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Checklist: Costa Rica


Birds 163 - Systematic list

Daniela Espinosa

Start: 23/12/2017
End: 27/01/2018

Costa Rica Costa Rica

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Richness and Abundance Summary
Most recorded species: Turdus grayi (5 records).
Least recorded species: There are many rarely recorded species (109 species). View details
Most abundant species: Pelecanus occidentalis (38 individuals).
Least abundant species: There are many scarce species (59 species). View details


  Order Family English Common Name Spanish Common Name Portuguese Common Name Scientific Name Observed Photographed Heard Recorded vocal Filmed Average individuals per day Sum of specimens Records Conservation status Notes
1AnseriformesAnatidaeMuscovy DuckPato RealPato-do-matoCairina moschata111
 LC 
2GalliformesCracidaeBlack GuanPava NegraChamaepetes unicolor111
 LC 
3Crested GuanPava CrestadaPenelope purpurascens121
 NT 
4Great CurassowPavón GrandeCrax rubra181
 VU 
5Grey-headed ChachalacaChachalaca CabecigrísOrtalis cinereiceps152
 LC 
6OdontophoridaeSpotted Wood QuailCodorniz MoteadaOdontophorus guttatus141
 LC 
7CuculiformesCuculidaeGroove-billed AniAnó Pico SurcadoCrotophaga sulcirostris111
 LC 
8Common Squirrel CuckooTingazúAlma-de-gatoPiaya cayana111
 LC 
9ColumbiformesColumbidaeInca DoveTortolita MexicanaColumbina inca141
 LC 
10Ruddy Ground DoveTorcacita ColoradaRolinha-roxaColumbina talpacoti131
 LC 
11White-winged DovePaloma Ala BlancaZenaida asiatica132
 LC 
12Rock DovePaloma DomésticaPombo-domésticoColumba livia141
 LC 
13GruiformesRallidaeGrey-cowled Wood RailChiricoteSaracura-três-potesAramides cajaneus111
 LC 
14CharadriiformesBurhinidaeDouble-striped Thick-kneeAlcaraván VenezolanoTéu-téu-da-savanaHesperoburhinus bistriatus122
 LC 
15JacanidaeNorthern JacanaGallito de AguaJacana spinosa111
 LC 
16ScolopacidaeHudsonian WhimbrelPlayero TrinadorNumenius hudsonicus111
  
17Spotted SandpiperPlayerito ManchadoMaçarico-pintadoActitis maculariusXX1
 LC 
18WilletPlayero Ala BlancaMaçarico-de-asa-brancaTringa semipalmata111
 LC 
19LaridaeRoyal TernGaviotín RealTrinta-réis-realThalasseus maximus111
 LC 
20Laughing GullGaviota Reidora AmericanaGaivota-alegreLeucophaeus atricilla1201
 LC 
21CiconiiformesCiconiidaeWood StorkTuyuyúCabeça-secaMycteria americana151
 LC 
22SuliformesFregatidaeMagnificent FrigatebirdAve FragataFragataFregata magnificens1252
 LC 
23AnhingidaeAnhingaAningaBiguatingaAnhinga anhinga111
 LC 
24PhalacrocoracidaeNeotropic CormorantBiguáBiguáNannopterum brasilianum171
 LC 
25PelecaniformesThreskiornithidaeAmerican White IbisIbis BlancoÍbis-brancoEudocimus albus111
 LC 
26Green IbisTapicurúCoró-coróMesembrinibis cayennensis121
 LC 
27PelecanidaeBrown PelicanPelícano PardoPelicano-pardoPelecanus occidentalis2383
 LC 
28ArdeidaeBare-throated Tiger HeronAvetigre MejicanaTigrisoma mexicanum111
 LC 
29Fasciated Tiger HeronHocó OscuroSocó-boi-escuroTigrisoma fasciatum111
 LC 
30Boat-billed HeronGarza CucharonaArapapáCochlearius cochlearius181
 LC 
31Little Blue HeronGarza AzulGarça-azulEgretta caerulea152
 LC 
32Tricolored HeronGarceta TricolorGarça-tricolorEgretta tricolor111
 LC 
33Snowy EgretGarcita BlancaGarça-branca-pequenaEgretta thula111
 LC 
34Yellow-crowned Night HeronGarza NocturnaSavacu-de-coroaNyctanassa violacea161
 LC 
35Striated HeronGarcita AzuladaSocozinhoButorides striata111
 LC 
36Great EgretGarza BlancaGarça-branca-grandeArdea alba111
 LC 
37Western Cattle EgretGarcita BueyeraGarça-vaqueiraArdea ibis131
 LC 
38CaprimulgiformesCaprimulgidaePauraqueCuriangoBacurauNyctidromus albicollis161
 LC 
39ApodiformesTrochilidaeWhite-necked JacobinColibrí Nuca BlancaBeija-flor-azul-de-rabo-brancoFlorisuga mellivora131
 LC 
40Long-billed HermitColibrí Ermitaño MesoamericanoPhaethornis longirostris111
  
