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Bird Checklist Rancho Naturalista Checklist Tayutic & Turrialba area Location Code: [R] Rancho Naturalista: 2300-3500 ft. ​ ​ [T] Tuis River Valley/Cerro Silencio Base/La Mina: 3000-4500 ft. ​ ​ [C] CATIE /Casa Turire / Turrialba: 1900-2300 ft. ​ ​ Abundance Code: 1 = Should be seen daily. 2 = Somewhat less common, but should still be seen. 3 = Requires some effort, fairly uncommon or seasonal. 4 = Uncommon or of erratic occurrence. Generally tricky to find. 5 = Rare, seen annually, but few records per year. You’ll need some luck! ------ h = Heard considerably more often than seen. w = Winter Migrants from North America, mainly Sept-May. b = Breeding Migrants from South America, mainly March-Sept. p = Passage Migrants, mainly from March-May and Sept-Nov. d = Mainly in dry season, Dec-March. r = Mainly in rainy season, April-Sept. CODE SPECIES PAGE CODE SPECIES PAGE [ ] R3h Great Tinamou 25 [ ] C3 Black-necked Stilt 73 [ ] R3h Little Tinamou 25 [ ] C3w Solitary Sandpiper 75 [ ] R1 Gray-headed Chachalaca 27 [ ] C3w Greater Yellowlegs 75 [ ] T3 Black Guan 27 [ ] C2w Lesser Yellowlegs 75 [ ] R2 Crested Guan 27 [ ] C1w Spotted Sandpiper 77 [ ] T3h Black-breasted Wood-Quail 29 [ ] C3w Least Sandpiper 79 [ ] C2 Least Grebe 31 [ ] C4w Wilson's Snipe 83 [ ] C3 Pied-billed Grebe 31 [ ] C1 Northern Jacana 85 [ ] C2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 33 [ ] C3 Common Gallinule 85 [ ] C1 Muscovy Duck 33 [ ] C3w American Coot 85 [ ] C4w Ring-necked Duck 33 [ ] C1 Purple Gallinule 87 [ ] C2w Lesser Scaup 33 [ ] C4hw Sora 87 [ ] C5w American Wigeon 35 [ ] C2h White-throated Crake 89 [ ] C1w Blue-winged Teal 35 [ ] C4h Gray-breasted Crake 89 [ ] C4w Northern Shoveler 35 [ ] C3 Russet-naped Wood-Rail 91 [ ] C1 Neotropic Cormorant 37 [ ] R1 Black Vulture 91 [ ] C1 Anhinga 37 [ ] R1 Turkey Vulture 91 [ ] C5 Laughing Gull 49 [ ] R4 King Vulture 93 [ ] T2 Sunbittern 55 [ ] C2 Osprey 93 [ ] C3 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron 57 [ ] R3 Gray-headed Kite 93 [ ] T2 Fasciated Tiger-Heron 57 [ ] R3 Hook-billed Kite 97 [ ] C5 Pinneated Bittern 57 [ ] C1 Snail Kite 97 [ ] C3 Least Bittern 57 [ ] R2b Swallow-tailed Kite 99 [ ] C1 Green Heron 59 [ ] C2 White-tailed Kite 99 [ ] C3 Tricolored Heron 59 [ ] R3p Mississippi Kite 99 [ ] C1 Little Blue Heron 61 [ ] T5 Tiny Hawk 101 [ ] C1 Great Egret 61 [ ] R4w Sharp-shinned Hawk 101 [ ] C2w Great Blue Heron 61 [ ] R4w Cooper's Hawk 101 [ ] C1 Cattle Egret 61 [ ] R3 Bicolored Hawk 101 [ ] C1 Snowy Egret 61 [ ] R3 Barred Hawk 103 [ ] C2 Black-crowned Night-Heron 63 [ ] T4 White Hawk 103 [ ] C2 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 63 [ ] R2 Short-tailed Hawk 103 [ ] C2 Boat-billed Heron 63 [ ] T3 Double-toothed Kite 105 [ ] C3 Green Ibis 65 [ ] R1 Roadside Hawk 105 [ ] C2 Limpkin 67 [ ] R1w Broad-winged Hawk 105 [ ] C3 Wood Stork 67 [ ] R2 Gray Hawk 105 [ ] C1 Southern Lapwing 67 [ ] C4 Common Black Hawk 107 [ ] C3 Killdeer 71 [ ] T4 Great Black-Hawk 107 CODE SPECIES PAGE CODE SPECIES PAGE [ ] C3 Zone-tailed Hawk 107 [ ] R1 Green-breasted Mango 151 [ ] R2p Swainson's Hawk 109 [ ] R4w Ruby-throated Hummingbird 153 [ ] T2 Red-tailed Hawk 109 [ ] R4r Brown Violetear 153 [ ] T3 Black Hawk-Eagle 111 [ ] R5r Lesser Violetear 153 [ ] T4 Ornate Hawk-Eagle 111 [ ] T3 