GRAND BIRD PHOTO TOUR
Possible Specialty Birds for Tour
COSTA RICA
PHOTO TOUR
ANY TIME*
| Duration: | 12 days, 11 nights |
| Group Size: | 2-8 |
| Anytime Price: | $4295 |
| Group Price: | $3895 |
| Single Suppl: | $440 |
| Pace: | Easy |
| Difficulty: | Easy |
| * This tour is available for any dates of your choosing provided guide services and accommodations are available. | |
List of species possible on this tour that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*
| 1 | Great Tinamou | Tinamus major | NT | |
| 2 | Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | LC | |
| 3 | Black Guan | Chamaepetes unicolor | NE | NT |
| 4 | Great Curassow | Crax rubra | LC | V |
| 5 | Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge | Dendrortyx leucophrys | LC | |
| 6 | Crested Bobwhite | Colinus cristatus | RR | |
| 7 | Marbled Wood-Quail | Odontophorus gujanensis | LC | NT |
| 8 | Black-eared Wood-Quail | Odontophorus melanotis | LC | |
| 9 | Black-breasted Wood-Quail | Odontophorus leucolaemus | NE | |
| 10 | Ruddy Pigeon | Patagioenas subvinacea | V | |
| 11 | Inca Dove | Columbina inca | RR | |
| 12 | Plain-breasted Ground Dove | Columbina minuta | LC | |
| 13 | Maroon-chested Ground Dove | Paraclaravis mondetoura | LC | |
| 14 | Buff-fronted Quail-Dove | Zentrygon costaricensis | NE | |
| 15 | Purplish-backed Quail-Dove | Zentrygon lawrencii | LC | |
| 16 | Chiriqui Quail-Dove | Zentrygon chiriquensis | NE | |
| 17 | Lesser Ground-Cuckoo | Morococcyx erythropygus | RR | |
| 18 | Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo | Neomorphus geoffroyi | V | |
| 19 | Dusky Nightjar | Antrostomus saturatus | NE | |
| 20 | Common Potoo | Nyctibius griseus | RR | |
| 21 | Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | NT | |
| 22 | Costa Rican Swift | Chaetura fumosa | NE | |
| 23 | Brown Violetear | Colibri delphinae | LC | |
| 24 | Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | RR | |
| 25 | Black-crested Coquette | Lophornis helenae | RR | |
| 26 | White-crested Coquette | Lophornis adorabilis | NE | |
| 27 | Magnificent Hummingbird | Eugenes fulgens | RR | |
| 28 | Long-billed Starthroat | Heliomaster longirostris | RR | |
| 29 | Plain-capped Starthroat | Heliomaster constantii | RR | |
| 30 | Fiery-throated Hummingbird | Panterpe insignis | NE | |
| 31 | Purple-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis calolaemus | NE | |
| 32 | Gray-tailed Mountain-gem** | Lampornis cinereicauda | E | |
| 33 | Volcano Hummingbird | Selasphorus flammula | NE | |
| 34 | Scintillant Hummingbird | Selasphorus scintilla | NE | |
| 35 | Garden Emerald | Chlorostilbon assimilis | NE | |
| 36 | Stripe-tailed Hummingbird | Eupherusa eximia | LC | |
| 37 | Black-bellied Hummingbird | Eupherusa nigriventris | NE | |
| 38 | White-tailed Emerald | Elvira chionura | NE | |
| 39 | Coppery-headed Emerald | Elvira cupreiceps | E | |
| 40 | Snowcap | Microchera albocoronata | LC | |
| 41 | Charming Hummingbird | Amazilia decora | NE | |
| 42 | Mangrove Hummingbird | Amazilia boucardi | E | EN |
| 43 | Snowy-bellied Hummingbird | Amazilia edward | NE | |
| 44 | Rufous-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides axillaris | LC | |
| 45 | Sungrebe | Heliornis fulica | LC | |
| 46 | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | RR | |
| 47 | Double-striped Thick-knee | Burhinus bistriatus | RR | |
| 48 | Collared Plover | Charadrius collaris | LC | |
| 49 | Snowy Plover | Charadrius nivosus | NT | |