41Mexican VioletearColibrí ChicoColibri thalassinus142
 LC 
42Green-crowned BrilliantBrillante CoroniverdeHeliodoxa jacula111
 LC 
43Purple-throated MountaingemColibrí Montañes GorgimoradoLampornis calolaemus131
 LC 
44White-throated MountaingemColibrí Montañes GorgiblancoLampornis castaneoventris131
 LC 
45Rivoli´s HummingbirdColibrí MagníficoEugenes fulgens142
 LC 
46Fiery-throated HummingbirdColibrí Garganta de FuegoPanterpe insignis112
 LC 
47Volcano HummingbirdColibrí VolcaneroSelasphorus flammula142
 LC 
48Scintillant HummingbirdChispitasSelasphorus scintilla111
 LC 
49Violet SabrewingPicaflor Ala de Sable ViolaceoCampylopterus hemileucurus121
 LC 
50Stripe-tailed HummingbirdColibrí ColirrayadoEupherusa eximia111
 LC 
51Snowy-bellied HummingbirdAmazilia de EdwardSaucerottia edward121
 LC 
52Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia RabirrufaAmazilia tzacatl142
 LC 
53CathartiformesCathartidaeKing VultureJote RealUrubu-reiSarcoramphus papa131
 LC 
54Black VultureJote Cabeza NegraUrubu-pretoCoragyps atratus1182
 LC 
55Turkey VultureJote Cabeza ColoradaUrubu-de-cabeça-vermelhaCathartes aura122
 LC 
56AccipitriformesAccipitridaeCommon Black HawkGavilán CangrejeroGavião-caranguejeiro-negroButeogallus anthracinusXX1
 LC 
57Roadside HawkTaguató ComúnGavião-carijóRupornis magnirostris111
 LC 
58White HawkGavilán BlancoGavião-brancoPseudastur albicollis112
 LC 
59Grey HawkBusardo GrisButeo plagiatus123
 LC 
60Short-tailed HawkAguilucho Cola CortaGavião-de-cauda-curtaButeo brachyurusXX1
 LC 
61Red-tailed HawkGavilán de Cola RojaButeo jamaicensis111
 LC 
62TrogoniformesTrogonidaeResplendent QuetzalQuetzal MesoamericanoPharomachrus mocinno122
 NT 
63CoraciiformesMomotidaeBroad-billed MotmotMomoto PicoanchoUdu-de-bico-largoElectron platyrhynchum112
 LC 
64Rufous MotmotMomoto Canelo MayorJuruva-ruivaBaryphthengus martii132
 LC 
65AlcedinidaeRinged KingfisherMartín Pescador GrandeMartim-pescador-grandeMegaceryle torquata111
 LC 
66Green KingfisherMartín Pescador ChicoMartim-pescador-pequenoChloroceryle americana111
 LC 
67GalbuliformesBucconidaePied PuffbirdBuco PintoMacuru-pintadoNotharchus tectus111
 LC 
68PiciformesCapitonidaeRed-headed BarbetBarbudo CabecirrojoEubucco bourcierii162
 LC 
69SemnornithidaeProng-billed BarbetCabezón CocoraSemnornis frantzii131
 LC 
70RamphastidaeYellow-throated ToucanTucán Pico CastañoRamphastos ambiguus122
 LC 
71Keel-billed ToucanTucán Pico Arco IrisRamphastos sulfuratus132
 NT 
72Collared AracariArasarí AcollaradoPteroglossus torquatus162
 LC 
73Northern Emerald ToucanetTucancillo VerdeAulacorhynchus prasinus152
 LC 
74PicidaeChestnut-colored WoodpeckerCarpintero CastañoCeleus castaneus111
 LC 
75Pale-billed WoodpeckerCarpintero Pico PlataCampephilus guatemalensis111
 LC 
76Acorn WoodpeckerCarpintero CaretoMelanerpes formicivorus161
 LC 
77Black-cheeked WoodpeckerCarpintero Cara NegraMelanerpes pucherani152
 LC 
78Hoffmann´s WoodpeckerCarpintero de HoffmannMelanerpes hoffmannii113
