Bird List -- Costa Rica

411 species sighted by Dodges with guide "Charlie" Gomez and Costa Rica Expeditions on four trips:  November 1998,  Spring 2001,  May 2003 and February 2011. (Note, our co-travelers on the last trip saw many more birds, but we opted out of many hikes)  

Common name
GENUS
SPECIES
Acorn woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus
Agami (Chestnut-bellied) heron Agamia agamia
Amazon kingfisher Alcedinida unknown
American anhinga Anhinga anhinga
American dipper Cinclus mexicanus
American kestrel Falco sparverius
American pygmy kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea
American redstart Setophaga ruticilla
American swallow-tailed kite Elanoides forficatus
Azure-hooded jay Cyanolyca cucullata
Baird's trogon Trogon bairdii
Bananaquit Coerba flaveola
Banded wren Thryothorus pleurostictus
Band-tailed barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri
Band-tailed pigeon Columba fasciata
Bare-throated tiger heron Tignsoma mexicanum
Barn swallow Hirundo rustica
Barred antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus
Bat falcon Falco rufigularis
Bay wren Thryothorus nigricapillus
Bay-headed tanager Tangara gyrola
Belted kingfisher Ceryle alcyon
Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor
Black phoebe Sayornis nigricans
Black vulture Coragyps atratus
Black-and-white owl Ciccaba nigrolineata
Black-and-white warbler Mniotilta varia
Black-bellied hummingbird Eupherusa nigriventris
Black-bellied plover Pluvialis squatarola
Black-bellied whistling-duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
Black-billed nightingale thrush Catharus gracilirostris
Blackburnian warbler Dendroica fusca
Black-capped flycatcher Empidonax atriceps
Black-cheeked warbler Basileuterus melanogenys
Black-cheeked woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani
Black-crowned night heron Nycticorax nyctiocorax
Black-crowned tityra Tityra inquisitor
Black-faced antthrush Formicarius analis
Black-faced solitaire Myadestes melanops
Black-headed saltator Saltator atriceps
Black-headed trogon Trogon melanocephalus
Black-hooded antshrike Thamnophilus bridgesi
Black-necked stilt Himantopus mexicanus
Black-striped sparrow Arremonops conirostris
Black-striped woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymousus
Black-thighed grosbeak Pheucticus tibialis
Black-throated green warbler Dendroica virens
Black-throated trogon Trogon rufus
Blue grosbeak Guiraca caerulea
Blue-and-white swallow Ntiocheldion cyanoleuca
Blue-black grassquit Volatinia jacarina
Blue-crowned manakin Pipra coronata
Blue-crowned motmot Momotida unknown
Blue-gray tanager Thraupis episcopus
Blue-headed parrot Pionus menstruus
Blue-hooded euphonia Euphonia elegantissima
Blue-winged teal Anas discors
Boat-billed flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua
Boat-billed heron Cochlearius cochlearius
Broad-winged hawk Buteo platypterus
Bronzed cowbird Molothrus aeneus
Bronzy hermit Glaucis aenea
Brown jay Cyanocorax morio
Brown pelican Pelcanus occidentalis
Brown violet-ear Colibri delphinae
Brown-crested flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus
Brown-hooded parrot Pionopsitta haematoitis
Buff-fronted foliage-gleaner Philydor rufus
Buff-throated saltator Saltator maximus
Buff-throated woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus guttatus
Buffy-crowned Wood-partridge Dendrotyx leucophrys
Caniveti's emerald Chlorostilbon canivetii
Cattle egret Bubulcus ibis
Cherrie's tanager Ramphocelus costaricensis
Chestnut-backed antbird Myrmeciza exsul
Chestnut-capped brush-finch Attapetes brunneinucha
Chestnut-headed oropendola Psarocolius wagleri
Chestnut-mandibled toucan Ramphastos swainsonii
Chestnut-sided warbler Dendroica pennsylvanica
Cinnamon becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus
Cinnamon woodpecker Celeus loricatus
Clay-colored robin Turdus grayi
Collared aracari Pteroglossus frantzii
Collared forest-falcon Micrastur semitorquatus
Collared plover Charadrius collaris
Collared redstart (or whitestart) Myioborus torquatus
Collared trogon Trogon collaris
Common (scaly) ground dove Columbina passerina
Common black-hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
Common bush-tanager Chlorospingus opthalmicus
