The birds of Costa Rica

The following birds are spotted in Costa Rica.

Key:

An asterisk (*) beside the name indicates that that species
has been recorded at the Rara Avis Reserve.

Plate numbers beside the checkboxes correspond to those in
Stiles & Skutch's The Birds of Costa Rica.

An "NI" means that there is no illustration for that bird
in Stiles & Skutch's The Birds of Costa Rica.

Order: Tinamiformes (Tinamous)

____ 12 . . Great Tinamou ... *
____ 12 . . Highland Tinamou
____ 12 . . Little Tinamou ... *
____ 12 . . Thicket Tinamou
____ 12 . . Slaty-breasted Tinamou ... *

Order: Podicipediformes (Grebes)

____ 7 . . . Least Grebe
____ 51 . . Eared Grebe
____ 7 . . . Pied-billed Grebe

Order: Procellariiformes (Albatrosses, Shearwaters, Petrels, and Allies)

____ 1 . . . Parkinson's (Black) Petrel
____ 1 . . . Wedge-tailed Shearwater
____ 1 . . . Audubon's Shearwater
____ 1 . . . Sooty Shearwater
____ 1 . . . Short-tailed Shearwater
____ 1 . . . Pink-footed Shearwater
____ 1 . . . Dark-rumped Petrel
____ 1 . . . Black-capped Petrel
____ 2 . . . Wilson's Storm-Petrel
____ 2 . . . Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
____ 2 . . . Band-rumped Storm-Petrel
____ 2 . . . Leach's Storm-Petrel
____ NI . . Markham's (Sooty) Storm-Petrel
____ 2 . . . Black Storm-Petrel
____ 2 . . . Least Storm-Petrel
____ 2 . . . White-faced Storm-Petrel

Order: Pelecaniformes (Pelicans, Boobies, Cormorants, and Allies)

____ 1 . . . Red-billed Tropicbird
____ 1 . . . Magnificent Frigatebird ... *
____ 1 . . . Great Frigatebird
____ 1 . . . Masked Booby
____ 1 . . . Blue-footed Booby
____ 1 . . . Brown Booby
____ 1 . . . Red-footed Booby
____ 4 . . . Brown Pelican
____ 4 . . . American White Pelican
____ 4 . . . Olivaceous Cormorant ... *
____ 4 . . . Anhinga

Order: Ciconiiformes (Herons, Egrets, and Bitterns)

____ 5 . . . Pinnated Bittern
____ 5 . . . American Bittern
____ 6 . . . Least Bittern
____ 5 . . . Rufescent Tiger-Heron
____ 5 . . . Fasciated Tiger-Heron ... *
____ 5 . . . Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
____ 5 . . . Great Blue Heron
____ 5 . . . Great Egret
____ 5 . . . Snowy Egret
____ 5 . . . Little Blue Heron ... *
____ 5 . . . Tricolored Heron
____ 5 . . . Reddish Egret
____ 5 . . . Cattle Egret ... *
____ 6 . . . Green-backed (Striated) Heron
____ 6 . . . Green-backed (Green) Heron
____ 5 . . . Chestnut-bellied Heron ... *
____ 5 . . . Black-crowned Night-Heron
____ 5 . . . Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
____ 5 . . . Boat-billed Heron
____ 4 . . . White Ibis
____ 4 . . . Glossy Ibis
____ NI . . White-faced Ibis
____ 4 . . . Green Ibis
____ 4 . . . Roseate Spoonbill
____ 4 . . . Jabiru
____ 4 . . . Wood Stork

Order: Anseriformes (Ducks, Geese, and Swans)

____ 8 . . . Fulvous Whistling-Duck
____ 8 . . . White-faced Whistling-Duck
____ 8 . . . Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
____ 8 . . . Muscovy Duck
____ 8 . . . Green-winged Teal
____ NI . . Mallard
____ 7 . . . Northern Pintail
____ 8 . . . Blue-winged Teal
____ 8 . . . Cinnamon Teal
____ 7 . . . Northern Shoveler
____ 8 . . . American Wigeon
____ 7 . . . Ring-necked Duck
____ 7 . . . Greater Scaup
____ 7 . . . Lesser Scaup
____ 7 . . . Masked Duck

Order: Falconiformes (Diurnal Birds of Prey)

____ 13 . . Black Vulture ... *
____ 13 . . Turkey Vulture ... *
____ 13 . . Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
____ 13 . . King Vulture ... *
____ 17 . . Osprey ... *
____ 17 . . Gray-headed Kite ... *
____ 16 . . Hook-billed Kite
____ 15 . . American Swallow-tailed Kite ... *
____ 15 . . Black-shouldered Kite ... *
____ 15 . . Snail Kite
____ 16 . . Double-toothed Kite ... *
____ 15 . . Mississippi Kite
____ 15 . . Plumbeous Kite
____ 15 . . Northern Harrier
____ 16 . . Tiny Hawk ... *
____ 16 . . Sharp-shinned Hawk ... *
____ 16 . . Bicolored Hawk ... *
____ 16 . . Cooper's Hawk
____ 14 . . Crane Hawk ... *
____ 17 . . Black-chested (Barred) Hawk ... *
____ 16 . . Semiplumbeous Hawk ... *
____ 17 . . White Hawk ... *
____ 13 . . Common Black-Hawk
____ NI . . Mangrove Black-Hawk
____ 13 . . Great Black-Hawk ... *
____ 17 . . Savanna Hawk
____ 14 . . Bay-winged (Harris') Hawk
____ 17 . . Black-collared Hawk
____ 13 . . Solitary Eagle ... *
____ 16 . . Gray Hawk
____ 16 . . Roadside Hawk
____ 16 . . Broad-winged Hawk ... *
____ 16 . . Short-tailed Hawk ... *
____ 14 . . Swainson's Hawk ... *
____ 17 . . White-tailed Hawk
____ 14 . . Zone-tailed Hawk ... *
____ 17 . . Red-tailed Hawk
____ 17 . . Crested Eagle
____ 17 . . Harpy Eagle
____ 17 . . Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
____ 17 . . Black Hawk-Eagle ... *
____ 17 . . Ornate Hawk-Eagle ... *
____ 14 . . Red-throated Caracara ... *
____ 14 . . Crested Caracara
____ 15 . . Yellow-headed Caracara
____ 15 . . Laughing Falcon ... *
____ 16 . . Barred Forest-Falcon ... *
____ 16 . . Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon ... *
____ 16 . . Collared Forest-Falcon ... *
____ 15 . . American Kestrel
____ 15 . . Merlin
____ 15 . . Aplomado Falcon
____ 15 . . Bat Falcon ... *
____ 15 . . Orange-breasted Falcon
____ 15 . . Peregrine Falcon