 LC 
79FalconiformesFalconidaeLaughing FalconGuaicurúAcauãHerpetotheres cachinnansXX1
 LC 
80Yellow-headed CaracaraChimachimaCarrapateiroDaptrius chimachima111
 LC 
81Bat FalconHalcón Negro ChicoCauréFalco rufigularisXX1
 LC 
82Aplomado FalconHalcón PlomizoFalcão-de-coleiraFalco femoralis111
 LC 
83PsittaciformesPsittacidaeOrange-chinned ParakeetPeriquito BarbinaranjaBrotogeris jugularis161
 LC 
84Brown-hooded ParrotLorito EncapuchadoPyrilia haematotis131
 LC 
85Red-lored AmazonAmazona FrentirrojaPapagaio-diademaAmazona autumnalis151
 LC 
86Sulphur-winged ParakeetPerico AliazufradoPyrrhura hoffmanni171
 LC 
87Great Green MacawAra ambiguus121
 CR 
88Scarlet MacawGuacamayo MacaoAraracangaAra macao163
 LC 
89Orange-fronted ParakeetPerico Frente NaranjaEupsittula canicularis141
 VU 
90Finsch´s ParakeetAratinga de FinschPsittacara finschi151
 LC 
91PasseriformesTyrannidaeCommon Tody-FlycatcherMosqueta Pico PalaFerreirinho-relógioTodirostrum cinereum111
 LC 
92Scale-crested Pygmy TyrantMosquerito de YelmoLophotriccus pileatus111
 LC 
93Yellow-bellied ElaeniaFiofío CopetónGuaracava-de-barriga-amarelaElaenia flavogaster111
 LC 
94Mountain ElaeniaFiofío MontanoElaenia frantzii111
 LC 
95Great KiskadeeBenteveo ComúnBem-te-viPitangus sulphuratus142
 LC 
96Social FlycatcherBenteveo MedianoBentevizinho-de-penacho-vermelhoMyiozetetes similis122
 LC 
97Boat-billed FlycatcherPitanguáNeineiMegarynchus pitangua111
 LC 
98Tropical KingbirdSuirirí RealSuiririTyrannus melancholicus151
 LC 
99Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTijereta RosadaTyrannus forficatus131
 LC 
100Black PhoebeViudita de RíoSayornis nigricans112
 LC 
101ThamnophilidaeBarred AntshrikeChoca ListadaChoca-barradaThamnophilus doliatus111
 LC 
102FurnariidaeStreak-headed WoodcreeperTrepador CabecirrayadoArapaçu-listradoLepidocolaptes souleyetii111
 LC 
103Spot-crowned WoodcreeperTrepador CabecipunteadoLepidocolaptes affinis111
 LC 
104Ruddy TreerunnerSubepalo RojizoMargarornis rubiginosus111
 LC 
105CorvidaeWhite-throated Magpie-JayUrraca CopetonaCyanocorax formosus141
 LC 
106Brown JayChara PapánCyanocorax morio152
 LC 
107HirundinidaeSouthern Rough-winged SwallowGolondrina RibereñaAndorinha-serradoraStelgidopteryx ruficollis141
 LC 
108Northern Rough-winged SwallowGolondrina AserradaStelgidopteryx serripennis172
 LC 
109PtiliogonatidaeBlack-and-yellow PhainoptilaCapulinero Negro y AmarilloPhainoptila melanoxantha141
 LC 
110Long-tailed Silky-flycatcherCapulinero ColilargoPtiliogonys caudatus111
 LC 
111TroglodytidaeGrey-breasted Wood WrenSoterrey de Selva PechigrísHenicorhina leucophrys111
 LC 
112TurdidaeWood ThrushZorzal del BosqueHylocichla mustelina112
 LC 
113Ruddy-capped Nightingale-ThrushZorzal GorgirrojizoCatharus frantzii111
 LC 
114Sooty ThrushMirlo NegruzcoTurdus nigrescens141
 LC 
115Mountain ThrushMirlo MontaneroTurdus plebejus161
 LC 
116Clay-colored ThrushMirlo PardoTurdus grayi1135
  
