19th
E-mails had arrived overnight from Iberia to say that we
would be on a direct flight home from San Jose to Heathrow that late
afternoon. Priscille had heard nothing. Our brief moment of joy turned to incredulity
when we realised that it said the 20th and not the 19th
and further digging revealed that it would not be direct but via Bogota in
Colombia!
Given the number of Madrid cancellations there were far too
many people requiring that route and thus our need to get to London required
this different approach. A quick chat
with Emmanuel the Robledal manager secured us a room for a second night and so
we resigned ourselves to a day around the grounds and do some of what is
apparently called ‘relaxing’.
Given our confinement it was of course a glorious day but we
set out to make the most of it. The garden
regulars were all present and correct but there was more time to watch them
this time. I was hoping to find the
Ferruginous Pygmy Owls having somehow not seen one in two weeks and the garden
pair were duly found, admittedly with some help from Emmanuel and then a young
Summer Tanager that was having a hissy fit and pointed me in the right
direction.
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| Ferruginous Pygmy Owl |
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| Ferruginous Pygmy Owl |
A Pileated Woodpecker was drumming and generally shouting at
the world and we soon found it on some dead branches where it was very
carefully, and at that point, quietly chipping the bark off to get to critters
underneath. I am not sure I have been so
close to one before. Rufous-backed Wrens
were bouncing around and a party of Scrub Euphonias stopped in the Cecropias.
Cinnamon and Ruby-throated Hummers were seen and a Canivet’s Emerald came into the poolside Verbenas (not that anyone was lounging in and around the pool) and up above we saw Anhinga, Wood Storks, Grey and Short-tailed Hawks and the Vulture duo (not spotted while any reclining was taking place).
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| Pileated Woodpecker |
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| Pileated Woodpecker |
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| Pileated Woodpecker |
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| Scrub Euphonia |
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| Scrub Euphonia |
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| Rufous-backed Wren |
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| Great-tailed Grackle |
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| Cinnamon Hummingbird |
Lunch was shared with the breakfast bar birds and even the Spot-breasted
Orioles came in for a snack along with the super cool lounging Variegated
Squirrel. Yellow Warblers and Baltimore
Orioles were in the canopy and it was good for the crew to chill out with now familiar
birds.
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| Turkey Vulture |
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| Cinnamon-bellied Saltator |
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| Summer Tanager |
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| Hoffmann's Woodpecker |
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| Spot-breasted Oriole |
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| Great Kiskadee |
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| Great Kiskadee |
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| Summer Tanager |
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| Baltimore Oriole |
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| Yellow Warbler |
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| Variegated Squirrel |
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| Yellow-headed Caracara |
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| Black Witch |
Priscille had been fortunate enough to be given a seat on
the afternoon Madrid flight (she had to get back to Toulouse) and so bid our
farewells after lunch and kept our fingers crossed. As dark fell the fog rolled back in and
although delayed we were pleased to see that she had finally taken off.
Our turn would come the following day.
20th
The morning birds were all present and correct for the
pre-breakfast amble including the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl, Woodpeckers and Orioles
but it was the Yellow-naped Amazons that put on the best show and gleamed in
the sunshine (yes it was still not raining).
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| Yellow-naped Amazons |
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| Yellow-naped Amazons |
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| Yellow-naped Amazons |
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| Spot-breasted Oriole |
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| Cinnamon-bellied Saltator |
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| Summer Tanager |
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| Blue-grey Tanager |
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| Summer Tanager |
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| Great Kiskedee |
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| Variegated Squirrel |
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| Variegated Squirrel |
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| The same wildlife but different poses! |
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| Ferruginous Pygmy Owl |
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| Clay-coloured Thrush |
Emmanuel had offered to take us out for a bit of local birding and I was pleased to accept his offer to revisit the Coyal Free Zone in Alajuela that I visited with his brother on my last visit. This heavily secure, huge industrial area is home to 25,000 employees and the grounds are sympathetically managed for wildlife and Emmanuel has been involved there for the last nine years. It was far greener this time and here had been more planting but it was still a very open landscape with deliberate boulder areas and short grass and far more water than I imagined.
We did not see the Spotted Bobwhites this time but a pair of
Double-Striped Thick-knees were quite approachable and Tropical Mockingbirds
and Common Ground Doves poked around the beds. An Eastern Meadowlark was up on
the wires and a Yellow-Green Vireo whizzed through and down below us in the
creek that flowed into the lake we found three Spotted Sandpipers and several
smallish Brown Basilisks and then at the end by the road culvert there were
nine Least Sandpipers speedily picking up prey while busses, lorries and cars
drove past on the road just a few metres above.
