prevostii )
- Green Elvira Hummingbird ( Elvira chionura )
- Green shadow hummingbird ( Phaethornis guy )
- Green-fronted brilliant hummingbird ( Heliodoxa jacula )
- Green-fronted lancet beak ( Doryfera ludovicae )
- Pygmy violet-eared hummingbird ( Colibri cyanotus )
- Copper shadow hummingbird ( Glaucis aenea )
- Mangrove Macilia ( Polyerata boucardi )
- Orange-throated elf ( Selasphorus scintilla )
- Purple Kehl nymph ( Lampornis calolaema )
- Purpurkron jewelry Kolibri ( Heliothryx barroti )
- Rose-throated hummingbird ( Heliomaster longirostris )
- Redhead Elf ( Lophornis delattrei )
- Ruby- throated hummingbird ( Archilochus colubris )
- Ornamental Amazilie ( Amazilia decora )
- Snow cap hummingbird ( Microchera albocoronata )
- Scaly breasted hummingbird ( Phaeochroa cuvierii )
- Black-bellied Hummingbird ( Eupherusa nigriventris )
- Black-headed elf ( Lophornis helenae )
- Steel green amazilie ( Saucerottia saucerrottei )
- Striped-throated shadow hummingbird ( Phaethornis striigularis )
- Striped- tailed hummingbird ( Eupherusa eximia )
- Violet- throated nymph ( Lampornis hemileucus )
- Veragua Mangocolibri ( Anthracothorax veraguensis )
- Violet rapier wings ( Campylopterus hemileucurus )
- Violet Kehl Star Kolibri ( Calliphlox bryantae )
- Violet-headed hummingbird ( Klais guimeti )
- Violet-crown brilliant hummingbird ( Eugenes fulgens spectabilis )
- Violet-crowned nymph ( Thalurania colombica )
- Volcanic elf ( Selasphorus flammula )
- White-banded shadow hummingbird ( Threnetes ruckeri )
- White-throated sickle-beak ( Eutoxeres aquila )
- White- naped hummingbird ( Florisuga mellivora )
- White-headed elf ( Lophornis adorabilis )
- Western long-tailed shadow hummingbird , ( Phaethornis longirostris )
- Cinnamon belly amazilie ( Amazilia rutila )
Cormorants
- Olive shag ( Phalacrocorax brasilianus )
Cuckoos
- Cayenne Cuckoo ( Piaya cayana )
- Coconut cuckoo ( Coccyzus ferrugineus )
- Throttle devil ( Morococcyx erythropygus )
- Pheasant cuckoo ( Dromococcyx phasianellus )
- Yellow-billed cuckoo ( Coccyzus americanus )
- Smooth-billed ani ( Crotophaga ani )
- Mangrove cuckoo ( Coccyzus minor )
- Cried billed Ani ( Crotophaga sulcirostris )
- Black- billed cuckoo ( Coccyzus erythropthalmus )
- Striped Cuckoo ( Tapera naevia )
- Tajazuirakuckuck ( Neomorphus geoffroyi )
Grebes
- Grebe ( Podilymbus podiceps )
- Black-necked Grebe ( Podiceps nigricollis )
- Black- headed Grebe ( Tachybaptus dominicus )
Seagulls
- American herring gull ( Larus smithsonianus )
- Aztec Gull ( Larus atricilla )
- Bonaparte gull ( Larus philadelphia )
- Fork-tailed gull ( Creagrus furcatus )
- Gray gull ( Larus modestus )
- Common gull ( Larus heermanni )
- Prairie gull ( Larus pipixcan )
- Ring- billed gull ( Larus delawarensis )
- Swallow Gull ( Xema sabini )
Mosquito catcher
- Gray abdominal Degenschnäbler ( Micro Bates cinereiventris )
- Black-tailed sword beak ( Ramphocaenus melanurus )
- Tropical mosquito catcher ( Polioptila plumbea )
- White-rein mosquito catcher ( Polioptila albiloris )
Night swallows
- Nightjar ( Nyctiphrynus ocellatus )
- Banded Nightjar ( Lurocalis semitorquatus )
- Nightjar ( Caprimulgus saturatus )
- Eight Carolina Schwalbe ( Caprimulgus carolinensis )
- Falcon Nightjar ( Chordeiles minor )
- Pauraque Nightjar ( Nyctidromus albicollis )
- Nightjar ( Caprimulgus rufus )
- Black-throated nightjar ( Caprimulgus vociferus )
- Texas nightjar ( Chordeiles acutipennis )
- White-tailed nightjar ( Caprimulgus cayennensis )
New World Vulture
- Lesser yellow-headed vulture ( Cathartes burrovianus )
- King vulture ( Sarcoramphus papa )
- Black vulture ( Coragyps atratus )
- Turkey vulture ( Cathartes aura )
Pelicans
- Brown pelican ( Pelecanus occidentalis )
- Rhinoceros pelican ( Pelecanus erythrorhynchos )
Corvids
- Blue crested jay ( Cyanolyca cucullata )
- Brown jay ( Cyanocorax morio )
- Long-tailed jay ( Calocitta formosa )
- Black-breasted blue raven ( Cyanocorax affinis )
