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2012 Summer Costa Rica Tour
Target Birds List

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 its sidebar link. Names in parentheses (if any) are new official names in the revised Clements updates.*

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

* Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through December 2011 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.

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