13 October to 13 November 1994
by David B. Collinge
SYSTEMATIC BIRD LIST FOR OCTOBER/NOVEMBER 1994 TRIP
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| English name | Latin name | Spanish Names | Locality 1994 |
| Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | Zambullidor (Macá) picopinto | 8/11 San Miguel |
| Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | Pelícano Pardo | Pacific coast |
| Neotropical Cormorant | Phalacrocorax olivaceus (brasilianus) | Cormorán Neotropical | Coastal |
| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | Pato Aguja o Anhinga | Tortuguero trip |
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregeta magnificens | Rabihorcardo Magno | Pacific coast |
| Bare-throated Tiger Heron | Tigrisoma mexicanum | Garza-Tigre Cuellinuda | Tortuguero |
| Yellow-crowned Night Heron | Nycticorax violacea | Martinete Cabecipinto | Río Tárcoles, Carara |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | Garcilla bueyera | Common where open |
| Green-backed Heron | Butorides virescens | Garzita azulada | 4 sites |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | Garceta Azul | All lowland areas |
| Tricoloured Heron | Egretta tricolor | Garceta Tricolor | Río Parismina & Tárcoles |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | Garceta Nivosa | All lowland areas |
| Great (White) Egret | Egretta (Casmerodius) alba | Garceta Grande | Several lowland areas |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | Garzón Azulado | All lowland areas |
| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | Cigueñón | Lowland areas, not Tortuguero |
| White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | Ibis Blanco | Pacific lowlands |
| Roseate Spoonbill | Ajaia ajaia | Espátula Rosada | Carara and "Palo Verde" |
| Red-billed (Black-bellied) Whistling Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | Pijije Común | Río Tárcoles, Carara |
| Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors | Cerceta Aliazul | 31/10 Rio Tárcoles, Carara |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | Zopilote Cabecirrojo | very common |
| Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Carthartes burrovianus | Zopilote Cabecigualdo | 6/11 Suerre |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | Zopilote Negro | most common lowlands |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | Aguila Pescadora | 5 in total, all lowlands. |
| White-tailed Kite (formerly Black-winged) | Elanus leucurus | Elanio Coliblanco | Pacific slope and Guanacaste |
| Grey Hawk | Asturina (Buteo) nitida(us) | Gavilán Gris | Tanque, Aranal, Guanacaste |
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | Gavilán Chapulinero | Guanacaste (2) |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo p!atypterus | Gavilán Aludo | Common throughout |
| Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | Gavilán de Swainson | CATIE, Guanacaste (2) |
| White-tailed Hawk | Buteo albicaudatus | Gavilán Coliblanco | 11/11 nr. Puntarenas |
| Crested Eagle | Morphnus guianensis | Aguila Crestada | 7/11 Rio Parismina |
| Crested Caracara | Polyborus plancus | Caracara Cargahuesos | 9/11 Río Bebedero |
| Yellow-headed Caracara | Milvago chimachima | Caracara Cabecigualdo | 12/11 Río Tárcoles |
| Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus | Halcón de Monte Collarejo | 6/11 Río Parismina |
| American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | Cernícalo Americano | 10/11 Puebla Nuevo |
| Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis | Halcón Cuelliblanco | 7/11 Tortuguero |