- Silberhäher ( Cyanolyca argentigula )
Black cranes
- Black-legged crane ( Aramus guarauna )
Billy birds
- Amazon rail ( Laterallus exilis )
- American coot ( Fulica americana )
- Brown- capped rail ( Aramides axillaris )
- Carolina moorhen ( Porzana carolina )
- Cayenne alder ( Aramides cajanea )
- Monocarrel ( Amaurolimnas concolor )
- Speckled Rail ( Pardirallus maculatus )
- Yellow-breasted Moorhen ( Porzana flaviventer )
- Golden- billed moorhen ( Neocrex erythrops )
- Ruby Rail ( Laterallus ruber )
- Slate rail ( Laterallus jamaicensis )
- Schomburg claw ( Micropygia schomburgkii )
- Moorhen ( Gallinula chloropus )
- Pygmy sultan ( Porphyrio martinica )
Skuas
- Antarctic skua ( Stercorarius maccormicki )
- Hawk sku ( Stercorarius longicaudus )
- Great Skua ( Stercorarius skua )
- Arctic Skua ( Stercorarius parasiticus )
- Spatula skua ( Stercorarius pomarinus )
Plover
- American ringed plover ( Charadrius semipalmatus )
- Bronze lapwing ( Vanellus chilensis )
- Wedge-tailed plover ( Charadrius vociferus )
- Lapwing Ringed Plover ( Pluvialis squatarola )
- Slender-billed plover ( Charadrius collaris )
- Kentish plover ( Charadrius alexandrinus )
- Norway plover ( Pluvialis dominica )
- Wilson Ringed Plover ( Charadrius wilsonia )
heron
- American bittern ( Ixobrychus exilis )
- Blue heron ( Egretta caerulea )
- Three-colored heron ( Egretta tricolor )
- Green Heron ( Butorides virescens )
- Kahnschnabel ( Cochlearius cochlearius )
- Great blue heron ( Ardea herodias )
- Crab Heron ( Nyctanassa violacea )
- Cattle Egret ( Bubulcus ibis )
- Mangrove Heron ( Butorides striata )
- Marble Heron ( Tigrisoma lineatum )
- Night heron ( Nycticorax nycticorax )
- Naked-throated heron ( Tigrisoma mexicanum )
- North American bittern ( Botaurus lentiginosus )
- Red Egret ( Egretta rufescens )
- Great Egret ( Egretta thula )
- Great Egret ( Ardea alba )
- Spear Heron ( Agamia agami )
- Striped Heron ( Tigrisoma fasciatum )
- South American bittern ( Botaurus pinnatus )
Avocets
- American avocet ( Recurvirostra americana )
- American stilt ( Himantopus mexicanus )
Saw back
- Blue-parted motmot ( Momotus momota )
- Brow Motmot ( Eumomota superciliosa )
- Kielschnabelmotmot ( Electron carinatum )
- Flatbill motmot ( Electron platyrhynchum )
- Rufous Motmot ( Baryphthengus martii )
- Dwarf motmot ( Hylomanes momotula )
Scissor beaks
Darter
- American darter ( Anhinga anhinga )
Barn owls
- Barn Owl ( Tyto alba )
Ornamental birds
- Azurkotinga ( Cotinga amabilis )
- Dreilappenkotinga ( Procnias tricarunculata )
- Flamehead kotinga ( Oxyruncus cristatus )
- Yellow-billed kotinga ( Carpodectes antoniae )
- Gray Parting Kotinga ( Carpodectes nitidus )
- Naked-throated umbrella bird ( Cephalopterus glabricollis )
- Purpurbrustkotinga ( Querula purpurata )
- Ridgwaykotinga ( Cotinga ridgwayi )
- Zimtrote Piha ( Lipaugus unirufus )
Snipe birds
- Dunlin ( Calidris alpina )
- American common snipe ( Gallinago delicata )
- Baird sandpiper ( Calidris bairdii )
- Sandpiper ( Calidris mauri )
- Sandpiper ( Calidris himantopus )
- Common sandpiper ( Actitis macularia )
- Lone water strider ( Tringa solitaria )
- Eskimo curlew ( Numenius borealis )
- Sea runner ( Aphriza virgata )
- Grass creeper ( Tryngites subruficollis )
- Gray-breasted sandpipers ( Calidris melanotos )
- Large yellow thigh ( Tringa melanoleuca )
- Great sandpiper ( Limnodromus scolopaceus )
- Hudson's snipe ( Limosa haemastica )
- Ruff ( Philomachus pugnax )
- Lesser yellow thigh ( Tringa flavipes )
- Little sandpiper ( Limnodromus griseus )
- Knutt ( Calidris canutus )
- Marble snipe ( Limosa fedoa )
- Odin's Grouse ( Phalaropus lobatus )
- Common godwit ( Limosa lapponica )
- Prairie runner ( Bartramia longicauda )
- Whimbrel ( Numenius phaeopus )
- Whimbrel ( Numenius americanus )
- Sanderling ( Calidris alba )
- Sandpiper ( Calidris pusilla )
- Mud treaders ( Catoptrophorus semipalmatus )
- Common sandpiper ( Calidris ferruginea )
