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356 species sighted by Dodges with guide "Charlie" Gomez and Costa
Rica Expeditions on three trips, November 1998, Spring 2001 and May 2003 |
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Common name |
GENUS |
SPECIES |
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Acorn woodpecker |
Melanerpes |
formicivorus |
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Amazon kingfisher |
Alcedinida |
unknown |
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American anhinga |
Anhinga |
anhinga |
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American dipper |
Cinclus |
mexicanus |
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American pygmy kingfisher |
Chloroceryle |
aenea |
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American swallow-tailed kite |
Elanoides |
forficatus |
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Azure-hooded jay |
Cyanolyca |
cucullata |
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Baird's trogon |
Trogon |
bairdii |
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Bananaquit |
Coerba |
flaveola |
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Banded wren |
Thryothorus |
pleurostictus |
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Band-tailed barbthroat |
Threnetes |
ruckeri |
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Band-tailed pigeon |
Columba |
fasciata |
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Bare-throated tiger heron |
Tignsoma |
mexicanum |
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Barn swallow |
Hirundo |
rustica |
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Barred antshrike |
Thamnophilus |
doliatus |
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Bat falcon |
Falco |
rufigularis |
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Bay wren |
Thryothorus |
nigricapillus |
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Bay-headed tanager |
Tangara |
gyrola |
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Belted kingfisher |
Ceryle |
alcyon |
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Black Guan |
Chamaepetes |
unicolor |
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Black phoebe |
Sayornis |
nigricans |
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Black vulture |
Coragyps |
atratus |
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Black-and-white owl |
Ciccaba |
nigrolineata |
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Black-and-white warbler |
Mniotilta |
varia |
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Black-bellied hummingbird |
Eupherusa |
nigriventris |
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Black-bellied plover |
Pluvialis |
squatarola |
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Black-bellied whistling-duck |
Dendrocygna |
autumnalis |
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Black-billed nightingale thrush |
Catharus |
gracilirostris |
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Blackburnian warbler |
Dendroica |
fusca |
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Black-capped flycatcher |
Empidonax |
atriceps |
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Black-cheeked warbler |
Basileuterus |
melanogenys |
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Black-cheeked woodpecker |
Melanerpes |
pucherani |
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Black-crowned night heron |
Nycticorax |
nyctiocorax |
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Black-crowned tityra |
Tityra |
inquisitor |
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Black-faced antthrush |
Formicarius |
analis |
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Black-faced solitaire |
Myadestes |
melanops |
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Black-headed saltator |
Saltator |
atriceps |
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Black-headed trogon |
Trogon |
melanocephalus |
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Black-hooded antshrike |
Thamnophilus |
bridgesi |
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Black-striped sparrow |
Arremonops |
conirostris |
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Black-striped woodcreeper |
Xiphorhynchus |
lachrymousus |
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Black-thighed grosbeak |
Pheucticus |
tibialis |
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Black-throated green warbler |
Dendroica |
virens |
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Black-throated trogon |
Trogon |
rufus |
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Blue grosbeak |
Guiraca |
caerulea |
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Blue-and-white swallow |
Ntiocheldion |
cyanoleuca |
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Blue-black grassquit |
Volatinia |
jacarina |
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Blue-crowned manakin |
Pipra |
coronata |
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Blue-crowned motmot |
Momotida |
unknown |
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Blue-gray tanager |
Thraupis |
episcopus |
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Blue-headed parrot |
Psittacida |
unknown |
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Blue-hooded euphonia |
Euphonia |
elegantissima |
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Boat-billed flycatcher |
Megarynchus |
