CARARA NATIONAL PARK
COSTA RICA
LOCALE
| Area (ha): | 5,242 |
| # Species: | 240 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 239 |
| # Endemics: | 0 |
| # Near Endemics: | 13 |
| Species/100 ha: | 4.6 |
| Habitat: Lowland Dry Forest | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Great Tinamou | Tinamus major | FC | |
| 2 | Little Tinamou | Crypturellus soui | UC | |
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| 3 | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | FC | |
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| 4 | Crested Guan | Penelope purpurascens | FC | |
| 5 | Great Curassow | Crax rubra | R | |
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| 6 | Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus | UC | |
| 7 | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | VR | |
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| 8 | Red-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas flavirostris | C | |
| 9 | Short-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas nigrirostris | FC | |
| 10 | Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | FC | |
| 11 | Blue Ground Dove | Claravis pretiosa | FC | |
| 12 | Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana | FC | |
| 13 | White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | A | |
| 14 | Gray-chested Dove | Leptotila cassinii | FC | |
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| 15 | Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | A | |
| 16 | \Striped Cuckoo\ | Tapera naevia | UC | |
| 17 | Lesser Ground-Cuckoo | Morococcyx erythropygus | UC | |
| 18 | Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | C | |
| 19 | /Yellow-billed Cuckoo/ | Coccyzus americanus | R | |
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| 20 | Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | C | |
| 21 | Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | VR | |
| 22 | Short-tailed Nighthawk | Lurocalis semitorquatus | R | |
| 23 | Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | C | |
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| 24 | Chestnut-collared Swift | Streptoprocne rutila | UC | |
| 25 | White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | C | |
| 26 | Costa Rican Swift | Chaetura fumosa | C | |
| 27 | Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift | Panyptila cayennensis | FC | |
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| 28 | White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora | UC | |
| 29 | Bronzy Hermit | Glaucis aeneus | UC | |
| 30 | Band-tailed Barbthroat | Threnetes ruckeri | UC | |
| 31 | Long-billed Hermit | Phaethornis longirostris | FC | |
| 32 | Little Hermit (Stripe-throated Hermit) | Phaethornis striigularis | FC | |
| 33 | Purple-crowned Fairy | Heliothryx barroti | FC | |
| 34 | <White-crested Coquette> | Lophornis adorabilis | X | |
| 35 | Long-billed Starthroat | Heliomaster longirostris | UC | |
| 36 | Plain-capped Starthroat | Heliomaster constantii | R | |
| 37 | /Ruby-throated Hummingbird/ | Archilochus colubris | FC | |
| 38 | Violet Sabrewing | Campylopterus hemileucurus | UC | |
| 39 | Crowned Woodnymph | Thalurania colombica | R | |
| 40 | Scaly-breasted Hummingbird | Phaeochroa cuvierii | C | |
| 41 | Blue-vented Hummingbird | Saucerottia hoffmanni | FC | |
| 42 | Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl | C | |
| 43 | Charming Hummingbird | Polyerata decora | UC | |
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| 44 | Gray-cowled Wood-Rail | Aramides cajaneus | UC | |
| 45 | Common Gallinule | Gallinula galeata | X | |
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| 46 | Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | A | |
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| 47 | Fasciated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma fasciatum | UC | |
| 48 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | A | |
| 49 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens | A | |
| 50 | Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius | UC | |
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| 51 | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | A | |
| 52 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | A | |
| 53 | King Vulture | Sarcoramphus papa | FC | |
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| 54 | Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus | R | |
| 55 | Gray-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis | UC | |
| 56 | Double-toothed Kite | Harpagus bidentatus | FC | |