- Turnstone ( Arenaria interpres )
- Thor's Grouse ( Phalaropus fulicarius )
- Wandering water strider ( Heterosceles incanus )
- White rump sandpipers ( Calidris fuscicollis )
- Common sandpiper ( Calidris minutilla )
- Wilsonwassertreter ( Phalaropus tricolor )
Purrbirds
- Blue-parted pipra ( Lepidothrix coronata )
- Bronze Schiffornis ( Schiffornis turdinus )
- Yellow Pants Pipra ( Pipra mentalis )
- Graustirnpiprites ( Piprites griseiceps )
- Long-tailed pipra ( Chiroxiphia linearis )
- Lanzettschwanzpipra ( Chiroxiphia lanceolata )
- Orange Bandpipra ( Manacus aurantiacus )
- White Ribbon Pipra ( Manacus candei )
- White-collar pipra ( Corapipo altera )
- White- headed pipra ( Dixiphia pipra ), now Pseudopipra pipra
Swallows
- Brown breasted swallow ( Progne tapera )
- Pale-fronted swallow ( Petrochelidon pyrrhonota )
- Gray-breasted swallow ( Progne chalybea )
- Gray-throated swallow ( Stelgidopteryx serripennis )
- Cave Tern ( Petrochelidon fulva )
- Mangrove Tern ( Tachycineta albilinea )
- Purple swallow ( Progne subis )
- Barn swallow ( Hirundo rustica )
- Rough-winged swallow ( Stelgidopteryx ruficollis )
- Black- tipped swallow ( Notiochelidon cyanoleuca )
- Marsh Swallow ( Tachycineta bicolor )
- Sand martin ( Riparia riparia )
- Violet Tern ( Tachycineta thalassina )
Terns
- American little tern ( Sternula antillarum )
- Black Tern ( Chlidonias niger )
- Sandwich tern ( Sterna sandvicensis )
- Fairy Tern ( Gygis alba )
- Common tern ( Sterna hirundo )
- Forest Tern ( Sterna forsteri )
- King tern ( Sterna maxima )
- Salmon tern ( Gelochelidon nilotica )
- Noddi ( Anous stolidus )
- Predatory tern ( Hydroprogne caspia )
- Sooty Tern ( Onychoprion fuscata )
- Ornamental tern ( Sterna elegans )
- Black Tern ( Anous minutus )
- Chinstrap ( Onychoprion anaethetus )
Sailors
- Costa Rican sailors ( Chaetura fumosa )
- Diadem Segler ( Cypseloides cherriei )
- Gray abdominal Segler ( Chaetura vauxi )
- Graubürzelsegler ( Chaetura cinereiventris )
- Great swallow- swift ( Panyptila sanctihieronymi )
- Sailor collar ( streptoprocne zonaris )
- Little Swift Swift ( Panyptila cayennensis )
- Red-necked Swift ( Streptoprocne rutila )
- Chimney Swift ( Chaetura pelagica )
- Black swift ( Cypseloides niger )
- White- chined Swift ( Cypseloides cryptus )
Silkworms
- Yellow-flanked silkcatcher ( Phainoptila melanoxantha )
- Long-tailed silkcatcher ( Ptilogonys caudatus )
- Pied flycatcher ( Phainopepla nitens )
Waxwings
- Cedar Waxwing ( Bombycilla cedrorum )
Sun rail
- Sun rail ( Eurypyga helias )
Woodpeckers
- Blood-eared Woodpecker ( Veniliornis kirkii )
- Bronze Specht ( Piculus chrysochloros )
- Great spotted woodpecker ( Melanerpes chrysauchen )
- Acorn woodpecker ( Melanerpes formicivorus )
- Feuerkopf-Saftlecker ( Sphyrapicus varius )
- Hairy Woodpecker ( Picoides villosus )
- Hoffmann Woodpecker ( Melanerpes hoffmannii )
- Chestnut Woodpecker ( Celeus castaneus )
- King Woodpecker ( Campephilus guatemalensis )
- Line Woodpecker ( Dryocopus lineatus )
- Olive-Mantled Woodpecker ( Piculus rubiginosus )
- Olive-backed dwarf woodpecker ( Picumnus olivaceus )
- Red capped woodpecker ( Melanerpes rubricapillus )
- European red-throated woodpecker ( Celeus loricatus )
- Soot woodpecker ( Veniliornis fumigatus )
- Temporal spotted woodpecker ( Melanerpes pucherani )
- Cinnamon-winged woodpecker ( Piculus simplex )
Sparrows
- House Sparrow ( Passer domesticus ), introduced
Mockingbirds
- Cats throttle ( Dumetella carolinensis )
- Tropical Mockingbird ( Mimus gilvus )
Strongholds
- Baltimore trupial ( icterus galbula )
- Bullock oriole ( Icterus bullockii )
- Jackdaw rackel ( Quiscalus mexicanus )
- Yellow-headed blackbird ( Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus )
- Yellow-billed cassike ( Amblycercus holosericeus )
- Yellowtail Trupial ( Icterus mesomelas )
- Crow's forehead bird ( Psarocolius decumanus )
- Montezuma front bird ( Gymnostinops montezuma )
