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Costa Rica - Bird List Costa Rica - Bird List Melanerpes formicivorus Acorn Woodpecker Chloroceryle amazona Amazon Kingfisher Coragyps atratus American Black Vulture Fulica americana American Coot Setophaga ruticilla American Redstart Setophaga petechia American Yellow Warbler Anhinga anhinga Anhinga Aratinga astec Aztec Parakeet Icterus galbula Baltimore Oriole Coereba flaveola Bananaquit Campylorhynchus zonatus Band-backed Wren Threnetes ruckeri Band-tailed Barbthroat Tigrisoma mexicanum Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Hirundo rustica Barn Swallow Thamnophilus doliatus Barred Antshrike Falco rufigularis Bat Falcon Cantorchilus nigricapillus Bay Wren Tangara gyrola Bay-headed Tanager Sayornis nigricans Black Phoebe Sporophila corvina Black Seedeater Mniotilta varia Black-and-white Warbler Dendrocygna autumnalis Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Setophaga fusca Blackburnian Warbler Empidonax atriceps Black-capped Flycatcher Basileuterus melanogenys Black-cheeked Warbler Melanerpes pucherani Black-cheeked Woodpecker Icterus prosthemelas Black-cowled Oriole Lophornis helenae Black-crested Coquette Nycticorax nycticorax Black-crowned Night-Heron Tityra inquisitor Black-crowned Tityra Caryothraustes poliogaster Black-faced Grosbeak Myadestes melanops Black-faced Solitaire Catharus mexicanus Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush Saltator atriceps Black-headed Saltator Todirostrum nigriceps Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Trogon melanocephalus Black-headed Trogon Thamnophilus bridgesi Black-hooded Antshrike Himantopus mexicanus Black-necked Stilt Arremonops conirostris Black-striped Sparrow Setophaga virens Black-throated Green Warbler Trogon rufus Black-throated Trogon Thryothorus atrogularis Black-throated Wren Dacnis cayana Blue Dacnis Claravis pretiosa Blue Ground-Dove Pygochelidon cyanoleuca Blue-and-white Swallow Volatinia jacarina Blue-black Grassquit Cyanooloxia cyanoides Blue-black Grosbeak Momotus lessoni Blue-diademed Motmot Thraupis episcopus Blue-grey Tanager Hylocharis eliciae Blue-throated Goldentail Spatula discors Blue-winged Teal Megarynchus pitangua Boat-billed Flycatcher Cochlearius cochlearia Boat-billed Heron Attila spadiceus Bright-rumped Attila Electron platyrhynchum Broad-billed Motmot Buteo platypterus Broad-winged Hawk Chalybura urochrysia Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Glaucis aenea Bronzy Hermit Cyabocorax morio Brown Jay Pelecanus occidentalis Brown Pelican Colibri delphinae Brown Violet-ear Vireo leucophrys Brown-capped Vireo Myiarchus tyrannulus Brown-crested Flycatcher Pyrilia haematotis Brown-hooded Parrot Myiothlypis fulvicauda Buff-rumped Warbler Saltator maximus Buff-throated Saltator Cantorchilus modestus Cabanis Wren Chlorostilbon canivetii Canivet's Emerald Habia carmioli Carmiol's Tanager Bubulcus ibis Cattle Egret Epinecrophylla fulviventris Checker-throated Antwren Poliocrania exsul Chestnut-backed Antbird Arremon brunneinucha Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Streptoprocne rutilus Chestnut-collared Swift Celeus castaneus Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Psarocolius wagleri Chestnut-headed Oropendola Ramphastos swainsonii Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Setophaga pensylvanica Chestnut-sided Warbler Automolus exsertus Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner Anstrostomus carolinensis Chuck-will's-widow Pachyramphus cinnamomeus Cinnamon Becard Amazilia rutila Cinnamon Hummingbird Turdus grayi Clay-colored Thrush Petrochelidon pyrrhonota Cliff Swallow Xiphocolaptes susurranus Cocoa Woodcreeper Pteroglossus torquatus Collared Aracari Charadrius collaris Collared Plover Riparia riparia Collared Sand Martin Trogon collaris Collared Trogon Myioborus torquatus Collared Whitestart Chlorospingus flavopectus Common Bush-Tanager Nyctibius griseus Common Potoo Piaya cayana Common Squirrel Cuckoo Todirostrum cinereum Common Tody-Flycatcher Accipiter cooperii Cooper's Hawk Elvira cupreiceps Coppery-headed Emerald Chaetura fumosa Costa Rican Swift Geranospiza caerulescens Crane Hawk Caracara cheriway Crested Caracara Penelope purpurascens Crested Guan Ramphocelus sanguinolentus Crimson-collared Tanager Psittacara finschi Crimson-fronted Parakeet Contopus lugubris Dark Pewee Spiza americana Dickcissel Microrhopias quixensis Dot-winged Antwren Burhinus bistriatus Double-striped Thick-knee Cercomacroides tyrannina Dusky Antbird Myiarchus tuberculifer Dusky-capped Flycatcher Mitrospingus cassinii Dusky-faced Tanager Sturnella magna Eastern Meadowlark Contopus virens Eastern Wood-Pewee Euphonia elegantissima Elegant Euphonia Cymbilaimus lineatus Fasciated Antshrike Panterpe insignis Fiery-throated Hummingbird Piranga bidentata Flame-colored Tanager Oreothlypis gutturalis Flame-throated Warbler Molothrus oryzivora Giant Cowbird Chlorophonia callophrys Golden-browed Chlorophonia Platyrinchus coronatus Golden-crowned