Common moorhen Gallinula chloropus
Common tody-flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum
Coppery-headed emerald Elvira cupreiceps
Costa Rican pygmy owl (prev. Andean pygmy owl) Glaucidium jardinii
Crested caracara Polyborus plancus
Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens
Crimson-fronted parakeet Aratinga finschi
Dark pewee Contopus lugubris
Dickcissel Spiza americana
Double-toothed kite Harpagus bidentatus
Dusky antbird Cercomarcra tyrannina
Dusky-capped flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer
Dusky-faced tanager Mitrospingus cassinii
Eastern kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus
Eastern long-tailed hermit Phaethornis superciliosus
Eastern meadowlark Sturnella magna
Eastern wood-pewee Contopus virens
Emerald toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus
Ferruginous pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum
Fiery-billed aracari Pteroglossus torquatus
Fiery-throated hummingbird Panterpe insignis
Flame-colored tanager Piranga bidentata
Flame-throated  warbler Parula gutturalis
Glossy ibis Plegadis falcinellus
Golden-bellied flycatcher Myiodynastes hemichrysus
Golden-browed chlorophonia Chlorophonia callophrys
Golden-crowned warbler Basileuterus culicivorus
Golden-hooded (Golden-masked) tanager Tangara larvata
Golden-naped woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen
Golden-olive woodpecker Piculus rubiginosus
Gray hawk Buteo nitidus
Gray-breasted martin Progne chalybea
Gray-breasted Wood-wren Henicorhina leucophrys
Gray-capped flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis
Gray-cheeked thrush Catharus minimus
Gray-chested (fronted) dove Leptotila rufaxilla
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Geothylpis poliocephala
Gray-headed chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps
Gray-headed tanager Eucometis penicillata
Gray-necked wood-rail Aramides cajanea
Gray-rumped swift Chaetura cinereventris
Great antshrike Taraba major
Great blue heron Ardea herodias
Great crested flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus
Great curassow Crax rubra
Great egret Casmerodius albus
Great frigatebird Fregata minor
Great green macaw Ara ambigua
Great kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus
Great potoo Nyctibius aethereus
Greater yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca
Great-tailed grackle Quiscalus mexicanus
Green hermit Phaethornis guy
Green ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis
Green kingfisher Chloroceryle americana
Green thorntail Discosura conversii
Green violet-ear Colibri thalassinus
Green-and-rufous kingfisher Chloroceryle inda
Green-backed heron Butorides virescenes
Green-breasted mango Anthracothorax prevostii
Green-crowned brilliant Heliodoxa jacula
Groove-billed ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
Hairy woodpecker Picoides villosus
Herring gull Larus agentatus
Hoffman's woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmanii
House wren Troglodytes aedon
Inca dove Columbina inca
Jabiru Jabiru mycteria
Keel-billed Motmot Electron carinaturn
Keel-billed toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus
Killdeer Charadrius vociferus
King vulture Sarcoramphus papa
Large-footed finch Pezopetes capitalis
Lattice-tailed Trogon Trogon clathratus
Laughing falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans
Laughing gull Larus actricilla
Lesser goldfinch Carduelis psaltria
Lesser greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus
Lesser nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Catharies burrovianus
Lesser yellowlegs Tringa flavipes
Limpkin Aramus guarauna
Lineated woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus
Little blue heron Egretta caerulea
Long-billed dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus
Long-billed gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus
Long-billed starthroat Heliomaster longirostris
Long-tailed manakin Chiroxiphia lanceolata
Long-tailed silky-flycatcher Ptilogonys caudatus
Long-tailed tyrant Colonia colonus
Magenta-throated woodstar Calliphlox bryantae
Magnificent frigatebird Fregata magnificens
Magnificent hummingbird Eugenes fulgens
Mangrove blackhawk Buteogallus subtilus