pitangua |
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Bronzed cowbird |
Molothrus |
aeneus |
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Bronzy hermit |
Glaucis |
aenea |
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Brown jay |
Cyanocorax |
morio |
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Brown pelican |
Pelcanus |
occidentalis |
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Brown violet-ear |
Colibri |
delphinae |
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Brown-crested flycatcher |
Myiarchus |
tyrannulus |
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Brown-hooded parrot |
Pionopsitta |
haematoitis |
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Buff-fronted foliage-gleaner |
Philydor |
rufus |
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Buff-throated saltator |
Saltator |
maximus |
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Caniveti's emerald |
Chlorostilbon |
canivetii |
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Cattle egret |
Bubulcus |
ibis |
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Cherrie's tanager |
Ramphocelus |
costaricensis |
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Chestnut-backed antbird |
Myrmeciza |
exsul |
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Chestnut-bellied heron |
Agamia |
agamia |
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Chestnut-capped brush-finch |
Attapetes |
brunneinucha |
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Chestnut-headed oropendola |
Psarocolius |
wagleri |
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Chestnut-mandibled toucan |
Ramphastos |
swainsonii |
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Chestnut-sided warbler |
Dendroica |
pennsylvanica |
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Cinnamon becard |
Pachyramphus |
cinnamomeus |
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Cinnamon woodpecker |
Celeus |
loricatus |
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Clay-colored robin |
Turdus |
grayi |
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Cocoa woodcreeper (prev Buff-throated woodcreeper) |
Xiphorhynchus |
guttatus |
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Collared aracari |
Pteroglossus |
frantzii |
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Collared forest-falcon |
Micrastur |
semitorquatus |
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Collared plover |
Charadrius |
collaris |
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Collared redstart (or whitestart) |
Myioborus |
torquatus |
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Collared trogon |
Trogon |
collaris |
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Common black-hawk |
Buteogallus |
anthracinus |
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Common bush-tanager |
Chlorospingus |
opthalmicus |
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Common ground dove |
Columbina |
passerina |
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Common moorhen |
Gallinula |
chloropus |
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Common tody-flycatcher |
Todirostrum |
cinereum |
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Coppery-headed emerald |
Elvira |
cupreiceps |
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Costa Rican pygmy owl (prev. Andean pygmy owl) |
Glaucidium |
jardinii |
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Crested caracara |
Polyborus |
plancus |
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Crested Guan |
Penelope |
purpurascens |
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Crimson-fronted parakeet |
Aratinga |
finschi |
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Dark pewee |
Contopus |
lugubris |
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Dickcissel |
Spiza |
americana |
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Double-toothed kite |
Harpagus |
bidentatus |
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Dusky antbird |
Cercomarcra |
tyrannina |
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Dusky-capped flycatcher |
Myiarchus |
tuberculifer |
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Dusky-faced tanager |
Mitrospingus |
cassinii |
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Eastern kingbird |
Tyrannus |
tyrannus |
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Eastern meadowlark |
Sturnella |
magna |
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Eastern wood-pewee |
Contopus |
virens |
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Emerald toucanet |
Aulacorhynchus |
prasinus |
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Fiery-billed aracari |
Pteroglossus |
torquatus |
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Fiery-throated hummingbird |
Panterpe |
insignis |
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Flame-colored tanager |
Piranga |
bidentata |
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Flame-throated warbler |
Parula |
gutturalis |
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Golden-bellied flycatcher |
Myiodynastes |
hemichrysus |
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Golden-browed chlorophonia |
Chlorophonia |
callophrys |
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Golden-crowned warbler |
Basileuterus |
culicivorus |
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Golden-hooded tanager |
Tangara |
larvata |
