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Neotropical Migratory Bird List OSA BIRDS: RESEARCH & CONSERVATION Lista de Aves Migratorias Península de Osa / Migratory Bird CheckList Osa Peninsula DUCKS (Anatidae) 1 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors M 2 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris M 3 Lesser Scaup (rare) Aythya affinis M HERONS (Ardeidae) 4 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias M, R 5 Great Egret Ardea alba M, R 6 Snowy Egret Egretta thula M, R 7 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea M, R 8 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor M, R 9 Green Heron Butorides virescens M, R 10 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea M, R HAWKS & EAGLES (Accipitridae) 11 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus M, R 12 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis M 13 Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea M 14 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus M 15 Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor M 16 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus M 17 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni M 18 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis M CRAKES & RAILS (Rallidae) 19 Sora Porzana carolina M 20 Common Gallinule Gallinula galeata M, R 21 American Coot Fulica americana M, R STILTS (Recurvirostridae) 22 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus M, R OYSTERCATCHERS (Haematopodidae) 23 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus M, R PLOVERS (Charadriidae) 24 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis M 25 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola M, R 26 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica M, R 27 Snowy Plover Charadrius nivosus M 28 Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia M, R 29 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus M, R 30 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus M, R SANDPIPERS (Scolopacidae) 31 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius M, R 32 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria M 33 Wandering Tattler Tringa incana M, R 34 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca M, R 35 Willet Tringa semipalmata M, R 36 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes M, R 37 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda M 38 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus M, R 39 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa M, R 40 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres M, R 41 Red Knot Calidris canutus M 42 Surfbird Calidris virgata M, R 43 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus M 44 Sanderling Calidris alba M, R 45 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii M 46 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla M, R 47 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis M 48 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos M, R 49 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla M, R 50 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri M, R 51 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus M, R 52 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus M 53 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata ? 54 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor M, R 55 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus M, R GULLS & TERNS (Laridae) 56 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla M, R 57 Franklin's Gull Leucophaeus pipixcan M, R 58 Gull-billed Tern Gelochelidon nilotica M, R 59 Black Tern Chlidonias niger M, R 60 Common Tern Sterna hirundo M, R 61 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus M, R 62 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis M, R 63 Elegant Tern Thalasseus elegans M, R 64 Black Skimmer Rynchops niger M, R CUCKOOS (Cuculidae) 65 Yellow-billed Cuckoo* Coccyzus americanus M NIGHTJARS (Caprimulgidae) 66 Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus M 67 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis M, R 68 Common Nighthawk Chordeiles minor M 69 Chuck-will's-widow Antrostomus carolinensis M 70 Eastern Whip-poor-will Antrostomus vociferus M HUMMINGBIRDS (Trochilidae) 71 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris M KINGFISHERS (Alcedinidae) 72 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon M WOODPECKERS (Picidae) 73 Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius M FALCONS (Falconidae) 74 American Kestrel Falco sparverius M 75 Merlin Falco columbarius M 76 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus M TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (Tyrannidae) 77 Olive-sided Flycatcher* Contopus cooperi M 78 Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus M 79 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens M 80 Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris M 81 Acadian Flycatcher Empidonax virescens M 82 Alder Flycatcher Empidonax alnorum M 83 Willow Flycatcher* Empidonax traillii M 84 Least Flycatcher Empidonax minimus M 85 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus M 86 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris M 87 Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius M 88 Western Kingbird Tyrannus verticalis M 89 Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus M 90 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus M BECARDS (Tityridae) 91 Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae M, R VIREOS (Vireonidae) 92 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons M 93 Blue-headed Vireo Vireo solitarius M 94 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus M 95 Red-eyed Vireo Vireo olivaceus M 96 Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis M SWALLOWS (Hirundinidae) 97 Purple Martin Progne subis M 98 Tree Swallow Tachycineta bicolor M 99 Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis M, R 100 Bank Swallow Riparia riparia M 101 Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota M 102 Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica M THRUSHES (Turdidae) 103 Swainson's Thrush (passage) Catharus ustulatus M 104 Wood Thrush* Hylocichla mustelina M MOCKINGBIRDS (Mimidae) 105 Gray Catbird Dumetella Carolinensis M WAXWINGS (Bombycillidae) 106 Cedar Waxwing Bombycilla cedrorum M WOOD-WARBLERS (Parulidae) 107 Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla M 108 Worm-eating Warbler* Helmitheros vermivorum M 109 Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla M 110 Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis M 111 Golden-winged Warbler* Vermivora chrysoptera M 112 Blue-winged Warbler Vermivora cyanoptera M 113 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia M 114 Prothonotary Warbler* Protonotaria citrea M 115 Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina M 116 Macgillivray's Warbler Geothlypis tolmiei M 117 Mourning Warbler Geothlypis philadelphia M 118 Kentucky Warbler* Geothlypis formosa M 119 Common Yellowthroat Geothlypis trichas M 120 Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina M 121 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla M 122 Northern Parula Setophaga americana M 123 Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi M 124 Magnolia Warbler Setophaga magnolia M 125 Bay-breasted Warbler Setophaga castanea M 126 Blackburnian Warbler Setophaga fusca M 127 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia M 128 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica M 129 Blackpoll Warbler Setophaga striata M 130 Yellow-rumped Warbler Setophaga coronata M 131 Yellow-throated Warbler Setophaga dominica M 132 Canada Warbler Cardellina canadensis M 133 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla M 134 Yellow-breasted Chat Icteria virens M TANAGERS, GROSBEAKS & BUNTINGS (Cardinalidae) 135 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra M 136 Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea M 137 Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava M 138 Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana M 139 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus M 140 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea M 141 Painted Bunting Passerina ciris M 142 Dickcissel Spiza americana M BLACKBIRDS & ORIOLES (Icteridae) 143 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna M 144 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius M 145 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula M * Especies de importancia para la conservacion y bajando en poblacion M = Migratory Species M/R = Tiene una subpoblacion residente y subpoblacion migratoria The taxonomic order follows the American Ornithologists' Union (AOU) current checklist of North and Middle American Birds and its supplements. Current Update: 54th Supplement from The Auk 130(3):558−571, 2013 Rev Jan 2015 .
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