EXOTIC BIRDING tours - Specialty birds found in Costa Rica

Every place has its special birds. Some may be endemic species found nowhere else in the world, while others are more easily seen in certain areas or are simply notable birds remembered as highlights of any tour.

E=Endemic (Found nowhere else); EN=Endangered
LC=Localized within country; NE=Near Endemic; NT=Near Threatened
TH=Threatened; V=Vulnerable, Very Local, or Rare and Local

1	Agami Heron	Agamia agami	LC
2	Pinnated Bittern	Botaurus pinnatus	LC
3	Jabiru	Jabiru mycteria	LC
4	Green Ibis	Mesembrinibis cayennensis	LC
5	White Ibis	Eudocimus albus	LC
6	Glossy Ibis	Plegadis falcinellus	LC
7	Fulvous Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna bicolor	LC
8	Masked Duck	Nomonyx dominica	LC
9	Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture	Cathartes burrovianus	LC
10	Gray-headed Kite	Leptodon cayanensis	LC
11	Hook-billed Kite	Chondrohierax uncinatus	LC
12	Snail Kite	Rostrhamus sociabilis	LC
13	Black-collared Hawk	Busarellus nigricollis	LC
14	White-tailed Hawk	Buteo albicaudatus	LC
15	Crested Eagle	Morphnus guianensis	V
16	Harpy Eagle	Harpia harpyja	V
17	Red-throated Caracara	Ibycter americanus	V
18	Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon	Micrastur mirandollei	LC
19	Black Guan	Chamaepetes unicolor	NE
20	Great Curassow	Crax rubra	LC
21	Crested Bobwhite	Colinus cristatus	LC
22	Marbled Wood-Quail	Odontophorus gujanensis	LC
23	Black-breasted Wood-Quail	Odontophorus leucolaemus	NE
24	Tawny-faced Quail	Rhynchortyx cinctus	V
25	Rufous-necked Wood-Rail	Aramides axillaris	LC
26	Sungrebe	Heliornis fulica	LC
27	Sunbittern	Eurypyga helias	LC
28	Double-striped Thick-knee	Burhinus bistriatus	LC
29	Southern Lapwing	Vanellus chilensis	V
30	Collared Plover	Charadrius collaris	LC
31	Long-billed Curlew	Numenius americanus	V
32	Red Knot	Calidris canutus	LC
33	Buff-breasted Sandpiper	Tryngites subruficollis	V
34	Bridled Tern	Sterna anaethetus	LC
35	Buff-fronted Quail-Dove	Geotrygon costaricensis	NE
36	Chiriqui Quail-Dove	Geotrygon chiriquensis	NE
37	Great Green Macaw	Ara ambigua	EN
38	Scarlet Macaw	Ara macao	LC
39	Crimson-fronted Parakeet	Aratinga finschi	NE
40	Sulphur-winged Parakeet	Pyrrhura hoffmanni	NE
41	Red-fronted Parrotlet	Touit costaricensis	NE
42	Blue-headed Parrot	Pionus menstruus	LC
43	Yellow-naped Parrot	Amazona auropalliata	LC
44	Rufous Nightjar	Caprimulgus rufus	V
45	Dusky Nightjar	Caprimulgus saturatus	NE
46	White-tailed Nightjar	Caprimulgus cayennensis	LC
47	Band-rumped Swift	Chaetura spinicaudus	LC
48	Costa Rican Swift	Chaetura fumosa	NE
49	Black-crested Coquette	Lophornis helenae	LC
50	White-crested Coquette	Lophornis adorabilis	NE
51	Garden Emerald	Chlorostilbon assimilis	NE
52	Fiery-throated Hummingbird	Panterpe insignis	NE
53	White-tailed Emerald	Elvira chionura	NE
54	Coppery-headed Emerald	Elvira cupreiceps	E
55	Stripe-tailed Hummingbird	Eupherusa eximia	LC
56	Charming Hummingbird	Polyerata decora	NE
57	Mangrove Hummingbird	Polyerata boucardi	E
58	Snowy-bellied Hummingbird	Saucerottia edward	NE
59	Snowcap	Microchera albocoronata	NE