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Golden-naped woodpecker |
Melanerpes |
chrysauchen |
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Golden-olive woodpecker |
Piculus |
rubiginosus |
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Gray hawk |
Buteo |
nitidus |
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Gray-breasted martin |
Progne |
chalybea |
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Gray-capped flycatcher |
Myiozetetes |
granadensis |
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Gray-chested dove |
Leptotila |
rufaxilla |
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Gray-headed chachalaca |
Ortalis |
cinereiceps |
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Gray-headed tanager |
Eucometis |
penicillata |
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Gray-necked wood quail |
Aramides |
cajanea |
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Great antshrike |
Taraba |
major |
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Great blue heron |
Ardea |
herodias |
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Great crested flycatcher |
Myiarchus |
crinitus |
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Great egret |
Casmerodius |
albus |
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Great frigatebird |
Fregata |
minor |
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Great green macaw |
Ara |
ambigua |
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Great kiskadee |
Pitangus |
sulphuratus |
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Greater yellowlegs |
Tringa |
melanoleuca |
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Great-tailed grackle |
Quiscalus |
mexicanus |
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Green hermit |
Phaethornis |
guy |
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Green ibis |
Mesembrinibis |
cayennensis |
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Green kingfisher |
Chloroceryle |
americana |
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Green thorntail |
Discosura |
conversii |
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Green violet-ear |
Colibri |
thalassinus |
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Green-and-rufous kingfisher |
Chloroceryle |
inda |
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Green-backed heron |
Butorides |
striatus |
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Green-breasted mango |
Anthracothorax |
prevostii |
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Green-crowned brilliant |
Heliodoxa |
jacula |
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Groove-billed ani |
Crotophaga |
sulcirostris |
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Herring gull |
Larus |
agentatus |
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Hoffman's woodpecker |
Melanerpes |
hoffmanii |
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House wren |
Troglodytes |
aedon |
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Inca dove |
Columbina |
inca |
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Keel-billed toucan |
Ramphastos |
sulfuratus |
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King vulture |
Sarcoramphus |
papa |
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Large-footed finch |
Pezopetes |
capitalis |
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Laughing falcon |
Herpetotheres |
cachinnans |
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Laughing gull |
Larus |
actricilla |
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Lesser goldfinch |
Carduelis |
psaltria |
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Lesser greenlet |
Hylophilus |
decurtatus |
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Lesser yellowlegs |
Tringa |
flavipes |
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Limpkin |
Aramus |
guarauna |
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Lineated woodpecker |
Dryocopus |
lineatus |
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Little blue heron |
Egretta |
caerulea |
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Long-billed dowitcher |
Limnodromus |
scolopaceus |
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Long-billed gnatwren |
Ramphocaenus |
melanurus |
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Long-billed starthroat |
Heliomaster |
longirostris |
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Long-tailed hermit |
Trochilida |
unknown |
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Long-tailed manakin |
Chiroxiphia |
lanceolata |
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Long-tailed silky-flycatcher |
Ptilogonys |
caudatus |
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Magenta-throated woodstar |
Calliphlox |
bryantae |
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Magnificent frigatebird |
Fregata |
magnificens |
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Magnificent hummingbird |
Eugenes |
fulgens |
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Mangrove blackhawk |
Buteogallus |
subtilus |
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Mangrove black-hawk |
Buteogallus |
subtilis |
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Mangrove swallow |
Tachycineta |
albilinea |
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Mangrove warbler |
Dendroica |
erithachorides |
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Masked tityra |
Tityra |
