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.*
1 | Slaty-breasted Tinamou | Crypturellus boucardi | V | |
2 | Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | LC | |
3 | Crested Guan | Penelope purpurascens | NT | |
4 | Black Guan | Chamaepetes unicolor | NE | |
5 | Great Curassow | Crax rubra | LC | V |
6 | Tawny-faced Quail | Rhynchortyx cinctus | LC | NT |
7 | Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge | Dendrortyx leucophrys | LC | |
8 | Crested Bobwhite | Colinus cristatus | RR | |
9 | Marbled Wood-Quail | Odontophorus gujanensis | RR | |
10 | Black-eared Wood-Quail | Odontophorus melanotis | LC | NT |
11 | Black-breasted Wood-Quail | Odontophorus leucolaemus | NE | |
12 | Maroon-chested Ground Dove | Paraclaravis mondetoura | LC | |
13 | Violaceous Quail-Dove | Geotrygon violacea | LC | |
14 | Buff-fronted Quail-Dove | Zentrygon costaricensis | NE | |
15 | Purplish-backed Quail-Dove | Zentrygon lawrencii | NE | |
16 | Chiriqui Quail-Dove | Zentrygon chiriquensis | NE | |
17 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | RR | |
18 | Lesser Ground-Cuckoo | Morococcyx erythropygus | RR | |
19 | Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo | Neomorphus geoffroyi | V | |
20 | /Chuck-will's-widow/ | Antrostomus carolinensis | NT | |
21 | Dusky Nightjar | Antrostomus saturatus | NE | |
22 | Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | V | |
23 | Costa Rican Swift | Chaetura fumosa | NE | |
24 | |Chimney Swift| | Chaetura pelagica | V | |
25 | Brown Violetear | Colibri delphinae | LC | |
26 | Black-crested Coquette | Lophornis helenae | RR | |
27 | &White-crested Coquettel | Lophornis adorabilis | NE | |
28 | Talamanca Hummingbird | Eugenes spectabilis | NE | |
29 | Plain-capped Starthroat | Heliomaster constantii | RR | |
30 | Fiery-throated Hummingbird | Panterpe insignis | NE | |
31 | White-bellied Mountain-gem | Lampornis hemileucus | NE | |
32 | Purple-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis calolaemus | NE | |
33 | White-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis castaneoventris | E | |
34 | Magenta-throated Woodstar | Philodice bryantae | NE | |
35 | Volcano Hummingbird | Selasphorus flammula | NE | |
36 | Scintillant Hummingbird | Selasphorus scintilla | NE | |
37 | Garden Emerald | Chlorostilbon assimilis | NE | |
38 | Snowcap | Microchera albocoronata | LC | |
39 | Coppery-headed Emerald | Microchera cupreiceps | E | |
40 | White-tailed Emerald | Microchera chionura | NE | |
41 | Stripe-tailed Hummingbird | Eupherusa eximia | RR | |
42 | Black-bellied Hummingbird | Eupherusa nigriventris | NE | |
43 | Snowy-bellied Hummingbird | Saucerottia edward | NE | |
44 | Mangrove Hummingbird | Amazilia boucardi | E | EN |
45 | Charming Hummingbird | Polyerata decora | NE | |
46 | Rufous-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides axillaris | RR | |
47 | Yellow-breasted Crake | Hapalocrex flaviventer | LC | |
48 | Sungrebe | Heliornis fulica | LC | |
49 | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | RR | |
50 | Double-striped Thick-knee | Hesperoburhinus bistriatus | RR | |
51 | Collared Plover | Anarhynchus collaris | LC | |
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 | |
56 | Fasciated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma fasciatum | LC | |
57 | Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius | LC | |
58 | Agami Heron | Agamia agami | LC | V |
59 | Pinnated Bittern | Botaurus pinnatus | LC | |
60 | /Reddish Egret/ | Egretta rufescens | NT | |
61 | Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus | RR | |
62 | Gray-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis | LC | |
63 | Crested Eagle | Morphnus guianensis | NT | |
64 | Harpy Eagle | Harpia harpyja | V | |
65 | Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | NT | |
66 | Solitary Eagle | Buteogallus solitarius | LC | NT |
67 | Harris's Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus | RR | |
68 | Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium costaricanum | NE | |
69 | Striped Owl | Asio clamator | LC | |
70 | Unspotted Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius ridgwayi | RR | |