Mangrove black-hawk Buteogallus subtilis
Mangrove cuckoo Coccyzus minor
Mangrove swallow Tachycineta albilinea
Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens
Mangrove warbler Dendroica erithachorides
Masked tityra Tityra semifasciata
Mealy parrot Amazona farinosa
Montezuma oropendola Psarocolius montezuma
Mottled owl Ciccapa virgata
Mountain elaenia Elaenia frantzii
Mountain robin Turdus plebejus
Neotropic cormorant Phalacrocoracida olivaceus
Nicaraguan Grackle Quscalus nicaraguensis
Nicaraguan Seed-finch Oryzoborus nuttingi
Northern barred woodcreeper Dendrocolapetes certhia
Northern beardless-tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe
Northern jacana Jacana spinosa
Northern oriole aka Baltimore oriole Icterus galbula
Northern rough-winged swallow Stelgiopteryx ruficollis
Northern waterthrush Seiurus noveboracensis
Ochraceous wren Thryothorus ochradeus
Ochre-bellied flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus
Olivaceous piculet Picumnus olivaceus
Olivaceous woodcreeper Sittasomus grisecapillus
Olive sparrow Arremonops rufivirgatus
Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi
Olive-crowned yellowthroat Geothlypkis semiflava
Olive-sided flycatcher Contopus borealis
Orange-bellied trogon Trogon aurantiventris
Orange-billed nightingale-thrush Catharus aurantiirostris
Orange-billed sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris
Orange-chinned parakeet Brotogeris jugularis
Orange-fronted parakeet Aratinga canicularis
Orchard oriole Icterus spurius
Osprey Pandion haliaetus
Pale-billed woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis
Pale-vented pigeon Clumba cayennensis
Palm tanager Thraupis palmarum
Paltry (Mistletoe) tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus
Passerinii's tanager Ramphocelus passerinii
Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis
Pearl kite Gampsonyx swainsonii
Peregrine falcon Falco peregrinus
Philadelphia vireo Vireo philadelphicus
Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus
Piratic flycatcher Legatus leucophaius
Plain wren Thryothorus modestus
Plain Xenops Xenops minutus
Plumbeous kite Ictinia plumbea
Pomarine jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus
Prong-billed barbet Semnornis framtzoo
Prothonotary warbler Prothonotaria citrea
Purple gallinule Prophyrula martinica
Purple martin Progne subis
Purple-crowned fairy Heliothryx barroti
Purple-throated fruitcrow Querula purpurata
Purple-throated mountain-gem Lampornis calolaema
Red-billed pigeon Columba flavirostris
Red-capped manakin Pipra mentalis
Red-crowned woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus
Red-eyed vireo Vireo olivaceus
Red-footed plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia
Red-fronted parrotlet Touti costaricensis
Red-legged honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus
Red-lored parrot Amazona autumnalis
Red-tailed hawk Buteo jamaicensis
Red-throated Ant-tananger Habia fuscicauda
Red-winged blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus
Resplendant quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno
Ringed kingfisher Ceryle torquata
Riverside wren Throthorus semibadius
Roadside hawk Buteo magnirostris
Rock dove (aka Rock Pigeon, Feral Pigeon) Columba livia
Roseate spoonbill Ajaia ajaja
Rose-breasted grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus
Rose-throated becard Pachyramphus aglaiae
Royal tern Sterna maxima
Ruddy ground-dove Columbina talpacoti
Ruddy pigeon Columba subvinacea
Ruddy treerunner Margarornix rubiginosus
Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush Catharus frantizii
Rufescent Tiger-heron Tigrisoma lineatum
Rufous nightjar Capimulgus rufus
Rufous piha Lipaugus unirufus
Rufous-and-white wren Thryothorus rufalbus
Rufous-breasted wren Thryothorus rutilus
Rufous-browed peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis
Rufous-collared sparrow Zonotrichia capensis
Rufous-naped wren Champylorhynchus rufinucha
Rufous-tailed hummingbird Amazila tzacztl
Rufous-tailed jacamar Galbula ruficauda
Sanderling Calidris alba
Sandwich tern Sterna sandvicensis
Scale-crested pygmy-tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus
Scaled pigeon Columba speciosa