- Nicaraguan rackel ( Quiscalus nicaraguensis )
- Orchard Trupial ( Icterus spurius )
- Eastern larkbird ( Sturnella magna )
- Ricebird ( Dolichonyx oryzivorus )
- Giant Cowbird ( Molothrus oryzivorus )
- Red- eyed cowbird ( Molothrus aeneus )
- Red-breasted blackbird ( Sturnella militaris )
- Red Headed Forehead Bird ( Psarocolius wagleri )
- Red-shouldered blackbird ( Agelaius phoeniceus )
- Scarlet rump ( Cacicus uropygialis )
- Blackwing troupial ( Icterus chrysater )
- Black- gown troupial ( Icterus prosthemelas )
- Schwarzrückentrupial ( icterus abeillei )
- Streifentrupial ( icterus pustulatus )
- Trauerstärling ( dives dives )
- Drop trupial ( icterus pectoralis )
Cockles
- Bergtinamu ( Nothocercus bonapartei )
- Brauntinamu ( Crypturellus soui )
- Bushtinamu ( Crypturellus cinnamomeus )
- Great Tinamu ( Tinamus major )
- Red-footed Sinamu ( Crypturellus boucardi )
Storks
- Jabiru ( Jabiru mycteria )
- Forest stork ( Mycteria americana )
Petrels
- Buntfuß-Sturmschwalbe ( Oceanites oceanicus )
- Elliot's petrel ( Oceanites gracilis )
- Galapagos wave walker ( Oceanodroma tethys )
- Madeira wave runner ( Oceanodroma castro )
- Soot wave-runner ( Oceanodroma markhami )
- Black wave runner ( Oceanodroma melania )
- White-faced petrel ( Pelagodroma marina )
- Petrel ( Oceanodroma leucorhoa )
- Little petrel swallow ( Oceanodroma microsoma )
Petrels
- Pale-footed Shearwater ( Puffinus creatopus )
- Dark Shearwater ( Puffinus griseus )
- Galapagos petrel ( Pterodroma phaeopygia )
- Yellow-billed Shearwater edwardsii ( Calonectris diomedea )
- Great Shearwater ( Puffinus gravis )
- Wedge-tailed Shearwater ( Puffinus pacificus )
- Short-tailed Shearwater ( Puffinus tenuirostris )
- Shed Shearwater ( Puffinus lherminieri )
- Black Petrel ( Procellaria parkinsoni )
- Christmas shearwater ( Puffinus nativitatis )
- White- naped petrel ( Pterodroma hasitata )
Day sleeper
- Mexico day sleeper ( Nyctibius jamaicensis )
- Giant day sleeper ( Nyctibius grandis )
- Urutau day sleeper ( Nyctibius griseus )
Tangerines
- Abttangare ( Thraupis abbas )
- Azure ash bird ( Cyanerpes lucidus )
- Bangs Tangare ( Bangsia arcaei NT)
- Bishop's Tangare ( Thraupis episcopus )
- Bluehead pitpit ( Dacnis cayana )
- Blue-parted organist ( Euphonia elegantissima )
- Blood tangar ( Piranga bidentata )
- Brown- tip organist ( Euphonia anneae )
- Bush organist ( Euphonia affinis )
- Carmiol Tangare ( Chlorothraupis carmioli )
- Thick-billed organist ( Euphonia laniirostris )
- Finch tangar ( Chlorospingus ophthalmicus )
- Flame Tangare ( Ramphocelus sanguinolentus )
- Yellow-crowned organist ( Euphonia luteicapilla )
- Glossy spots Tanager ( Tangara dowii )
- Gold brewing organ ( Chlorophonia Callophrys )
- Golden winged tangar ( Tangara lavinia )
- Gray-throated bush tangerine ( Chlorospingus canigularis )
- Gray-headed Tangare ( Eucometis penicillata )
- Green Tangara ( Tangara gyrola )
- Capped ash bird ( Chlorophanes spiza )
- Karminhabia ( Habia rubica )
- Pine Tangare ( Piranga ludoviciana )
- Olive back organist ( Euphonia gouldi )
- Palmentangare ( Thraupis palmarum )
- Passerinitangare ( Ramphocelus passerinii )
- Purple Masked Tangare ( Tangara larvata )
- Queo ( Rhodinocichla rosea )
- Redshank Pitpit ( Dacnis venusta )
- Rotsteißorganist ( Euphonia fulvicrissa )
- Soot-Faced Tangare ( Mitrospingus cassinii )
- Scarlet Tangar ( Piranga olivacea )
- Plain Tangare ( Tangara inornata )
- Swallow organist ( Euphonia hirundinacea )
- Black- axed Tangare ( Tachyphonus delatrii )
- Black Chinhabia ( Habia fuscicauda )
- Black Tangare ( Tachyphonus rufus )
- Black- cheeked habia ( Habia atrimaxillaris )
- Sulfur-tailed tangar ( Heterospingus rubrifrons )
- Silver-throated tangara ( Tangara icterocephala )
- Emerald Tangare ( Tangara florida )
- Summer Tangar ( Piranga rubra )
- Forehead patch organist ( Euphonia imitans )
- Trauertangare ( Tachyphonus luctuosus )
- Drop tangar ( Tangara guttata )
- Turquoise Snatcher ( Cyanerpes cyaneus )
