8 - 22 July 2000

by Brad Bergstrom

Total # species = 354, including 7 "heard only" (name in parens.)

Extended Stays:
   LA= La Selva Biol. Station; 3 days
   SV= Savegre Mtn. Lodge; 2 days
   TR= Tarcol Lodge, mangroves, Tarcoles River & Carara Biol. Reserve; 3 d
   MR= Marenco Biol. Sta. and Corcovado NP (San Pedrillo area); 3 days

Brief Stops:
   G= El Gavilan lodge (near LA, above); 1/2 day
   S= Sierpe, including river, rice fields & Ecomanglares Lodge; 1/2 day
   C= near Cerro la Muerte (high point on Pan American Hwy.); 1 hr.
   N= Pacific coastal hwy. NW of Palmar Norte; 1 hr.
   I= San Isidro/ El General Valley; 1/2 day
   P= between Paso Real & Buenos Aires, Pan American Hwy; 1 hr.
   D= Dominical-San Isidro Hwy., mtn. pass, roadside shrine; 1 hr.
   J= San Jose; 2 hrs.

Tinamiformes
  Great Tinamou                                   LA,(TR)
  Little Tinamou                                  MR,(LA)

Pelecaniformes
  Brown Booby                                     MR
  Magnificent Frigatebird                         MR,TR
  Brown Pelican                                   MR,TR
  Neotropic (Olivaceous) Cormorant                LA,S,MR,TR
  Anhinga                                         LA,S,MR,TR

Ciconiiformes
 Ardeidae
  Great Blue Heron                                near LA
  Boat-billed Heron                               MR,TR
  Bare-throated Tiger-heron                       MR,TR
  Cattle Egret                                    widespread
  Great Egret                                     LA,S,MR,TR
  Snowy Egret                                     S,TR
  Little Blue Heron                               LA,S,MR,TR
  Yellow-crowned Night-Heron                      TR
  Green Heron                                     LA,S,MR,TR

 Threskiornithidae
  White Ibis                                      MR,TR
  Roseate Spoonbill                               TR

 Cinconiidae
  Wood Stork                                      S,TR

 Cathartidae
  Black Vulture                                   widespread
  Turkey Vulture                                  widespread
  King Vulture                                    TR

Anseriformes
  Black-bellied Whistling Duck                    S,MR,TR,I,N

Falconiformes
  Osprey                                          TR
  Swallow-tailed Kite                             I
  White-tailed Kite                               P,J
  Plumbeous Kite                                  TR
  Grey-headed Kite                                LA
  Pearl Kite                                      I
  Mangrove (Common) Black-Hawk                    TR
  Great Black-Hawk                                S
  White Hawk                                      MA
  Semiplumbeous Hawk                              LA
  Roadside Hawk                                   LA,S,N,I
  Red-tailed Hawk                                 SV
  Zone-tailed Hawk                                TR
  Gray Hawk                                       TR
  Laughing Falcon                                 MR,N,(TR)
  (Collared Forest Falcon)                        (TR)
  Yellow-headed Caracara                          S,MR,TR
  Crested Caracara                                S,TR

Galliformes
  Great Currasow                                  LA,MR
  Gray-headed Chachalaca                          LA,P
  Crested Guan                                    LA
  Spotted Wood-Quail                              SV
  Gray-necked Wood-Rail                           MR,N
  White-throated Crake                            LA,N
  Purple Gallinule                                S,MR,(TR)

Charadriiformes
  Northern Jacana                                 S,TR
  Black-bellied Plover                            S,TR
  Collared Plover                                 S,TR
  Wilson's Plover                                 TR
  Semipalmated Plover                             S,TR
  Wandering Tattler                               MR
  Least Sandpiper                                 TR
  Pectoral Sandpiper                              S
  Semipalmated Sandpiper                          TR
  Spotted Sandpiper                               MR,TR
  Western Sandpiper                               TR
  Short-billed Dowitcher                          TR
  Willet                                          S,TR
  Whimbrel                                        TR
  Ruddy Turnstone                                 TR
  Laughing Gull                                   MR,TR
  Gull-billed Tern                                TR
  Royal Tern                                      TR
  Sooty Tern                                      MR

Columbiformes
  Band-tailed Pigeon                              SV
  Red-billed Pigeon                               LA,MR,TR
  Short-billed Pigeon                             LA,MR,TR
  Pale-vented Pigeon                              LA,G,MR
  Ruddy Pigeon                                    SV
  Ruddy Ground-Dove                               widespread
  Blue Ground-Dove                                LA,S,I,N,TR
  White-tipped Dove                               S,MR,I,TR
  Inca Dove                                       S,MR,I,TR,J
  Gray-chested Dove                               LA,G,TR
  (Ruddy Quail-Dove)                              (TR)
  Olive-backed Quail-Dove                         LA
  Rock Dove                                       J

