Exotic Bird Photo Tour
2012 Costa Rica Highlights
Carara, La Selva, & Talamanca Mountains

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The table below lists species found at this locale that have restricted ranges or occur only locally in the country. It also shows species with threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN. Finally, it indicates whether the species is migratory, very rare, or accidental. Names in parentheses (if any) are new official names in the revised Clements updates.*

Presence Codes
/name/=Boreal Visitor; \name\=Austral Visitor; |name|=Transient Migrant
#name#=Non-breeding Dispersal; <name>=Erratic; (name)=Breeding Season Only
{name}=Very Rare, Casual, or Vagrant; [name]=Accidental

Distribution Codes
E=Endemic (Found nowhere else); LC=Local; NE=Near Endemic; RR=Range Restricted

Status Codes
CR=Critically Endangered; EN=Endangered; V=Vulnerable; NT=Near Threatened

1	Black Guan	Chamaepetes unicolor	NE	NT
2	Great Curassow	Crax rubra	LC	V
3	Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge	Dendrortyx leucophrys	LC
4	Black-eared Wood-Quail	Odontophorus melanotis	LC
5	Black-breasted Wood-Quail	Odontophorus leucolaemus	NE
6	Pinnated Bittern	Botaurus pinnatus	LC
7	Fasciated Tiger-Heron	Tigrisoma fasciatum	LC
8	Agami Heron	Agamia agami	LC
9	Boat-billed Heron	Cochlearius cochlearius	LC
10	Green Ibis	Mesembrinibis cayennensis	LC
11	Wood Stork	Mycteria americana	RR
12	Gray-headed Kite	Leptodon cayanensis	LC
13	Solitary Eagle	Harpyhaliaetus solitarius		NT
14	Crested Eagle	Morphnus guianensis	LC	NT
15	Crested Caracara	Caracara cheriway	RR
16	Sungrebe	Heliornis fulica	LC
17	Limpkin^	Aramus guarauna	RR
18	Maroon-chested Ground-Dove	Claravis mondetoura	LC
19	Chiriqui Quail-Dove	Geotrygon chiriquensis	NE
20	Buff-fronted Quail-Dove	Geotrygon costaricensis	NE
21	Sulphur-winged Parakeet	Pyrrhura hoffmanni	NE
22	Great Green Macaw	Ara ambiguus	LC	EN
23	Scarlet Macaw	Ara macao	LC
24	Red-fronted Parrotlet	Touit costaricensis	NE	V
25	Lesser Ground-Cuckoo	Morococcyx erythropygus	RR
26	Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl	Glaucidium costaricanum	NE
27	Striped Owl	Pseudoscops clamator	LC
28	Dusky Nightjar	Caprimulgus saturatus	NE
29	Common Potoo	Nyctibius griseus	RR
30	Costa Rican Swift	Chaetura fumosa	NE
31	Green-breasted Mango	Anthracothorax prevostii	RR
32	Black-crested Coquette	Lophornis helenae	RR
33	White-crested Coquette	Lophornis adorabilis	NE
34	Fiery-throated Hummingbird	Panterpe insignis	NE
35	Charming Hummingbird	Amazilia decora	NE
36	Stripe-tailed Hummingbird	Eupherusa eximia	LC
37	White-tailed Emerald	Elvira chionura	NE
38	Snowcap	Microchera albocoronata	NE
39	Gray-tailed Mountain-gem**	Lampornis cinereicauda	E
40	Magnificent Hummingbird	Eugenes fulgens	RR
41	Long-billed Starthroat	Heliomaster longirostris	RR
42	Volcano Hummingbird	Selasphorus flammula	NE
43	Scintillant Hummingbird	Selasphorus scintilla	NE
44	Resplendent Quetzal	Pharomachrus mocinno		NT
45	Lattice-tailed Trogon	Trogon clathratus	NE
46	Baird's Trogon	Trogon bairdii	NE	NT
47	Turquoise-browed Motmot	Eumomota superciliosa	RR
48	Green-and-rufous Kingfisher	Chloroceryle inda	LC
49	Pied Puffbird	Notharchus tectus	RR
50	Great Jacamar^	Jacamerops aureus	RR
51	Fiery-billed Aracari	Pteroglossus frantzii	NE
52	Acorn Woodpecker^	Melanerpes formicivorus	RR
53	Golden-naped Woodpecker	Melanerpes chrysauchen	NE
54	Hairy Woodpecker^	Picoides villosus	RR
55	Ruddy Treerunner	Margarornis rubiginosus	NE
56	Buffy Tuftedcheek	Pseudocolaptes lawrencii	RR
57	Streak-breasted Treehunter	Thripadectes rufobrunneus	NE
58	Tawny-winged Woodcreeper	Dendrocincla anabatina	RR
59	Black-hooded Antshrike	Thamnophilus bridgesi	NE
60	Streak-crowned Antvireo	Dysithamnus striaticeps	NE
61	Silvery-fronted Tapaculo	Scytalopus argentifrons	NE
62	Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet^	Camptostoma obsoletum	RR