Spadebill Tangara larvata Golden-hooded Tanager Colaptes rubiginosus Golden-olive Woodpecker Vermivora chrysoptera Golden-winged Warbler Sicalis luteola Grassland Yellow-Finch Ardea herodias Great Blue Heron Myiarchus crinitus Great Crested Flycatcher Crax rubra Great Curassow Ara ambigua Great Green Macaw Pitangus sulphuratus Great Kiskadee Tinamus major Great Tinamou Ardea alba Great White Egret Tringa melanoleuca Greater Yellowlegs Quiscalus mexicanus Great-tailed Grackle Phaethornis guy Green Hermit Butorides virescens Green Heron Chlorophanes spiza Green Honeycreeper Mesembrinibis cayennensis Green Ibis Chloroceryle americana Green Kingfisher Discosura conversii Green Thorntail Anthracothorax prevostii Green-breasted Mango Heliodoxa jacula Green-crowned Brilliant Progne chalybea Grey-breasted Martin Henicorhina leucophrys Grey-breasted Wood-Wren Myiozetetes granadensis Grey-capped Flycatcher Leptotila cassini Grey-chested Dove Aramides cajanea Grey-cowled Wood-Rail Geothlypis poliocephala Grey-crowned Yellowthroat Ortalis cinereiceps Grey-headed Chachalaca Leptotila plumbeiceps Grey-headed Dove Buteo nitidus Grey-lined Hawk Chaetura cinereiventris Grey-rumped Swift Crotophaga sulcirostris Groove-billed Ani Piranga hepatica Hepatic Tanager Melanerpes hoffmannii Hoffmann's Woodpecker Passer domesticus House Sparrow Troglodytes aedon House Wren Columbina inca Inca Dove Jabiru mycteria Jabiru Ramphastos sulfuratus Keel-billed Toucan Geothlypis formosus Kentucky Warbler Charadrius vociferus Killdeer Pezopetes capitalis Large-footed Finch Herpetotheres cachinnans Laughing Falcon Larus atricilla Laughing Gull Tachybaptus dominicus Least Grebe Calidris minutilla Least Sandpiper Pachysylvia decurtatus Lesser Greenlet Notharchus subtectus Lesser Pied Puffbird Aythya affinis Lesser Scaup Panyptila cayennensis Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Tringa flavipes Lesser Yellowlegs Aramus guarauna Limpkin Hylatomus lineatus Lineated Woodpecker Egretta caerulea Little Blue Heron Ramphocaenus melanurus Long-billed Gnatwren Phaethoris longirostris Long-billed Hermit Ptilogonys caudatus Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher Colonia colonus Long-tailed Tyrant Fregata magnificens Magnificent Frigatebird Buteogallus subtilis Mangrove Black-Hawk Coccyzus minor Mangrove Cuckoo Tachycineta albilinea Mangrove Swallow Vireo pallens Mangrove Vireo Setophaga erithachorides Mangrove Warbler Tityra semifasciata Masked Tityra Dives dives Melodious Blackbird Colibri thalassinus Mexican Violet-ear Psarocolius montezuma Montezuma Oropendola Elaenia frantzii Mountain Elaenia Turdus plebejus Mountain Thrush Geothlypis philadelphia Mourning Warbler Cairina moschata Muscovy Duck Phalacrocorax brasilianus Neotropical Cormorant Sporophila nuttingi Nicaraguan Seed-Finch Pataginenas fasciata Northern Band-tailed Pigeon Aulacorhynchus prasinus Northern Emerald Toucanet Saltator grandis Northern Gray Saltator Jacana spinosa Northern Jacana Amazona guatemalae Northern Mealy Amazon Nyctibius jamaicensis Northern Potoo Stelgidopteryx serripennis Northern Rough-winged Swallow Myiodynastes maculatus Northern Streaked Flycatcher Contopus bogotensis Northern Tropical Pewee Parkesia noveboracensis Northern Waterthrush Troglodytes ochraceus Ochraceous Wren Mionectes oleagineus Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Euphonia gouldi Olive-backed Euphonia Geothlypis semiflava Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Trogon aurantiiventris Orange-bellied Trogon Arremon aurantiirostris Orange-billed Sparrow Brotogeris jugularis Orange-chinned Parakeet Manacus aurantiacus Orange-collared Manakin Eupsittula nana Orange-fronted Parakeet Icterus spurius Orchard Oriole Pandion haliaetus Osprey Seiurus aurocapillus Ovenbird Megascops cooperi Pacific Screech-Owl Campephilus guatemalensis Pale-billed Woodpecker Patagioenas cayennensis Pale-vented Pigeon Tangara palmarum Palm Tanager Zimmerius vilissimus Paltry Tyrannulet Myiarchus panamensis Panama Flycatcher Nyctidromus albicollis Pauraque Vireo philadelphicus Philadelphia Vireo Dysithamnus mentalis Plain Antvireo Xenops genibarbis Plain Xenops Columbina minuta Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Tangara inornata Plain-colored Tanager Semnornis frantzii Prong-billed Barbet Protonotaria citrea Prothonotary Warbler Porphyrio martinicus Purple Gallinule Heliothryx barroti Purple-crowned Fairy Patagioens flavirostris Red-billed Pigeon Ceratopipra mentalis Red-capped Manakin Vireo olivaceus Red-eyed Vireo Eubucco bourcierii Red-headed Barbet Cyanerpes cyaneus Red-legged Honeycreeper Amazona autumnalis Red-lored Amazon Buteo jamaicensis Red-tailed Hawk Habia fuscicauda Red-throated Ant-Tanager Agelaius phoeniceus Red-winged Blackbird Pharomachrus mocinno Resplendent Quetzal Megaceryle torquata Ringed Kingfisher Thryothorus semibadius Riverside Wren Rupornis magnirostris Roadside Hawk Columba livia Rock Pigeon Platalea ajaja Roseate Spoonbill
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