Psittaciformes
  Yellow-naped Parrot                             TR
  Brown-hooded Parrot                             LA
  White-fronted Parrot                            TR
  White-crowned Parrot                            TR,LA
  Red-lored Parrot                                TR,LA
  Mealy Parrot                                    MR,LA,TR
  Scarlet Macaw                                   MR,TR
  Crimson-fronted Parakeet                        J
  Orange-chinned Parakeet                         LA,S,MR,TR,I
  (Barred Parakeet)                               (SV)

Cuculiformes
  Squirrel Cuckoo                                 LA,S,MR,TR,N,I,J
  Smooth-billed Ani                               S
  Groove-billed Ani                               LA,TR

Strigiformes
  (Barn Owl)                                      (LA)
  Ferruginous Pygmy Owl                           TR
  Vermiculated Screech-Owl                        LA
  Crested Owl                                     LA
  Black-and-white Owl                             TR
  Striped Owl                                     TR

Caprimulgiformes
  Common Potoo                                    LA
  Great Potoo                                     LA
  Lesser Nighthawk                                TR
  Common Pauraque                                 S,MR,TR
  White-tailed Nightjar                           TR

Apodiformes, Apodidae
  White-collared Swift                            TR
  Band-rumped Swift                               MR,TR,I
  Gray-rumped Swift                               LA
  Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift                     LA

Apodiformes, Trochilidae
  Little Hermit                                   LA,MR
  Long-tailed Hermit                              LA,MR,TR
  Rufous-tailed Hummingbird                       widespread
  Blue-chested Hummingbird                        LA
  Scaly-breasted Hummingbird                      I,TR
  Blue-throated Goldentail                        TR
  Mangrove Hummingbird                            TR
  Magnificent Hummingbird                         SV
  Crowned Woodnymph                               LA
  Purple-crowned Fairy                            LA,TR
  Red-footed Plumeleteer                          LA
  White-throated (=Gray-tailed) Mountain-gem      SV
  Fiery-throated Hummingbird                      C
  Scintillant Hummingbird                         SV
  Volcano Hummingbird                             SV
  Green Violetear                                 SV
  White-necked Jacobin                            MR
  Violet-headed Hummingbird                       LA
  Long-billed Starthroat                          LA,I

Trogoniformes
  Black-headed Trogon                             TR
  Black-throated Trogon                           LA,MR,TR
  Collared Trogon                                 SV
  Slaty-tailed Trogon                             LA,TR
  Baird's Trogon                                  MR,TR
  Violaceous Trogon                               MR,TR
  Resplendent Quetzal                             SV

Coraciiformes, Alcedinidae
  American Pygmy Kingfisher                       TR
  Green Kingfisher                                MR,TR
  Ringed Kingfisher                               S,MR,TR
  Amazon Kingfisher                               S,MR,TR

Coraciiformes, Momotidae
  Blue-crowned Motmot                             TR,I
  Turquoise-browed Motmot                         TR
  Rufous Motmot                                   LA
  Broad-billed Motmot                             LA

Piciformes, Galbulidae + Bucconidae
  Rufous-tailed Jacamar                           LA,(TR)
  White-necked Puffbird                           LA
  White-whiskered Puffbird                        TR

Piciformes, Ramphastidae
  Collared Aracari                                LA
  Fiery-billed Aracari                            MR,TR
  Chestnut-mandibled Toucan                       LA,MR,TR,I
  Keel-billed Toucan                              LA

Piciformes, Picidae
  Acorn Woodpecker                                SV
  Lineated Woodpecker                             I,TR
  Pale-billed Woodpecker                          LA,TR
  Black-cheeked Woodpecker                        LA
  Chestnut-colored Woodpecker                     LA
  Rufous-winged Woodpecker                        LA
  Smoky-brown Woodpecker                          LA
  Hoffmann's Woodpecker                           TR
  Golden-naped Woodpecker                         TR
  Red-crowned Woodpecker                          S,MR,P,TR
  Hairy Woodpecker                                SV