Order: Galliformes (Chickenlike Birds)

____ 12 . . Plain (White-bellied) Chachalaca
____ 12 . . Gray-headed Chachalaca
____ 12 . . Black Guan ... *
____ 12 . . Crested Guan ... *
____ 12 . . Great Curassow ... *
____ 12 . . Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge
____ 12 . . Marbled Wood-Quail
____ 12 . . Rufous-fronted Wood-Quail ... *
____ 12 . . Black-breasted Wood-Quail
____ 12 . . Spotted Wood-Quail ... *
____ 12 . . Tawny-faced Quail
____ 12 . . Spotted-bellied Bobwhite
____ 12 . . Crested Bobwhite

Order: Gruiformes (Cranes, Rails, and Allies)

____ 6 . . . Ocellated Crake
____ 6 . . . Ruddy Crake
____ 6 . . . White-throated Crake ... *
____ 6 . . . Gray-breasted Crake
____ 6 . . . Black Rail
____ 6 . . . Gray-necked Woodail ... *
____ 6 . . . Rufous-necked Woodail
____ 6 . . . Uniform Crake ... *
____ 6 . . . Sora
____ 6 . . . Yellow-breasted Crake ... *
____ 51 . . Paint-billed Crake
____ 6 . . . Spotted Rail
____ 6 . . . Purple Gallinule
____ 7 . . . Common Gallinule (Moorhen)
____ 7 . . . American Coot
____ 7 . . . Sungrebe
____ 6 . . . Sunbittern ...*
____ 5 . . . Limpkin

Order: Charadriiformes (Shorebirds, Gulls, Auks, and Allies)

____ 9 . . . Double-striped Thick-knee
____ 8 . . . Black-bellied Plover
____ 8 . . . Lesser Golden-Plover
____ 10 . . Collared Plover
____ 10 . . Snowy Plover
____ 10 . . Wilson's Plover
____ 10 . . Semipalmated Plover
____ 9 . . . Killdeer
____ 9 . . . American Oystercatcher
____ 9 . . . Black-necked Stilt
____ 9 . . . American Avocet
____ 6 . . . Northern Jacana
____ 6 . . . Wattled Jacana
____ 10 . . Great Yellowlegs
____ 10 . . Lesser Yellowlegs
____ 10 . . Solitary Sandpiper
____ 9 . . . Willet
____ 10 . . Wandering Tattler
____ 11 . . Spotted Sandpiper ... *
____ 11 . . Upland Sandpiper
____ 9 . . . Whimbrel
____ 9 . . . Long-billed Curlew
____ 9 . . . Hudsonian Godwit
____ 9 . . . Marbled Godwit
____ 10 . . Ruddy Turnstone
____ 10 . . Surfbird
____ 11 . . Red Knot
____ 11 . . Sanderling
____ 11 . . Semi-palmated Sandpiper
____ 11 . . Western Sandpiper
____ 11 . . Least Sandpiper
____ 11 . . White-rumped Sandpiper
____ 11 . . Baird's Sandpiper
____ 11 . . Pectoral Sandpiper
____ 11 . . Dunlin
____ 11 . . Stilt Sandpiper
____ 11 . . Buff-breasted Sandpiper
____ 11 . . Ruff
____ 9 . . . Short-billed Dowitcher
____ 9 . . . Long-billed Dowitcher
____ 9 . . . Common Snipe
____ 10 . . Wilson's Phalarope
____ 10 . . Red-nicked Phalarope
____ 10 . . Red Phalarope
____ 3 . . . Pomarine Jaeger
____ 3 . . . Parasitic Jaeger
____ 3 . . . Long-tailed Jaeger
____ NI . . Great Skua
____ 3 . . . Laughing Gull
____ 3 . . . Franklin's Gull
____ 3 . . . Bonaparte's Gull
____ 51 . . Gray Gull
____ 51 . . Heermann's Gull
____ 3 . . . Ring-billed Gull
____ 3 . . . Herring Gull
____ 3 . . . Sabine's Gull
____ 2 . . . Gull-billed Tern
____ 3 . . . Caspian Tern
____ 3 . . . Royal Tern
____ 3 . . . Elegant Tern
____ 3 . . . Sandwich Tern
____ 2 . . . Common Tern
____ 2 . . . Forster's Tern
____ 2 . . . Least Tern
____ 2 . . . Bridled Tern
____ 2 . . . Sooty Tern
____ 2 . . . Black Tern
____ 2 . . . Brown Noddy
____ 2 . . . Black Noddy
____ 2 . . . White Tern
____ 3 . . . Black Skimmer

