BIRD LIST, LUNA NUEVA LODGE AND RESERVE San Isidro de Peñas Blancas, Alajuela, Costa Rica Mirna Salas, Juan Diego Vargas Last update: January 2013
TOTAL 256
Status: Residente(R),Breeding Resident (RR), Residency Uncertain (R?), Migrant (M), Migrant Status Uncertain (M?), Accidental (A).
Family and English Name Latin Name Status Notes Tinamidae Great Tinamou Tinamus major O R Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui C R Cracidae Gray-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps R Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens R Great Curassow Crax rubra R Podicipedidae Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus R Ardeidae Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum R Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum R Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias M Great Egret Ardea alba R, M Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis R, M Green Heron Butorides virescens R, M Threskiornithidae Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis R Cathartidae Black Vulture Coragyps atratus R Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura R, M King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa R Pandionidae Osprey Pandion haliaetus M Accipitridae Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis R Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus RR,M White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus R Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus R White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis R Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus R Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris R Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus M Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus A R Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus C R, M Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni R M Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus R Eurypygidae Sunbittern Eurypyga helias R Rallidae White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis R Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajaneus R Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor R Jacanidae Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa R Scolopacidae Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius M Columbidae Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis R Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris R Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris R Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti R White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi R Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii R Cuculidae Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana R Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia R Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris R Strigidae Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata R Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata R Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata R Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata R Caprimulgidae Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis R Apodidae Black Swift Cypseloides niger R, M Chestnut-collared Swift Streptoprocne rutila R White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris R Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi R Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris R Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis R Trochilidae White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora R White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila R Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris R Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis R Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti R Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii R Green Thorntail Discosura conversii R Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae R Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti R Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii R Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia R Violet-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica R Steely-vented Hummingbird Amazilia saucerrottei R Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl R Blue-throated Goldentail Hylocharis eliciae R Trogonidae Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena R Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus R Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus R Momotidae Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota R Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii R Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum R Alcedinidae Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquatus R Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana R Bucconidae Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus R White-fronted Nunbird Monasa morphoeus R Galbulidae Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda R Ramphastidae Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus R Yellow-eared Toucanet Selenidera spectabilis R Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus R Black-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus R Picidae Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus R Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani R Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius M Smoky-brown Woodpecker Picoides fumigatus R Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex R Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus R Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus R Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis R Falconidae Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus R Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway R Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans R Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus M Psittacidae Crimson-fronted Parakeet Aratinga finschi O R Olive-throated Parakeet Aratinga nana C R Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus R Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis R Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis R White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis R Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis R Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa R Thamnophilidae Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus R Great Antshrike Taraba major R Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus R Western-slaty Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha R Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus R Checker-throated Antwren Epinecrophilla fulviventris R Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis R Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina R Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul R Dull-mantled Antbird Myrmeciza laemosticta R Furnariidae Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus R Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorhynchus spirurus R Northern-barred Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae R Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus R Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius R Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii R Plain Xenops Xenops minutus R Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus R Tyrannidae Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola R Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster R Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus R Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus R Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris R Paltry Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus R Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus R Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare R Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia R Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum R Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps R Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens R Yellow-margined Flycatcher Tolmomyias assimilis R Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus R Olive-sided Flycatcher Contopus cooperi M Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus M, R? Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens M Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus R Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris M Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus R Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus R Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra R Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer R Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus M Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus R Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarhynchus pitangua R Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis R Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis R Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus RR,M Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris RR,M Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius RR,M Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus R Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus M Tytiridae Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata R Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor R Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae R, M Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus R Cotingidae Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus R Pipridae White-collared Manakin Manacus candei R White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera R Vireonidae Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons C M Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus M Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus M Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis RR, M Tawny-crowned Greenlet Hylophilus ochraceiceps R Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus R Corvidae Brown Jay Psilorhinus morio R Hirundinidae Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea R Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis R, M Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis R Bank Swallow Riparia riparia M Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota M Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica M Troglodytidae House Wren Troglodytes aedon R Black-throated Wren Pheugopedius atrogularis R Stripe-breasted Wren Cantorchilus thoracicus R Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus R Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys R Polioptilidae Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris R Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus R Tropical Gnatcather Polioptila plumbea R Turdidae Black-faced Solitaire Myadestes melanops R Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater R Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus M Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina M Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi R White-throated Thrush Turdus assimilis R Parulidae Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla M Worm-eating Warbler Helmitheros vermivorum M Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis M Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera M Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia M Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina M Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala R Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia M Kentucky Warbler Geothlypis formosa M Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava R American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla M Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi R Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca M Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia R, M Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica M Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica M Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda R Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis M Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla M Genus Incertae Sedis Bananaquit Coereba flaveola R Thraupidae White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus R White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus R Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus R Passerini's Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii R Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus R Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum R Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata R Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola R Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala R Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta R Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana R Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza R Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus R Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus R Genus Incertae Sedis Grayish Saltator Saltator coerulescens R Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus R Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps R Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus R Emberizidae Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina A R Variable Seedeater Sporophila americana C R White-collared Seedeater Sporophila torqueola R R Thick-billed Seed-Finch Oryzoborus funereus R Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus R Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris R Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris R Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis R Cardinalidae Summer Tanager Piranga rubra M Red-throated Ant-Tanager Habia fuscicauda R Carmiol's Tanager Chlorothraupis carmioli R Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster R Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus M Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides R Icteridae Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus R Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna R Melodious Blackbird Dives dives R Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus R Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus R Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas R Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula M Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis R Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma R Fringillidae Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla R Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea R Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi R White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta R Tawny-capped Euphonia Euphonia anneae R
Additional species
This list is a working document. The authors would be extremely grateful to receive reports of any sightings of species not included in the list. It is especially beneficial if they include full details of the sighting and/or photographs or audio recordings. Please send observations to [email protected]
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