LA SELVA FIELD STATION
COSTA RICA
LOCALE
| Area (ha): | 1,600 |
| Altitude (m): | 35-150 |
| # Species: | 475 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 383 |
| # Endemics: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics: | 10 |
| Species/100 ha: | 23.9 |
| Habitat: Primary rainforest | |
SPECIALTY BIRDS LIST
List of species at this locale that are endemic (E), near-endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or that 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 | Crested Guan | Penelope purpurascens | NT | |
| 3 | Great Curassow | Crax rubra | LC | V |
| 4 | Tawny-faced Quail | Rhynchortyx cinctus | LC | NT |
| 5 | Black-eared Wood-Quail | Odontophorus melanotis | LC | NT |
| 6 | Violaceous Quail-Dove | Geotrygon violacea | LC | |
| 7 | Purplish-backed Quail-Dove | Zentrygon lawrencii | NE | |
| 8 | Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo | Neomorphus geoffroyi | V | |
| 9 | /Chuck-will's-widow/ | Antrostomus carolinensis | NT | |
| 10 | Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | V | |
| 11 | |Chimney Swift| | Chaetura pelagica | V | |
| 12 | Brown Violetear | Colibri delphinae | LC | |
| 13 | Black-crested Coquette | Lophornis helenae | RR | |
| 14 | Snowcap | Microchera albocoronata | LC | |
| 15 | Black-bellied Hummingbird | Eupherusa nigriventris | NE | |
| 16 | Sungrebe | Heliornis fulica | LC | |
| 17 | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | RR | |
| 18 | Fasciated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma fasciatum | LC | |
| 19 | Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius | LC | |
| 20 | Agami Heron | Agamia agami | LC | V |
| 21 | Pinnated Bittern | Botaurus pinnatus | LC | |
| 22 | Gray-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis | LC | |
| 23 | Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | NT | |
| 24 | Crested Eagle | Morphnus guianensis | NT | |
| 25 | Harpy Eagle | Harpia harpyja | V | |
| 26 | Solitary Eagle | Buteogallus solitarius | LC | NT |
| 27 | Striped Owl | Asio clamator | LC | |
| 28 | Resplendent Quetzal | Pharomachrus mocinno | NT | |
| 29 | Lattice-tailed Trogon | Trogon clathratus | NE | |
| 30 | Keel-billed Motmot | Electron carinatum | LC | V |
| 31 | Pied Puffbird | Notharchus tectus | RR | |
| 32 | Great Jacamar | Jacamerops aureus | RR | |
| 33 | Yellow-throated Toucan | Ramphastos ambiguus | NT | |
| 34 | Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus | NT | |
| 35 | Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway | RR | |
| 36 | Olive-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula nana | NT | |
| 37 | Great Green Macaw | Ara ambiguus | LC | CR |
| 38 | Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao | RR | |
| 39 | Bare-necked Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus glabricollis | NE | EN |
| 40 | Lovely Cotinga | Cotinga amabilis | LC | |
| 41 | Three-wattled Bellbird | Procnias tricarunculatus | V | |
| 42 | Speckled Mourner | Laniocera rufescens | LC | |
| 43 | Tropical Royal-Flycatcher | Onychorhynchus coronatus | E | |
| 44 | Gray-headed Piprites | Piprites griseiceps | LC | |
| 45 | Olive-streaked Flycatcher | Mionectes olivaceus | NE | |
| 46 | Sepia-capped Flycatcher | Leptopogon amaurocephalus | LC | |
| 47 | Tawny-chested Flycatcher | Aphanotriccus capitalis | NE | V |
| 48 | |Olive-sided Flycatcher| | Contopus cooperi | NT | |
| 49 | Nightingale Wren | Microcerculus philomela | RR | |
| 50 | Scaly-breasted Wren | Microcerculus marginatus | RR | |
| 51 | Black-faced Solitaire | Myadestes melanops | NE | |
| 52 | Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | NT | |
| 53 | Yellow-tailed Oriole | Icterus mesomelas | LC | |
| 54 | /Golden-winged Warbler/ | Vermivora chrysoptera | NT | |
| 55 | Olive-crowned Yellowthroat | Geothlypis semiflava | NE | |
| 56 | Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea | NT | |
| 57 | Black-thighed Grosbeak | Pheucticus tibialis | NE | |
| 58 | /Painted Bunting/ | Passerina ciris | LC | |
| 59 | White-throated Shrike-Tanager | Lanio leucothorax | NT | |
| 60 | Rufous-winged Tanager | Tangara lavinia | RR | |
| 61 | Black-and-yellow Tanager | Chrysothlypis chrysomelas | NE | |
| 62 | Streaked Saltator | Saltator striatipectus | RR |
*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
DISTRIBUTION CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 8 |
| LC | Local | 46 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 79 |
| RR | Restricted Range | 75 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 17 |
| V | Vulnerable | 10 |
| EN | Endangered | 1 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
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.
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