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| Double-Striped Thick-knee |
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| Double-Striped Thick-knee |
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| Common Ground Dove |
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| Brown Basilisk |
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| Brown Basilisk & Spotted Sandpiper |
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| Brown Basilisk |
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| Least Sandpipers |
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| Least Sandpipers |
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| Least Sandpipers |
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| Eastern Meadowlark in a car park |
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| Tropical Mockingbirds |
Moving to the other end of the lake gave us closer views of
Little Blue Herons and Cattle and Great White Egrets. Southern Lapwings were scattered along the banks
with 30 Black-bellied Whistling Ducks and a pair with a well grown brood were
paddling around in the middle looking nervous.
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| Cattle Egrets |
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| Black-bellied Whistling Ducks |
There were Barn Swallows hawking around us and amongst them was a Mangrove Swallow which was surprising. I do not think Emmanuel had seen one before and I am not sure how often they occur this far in from the Pacific coast. A Green Heron was catching tiddlers by the outflow but seemed to be taking far too much interest in the huge Tilapia there.
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| Green Heron |
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| Green Heron |
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| Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
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| Lesser Ground Cuckoo |
We chilled out back at the Robledal, had lunch and then headed for the airport where our plane to Bogata left on time. Two hours later we were on Colombian tarmac and before too long back in the air for the overnight plane with Avianca en route to Heathrow.
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| Out of San Jose in the nick of time as the next thunderstorm arrived |
The extra two days may have been unplanned and we were indebted
to the Robladal for coming to our rescue but wherever you find yourself, there
are always birds to dial down the stresses and bring moments of joy. Pura Vida indeed…
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SPECIES |
SCIENTIFIC NAME |
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Great Tinamou |
Tinamus major |
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Highland
Tinamou |
Nothocercus
bonapartei |
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Little Tinamou |
Crypturellus soui |
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Black-bellied Whistling Duck |
Dendrocygna autumnalis |
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Muscovy Duck |
Cairina moschata |
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Blue-winged Teal |
Spatula discors |
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Grey-headed Chachalaca |
Ortalis cinereiceps |
|
Crested Guan |
Penelope purpurascens |
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Black Guan |
Chamaepetes unicolor |
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Great Curassow |
Crax rubra |
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Spotted Wood Quail |
Odontophorus guttatus |
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Black-eared
Wood Quail |
Odontophorus
melanotis |
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Black-breasted Wood Quail |
Odontophorus leucolaemus |
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Lesser Nighthawk |
Chordeiles acutipennis |
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Pauraque |
Nyctidromus albicollis |
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Great Potoo |
Nyctibius grandis |
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Common Potoo |
Nyctibius griseus |
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Chestnut-collared Swift |
Streptoprocne rutila |
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White-collared Swift |
Streptoprocne zonaris |
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Grey-rumped Swift |
Chaetura cinereiventris |
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Costa Rican Swift |
Chaetura fumosa |
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Vaux's Swift |
Chaetura vauxi |
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Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift |
Panyptila cayennensis |
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White-necked Jacobin |
Florisuga mellivora |
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White-tipped Sicklebill |