Order: Columbiformes (Pigeons and Doves)

____ NI . . Rock Dove
____ 18 . . Pale-vented Pigeon
____ 18 . . Scaled Pigeon
____ 51 . . White-crowned Pigeon
____ 18 . . Red-billed Pigeon ... *
____ 18 . . Band-tailed Pigeon
____ 18 . . Ruddy Pigeon ... *
____ 18 . . Short-billed Pigeon ... *
____ 18 . . White-winged Dove
____ 18 . . Mourning Dove
____ 18 . . Inca Dove
____ 18 . . Common Ground-Dove
____ 18 . . Plain-breasted Ground-Dove
____ 18 . . Ruddy Ground-Dove ... *
____ 18 . . Blue Ground-Dove
____ 18 . . Maroonhested Ground-Dove
____ 18 . . hite-tipped Dove
____ 18 . . Gray-fronted Dove
____ 18 . . Gray-chested Dove ... *
____ 18 . . Olive-backed Quail-Dove ... *
____ 18 . . Chiriqui Quail-Dove
____ 18 . . Purplish-backed Quail-Dove ... *
____ 18 . . Buff-fronted Quail-Dove
____ 18 . . Violaceous Quail-Dove
____ 18 . . Ruddy Quail-Dove ... *

Order: Psittaciformes (Parrots)

____ 19 . . Sulfur-winged Parakeet
____ 19 . . Crimson-fronted Parakeet ... *
____ 19 . . Olive-throated Parakeet ... *
____ 19 . . Orange-fronted Parakeet
____ 19 . . Great Green Macaw ... *
____ 19 . . Scarlet Macaw
____ 19 . . Barred Parakeet
____ 19 . . Orange-chinned Parakeet ... *
____ 19 . . Red-fronted Parakeet ... *
____ 19 . . Brown-hooded Parrot ... *
____ 19 . . Blue-headed Parrot
____ 19 . . White-crowned Parrot ... *
____ 19 . . White-fronted Parrot
____ 19 . . Red-lored Parrot ... *
____ 19 . . Mealy Parrot ... *
____ 19 . . Yellow-naped Parrot

Order: Cuculiformes (Cuckoos)

____ 21 . . Black-billed Cuckoo
____ 21 . . Yellow-billed Cuckoo
____ 21 . . Mangrove Cuckoo
____ 21 . . Cocos Cuckoo
____ 21 . . Squirrel Cuckoo ... *
____ 21 . . Striped Cuckoo
____ 21 . . Pheasant Cuckoo
____ 21 . . Lesser Ground-Cuckoo
____ 21 . . Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo ... *
____ 21 . . Smooth-billed Ani
____ 21 . . Groove-billed Ani ... *

Order: Strigiformes (Owls)

____ 20 . . Common Barn-Owl
____ 20 . . Pacific Screech-Owl
____ 20 . . Vermiculated Screech-Owl ... *
____ 20 . . Tropical Screech-Owl
____ 20 . . Bare-shanked Screech-Owl
____ 20 . . Crested Owl ... *
____ 20 . . Spectacled Owl ... *
____ 20 . . Great Horned Owl
____ 20 . . Andean Pygmy-Owl
____ 20 . . Least Pigmy-Owl ... *
____ 20 . . Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
____ 20 . . Burrowing Owl
____ 20 . . Mottled Owl ... *
____ 20 . . Blacknd-white Owl
____ 20 . . Striped Owl
____ NI . . Short-eared Owl
____ 20 . . Unspotted Saw-whet Owl

Order: Caprimulgiformes (Nightjars and Allies)

____ 21 . . Short-tailed Nighthawk ... *
____ 21 . . Lesser Nighthawk
____ 21 . . Common Nighthawk
____ 21 . . Common Paraque ... *
____ 51 . . Ocellated Poorwill
____ 21 . . Chuck-will's Widow ... *
____ 21 . . Rufous Nightjar
____ 21 . . Whip-poor-will
____ 21 . . Dusky Nightjar
____ 21 . . White-tailed Nightjar
____ 51 . . Oilbird ... *
____ 20 . . Great Potoo ... *
____ 20 . . Common Potoo ... *

Order: Apodiformes (Swifts and Hummungbirds)

Family: Apodidae (Swifts)

____ 21 . . Black Swift
____ 21 . . White-Chinned Swift ... *
____ 21 . . Spot-fronted Swift
____ 21 . . Chestnut-Collared Swift ... *
____ 21 . . White-Collared Swift ... *
____ 22 . . Chimney Swift
____ 22 . . Vaux's Swift ... *
____ 22 . . Band-Rumped Swift
____ 22 . . Gray-Rumped Swift ... *
____ 22 . . Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
____ 22 . . Great Swallow-tailed Swift

Family: Trochilidae (Hummingbirds)

