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The following is a list of target birds found in the country broken down by locations. Target birds are those found only in restricted areas, are rarely seen anywhere, or are endemic or near endemic. Chances of seeing each bird as indicated in the table are based on the site where each species is most likely seen and may not be equally good everywhere. Species may be more easily seen in other countries. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking on its location code above the table or on the its sidebar link. Names in parentheses (if any) are new official names in the revised Clements updates.*

Presence Codes
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Locale Codes
ARP=Achiote Road; BB=Bahia Bay; BYVR=Bayano Valley & Reservoir; CANA=Cana & Darien Province; CACJ=Cerro Azul & Cerro Jefe; FH=Finca Hartmann; FLP=Finca Lerida; FR=Fortuna Road; LAHP=La Amistad Heritage Park; MNP=Metropolitan Nature Park; OGR=Old Gamboa Road & Gamboa; PLR=Pipeline Road; PTS=Plantation Trail; SBF=San Blas & Nusagandi Forest; SLNP=San Lorenzo National Park; TM=Tocumen Marsh; WHP=Western Highlands; WLP=Western Lowlands

1	Black Guan	Chamaepetes unicolor	FLP,FR,LAHP WHP
2	Black-breasted Wood-Quail	Odontophorus leucolaemus	FR
3	Spotted Wood-Quail	Odontophorus guttatus	FLP
4	Plumbeous Hawk	Leucopternis plumbeus	ARP
5	Harpy Eagle	Harpia harpyja	PLR
6	White-throated Crake	Laterallus albigularis	OGR
7	Yellow-breasted Crake	Porzana flaviventer	TM
8	Spotted Rail	Pardirallus maculatus	TM
9	Maroon-chested Ground-Dove	Claravis mondetoura	FLP
10	Chiriqui Quail-Dove	Geotrygon chiriquensis	FH,FLP
11	Purplish-backed Quail-Dove	Geotrygon lawrencii	CACJ
12	Buff-fronted Quail-Dove	Geotrygon costaricensis	FLP,WHP
13	Sulphur-winged Parakeet	Pyrrhura hoffmanni	FLP,FR,WHP
14	Crimson-fronted Parakeet	Aratinga finschi	WLP
15	Barred Parakeet	Bolborhynchus lineola	FLP
16	Red-fronted Parrotlet	Touit costaricensis	FR
17	Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo	Neomorphus geoffroyi	PLR
18	Spectacled Owl	Pulsatrix perspicillata	OGR
19	Dusky Nightjar	Caprimulgus saturatus	FLP,WHP
20	Great Potoo	Nyctibius grandis	OGR,PLR
21	Costa Rican Swift	Chaetura fumosa	WLP
22	Pale-bellied Hermit	Phaethornis anthophilus	TM
23	Veraguan Mango	Anthracothorax veraguensis	WLP
24	Fiery-throated Hummingbird	Panterpe insignis	LAHP,WHP
25	Violet-capped Hummingbird	Goldmania violiceps	CACJ
26	Snowy-bellied Hummingbird	Amazilia edward	FLP,WHP
27	Stripe-tailed Hummingbird	Eupherusa eximia	FLP,LAHP,WHP
28	Black-bellied Hummingbird	Eupherusa nigriventris	FR
29	White-tailed Emerald	Elvira chionura	FH,FLP,WHP
30	White-vented Plumeleteer	Chalybura buffonii	PLR
31	Purple-throated Mountain-gem	Lampornis calolaemus	WHP
32	White-throated Mountain-gem	Lampornis castaneoventris	FH,FLP,FR LAHP,WHP
33	Magenta-throated Woodstar	Calliphlox bryantae	LAHP,WHP
34	Volcano Hummingbird	Selasphorus flammula	WHP
35	Scintillant Hummingbird	Selasphorus scintilla	FLP,LAHP,WHP
36	Resplendent Quetzal	Pharomachrus mocinno	FH,LAHP,WHP
37	Orange-bellied Trogon	Trogon aurantiiventris	FLP,FR,WHP
38	Barred Puffbird	Nystalus radiatus	BYVR,SBF
39	Gray-cheeked Nunlet	Nonnula frontalis	BYVR
40	Spot-crowned Barbet	Capito maculicoronatus	ARP,SLNP
41	Prong-billed Barbet	Semnornis frantzii	FR,LAHP,WHP
42	Fiery-billed Aracari	Pteroglossus frantzii	FH,WHP
43	Yellow-eared Toucanet	Selenidera spectabilis	CACJ
44	Sapayoa	Sapayoa aenigma	SBF
45	Ruddy Treerunner	Margarornis rubiginosus	LAHP,WHP
46	Buffy Tuftedcheek	Pseudocolaptes lawrencii	LAHP,WHP
47	Streak-breasted Treehunter	Thripadectes rufobrunneus	FLP,WHP
48	Spot-crowned Woodcreeper	Lepidocolaptes affinis	FLP,LAHP,WHP
49	Red-billed Scythebill	Campylorhamphus trochilirostris	BYVR
50	Black Antshrike	Thamnophilus nigriceps	BYVR
51	Rufous-winged Antwren	Herpsilochmus rufimarginatus	BYVR