| Grey-headed Chachalaca | Ortalis cinereiceps | Chachalaca Cabecigrís | 3/11 CATIE (at least 3) |
| Great Curassow | Crax rubra | Pavón Grande | 11/11 Monteverde |
| Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | Careo | 31/10 Rio Tárcoles, Carara |
| American Purple Gallinule | Gallinula martinica | Taguita purpurea | CATIE, Tortuguero and Tanque |
| Sunbittern | Eurypyga helias | Garza del Sol | 11/11 Monteverde |
| Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa | Jacana Centroamericana | CATIE, Tortuguero and Tanque |
| Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | Gigüeñuela Cuellinegro | 7/11 Río Parismina |
| American Golden Plover | Pluvialis dominica | Chorlito Dorado (Menor)
Americano |
12/11 Tárcoles |
| Grey Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | Chorlito gris | 11/11 Tárcoles |
| Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | Chorlitejo Semipalmado | 9/11 Tamarindo |
| Wilson's Plover | Charadrius wilsonia | Chorlitejo Picudo | Guanacaste |
| Snowy Plover | Charadrius occidentalis | Chorlitejo Patinegro | 10/11 Tamarindo |
| Collared Plover | Charadrius collaris | Chorlitejo Collarejo | 7/11 Rio Parismina |
| Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | Zarapito Trinador | 6/11 Tortuguero |
| Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | Patiamarillo Mayor | 7/11 Rio Parismina |
| Willet | Catoptrophorus semipalmatus | Pigüilo | Guanacaste and near Puntarenas |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis (Tringa) macularia | Andarriós Maculado | Very common, lowlands |
| Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | Vuelvepiedras Rojizo | 9/11 Tamarindo |
| Sanderling | Calidris alba | Correlimos tridáctilo (Arenero) | 9/11 Tamarindo |
| Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon (Sterna) nilotica | Pagaza (Charrán) Piconegra | 10/11 Rio Tempisque |
| Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | Charrán Común | 11/11 Tárcoles |
| Rock Dove | Columba livia | Paloma Bravia (Domestica) | Urban |
| Band-tailed Pigeon | Columba fasciata | Paloma Collareja | 31/10 Guadalupe |
| Pale-vented Pigeon | Columba cayennensis | Paloma Colorada | 7/11 Guapiles |
| Red-billed Pigeon | Columba flavirostris | Paloma Piquirroja | Carib slope - low, Guada. |
| Ruddy Pigeon | Columba subvinacea | Paloma Rojiza | 11/11 Monteverde |
| Short-billed Pigeon | Columba nigirostris | Paloma Piquicorta | 3 sites |
| Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | Paloma Rabuda | 11/11 Tárcoles |
| White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | Paloma Aliblanca | 3/11 CATIE |
| Common Ground Dove | Columbina passerina | Tortolita Común | Pacific |
| Plain-breasted Ground Dove | Columbina minuta | Tortolita Menuda | 9/11 Arenal |
| Ruddy Ground Dove | Columbina talpacoti | Tortolita Rojiza | Very common |
| Inca Dove | Columbina (Scardafella) inca | Tortolita Colilarga | Locally common. |
| Blue Ground Dove | Clavavis pretiosa | Tortolita Azulada | 10/11 Puebla Nuevo, Guanacaste |
| White-Fronted Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | Paloma Coliblanca | 31/10 Alajuela |
| Grey-fronted Dove | Leptotila rufaxilla | Paloma Coronigris | 6/11 Siguerres |
| Grey-chested (Cassin's) Dove | Leptotila cassinii | Paloma Pechigrís | 7/11 Tortuguero |
| Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao | Guacamayo Rojo (Lapa Roja) | Río Tárcoles, Guanacaste |
| Great Green Macaw | Ara ambigua | Guacamayo Verde Mayor | 7/11 Tortuguero |