| 57 | Gray-lined Hawk | Buteo nitidus | FC | |
| 58 | /Broad-winged Hawk/ | Buteo platypterus | FC | |
| 59 | Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | FC | |
| 60 | |Swainson's Hawk| | Buteo swainsoni | R | |
| 61 | Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus | FC | |
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| 62 | Crested Owl | Lophostrix cristata | R | |
| 63 | Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata | UC | |
| 64 | Black-and-white Owl | Ciccaba nigrolineata | UC | |
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| 65 | Slaty-tailed Trogon | Trogon massena | FC | |
| 66 | Black-headed Trogon | Trogon melanocephalus | C | |
| 67 | Baird's Trogon | Trogon bairdii | FC | |
| 68 | Gartered Trogon | Trogon caligatus | C | |
| 69 | Black-throated Trogon | Trogon rufus | FC | |
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| 70 | Turquoise-browed Motmot | Eumomota superciliosa | FC | |
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| 71 | White-whiskered Puffbird | Malacoptila panamensis | FC | |
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| 72 | Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda | FC | |
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| 73 | Fiery-billed Aracari | Pteroglossus frantzii | FC | |
| 74 | Yellow-throated Toucan | Ramphastos ambiguus | FC | |
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| 75 | /Yellow-bellied Sapsucker/ | Sphyrapicus varius | VR | |
| 76 | Golden-naped Woodpecker | Melanerpes chrysauchen | FC | |
| 77 | Hoffmann's Woodpecker | Melanerpes hoffmannii | A | |
| 78 | Pale-billed Woodpecker | Campephilus guatemalensis | FC | |
| 79 | Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus | FC | |
| 80 | Rufous-winged Woodpecker | Piculus simplex | UC | |
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| 81 | Barred Forest-Falcon | Micrastur ruficollis | VR | |
| 82 | Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus | UC | |
| 83 | Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway | C | |
| 84 | Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | FC | |
| 85 | |Merlin| | Falco columbarius | R | |
| 86 | Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis | R | |
| 87 | /Peregrine Falcon/ | Falco peregrinus | UC | |
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| 88 | Orange-chinned Parakeet | Brotogeris jugularis | C | |
| 89 | Brown-hooded Parrot | Pyrilia haematotis | FC | |
| 90 | White-crowned Parrot | Pionus senilis | FC | |
| 91 | Red-lored Parrot | Amazona autumnalis | FC | |
| 92 | Mealy Parrot | Amazona farinosa | FC | |
| 93 | Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao | A | |
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| 94 | Great Antshrike | Taraba major | R | |
| 95 | Barred Antshrike | Thamnophilus doliatus | C | |
| 96 | Black-hooded Antshrike | Thamnophilus bridgesi | A | |
| 97 | Russet Antshrike | Thamnistes anabatinus | UC | |
| 98 | Slaty Antwren | Myrmotherula schisticolor | UC | |
| 99 | Dot-winged Antwren | Microrhopias quixensis | C | |
| 100 | Dusky Antbird | Cercomacroides tyrannina | C | |
| 101 | Chestnut-backed Antbird | Poliocrania exsul | C | |
| 102 | Bicolored Antbird | Gymnopithys bicolor | UC | |
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| 103 | Streak-chested Antpitta | Hylopezus perspicillatus | FC | |
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| 104 | Black-faced Antthrush | Formicarius analis | FC | |
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| 105 | Scaly-throated Leaftosser | Sclerurus guatemalensis | VR | |
| 106 | Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Sittasomus griseicapillus | UC | |
| 107 | Tawny-winged Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla anabatina | UC | |
| 108 | Wedge-billed Woodcreeper | Glyphorynchus spirurus | C | |
| 109 | Northern Barred-Woodcreeper | Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae | FC | |
| 110 | Cocoa Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus susurrans | C | |
| 111 | Black-striped Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus | UC | |
| 112 | Streak-headed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes souleyetii | C | |
| 113 | Plain Xenops | Xenops minutus | C | |
| 114 | Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner | Automolus ochrolaemus | FC | |
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| 115 | Long-tailed Manakin | Chiroxiphia linearis | UC | |
| 116 | Blue-crowned Manakin | Lepidothrix coronata | FC | |
