2007 Costa Rica Highlights Trip Report
Target Birds List
List of target birds for locations visited on this tour along with which target species actually seen. Target birds are those we can see only at one or two sites or are range-restricted, endemic, or near endemic in the country. The location column indicates where species was seen on the tour. If blank, the species wasn't seen. A separate target list can be viewed for each location by clicking its sidebar link. Names in parentheses (if any) are new official names in the revised Clements updates.*
| 1 | Highland Tinamou | Nothocercus bonapartei | RS | |
| 2 | Great Tinamou | Tinamus major | SS | CNP,LCR,LSV |
| 3 | Black Guan | Chamaepetes unicolor | SS | TH,TPNP |
| 4 | Marbled Wood-Quail | Odontophorus gujanensis | OS | |
| 5 | Black-breasted Wood-Quail | Odontophorus leucolaemus | RS | |
| 6 | Agami Heron | Agamia agami | RS | |
| 7 | Green Ibis | Mesembrinibis cayennensis | SS | |
| 8 | Sunbittern | Eurypyga helias | US | LSV |
| 9 | Sungrebe | Heliornis fulica | RS | |
| 10 | Sulphur-winged Parakeet | Pyrrhura hoffmanni | SS | |
| 11 | Olive-throated Parakeet | Aratinga nana | OS | |
| 12 | Great Green Macaw | Ara ambiguus | SS | SV |
| 13 | Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao | AS | CNP,DJR |
| 14 | <Barred Parakeet> | Bolborhynchus lineola | SS | DJR,LCR |
| 15 | Lesser Ground-Cuckoo | Morococcyx erythropygus | RS | |
| 16 | Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium costaricanum | OS | |
| 17 | Dusky Nightjar | Caprimulgus saturatus | SS | |
| 18 | Spot-fronted Swift | Cypseloides cherriei | RS | SGD |
| 19 | Brown Violetear | Colibri delphinae | US | VS |
| 20 | Green Thorntail | Discosura conversii | US | SL,TNR,VS |
| 21 | Black-crested Coquette | Lophornis helenae | US | TNR |
| 22 | <White-crested Coquette> | Lophornis adorabilis | RS | |
| 23 | Fiery-throated Hummingbird | Panterpe insignis | US | TH,VS |
| 24 | White-bellied Mountain-gem | Lampornis hemileucus | SS | |
| 25 | Gray-tailed Mountain-gem** | Lampornis cinereicauda | AS | |
| 26 | Volcano Hummingbird | Selasphorus flammula | AS | SGD |
| 27 | Scintillant Hummingbird | Selasphorus scintilla | AS | SGD |
| 28 | Garden Emerald | Chlorostilbon assimilis | SS | |
| 29 | Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer | Chalybura urochrysia | US | |
| 30 | White-tailed Emerald | Elvira chionura | OS | |
| 31 | Snowcap | Microchera albocoronata | AS | TNR |
| 32 | Charming Hummingbird | Amazilia decora | SS | |
| 33 | Blue-throated Goldentail | Hylocharis eliciae | US | CNP,LCR,TL |
| 34 | Resplendent Quetzal | Pharomachrus mocinno | AS | SGD |
| 35 | Baird's Trogon | Trogon bairdii | US | CNP |
| 36 | Prong-billed Barbet | Semnornis frantzii | OS | VS |
| 37 | Fiery-billed Aracari | Pteroglossus frantzii | US | LCR,TL |
| 38 | Golden-naped Woodpecker | Melanerpes chrysauchen | OS | |
| 39 | Red-crowned Woodpecker | Melanerpes rubricapillus | US | CNP,LCR,TLHB |
| 40 | Pale-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis albescens | SS | |
| 41 | Ruddy Treerunner | Margarornis rubiginosus | US | SGD,TH,TL |
| 42 | Streak-breasted Treehunter | Thripadectes rufobrunneus | OS | |
| 43 | Spot-crowned Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes affinis | US | SGD |