| Crimson-fronted Parakeet (Finsch's Conure) | Aratinga finschi | Perico Frentirrojo | Very common |
| Aztek Parakeet (Olive-throated Conure) | Aratinga nana | Perico Azteco | 6/11 Río Parismina |
| Orange-fronted Parakeet | Aratinga canicu!aris | Perico Frentinaranja | 9/11 Tilarán, Guanacaste |
| Hoffmann's Conure (Sulphur-winged Parakeet) | Pyrrhura hoffmanni | Perico Aliazufrado | 2/11 Tapantí |
| Orange-chinned Parakeet | Brotogeris jugularis | Periquito Barbinaranja | 31/10 Atanas |
| White-fronted Parrot | Amazona albifrons | Loro Frentiblanco | Several sites |
| Red-lored Parrot | Amazona autumnailis | Loro Frentirojo | Several sites |
| Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | Cuco Ardilla | 12/11 Iguana farm, Rio Carara |
| Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | Garrapatrero Piquiestriado o Tijo | Common especially lowlands, rural. |
| Tropical Screech-Owl | Otus choliba | Lechucita Neotropical | 2/11 UCR, San José |
| Black-and-White Owl | Strix (Ciccaba) nigrolineata | Lechuza Blanco y Negro | 9/11 Tanque |
| Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | Añapero Menor | several sites |
| White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | Vencejo Collarejo | very common |
| Grey-rumped Swift | Chaetura cinereiventris | Vencejo Lomigrís | 6/11 Tortuguero |
| Violet Sabrewing | Campylopterus hemiteucurus | Ala de Sable Violácea | 11/11 Monteverde |
| Green Violet-ear | Colibri thalassinus | Colibrí Orejiviolácea Verde | 5/11 Sacramento, Volcán Barva |
| Green-breasted (Prevost's) Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | Manguito Pechiverde | - |
| Violet-headed Hummingbird | Klais guimeti | Colibrí Cabeciazul | 2/11 Tapantí |
| Mangrove Hummingbird | Amazilia boucardi | Amazilia Manglera | 10/11 Tamarindo |
| Steely-vented Hummingbird | Amazilia saucerrottei | Amazilia Culiazul | 13/11 Guadalupe |
| Cinnamon Hummingbird | Amazilia rutila | Amazilia Canela | 13/11 Alajuela |
| Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl | Amazilia Rabirrufa | seen at 6 sites |
| Coppery Headed Emerald | Elvira cupreiceps | Esmeralda de Coronilla Cobriza | 11/11 Monteverde |
| Purple-throated Mountain-Gem | Lampornis calolaema | Colibrí Montañes Gorgimorado | 11/11 Monteverde |
| Green-crowned Brilliant | Heliodoxa jacula | Brilliante Frentiverde | 11/11 Monteverde |
| Magnificent Hummingbird | Eugenes fulgens | Colibrí Magnífico | 31/10 Volcán Poás |
| Purple-crowned Fairy | Heliothryx barroti | Colibrí Picopunzón | 2/11 Tapantí |
| Magenta-throated Woodstar | Philodice (Calliphrox) bryantae | Estrellita Gorgimorada | 11/11 Monteverde |
| Scintillant Hummingbird | Selasphorus scintilla | Chispita Gorginaranja | 5/11 Sacramento, Volcán Barva |
| Resplendent Quetzal | Pharomachrus mocinno | Quetzal | 5/11 Volcán Barva |
| Slaty-tailed Trogon | Trogon massena | Trogón Coliplomizo | 7/11 Tortuguero |
| Baird's Trogon | Trogon bairdii | Trogón Vientribermejo | 12/11 Iguana, Rio Carara |
| Ringed Kingfisher | Megaceryle torquata | Martín Pescador Collarejo | at 5 lowland sites |
| Amazon Kingfisher | Chloroceryle amazona | Martín Pescador Amazónico | Tortuguero trip and Guanacaste |
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle americana | Martín Pescador Verde | 7/11 Tortuguero |
| Broad-billed Motmot | Electron platyrhynchum | Momoto Piquiancho | 6/11 Siguerres |
| Blue-crowned Motmot | Momotus momota | Momoto Común | Monteverde, Río Carara |
| Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda | Jacamar Rabirrufo | 7/11 Tortuguero |
