La Ensenada Wildlife Refuge
Lowlands and Mangroves
Costa Rica Birding Destination |
Partial bird checklist of this site.
ANHINGAS: Anhingidae |
| 1 | Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga |
HERONS, EGRETS, BITTERNS: Ardeidae |
| 2 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata |
| 3 | Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius |
| 4 | Bare-throated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma mexicanum |
STORKS: Ciconiidae |
| 5 | Wood Ibis | Mycteria americana |
IBIS, SPOONBILLS: Threskiornithidae |
| 6 | Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja |
HAWKS, EAGLES, KITES: Accipitridae |
| 7 | Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis |
FALCONS, CARACARAS: Falconidae |
| 8 | Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus |
NEW WORLD QUAIL: Odontophoridae |
| 9 | Spot-bellied Bobwhite | Colinus leucopogon |
LIMPKIN: Aramidae |
| 10 | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna |
THICK-KNEES: Burhinidae |
| 11 | Double-striped Thick-knee | Burhinus bistriatus |
PARROTS: Psittacidae |
| 12 | Orange-fronted Parakeet | Aratinga canicularis |
| 13 | White-fronted Parrot | Amazona albifrons |
| 14 | Yellow-naped Parrot | Amazona auropalliata |
CUCKOOS: Cuculidae |
| 15 | Lesser Ground-Cuckoo | Morococcyx erythropygus |
OWLS: Strigidae |
| 16 | Pacific Screech-Owl | Megascops cooperi |
| 17 | Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum |
POTOOS: Nyctibiidae |
| 18 | Common Potoo | Nyctibius griseus |
NIGHTJARS: Caprimulgidae |
| 19 | White-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus cayennensis |
HUMMINGBIRDS: Trochilidae |
| 20 | Mangrove Hummingbird | Polyerata boucardi |
| 21 | Steely-vented Hummingbird | Saucerottia saucerrottei |
TROGONS, QUETZALS: Trogonidae |
| 22 | Black-headed Trogon | Trogon melanocephalus |
KINGFISHERS: Alcedinidae |
| 23 | Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana |
| 24 | American Pygmy Kingfisher | Chloroceryle aenea |
MOTMOTS: Momotidae |
| 25 | Turquoise-browed Motmot | Eumomota superciliosa |
MANAKINS: Pipridae |
| 26 | Long-tailed Manakin | Chiroxiphia linearis |
WRENS: Troglodytidae |
| 27 | Banded Wren | Thryothorus pleurostictus |
GNATCATCHERS: Polioptilidae |
| 28 | White-lored Gnatcatcher | Polioptila albiloris |
CROWS, JAYS: Corvidae |
| 29 | White-throated Magpie-Jay | Calocitta formosa |
VIREOS, ALLIES: Vireonidae |
| 30 | Mangrove Vireo | Vireo pallens |
TANAGERS, ALLIES: Thraupidae |
| 31 | Scrub Euphonia | Euphonia affinis |
BUNTINGS, SEEDEATERS, ALLIES: Emberizidae |
| 32 | Olive Sparrow | Arremonops rufivirgatus |
| 33 | Stripe-headed Sparrow | Aimophila ruficauda |
TROUPIALS, ALLIES: Icteridae |
| 34 | Spotted-breasted Oriole | Icterus pectoralis |
| 35 | Streak-backed Oriole | Icterus pustulatus |
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