| 117 | Orange-collared Manakin | Manacus aurantiacus | C | |
| 118 | Red-capped Manakin | Ceratopipra mentalis | FC | |
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| 119 | <Turquoise Cotinga> | Cotinga ridgwayi | R | |
| 120 | Rufous Piha | Lipaugus unirufus | UC | |
| 121 | Three-wattled Bellbird | Procnias tricarunculatus | R | |
| 122 | <Yellow-billed Cotinga> | Carpodectes antoniae | R | |
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| 123 | Black-crowned Tityra | Tityra inquisitor | FC | |
| 124 | Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata | C | |
| 125 | Northern Schiffornis | Schiffornis veraepacis | UC | |
| 126 | Cinnamon Becard | Pachyramphus cinnamomeus | C | |
| 127 | White-winged Becard | Pachyramphus polychopterus | FC | |
| 128 | Black-and-white Becard | Pachyramphus albogriseus | VR | |
| 129 | Rose-throated Becard | Pachyramphus aglaiae | C | |
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| 130 | Northern Royal-Flycatcher | Onychorhynchus mexicanus | FC | |
| 131 | Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher | Terenotriccus erythrurus | UC | |
| 132 | Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher | Myiobius sulphureipygius | FC | |
| 133 | Black-tailed Flycatcher | Myiobius atricaudus | R | |
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| 134 | Stub-tailed Spadebill | Platyrinchus cancrominus | UC | |
| 135 | Golden-crowned Spadebill | Platyrinchus coronatus | FC | |
| 136 | Ochre-bellied Flycatcher | Mionectes oleagineus | C | |
| 137 | Northern Bentbill | Oncostoma cinereigulare | FC | |
| 138 | Slate-headed Tody-Tyrant (Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher) | Poecilotriccus sylvia | FC | |
| 139 | Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum | A | |
| 140 | Eye-ringed Flatbill | Rhynchocyclus brevirostris | UC | |
| 141 | Yellow-olive Flycatcher | Tolmomyias sulphurescens | C | |
| 142 | Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma obsoletum | FC | |
| 143 | Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet | Ornithion semiflavum | R | |
| 144 | Yellow Tyrannulet | Capsiempis flaveola | FC | |
| 145 | Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet | Tyrannulus elatus | VR | |
| 146 | Greenish Elaenia | Myiopagis viridicata | FC | |
| 147 | Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | C | |
| 148 | |Olive-sided Flycatcher| | Contopus cooperi | R | |
| 149 | |Eastern Wood-Pewee| | Contopus virens | FC | |
| 150 | /Yellow-bellied Flycatcher/ | Empidonax flaviventris | C | |
| 151 | |Acadian Flycatcher| | Empidonax virescens | UC | |
| 152 | |Alder Flycatcher| | Empidonax alnorum | UC | |
| 153 | /Willow Flycatcher/ | Empidonax traillii | FC | |
| 154 | Least Flycatcher | Empidonax minimus | R | |
| 155 | Bright-rumped Attila | Attila spadiceus | FC | |
| 156 | Rufous Mourner | Rhytipterna holerythra | FC | |
| 157 | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | C | |
| 158 | /Great Crested Flycatcher/ | Myiarchus crinitus | FC | |
| 159 | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | FC | |
| 160 | Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | A | |
| 161 | Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua | C | |
| 162 | Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis | C | |
| 163 | Gray-capped Flycatcher | Myiozetetes granadensis | FC | |
| 164 | Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus | C | |
| 165 | (Piratic Flycatcher) | Legatus leucophaius | C | |
| 166 | Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | A | |
| 167 | |Eastern Kingbird| | Tyrannus tyrannus | FC | |
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| 168 | Green Shrike-Vireo | Vireolanius pulchellus | UC | |
| 169 | Tawny-crowned Greenlet | Tunchironis ochraceiceps | FC | |
| 170 | Lesser Greenlet | Pachysilvia decurtata | A | |
| 171 | /Yellow-throated Vireo/ | Vireo flavifrons | C | |
| 172 | /Philadelphia Vireo/ | Vireo philadelphicus | FC | |
| 173 | |Red-eyed Vireo| | Vireo olivaceus | FC | |
| 174 | Yellow-green Vireo | Vireo flavoviridis | FC | |
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| 175 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | A | |
| 176 | Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | C | |
| 177 | |Purple Martin| | Progne subis | VR | |
| 178 | Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | C | |
| 179 | /Barn Swallow/ | Hirundo rustica | A | |
| 180 | |Cliff Swallow| | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota | FC | |
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| 181 | Long-billed Gnatwren | Ramphocaenus melanurus | FC | |