Eutoxeres aquila |
|
Bronzy Hermit |
Glaucis aeneus |
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Stripe-throated Hermit |
Phaethornis striigularis |
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Green Hermit |
Phaethornis guy |
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Long-billed Hermit |
Phaethornis longirostris |
|
Green-fronted Lancebill |
Doryfera ludovicae |
|
Brown Violetear |
Colibri delphinae |
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Lesser Violetear |
Colibri cyanotus |
|
Purple-crowned Fairy |
Heliothryx barroti |
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Green-breasted Mango |
Anthracothorax prevostii |
|
Green Thorntail |
Discosura conversii |
|
Black-crested Coquette |
Lophornis helenae |
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Green-crowned Brilliant |
Heliodoxa jacula |
|
Talamanca Hummingbird |
Eugenes spectabilis |
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Fiery-throated Hummingbird |
Panterpe insignis |
|
Long-billed Starthroat |
Heliomaster longirostris |
|
White-bellied Mountaingem |
Lampornis hemileucus |
|
Purple-throated
Mountaingem |
Lampornis
calolaemus |
|
White-throated
Mountaingem (Grey-tailed) |
Lampornis castaneoventris cinereicauda |
|
Ruby-throated Hummingbird |
Archilochus colubris |
|
Heliotrope Volcano Hummingbird |
Selasphorus flammula torridus |
|
Poás-Barva
Volcano Hummingbird |
Selasphorus
flammula simoni |
|
Scintillant Hummingbird |
Selasphorus scintilla |
|
Canivet's Emerald |
Cynanthus canivetii |
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Violet-headed Hummingbird |
Klais guimeti |
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Violet Sabrewing |
Campylopterus hemileucurus |
|
Bronze-tailed
Plumeleteer |
Chalybura
urochrysia |
|
Crowned Woodnymph |
Thalurania colombica |
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Snowcap |
Microchera albocoronata |
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Coppery-headed Emerald |
Microchera cupreiceps |
|
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird |
Eupherusa eximia |
|
Black-bellied Hummingbird |
Eupherusa nigriventris |
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Scaly-breasted Hummingbird |
Phaeochroa cuvierii |
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Blue-vented Hummingbird |
Saucerottia hoffmanni |
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Cinnamon Hummingbird |
Amazilia rutila |
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird |
Amazilia tzacatl |
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Mangrove Hummingbird |
Amazilia boucardi |
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Blue-chested Hummingbird |
Polyerata amabilis |
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Blue-throated Goldentail |
Chlorestes eliciae |
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Groove-billed Ani |
Crotophaga sulcirostris |
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Lesser Ground Cuckoo |
Morococcyx erythropygus |
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Squirrel
Cuckoo |
Piaya cayana |
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Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon) |
Columba livia |
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Band-tailed Pigeon |
Patagioenas fasciata |
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Pale-vented Pigeon |
Patagioenas cayennensis |
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Red-billed Pigeon |
Patagioenas flavirostris |
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Ruddy Pigeon |
Patagioenas subvinacea |
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Short-billed Pigeon |
Patagioenas nigrirostris |
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Inca Dove |
Columbina inca |
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Common Ground Dove |
Columbina passerina |
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Ruddy Ground Dove |
Columbina talpacoti |
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White-tipped Dove |
Leptotila verreauxi |
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Grey-headed Dove |
Leptotila plumbeiceps |
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Grey-chested Dove |
Leptotila cassinii |
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Buff-fronted Quail-Dove |
Zentrygon costaricensis |
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White-winged Dove |
Zenaida asiatica |
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Uniform Crake |
Amaurolimnas concolor |
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Russet-naped Wood Rail |
Aramides albiventris |
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Sora |
Porzana carolina |
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Common Gallinule |
Gallinula galeata |
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Purple Gallinule |
Porphyrio martinica |
