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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:$4695
Group Price:$4295
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 excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

color codes

1Slaty-breasted TinamouCrypturellus boucardi V
2Masked DuckNomonyx dominicusLC 
3Crested GuanPenelope purpurascens NT
4Black GuanChamaepetes unicolorNE 
5Great CurassowCrax rubraLCV
6Tawny-faced QuailRhynchortyx cinctusLCNT
7Buffy-crowned Wood-PartridgeDendrortyx leucophrysLC 
8Crested BobwhiteColinus cristatusRR 
9Marbled Wood-QuailOdontophorus gujanensisRR 
10Black-eared Wood-QuailOdontophorus melanotisLCNT
11Black-breasted Wood-QuailOdontophorus leucolaemusNE 
12Maroon-chested Ground DoveParaclaravis mondetouraLC 
13Violaceous Quail-DoveGeotrygon violaceaLC 
14Buff-fronted Quail-DoveZentrygon costaricensisNE 
15Purplish-backed Quail-DoveZentrygon lawrenciiNE 
16Chiriqui Quail-DoveZentrygon chiriquensisNE 
17Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga aniRR 
18Lesser Ground-CuckooMorococcyx erythropygusRR 
19Rufous-vented Ground-CuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi V
20/Chuck-will's-widow/Antrostomus carolinensis NT
21Dusky NightjarAntrostomus saturatusNE 
22Black SwiftCypseloides niger V
23Costa Rican SwiftChaetura fumosaNE 
24|Chimney Swift|Chaetura pelagica V
25Brown VioletearColibri delphinaeLC 
26Black-crested CoquetteLophornis helenaeRR 
27&White-crested CoquettelLophornis adorabilisNE 
28Talamanca HummingbirdEugenes spectabilisNE 
29Plain-capped StarthroatHeliomaster constantiiRR 
30Fiery-throated HummingbirdPanterpe insignisNE 
31White-bellied Mountain-gemLampornis hemileucusNE 
32Purple-throated Mountain-gemLampornis calolaemusNE 
33White-throated Mountain-gemLampornis castaneoventrisE 
34Magenta-throated WoodstarPhilodice bryantaeNE 
35Volcano HummingbirdSelasphorus flammulaNE 
36Scintillant HummingbirdSelasphorus scintillaNE 
37Garden EmeraldChlorostilbon assimilisNE 
38SnowcapMicrochera albocoronataLC 
39Coppery-headed EmeraldMicrochera cupreicepsE 
40White-tailed EmeraldMicrochera chionuraNE 
41Stripe-tailed HummingbirdEupherusa eximiaRR 
42Black-bellied HummingbirdEupherusa nigriventrisNE 
43Snowy-bellied HummingbirdSaucerottia edwardNE 
44Mangrove HummingbirdAmazilia boucardiEEN
45Charming HummingbirdPolyerata decoraNE 
46Rufous-necked Wood-RailAramides axillarisRR 
47Yellow-breasted CrakeHapalocrex flaviventerLC 
48SungrebeHeliornis fulicaLC 
49LimpkinAramus guaraunaRR 
50Double-striped Thick-kneeHesperoburhinus bistriatusRR 
51Collared PloverAnarhynchus collarisLC 
52/Red Knot/Calidris canutus NT
53|Buff-breasted Sandpiper|Calidris subruficollis NT
54/Semipalmated Sandpiper/Calidris pusilla NT
55/Elegant Tern/Thalasseus elegans NT
56Fasciated Tiger-HeronTigrisoma fasciatumLC 
57Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochleariusLC 
58Agami HeronAgamia agamiLCV
59Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatusLC 
60/Reddish Egret/Egretta rufescens NT
61Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianusRR 
62Gray-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensisLC 
63Crested EagleMorphnus guianensis NT
64Harpy EagleHarpia harpyja V
65Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus NT
66Solitary EagleButeogallus solitariusLCNT
67Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctusRR 
68Costa Rican Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium costaricanumNE 
69Striped OwlAsio clamatorLC 