| 50 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Calidris subruficollis | NT | |
| 51 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | NT | |
| 52 | Elegant Tern | Thalasseus elegans | NT | |
| 53 | Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | RR | |
| 54 | Pinnated Bittern | Botaurus pinnatus | LC | |
| 55 | Fasciated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma fasciatum | LC | |
| 56 | Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | NT | |
| 57 | Agami Heron | Agamia agami | LC | V |
| 58 | Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius | LC | |
| 59 | White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | LC | |
| 60 | Green Ibis | Mesembrinibis cayennensis | LC | |
| 61 | Pearl Kite | Gampsonyx swainsonii | RR | |
| 62 | Gray-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis | LC | |
| 63 | Crested Eagle | Morphnus guianensis | LC | NT |
| 64 | Harpy Eagle | Harpia harpyja | LC | NT |
| 65 | Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | NT | |
| 66 | Black-collared Hawk | Busarellus nigricollis | LC | |
| 67 | Solitary Eagle | Buteogallus solitarius | NT | |
| 68 | Harris's Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus | RR | |
| 69 | White-tailed Hawk | Geranoaetus albicaudatus | RR | |
| 70 | Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium costaricanum | NE | |
| 71 | Striped Owl | Asio clamator | LC | |
| 72 | Resplendent Quetzal | Pharomachrus mocinno | NT | |
| 73 | Lattice-tailed Trogon | Trogon clathratus | NE | |
| 74 | Baird's Trogon | Trogon bairdii | NE | NT |
| 75 | Keel-billed Motmot | Electron carinatum | RR | V |
| 76 | Turquoise-browed Motmot | Eumomota superciliosa | RR | |
| 77 | Green-and-rufous Kingfisher | Chloroceryle inda | LC | |
| 78 | Pied Puffbird | Notharchus tectus | RR | |
| 79 | Great Jacamar | Jacamerops aureus | RR | |
| 80 | Prong-billed Barbet | Semnornis frantzii | NE | |
| 81 | Fiery-billed Aracari | Pteroglossus frantzii | NE | |
| 82 | Yellow-throated Toucan | Ramphastos ambiguus | NT | |
| 83 | Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus | RR | |
| 84 | Golden-naped Woodpecker | Melanerpes chrysauchen | NE | |
| 85 | Red-crowned Woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus | RR | |
| 86 | Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus | RR | |
| 87 | Red-throated Caracara | Ibycter americanus | RR | |
| 88 | Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway | RR | |
| 89 | Red-fronted Parrotlet | Touit costaricensis | NE | V |
| 90 | Yellow-naped Parrot | Amazona auropalliata | RR | V |
| 91 | White-fronted Parrot | Amazona albifrons | RR | |
| 92 | Mealy Parrot | Amazona farinosa | NT | |
| 93 | Sulphur-winged Parakeet | Pyrrhura hoffmanni | NE | |
| 94 | Olive-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula nana | NT | |
| 95 | Orange-fronted Parakeet | Eupsittula canicularis | RR | |
| 96 | Great Green Macaw | Ara ambiguus | LC | EN |
| 97 | Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao | LC | |
| 98 | Black-hooded Antshrike | Thamnophilus bridgesi | NE | |
| 99 | Streak-crowned Antvireo | Dysithamnus striaticeps | NE | |
| 100 | Dull-mantled Antbird | Sipia laemosticta | NE | |
| 101 | Silvery-fronted Tapaculo | Scytalopus argentifrons | NE | |
| 102 | Black-headed Antthrush | Formicarius nigricapillus | RR | |
| 103 | Long-tailed Woodcreeper | Deconychura longicauda | NT | |
| 104 | Tawny-winged Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla anabatina | RR | |