semifasciata |
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Mealy parrot |
Amazona |
farinosa |
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Montezuma oropendola |
Psarocolius |
montezuma |
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Mottled owl |
Ciccapa |
virgata |
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Mountain elaenia |
Elaenia |
frantzii |
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Mountain robin |
Turdus |
plebejus |
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Neotropic cormorant |
Phalacrocoracida |
olivaceus |
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Northern barred woodcreeper |
Dendrocolapetes |
certhia |
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Northern jacana |
Jacana |
spinosa |
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Northern oriole aka Baltimore oriole |
Icterus |
galbula |
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Northern rough-winged swallow |
Stelgiopteryx |
ruficollis |
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Northern waterthrush |
Seiurus |
noveboracensis |
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Ochraceous wren |
Thryothorus |
ochradeus |
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Ochre-bellied flycatcher |
Mionectes |
oleagineus |
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Olivaceous piculet |
Picumnus |
olivaceus |
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Olivaceous woodcreeper |
Sittasomus |
grisecapillus |
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Olive sparrow |
Arremonops |
rufivirgatus |
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Olive-backed Euphonia |
Euphonia |
gouldi |
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Olive-sided flycatcher |
Contopus |
borealis |
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Orange-bellied trogon |
Trogon |
aurantiventris |
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Orange-billed nightingale-thrush |
Catharus |
aurantiirostris |
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Orange-billed sparrow |
Arremon |
aurantiirostris |
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Orange-chinned parakeet |
Brotogeris |
jugularis |
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Orange-fronted parakeet |
Aratinga |
canicularis |
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Osprey |
Pandion |
haliaetus |
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Pale-billed woodpecker |
Campephilus |
guatemalensis |
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Pale-vented pigeon |
Clumba |
cayennensis |
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Palm tanager |
Thraupis |
palmarum |
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Paltry (Mistletoe) tyrannulet |
Tyrannulus |
elatus |
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Passerinii's tanager |
Ramphocelus |
passerinii |
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Pearl kite |
Gampsonyx |
swainsonii |
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Philadelphia vireo |
Vireo |
philadelphicus |
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Piratic flycatcher |
Legatus |
leucophaius |
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Plain wren |
Thryothorus |
modestus |
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Plain Xenops |
Xenops |
minutus |
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Plumbeous kite |
Ictinia |
plumbea |
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Pomarine jaeger |
Stercorarius |
pomarinus |
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Prong-billed barbet |
Semnornis |
framtzoo |
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Prothonotary warbler |
Prothonotaria |
citrea |
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Purple gallinule |
Prophyrula |
martinica |
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Purple martin |
Progne |
subis |
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Purple-crowned fairy |
Heliothryx |
barroti |
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Purple-throated fruitcrow |
Querula |
purpurata |
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Purple-throated mountain-gem |
Lampornis |
calolaema |
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Red-billed pigeon |
Columba |
flavirostris |
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Red-capped manakin |
Pipra |
mentalis |
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Red-crowned woodpecker |
Melanerpes |
rubricapillus |
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Red-eyed vireo |
Vireo |
olivaceus |
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Red-footed plumeleteer |
Chalybura |
urochrysia |
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Red-fronted parrotlet |
Touti |
costaricensis |
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Red-legged honeycreeper |
Cyanerpes |
cyaneus |
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Red-lored parrot |
Amazona |
autumnalis |
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Red-tailed hawk |
Buteo |
jamaicensis |
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Resplendant quetzal |
Pharomachrus |
mocinno |
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Ringed kingfisher |
Ceryle |
torquata |
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Riverside wren |
Throthorus |
semibadius |
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Roadside hawk |