63	Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet^	Tyrannulus elatus	RR
64	Sepia-capped Flycatcher^	Leptopogon amaurocephalus	LC
65	Stub-tailed Spadebill	Platyrinchus cancrominus	RR
66	Black-tailed Flycatcher^	Myiobius atricaudus	RR
67	Tawny-chested Flycatcher	Aphanotriccus capitalis	NE	V
68	|Olive-sided Flycatcher|	Contopus cooperi		NT
69	Dark Pewee	Contopus lugubris	NE
70	Ochraceous Pewee	Contopus ochraceus	NE
71	White-throated Flycatcher	Empidonax albigularis	LC
72	Black-capped Flycatcher	Empidonax atriceps	NE
73	Brown-crested Flycatcher	Myiarchus tyrannulus	RR
74	Golden-bellied Flycatcher	Myiodynastes hemichrysus	NE
75	Bare-necked Umbrellabird	Cephalopterus glabricollis	NE	V
76	Lovely Cotinga	Cotinga amabilis	LC
77	Turquoise Cotinga	Cotinga ridgwayi	NE	V
78	Three-wattled Bellbird	Procnias tricarunculatus		V
79	Yellow-billed Cotinga	Carpodectes antoniae	NE	EN
80	Blue-crowned Manakin	Lepidothrix coronata	RR
81	Orange-collared Manakin	Manacus aurantiacus	NE
82	Gray-headed Piprites	Piprites griseiceps	LC
83	Speckled Mourner	Laniocera rufescens	LC
84	Barred Becard^	Pachyramphus versicolor	RR
85	Rose-throated Becard^	Pachyramphus aglaiae	RR
86	Yellow-winged Vireo	Vireo carmioli	NE
87	Brown-capped Vireo	Vireo leucophrys	RR
88	Silvery-throated Jay	Cyanolyca argentigula	NE
89	Rufous-naped Wren	Campylorhynchus rufinucha	RR
90	Black-throated Wren	Thryothorus atrogularis	NE
91	Black-bellied Wren	Thryothorus fasciatoventris	RR
92	Riverside Wren	Thryothorus semibadius	NE
93	Stripe-breasted Wren	Thryothorus thoracicus	NE
94	Rufous-breasted Wren	Thryothorus rutilus	RR
95	Rufous-and-white Wren	Thryothorus rufalbus	RR
96	Ochraceous Wren	Troglodytes ochraceus	NE
97	Timberline Wren	Thryorchilus browni	NE
98	Scaly-breasted Wren^	Microcerculus marginatus	RR
99	Black-faced Solitaire	Myadestes melanops	NE
100	Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush	Catharus gracilirostris	NE
101	Sooty Thrush	Turdus nigrescens	NE
102	Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher	Phainoptila melanoxantha	NE
103	Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher	Ptilogonys caudatus	NE
104	/Golden-winged Warbler/	Vermivora chrysoptera		NT
105	Flame-throated Warbler	Parula gutturalis	NE
106	Cerulean Warbler	Dendroica cerulea		V
107	Collared Redstart	Myioborus torquatus	NE
108	Black-cheeked Warbler	Basileuterus melanogenys	NE
109	Wrenthrush	Zeledonia coronata	NE
110	Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager	Chlorospingus pileatus	NE
111	Black-and-yellow Tanager	Chrysothlypis chrysomelas	NE
112	White-throated Shrike-Tanager	Lanio leucothorax	NE
113	Cherrie's Tanager	Ramphocelus costaricensis	NE
114	Plain-colored Tanager	Tangara inornata	RR
115	Rufous-winged Tanager	Tangara lavinia	RR
116	Spangle-cheeked Tanager	Tangara dowii	NE
117	Nicaraguan Seed-Finch	Oryzoborus nuttingi	NE
118	Slaty Finch	Haplospiza rustica	LC
119	<Peg-billed Finch>	Acanthidops bairdii	NE
120	Slaty Flowerpiercer	Diglossa plumbea	NE
121	Yellow-thighed Finch	Pselliophorus tibialis	NE
122	Large-footed Finch	Pezopetes capitalis	NE
123	Volcano Junco	Junco vulcani	NE
124	Flame-colored Tanager	Piranga bidentata	RR
125	Black-thighed Grosbeak	Pheucticus tibialis	NE
126	Blue Seedeater	Amaurospiza concolor	LC
127	/Painted Bunting/	Passerina ciris	LC	NT
128	Red-breasted Blackbird	Sturnella militaris	RR
129	Yellow-tailed Oriole^	Icterus mesomelas	LC
130	Scrub Euphonia	Euphonia affinis	RR
131	Yellow-crowned Euphonia	Euphonia luteicapilla	NE
132	Spot-crowned Euphonia	Euphonia imitans	NE
133	Golden-browed Chlorophonia	Chlorophonia callophrys	NE
134	<Yellow-bellied Siskin>^	Spinus xanthogastrus	LC

^ edge of extensive range or more easily seen in other locales or countries.
* Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through December 2009 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees.
** Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.