____ 23 . . Brownzy Hermit ... *
____ 23 . . Band-tailed Barbthroat ... *
____ 23 . . Green Hermit ... *
____ 23 . . Long-tailed Hermit ... *
____ 23 . . Little Hermit ... *
____ 23 . . White-tipped Sicklebill ... *
____ 23 . . Green-fronted Lancebill ... *
____ 23 . . Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
____ 23 . . Violet Sabrewing ... *
____ 23 . . White-necked Jacobin ... *
____ 23 . . Brown Violet-ear ... *
____ 23 . . Green Violet-ear ... *
____ 23 . . Green-breasted Mango
____ 25 . . Violet-headed Hummingbird ... *
____ 25 . . Rufous-Crested Coquette
____ 25 . . Black-Crested Coquette ... *
____ 25 . . White-Crested Coquette
____ 25 . . Green Thorntail ... *
____ 24 . . Fork-tailed Emerald
____ NI . . Garden Emerald
____ 24 . . Crowned Woodnymph... *
____ 24 . . Fiery-throated Hummingbird
____ 24 . . Sapphire-throated Hummingbird
____ 24 . . Blue-throated Goldentail ... *
____ 24 . . White-bellied Emerald
____ 24 . . Blue-Chested Hummingbird ... *
____ 24 . . Mangrove Hummingbird
____ NI . . Indigo-Capped Hummingbird
____ 24 . . Blue-tailed Hummingbird
____ 24 . . Steely-vented Hummingbird ... *
____ 24 . . Snowy-bellied Hummingbird
____ 24 . . Rufous-tailed Hummingbird ... *
____ 24 . . Cinnamon Hummingbird
____ 24 . . Striped-tailed Hummingbird
____ 24 . . Black-bellied Hummingbird
____ 24 . . White-tailed Emerald
____ 24 . . Coppery-headed Emerald ... *
____ 25 . . Snowcap ... *
____ 23 . . Red-footed (Bronze-tailed) Plumeleteer ... *
____ 24 . . White-bellied Mountain-gem ... *
____ 24 . . Purple-throated Mountain-gem ... *
____ NI . . White-throated Mountain-gem
____ 23 . . Green-Cowned Brilliant ... *
____ 23 . . Magnificent Hummingbird
____ 23 . . Purple-Crowned Fairy ... *
____ 23 . . Long-billed Starthroat
____ 23 . . Plain-Capped Starthroat
____ 25 . . Magenta-throated Woodstar
____ 25 . . Ruby-throated Hummingbird
____ 25 . . Volcano Hummingbird
____ 25 . . Scintillant Hummingbird

Order: Trogoniformes (Trogons)

____ 26 . . Black-headed Trogon
____ 26 . . Baird's Trogon
____ 26 . . Violaceous Trogon ... *
____ 26 . . Elegant Trogon
____ 26 . . Collared Trogon ... *
____ 26 . . Orange-bellied Trogon
____ 26 . . Black-throated Trogon ... *
____ 26 . . Slaty-tailed Trogon ... *
____ 26 . . Lattice-tailed Trogon ... *
____ 26 . . Resplendent Quetzal ... *

Order: Coraciiformes (Kingfishers, Motmots, and Allies)

____ 27 . . Tody Motmot
____ 27 . . Blue-Crowned Motmot
____ 27 . . Rufous Motmot ... *
____ 27 . . Keel-billed Motmot
____ 27 . . Broad-billed Motmot ... *
____ 27 . . Turquoise-browed Motmot
____ 27 . . Ringed Kingfisher
____ 27 . . Belted Kingfisher
____ 27 . . Amazon Kingfisher ... *
____ 27 . . Green Kingfisher ... *
____ 27 . . Green-and-Rufous Kingfisher
____ 27 . . American Pygmy Kingfisher ... *

Order: Piciformes (Woodpeckers/Jacamars/Toucans/Puffbirds/Allies)

Family: Galbulidae (Jacamars)

____ 26 . . Rufous-tailed Jacamar ... *
____ 26 . . Great Jacamar

Family: Bucconidae (Puffbirds)

____ 28 . . White-necked Puffbird ... *
____ 28 . . Pied Puffbird
____ 28 . . White-whiskered Puffbird ... *
____ 28 . . Lanceolated Monklet ... *
____ 28 . . White-fronted Nunbird ... *

Family:Capitonidae (Barbets)

____ 28 . . Red-headed Barbet ... *
____ 28 . . Prong-billed Barbet ... *

Family: Ramphastidae (Toucans)

____ 27 . . Emerald Toucanet ... *
____ 27 . . Collared Aracari ... *
____ 27 . . Fiery-billed Aracari
____ 27 . . Yellow-eared Toucanet ... *
____ 27 . . Keel-billed Toucan ... *
____ 27 . . Chestnut-mandibled Toucan ... *

Family: Picidae (Woodpeckers)

____ 29 . . Olivaceous Piculet ... *
____ 28 . . Acorn Woodpecker
____ 28 . . Golden-naped Woodpecker
____ 28 . . Black-cheeked Woodpecker ... *
____ 28 . . Redcrowned Woodpecker
____ 28 . . Hoffmann's Woodpecker
____ 28 . . Yellow-bellied Sapsucker ... *
____ 28 . . Hairy Woodpecker
____ 28 . . Smoky-brown Woodpecker ... *
____ 28 . . Red-rumped Woodpecker
____ 28 . . Rufous-winged Woodpecker ... *
____ 28 . . Golden-olive Woodpecker
____ 28 . . Cinnamon Woodpecker ... *
____ 28 . . Chestnut-colored Woodpecker ... *
____ 27 . . Lineated Woodpecker ... *
____ 27 . . Pale-billed Woodpecker ... *

Order: Passeriformes (Perching Birds)

Family: Furnariidae (Overnbirds)