Green-fronted Lancebill 153 [ ] T3w American Kestrel 113 [ ] R4r Long-billed Starthroat 155 [ ] T3w Merlin 113 [ ] T3 White-bellied Mountain-gem 155 [ ] R3 Bat Falcon 113 [ ] T3 Purple-throated Mountain-gem 155 [ ] C3w Peregrine 113 [ ] R2 Green Thorntail 157 [ ] C2 Crested Caracara 115 [ ] R3 Black-crested Coquette 157 [ ] C2 Yellow-headed Caracara 115 [ ] R5r White-crested Coquette 157 [ ] R3h Laughing Falcon 115 [ ] R2 Snowcap 157 [ ] R3h Barred Forest-Falcon 117 [ ] R3 Violet-headed Hummingbird 157 [ ] C2 Barn Owl 117 [ ] R5 Scintillant Hummingbird 159 [ ] C3 Striped Owl 117 [ ] C1 Rock Pigeon 159 [ ] R3h Crested Owl 119 [ ] C4 Pale-vented Pigeon 161 [ ] R2h Mottled Owl 119 [ ] R1 Red-billed Pigeon 161 [ ] C3 Black-and-white Owl 119 [ ] R3d Band-tailed Pigeon 161 [ ] C2 Tropical Screech-Owl 121 [ ] R2h Short-billed Pigeon 161 [ ] C3 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl 123 [ ] R2h Ruddy Pigeon 161 [ ] C3 Great Potoo 125 [ ] C2 White-winged Dove 163 [ ] R3h Common Potoo 125 [ ] C2 Inca Dove 163 [ ] R2h Common Pauraque 127 [ ] C1 Ruddy Ground Dove 163 [ ] R4w Chuck-will's-widow 127 [ ] R2h Gray-chested Dove 165 [ ] R4h Short-tailed Nighthawk 129 [ ] R1 White-tipped Dove 165 [ ] C3 Lesser Nighthawk 129 [ ] R4 Chiriqui Quail-Dove 167 [ ] T4 Black Swift 131 [ ] R3h Purplish-backed Quail-Dove 167 [ ] C4 Spot-fronted Swift 131 [ ] R3h Ruddy Quail-Dove 167 [ ] R1 White-collared Swift 131 [ ] T3 Sulphur-winged Parakeet 169 [ ] R2 Chestnut-collared Swift 131 [ ] R1 Crimson-fronted Parakeet 169 [ ] T2 Vaux's Swift 133 [ ] R4 Olive-throated Parakeet 169 [ ] C3p Chimney Swift 133 [ ] R4 Orange-fronted Parakeet 169 [ ] R3 Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift 133 [ ] R3h Barred Parakeet 171 [ ] R4w Tree Swallow 135 [ ] R4h Red-fronted Parrotlet 171 [ ] C2 Mangrove Swallow 135 [ ] R2h Brown-hooded Parrot 171 [ ] R1 Blue-and-white Swallow 135 [ ] R1 White-crowned Parrot 171 [ ] C2p Cliff Swallow 135 [ ] C4 White-fronted Parrot 171 [ ] T2 Gray-breasted Martin 137 [ ] R4p Yellow-billed Cuckoo 175 [ ] C3p Bank Swallow 137 [ ] R5p Black-billed Cuckoo 175 [ ] T2 Northern Rough-winged Swallow 137 [ ] C4r Striped Cuckoo 175 [ ] T2 Southern Rough-winged Swallow 137 [ ] C2 Groove-billed Ani 177 [ ] C2w Barn Swallow 139 [ ] R2h Squirrel Cuckoo 177 [ ] R4h White-tipped Sicklebill 139 [ ] R2h Gartered Trogon 179 [ ] R1 Violet Sabrewing 139 [ ] R4 Black-throated Trogon 179 [ ] R3h Band-tailed Barbthroat 141 [ ] R3h Collared Trogon 181 [ ] R1 Green Hermit 141 [ ] R2 Lesson's Motmot (Blue-crowned) 185 [ ] R2 Stripe-throated Hermit 141 [ ] R2h Rufous Motmot 185 [ ] C3 Long-billed Hermit 141 [ ] R3h Broad-billed Motmot 185 [ ] R2 Green-crowned Brilliant 143 [ ] C2 Ringed Kingfisher 187 [ ] R3 Purple-crowned Fairy 143 [ ] C3w Belted Kingfisher 187 [ ] R1 White-necked Jacobin 145 [ ] C2 Green Kingfisher 187 [ ] R4 Garden Emerald 147 [ ] C2 Amazon Kingfisher 187 [ ] R1 Crowned Woodnymph 147 [ ] T5 Lanceolated Monklet 189 [ ] T3 Black-bellied Hummingbird 149 [ ] R2h Rufous-tailed Jacamar 191 [ ] R1 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 151 [ ] T3h Red-headed Barbet 191 [ ] R3 Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer 151 [ ] T3h Northern Emerald Toucanet 193 CODE SPECIES PAGE CODE SPECIES PAGE [ ] R2 Collared Aracari 193 [ ] R1 Ochre-bellied