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Yellow-breasted Crake |
Laterallus flaviventer |
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White-throated Crake |
Laterallus albigularis |
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Pied-billed Grebe |
Podilymbus podiceps |
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Double-striped Thick-knee |
Burhinus bistriatus |
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Grey Plover |
Pluvialis squatarola |
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Southern Lapwing |
Vanellus chilensis |
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Wilson's
Plover |
Anarhynchus
wilsonia |
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Semipalmated
Plover |
Charadrius
semipalmatus |
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Northern Jacana |
Jacana spinosa |
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Hunsonian Whimbrel |
Numenius hudsonicus |
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Sanderling |
Calidris alba |
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Least Sandpiper |
Calidris minutilla |
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Spotted Sandpiper |
Actitis macularius |
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Solitary Sandpiper |
Tringa solitaria |
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Willet |
Tringa semipalmata |
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Ruddy Turnstone |
Arenaria interpres |
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Laughing Gull |
Leucophaeus atricilla |
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Franklin's
Gull |
Leucophaeus
pipixcan |
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American Royal Tern |
Thalasseus maximus |
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Wood Stork |
Mycteria americana |
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Jabiru |
Jabiru mycteria |
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Magnificent Frigatebird |
Fregata magnificens |
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Anhinga |
Anhinga anhinga |
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Neotropic Cormorant |
Nannopterum brasilianum |
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Green Ibis |
Mesembrinibis cayennensis |
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American White Ibis |
Eudocimus albus |
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Roseate Spoonbill |
Platalea ajaja |
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Fasciated Tiger Heron |
Tigrisoma fasciatum |
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Bare-throated Tiger Heron |
Tigrisoma mexicanum |
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Pinnated Bittern |
Botaurus pinnatus |
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Least Bittern |
Ixobrychus exilis |
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Yellow-crowned Night Heron |
Nyctanassa violacea |
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Green Heron |
Butorides virescens |
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Western Cattle Egret |
Bubulcus ibis |
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Great Blue Heron |
Ardea herodias |
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Great Egret |
Ardea alba |
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Tricolored Heron |
Egretta tricolor |
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Little Blue Heron |
Egretta caerulea |
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Snowy Egret |
Egretta thula |
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Brown Pelican |
Pelecanus occidentalis |
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King Vulture |
Sarcoramphus papa |
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Black Vulture |
Coragyps atratus |
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Turkey Vulture |
Cathartes aura |
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Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture |
Cathartes burrovianus |
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Western Osprey |
Pandion haliaetus |
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White-tailed Kite |
Elanus leucurus |
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Grey-headed Kite |
Leptodon cayanensis |
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Hook-billed Kite |
Chondrohierax uncinatus |
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Black
Hawk-Eagle |
Spizaetus
tyrannus |
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Ornate Hawk-Eagle |
Spizaetus ornatus |
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Double-toothed Kite |
Harpagus bidentatus |
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Tiny Hawk |
Accipiter
superciliosus |
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Bicolored
Hawk |
Accipiter
bicolor |
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Northern
