PALO VERDE NATIONAL PARK
COSTA RICA
LOCALE
| Area (ha): | 13,058 |
| # Species: | 349 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 349 |
| # Endemics: | 3 |
| # Near Endemics: | 1 |
| Species/100 ha: | 2.7 |
| Habitat: Floodplain, marshes, tropical dry forest | |
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 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | RR | |
| 2 | Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | LC | |
| 3 | Plain Chachalaca | Ortalis vetula | RR | |
| 4 | Crested Guan | Penelope purpurascens | NT | |
| 5 | Great Curassow | Crax rubra | LC | V |
| 6 | Crested Bobwhite | Colinus cristatus | RR | |
| 7 | Lesser Ground-Cuckoo | Morococcyx erythropygus | RR | |
| 8 | White-tailed Nightjar | Hydropsalis cayennensis | LC | |
| 9 | /Chuck-will's-widow/ | Antrostomus carolinensis | NT | |
| 10 | Plain-capped Starthroat | Heliomaster constantii | RR | |
| 11 | Mangrove Hummingbird | Amazilia boucardi | E | EN |
| 12 | Rufous-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides axillaris | RR | |
| 13 | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | RR | |
| 14 | Double-striped Thick-knee | Hesperoburhinus bistriatus | RR | |
| 15 | Collared Plover | Anarhynchus collaris | LC | |
| 16 | /Semipalmated Sandpiper/ | Calidris pusilla | NT | |
| 17 | /Elegant Tern/ | Thalasseus elegans | NT | |
| 18 | Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria | RR | |
| 19 | Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius | LC | |
| 20 | Pinnated Bittern | Botaurus pinnatus | LC | |
| 21 | /Reddish Egret/ | Egretta rufescens | NT | |
| 22 | Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus | RR | |
| 23 | Gray-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis | LC | |
| 24 | Harris's Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus | RR | |
| 25 | Striped Owl | Asio clamator | LC | |
| 26 | Elegant Trogon | Trogon elegans | RR | |
| 27 | Turquoise-browed Motmot | Eumomota superciliosa | RR | |
| 28 | Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus | NT | |
| 29 | Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway | RR | |
| 30 | Yellow-naped Parrot | Amazona auropalliata | RR | CR |
| 31 | White-fronted Parrot | Amazona albifrons | RR | |
| 32 | Orange-fronted Parakeet | Eupsittula canicularis | RR | V |
| 33 | Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao | RR | |
| 34 | Black-hooded Antshrike | Thamnophilus bridgesi | NE | |
| 35 | Ivory-billed Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus flavigaster | RR | |
| 36 | Tropical Royal-Flycatcher | Onychorhynchus coronatus | E | |
| 37 | Stub-tailed Spadebill | Platyrinchus cancrominus | RR | |
| 38 | Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet | Camptostoma imberbe | RR | |
| 39 | |Olive-sided Flycatcher| | Contopus cooperi | NT | |
| 40 | Panama Flycatcher | Myiarchus panamensis | RR | |
| 41 | Nutting's Flycatcher | Myiarchus nuttingi | RR | |
| 42 | Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | RR | |
| 43 | White-throated Magpie-Jay | Calocitta formosa | RR | |
| 44 | White-lored Gnatcatcher | Polioptila albiloris | RR | |
| 45 | Rufous-naped Wren | Campylorhynchus rufinucha | RR | |
| 46 | Banded Wren | Thryophilus pleurostictus | RR | |
| 47 | Rufous-and-white Wren | Thryophilus rufalbus | RR | |
| 48 | Scrub Euphonia | Euphonia affinis | RR | |
| 49 | Stripe-headed Sparrow | Peucaea ruficauda | RR | |
| 50 | Grasshopper Sparrow | Ammodramus savannarum | RR | |
| 51 | Olive Sparrow | Arremonops rufivirgatus | RR | |
| 52 | Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | NT | |
| 53 | Streak-backed Oriole | Icterus pustulatus | RR | |
| 54 | Spot-breasted Oriole | Icterus pectoralis | LC | |
| 55 | /Golden-winged Warbler/ | Vermivora chrysoptera | NT | |
| 56 | /Painted Bunting/ | Passerina ciris | LC |
*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
| 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 |
DISTRIBUTION CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 11 |
| LC | Local | 46 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 78 |
| RR | Restricted Range | 77 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 9 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| 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.