Buteo |
magnirostris |
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Rock dove |
Columba |
livia |
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Roseate spoonbill |
Ajaia |
ajaja |
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Rose-breasted grosbeak |
Pheucticus |
ludovicianus |
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Rose-throated becard |
Pachyramphus |
aglaiae |
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Royal tern |
Sterna |
maxima |
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Ruddy ground-dove |
Columbina |
talpacoti |
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Ruddy pigeon |
Columba |
subvinacea |
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Ruddy treerunner |
Margarornix |
rubiginosus |
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Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush |
Catharus |
frantizii |
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Rufescent Tiger-heron |
Tigrisoma |
lineatum |
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Rufous nightjar |
Capimulgus |
rufus |
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Rufous piha |
Lipaugus |
unirufus |
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Rufous-and-white wren |
Thryothorus |
rufalbus |
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Rufous-breasted wren |
Thryothorus |
rutilus |
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Rufous-browed peppershrike |
Cyclarhis |
gujanensis |
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Rufous-collared sparrow |
Zonotrichia |
capensis |
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Rufous-naped wren |
Champylorhynchus |
rufinucha |
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Rufous-tailed hummingbird |
Amazila |
tzacztl |
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Rufous-tailed jacamar |
Galbula |
ruficauda |
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Sanderling |
Calidris |
alba |
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Sandwich tern |
Sterna |
sandvicensis |
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Scale-crested pygmy-tyrant |
Lophotriccus |
pileatus |
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Scaled pigeon |
Columba |
speciosa |
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Scaly-breasted hummingbird |
Phaeochroa |
cuvierii |
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Scarlet macaw |
Psittacidae |
unknown |
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Scarlet-rumped cacique |
Cacicus |
uropygialis |
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Scintillant hummingbird |
Selasphorus |
scintilla |
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Scrub euphonia |
Euphonia |
affinis |
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Semiplumbeous hawk |
Leucopternis |
semiplumbea |
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Sharp-shinned hawk |
Accipiter |
striatus |
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Short-billed dowitcher |
Limnodromus |
griseus |
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Short-billed pigeon |
Columba |
nigrirostris |
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Short-tailed hawk |
Buteo |
brachyrurus |
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Silver-throated tanager |
Tangara |
icterocephala |
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Silvery-fronted tapaculo |
Scytalopus |
argentifrons |
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Slate-headed tody-flycatcher |
Todirostrum |
sylvia |
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Slate-throated redstart (or whitestart) |
Myioborus |
miniatus |
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Slaty flowerpiercer |
Diglossa |
plumbea |
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Slaty spinetail |
Synallaxis |
albescens |
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Slaty-backed nightingale-thrush |
Catharus |
fuscater |
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Slaty-tailed trogon |
Trogon |
massena |
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Smooth-billed ani |
Crotophaga |
ani |
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Snowcap |
Microchera |
albocoronata |
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Snowy egret |
Egretta |
thula |
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Snowy plover |
Charadrius |
alexandrinus |
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Snowy-bellied hummingbird |
Amazilia |
edward |
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Social flycatcher |
Myiozetetes |
similis |
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Sooty robin |
Turdus |
nigrescens |
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Sooty-capped bush-tanager |
Chlorospingus |
pileatus |
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Sooty-faced finch |
Lysurus |
crassirostris |
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Spangle-cheeked tanager |
Tangara |
dowii |
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Speckled tanager |
Tangara |
guttata |
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Spectacled antpitta |
Hylopezus |
perspicillatus |
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Spot-crowned woodcreeper |
Lepidocolaptes |
affinis |
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Spotted woodcreeper |
Xiphorhynchus |
erythropygius |