60	White-bellied Mountain-gem	Lampornis hemileucus	NE
61	White-throated Mountain-gem	Lampornis castaneoventris	NE
62	Purple-throated Mountain-gem	Lampornis calolaema	NE
63	Gray-tailed Mountain-gem	Lampornis cinereicauda	E
64	Magenta-throated Woodstar	Calliphlox bryantae	NE
65	Scintillant Hummingbird	Selasphorus scintilla	NE
66	Volcano Hummingbird	Selasphorus flammula	NE
67	Baird's Trogon	Trogon bairdii	NE
68	Elegant Trogon	Trogon elegans	LC
69	Orange-bellied Trogon	Trogon aurantiiventris	NE
70	Lattice-tailed Trogon	Trogon clathratus	NE
71	Resplendent Quetzal	Pharomachrus mocinno	S
72	Green-and-rufous Kingfisher	Chloroceryle inda	LC
73	Great Jacamar	Jacamerops aureus	LC
74	Pied Puffbird	Notharchus tectus	LC
75	Lanceolated Monklet	Micromonacha lanceolata	V
76	Prong-billed Barbet	Semnornis frantzii	NE
77	Fiery-billed Aracari	Pteroglossus frantzii	NE
78	Golden-naped Woodpecker	Melanerpes chrysauchen	NE
79	Red-crowned Woodpecker	Melanerpes rubricapillus	LC
80	Red-rumped Woodpecker	Veniliornis kirkii	LC
81	Rufous-winged Woodpecker	Piculus simplex	NE
82	Pale-breasted Spinetail	Synallaxis albescens	LC
83	Ruddy Treerunner	Margarornis rubiginosus	NE
84	Streak-breasted Treehunter	Thripadectes rufobrunneus	NE
85	Ruddy Foliage-gleaner	Automolus rubiginosus	LC
86	Tawny-winged Woodcreeper	Dendrocincla anabatina	LC
87	Strong-billed Woodcreeper	Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus	V
88	Ivory-billed Woodcreeper	Xiphorhynchus flavigaster	LC
89	Black-hooded Antshrike	Thamnophilus bridgesi	NE
90	Streak-crowned Antvireo	Dysithamnus striaticeps	NE
91	Spectacled Antpitta	Hylopezus perspicillatus	LC
92	Silvery-fronted Tapaculo	Scytalopus argentifrons	NE
93	Sharpbill	Oxyruncus cristatus	LC
94	Lovely Cotinga	Cotinga amabilis	V
95	Turquoise Cotinga	Cotinga ridgwayi	NE
96	Yellow-billed Cotinga	Carpodectes antoniae	NE
97	Bare-necked Umbrellabird	Cephalopterus glabricollis	NE
98	Three-wattled Bellbird	Procnias tricarunculata	S
99	Orange-collared Manakin	Manacus aurantiacus	NE
100	Blue-crowned Manakin	Lepidothrix coronata	LC
101	Gray-headed Manakin	Piprites griseiceps	LC
102	Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet	Camptostoma imberbe	LC
103	Paltry Tyrannulet	Camptostoma obsoletum	LC
104	Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet	Tyrannulus elatus	LC
105	Lesser Elaenia	Elaenia chiriquensis	LC
106	Sepia-capped Flycatcher	Leptopogon amaurocephalus	LC
107	Stub-tailed Spadebill	Platyrinchus cancrominus	LC
108	Bran-colored Flycatcher	Myiophobus fasciatus	LC
109	Black-tailed Flycatcher	Myiobius atricaudus	LC
110	Tawny-chested Flycatcher	Aphanotriccus capitalis	NE
111	Dark Pewee	Contopus lugubris	NE
112	Ochraceous Pewee	Contopus ochraceus	NE
113	White-throated Flycatcher	Empidonax albigularis	LC
114	Black-capped Flycatcher	Empidonax atriceps	NE
115	Panama Flycatcher	Myiarchus panamensis	LC
116	Nutting's Flycatcher	Myiarchus nuttingi	LC
117	Golden-bellied Flycatcher	Myiodynastes hemichrysus	NE
118	Fork-tailed Flycatcher	Tyrannus savana	LC
119	Rose-throated Becard	Pachyramphus aglaiae	LC
