Exotic Birding Tour
2012 Costa Rica Hotspots II
Carara, La Selva, & Talamanca Mountains

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The following is a list of target birds for this tour broken down by locations we visit. Target birds are those we can see only at one or two sites or are range-restricted, endemic, or near endemic in the country. Chances of seeing each bird as indicated in the table are based on the site where we have the best chance and may not be equally good everywhere. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking on its location code above the table or on the its sidebar link. 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

Locale Codes
CNP=Carara National Park; LSV=La Selva; SGD=San Gerardo de Dota; SV=Selva Verde; TNR=El Tapir Nature Reserve; TARC=Tarcoles Area; TH=Talamanca Highlands

Likelihood of Being Seen
AS=Always Seen; US=Usually Seen; SS=Sometimes Seen
OS=Occasionally Seen; RS=Rarely Seen

1	Highland Tinamou	Nothocercus bonapartei	TH	RS
2	Great Tinamou	Tinamus major	LSV	SS
3	Black Guan	Chamaepetes unicolor	SGD	SS
4	Black-breasted Wood-Quail	Odontophorus leucolaemus	SGD	RS
5	Bare-throated Tiger-Heron	Tigrisoma mexicanum	TARC	AS
6	Agami Heron	Agamia agami	LSV	RS
7	Boat-billed Heron	Cochlearius cochlearius	TARC	AS
8	Green Ibis	Mesembrinibis cayennensis	LSV	SS
9	Sungrebe	Heliornis fulica	SV	RS
10	Sunbittern	Eurypyga helias	SV	US
11	Double-striped Thick-knee	Burhinus bistriatus	TARC	OS
12	Sulphur-winged Parakeet	Pyrrhura hoffmanni	SGD,TH	SS
13	Olive-throated Parakeet	Aratinga nana	LSV	OS
14	Great Green Macaw	Ara ambiguus	LSV,SV	SS
15	Scarlet Macaw	Ara macao	CNP,TARC	AS
16	Barred Parakeet	Bolborhynchus lineola	SGD,TH	SS
17	White-fronted Parrot	Amazona albifrons	TARC	SS
18	Yellow-naped Parrot	Amazona auropalliata	TARC	US
19	Lesser Ground-Cuckoo	Morococcyx erythropygus	CNP	RS
20	Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl	Glaucidium costaricanum	SGD,TH	OS
21	Black-and-white Owl	Ciccaba nigrolineata	TARC	AS
22	Dusky Nightjar	Caprimulgus saturatus	SGD,TH	SS
23	Spot-fronted Swift	Cypseloides cherriei	TH	RS
24	Costa Rican Swift	Chaetura fumosa	TARC	SS
25	Black-crested Coquette	Lophornis helenae	TNR	US
26	Green Thorntail	Discosura conversii	TNR	US
27	Fiery-throated Hummingbird	Panterpe insignis	TH	US
28	Blue-throated Goldentail	Hylocharis eliciae	TNR	US
29	Mangrove Hummingbird	Amazilia boucardi	TARC	SS
30	Steely-vented Hummingbird	Amazilia saucerrottei	CNP	SS
31	White-tailed Emerald	Elvira chionura	TH	OS
32	Snowcap	Microchera albocoronata	TNR	AS
33	Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer	Chalybura urochrysia	LSV,TNR	US
34	Gray-tailed Mountain-gem**	Lampornis cinereicauda	SGD	AS
35	Volcano Hummingbird	Selasphorus flammula	SGD,TH	AS
36	Scintillant Hummingbird	Selasphorus scintilla	SGD	AS
37	Resplendent Quetzal	Pharomachrus mocinno	SGD	AS
38	Baird's Trogon	Trogon bairdii	CNP	US
39	Turquoise-browed Motmot	Eumomota superciliosa	TARC	US
40	Fiery-billed Aracari	Pteroglossus frantzii	CNP,TARC	SS