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Spotted barbtail |
Premnoplex |
brunnescens |
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Spotted sandpiper |
Actitis |
macularia |
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Spotted wood quail |
Odontophorus |
guttatus |
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Squirrel cuckoo |
Piaya |
cayana |
| |
Steely-vented hummingbird |
Amazilia |
saucerrottei |
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Streaked flycatcher |
Myiodynastes |
maculatus |
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Streaked saltator |
Saltator |
albicollis |
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Streak-headed woodcreeper |
Lepidocolaptes |
souleyetii |
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Striped-breasted wren |
Thryothorus |
thoracicus |
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Striped-throated hermit (prev. Little hermit) |
Phaethornis |
longuemareus |
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Stripe-headed sparrow |
Aimophila |
ruficauda |
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Stripe-tailed hummingbird |
Eupherusa |
eximia |
| |
Sulphur-bellied flycatcher |
Myiodynastes |
luteiventris |
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Summer tanager |
Piranga |
rubra |
| |
Sungrebe |
Heliornis |
fulicia |
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Swainson's thrush |
Catharus |
ustlatus |
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Tawny -chested flycatcher |
Aphanotriccus |
capitalis |
| |
Tennessee warbler |
Vermivora |
peregrina |
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Thick-billed euphonia |
Euphonia |
laniirostris |
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Timberline wren |
Thryorchilus |
browni |
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Tricolored heron |
Egretta |
tricolor |
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Tropical kingbird |
Tyrannus |
melancholicus |
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Tropical pewee |
Contopus |
cinereus |
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Tufted flycatcher |
Mitrephanes |
phaeocercus |
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Turkey vulture |
Cathartes |
aura |
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Turquoise-browed motmot |
Eumomota |
superciliosa |
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Variable seedeater |
Sporophila |
aurita |
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Vaux's swift |
Chaetura |
vauxi |
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Violaceous trogon |
Trogon |
violaceus |
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Violet sabrewing |
Campylopterus |
hemileucurus |
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Violet-crowned hummingbird |
Amazilia |
violiceps |
| |
Violet-crowned woodnymph |
Thalurania |
colombica |
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Violet-headed hummingbird |
Klais |
guimeti |
| |
Volcano hummingbird |
Selasphorus |
flammula |
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Volcano junco |
Junco |
vulcani |
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Wedge-billed woodcreeper |
Glyphorhynchus |
spirurus |
| |
Western slaty antshrike |
Thamnophilus |
punctatus |
| |
Whimbrel |
Numenius |
phaeopus |
| |
White hawk |
Leucopternis |
albicollis |
| |
White ibis |
Eudocimus |
albus |
| |
White-bellied mountain-gem |
Lampornis |
hemileucus |
| |
White-collared (Variable) seedeater |
Sporophila |
torqueola |
| |
White-collared manakin |
Manacus |
candei |
| |
White-collared swift |
Streptoprocne |
zonaris |
| |
White-crowned manakin |
Pipra |
pipra |
| |
White-crowned parrot |
Pionus |
senilis |
| |
White-eared ground-sparrow |
Melozone |
biacuatum |
| |
White-fronted parrot |
Amazona |
albifronz |
| |
White-lined tanager |
Tachyphonus |
rufus |
| |
White-lored gnatcathcer |
Polioptila |
albiloris |
| |
White-necked Jacobin |
Florisuga |
mellivora |
| |
White-necked puffbird |
Bucco |
macrorhynchos |
| |
White-ruffed manakin |
Corapipo |
leucorrhoa |
| |
White-shouldered tanager |
Tachyphonus |
luctuosus |
| |
White-tailed kite |
Elanus |
caeruleus |
| |
White-throated magpie-jay |
Calocitta |
formosa |
| |
White-throated mountain gem |
Lampornis |
cinereicauda |
| |
White-throated shrike-tanager |
Lanio |
leucothorax |
| |
White-tipped dove |
Leptotila |
verreauxi |
| |
White-whiskered puffbird |
Malacoptila |
panamensis |
| |
White-winged becard |
Pachyramphus |
polychopterus |
| |
White-winged dove |
Zenaida |
asiatica |
| |
Wilson's warbler |
Wilsonia |
pusilla |
| |
Wood stork |
Mycteria |
americana |
| |
Worm-eating warbler |
Helmitheros |
vermivorus |
| |
Yellow -headed caracara |
Milvago |
chimachima |
| |
Yellow warbler |
Dendroica |
petechia |
| |
Yellow-bellied elaenia |
Elaenia |
flavogaster |
| |
Yellow-bellied flycatcher |
Empidonax |
flaviventris |
| |
Yellow-bellied siskin |
Carduelis |
xanthogastra |
| |
Yellow-crowned euphonia |
Euphonia |
luteicapilla |
| |
Yellow-crowned night-heron |
Nycticorax |
violaceus |
| |
Yellow-faced grassquit |
Tiaris |
olivacea |
| |
Yellow-green vireo |
Vireo |
flavoviridis |
| |
Yellowish flycatcher |
Empidonax |
flavescens |
| |
Yellow-olive flycatcher |
Tolmomyias |
sulphurescens |
| |
Yellow-thighed finch |
Pselliophorus |
tibialis |
| |
Yellow-throated euphonia |
Euphonia |
hirundinacea |
| |
Yellow-winged vireo |
Vireo |
carmioli |
| |
Zeledonia |
Zelendonia |
coronata |