71 | Resplendent Quetzal | Pharomachrus mocinno | NT | |
72 | Lattice-tailed Trogon | Trogon clathratus | NE | |
73 | Baird's Trogon | Trogon bairdii | NE | NT |
74 | Keel-billed Motmot | Electron carinatum | LC | V |
75 | Turquoise-browed Motmot | Eumomota superciliosa | RR | |
76 | Pied Puffbird | Notharchus tectus | RR | |
77 | Great Jacamar | Jacamerops aureus | RR | |
78 | Prong-billed Barbet | Semnornis frantzii | NE | |
79 | Fiery-billed Aracari | Pteroglossus frantzii | NE | |
80 | Yellow-throated Toucan | Ramphastos ambiguus | NT | |
81 | Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus | NT | |
82 | Acorn Woodpecker | Melanerpes formicivorus | RR | |
83 | Golden-naped Woodpecker | Melanerpes chrysauchen | NE | |
84 | Red-crowned Woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus | RR | |
85 | Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus | RR | |
86 | Red-rumped Woodpecker | Dryobates kirkii | LC | |
87 | Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway | RR | |
88 | Red-fronted Parrotlet | Touit costaricensis | NE | NT |
89 | Yellow-naped Parrot | Amazona auropalliata | RR | CR |
90 | White-fronted Parrot | Amazona albifrons | RR | |
91 | Sulphur-winged Parakeet | Pyrrhura hoffmanni | NE | |
92 | Olive-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula nana | NT | |
93 | Orange-fronted Parakeet | Eupsittula canicularis | RR | V |
94 | Great Green Macaw | Ara ambiguus | LC | CR |
95 | Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao | RR | |
96 | Black-hooded Antshrike | Thamnophilus bridgesi | NE | |
97 | Dull-mantled Antbird | Sipia laemosticta | NE | |
98 | Black-crowned Antpitta | Pittasoma michleri | RR | |
99 | Ochre-breasted Antpitta | Grallaricula flavirostris | NT | |
100 | Silvery-fronted Tapaculo | Scytalopus argentifrons | NE | |
101 | Black-headed Antthrush | Formicarius nigricapillus | RR | |
102 | Gray-throated Leaftosser | Sclerurus albigularis | NT | |
103 | Tawny-winged Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla anabatina | RR | |
104 | Buffy Tuftedcheek | Pseudocolaptes lawrencii | NE | |
105 | Streak-breasted Treehunter | Thripadectes rufobrunneus | NE | |
106 | Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner | Automolus exsertus | NE | |
107 | Ruddy Treerunner | Margarornis rubiginosus | NE | |
108 | Pale-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis albescens | RR | |
109 | Velvety Manakin | Lepidothrix velutina | RR | |
110 | Orange-collared Manakin | Manacus aurantiacus | NE | |
111 | Bare-necked Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus glabricollis | NE | EN |
112 | Lovely Cotinga | Cotinga amabilis | LC | |
113 | &Turquoise Cotingal | Cotinga ridgwayi | NE | V |
114 | Three-wattled Bellbird | Procnias tricarunculatus | V | |
115 | &Yellow-billed Cotingal | Carpodectes antoniae | NE | NT |
116 | Speckled Mourner | Laniocera rufescens | LC | |
117 | Sharpbill | Oxyruncus cristatus | LC | |
118 | Tropical Royal-Flycatcher | Onychorhynchus coronatus | E | |
119 | Black-tailed Flycatcher | Myiobius atricaudus | LC | |
120 | Gray-headed Piprites | Piprites griseiceps | LC | |
121 | Stub-tailed Spadebill | Platyrinchus cancrominus | RR | |
122 | Olive-streaked Flycatcher | Mionectes olivaceus | NE | |
123 | Sepia-capped Flycatcher | Leptopogon amaurocephalus | LC | |
124 | Rufous-browed Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes superciliaris | LC | |
125 | Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma imberbe | RR | |
126 | Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma obsoletum | RR | |
127 | Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet | Tyrannulus elatus | RR | |
128 | Lesser Elaenia | Elaenia chiriquensis | RR | |
129 | Bran-colored Flycatcher | Myiophobus fasciatus | RR | |
130 | Tawny-chested Flycatcher | Aphanotriccus capitalis | NE | V |
131 | |Olive-sided Flycatcher| | Contopus cooperi | NT | |
132 | Ochraceous Pewee | Contopus ochraceus | NE | |
133 | Dark Pewee | Contopus lugubris | NE | |
134 | Black-capped Flycatcher | Empidonax atriceps | NE | |
135 | Panama Flycatcher | Myiarchus panamensis | RR | |
136 | Nutting's Flycatcher | Myiarchus nuttingi | RR | |
137 | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | RR | |