70Unspotted Saw-whet OwlAegolius ridgwayiRR 
71Resplendent QuetzalPharomachrus mocinno NT
72Lattice-tailed TrogonTrogon clathratusNE 
73Baird's TrogonTrogon bairdiiNENT
74Keel-billed MotmotElectron carinatumLCV
75Turquoise-browed MotmotEumomota superciliosaRR 
76Pied PuffbirdNotharchus tectusRR 
77Great JacamarJacamerops aureusRR 
78Prong-billed BarbetSemnornis frantziiNE 
79Fiery-billed AracariPteroglossus frantziiNE 
80Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus NT
81Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus NT
82Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusRR 
83Golden-naped WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysauchenNE 
84Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillusRR 
85Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosusRR 
86Red-rumped WoodpeckerDryobates kirkiiLC 
87Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriwayRR 
88Red-fronted ParrotletTouit costaricensisNENT
89Yellow-naped ParrotAmazona auropalliataRRCR
90White-fronted ParrotAmazona albifronsRR 
91Sulphur-winged ParakeetPyrrhura hoffmanniNE 
92Olive-throated ParakeetEupsittula nana NT
93Orange-fronted ParakeetEupsittula canicularisRRV
94Great Green MacawAra ambiguusLCCR
95Scarlet MacawAra macaoRR 
96Black-hooded AntshrikeThamnophilus bridgesiNE 
97Dull-mantled AntbirdSipia laemostictaNE 
98Black-crowned AntpittaPittasoma michleriRR 
99Ochre-breasted AntpittaGrallaricula flavirostris NT
100Silvery-fronted TapaculoScytalopus argentifronsNE 
101Black-headed AntthrushFormicarius nigricapillusRR 
102Gray-throated LeaftosserSclerurus albigularis NT
103Tawny-winged WoodcreeperDendrocincla anabatinaRR 
104Buffy TuftedcheekPseudocolaptes lawrenciiNE 
105Streak-breasted TreehunterThripadectes rufobrunneusNE 
106Chiriqui Foliage-gleanerAutomolus exsertusNE 
107Ruddy TreerunnerMargarornis rubiginosusNE 
108Pale-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albescensRR 
109Velvety ManakinLepidothrix velutinaRR 
110Orange-collared ManakinManacus aurantiacusNE 
111Bare-necked UmbrellabirdCephalopterus glabricollisNEEN
112Lovely CotingaCotinga amabilisLC 
113&Turquoise CotingalCotinga ridgwayiNEV
114Three-wattled BellbirdProcnias tricarunculatus V
115&Yellow-billed CotingalCarpodectes antoniaeNENT
116Speckled MournerLaniocera rufescensLC 
117SharpbillOxyruncus cristatusLC 
118Tropical Royal-FlycatcherOnychorhynchus coronatusE 
119Black-tailed FlycatcherMyiobius atricaudusLC 
120Gray-headed PipritesPiprites griseicepsLC 
121Stub-tailed SpadebillPlatyrinchus cancrominusRR 
122Olive-streaked FlycatcherMionectes olivaceusNE 
123Sepia-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon amaurocephalusLC 
124Rufous-browed TyrannuletPhylloscartes superciliarisLC 
125Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbeRR 
126Southern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletumRR 
127Yellow-crowned TyrannuletTyrannulus elatusRR 
128Lesser ElaeniaElaenia chiriquensisRR 
129Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatusRR 
130Tawny-chested FlycatcherAphanotriccus capitalisNEV
131|Olive-sided Flycatcher|Contopus cooperi NT
132Ochraceous PeweeContopus ochraceusNE 
133Dark PeweeContopus lugubrisNE 
134Black-capped FlycatcherEmpidonax atricepsNE 
135Panama FlycatcherMyiarchus panamensisRR 
136Nutting's FlycatcherMyiarchus nuttingiRR 
137Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulusRR 
138Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savanaLC 
139Scrub GreenletHylophilus flavipesRR 
140Mangrove VireoVireo pallensRR 