Passeriformes:
Dendrocolaptidae
  Tawny-winged Woodcreeper                        TR
  Streak-headed Woodcreeper                       LA,TR,MR
  Spotted-crowned Woodcreeper                     SV,P,I
  Cocoa (=Buff-throated) Woodcreeper              LA,TR
  Wedge-billed Woodcreeper                        LA,MR,TR
  Northern Barred Woodcreeper                     LA,TR
  Long-tailed Woodcreeper                         S
  (Black-striped Woodcreeper)                     (LA)

Furnariidae
  Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner                   LA
  Lineated Foliage-gleaner                        SV
  Slaty Spinetail                                 LA,MR
  Ruddy Treerunner                                SV
  Streaked-breasted Treehunter                    SV
  Buffy Tuftedcheek                               SV,MR
  Plain Xenops                                    SV,MR,TR

Formicariidae
  Black-faced Antthrush                           MR,TR
  Barred Antshrike                                LA,TR
  Fasciated Antshrike                             LA
  Great Antshrike                                 LA
  Black-hooded Antshrike                          MR,TR
  Russet Antshrike                                TR
  Plain Antvireo                                  LA
  Slaty Antwren                                   TR
  Dot-winged Antwren                              MR
  Chestnut-backed Antbird                         MR,TR
  Dusky Antbird                                   TR
  Streak-chested (=Spectacled) Antpitta           TR
  Thicket (=Fulvous-bellied) Antpitta             LA

Rhynocryptidae
  (Silvery-throated Tapaculo)                     (SV)

Tityridae
  Rose-throated Becard                            TR
  White-winged Becard                             TR
  Cinnamon Becard                                 LA,TR
  Masked Tityra                                   LA,I,TR
  Black-crowned Tityra                            LA,I,TR

Cotingidae
  Snowy Cotinga                                   LA
  Turquoise Cotinga                               I
  Rufous Piha                                     MR,(TR)

Pipridae
  White-collared Manakin                          LA
  Orange-collared Manakin                         TR
  Red-capped Manakin                              LA
  Blue-crowned Manakin                            MR,TR

Tyrannidae
  Black Phoebe                                    SV
  Long-tailed Tyrant                              LA
  Tropical Kingbird                               widespread
  Streaked Flycatcher                             I,TR,J
  Great Kiskadee                                  widespread
  Boat-billed Flycatcher                          LA,TR
  Social Flycatcher                               widespread
  White-ringed Flycatcher                         LA
  Piratic Flycatcher                              LA,TR
  Gray-capped Flycatcher                          LA,S,MR
  Bright-rumped Atilla                            LA,TR
  Rufous Mourner                                  LA,TR
  Tropical Pewee                                  LA,TR
  Dark Pewee                                      SV
  Ochraceous Pewee                                SV
  Common Tody-flycatcher                          LA,MR,TR
  Slate-headed Tody-flycatcher                    TR
  Yellowish Flycatcher                            SV
  Yellow-olive Flycatcher                         LA,P,MR
  (Yellow-margined Flycatcher)                    (LA)
  Ochre-bellied Flycatcher                        LA,MR,TR
  Northern Royal Flycatcher                       TR
  Panama Flycatcher                               TR
  Dusky-capped Flycatcher                         LA,MR,TR
  Northern Scrub-Flycatcher                       TR
  Tufted Flycatcher                               SV
  Black-capped Flycatcher                         SV
  Sulfur-rumped Flycatcher                        MR,TR
  Black-tailed Flycatcher                         TR
  Tawny-chested Flycatcher                        G
  Golden-crowned Spadebill                        MR,TR
  Northern Bentbill                               TR
  Eye-ringed Flatbill                             LA
  Torrent Tyrranulet                              SV
  Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet                   TR
  Yellow-crowned Tyrranulet                       S
  (Yellow Tyrranulet)                             (TR)
  Misteltoe Tyrranulet                            LA
  Mountain Elaenia                                SV
  Greenish Elaenia                                TR
  Yellow-bellied Elaenia                          LA
  Lesser Elaenia                                  MR

Hirundinidae
  Gray-breasted Martin                            J,LA
  Blue-and-white Swallow                          LA,N,I
  Mangrove Swallow                                S,TR
  Southern Rough-winged Swallow                   LA,I,TR

Corvidae
  Brown Jay                                       LA
  White-throated Magpie-Jay                       TR

Troglodytidae
  House Wren                                      widespread
  Ochraceous Wren                                 SV
  Banded-backed Wren                              LA
  Rufous-naped Wren                               TR
  Bay Wren                                        LA
  Gray-breasted Wood-wren                         SV
  White-breasted Wood-wren                        LA
  Plain Wren                                      LA,I
  Riverside Wren                                  MR,D,TR
  Rufous-and-white Wren                           TR
  Rufous-breasted Wren                            TR
  Black-bellied Wren                              TR
  Black-throated Wren                             G