52	Jet Antbird	Cercomacra nigricans	OGR,PTS
53	Bare-crowned Antbird	Gymnocichla nudiceps	BYVR
54	White-bellied Antbird	Myrmeciza longipes	OGR,PLR
55	Ocellated Antbird	Phaenostictus mcleannani	PLR,PTS
56	Streak-chested Antpitta	Hylopezus perspicillatus	SBF,PLR
57	Black-crowned Antpitta	Pittasoma michleri	BYVR,SBF
58	Silvery-fronted Tapaculo	Scytalopus argentifrons	FLP,LAHP,WHP
59	Mountain Elaenia	Elaenia frantzii	FLP,FR,LAHP WHP
60	Yellow-green Tyrannulet	Phylloscartes flavovirens	MNP,PLR
61	Northern Scrub-Flycatcher	Sublegatus arenarum	WLP
62	Pale-eyed Pygmy-Tyrant	Atalotriccus pilaris	WLP
63	Brownish Twistwing	Cnipodectes subbrunneus	PLR
64	Dark Pewee	Contopus lugubris	FLP,LAHP,WHP
65	Ochraceous Pewee	Contopus ochraceus	WHP
66	Yellowish Flycatcher	Empidonax flavescens	FLP,LAHP
67	Black-capped Flycatcher	Empidonax atriceps	WHP
68	Golden-bellied Flycatcher	Myiodynastes hemichrysus	FR,WHP
69	Bare-necked Umbrellabird	Cephalopterus glabricollis	FR,WHP
70	Turquoise Cotinga	Cotinga ridgwayi	FH,WHP
71	Blue Cotinga	Cotinga nattererii	ARP
72	Three-wattled Bellbird	Procnias tricarunculatus	FH,FLP,FR,WHP
73	Golden-collared Manakin	Manacus vitellinus	PLR
74	Lance-tailed Manakin	Chiroxiphia lanceolata	MNP,OGR,WLP
75	Green Manakin	Xenopipo holochlora	BYVR
76	Speckled Mourner	Laniocera rufescens	ARP,SLNP
77	Yellow-winged Vireo	Vireo carmioli	FLP,LAHP,WHP
78	Golden-fronted Greenlet	Hylophilus aurantiifrons	MNP
79	Black-chested Jay	Cyanocorax affinis	ARP
80	Azure-hooded Jay	Cyanolyca cucullata	FR
81	Silvery-throated Jay	Cyanolyca argentigula	FLP,LAHP,WHP
82	White-headed Wren	Campylorhynchus albobrunneus	BYVR
83	Rufous-breasted Wren	Thryothorus rutilus	MNP
84	Rufous-and-white Wren	Thryothorus rufalbus	MNP
85	Ochraceous Wren	Troglodytes ochraceus	FLP,LAHP
86	Black-faced Solitaire	Myadestes melanops	FH,FLP,LAHP WHP
87	Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush	Catharus gracilirostris	FLP,LAHP,WHP
88	Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush	Catharus aurantiirostris	FH,FLP,WHP
89	Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush	Catharus frantzii	FLP,LAHP,WHP
90	Sooty Thrush	Turdus nigrescens	LAHP,WHP
91	Mountain Thrush	Turdus plebejus	FLP,LAHP,WHP
92	Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher	Phainoptila melanoxantha	LAHP,WHP
93	Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher	Ptilogonys caudatus	FLP,LAHP,WHP
94	Flame-throated Warbler	Parula gutturalis	FLP,FR,LAHP WHP
95	Collared Redstart	Myioborus torquatus	FLP,LAHP,WHP
96	Black-cheeked Warbler	Basileuterus melanogenys	FLP,LAHP,WHP
97	Wrenthrush	Zeledonia coronata	LAHP,WHP
98	White-eared Conebill	Conirostrum leucogenys	BYVR
99	Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager	Chlorospingus pileatus	LAHP
100	Black-and-yellow Tanager	Chrysothlypis chrysomelas	CACJ,SBF
101	Rosy Thrush-Tanager	Rhodinocichla rosea	BYVR,FLP,MNP OGR,PTS
102	Cherrie's Tanager	Ramphocelus costaricensis	FH,FR
103	Lemon-rumped Tanager**	Ramphocelus icteronotus	ARP,SLNP
104	Blue-and-gold Tanager	Bangsia arcaei	FR
105	Rufous-winged Tanager	Tangara lavinia	CACJ
106	Spangle-cheeked Tanager	Tangara dowii	FLP,FR,WHP
107	Slaty Flowerpiercer	Diglossa plumbea	FH,FLP,FR LAHP,WHP
108	Yellow-thighed Finch	Pselliophorus tibialis	FLP,LAHP,WHP
109	Large-footed Finch	Pezopetes capitalis	FLP,LAHP,WHP
110	Sooty-faced Finch	Arremon crassirostris	FR
111	Volcano Junco	Junco vulcani	WHP
112	Olive Tanager (Carmiol's Tanager)	Chlorothraupis carmioli	SBF
113	Black-thighed Grosbeak	Pheucticus tibialis	FLP,WHP
114	Orange-crowned Oriole	Icterus auricapillus	BYVR
115	Elegant Euphonia	Euphonia elegantissima	FH,FLP,WHP
116	Spot-crowned Euphonia	Euphonia imitans	WHP

* Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through December 2009 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees.
** 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.