Harrier |
Circus
hudsonius |
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Black-collared Hawk |
Busarellus nigricollis |
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Snail Kite |
Rostrhamus sociabilis |
|
Mangrove Black Hawk |
Buteogallus anthracinus |
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Great
Black Hawk |
Buteogallus
urubitinga |
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Barred Hawk |
Morphnarchus princeps |
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Roadside Hawk |
Rupornis magnirostris |
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Harris's Hawk |
Parabuteo unicinctus |
|
White Hawk |
Pseudastur albicollis |
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Semiplumbeous Hawk |
Leucopternis semiplumbeus |
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Grey Hawk |
Buteo plagiatus |
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Broad-winged Hawk |
Buteo platypterus |
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Short-tailed Hawk |
Buteo brachyurus |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
Buteo jamaicensis |
|
American Barn Owl |
Tyto furcata |
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Ferruginous Pygmy Owl |
Glaucidium brasilianum |
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Striped Owl |
Asio clamator |
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Pacific Screech Owl |
Megascops cooperi |
|
Spectacled Owl |
Pulsatrix perspicillata |
|
Crested Owl |
Lophostrix cristata |
|
Mottled Owl |
Strix virgata |
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Black-and-white Owl |
Strix nigrolineata |
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Resplendent Quetzal |
Pharomachrus mocinno |
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Slaty-tailed Trogon |
Trogon massena |
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Black-headed Trogon |
Trogon melanocephalus |
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Gartered Trogon |
Trogon caligatus |
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Northern Black-throated Trogon |
Trogon tenellus |
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Collared Trogon |
Trogon collaris |
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Amazon Kingfisher |
Chloroceryle amazona |
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American Pygmy Kingfisher |
Chloroceryle aenea |
|
Green Kingfisher |
Chloroceryle americana |
|
Ringed Kingfisher |
Megaceryle torquata |
|
Tody Motmot |
Hylomanes momotula |
|
Lesson's Motmot |
Momotus lessonii |
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Rufous Motmot |
Baryphthengus martii |
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Keel-billed Motmot |
Electron carinatum |
|
Broad-billed Motmot |
Electron platyrhynchum |
|
Turquoise-browed Motmot |
Eumomota superciliosa |
|
Rufous-tailed Jacamar |
Galbula ruficauda |
|
White-whiskered Puffbird |
Malacoptila panamensis |
|
White-fronted Nunbird |
Monasa morphoeus |
|
Red-headed Barbet |
Eubucco bourcierii |
|
Prong-billed Barbet |
Semnornis frantzii |
|
Blue-throated Emerald Toucanet |
Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis |
|
Collared Aracari |
Pteroglossus torquatus |
|
Fiery-billed Aracari |
Pteroglossus frantzii |
|
Keel-billed Toucan |
Ramphastos sulfuratus |
|
Yellow-throated Toucan |
Ramphastos ambiguus |
|
Acorn Woodpecker |
Melanerpes formicivorus |
|
Black-cheeked Woodpecker |
Melanerpes pucherani |
|
Hoffmann's Woodpecker |
Melanerpes hoffmannii |
|
Hairy Woodpecker |
Leuconotopicus villosus |
|
Rufous-winged Woodpecker |
Piculus simplex |
|
Lineated Woodpecker |
Dryocopus lineatus |
|
Pale-billed Woodpecker |
Campephilus guatemalensis |
|
Crested Caracara |
Caracara plancus |
|
Yellow-headed Caracara |
Milvago chimachima |
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Laughing Falcon |
Herpetotheres cachinnans |
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Collared Forest Falcon |
Micrastur semitorquatus |
|
American Kestrel |
Falco sparverius |
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Bat Falcon |
Falco rufigularis |
|
Peregrine Falcon |
Falco peregrinus |
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Barred Parakeet |
Bolborhynchus lineola |
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Orange-chinned Parakeet |
Brotogeris jugularis |
|
Brown-hooded Parrot |
Pyrilia haematotis |
|
Blue-headed Parrot |
Pionus menstruus |
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White-crowned Parrot |
Pionus senilis |
|
Red-lored Amazon |
Amazona autumnalis |
|
Yellow-naped Amazon |
Amazona auropalliata |
|
Northern Mealy Amazon |
Amazona guatemalae |
|
Sulphur-winged Parakeet |
Pyrrhura hoffmanni |
|
Olive-throated Parakeet |
Eupsittula nana |
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Orange-fronted Parakeet |
Eupsittula canicularis |
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Great Green Macaw |