Turdidae (or Muscicapidae)
  Ruddy-capped Nightingale-thrush                 SV
  Clay-colored Robin                              widespread
  Pale-vented Robin                               LA
  Mountain Robin                                  SV
  Sooty Robin                                     C
  Black-faced Solitaire                           SV

Sylviidae
  Tropical Gnatcatcher                            LA,TR
  Long-billed Gnatwren                            LA,TR

Ptylogonatidae
  Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher                    SV

Vireonidae
  Lesser Greenlet                                 LA,MR,TR
  Tawny-crowned Greenlet                          MR,TR
  Scrub Greenlet                                  TR
  Brown-capped Vireo                              SV,I
  Yellow-green Vireo                              I
  Yellow-winged Vireo                             SV
  Mangrove Vireo                                  TR
  Green Shrike-Vireo                              TR
  Rufous-browed Peppershrike                      TR

Coerebidae
  Bananaquit                                      LA,MR,S

Parulidae
  "Mangrove" Yellow Warbler                       TR
  Buff-rumped Warbler                             LA
  Rufous-capped Warbler                           I,D
  Black-cheeked Warbler                           SV
  Flame-throated Warbler                          SV
  Gray-crowned Yellowthroat                       TR
  Olive-crowned Yellowthroat                      LA
  Collared Redstart                               SV

Thraupidae
  Shining Honeycreeper                            LA
  Red-legged Honeycreeper                         LA,MR,TR
  Green Honeycreeper                              LA,MR,TR
  Blue Dacnis                                     LA,MR
  Scarlet-thighed Dacnis                          LA
  White-shouldered Tanager                        LA,TR
  Silver-throated Tanager                         D
  Speckled Tanager                                D
  Spangle-cheeked Tanager                         SV
  Golden-hooded Tanager                           widespread
  Passerini's (Scarlet-rumped) Tanager            LA,G
  Cherrie's (Scarlet-rumped) Tanager              I,P,N,MR,TR,C
  White-lined Tanager                             LA,MR
  Dusky-faced Tanager                             LA,G
  Gray-headed Tanager                            TR
  Palm Tanager                                    widespread
  Plain-colored Tanager                           LA
  Crimson-collared Tanager                        LA
  Blue-gray Tanager                               widespread
  Bay-headed Tanager                              MR,D,TR
  Common Bush-Tanager                             SV
  Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager                       SV
  Red-throated Ant-Tanager                        LA
  Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager                       MR
  Scrub Euphonia                                  TR
  Elegant (=Blue-hooded) Euphonia                 SV
  Yellow-throated Euphonia                        TR
  Yellow-crowned Euphonia                         LA,P,TR
  Thick-billed Euphonia                           N
  Olive-backed Euphonia                           LA
  Golden-browed Chlorophonia                      SV

Icteridae
  Great-tailed Grackle                            widespread
  Bronzed Cowbird                                 LA,G,S,I,N
  Montezuma Oropendola                            LA
  Scarlet-rumped Cacique                          LA
  Yellow-billed Cacique                           LA
  (Melodious Blackbird)                           (G,TR)
  Red-winged Blackbird                            TR
  Red-breasted Blackbird                          S
  Yellow-tailed Oriole                            LA
  Black-cowled Oriole                             LA,SV

Emberizidae
  Blue-black Grosbeak                             LA
  Black-thighed Grosbeak                          SV
  Black-faced Grosbeak                            LA
  Eastern Meadowlark                              G,S
  Slaty Flower-Piercer                            SV
  Rufous-collared Sparrow                         J,I,SV
  Black-striped Sparrow                           LA,MR
  Orange-billed Sparrow                           G,LA,MR,TR
  Volcano Junco                                   C
  Yellow-bellied Siskin                           SV,P
  Lesser Goldfinch                                P
  Chestnut-capped Brush-finch                     SV
  Large-footed Finch                              SV
  Yellow-thighed Finch                            SV
  Blue-black Grassquit                            LA,G,S,N,I,TR
  Yellow-faced Grassquit                          SV
  Variable Seedeater                              LA,G,S,I,P,D,N,TR
  Yellow-bellied Seedeater                        I
  Thick-billed Seed-finch                         LA
  Buff-throated Saltator                          LA,S,TR
  Grayish Saltator                                LA
  Black-headed Saltator                           LA
  Streaked Saltator                               I

Passeridae
  House Sparrow                                   J
 
 

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