141Yellow-winged VireoVireo carmioliNE 
142Silvery-throated JayCyanolyca argentigulaNE 
143White-throated Magpie-JayCalocitta formosaRR 
144White-lored GnatcatcherPolioptila albilorisRR 
145Nightingale WrenMicrocerculus philomelaRR 
146Scaly-breasted WrenMicrocerculus marginatusRR 
147Ochraceous WrenTroglodytes ochraceusNE 
148Timberline WrenThryorchilus browniNE 
149Grass WrenCistothorus platensisLC 
150Rufous-naped WrenCampylorhynchus rufinuchaRR 
151Black-bellied WrenPheugopedius fasciatoventrisRR 
152Rufous-breasted WrenPheugopedius rutilusRR 
153Banded WrenThryophilus pleurostictusRR 
154Rufous-and-white WrenThryophilus rufalbusRR 
155Isthmian WrenCantorchilus elutusNE 
156Riverside WrenCantorchilus semibadiusNE 
157Black-faced SolitaireMyadestes melanopsNE 
158Black-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus gracilirostrisNE 
159Sooty ThrushTurdus nigrescensNE 
160Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcherPhainoptila melanoxanthaNE 
161Long-tailed Silky-flycatcherPtiliogonys caudatusNE 
162Golden-browed ChlorophoniaChlorophonia callophrysNE 
163Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinisRR 
164Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostrisRR 
165Spot-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia imitansNE 
166&Yellow-bellied SiskinlSpinus xanthogastrusRR 
167Ashy-throated ChlorospingusChlorospingus canigularisLC 
168Sooty-capped ChlorospingusChlorospingus pileatusNE 
169Stripe-headed SparrowPeucaea ruficaudaRR 
170Olive SparrowArremonops rufivirgatusRR 
171Costa Rican BrushfinchArremon costaricensisNE 
172Sooty-faced FinchArremon crassirostrisNE 
173Volcano JuncoJunco vulcaniNE 
174Large-footed FinchPezopetes capitalisNE 
175Yellow-thighed BrushfinchAtlapetes tibialisNE 
176Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna NT
177Red-breasted MeadowlarkLeistes militarisRR 
178Yellow-tailed OrioleIcterus mesomelasLC 
179Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatusRR 
180Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralisLC 
181/Golden-winged Warbler/Vermivora chrysoptera NT
182Flame-throated WarblerOreothlypis gutturalisNE 
183Chiriqui Yellowthroat**Geothlypis chiriquensisNE 
184Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea NT
185Black-cheeked WarblerBasileuterus melanogenysNE 
186Costa Rican WarblerBasileuterus melanotisNE 
187Collared RedstartMyioborus torquatusNE 
188WrenthrushZeledonia coronataNE 
189Black-thighed GrosbeakPheucticus tibialisNE 
190Blue SeedeaterAmaurospiza concolorLC 
191/Painted Bunting/Passerina cirisLC 
192White-throated Shrike-TanagerLanio leucothorax NT
193Blue-and-gold TanagerBangsia arcaeiNENT
194Spangle-cheeked TanagerTangara dowiiNE 
195Rufous-winged TanagerTangara laviniaRR 
196Black-and-yellow TanagerChrysothlypis chrysomelasNE 
197Slaty FlowerpiercerDiglossa plumbeaNE 
198&Slaty FinchlHaplospiza rusticaRR 
199&Peg-billed FinchlAcanthidops bairdiNE 
200Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minutaLC 
201Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollisLC 
202Streaked SaltatorSaltator striatipectusRR 

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PRESENCE CODES

CodeDescription##
//Boreal Visitor8
\\Austral Visitor0
||Transient3
##Non-breeding Dispersal0
<>Erratic/Irregular6
()Breeding Season Only0
{}Casual/Vagrant4
[]Accidental5

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened29
VVulnerable12
ENEndangered2
CRCritically Endangered2

Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.