Ara ambiguus |
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Pacific Scarlet Macaw |
Ara macao macao |
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Caribbean
Scarlet Macaw |
Ara
macao cyanoptera |
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Finsch's Parakeet |
Psittacara finschi |
|
Olivaceous Woodcreeper |
Sittasomus griseicapillus |
|
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper |
Glyphorynchus spirurus |
|
Cocoa Woodcreeper |
Xiphorhynchus susurrans |
|
Spotted Woodcreeper |
Xiphorhynchus erythropygius |
|
Brown-billed
Scythebill |
Campylorhamphus
pusillus |
|
Streak-headed Woodcreeper |
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii |
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Spot-crowned Woodcreeper |
Lepidocolaptes affinis |
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Plain Xenops |
Xenops minutus |
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Buffy Tuftedcheek |
Pseudocolaptes lawrencii |
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Fawn-throated
Foliage-gleaner |
Automolus
cervinigularis |
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Ruddy Treerunner |
Margarornis rubiginosus |
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Russet Antshrike |
Thamnistes anabatinus |
|
Checker-throated
Stipplethroat |
Epinecrophylla
fulviventris |
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Slaty Antwren |
Myrmotherula schisticolor |
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Plain
Antvireo |
Dysithamnus
mentalis |
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Streak-crowned Antvireo |
Dysithamnus striaticeps |
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Barred Antshrike |
Thamnophilus doliatus |
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Black-crowned Antshrike |
Thamnophilus atrinucha |
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Fasciated Antshrike |
Cymbilaimus lineatus |
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Ocellated Antbird |
Phaenostictus mcleannani |
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Bicolored Antbird |
Gymnopithys bicolor |
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Dusky Antbird |
Cercomacroides tyrannina |
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Spotted Antbird |
Hylophylax naevioides |
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Chestnut-backed Antbird |
Poliocrania exsul |
|
Dull-mantled Antbird |
Sipia laemosticta |
|
Bare-crowned
Antbird |
Gymnocichla
nudiceps |
|
Zeledon's Antbird |
Percnostola zeledoni |
|
Scaled Antpitta |
Grallaria guatimalensis |
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Thicket Antpitta |
Myrmothera dives |
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Yellow-bellied Elaenia |
Elaenia flavogaster |
|
Rufous-browed
Tyrannulet |
Phylloscartes
superciliaris |
|
Yellow-bellied
Tyrannulet |
Ornithion
semiflavum |
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Torrent Tyrannulet |
Serpophaga cinerea |
|
Yellow Tyrannulet |
Capsiempis flaveola |
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Mistletoe Tyrannulet |
Zimmerius parvus |
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Olive-streaked Flycatcher |
Mionectes olivaceus |
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Ochre-bellied Flycatcher |
Mionectes oleagineus |
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Slaty-capped Flycatcher |
Leptopogon superciliaris |
|
Northern
Scrub Flycatcher |
Sublegatus
arenarum |
|
Northern Bentbill |
Oncostoma cinereigulare |
|
Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant |
Lophotriccus pileatus |
|
Common
Tody-Flycatcher |
Todirostrum cinereum |
|
Black-headed
Tody-Flycatcher |
Todirostrum
nigriceps |
|
Eye-ringed Flatbill |
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris |
|
Yellow-olive Flatbill |
Tolmomyias sulphurescens |
|
Black Phoebe |
Sayornis nigricans |
|
Northern Tufted Flycatcher |
Mitrephanes phaeocercus |
|
Eastern Wood Pewee |
Contopus virens |
|
Northern Tropical Pewee |
Contopus bogotensis |
|
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher |
Empidonax flaviventris |
|
Acadian
Flycatcher |
Empidonax
virescens |
|
Least Flycatcher |
Empidonax minimus |
|
Yellowish Flycatcher |
Empidonax flavescens |
|
Black-capped Flycatcher |
Empidonax atriceps |
|
Long-tailed Tyrant |
Colonia colonus |
|
Social Flycatcher |
Myiozetetes similis |
|
Grey-capped Flycatcher |
Myiozetetes granadensis |
|
Great Kiskadee |
Pitangus sulphuratus |
|
Boat-billed Flycatcher |
Megarynchus pitangua |
|
Tropical Kingbird |
Tyrannus melancholicus |
|
Western
Kingbird |
Tyrannus
verticalis |
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Scissor-tailed Flycatcher |
Tyrannus forficatus |
|
Fork-tailed Flycatcher |
Tyrannus savana |
|
Rufous Mourner |
Rhytipterna holerythra |
|
Dusky-capped Flycatcher |
Myiarchus tuberculifer |
|
Great-crested Flycatcher |
Myiarchus crinitus |
|