| Emerald Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus prasinus | Tucancillo Verde | 10/11 Monteverde |
| Collared Araçari | Pteroglossus torquata | Tucancillo Collarejo | 7/11 Tortuguero |
| Fiery-billed Araçari | Pteroglossus frantzii | Tucancillo Piquianaranjado | 12/11 Carara |
| Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus | Tucan Pico Grís | Tortuguero, Monteverde |
| Chestnut-mandibled Toucan | Ramphastos swainsonii | Tucan de Swainson | 7/11 Tortuguero |
| Olivaceous Piculet | Picumnus olivaceus | Carpenterito Oliváceo | 12/11 Carara |
| Black-cheeked Woodpecker | Melanerpes pucherani | Carpintero Carinegro | 9/11 Tanque |
| Hoffmann's Woodpecker | Melanerpes hoffmannii | Carpintero de Hoffmann | 10/11 Tamarindo |
| Golden-olive Woodpecker | Piculus rubiginosus | Carpintero Verde Dorado | 4/11 San José |
| Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus | Carpintero Lineado | 12/11 Palamar |
| Pale-billed Woodpecker | Campephilus guatemalensis | Carpintero Picoplata | 12/11 Iguana, Rio Carara |
| Plain-brown Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla fuliginosa | Trepador Pardo | 4/11 Braulio Carrillo |
| Red-faced Spinetail | Cranioleuca (Certhiaxis) erythrops | Colaespina Carirroja | 2/11 Tapantí |
| Russet Ant-shrike | Thamnistes anabatinus | Batará Café | 4/11 Braulio Carrillo |
| Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata | Tityra Carirroja | 11/11 Monteverde |
| Black-crowned Tityra | Tityra inquisitor | Tityra Coronigra | 9/11 Tanque |
| Purple-necked Fruitcrow | Querula purpurata | Quérula Gorgimorada | 7/11 Tortuguero |
| Scissor-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus forficatus | Tijereta Rosada | Guanacaste - common and very conspicuous |
| Fork-tailed Flycatcher | Tyrannus savana | Tijereta Sabanera | Guanacaste, singles |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus | Tirano Tropical | very common |
| White-ringed Flycatcher | Conopias (Coryphotriccus) albovittatus | Mosquero Cabecianillado | 8/11 near Venecia |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarhychus pitangua | Mosquero Picudo | Probably
under-recorded. |
| Bright-rumped Attila | Attila spadiceus | Attila Lomiamarilla | 11/11 Monteverde |
| Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes luteoventris | Mosquero Vientriazufrado | 9/11 Tanque (probably under-recorded |
| Golden-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes hemichrysus | Mosquero Vientriodorado | 3/11 Juan Viños |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus | Mosquero Grande | very common |
| Brown-crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus tyrannulus | Copetón Crestipardo | 10/11 Tamarindo |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer | Copetón Crestioscuro | 12/11 Carara |
| Western Wood-Pewee | Contopus sordidulus | Pibí Occidental | 1/11 UCR, San José |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens | Pibí Oriental | 6/11 Tortuguero |
| Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum | Espatulilla Común | Suerre 6/11, Tanque 9/11, Carara 12/11. |
| Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster | Elainia Copetona | UCR, Tanque |
| Mountain Elaenia | Elaenia franztzii | Elainia Montañera | 2/11 Tapantí |
| Grey-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea | Martín pechigrís | 6/11 San José |
| Cliff Swallow | Hirundo pyrrhonota | Golondrina Risquera | 31/10 Poásito |
| Swallow | Hirundo rustica | Golondrina Común o Tijereta | Very common |
| Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis | Golondrina Alirrasposa Sureña | Tortuguero trip and Tanque |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis | Golondrina Alirrasposa Norteña | Very common, especially uplands |
| Blue-and-White Swallow | Notiochelidon cyanoleuca | Golondrina Azul y Blanco | Common, especially uplands |
| Sand Martin | Riparia riparia | Avíon Zapador o Ribereña | Suerre, Tanque |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor | Golondrina Bicolor | 12/11 Rio Tárcoles, Carara |
| Mangrove Swallow | Tachycineta albilinea | Golondrina Lomiblanca | Very common coastal |
| Violet-green Swallow | Tachycineta thalassina | Golondrina Verde Violácea | 12/11 Rio Tárcoles, Carara |
| White-throated Magpie Jay | Calocitta formosa | Urraca Copetona | Guanacaste |
| Brown Jay | Psilorhinus (Cyanocorax) morio | Urraca Parda | Common in uplands |
| American Dipper | Cinclus mexicanus | Mirlo Acuático Plomizo | 2/11 Tapantí (2) |
| Rufous-naped Wren | Campylorhynchus rufinucha | Soterrey Nuquirrufo | Pacific (3 sites) |
| Plain Wren | Thrythorus modestus | Soterrey Chinchirigüi | 8/11 Arenal |
| Bay Wren | Thryothorus nigricapillus | Soterrey Castaño | 4/11 Braulio Carrillo |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon | Soterrey Cucarachero | 3 sites |
| Grey-breasted Wood-Wren | Henicorhina leucophrys | Soterrey de Selva Pechigrís | 4/11 Braulio Carrillo |
| Whistling (Scaly-breasted) Wren | Microcerculus marginatus (luscinia) | Soterrey Silbador | 9/11 Tanque |
| Clay-coloured Robin (Thrush) | Turdus grayi | Mirlo Pardo | Very common throughout |
| Mountain Robin | Turdus plebejus | Mirlo Montañero | Barva, Monteverde |
| Sooty Robin | Turdus nigrescens | Mirlo Negruzco | Volcán Poás, Barva |
| Black-faced Solitaire | Myadestes melanops | Solitario Carinegro | Cloud forest (3 sites) |
| Swainson's Thrush | Catharus ustulatus | Zorzal de Swainson | 4/11 Braulio Carrillo |
| Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus frantzii | Zorzal Gorrirojizo | 11/11 Monteverde |
| Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus gracilirostris | Zorzal Piquinegro | 31/10 Volcán Poás, Barva |
| White-lored Gnatcatcher | Polioptila albiloris | Perlita Cabecinegra | 9/11 Tamarindo |
| Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher | Ptilogonys caudatus | Capulinero Colilargo | 5/11 Sacramento, Volcán Barva |
| Black-and-Yellow Silky-FIycatcher | Phainoptila melanoxantha | Capulinero Negro y Amarillo | 5/11 Volcán Barva |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus | Vireo Ojirrojo | 12/11 Rio Tárcoles, Carara |
| Black-and-White Warbler | Mniotilta varia | Reinita Trepadora | 1/11 Guadalupe |
| Prothonotary Warbler | Protonotaria citrea | Reinita Cabecidorada | 31/10 Arajuela |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera | Reinita Alidorada | 1/11 Guadalupe |
| Tennessee Warbler | Vermivora peregrina | Reinita Verdilla | Very common |
| Yellow Warbler | Dendroica petechia | Reinita Amarilla | Very common |
| Black-throated Green Warbler | Dendroica virens | Reinita Caria,arilla | 5/11 Sacramento, Volcán Barva |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Dendroica dominica | Reinita Gorgiamarilla | 3/11 Juan Viños |
| Northern Waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis | Reinita Acuática Norteña | 6/11 Tortuguero |
| Wilson's Warbler | Wilsonia puslilla | Reinita Gorreinegra | Very common |
| Slate-throated Redstart | Myioborus miniatis | Candelita Pechinegra | Tapantí, Monteverde |
| Montezuma Oropendola | Psarocolius montezuma | Oropéndola de Moctezuma | Very common |