120	Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher	Phainoptila melanoxantha	NE
121	Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher	Ptilogonys caudatus	NE
122	Black-throated Wren	Thryothorus atrogularis	NE
123	Black-bellied Wren	Thryothorus fasciatoventris	LC
124	Rufous-breasted Wren	Thryothorus rutilus	LC
125	Riverside Wren	Thryothorus semibadius	NE
126	Stripe-breasted Wren	Thryothorus thoracicus	NE
127	Banded Wren	Thryothorus pleurostictus	LC
128	Rufous-and-white Wren	Thryothorus rufalbus	LC
129	Ochraceous Wren	Troglodytes ochraceus	NE
130	Timberline Wren	Thryorchilus browni	NE
131	Nightingale Wren	Microcerculus philomela	LC
132	Scaly-breasted Wren	Microcerculus marginatus	LC
133	Black-faced Solitaire	Myadestes melanops	NE
134	Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush	Catharus gracilirostris	NE
135	Sooty Robin	Turdus nigrescens	NE
136	White-lored Gnatcatcher	Polioptila albiloris	LC
137	White-throated Magpie-Jay	Calocitta formosa	LC
138	Silvery-throated Jay	Cyanolyca argentigula	NE
139	Yellow-winged Vireo	Vireo carmioli	NE
140	Scrub Greenlet	Hylophilus flavipes	LC
141	Flame-throated Warbler	Parula gutturalis	NE
142	Chiriqui Yellowthroat	Geothlypis chiriquensis	NE
143	Collared Redstart	Myioborus torquatus	NE
144	Black-cheeked Warbler	Basileuterus melanogenys	NE
145	Wrenthrush	Zeledonia coronata	NE
146	Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager	Chlorospingus pileatus	NE
147	Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager	Chlorospingus canigularis	LC
148	Black-and-yellow Tanager	Chrysothlypis chrysomelaena	NE
149	White-throated Shrike-Tanager	Lanio leucothorax	NE
150	Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager	Habia atrimaxillaris	E
151	Cherrie's Tanager	Ramphocelus costaricensis	NE
152	Blue-and-gold Tanager	Bangsia arcaei	NE
153	Scrub Euphonia	Euphonia affinis	LC
154	Yellow-crowned Euphonia	Euphonia luteicapilla	NE
155	Thick-billed Euphonia	Euphonia laniirostris	LC
156	Spotted-crowned Euphonia	Euphonia imitans	NE
157	Golden-browed Chlorophonia	Chlorophonia callophrys	NE
158	Plain-colored Tanager	Tangara inornata	LC
159	Spangle-cheeked Tanager	Tangara dowii	NE
160	Yellow-bellied Seedeater	Sporophila nigricollis	LC
161	Nicaraguan Seed-Finch	Oryzoborus nuttingi	NE
162	Blue Seedeater	Amaurospiza concolor	LC
163	Slaty Finch	Haplospiza rustica	LC
164	Peg-billed Finch	Acanthidops bairdii	NE
165	Slaty Flowerpiercer	Diglossa plumbea	NE
166	Yellow-thighed Finch	Pselliophorus tibialis	NE
167	Large-footed Finch	Pezopetes capitalis	NE
168	Stripe-headed Sparrow	Aimophila ruficauda	LC
169	Volcano Junco	Junco vulcani	NE
170	Streaked Saltator	Saltator striatipectus	LC
171	Black-thighed Grosbeak	Pheucticus tibialis	NE
172	Painted Bunting	Passerina ciris	LC
173	Spotted-breasted Oriole	Icterus pectoralis	LC
174	Streak-backed Oriole	Icterus pustulatus	LC

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Brazil
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Guyana
Panama
Peru

Costa Rica - Wonderful Tropical Birds
Exotic Costa Rica Birding Tours
Bird & Nature Photography Tours