Brown-crested Flycatcher |
Myiarchus tyrannulus |
|
Bright-rumped Attila |
Attila spadiceus |
|
Bare-necked Umbrellabird |
Cephalopterus glabricollis |
|
Snowy Cotinga |
Carpodectes nitidus |
|
Long-tailed Manakin |
Chiroxiphia linearis |
|
White-ruffed Manakin |
Corapipo altera |
|
White-collared Manakin |
Manacus candei |
|
Red-capped
Manakin |
Ceratopipra mentalis |
|
Northern Royal Flycatcher |
Onychorhynchus mexicanus |
|
Sulphur-rumped Myiobius |
Myiobius sulphureipygius |
|
Ruddy-tailed
Flycatcher |
Terenotriccus
erythrurus |
|
Black-crowned Tityra |
Tityra inquisitor |
|
Masked Tityra |
Tityra semifasciata |
|
Northern Schiffornis |
Schiffornis veraepacis |
|
Barred Becard |
Pachyramphus versicolor |
|
Cinnamon Becard |
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus |
|
Rose-throated Becard |
Pachyramphus aglaiae |
|
Rufous-browed Peppershrike |
Cyclarhis gujanensis |
|
Lesser Greenlet |
Pachysylvia decurtata |
|
Yellow-green Vireo |
Vireo flavoviridis |
|
Philadelphia Vireo |
Vireo philadelphicus |
|
Brown-capped Vireo |
Vireo leucophrys |
|
Yellow-throated Vireo |
Vireo flavifrons |
|
Yellow-winged Vireo |
Vireo carmioli |
|
Brown Jay |
Psilorhinus morio |
|
White-throated Magpie-Jay |
Calocitta formosa |
|
Black-and-yellow Phainoptila |
Phainoptila melanoxantha |
|
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher |
Ptiliogonys caudatus |
|
Mangrove Swallow |
Tachycineta albilinea |
|
Blue-and-white Swallow |
Pygochelidon cyanoleuca |
|
Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
|
Southern Rough-winged Swallow |
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis |
|
Grey-breasted Martin |
Progne chalybea |
|
Barn Swallow |
Hirundo rustica |
|
Band-backed Wren |
Campylorhynchus zonatus |
|
Rufous-backed Wren |
Campylorhynchus capistratus |
|
Black-throated Wren |
Pheugopedius atrogularis |
|
Spot-breasted Wren |
Pheugopedius maculipectus |
|
Cabanis's Wren |
Cantorchilus modestus |
|
Canebrake Wren |
Cantorchilus zeledoni |
|
Riverside Wren |
Cantorchilus semibadius |
|
Bay Wren |
Cantorchilus nigricapillus |
|
Stripe-breasted Wren |
Cantorchilus thoracicus |
|
Southern House Wren |
Troglodytes musculus |
|
Ochraceous Wren |
Troglodytes ochraceus |
|
Timberline Wren |
Thryorchilus browni |
|
White-breasted Wood Wren |
Henicorhina leucosticta |
|
Grey-breasted
Wood Wren |
Henicorhina leucophrys |
|
Northern
Nightingale-Wren |
Microcerculus philomela |
|
Trilling Gnatwren |
Ramphocaenus melanurus |
|
Tawny-faced
Gnatwren |
Microbates
cinereiventris |
|
White-browed Gnatcatcher |
Polioptila bilineata |
|
Tropical Mockingbird |
Mimus gilvus |
|
Black-faced Solitaire |
Myadestes melanops |
|
Wood Thrush |
Hylocichla mustelina |
|
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush |
Catharus mexicanus |
|
Slaty-backed
Nightingale-Thrush |
Catharus
fuscater |
|
Swainson's Thrush |
Catharus ustulatus |
|
Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush |
Catharus gracilirostris |
|
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush |
Catharus frantzii |
|
Sooty Thrush |
Turdus nigrescens |
|
Mountain Thrush |
Turdus plebejus |
|
Pale-vented Thrush |
Turdus obsoletus |
|
Clay-coloured Thrush |
Turdus grayi |
|
American
Dipper |
Cinclus
mexicanus |
|
House Sparrow |
Passer domesticus |
|
Lesser Goldfinch |
Spinus psaltria |
|
Elegant Chlorophonia |
Chlorophonia elegantissima |
|
Golden-browed Chlorophonia |
Chlorophonia callophrys |
|
Scrub Euphonia |
Euphonia affinis |
|
Yellow-crowned Euphonia |
Euphonia luteicapilla |
|
White-vented Euphonia |
Euphonia minuta |
|
Yellow-throated Euphonia |
Euphonia hirundinacea |
|
Olive-backed Euphonia |
Euphonia gouldi |
|
Tawny-capped Euphonia |
Euphonia anneae |
|
Sooty-capped Chlorospingus |
Chlorospingus pileatus |
|
Common Chlorospingus |
Chlorospingus flavopectus |
|
Stripe-headed Sparrow |
Peucaea ruficauda |
|
Olive Sparrow |
Arremonops rufivirgatus |
|
Black-striped Sparrow |
Arremonops conirostris |
|
Orange-billed Sparrow |
Arremon aurantiirostris |
|
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch |
Arremon brunneinucha |
|
Sooty-faced Brushfinch |
Arremon crassirostris |
|
Volcano Junco |
Junco vulcani |
|
Rufous-collared Sparrow |
Zonotrichia capensis |
|
Large-footed Finch |
Pezopetes capitalis |
|
White-eared Ground Sparrow |
Melozone leucotis |
|
Cabanis's
Ground Sparrow |
Melozone
cabanisi |
|
Yellow-thighed Brushfinch |
Atlapetes tibialis |
|
Zeledonia |
Zeledonia coronata |
|
Eastern Meadowlark |
Sturnella magna |
|
Red-breasted Meadowlark |
Leistes militaris |
|
Yellow-billed
Cacique |
Amblycercus
holosericeus |
|
Chestnut-headed Oropendola |
Psarocolius wagleri |
|
Montezuma Oropendola |
Psarocolius montezuma |
|
Scarlet-rumped Cacique |
Cacicus microrhynchus |
|
Streak-backed Oriole |
Icterus pustulatus |
|
Baltimore Oriole |
Icterus galbula |
|
Spot-breasted Oriole |
Icterus pectoralis |
|
Black-cowled Oriole |
Icterus prosthemelas |
|
Red-winged Blackbird |
Agelaius phoeniceus |