____ 32 . . Pale-breasted Spinetail
____ 32 . . Slaty Spinetail ... *
____ 30 . . Red-faced Spinetail ... *
____ 29 . . Spotted Barbtail ... *
____ 29 . . Ruddy Treerunner
____ 30 . . Buffy Tuftedcheek
____ 30 . . Striped (Woodhaunter)Foliage-gleaner ... *
____ 30 . . Lineated Foliage-gleaner
____ 30 . . Spectacled Foliage-gleaner ... *
____ 30 . . Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
____ 30 . . Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner ... *
____ 30 . . Ruddy Foliage-gleaner
____ 30 . . Streaked-breasted Treehunter
____ 29 . . Plain Xenops ... *
____ 29 . . Streaked Xenops
____ 30 . . Tawny-throated Leaftosser ... *
____ 30 . . Gray-throated Leaftosser
____ 30 . . Scaly-throated Leaftosser

Family: Dendrocolaptidae (Woodcreepers)

____ 29 . . Plain-brown Woodcreeper ... *
____ 29 . . Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
____ 29 . . Ruddy Woodcreeper
____ 29 . . Olivaceous Woodcreeper
____ 29 . . Long-tailed Woodcreeper ... *
____ 29 . . Wedge-billed Woodcreeper ... *
____ 29 . . Strong-billed Woodcreeper
____ 29 . . Barred Woodcreeper ... *
____ 29 . . Black-banded Woodcreeper
____ 29 . . Buff-throated Woodcreeper ... *
____ 29 . . Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
____ 29 . . Black-striped Woodcreeper ... *
____ 29 . . Spotted Woodcreeper ... *
____ 29 . . Streaked-headed Woodcreeper ... *
____ 29 . . Spotted-crowned Woodcreeper
____ 29 . . Brown-billed Scythebill... *

Family: Formicariidae (Antbirds)

____ 31 . . Fasciated Antshrike ... *
____ 31 . . Great Antshrike
____ 31 . . Barred Antshrike
____ 31 . . Black-hooded Antshrike
____ 31 . . Slaty Antshrike ... *
____ 31 . . Russet Antshrike ... *
____ 32 . . Plain Antvireo ... *
____ 32 . . Streaked-crowned Antvireo ... *
____ 32 . . Spotted-crowned Antvireo
____ 32 . . Checker-throated Antwren ... *
____ 32 . . White-flanked Antwren ... *
____ 32 . . Slaty Antwren ... *
____ 32 . . Dotted-winged Antwren ... *
____ 32 . . Rufous-rumped Antwren
____ 31 . . Dusky Antbird ... *
____ 31 . . Bare-crowned Antbird
____ 31 . . Chestnut-backed Antbird ... *
____ 31 . . Dull-mantled Antbird ... *
____ 31 . . Immaculate Antbird ... *
____ 31 . . Spotted Antbird ... *
____ 31 . . Bicolored Antbird ... *
____ 31 . . Ocellated Antbird ... *
____ 30 . . Black-faced Antthrush ... *
____ 30 . . Wing-banded Antbird
____ 30 . . Black-headed Antthrush... *
____ 30 . . Rufous-breasted Antthrush
____ 30 . . Black-crowned Antipitta... *
____ 30 . . Scaled Antipitta
____ 30 . . Spectacled Antipitta ... *
____ 30 . . Fulvous-bellied Antipitta ... *
____ 30 . . Ochre-breasted Antipitta

Family: Rhinocryptydae (Tapaculos)

____ 32 . . Silvery-fronted Tapaculo

Family: Tyrannidae (American or Tyrant Flycatchers)

____ 37 . . Rough-legged (Zeledon's) Tyrannulet
____ 37 . . Mistletoe (paltry) Tyrannulet ... *
____ 37 . . Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet
____ 37 . . Brown-capped Tyrannulet
____ 37 . . Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
____ 37 . . Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
____ 37 . . Scrub Flycatcher
____ 37 . . Yellowrowned Tyrannulet
____ 37 . . Greenish Elaenia
____ 37 . . Yellow-bellied Elaenia ... *
____ 37 . . Lesser Elaenia
____ 37 . . Mountain Elaenia
____ 36 . . Torrent Tyrannulet ... *
____ 36 . . Olive-striped Flycatcher ... *
____ 36 . . Ochre-bellied Flycatcher ... *
____ 36 . . Sepia-capped Flycatcher
____ 36 . . Slaty-capped Flycatcher ... *
____ 37 . . Yellow Tyrannulet ... *
____ 37 . . Rufous-browed Tyrannulet ... *
____ 37 . . Blackapped Pygmy-Tyrant
____ 37 . . Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant ... *
____ 37 . . Northern Bentbill ... *
____ 37 . . Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher
____ 37 . . Common Tody-Flycatcher ... *
____ 37 . . Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher ... *
____ 37 . . Eye-ringed Flatbill ... *
____ 37 . . Yellow-olive Flycatcher ... *
____ 37 . . Yellow-margined Flycatcher ... *
____ 37 . . Stub-tailed Spadebill
____ 37 . . White-throated Spadebill ... *
____ 37 . . Golden-crowned Spadebill ... *
____ 35 . . Royal Flycatcher ... *
____ 36 . . Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher ... *
____ 36 . . Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher ... *
____ 36 . . Black-tailed Flycatcher
____ 36 . . Bran-colored Flycatcher
____ 36 . . Tawny-chested Flycatcher
____ 36 . . Tufted Flycatcher ... *
____ 36 . . Olive-sided Flycatcher ... *
____ 36 . . Dark Pewee
____ 36 . . Ochraceous Pewee
____ 36 . . Western Wood-Pewee ... *
____ 36 . . Eastern Wood-Pewee ... *
____ 36 . . Tropical Pewee ... *
____ 36 . . Yellow-bellied Flycatcher ... *
____ 36 . . Acadian Flycatcher ... *
____ 36 . . Alder Flycatcher ... *
____ 36 . . Willow (Traill's) Flycatcher
____ 36 . . White-throated Flycatcher
____ 36 . . Least Flycatcher
____ 36 . . Yellowish Flycatcher ... *
____ 36 . . Blackapped Flycatcher
____ 36 . . Cocos Flycatcher
____ 36 . . Black Phoebe ... *
____ 36 . . Long-tailed Tyrant ... *
____ 35 . . Bright-rumped Attila ... *
____ 34 . . Speckled Mourner ... *
____ 34 . . Rufous Mourner ... *
____ 35 . . Dusky-capped Flycatcher ... *
____ 35 . . Panama Flycatcher
____ 35 . . Ash-throated Flycatcher
____ 35 . . Nutting's Flycatcher
____ 35 . . Great Crested Flycatcher ... *
____ 35 . . Brown-crested Flycatcher
____ 35 . . Great Kiskadee ... *
____ 35 . . Boat-billed Flycatcher ... *
____ 35 . . Social Flycatcher ... *
____ 35 . . Gray-capped Flycatcher ... *
____ 35 . . White-ringed Flycatcher ... *
____ 35 . . Golden-bellied Flycatcher
____ 35 . . Streaked Flycatcher
____ 35 . . Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher ... *
____ 35 . . Piratic Flycatcher
____ 35 . . Tropical Kingbird ... *
____ 35 . . Western Kingbird
____ 35 . . Eastern Kingbird ... *
____ 35 . . Gray Kingbird
____ 35 . . Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
____ 35 . . Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Family: Tityridae (Tityras and Becards)