138 | Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | LC | |
139 | Scrub Greenlet | Hylophilus flavipes | RR | |
140 | Mangrove Vireo | Vireo pallens | RR | |
141 | Yellow-winged Vireo | Vireo carmioli | NE | |
142 | Silvery-throated Jay | Cyanolyca argentigula | NE | |
143 | White-throated Magpie-Jay | Calocitta formosa | RR | |
144 | White-lored Gnatcatcher | Polioptila albiloris | RR | |
145 | Nightingale Wren | Microcerculus philomela | RR | |
146 | Scaly-breasted Wren | Microcerculus marginatus | RR | |
147 | Ochraceous Wren | Troglodytes ochraceus | NE | |
148 | Timberline Wren | Thryorchilus browni | NE | |
149 | Grass Wren | Cistothorus platensis | LC | |
150 | Rufous-naped Wren | Campylorhynchus rufinucha | RR | |
151 | Black-bellied Wren | Pheugopedius fasciatoventris | RR | |
152 | Rufous-breasted Wren | Pheugopedius rutilus | RR | |
153 | Banded Wren | Thryophilus pleurostictus | RR | |
154 | Rufous-and-white Wren | Thryophilus rufalbus | RR | |
155 | Isthmian Wren | Cantorchilus elutus | NE | |
156 | Riverside Wren | Cantorchilus semibadius | NE | |
157 | Black-faced Solitaire | Myadestes melanops | NE | |
158 | Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus gracilirostris | NE | |
159 | Sooty Thrush | Turdus nigrescens | NE | |
160 | Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher | Phainoptila melanoxantha | NE | |
161 | Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher | Ptiliogonys caudatus | NE | |
162 | Golden-browed Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia callophrys | NE | |
163 | Scrub Euphonia | Euphonia affinis | RR | |
164 | Thick-billed Euphonia | Euphonia laniirostris | RR | |
165 | Spot-crowned Euphonia | Euphonia imitans | NE | |
166 | &Yellow-bellied Siskinl | Spinus xanthogastrus | RR | |
167 | Ashy-throated Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus canigularis | LC | |
168 | Sooty-capped Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus pileatus | NE | |
169 | Stripe-headed Sparrow | Peucaea ruficauda | RR | |
170 | Olive Sparrow | Arremonops rufivirgatus | RR | |
171 | Costa Rican Brushfinch | Arremon costaricensis | NE | |
172 | Sooty-faced Finch | Arremon crassirostris | NE | |
173 | Volcano Junco | Junco vulcani | NE | |
174 | Large-footed Finch | Pezopetes capitalis | NE | |
175 | Yellow-thighed Brushfinch | Atlapetes tibialis | NE | |
176 | Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | NT | |
177 | Red-breasted Meadowlark | Leistes militaris | RR | |
178 | Yellow-tailed Oriole | Icterus mesomelas | LC | |
179 | Streak-backed Oriole | Icterus pustulatus | RR | |
180 | Spot-breasted Oriole | Icterus pectoralis | 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 | NT | |
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 | Black-thighed Grosbeak | Pheucticus tibialis | NE | |
190 | Blue Seedeater | Amaurospiza concolor | LC | |
191 | /Painted Bunting/ | Passerina ciris | LC | |
192 | White-throated Shrike-Tanager | Lanio leucothorax | NT | |
193 | Blue-and-gold Tanager | Bangsia arcaei | NE | NT |
194 | Spangle-cheeked Tanager | Tangara dowii | NE | |
195 | Rufous-winged Tanager | Tangara lavinia | RR | |
196 | Black-and-yellow Tanager | Chrysothlypis chrysomelas | NE | |
197 | Slaty Flowerpiercer | Diglossa plumbea | NE | |
198 | &Slaty Finchl | Haplospiza rustica | RR | |
199 | &Peg-billed Finchl | Acanthidops bairdi | NE | |
200 | Ruddy-breasted Seedeater | Sporophila minuta | LC | |
201 | Yellow-bellied Seedeater | Sporophila nigricollis | LC | |
202 | Streaked Saltator | Saltator striatipectus | RR |
ADDITIONAL INFO
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TOUR LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
Code | Description | ## |
// | Boreal Visitor | 8 |
\\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
|| | Transient | 3 |
## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
<> | Erratic/Irregular | 6 |
() | Breeding Season Only | 0 |
{} | Casual/Vagrant | 4 |
[] | Accidental | 5 |
STATUS CODES
Code | Description | ## |
NT | Near Threatened | 29 |
V | Vulnerable | 12 |
EN | Endangered | 2 |
CR | Critically Endangered | 2 |
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.