|
Giant Cowbird |
Molothrus oryzivorus |
|
Bronzed Cowbird |
Molothrus aeneus |
|
Melodious Blackbird |
Dives dives |
|
Nicaraguan Grackle |
Quiscalus nicaraguensis |
|
Great-tailed Grackle |
Quiscalus mexicanus |
|
Ovenbird |
Seiurus aurocapilla |
|
Louisiana Waterthrush |
Parkesia motacilla |
|
Northern Waterthrush |
Parkesia noveboracensis |
|
Golden-winged Warbler |
Vermivora chrysoptera |
|
Black-and-white Warbler |
Mniotilta varia |
|
Prothonotary Warbler |
Protonotaria citrea |
|
Flame-throated Warbler |
Oreothlypis gutturalis |
|
Tennessee Warbler |
Leiothlypis peregrina |
|
Grey-crowned Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis poliocephala |
|
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat |
Geothlypis semiflava |
|
Mourning
Warbler |
Geothlypis
philadelphia |
|
Kentucky Warbler |
Geothlypis formosa |
|
Hooded
Warbler |
Setophaga citrina |
|
Cape May Warbler |
Setophaga
tigrina |
|
American Redstart |
Setophaga ruticilla |
|
Tropical Parula |
Setophaga pitiayumi |
|
Bay-breasted Warbler |
Setophaga castanea |
|
Blackburnian Warbler |
Setophaga fusca |
|
American Yellow Warbler |
Setophaga aestiva |
|
Mangrove Warbler |
Setophaga petechia |
|
Chestnut-sided Warbler |
Setophaga pensylvanica |
|
Black-throated Green Warbler |
Setophaga virens |
|
Buff-rumped Warbler |
Myiothlypis fulvicauda |
|
Chestnut-capped Warbler |
Basileuterus delattrii |
|
Black-cheeked Warbler |
Basileuterus melanogenys |
|
Golden-crowned Warbler |
Basileuterus culicivorus |
|
Wilson's Warbler |
Cardellina pusilla |
|
Slate-throated Whitestart |
Myioborus miniatus |
|
Collared Whitestart |
Myioborus torquatus |
|
Flame-coloured Tanager |
Piranga bidentata |
|
Tooth-billed Tanager |
Piranga lutea |
|
Summer Tanager |
Piranga rubra |
|
Scarlet Tanager |
Piranga olivacea |
|
Red-throated Ant Tanager |
Habia fuscicauda |
|
Carmiol's Tanager |
Chlorothraupis carmioli |
|
Rose-breasted Grosbeak |
Pheucticus ludovicianus |
|
Blue-black Grosbeak |
Cyanoloxia cyanoides |
|
Indigo Bunting |
Passerina cyanea |
|
Green Honeycreeper |
Chlorophanes spiza |
|
Black-and-yellow Tanager |
Chrysothlypis chrysomelas |
|
Red-legged Honeycreeper |
Cyanerpes cyaneus |
|
Shining Honeycreeper |
Cyanerpes lucidus |
|
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis |
Dacnis venusta |
|
Blue Dacnis |
Dacnis cayana |
|
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator |
Saltator grandis |
|
Buff-throated Saltator |
Saltator maximus |
|
Black-headed Saltator |
Saltator atriceps |
|
Bananaquit |
Coereba flaveola |
|
Yellow-faced Grassquit |
Tiaris olivaceus |
|
Blue-black Grassquit |
Volatinia jacarina |
|
White-shouldered Tanager |
Loriotus luctuosus |
|
Tawny-crested Tanager |
Tachyphonus delatrii |
|
White-throated Shrike-Tanager |
Lanio leucothorax |
|
Crimson-collared Tanager |
Ramphocelus sanguinolentus |
|
Passerini's Scarlet-rumped Tanager |
Ramphocelus passerinii passerinii |
|
Morelet's Seedeater |
Sporophila morelleti |
|
Variable Seedeater |
Sporophila corvina |
|
Thick-billed Seed Finch |
Sporophila funerea |
|
Nicaraguan Seed Finch |
Sporophila nuttingi |
|
Peg-billed Finch |
Acanthidops bairdi |
|
Slaty Flowerpiercer |
Diglossa plumbea |
|
Blue-and-gold Tanager |
Bangsia arcaei |
|
Speckled Tanager |
Ixothraupis guttata |
|
Blue-grey Tanager |
Thraupis episcopus |
|
Palm Tanager |
Thraupis palmarum |
|
Golden-hooded Tanager |
Stilpnia larvata |
|
Spangle-cheeked Tanager |
Tangara dowii |
|
Bay-headed Tanager |
Tangara gyrola |
|
Rufous-winged Tanager |
Tangara lavinia |
|
Emerald Tanager |
Tangara florida |
|
Silver-throated Tanager |
Tangara icterocephala |
|
Plain-coloured
Tanager |
Tangara
inornata |
Between the group we experienced 459 species and everyone saw well over 400 and heard many more. Given the weather conditions and areas we could not visit, we did remarkably well and it was, as ever an un-forgettable experience. I somehow had 27 new species along with seven Costa Rican ticks that I had seen in other countries before.
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Mammals |
|
White-nosed
Coatimundi |
|
Variegated
Squirrel |
|
Mountain
Squirrel |
|
Red-tailed
Mountain Squirrel |
|
Alfaro's
Pygmy Squirrel |
|
Brown-throated
Three-toed Sloth |
|
Collared
Peccary |
|
Baird's
Tapir |
|
Central
American Spider Monkey |
|
Mantled
Howlers |
|
White-faced
Capuchin |
|
Dice's
Rabbit |
|
Central
American Tent Bat |
|
|
|
Herps |
|
Neotropical
Slider |
|
Strawberry
Blue Jeans Arrow Frog |
|
Green
& Black Arrow Frog |
|
Brilliant
Forest Frog |
|
Rain Frog |
|
Swamp
Tree Frog |
|
Hour
Glass Tree Frog |
|
Red-eyed
Tree Frog |
|
Common
Dink Frog |
|
Central
American Bull Frog |
|
Cane Toad |
|
Central
American Boa |
|
House
Gecko |
|
Dry
Forest Anole |
|
Pug Nosed
Anole |
|
Emerald
Basilisk |
|
Brown
Basilisk |
|
Central American
Whiptail |
|
Ctenosaur |
|
Green
Iguana |
|
Central
American Crocodile |
|
Spectacled
Caimen |
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