- White-bellied organist ( Euphonia minuta )
- White- banded tangerine ( Piranga leucoptera )
- White-browed bush tangerine ( Chlorospingus pileatus )
- White-throated strangler's tangar ( Lanio leucothorax )
- Zinnabertangare ( Piranga flava )
- Lemon Tangare ( Chrysothlypis chrysomelaena )
Pigeons
- Aztec dove ( Columbina inca )
- Belt pigeon ( Patagioenas fasciata )
- Mountain pigeon ( Geotrygon montana )
- Episcopal dove ( Geotrygon violacea )
- Blue-ringed pigeon ( Leptotila verreauxi )
- Bonaparte dove ( Leptotila plumbeiceps )
- Carolina pigeon ( Zenaida macroura )
- Cassin pigeon ( Leptotila cassini )
- Chiriqui quail pigeon ( Geotrygon chiriquensis )
- Costa Rican pigeon ( Geotrygon costaricensis )
- Rock dove ( Columba livia )
- Short-billed pigeon ( Patagioenas nigrirostris )
- Moon tour pigeon ( Claravis mondetoura )
- Purple-backed pigeon ( Geotrygon lawrencii )
- Purple pigeon ( Patagioenas subvinacea )
- Rust pigeon ( Columbina talpacoti )
- Red-backed pigeon ( Patagioenas cayennensis )
- Red-billed pigeon ( Patagioenas flavirostris )
- Ornamental pigeon ( Claravis pretiosa )
- Shed abdominal Taube ( Patagioenas speciosa )
- Sparrow dust ( Columbina passerina )
- Veragua pigeon ( Geotrygon veraguensis )
- White-winged pigeon ( Zenaida asiatica )
- White-headed pigeon ( Patagioenas leucocephala )
- Dwarf dove ( Columbina minuta )
Boobies
- Blue-footed booby ( Sula nebouxii )
- Brown booby ( Sula leucogaster )
- Masked booby ( Sula dactylatra )
- Red-footed Booby ( Sula sula )
Pottery birds
- Brown-bellied tree scout ( Xenops minutus )
- White-throated tree scout ( Automolus ochrolaemus )
- Speckled Leaf Turners ( Sclerurus guatemalensis )
- Gray-throated leaf turner ( Sclerurus albigularis )
- Gray-backed thicket panties ( Synallaxis brachyura )
- Ocher-rimmed leaf scout ( Anabacerthia variegaticeps )
- Ocher-throated tree scout ( Thripadectes rufobrunneus )
- Ocher-browed leaf scout ( Philydor rufus )
- Panamá crested ear ( Pseudocolaptes lawrencii )
- Rust- breasted prickly tail ( Margarornis rubiginosus )
- Rust-throated leaf turner ( Sclerurus mexicanus )
- Red-faced tree slip ( Cranioleuca erythrops )
- Striped leaf scout ( Syndactyla subalaris )
- Razorback Forest Scout ( Hyloctistes subulatus )
- Tree scout ( Xenops rutilans )
- White-bellied thicket panties ( Synallaxis albescens )
- Western spotted prickly tail ( Premnoplex brunnescens )
- Cinnamon tree scout ( Automolus rubiginosus )
Triele
- Dominican triel ( Burhinus bistriatus )
Trogons
- Bairdtrogon ( Trogon bairdii )
- Bronze trogon ( Trogon mexicanus )
- Gold-bellied Trogon ( Trogon aurantiiventris )
- Halsbandtrogon ( Trogon collaris )
- Copper Trogon ( Trogon elegans )
- Quetzal ( Pharomachrus mocinno )
- Slate- tailed trogon ( Trogon massena )
- Black throated trogon ( Trogon rufus )
- Black- headed Trogon ( Trogon melanocephalus )
- Sparrow- tailed trogon ( Trogon clathratus )
- Violet Trogon ( Trogon violaceus )
Tropical birds
- Red-billed tropical bird ( Phaethon aethereus )
- White-tailed tropical bird ( Phaethon lepturus )
Toucans
- Blue-throated green macaroni ( Aulacorhynchus prasinus caeruleogularis )
- Firebeak Arassari ( Pteroglossus frantzii )
- Fisher toucan ( Ramphastos sulfuratus )
- Gelbohrarassari ( Selenidera spectabilis )
- Collared arassari ( Pteroglossus torquatus )
- Leek arassari ( Aulacorhynchus prasinus )
- Swainson's Toucan ( Ramphastos swainsonii )
Tyrants
- Arkansas king tyrant ( Tyrannus verticalis )
- Eye-ring broad-billed tyrant ( Rhynchocyclus brevirostris )
- Blackcatcher Tyrant ( Empidonax flaviventris )
- Brown Beard Masked Tyrant ( Myiodynastes hemichrysus )
- Brown Cap small bully ( Ornithion brunneicapillus )
- Brown Cap Laubtyrann ( Leptopogon amaurocephalus )
- Brown head tyrant ( Myiarchus tyrannulus )
- Beechcatcher tyrant ( Empidonax virescens )
- Cocos Island Tyrant ( Nesotriccus ridgwayi )
- Erlenschnäppertyrann ( Empidonax alnorum )
