June 1995
by Roy Jones
I recently returned from a trip to Costa Rica. The following is a quick discription.
I had 2 days at Tortuguero. Highlights included King Vulture, Rufescent Tiger-Heron, Bronzy Hermit, and White-collared Manakin. 1/2 a day at Braulio Carillo we spent most of our time riding the new tram. Highlights were Long-tailed Tyrant, Speckled Tanager, Lattice-tailed Trogon, Black-and-Yellow Tanager. We spent 2 days at hte Los Inocentes Lodge visiting only Santa Rosa in the area Not many highlights from this but I did get the Long-tailed Manakin thier. Next we stayed at the Belmont lodge near Monte Verde. I got lots of birds including good looks at Three-wattled Bellbird, Gray-throated Leaftosser, and close looks at a pair of Resplendent Quetzals. Our last stop was a 4 hour stop at Carara. This is a fantastic place. I got Scarlet Macaws and 3 species of Trogons in the first 300 yards of the main trail.
The total time in Costa Rica was 11 days. I was surprised at how good the birding was in San Jose.
Species list:
1 Brown Pelican
2 Neotropic Cormorant
3 Anhinga
4 Magnificent Frigatebird
5 Rufescent Tiger-Heron
6 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
7 Great Blue Heron
8 Great Egret
9 Snowy Egret
10 Little Blue Heron
11 Tricolored Heron
12 Cattle Egret
13 Green Heron
14 White Ibis
15 Wood Stork
16 Turkey Vulture
17 Black Vulture
18 King Vulture
19 American Swallow-tailed Kite
20 Semiplumbeous Hawk
21 Barred Hawk
22 Common Black-Hawk
23 Roadside Hawk
24 Crested Caracara
25 Crested Bobwhite
26 Gray-necked Wood-Rail
27 Purple Gallinule
28 Sungrebe
29 Limpkin
30 Double-striped Thick-knee
31 Collared Plover
32 American Oystercatcher
33 Northern Jacana
34 Ruddy Turnstone
35 Gull-billed Tern
36 Royal Tern
37 Rock Dove
38 Red-billed Pigeon
39 Short-billed Pigeon
40 White-winged Dove
41 Inca Dove
42 Common Ground-Dove
43 Ruddy Ground-Dove
44 White-tipped Dove
45 Gray-chested Dove
46 Crimson-fronted Parakeet
47 Orange-fronted Parakeet
48 Scarlet Macaw
49 Orange-chinned Parakeet
50 White-crowned Parrot
51 White-fronted Parrot
52 Red-lored Parrot
53 Yellow-naped Parrot
54 Squirrel Cuckoo
55 Groove-billed Ani
56 Common Nighthawk
57 Black Swift
58 White-collared Swift
59 Gray-rumped Swift
60 Bronzy Hermit
61 Violet Sabrewing
62 White-necked Jacobin
63 Green Violet-ear
64 Green-breasted Mango
65 Crowned Woodnymph
66 Steely-vented Hummingbird
67 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
68 Striped-tailed Hummingbird
69 Coppery-headed Emerald
70 Snowcap
71 Purple-throated Mountain-gem
72 Green-crowned Brilliant
73 Purple-crowned Fairy
74 Plain-capped Starthroat
75 Black-headed Trogon
76 Baird's Trogon
77 Elegant Trogon
78 Orange-bellied Trogon
79 Slaty-tailed Trogon
80 Lattice-tailed Trogon
81 Resplendent Quetzal
82 Blue-crowned Motmot
83 Turquoise-browed Motmot
84 Ringed Kingfisher
85 Amazon Kingfisher
86 Green Kingfisher
87 Prong-billed Barbet
88 Emerald Toucanet
89 Collared Aracari
90 Fiery-billed Aracari
91 Keel-billed Toucan
92 Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
93 Black-cheeked Woodpecker
94 Hoffman's Woodpecker
95 Ruddy Treerunner
96 Plain Xenops
97 Gray-throated Leaftosser
98 Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
99 Barred Antshrike
100 Black-hooded Antshrike
101 Yellow-bellied Elaenia
102 Scale-crested Pygmy-tyrant
103 Common Tody-flycatcher
104 Yellow-olive Flycatcher
105 White-throated Spadebill
106 Yellowish Flycatcher
107 Long-tailed Tyrant
108 Dusky-capped Flycatcher
109 Great Kiskadee
110 Boat-billed Flycatcher
111 Social Flycatcher
112 Streaked Flycatcher
113 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
114 Tropical Kingbird
115 Masked Tityra
116 Purple-throated Fruitcrow
117 Three-wattled Bellbird
118 White-collared Manakin
119 Golden-collared Manakin
120 White-ruffed Manakin
121 Long-tailed Manakin
122 Gray-breasted Martin
123 Mangrove Swallow
124 Blue-and-white Swallow
125 Southern Rough-winged Swallow
126 White-throated Magpie-Jay
127 Brown Jay
128 Rufous-naped Wren
129 Rufous-breasted Wren
130 Rufous-and-white Wren
131 Banded Wren
132 House Wren
133 Sedge Wren
134 Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
135 White-lored Gnatcatcher
136 Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush
137 Mountain Robin
138 Clay-colored Robin
139 White-throated Robin
140 Red-eyed Vireo
141 Yellow-green Vireo
142 Lesser Greenlet
143 Mangrove Warbler
144 Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
145 Slate-throated Redstart
146 Three-striped Warbler
147 Rufous-capped Warbler
148 Bananaquit
149 Speckled Tanager
150 Golden-masked Tanager
151 Shining Honeycreeper
152 Red-legged Honeycreeper
153 Yellow-crowned Euphonia
154 Yellow-throated Euphonia
155 Blue-gray Tanager
156 Palm Tanager
157 Gray-headed Tanager
158 White-lined Tanager
159 Scarlet-rumped Tanager
160 Common Bush-Tanager
161 Black-and-yellow Tanager
162 Buff-throated Saltator
163 Black-faced Grosbeak
164 Blue Grosbeak
165 Large-footed Finch
166 Orange-billed Sparrow
167 Black-striped Sparrow
168 White-eared Ground-Sparrow
169 Blue-black Grassquit
170 Variable Seedeater
171 Yellow-faced Grassquit
172 Stripe-headed Sparrow
173 Rufous-collared Sparrow
174 Red-winged Blackbird
175 Eastern Meadowlark
176 Melodious Blackbird
177 Great-tailed Grackle
178 Bronzed Cowbird
179 Streak-backed Oriole
180 Scarlet-rumped Cacique
181 Montezuma Oropendula
182 House Sparrow
Roy Jones
Tempe, Arizona
barbet@AZTEC.ASU.EDU