Scaly-breasted hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii
Scarlet macaw Psittacidae unknown
Scarlet-rumped cacique Cacicus micorhynchus
Scintillant hummingbird Selasphorus scintilla
Scrub euphonia Euphonia affinis
Semiplumbeous hawk Leucopternis semiplumbea
Sharp-shinned hawk Accipiter striatus
Short-billed dowitcher Limnodromus griseus
Short-billed pigeon Columba nigrirostris
Short-tailed hawk Buteo brachyrurus
Silver-beaked tanager Ramphocelus carbo
Silver-throated tanager Tangara icterocephala
Silvery-fronted tapaculo Scytalopus argentifrons
Silvery-throated Jay Cyanolyca argentigula
Slate-headed tody-flycatcher Todirostrum sylvia
Slate-throated redstart (or whitestart) Myioborus miniatus
Slaty (pale-breasted) spinetail Synallaxis albescens
Slaty flowerpiercer Diglossa plumbea
Slaty-backed nightingale-thrush Catharus fuscater
Slaty-tailed trogon Trogon massena
Smooth-billed ani Crotophaga ani
Snowcap Microchera albocoronata
Snowy egret Egretta thula
Snowy plover Charadrius alexandrinus
Snowy-bellied hummingbird Amazilia edward
Social flycatcher Myiozetetes similis
Sooty robin Turdus nigrescens
Sooty-capped bush-tanager Chlorospingus pileatus
Sooty-faced finch Lysurus crassirostris
Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis
Spangle-cheeked tanager Tangara dowii
Speckled tanager Tangara guttata
Spectacled antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus
Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata
Spot-breasted oriole Icterus pectoralis
Spot-breasted Wren Thryothorus maculipectus
Spot-crowned woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis
Spotted  woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius
Spotted Antbird Hylophylax naeviodes
Spotted barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens
Spotted sandpiper Actitis macularia
Spotted wood quail Odontophorus guttatus
Squirrel cuckoo Piaya cayana
Steely-vented hummingbird Amazilia saucerrottei
Streak-backed oriole Icterus pustulatus
Streaked flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus
Streaked saltator Saltator albicollis
Streak-headed woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii
Striped cuckoo Tapera naevi
Striped-breasted wren Thryothorus thoracicus
Striped-throated hermit (prev. Little hermit) Phaethornis longuemareus
Stripe-headed sparrow Aimophila ruficauda
Stripe-tailed hummingbird Eupherusa eximia
Sulfur-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura hoffmanni
Sulphur-bellied flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris
Summer tanager Piranga rubra
Sungrebe Heliornis fulicia
Swainson's thrush Catharus ustlatus
Tawny -chested flycatcher Aphanotriccus capitalis
Tennessee warbler Vermivora peregrina
Thick-billed euphonia Euphonia laniirostris
Thick-billed Seed-finch Oryzoborus funereus
Timberline wren Thryorchilus browni
Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea
Townsend's warbler Dendroica townsendi
Tricolored heron Egretta tricolor
Tropical kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus
Tropical pewee Contopus cinereus
Tufted flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus
Turkey vulture Cathartes aura
Turquoise-browed motmot Eumomota superciliosa
Variable seedeater Sporophila aurita
Vaux's swift Chaetura vauxi
Violaceous trogon Trogon violaceus
Violet sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus
Violet-crowned hummingbird Amazilia violiceps
Violet-crowned woodnymph Thalurania colombica
Violet-headed hummingbird Klais guimeti
Volcano hummingbird Selasphorus flammula
Volcano junco Junco vulcani
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-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittatus
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 plover Charadrius wilsonia
Wilson's warbler Wilsonia pusilla
Wood stork Mycteria americana
Wood thrush Hylocichla mustelina
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-naped Parrot Amazona auropalliata
Yellow-olive flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens
Yellow-rumped cacique Cacicus cela
Yellow-thighed finch Pselliophorus tibialis
Yellow-throated euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea
Yellow-winged vireo Vireo carmioli
Zeledonia Zelendonia coronata
Zone-tailed hawk Buteo albonotatus