____ 33 . . Barred Becard
____ 33 . . Cinnamon Becard ... *
____ 33 . . White-winged Becard ... *
____ 33 . . Black-and-white Becard
____ 33 . . Rose-throated Becard
____ 34 . . Masked Tityra ... *
____ 34 . . Black-crowned Tityra ... *

Family: Cotingidae (Cotingas)

____ 34 . . Rufous Piha ... *
____ 34 . . Speckled Mourner
____ 34 . . Lovely Cotinga
____ 34 . . Turquoise Cotinga
____ 34 . . Yellow-billed Cotinga
____ 34 . . Snowy Cotinga ... *
____ 34 . . Purple-throated Fruitcrow
____ 34 . . Bare-necked Umbrellabird ... *
____ 34 . . Three-wattled Bellbird ... *
____ 34 . . Sharpbill

Family: Pipridae (Manakins)

____ 33 . . Thrushlike Manakin ... *
____ 33 . . Gray-headed Manakin ... *
____ 33 . . White-collared Manakin ... *
____ 33 . . Orange-collared Manakin
____ 33 . . White-ruffed Manakin ... *
____ 33 . . Lance-tailed Manakin
____ 33 . . Long-tailed Manakin
____ 33 . . White-crowned Manakin ... *
____ 33 . . Blue-crowned Manakin
____ 33 . . Red-capped Manakin ... *

Family: Hirundinidae (Swallows)

____ 22 . . Purple Martin
____ 22 . . Gray-breasted Martin ... *
____ 22 . . Brown-chested Martin
____ 22 . . Tree Swallow
____ 22 . . Mangrove Swallow
____ 22 . . Violet-green Swallow
____ 22 . . Blue-and-white Swallow ... *
____ 22 . . Northern Rough-winged Swallow ... *
____ 22 . . Southern Rough-winged Swallow
____ 22 . . Bank Swallow
____ 22 . . Cliff Swallow
____ 52 . . Cave Swallow
____ 22 . . Barn Swallow ... *

Family: Corvidae (Jays, Crows, and Allies)

____ 39 . . White-throated Magpie Jay
____ 39 . . Black-chested Jay
____ 39 . . Brown Jay ... *
____ 39 . . Azure-hooded Magpie Jay ... *
____ 39 . . Silvery-throated Jay

Family: Troglodytidae (Wrens)

____ 38 . . Banded-backed Wren ... *
____ 38 . . Rufous-naped Wren
____ 38 . . Rock Wren
____ 38 . . Black-throated Wren
____ 38 . . Black-bellied Wren
____ 38 . . Bay Wren ... *
____ 38 . . Riverside Wren
____ 38 . . Striped-breasted Wren ... *
____ 38 . . Rufous-breasted Wren
____ 38 . . Spotted-breasted Wren
____ 38 . . Rufous-and-white Wren
____ 38 . . Banded Wren
____ 38 . . Plain Wren
____ 38 . . House Wren ... *
____ 38 . . Ochraceous Wren
____ 38 . . Sedge Wren
____ 38 . . Timberline Wren
____ 38 . . White-breasted Wood-Wren ... *
____ 38 . . Gray-breasted Wood-Wren ... *
____ 38 . . Scaly-breasted (Whistling) Wren
____ 38 . . Nightingale Wren ... *
____ 38 . . Song Wren ... *

Family: Cinclidae (Dippers)

____ 39 . . American Dipper ... *

Family: Sylviidae (Gnatcatchers/Gnatwrens/Old World Warblers)

____ 32 . . Tawny-faced Gnatwren ... *
____ 32 . . Long-billed Gnatwren ... *
____ 41 . . White-lored Gnatcatcher
____ 41 . . Tropical Gnatcatcher ... *

