GRAND COSTA RICA TOUR
Target Birds List

COSTA RICA
BIRDING TOUR
ANY TIME*
Duration: | 16 days, 15 nights |
Group Size: | 2-8 |
Anytime Price: | $5650 |
Group Price: | $4995 |
Single Suppl: | $650 |
Est #Species: | 450-500 |
Pace: | Moderate |
Difficulty: | Moderate |
* This tour is available for any dates of your choosing provided guide services and accommodations are available. |
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.*
1 | Highland Tinamou | Nothocercus bonapartei | TH | RS |
2 | Great Tinamou | Tinamus major | LS | SS |
3 | Black Guan | Chamaepetes unicolor | MV,SG | SS |
4 | Black-breasted Wood-Quail | Odontophorus leucolaemus | SG | RS |
5 | Lesser Ground-Cuckoo | Morococcyx erythropygus | CA,MV,TA | US |
6 | White-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis cayennensis | OS | RS |
7 | Dusky Nightjar | Antrostomus saturatus | SG,TH | SS |
8 | Great Potoo | Nyctibius grandis | ARL | OS |
9 | Spot-fronted Swift | Cypseloides cherriei | TH | RS |
10 | Costa Rican Swift | Chaetura fumosa | OS,TA | SS |
11 | Brown Violetear | Colibri delphinae | MV | SS |
12 | Green Thorntail | Discosura conversii | ET | US |
13 | Black-crested Coquette | Lophornis helenae | ARL,ET | US |
14 | <White-crested Coquette> | Lophornis adorabilis | OS | SS |
15 | Fiery-throated Hummingbird | Panterpe insignis | TH | US |
16 | Gray-tailed Mountain-gem** | Lampornis cinereicauda | SG | AS |
17 | Magenta-throated Woodstar | Philodice bryantae | MV | SS |
18 | Volcano Hummingbird | Selasphorus flammula | SG,TH | AS |
19 | Scintillant Hummingbird | Selasphorus scintilla | SG | AS |
20 | Garden Emerald | Chlorostilbon assimilis | OS | SS |
21 | Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer | Chalybura urochrysia | ET,LS | US |
22 | Snowcap | Microchera albocoronata | BC,ET | AS |
23 | Coppery-headed Emerald | Microchera cupreiceps | MV | SS |
24 | White-tailed Emerald | Microchera chionura | TH | OS |
25 | Stripe-tailed Hummingbird | Eupherusa eximia | MV | OS |
26 | Mangrove Hummingbird | Amazilia boucardi | TA | SS |
27 | Charming Hummingbird | Polyerata decora | OS | SS |
28 | Blue-throated Goldentail | Chlorestes eliciae | ET | US |
29 | Rufous-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides axillaris | TA | RS |
30 | Double-striped Thick-knee | Burhinus bistriatus | TA | OS |
31 | Agami Heron | Agamia agami | LS | RS |
32 | Green Ibis | Mesembrinibis cayennensis | LS | SS |
33 | Crested Eagle | Morphnus guianensis | OS | RS |
34 | Harpy Eagle | Harpia harpyja | OS | RS |
35 | Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | ARL | SS |
36 | Black-collared Hawk | Busarellus nigricollis | OS | RS |
37 | Bicolored Hawk | Accipiter bicolor | OS | RS |
38 | Crested Owl | Lophostrix cristata | TA | SS |
39 | Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata | TA | SS |
40 | Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium costaricanum | SG,TH | OS |
41 | Black-and-white Owl | Ciccaba nigrolineata | TA | SS |
42 | Resplendent Quetzal | Pharomachrus mocinno | MV,SG | AS |
43 | Baird's Trogon | Trogon bairdii | CA,OS | US |
44 | Keel-billed Motmot | Electron carinatum | ARL | RS |
45 | Turquoise-browed Motmot | Eumomota superciliosa | TA | US |
46 | Prong-billed Barbet | Semnornis frantzii | MV | US |
47 | Fiery-billed Aracari | Pteroglossus frantzii | CA,TA | SS |
48 | Yellow-eared Toucanet | Selenidera spectabilis | ARL,BC | OS |
49 | Golden-naped Woodpecker | Melanerpes chrysauchen | OS | SS |
50 | Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus | BC | RS |
51 | Red-fronted Parrotlet | Touit costaricensis | OS | OS |
52 | <Barred Parakeet> | Bolborhynchus lineola | SG,TH | SS |
53 | Yellow-naped Parrot | Amazona auropalliata | TA | US |
54 | White-fronted Parrot | Amazona albifrons | TA | SS |
55 | Sulphur-winged Parakeet | Pyrrhura hoffmanni | SG,TH | SS |
56 | Olive-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula nana | LS | OS |
57 | <Great Green Macaw> | Ara ambiguus | LS | SS |
58 | Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao | CA,OS,TA | AS |
59 | Black-hooded Antshrike | Thamnophilus bridgesi | CA,OS | AS |
60 | Dull-mantled Antbird | Sipia laemosticta | ARL,BC | US |
61 | Ocellated Antbird | Phaenostictus mcleannani | ARL | OS |
62 | Thicket Antpitta | Myrmothera dives | ARL,SQ | US |
63 | Silvery-fronted Tapaculo | Scytalopus argentifrons | MV,SG,TH | OS |
64 | Spot-crowned Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes affinis | SG | US |
65 | Buffy Tuftedcheek | Pseudocolaptes lawrencii | MV | SS |
66 | Streak-breasted Treehunter | Thripadectes rufobrunneus | MV,SG,TH | SS |
67 | Western Woodhaunter** | Automolus virgatus | BC | SS |
68 | Ruddy Treerunner | Margarornis rubiginosus | MV,SG | US |