| 182 | White-browed Gnatcatcher | Polioptila bilineata | C | |
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| 183 | Scaly-breasted Wren | Microcerculus marginatus | UC | |
| 184 | House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | C | |
| 185 | Rufous-naped Wren | Campylorhynchus rufinucha | A | |
| 186 | Black-bellied Wren | Pheugopedius fasciatoventris | FC | |
| 187 | Rufous-breasted Wren | Pheugopedius rutilus | C | |
| 188 | Rufous-and-white Wren | Thryophilus rufalbus | FC | |
| 189 | Cabanis's Wren | Cantorchilus modestus | FC | |
| 190 | Riverside Wren | Cantorchilus semibadius | C | |
| 191 | White-breasted Wood-Wren | Henicorhina leucosticta | R | |
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| 192 | |Gray-cheeked Thrush| | Catharus minimus | VR | |
| 193 | |Swainson's Thrush| | Catharus ustulatus | FC | |
| 194 | /Wood Thrush/ | Hylocichla mustelina | FC | |
| 195 | Clay-colored Thrush | Turdus grayi | A | |
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| 196 | Scrub Euphonia | Euphonia affinis | C | |
| 197 | Yellow-crowned Euphonia | Euphonia luteicapilla | FC | |
| 198 | Yellow-throated Euphonia | Euphonia hirundinacea | FC | |
| 199 | Spot-crowned Euphonia | Euphonia imitans | FC | |
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| 200 | Black-striped Sparrow | Arremonops conirostris | UC | |
| 201 | Orange-billed Sparrow | Arremon aurantiirostris | C | |
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| 202 | /Orchard Oriole/ | Icterus spurius | FC | |
| 203 | /Baltimore Oriole/ | Icterus galbula | A | |
| 204 | Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | A | |
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| 205 | /Ovenbird/ | Seiurus aurocapilla | UC | |
| 206 | /Worm-eating Warbler/ | Helmitheros vermivorum | UC | |
| 207 | /Louisiana Waterthrush/ | Parkesia motacilla | VR | |
| 208 | /Northern Waterthrush/ | Parkesia noveboracensis | A | |
| 209 | /Golden-winged Warbler/ | Vermivora chrysoptera | R | |
| 210 | Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia | C | |
| 211 | /Tennessee Warbler/ | Leiothlypis peregrina | A | |
| 212 | /Mourning Warbler/ | Geothlypis philadelphia | R | |
| 213 | /Kentucky Warbler/ | Geothlypis formosa | UC | |
| 214 | /Hooded Warbler/ | Setophaga citrina | UC | |
| 215 | /American Redstart/ | Setophaga ruticilla | C | |
| 216 | Tropical Parula | Setophaga pitiayumi | FC | |
| 217 | /Magnolia Warbler/ | Setophaga magnolia | VR | |
| 218 | /Yellow Warbler/ | Setophaga petechia | A | |
| 219 | /Chestnut-sided Warbler/ | Setophaga pensylvanica | A | |
| 220 | Buff-rumped Warbler | Myiothlypis fulvicauda | FC | |
| 221 | |Canada Warbler| | Cardellina canadensis | UC | |
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| 222 | /Summer Tanager/ | Piranga rubra | A | |
| 223 | |Scarlet Tanager| | Piranga olivacea | UC | |
| 224 | Blue-black Grosbeak | Cyanoloxia cyanoides | C | |
| 225 | /Indigo Bunting/ | Passerina cyanea | FC | |
| 226 | /Painted Bunting/ | Passerina ciris | FC | |
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| 227 | Gray-headed Tanager | Eucometis penicillata | FC | |
| 228 | White-shouldered Tanager | Loriotus luctuosus | C | |
| 229 | White-lined Tanager | Tachyphonus rufus | UC | |
| 230 | Scarlet-rumped Tanager | Ramphocelus passerinii | FC | |
| 231 | Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | A | |
| 232 | Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | C | |
| 233 | Golden-hooded Tanager | Stilpnia larvata | C | |
| 234 | Bay-headed Tanager | Tangara gyrola | C | |
| 235 | Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana | UC | |
| 236 | Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus | C | |
| 237 | Green Honeycreeper | Chlorophanes spiza | FC | |
| 238 | Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | A | |
| 239 | Variable Seedeater | Sporophila corvina | A | |
| 240 | Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus | A | |
* 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.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| // | Boreal Visitor |
| \\ | Austral Visitor |
| || | Transient |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular |
| () | Breeding Season Only |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant |
| [] | Accidental |
OCCURRENCE CODES
| A | Abundant/Very Common |
| C | Common |
| FC | Fairly/Locally Common |
| UC | Uncommon/Scarce |
| R | Rare/Very Scarce |
| VR | Very Rare |
| X | Accidental/Vagrant |
| ? | Uncertain |