| 44 | Black-hooded Antshrike | Thamnophilus bridgesi | AS | CNP,LCR,TLHB |
| 45 | Silvery-fronted Tapaculo | Scytalopus argentifrons | RS | TPNP |
| 46 | Mountain Elaenia | Elaenia frantzii | US | SGD,TH,VP |
| 47 | Dark Pewee | Contopus lugubris | US | SGD |
| 48 | Ochraceous Pewee | Contopus ochraceus | RS | |
| 49 | Yellowish Flycatcher | Empidonax flavescens | AS | SGD |
| 50 | Black-capped Flycatcher | Empidonax atriceps | AS | TH,TL |
| 51 | Golden-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes hemichrysus | SS | |
| 52 | Bare-necked Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus glabricollis | RS | |
| 53 | Lovely Cotinga | Cotinga amabilis | OS | LSV |
| 54 | <Turquoise Cotinga> | Cotinga ridgwayi | SS | LCR |
| 55 | <Snowy Cotinga> | Carpodectes nitidus | OS | LSV |
| 56 | White-collared Manakin | Manacus candei | US | LCR,LSV,TL |
| 57 | Orange-collared Manakin | Manacus aurantiacus | AS | CNP |
| 58 | Long-tailed Manakin | Chiroxiphia linearis | SS | |
| 59 | Yellow-winged Vireo | Vireo carmioli | SS | TH |
| 60 | Silvery-throated Jay | Cyanolyca argentigula | RS | DJR |
| 61 | Rufous-naped Wren | Campylorhynchus rufinucha | US | CNP,DJR,VL |
| 62 | Black-bellied Wren | Pheugopedius fasciatoventris | US | |
| 63 | Rufous-breasted Wren | Pheugopedius rutilus | SS | LCR,SLR,TL |
| 64 | Black-throated Wren | Pheugopedius atrogularis | OS | |
| 65 | Rufous-and-white Wren | Thryophilus rufalbus | US | CNP |
| 66 | Stripe-breasted Wren | Cantorchilus thoracicus | SS | |
| 67 | Riverside Wren | Cantorchilus semibadius | US | CNP,LCR |
| 68 | Ochraceous Wren | Troglodytes ochraceus | SS | VS |
| 69 | Timberline Wren | Thryorchilus browni | SS | |
| 70 | Black-faced Solitaire | Myadestes melanops | US | |
| 71 | Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus gracilirostris | AS | TH,VP |
| 72 | Sooty Thrush | Turdus nigrescens | AS | SGD,TH,VP |
| 73 | Mountain Thrush | Turdus plebejus | SS | SGD |
| 74 | Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher | Ptilogonys caudatus | AS | SGD,TPNP |
| 75 | Flame-throated Warbler | Oreothlypis gutturalis | US | SGD,TH |
| 76 | Black-cheeked Warbler | Basileuterus melanogenys | US | SGD,TH |
| 77 | Collared Redstart | Myioborus torquatus | AS | SGD,TH |
| 78 | Wrenthrush | Zeledonia coronata | OS | |
| 79 | Black-and-yellow Tanager | Chrysothlypis chrysomelas | SS | VS |
| 80 | Cherrie's Tanager | Ramphocelus costaricensis | US | RTB,TL,TLHB |
| 81 | Speckled Tanager | Tangara guttata | US | LCR |
| 82 | Spangle-cheeked Tanager | Tangara dowii | OS | |
| 83 | Streaked Saltator | Saltator striatipectus | US | LCR,TL |
| 84 | Nicaraguan Seed-Finch | Oryzoborus nuttingi | OS | HSVB |
| 85 | <Peg-billed Finch> | Acanthidops bairdii | RS | |
| 86 | Slaty Flowerpiercer | Diglossa plumbea | AS | SGD |
| 87 | Yellow-thighed Finch | Pselliophorus tibialis | US | SGD,TH,VP |
| 88 | Large-footed Finch | Pezopetes capitalis | SS | SGD |
| 89 | Volcano Junco | Junco vulcani | SS | TH |
| 90 | Olive Tanager
(Carmiol's Tanager) | Chlorothraupis carmioli | SS | BCNP,VS |
| 91 | Elegant Euphonia | Euphonia elegantissima | SS | TH |
| 92 | Spot-crowned Euphonia | Euphonia imitans | OS | |
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