| 105 | Buffy Tuftedcheek | Pseudocolaptes lawrencii | RR | |
| 106 | Streak-breasted Treehunter | Thripadectes rufobrunneus | NE | |
| 107 | Ruddy Treerunner | Margarornis rubiginosus | NE | |
| 108 | Pale-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis albescens | RR | |
| 109 | Blue-crowned Manakin | Lepidothrix coronata | RR | |
| 110 | Orange-collared Manakin | Manacus aurantiacus | NE | |
| 111 | Bare-necked Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus glabricollis | NE | EN |
| 112 | Lovely Cotinga | Cotinga amabilis | LC | |
| 113 | Turquoise Cotinga | Cotinga ridgwayi | NE | V |
| 114 | Three-wattled Bellbird | Procnias tricarunculatus | V | |
| 115 | Yellow-billed Cotinga | Carpodectes antoniae | NE | EN |
| 116 | Speckled Mourner | Laniocera rufescens | LC | |
| 117 | Barred Becard | Pachyramphus versicolor | RR | |
| 118 | Rose-throated Becard | Pachyramphus aglaiae | RR | |
| 119 | Black-tailed Flycatcher | Myiobius atricaudus | RR | |
| 120 | Gray-headed Piprites | Piprites griseiceps | LC | |
| 121 | Stub-tailed Spadebill | Platyrinchus cancrominus | RR | |
| 122 | Sepia-capped Flycatcher | Leptopogon amaurocephalus | LC | |
| 123 | Rufous-browed Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes superciliaris | RR | |
| 124 | Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma obsoletum | RR | |
| 125 | Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet | Tyrannulus elatus | RR | |
| 126 | Lesser Elaenia | Elaenia chiriquensis | RR | |
| 127 | Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus | RR | |
| 128 | Tawny-chested Flycatcher | Aphanotriccus capitalis | NE | V |
| 129 | Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi | NT | |
| 130 | Dark Pewee | Contopus lugubris | NE | |
| 131 | Ochraceous Pewee | Contopus ochraceus | NE | |
| 132 | White-throated Flycatcher | Empidonax albigularis | LC | |
| 133 | Black-capped Flycatcher | Empidonax atriceps | NE | |
| 134 | Northern Scrub-Flycatcher | Sublegatus arenarum | LC | |
| 135 | Panama Flycatcher | Myiarchus panamensis | LC | |
| 136 | Nutting's Flycatcher | Myiarchus nuttingi | RR | |
| 137 | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | RR | |
| 138 | Golden-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes hemichrysus | NE | |
| 139 | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | LC | |
| 140 | Scrub Greenlet | Hylophilus flavipes | RR | |
| 141 | Mangrove Vireo | Vireo pallens | RR | |
| 142 | Yellow-winged Vireo | Vireo carmioli | NE | |
| 143 | Brown-capped Vireo | Vireo leucophrys | RR | |
| 144 | Silvery-throated Jay | Cyanolyca argentigula | NE | |
| 145 | White-throated Magpie-Jay | Calocitta formosa | RR | |
| 146 | White-lored Gnatcatcher | Polioptila albiloris | RR | |
| 147 | Nightingale Wren | Microcerculus philomela | LC | |
| 148 | Scaly-breasted Wren | Microcerculus marginatus | RR | |
| 149 | Ochraceous Wren | Troglodytes ochraceus | NE | |
| 150 | Timberline Wren | Thryorchilus browni | NE | |
| 151 | Rufous-naped Wren | Campylorhynchus rufinucha | RR | |
| 152 | Black-bellied Wren | Pheugopedius fasciatoventris | RR | |
| 153 | Rufous-breasted Wren | Pheugopedius rutilus | RR | |
| 154 | Black-throated Wren | Pheugopedius atrogularis | NE | |
| 155 | Banded Wren | Thryophilus pleurostictus | RR | |
| 156 | Rufous-and-white Wren | Thryophilus rufalbus | RR | |
| 157 | Stripe-breasted Wren | Cantorchilus thoracicus | NE | |