| Bronzed (red-eyed) Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus | Vaquero Ojirrojo | common |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus | Clarinero o Zanate Grande | Very common |
| Orchard Oriole | Icterus spurius | Bolsero Castaño | 1/11 Guadalupe |
| Northern Oriole | Icterus galbula | Bolsero Norteño | common |
| Streak-backed Oriole | Icterus pustulatus | Bolsero Dorsilistado | 9/11 near Cañas, Guanacaste |
| Eastern (Common) Meadowlark | Sturnella magna | Zacatero Común | 31/10 Poásito |
| Tawny-capped Euphonia | Euphonia anneae | Eufonia Gorricanela | 4/11 Braulio Carrillo, 5/11 Sacramento |
| White-vented Euphonia | Euphonia minuta | Eufonia Menuda | 8/11 Tanque |
| Yellow-throated Euphonia | Euphonia hirundinacea | Eufonia Gorgiamarilla | 10/11 Monteverde |
| Silver-throated Tanager | Tangara icterocephala | Tangara Dorada | 2/11 Tapantí |
| Spangle-cheeked Tanager | Tangara dowii | Tangara Vienticastaña | 2/11 Tapantí |
| Blue-Grey Tanager | Thraupis episcopus | Tangara Azuleja | Very common |
| Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum | Tangara Palmera | 6/11 Tortuguero |
| Scarlet-rumped Tanager | Ramphocelus passerinii | Tangara Lomiescarlata | Tapantí,Tanque, Carara |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra | Tangara Veranera | 12/11 Tárcoles |
| Hepatic Tanager | Piranga flava | Tangara Bermeja | 8/11 Guadalupe |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea | Tangara Escarlata | 6/11 Rio Parismina |
| White-winged Tanager | Piranga leucoptera | Tangara Albiblanca | 10/11 Monteverde |
| Olive (Carmiol's) Tanager | Chlorothraupis carmioli | Tangara Aceitunada o de Carmiol | 6/11 Suerre |
| White-throated Shrike-Tanager | Lanio leucothorax | Tangara Piquiganchuda | 4/11 Braulio Carrillo |
| White-shouldered Tanager | Tachyphonus luctuosus | Tangara Caponiblanca | 4/11 Braulio Carrillo |
| Common Bush-Tanager | Chlorospingus ophthalmicus | Tangara de Monte Ojeruda | Tapantí 2/11, Guadalupe 6/11, Monteverde 11/11. |
| Sooty-capped (Pileated) Bush-Tanager | Chlorospingus pileatus | Tangara de Monte Cejiblanca | Tapantí 2/11, Cervantes 3/11, Sacramento 5/11, Suerre 6/11 |
| Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus | Saltator Gorgianteado | 8/11 San Miguel |
| Greyish Saltator | Saltator coerulescens | Saltator Grisáceo | 1/11 Guadalupe |
| Rose-breasted Grosbeak | Pheucticus auroventris (ludovicianus) | Picogrueso Pechirrosado | Guadalupe, Cervantes, Carara |
| Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivacea | Semillerito Cariamarillo | Tapantí 2/11 Arenal 9/11. |
| Variable Seedeater | Sporophila aurita (americana) | Espiguero Variable | Tanque 9/11 Carara 12/11. |
| Thick-billed (Lesser) Seedfinch | Oryzoborus angolensis | Semillero Picogrueso | 6/11 Suerre |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina | Semillerito Negro Azulado | 12/11 Río Tárcoles, Carara |
| Slaty Flowerpiercer | Diglossa plumbea | Pinchaflor Plomizo | Poás, Sacramento |
| Large-footed Finch | Pezopetes capitalis | Saltón Patogrande | 5/11 Volcán Barva |
| Yellow-throated Brush Finch | Atlapetes gutturalis | Saltón Gargantimarilla | Guadalupe 1/11 Tapantí 2/11. |
| Chestnut capped Brush Finch | Atlapetes brunneinucha | Saltón Cabecicastaño | 4/11 Braulio Carrillo |
| Stripe-headed Sparrow | Aimophila ruficauda | Sabanero Cabecilistado | 12/11 Río Tárcoles, Carara |
| Rufous-collared (Andean) Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis | Chingolo | Common throughout in urban areas |
| House Sparrow | Passer domesticus | Gorrión Común | San José, Siguerres. |