Family: Turdidae (Thrushes, Solitaires, Robins, and Allies)

____ 39 . . Black-faced Solitaire ... *
____ 38 . . Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush
____ 38 . . Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
____ 38 . . Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush ... *
____ 38 . . Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
____ 38 . . Black-headed Nightengale-Thrush ... *
____ 39 . . Veery ... *
____ 39 . . Gray-cheeked Thrush ... *
____ 39 . . Swainson's Thrush ... *
____ 39 . . Wood Thrush ... *
____ 39 . . Sooty Robin
____ 39 . . Mountain Robin ... *
____ 39 . . Pale-Vented Robin ... *
____ 39 . . Clay-colored Robin ... *
____ 39 . . White-throated Robin
____ NI . . American Robin

Family: Mimidae (Mockingbirds, Catbirds, and Thrashers)

____ 39 . . Gray Catbird ... *
____ NI . . Tropical Mockingbird
____ 39 . . Cedar Waxwing ... *
____ 39 . . Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher
____ 39 . . Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher

Family: Vireonidae (Vireos/Greenlets/Shrike-Vireos/Peppershrikes)

____ 40 . . White-eyed Vireo
____ 40 . . Mangrove Vireo
____ 40 . . Solitary Vireo
____ 40 . . Yellow-throated Vireo ... *
____ 40 . . Yellow-winged Vireo
____ 40 . . Warbling Vireo
____ 40 . . Brown-capped Vireo
____ 40 . . Philadelphia Vireo ... *
____ 40 . . Red-eyed Vireo ... *
____ 40 . . Yellow-green Vireo
____ 40 . . Black-Whiskered Vireo
____ 40 . . Scrub Greenlet
____ 32 . . Tawny-crowned Greenlet ... *
____ 40 . . Lesser Greenlet ... *
____ 40 . . Green Shrike-Vireo ... *
____ 40 . . Rufous-browed Peppershrike ... *

Family: Parulidae (Warblers)

____ 41 . . Blue-winged Warbler
____ 41 . . Golden-winged Warbler ... *
____ 40 . . Tennessee Warbler ... *
____ 40 . . Orange-crowned Warbler
____ 52 . . Nashville Warbler
____ 41 . . Northern Parula
____ 41 . . Tropical Parula ... *
____ 41 . . Flame-throated Warbler
____ 42 . . Yellow Warbler ... *
____ 42 . . Mangrove Warbler
____ 43 . . Chestnut-sided Warbler ... *
____ 43 . . Magnolia Warbler
____ 43 . . Cape May Warbler
____ 43 . . Black-throated Blue Warbler
____ 43 . . Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) Warbler ... *
____ 43 . . Townsend's Warbler
____ 43 . . Hermit Warbler
____ 43 . . Black-throated Green Warbler ... *
____ 41 . . Blackburnian Warbler ... *
____ 41 . . Yellow-throated Warbler
____ 41 . . Pine Warbler
____ 43 . . Prairie Warbler
____ 43 . . Palm Warbler
____ 41 . . Bay-breasted Warbler ... *
____ 41 . . Blackpoll Warbler
____ 43 . . Cerulean Warbler
____ 41 . . Black-and-white Warbler ... *
____ 41 . . American Redstart
____ 42 . . Prothonotary Warbler
____ 40 . . Worm-eating Warbler ... *
____ 43 . . Ovenbird ... *
____ 43 . . Northern Waterthrush ... *
____ 43 . . Louisiana Waterthrush ... *
____ 42 . . Kentucky Warbler ... *
____ 42 . . Mourning Warbler ... *
____ 52 . . Connecticut Warbler
____ 42 . . MacGillivray's Warbler
____ 42 . . Common Yellowthroat
____ 42 . . Olive-crowned Yellowthroat ... *
____ 42 . . Masked (Chiriqui) Yellowthroat
____ 42 . . Gray-crowned Yellowthroat ... *
____ 42 . . Hooded Warbler ... *
____ 42 . . Wilson's Warbler ... *
____ 42 . . Canada Warbler ... *
____ 42 . . Slate-throated Redstart ... *
____ 42 . . Collared Redstart
____ 40 . . Golden-crowned Warbler ... *
____ 40 . . Rufous-capped Warbler
____ 40 . . Black-cheeked Warbler
____ 40 . . Three-striped Warbler
____ 40 . . Buff-rumped Warbler ... *
____ 32 . . Wrenthrush (Zeledonia)
____ 42 . . Yellow-breasted Chat

Family: Coerebidae (Bananaquit)

____ 40 . . Bananaquit ... *

Family: Thraupidae (Tanagers and Honeycreepers)