Flycatcher 237 [ ] R1h Keel-billed Toucan 193 [ ] R3h Tawny-chested Flycatcher 237 [ ] R1 Black-cheecked Woodpecker 195 [ ] R3 Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher 237 [ ] C2 Hoffman's Woodpecker 195 [ ] R2h Bright-rumped Atila 239 [ ] R2h Golden-olive Woodpecker 197 [ ] R3h Rufous Morner 239 [ ] R3h Smoky-brown Woodpecker 197 [ ] T3 Torrent Tyrannulet 239 [ ] R4 Rufous-winged Woodpecker 197 [ ] R5 Long-tailed Tyrant 239 [ ] R3h Lineated Woodpecker 199 [ ] T4 Royal Flycatcher 239 [ ] R3h Pale-billed Woodpecker 199 [ ] R3 Eye-ringed Flatbill 239 [ ] R2 Plain Xenops 201 [ ] R3p Olive-sided Flycatcher 241 [ ] T4 Streaked Xenops 201 [ ] T2p Western Wood-Pewee 241 [ ] R4 Northern Barred-Woodcreeper 201 [ ] R1p Eastern Wood-Pewee 241 [ ] R2h Olivaceous Woodcreeper 203 [ ] T2 Tropical Pewee 241 [ ] R2 Wedge-billed Woodcreeper 203 [ ] R4p Alder Flycatcher 243 [ ] R2 Plain-brown Woodcreeper 203 [ ] R4p Willow Flycatcher 243 [ ] R2 Cocoa Woodcreeper 205 [ ] R3p Acadian Flycatcher 243 [ ] R2 Spotted Woodcreeper 205 [ ] R1w Yellow-bellied Flycatcher 243 [ ] R1 Streak-headed Woodcreeper 205 [ ] T3 White-throated Flycatcher 243 [ ] R3h Brown-billed Scythebill 207 [ ] R5w Least Flycatcher 243 [ ] R3h Tawny-throated Leaftosser 207 [ ] T1 Black Phoebe 245 [ ] R2 Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner 209 [ ] R3p Great-crested Flycatcher 247 [ ] T2h Slaty Spinetail 213 [ ] R1 Dusky-capped Flycatcher 247 [ ] T3 Red-faced Spinetail 213 [ ] R1 Great Kiskadee 249 [ ] R3 Fasciated Antshrike 213 [ ] R2 Boat-billed Flycatcher 249 [ ] C3h Barred Antshrike 213 [ ] R1 Social Flycatcher 249 [ ] C4 Great Antshrike 215 [ ] R2 Gray-capped Flycatcher 249 [ ] R2h Russet Antshrike 215 [ ] T3 Golden-bellied Flycatcher 251 [ ] R4 Black-crowned Antshrike 215 [ ] R3b Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher 251 [ ] R2h Dusky Antbird 215 [ ] R1 Tropical Kingbird 251 [ ] R3h Zeledon's Antbird (Immaculate) 217 [ ] R3p Eastern Kingbird 253 [ ] C3h Chestnut-backed Antbird 217 [ ] R3 Black-crowned Tityra 253 [ ] R2h Dull-mantled Antbird 219 [ ] R2 Masked Tityra 253 [ ] R4 Spotted Antbird 219 [ ] R3 White-winged Becard 255 [ ] R2 Plain Antvireo 219 [ ] R2 Cinnamon Becard 255 [ ] R2 Slaty Antwren 221 [ ] R4h Northern Schiffornis 255 [ ] T4 Rufous-rumped Antwren 221 [ ] R1 White-collared Manakin 259 [ ] R4 Dot-winged Antwren 221 [ ] R2 White-ruffed Manakin 259 [ ] R2 Checker-throated Antwren 221 [ ] R3 White-crowned Manakin 259 [ ] R5 Scaled Antpitta 223 [ ] R5 Gray-headed Piprites 259 [ ] R3h Thicket Antpitta 223 [ ] R1 Brown Jay 265 [ ] T4h Black-headed Antthrush 225 [ ] C3 Orange-billed Nightingale Thrush 267 [ ] R4 White-throated Spadebill 227 [ ] R5 Black-headed Nightingale Thrush 267 [ ] T4 Rough-legged Tyrannulet 229 [ ] R4p Gray-cheeked Thrush 269 [ ] R1 Paltry Tyrannulet 229 [ ] R1w Swainson's Thrush 269 [ ] R2 Yellow-bellied Elaenia 231 [ ] R2w Wood Thrush 269 [ ] T4 Rufous-browed Tyrannulet 231 [ ] R5d Black-faced Solitaire 269 [ ] R1b Piratic Flycatcher 231 [ ] T3d Pale-vented Thrush 271 [ ] R1 Yellow-olive Flycatcher 233 [ ] R1 Clay-colored Thrush 271 [ ] R3h Greenish Elaenia 233 [ ] T3d White-throated Thrush 271 [ ] R3 Olive-striped Flycatcher 233 [ ] T3 American Dipper 271 [ ] R2 Slaty-capped Flycatcher
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