- White-throated flycatcher ( Empidonax albigularis )
- Wing mirror broad-billed tyrant ( Tolmomyias assimilis )
- Fork-tailed king tyrant ( Tyrannus savana )
- Yellow-bellied tyrant ( Ornithion semiflavum )
- Yellow-bellied Olive Tyrant ( Elaenia flavogaster )
- Yellow-bellied snapper tyrant ( Mitrephanes phaeocercus )
- Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ( Myiarchus crinitus )
- Yellow-rumped attilatyrant ( Attila spadiceus )
- Yellow-headed Broad-billed Tyrant ( Platyrinchus mystaceus )
- Gold-capped broad-billed tyrant ( Platyrinchus coronatus )
- Gray royal tyrant ( Tyrannus dominicensis )
- Gray and yellow todityrann ( Todirostrum cinereum )
- Gray-capped mask tyrant ( Myiozetetes granadensis )
- Gray-throated crook-billed tyrant ( Oncostoma cinereigulare )
- Gray-headed Todityrann ( Poecilotriccus sylvia )
- Gray-backed beech ( Pachyramphus albogriseus )
- Gray-cheeked olive tyrant ( Elaenia chiriquensis )
- Green tyrant ( Myiopagis viridicata )
- Hump-foot fly stinger ( Phyllomyias burmeisteri )
- California Flycatcher ( Myiarchus cinerascens )
- Short-billed masked tyrant ( Legatus leucophaius )
- Short-tailed broad-billed tyrant ( Platyrinchus cancrominus )
- North Andean olive tyrant ( Elaenia frantzii )
- Northern pale tyrant ( Camptostoma imberbe )
- Northern Spotted Masked Tyrant ( Myiodynastes luteiventris )
- Northern street tyrant ( Sublegatus arenarum )
- Ocher-bellied pipratyrann ( Mionectes oleagineus )
- Breast of Ocher Catcher Tyrant ( Aphanotriccus capitalis )
- Yellow ocher flycatcher ( Contopus ochraceus )
- Olive flank snapper tyrant ( Contopus cooperi )
- Olive-headed pipratyrann ( Mionectes olivaceus )
- Olive-crowned broad-billed tyrant ( Tolmomyias sulphurescens )
- Eastern woodcatcher tyrant ( Contopus virens )
- Panamanian skullcap ( Myiarchus panamensis )
- Pacific flycatcher ( Myiarchus nuttingi )
- Rose throat ( Pachyramphus aglaiae )
- Rustcatcher Tyrant ( Myiophobus fasciatus )
- Rustwing Mask Tyrant ( Myiozetetes cayanensis )
- Reddish drop- winged tyrant ( Laniocera rufescens )
- Red-headed masked tyrant ( Myiozetetes similis )
- Red-scaled tyrant ( Lophotriccus pileatus )
- Red-tailed tyrant ( Terenotriccus erythrurus )
- Scissor-tailed king tyrant ( Tyrannus forficatus )
- Slate cap leaf tyrant ( Leptopogon superciliaris )
- Slate cap leaf tyrant ( Phylloscartes superciliaris )
- Slate-backed king tyrant ( Tyrannus tyrannus )
- Flycatcher ( Onychorhynchus mexicanus )
- Black-capped snapper tyrant ( Empidonax atriceps )
- Black-capped Flycatcher ( Myiarchus tuberculifer )
- Black-capped dwarf tyrant ( Myiornis atricapillus )
- Schwarzkopf Phoebetyrann ( Sayornis nigricans )
- Schwarzkopf todityrann ( Todirostrum nigriceps )
- Black- billed Tityra ( Tityra inquisitor )
- Black-tailed bristle tyrant ( Myiobius atricaudus )
- Brimstone bristle tyrant ( Myiobius sulphureipygius )
- Sulfur Masked Tyrant ( Pitangus sulphuratus )
- Rough-billed masked tyrant ( Megarynchus pitangua )
- Torrent small bully ( Serpophaga cinerea )
- Southern pale tyrant ( Camptostoma obsoletum )
- Southern Spotted Masked Tyrant ( Myiodynastes maculatus )
- Southern woodcatcher tyrant ( Contopus cinereus )
- Bogcatcher Tyrant ( Empidonax flavescens )
- Texas Flycatcher ( Tyrannus couchii )
- Mourning King Tyrant ( Tyrannus melancholicus )
- Pied Flycatcher ( Contopus lugubris )
- Willowcatcher ( Empidonax traillii )
- White banded beech ( Pachyramphus polychopterus )
- White-capped drag-tyrant ( Colonia colonus )
- White-naped masked tyrant ( Conopias albovittata )
- White- naped Entityra ( Tityra semifasciata )
- White- streaked tyrant ( Zimmerius vilissimus )
- Wellenbekarde ( Pachyramphus versicolor )
- Western woodcatcher tyrant ( Contopus sordidulus )
- Yellow Tyrannulet ( Capsiempis flaveola )
- Cinnamon bark ( Pachyramphus cinnamomeus )
- Cinnamon Tyrant ( Rhytipterna holerythra )
- Lemon tyrant ( Tyrannulus elatus )
- Miniature snapper tyrant ( Empidonax minimus )