| 158 | Isthmian Wren | Cantorchilus elutus | NE | |
| 159 | Riverside Wren | Cantorchilus semibadius | NE | |
| 160 | Black-faced Solitaire | Myadestes melanops | NE | |
| 161 | Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus gracilirostris | NE | |
| 162 | Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus fuscater | RR | |
| 163 | Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina | NT | |
| 164 | Sooty Thrush | Turdus nigrescens | NE | |
| 165 | Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher | Phainoptila melanoxantha | NE | |
| 166 | Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher | Ptiliogonys caudatus | NE | |
| 167 | Golden-browed Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia callophrys | NE | |
| 168 | Scrub Euphonia | Euphonia affinis | RR | |
| 169 | Yellow-crowned Euphonia | Euphonia luteicapilla | NE | |
| 170 | Spot-crowned Euphonia | Euphonia imitans | NE | |
| 171 | Yellow-bellied Siskin | Spinus xanthogastrus | LC | |
| 172 | Sooty-capped Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus pileatus | NE | |
| 173 | Stripe-headed Sparrow | Peucaea ruficauda | RR | |
| 174 | Olive Sparrow | Arremonops rufivirgatus | RR | |
| 175 | Costa Rican Brushfinch | Arremon costaricensis | NE | |
| 176 | Volcano Junco | Junco vulcani | NE | |
| 177 | Large-footed Finch | Pezopetes capitalis | NE | |
| 178 | Yellow-thighed Brushfinch | Atlapetes tibialis | NE | |
| 179 | Red-breasted Meadowlark | Leistes militaris | RR | |
| 180 | Yellow-tailed Oriole | Icterus mesomelas | LC | |
| 181 | Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | NT | |
| 182 | Flame-throated Warbler | Oreothlypis gutturalis | NE | |
| 183 | Chiriqui Yellowthroat** | Geothlypis chiriquensis | NE | |
| 184 | Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea | V | |
| 185 | Black-cheeked Warbler | Basileuterus melanogenys | NE | |
| 186 | Costa Rican Warbler | Basileuterus melanotis | NE | |
| 187 | Collared Redstart | Myioborus torquatus | NE | |
| 188 | Wrenthrush | Zeledonia coronata | NE | |
| 189 | Flame-colored Tanager | Piranga bidentata | RR | |
| 190 | Black-thighed Grosbeak | Pheucticus tibialis | NE | |
| 191 | Blue Seedeater | Amaurospiza concolor | LC | |
| 192 | Painted Bunting | Passerina ciris | LC | NT |
| 193 | White-throated Shrike-Tanager | Lanio leucothorax | NE | |
| 194 | Blue-and-gold Tanager | Bangsia arcaei | NE | NT |
| 195 | Spangle-cheeked Tanager | Tangara dowii | NE | |
| 196 | Plain-colored Tanager | Tangara inornata | RR | |
| 197 | Rufous-winged Tanager | Tangara lavinia | RR | |
| 198 | Black-and-yellow Tanager | Chrysothlypis chrysomelas | NE | |
| 199 | Slaty Flowerpiercer | Diglossa plumbea | NE | |
| 200 | Slaty Finch | Spodiornis rustica | LC | |
| 201 | Peg-billed Finch | Acanthidops bairdi | NE | |
| 202 | Nicaraguan Seed-Finch | Sporophila nuttingi | NE | |
| 203 | Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis | LC | |
| 204 | Streaked Saltator | Saltator striatipectus | RR |
ADDITIONAL INFO
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TOUR LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| // | Boreal Visitor |
| \\ | Austral Visitor |
| || | Transient |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular |
| () | Breeding Season Only |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant |
| [] | Accidental |
LIKELIHOOD CODES
| AS | Always Seen |
| US | Usually Seen |
| SS | Sometimes Seen |
| OS | Occasionally Seen |
| RS | Rarely Seen |