69 | Long-tailed Manakin | Chiroxiphia linearis | CA | SS |
70 | White-collared Manakin | Manacus candei | LS | US |
71 | Orange-collared Manakin | Manacus aurantiacus | CA | AS |
72 | #Bare-necked Umbrellabird# | Cephalopterus glabricollis | LS | RS |
73 | Lovely Cotinga | Cotinga amabilis | LS | OS |
74 | Three-wattled Bellbird | Procnias tricarunculatus | MV | OS |
75 | <Snowy Cotinga> | Carpodectes nitidus | LS | RS |
76 | Sharpbill | Oxyruncus cristatus | BC | RS |
77 | Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet | Ornithion semiflavum | OS | SS |
78 | Mountain Elaenia | Elaenia frantzii | MV,SG,TH | US |
79 | Dark Pewee | Contopus lugubris | MV,SG | US |
80 | Ochraceous Pewee | Contopus ochraceus | SG,TH | RS |
81 | Yellowish Flycatcher | Empidonax flavescens | MV,SG | AS |
82 | Black-capped Flycatcher | Empidonax atriceps | SG | AS |
83 | Golden-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes hemichrysus | SG,TH | SS |
84 | Scrub Greenlet | Hylophilus flavipes | OS | SS |
85 | Mangrove Vireo | Vireo pallens | TA | OS |
86 | Yellow-winged Vireo | Vireo carmioli | SG,TH | SS |
87 | Silvery-throated Jay | Cyanolyca argentigula | SG,TH | RS |
88 | Azure-hooded Jay | Cyanolyca cucullata | MV | OS |
89 | White-throated Magpie-Jay | Calocitta formosa | TA | OS |
90 | White-lored Gnatcatcher | Polioptila albiloris | TA | OS |
91 | Nightingale Wren | Microcerculus philomela | ARL | SS |
92 | Ochraceous Wren | Troglodytes ochraceus | MV,SG,TH | SS |
93 | Timberline Wren | Thryorchilus browni | TH | SS |
94 | Rufous-naped Wren | Campylorhynchus rufinucha | CA | US |
95 | Black-bellied Wren | Pheugopedius fasciatoventris | CA,OS | US |
96 | Rufous-breasted Wren | Pheugopedius rutilus | CA | SS |
97 | Black-throated Wren | Pheugopedius atrogularis | LS | OS |
98 | Banded Wren | Thryophilus pleurostictus | TA | OS |
99 | Rufous-and-white Wren | Thryophilus rufalbus | CA | US |
100 | Stripe-breasted Wren | Cantorchilus thoracicus | LS | SS |
101 | Canebrake Wren | Cantorchilus zeledoni | SQ | US |
102 | Riverside Wren | Cantorchilus semibadius | CA | US |
103 | Song Wren | Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus | ARL | SS |
104 | Black-faced Solitaire | Myadestes melanops | MV,SG | US |
105 | Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus gracilirostris | SG,TH | AS |
106 | Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus mexicanus | MV | SS |
107 | Mountain Thrush | Turdus plebejus | MV,SG,TH | SS |
108 | Sooty Thrush | Turdus nigrescens | MV,TH | AS |
109 | Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher | Phainoptila melanoxantha | MV | OS |
110 | Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher | Ptiliogonys caudatus | SG | AS |
111 | Elegant Euphonia | Chlorophonia elegantissima | TH | SS |
112 | Scrub Euphonia | Euphonia affinis | TA | OS |
113 | Spot-crowned Euphonia | Euphonia imitans | CA | OS |
114 | Ashy-throated Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus canigularis | BC | SS |
115 | Stripe-headed Sparrow | Peucaea ruficauda | TA | OS |
116 | Costa Rican Brushfinch | Arremon costaricensis | OS | RS |
117 | Sooty-faced Finch | Arremon crassirostris | MV | OS |
118 | Volcano Junco | Junco vulcani | TH | SS |
119 | Large-footed Finch | Pezopetes capitalis | TH | SS |
120 | White-eared Ground-Sparrow | Melozone leucotis | MV | SS |
121 | Yellow-thighed Brushfinch | Atlapetes tibialis | SG,TH | US |
122 | Flame-throated Warbler | Oreothlypis gutturalis | SG,TH | US |
123 | Black-cheeked Warbler | Basileuterus melanogenys | SG | US |
124 | Collared Redstart | Myioborus torquatus | MV,SG | AS |
125 | Wrenthrush | Zeledonia coronata | SG,TH | OS |
126 | Dusky-faced Tanager | Mitrospingus cassinii | BC | US |
127 | Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager | Habia atrimaxillaris | OS | OS |
128 | Carmiol's Tanager | Chlorothraupis carmioli | BC | US |
129 | Tawny-crested Tanager | Tachyphonus delatrii | BC | US |
130 | White-throated Shrike-Tanager | Lanio leucothorax | BC | OS |
131 | Blue-and-gold Tanager | Bangsia arcaei | MV | SS |
132 | Spangle-cheeked Tanager | Tangara dowii | MV,SG | US |
133 | Rufous-winged Tanager | Tangara lavinia | ARL | RS |
134 | Slaty Flowerpiercer | Diglossa plumbea | SG,TH | AS |
135 | <Peg-billed Finch> | Acanthidops bairdi | MV,TH | RS |
136 | Nicaraguan Seed-Finch | Sporophila nuttingi | LS | RS |
137 | Streaked Saltator | Saltator striatipectus | OS | RS |
* Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
** 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.
ADDITIONAL INFO
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BIRDING 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 |