Vireos
- Bartvireo ( Vireo altiloquus )
- Brown cap vireo ( Vireo leucophrys )
- Bush vireo ( Hylophilus flavipes )
- Fox-headed vireo ( Hylophilus ochraceiceps )
- Yellow bandage vireo ( Vireo carmioli )
- Yellow-throated vireo ( Vireo flavifrons )
- Gray cap vireo ( Hylophilus decurtatus )
- Gray-headed vireo ( Vireo solitarius )
- Mangrovevireo ( Vireo pallens )
- Rust-browed vireo ( Cyclarhis gujanensis )
- Roach vireo ( Vireo olivaceus )
- Warbling vireo ( Vireo gilvus )
- Plain vireo ( Vireo philadelphicus )
- Emerald Vireo ( Vireolanius pulchellus )
- White-eyed vireo ( Vireo griseus )
- Lemon Flank Vireo ( Vireo flavoviridis )
Wood warbler
- Ringed warbler ( Oporornis agilis )
- Blue-winged Warbler ( Vermivora pinus )
- Blue-backed Warbler ( Dendroica caerulescens )
- Browed Warbler ( Vermivora peregrina )
- Brown-breasted warbler ( Dendroica castanea )
- Thicket Warbler ( Oporornis tolmiei )
- Three-lined wood warbler ( Basileuterus tristriatus )
- Hermit Warbler ( Dendroica occidentalis )
- Elven Warbler ( Parula pitiayumi )
- Fire Warbler ( Parula gutturalis )
- Spruce Warbler ( Dendroica fusca )
- River warbler ( Basileuterus fulvicauda )
- Yellow-breasted warbler ( Icteria virens )
- Yellow-crowned warbler ( Dendroica pensylvanica )
- Golden-winged warbler ( Vermivora chrysoptera )
- Golden- crowned warbler ( Basileuterus culicivorus )
- Golden-throated wood warbler ( Dendroica dominica )
- Golden warbler ( Dendroica petechia )
- Gray-headed warbler ( Oporornis philadelphia )
- Green Warbler ( Dendroica virens )
- Haldenwald warbler ( Helmitheros vermivorus )
- Collared Warbler ( Myioborus torquatus )
- Hemlock warbler ( Dendroica magnolia )
- Canada warbler ( Wilsonia canadensis )
- Wood Warbler ( Dendroica striata )
- Hooded Wood Warbler ( Wilsonia citrina )
- Kentucky warbler ( Oporornis formosus )
- Pine warbler ( Dendroica pinus )
- Climbing Warbler ( Mniotilta varia )
- Crown Warbler ( Dendroica coronata )
- Larval Warbler ( Myioborus miniatus )
- Masked yellow throat ( Geothlypis aequinoctialis )
- Great Warbler ( Parula americana )
- Black Warbler ( Wilsonia pusilla )
- Olive-crowned yellowthroat ( Geothlypis semiflava )
- Orange-spotted warbler ( Vermivora celata )
- Poplar Warbler ( Dendroica cerulea )
- Wood Warbler ( Seiurus aurocapilla )
- Rust-crowned warbler ( Dendroica discolor )
- Red cap warbler ( Basileuterus rufifrons )
- Ruby-Spotted Warbler ( Vermivora ruficapilla )
- American Redstart ( Setophaga ruticilla )
- Black-cheeked Warbler ( Basileuterus melanogenys )
- Stilt warbler ( Seiurus motacilla )
- Marsh Warbler ( Dendroica palmarum )
- Tiger Warbler ( Dendroica tigrina )
- Townsend Wood Warbler ( Dendroica townsendi )
- Riparian Warbler ( Seiurus noveboracensis )
- Willow-yellowthroat ( Geothlypis trichas )
- Meadow yellow throat ( Geothlypis poliocephala )
- Celedonia ( Zeledonia coronata )
- Lemon Warbler ( Protonotaria citrea )
Dippers
- Gray-water blackbird ( Cinclus mexicanus )
Toothed quail
- Guatemala Quail ( Dendrortyx leucophrys )
- Crested quail ( Colinus cristatus )
- Long-legged quail ( Rhynchortyx cinctus )
- Marble Quail ( Odontophorus gujanensis )
- Red-fronted Quail ( Odontophorus erythrops )
- Black-eared Quail ( Odontophorus melanotis )
- Drop quail ( Odontophorus guttatus )
- White-throated quail ( Odontophorus leucolaemus )
Wrens
- Acacia wren ( Thryothorus pleurostictus )
- Mountain wren ( Thryorchilus browni )
- White-bellied wren ( Thryothorus fasciatoventris )
- Cabanis wren ( Cantorchilus modestus )
- Zeledon wren ( Cantorchilus zeledoni )
- Hermit wren ( Henicorhina leucophrys )
- Pale-streaked wren ( Troglodytes ochraceus )
- Rock Wren ( Salpinctes obsoletus )
- Glasses Wren ( Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus )
- Speckled wren ( Pheugopedius maculipectus )
- Domestic wren ( Troglodytes aedon )
- Chestnut wren ( Cantorchilus nigricapillus )
- Nightingale wren ( Microcerculus philomela )