____ 45 . . Golden-browed Chlorophonia ... *
____ 45 . . Scrub Euphonia
____ 45 . . Yellow-crowned Euphonia ... *
____ 45 . . Thick-billed Euphonia
____ 45 . . Yellow-throated Euphonia
____ 45 . . Blue-hooded Euphonia
____ 45 . . Spotted-crowned Euphonia
____ 45 . . Olive-backed Euphonia ... *
____ 45 . . White-vented Euphonia ... *
____ 45 . . Tawny-capped Euphonia ... *
____ 46 . . Plain-colored Tanager
____ 46 . . Emerald Tanager ... *
____ 46 . . Silver-throated Tanager ... *
____ 46 . . Speckled Tanager ... *
____ 46 . . Bay-headed Tanager ... *
____ 46 . . Rufous-winged Tanager ... *
____ 46 . . Golden-hooded (Masked) Tanager ... *
____ 46 . . Spangled-cheeked Tanager ... *
____ 46 . . Scarlet-thighed Dacnis ... *
____ 46 . . Blue Dacnis ... *
____ 46 . . Green Honeycreeper ... *
____ 46 . . Shining Honeycreeper ... *
____ 46 . . Red-legged Honeycreeper
____ 46 . . Blue-gray Tanager ... *
____ NI . . Yellow-winged Tanager
____ 45 . . Palm Tanager ... *
____ 45 . . Blue-and-gold Tanager ... *
____ 45 . . Olive Tanager ... *
____ 45 . . Gray-headed Tanager
____ 47 . . White-throated Shrike-Tanager ... *
____ 45 . . Sulphur-rumped Tanager
____ 46 . . White-shouldered Tanager ... *
____ 46 . . Tawny-crested Tanager ... *
____ 46 . . White-lined Tanager ... *
____ 47 . . Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
____ 47 . . Red-throated Ant-Tanager ... *
____ 47 . . Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager
____ 47 . . Hepatic Tanager ... *
____ 47 . . Summer Tanager ... *
____ 47 . . Scarlet Tanager ... *
____ 47 . . Western Tanager
____ 47 . . Flame-colored Tanager
____ 47 . . White-winged Tanager
____ 47 . . Crimson-collared Tanager ... *
____ 47 . . Scarlet-rumped Tanager ... *
____ 47 . . Rosy Thrush-Tanager
____ 45 . . Dusky-faced Tanager
____ 45 . . Common Bush-Tanager ... *
____ 45 . . Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager
____ 45 . . Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager ... *
____ 46 . . Black-and-yellow Tanager ... *

Family: Emberizidae (New World Sparrows, Finches, Grosbeaks, and Allies)

____ 48 . . Streaked Saltator
____ 48 . . Grayish Saltator
____ 48 . . Buff-throated Saltator ... *
____ 48 . . Black-headed Saltator ... *
____ 48 . . Slate-colored Grosbeak ... *
____ 48 . . Black-faced Grosbeak ... *
____ 48 . . Black-thighed Grosbeak ... *
____ 48 . . Rose-breasted Grosbeak ... *
____ 48 . . Black-headed Grosbeak
____ 48 . . Blue-black Grosbeak ... *
____ 48 . . Blue Grosbeak
____ 48 . . Indigo Bunting ... *
____ 48 . . Painted Bunting
____ 48 . . Sooty-faced Finch ... *
____ 48 . . Yellow-thighed Finch
____ 48 . . Large-footed Finch
____ 48 . . Yellow-throated Brush-Finch
____ 48 . . Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch ... *
____ 48 . . Black-headed Brush-Finch
____ 48 . . Orange-billed Sparrow ... *
____ 50 . . Olive Sparrow
____ 50 . . Black-striped Sparrow ... *
____ 48 . . Prevost's Ground-Sparrow
____ 48 . . White-eared Ground-Sparrow
____ 49 . . Blue-black Grassquit ... *
____ 49 . . Slate-colored Seedeater
____ 49 . . Variable Seedeater ... *
____ 49 . . White-collared Seedeater ... *
____ 49 . . Yellow-bellied Seedeater
____ 49 . . Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
____ 49 . . Pink(Great)-billed Seed-Finch
____ 49 . . Thick-billed Seed-Finch ... *
____ 49 . . Blue Seedeater
____ 49 . . Yellow-faced Grassquit ... *
____ 49 . . Cocos Finch
____ 49 . . Slaty Finch
____ 49 . . Peg-billed Finch
____ 49 . . Slaty Flowerpiercer
____ 50 . . Grassland Yellow-Finch
____ 50 . . Wedge-tailed Grass-Finch
____ 50 . . Striped-headed Sparrow
____ 50 . . Botteri's Sparrow
____ 50 . . Rusty Sparrow
____ 50 . . Chipping Sparrow
____ NI . . Savannah Sparrow
____ 50 . . Grasshopper Sparrow
____ 50 . . Lincoln's Sparrow
____ 50 . . Rufous-collared Sparrow ... *
____ 50 . . House Sparrow
____ 50 . . Volcano Junco

Family: Icteridae (American Orioles and Blackbirds)

____ 44 . . Red-winged Blackbird
____ 44 . . Red-breasted Blackbird
____ 50 . . Eastern Meadowlark ... *
____ 44 . . Yellow-headed Blackbird
____ 52 . . Melodious Blackbird
____ 44 . . Nicaraguan Grackle
____ 44 . . Great-tailed Grackle ... *
____ 44 . . Bronzed Cowbird ... *
____ 44 . . Giant Cowbird
____ 44 . . Black-cowled Oriole
____ 44 . . Orchard Oriole
____ 44 . . Yellow-tailed Oriole
____ 44 . . Streaked-backed Oriole
____ 44 . . Spotted-breasted Oriole
____ 44 . . Northern (Baltimore) Oriole ... *
____ 44 . . Yellow-billed Cacique ... *
____ 44 . . Scarlet-rumped Cacique ... *
____ 44 . . Chestnut-headed Orependola ... *
____ 44 . . Montezuma Oropendola ... *
____ 50 . . Bobolink
____ 50 . . Dickcissel

Family: Fringilliade (Siskins, Canaries, Finches, and Allies)

____ 50 . . Yellow-bellied Siskin
____ 50 . . Lesser Goldfinch
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