41	Ruddy Treerunner	Margarornis rubiginosus	SGD	US
42	Streak-breasted Treehunter	Thripadectes rufobrunneus	SGD,TH	OS
43	Spot-crowned Woodcreeper	Lepidocolaptes affinis	SGD	US
44	Black-hooded Antshrike	Thamnophilus bridgesi	CNP	AS
45	Silvery-fronted Tapaculo	Scytalopus argentifrons	SGD,TH	RS
46	Mountain Elaenia	Elaenia frantzii	SGD,TH	US
47	Dark Pewee	Contopus lugubris	SGD	US
48	Ochraceous Pewee	Contopus ochraceus	SGD,TH	RS
49	Yellowish Flycatcher	Empidonax flavescens	SGD	AS
50	Black-capped Flycatcher	Empidonax atriceps	SGD	AS
51	Golden-bellied Flycatcher	Myiodynastes hemichrysus	SGD,TH	SS
52	Bare-necked Umbrellabird	Cephalopterus glabricollis	LSV	RS
53	Lovely Cotinga	Cotinga amabilis	LSV	OS
54	<Snowy Cotinga>	Carpodectes nitidus	LSV	OS
55	White-collared Manakin	Manacus candei	LSV	US
56	Orange-collared Manakin	Manacus aurantiacus	CNP	AS
57	Long-tailed Manakin	Chiroxiphia linearis	CNP	SS
58	Mangrove Vireo	Vireo pallens	TARC	OS
59	Yellow-winged Vireo	Vireo carmioli	SGD,TH	SS
60	White-throated Magpie-Jay	Calocitta formosa	TARC	OS
61	Silvery-throated Jay	Cyanolyca argentigula	SGD,TH	RS
62	Mangrove Swallow	Tachycineta albilinea	TARC	US
63	Rufous-naped Wren	Campylorhynchus rufinucha	CNP	US
64	Black-throated Wren	Thryothorus atrogularis	LSV	OS
65	Black-bellied Wren	Thryothorus fasciatoventris	CNP	US
66	Riverside Wren	Thryothorus semibadius	CNP	US
67	Stripe-breasted Wren	Thryothorus thoracicus	LSV	SS
68	Rufous-breasted Wren	Thryothorus rutilus	CNP	SS
69	Rufous-and-white Wren	Thryothorus rufalbus	CNP	US
70	Banded Wren	Thryothorus pleurostictus	TARC	OS
71	Ochraceous Wren	Troglodytes ochraceus	SGD,TH	SS
72	Timberline Wren	Thryorchilus browni	TH	SS
73	White-lored Gnatcatcher	Polioptila albiloris	TARC	OS
74	Black-faced Solitaire	Myadestes melanops	SGD	US
75	Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush	Catharus gracilirostris	SGD,TH	AS
76	Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush	Catharus frantzii	TH	SS
77	Sooty Thrush	Turdus nigrescens	TH	AS
78	Mountain Thrush	Turdus plebejus	SGD,TH	SS
79	Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher	Ptilogonys caudatus	SGD	AS
80	Flame-throated Warbler	Parula gutturalis	SGD,TH	US
81	Collared Redstart	Myioborus torquatus	SGD	AS
82	Black-cheeked Warbler	Basileuterus melanogenys	SGD	US
83	Wrenthrush	Zeledonia coronata	SGD,TH	OS
84	Cherrie's Tanager	Ramphocelus costaricensis	CNP	SS
85	Spangle-cheeked Tanager	Tangara dowii	SGD	OS
86	Nicaraguan Seed-Finch	Oryzoborus nuttingi	LSV	OS
87	<Peg-billed Finch>	Acanthidops bairdii	TH	RS
88	Slaty Flowerpiercer	Diglossa plumbea	SGD,TH	AS
89	Yellow-thighed Finch	Pselliophorus tibialis	SGD,TH	US
90	Large-footed Finch	Pezopetes capitalis	TH	SS
91	Stripe-headed Sparrow	Aimophila ruficauda	TARC	OS
92	Volcano Junco	Junco vulcani	TH	SS
93	Scrub Euphonia	Euphonia affinis	TARC	OS
94	Elegant Euphonia	Euphonia elegantissima	TH	SS
95	Spot-crowned Euphonia	Euphonia imitans	CNP	OS

* 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.