- Red-breasted wren ( Thryothorus rutilus )
- Red-necked wren ( Campylorhynchus rufinucha )
- Red-backed wren ( Thryothorus rufalbus )
- Black-throated wren ( Thryothorus atrogularis )
- Sedge wren ( Cistothorus platensis )
- Stripe- breasted wren ( Cantorchilus thoracicus )
- Tiger wren ( Campylorhynchus zonatus )
- Shore wren ( Cantorchilus semibadius )
- Forest wren ( Henicorhina leucosticta )
Sugar birds (Coerebidae)
- Sugar bird ( Coereba flaveola )
New bird species 2009
Five new bird species were added to the official list of these animals in Costa Rica in 2009, according to the Costa Rican Ornithological Society (AOCR). According to the report, these are not new species to science, but species of birds that are already known to the world , but whose occurrence in the country has been proven for the first time.
The first of these species is the Christmas Shearwater ( Puffinus nativitatis ). It is a puffinus bird that is found across numerous archipelagos in the Pacific Ocean, such as Hawaii. It is believed that only a few 5,000 wild birds exist in the world.
The second addition to the Costa Rican list is the gray- bellied goshawk ( Accipiter poliogaster ). It belongs to the species of birds of prey. This species inhabits forests, tropical primeval forests and subtropical lowland zones and is registered in most of South America. As the name suggests, this species is characterized by its gray-colored belly.
The kittiwake ( Rissa tridactyla ) is a medium-sized bird, stocky with short feet and a blunt tail. It is the third addition to the national bird inventory this year and is one of two species in the genus Rissa, which owes its name to the characteristic of its species, the stunted hind toe. The physical appearance of this species is characterized by a long, yellow, spotless beak, white head and body, gray color on the shoulder and upper wing, and completely gray wing tips. The feet also have a dark gray or reddish color. Their behavior is typical of seabirds and generally they only approach the coast to nest. Until now it was assumed to that this type only the seas of the Northern Hemisphere has spread, but in March this year succeeded Nicole Michel, a bird expert, an individual of this type at the mouth of the Río Tortuguero , in in Limón located Tortuguero National Park to observe. According to Michel, she observed a single specimen with "winter plumage" sitting on the beach, but this was enough to register it in the country.
The Veragua Mangokolibri ( Anthracothorax veraguensis ) was also included in the national inventory of 2009 by the experts of the Costa Rican Ornithological Society. The bird is very small and light and has a striking, metallic green plumage. Its beak is almost as long as the body. The neck of the males is often bluish in color. Until now, based on scientific evidence, it was believed that the bird only lived in neighboring Panama . Nevertheless, experts Kevin Easley and Steven Easley managed to observe several specimens in a garden in Golfito , Puntarenas. The Veragua Mangokolibri has been on the list of endangered species worldwide since July 2006.
Finally, with the blue-throated hummingbird ( Lepidopyga coeruleogularis ), another hummingbird completes the list of “new arrivals in 2009”. It is another tiny bird, also beautifully metallic, and with a beak almost as long as the body. As in the case of the Veragua mango colibris, the scientists Easley confirmed the occurrence of this species in red erythrin flowers (coral tree) in Puntarenas.
literature
- Stiles and Skutch: A guide to the birds of Costa Rica , ISBN 0-8014-9600-4
Web links
- Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica
- CHECKLIST OF THE BIRDS OF COSTA RICA (Engl.)
- La Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica
Individual evidence
- ^ Lista oficial de las aves de Costa Rica. (PDF; 2.7 MB) Actualización 2009. In: Zeledonia. November 2009, p. 33 , accessed October 17, 2018 (Spanish).