RARA AVIS
COSTA RICA
LOCALE
| # Species: | 478 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 478 |
| # Endemics: | 2 |
| # Near Endemics: | 30 |
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 | Black Guan | Chamaepetes unicolor | NE | |
| 3 | Crested Guan | Penelope purpurascens | NT | |
| 4 | Great Curassow | Crax rubra | LC | V |
| 5 | Black-eared Wood-Quail | Odontophorus melanotis | LC | NT |
| 6 | Purplish-backed Quail-Dove | Zentrygon lawrencii | NE | |
| 7 | Chiriqui Quail-Dove | Zentrygon chiriquensis | 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 | White-bellied Mountain-gem | Lampornis hemileucus | NE | |
| 15 | Purple-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis calolaemus | NE | |
| 16 | Snowcap | Microchera albocoronata | LC | |
| 17 | Coppery-headed Emerald | Microchera cupreiceps | E | |
| 18 | Stripe-tailed Hummingbird | Eupherusa eximia | RR | |
| 19 | Black-bellied Hummingbird | Eupherusa nigriventris | NE | |
| 20 | Yellow-breasted Crake | Laterallus flaviventer | LC | |
| 21 | Fasciated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma fasciatum | LC | |
| 22 | Agami Heron | Agamia agami | LC | V |
| 23 | Gray-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis | LC | |
| 24 | Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | NT | |
| 25 | Crested Eagle | Morphnus guianensis | NT | |
| 26 | Solitary Eagle | Buteogallus solitarius | LC | NT |
| 27 | Resplendent Quetzal | Pharomachrus mocinno | NT | |
| 28 | Lattice-tailed Trogon | Trogon clathratus | NE | |
| 29 | Prong-billed Barbet | Semnornis frantzii | NE | |
| 30 | Yellow-throated Toucan | Ramphastos ambiguus | NT | |
| 31 | Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus | NT | |
| 32 | Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway | RR | |
| 33 | Red-fronted Parrotlet | Touit costaricensis | NE | NT |
| 34 | Olive-throated Parakeet | Eupsittula nana | NT | |
| 35 | Great Green Macaw | Ara ambiguus | LC | CR |
| 36 | Dull-mantled Antbird | Sipia laemosticta | NE | |
| 37 | Black-crowned Antpitta | Pittasoma michleri | RR | |
| 38 | Black-headed Antthrush | Formicarius nigricapillus | NE | |
| 39 | Buffy Tuftedcheek | Pseudocolaptes lawrencii | NE | |
| 40 | Bare-necked Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus glabricollis | NE | EN |
| 41 | Lovely Cotinga | Cotinga amabilis | LC | |
| 42 | Three-wattled Bellbird | Procnias tricarunculatus | V | |
| 43 | Speckled Mourner | Laniocera rufescens | LC | |
| 44 | Sharpbill | Oxyruncus cristatus | LC | |
| 45 | Tropical Royal-Flycatcher | Onychorhynchus coronatus | E | |
| 46 | Gray-headed Piprites | Piprites griseiceps | LC | |
| 47 | Olive-streaked Flycatcher | Mionectes olivaceus | NE | |
| 48 | Rufous-browed Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes superciliaris | LC | |
| 49 | Tawny-chested Flycatcher | Aphanotriccus capitalis | NE | V |
| 50 | |Olive-sided Flycatcher| | Contopus cooperi | NT | |
| 51 | Silvery-throated Jay | Cyanolyca argentigula | NE | |
| 52 | Nightingale Wren | Microcerculus philomela | RR | |
| 53 | Ochraceous Wren | Troglodytes ochraceus | NE | |
| 54 | Black-faced Solitaire | Myadestes melanops | NE | |
| 55 | Sooty Thrush | Turdus nigrescens | NE | |
| 56 | Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher | Phainoptila melanoxantha | NE | |
| 57 | Golden-browed Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia callophrys | NE | |
| 58 | Ashy-throated Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus canigularis | LC | |
| 59 | Sooty-capped Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus pileatus | NE | |
| 60 | Sooty-faced Finch | Arremon crassirostris | NE | |
| 61 | Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | NT | |
| 62 | /Golden-winged Warbler/ | Vermivora chrysoptera | NT | |
| 63 | Flame-throated Warbler | Oreothlypis gutturalis | NE | |
| 64 | Olive-crowned Yellowthroat | Geothlypis semiflava | NE | |
| 65 | Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea | NT | |
| 66 | Costa Rican Warbler | Basileuterus melanotis | NE | |
| 67 | Black-thighed Grosbeak | Pheucticus tibialis | NE | |
| 68 | White-throated Shrike-Tanager | Lanio leucothorax | NT | |
| 69 | Blue-and-gold Tanager | Bangsia arcaei | NE | NT |
| 70 | Spangle-cheeked Tanager | Tangara dowii | NE | |
| 71 | Rufous-winged Tanager | Tangara lavinia | RR | |
| 72 | Black-and-yellow Tanager | Chrysothlypis chrysomelas | NE |
*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.
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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 | 8 |
| 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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