117PasseridaeHouse SparrowGorrión ComúnPardalPasser domesticus192
  
118FringillidaeGolden-browed ChlorophoniaClorofonia CejidoradaChlorophonia callophrys142
 LC 
119Yellow-throated EuphoniaEufonia GorjiamarillaEuphonia hirundinacea151
 LC 
120Olive-backed EuphoniaEufonia OliváceaEuphonia gouldi1143
 LC 
121Yellow-bellied SiskinJilguero VentriamarilloSpinus xanthogastrus121
 LC 
122PasserellidaeSooty-capped ChlorospingusTangara de Monte CejiblancaChlorospingus pileatus131
 LC 
123Common ChlorospingusFrutero YungueñoChlorospingus flavopectus111
 LC 
124Rufous-collared SparrowChingoloTico-ticoZonotrichia capensis132
 LC 
125Large-footed FinchSaltón PatigrandePezopetes capitalis111
 LC 
126White-naped BrushfinchAtlapetes NuquiblancoAtlapetes albinucha111
 LC 
127Yellow-thighed BrushfinchSaltón de Muslos AmarillosAtlapetes tibialis111
 LC 
128IcteridaeChestnut-headed OropendolaOropendola Cabeza CastañaPsarocolius wagleri111
 LC 
129Montezuma OropendolaZacua MayorPsarocolius montezuma161
  
130Scarlet-rumped CaciqueCacique LomiescarlataCacicus uropygialis131
 LC 
131Black-cowled OrioleCacique AmarilloIcterus prosthemelas131
 LC 
132Baltimore OrioleBolsero de BaltimoreCorrupião-de-baltimoreIcterus galbula132
 LC 
133Red-winged BlackbirdTordo SargentoAgelaius phoeniceus182
 LC 
134Great-tailed GrackleZanate MexicanoQuiscalus mexicanus142
 LC 
135ParulidaeTennessee WarblerReinita VerdillaLeiothlypis peregrina111
 LC 
136Buff-rumped WarblerReinita LomihabanaPula-pula-de-cauda-avermelhadaMyiothlypis fulvicauda132
 LC 
137Black-cheeked WarblerReinita CarinegraBasileuterus melanogenys121
 LC 
138Wilson´s WarblerChipe CoroninegroCardellina pusilla121
 LC 
139CardinalidaeRose-breasted GrosbeakPicogrueso PechirrosadoPheucticus ludovicianus112
 LC 
140Red-throated Ant TanagerTangara Hormiguera GorjirrojaDriophlox fuscicauda111
 LC 
141Summer TanagerTangara VeraneraSanhaçu-vermelhoPiranga rubra163
 LC 
142Flame-colored TanagerQuitrique Espalda RayadaPiranga bidentata122
 LC 
143ThraupidaeShining HoneycreeperMielero LucienteCyanerpes lucidus1112
 LC 
144Red-legged HoneycreeperMielero DorsioscuroSaíra-beija-florCyanerpes cyaneus1101
 LC 
145Blue DacnisSaí AzulSaí-azulDacnis cayana141
 LC 
146Green HoneycreeperMielero VerdeSaí-verdeChlorophanes spiza161
 LC 
147Crimson-collared TanagerTangara AcollaradaRamphocelus sanguinolentus112
 LC 
148Scarlet-rumped TanagerTangara GrupirrojaRamphocelus passerinii184
  
149BananaquitMieleroCambacicaCoereba flaveola121
 LC 
150Slaty FlowerpiercerPinchaflor PlomizoDiglossa plumbea111
 LC 
151Cinnamon-bellied SaltatorSaltador Gris MesoamericanoSaltator grandisXX1
  
152Buff-throated SaltatorPepitero Garganta CanelaTempera-violaSaltator maximus123
 LC 
153Variable SeedeaterCorbatita Garganta NegraSporophila corvina162
  
154Thick-billed Seed FinchSemillero PiquigruesoSporophila funerea161
 LC 
155Morelet´s SeedeaterSemillero De CollarSporophila morelleti112
  
156Golden-hooded TanagerTangara CapuchidoradaStilpnia larvata152
 LC 
157Spangle-cheeked TanagerTangará VientricastañaTangara dowiiXX1
 LC 
158Emerald TanagerTangara OrejinegraTangara florida141
 LC 
159Silver-throated TanagerTangara GoliplataTangara icterocephala193
 LC 
160Plain-colored TanagerTangara CenicientaTangara inornata151
 LC 
161Blue-grey TanagerAzulejo de JardínSanhaço-azulThraupis episcopus1144
 LC 
162Palm TanagerCelestino OliváceoSanhaco-do-coqueiroThraupis palmarum172
 LC 
163Yellow-faced GrassquitSemillerito CariamarilloTiaris olivaceus121
 LC