English Name Scientific Name TINAMOUS (TINAMIDAE) Cinereous Tinamou Crypturellus cinereus Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui DUCKS (ANATIDAE) Torrent Duck* Merganetta armata Masked Duck* Nomonyx dominicus GUANS (CRACIDAE) Speckled Chachalaca* Ortalis guttata Sickle-winged Guan* Chamaepetes goudotii GREBES (PODICIPEDIDAE) Least Grebe* Tachybaptus dominicus HERONS (ARDEIDAE) Cocoi Heron* Ardea cocoi Great Egret* Ardea alba Snowy Egret* Egretta thula Little Blue Heron* Egretta caerulea Cattle Egret* Bubulcus ibis Striated Heron* Butorides striata Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax NEW WORLD VULTURES (CATHARTIDAE) Black Vulture* Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture* Cathartes aura Greater Yellow-headed Vulture* Cathartes melambrotus HAWKS (ACCIPITRIDAE) Gray-headed Kite* Leptodon cayanensis Swallow-tailed Kite* Elanoides forficatus Snail Kite* Rostrhamus sociabilis Slender-billed Kite* Helicolestes hamatus Plumbeous Kite* Ictinia plumbea Roadside Hawk* Rupornis magnirostris Variable Hawk* Geranoaetus polyosoma RAILS (RALLIDAE) Rufous-sided Crake^ Laterallus melanophaius Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis Russet-crowned Crake Anurolimnas viridis Blackish Rail Pardirallus nigricans Plumbeous Rail Pardirallus sanguinolentus Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus Purple Gallinule* Porphyrio martinicus Common Gallinule* Gallinula galeata LIMPKIN (ARAMIDAE) Limpkin* Aramus guarauna JACANAS (JACANIDAE) Wattled Jacana* Jacana jacana SANDPIPERS (SCOLOPACIDAE) Lesser Yellowlegs* Tringa flavipes Solitary Sandpiper* Tringa solitaria Pectoral Sandpiper* Calidris melanotos Stilt Sandpiper* Calidris himantopus Wilson's Phalarope* Phalaropus tricolor Black-necked Stilt* Himantopus mexicanus DOVES (COLUMBIDAE) Rock Pigeon* Columba livia Pale-vented Pigeon* Patagioenas cayennensis Band-tailed Pigeon* Patagioenas fasciata Plumbeous Pigeon* Patagioenas plumbea Ruddy Pigeon* Patagioenas subvinacea Ruddy Ground-Dove* Columbina talpacoti Blue Ground-Dove* Claravis pretiosa White-tipped Dove* Leptotila verreauxi decolor and decipiens CUCKOOS (CUCULIDAE) Squirrel Cuckoo* Piaya cayana Smooth-billed Ani* Crotophaga ani OWLS (STRIGIDAE) Barn Owl* Tyto alba Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba White-throated Screech-Owl* Megascops albogularis Andean Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium jardinii Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum Long-whiskered Owlet Xenoglaux loweryi Rufous-banded Owl Ciccaba albitarsis Striped Owl* Pseudoscops clamator Stygian Owl* Asio stygius Burrowing Owl* Athene cunicularia NIGHTJARS (CAPRIMULGIDAE) Rufous-bellied Nighthawk Lurocalis rufiventris Blackish Nightjar* Nyctipolus nigrescens Common Pauraque^ Nyctidromus albicollis Lyre-tailed Nightjar Uropsalis lyra Spot-tailed Nightjar* Hydropsalis maculicaudus Rufous Nightjar Antrostomus rufus POTOOS (NYCTIBIIDAE) Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus OILBIRD (STEATORNITHIDAE) Oilbird* Steatornis caripensis SWIFTS (APODIDAE) White-collared Swift* Streptoprocne zonaris Short-tailed Swift* Chaetura brachyura Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris White-tipped Swift* Aeronautes montivagus Fork-tailed Palm-Swift* Tachornis squamata HUMMINGBIRDS (TROCHILIDAE) White-necked Jacobin* Florisuga mellivora Rufous-breasted Hermit* Glaucis hirsutus Green Hermit* Phaethornis guy Great-billed Hermit* Phaethornis malaris Black-throated Hermit* Phaethornis atrimentalis Reddish Hermit* Phaethornis ruber Gray-chinned Hermit Phaethornis griseogularis Blue-fronted Lancebill* Doryfera johannae Green Violetear* Colibri thalassinus Sparkling Violetear* Colibri coruscans Black-throated Mango* Anthracothorax nigricollis Amethyst-throated Sunangel* Heliangelus amethysticollis Royal Sunangel* Heliangelus regalis Rufous-crested Coquette* Lophornis delattrei Ecuadorian Piedtail Phlogophilus hemileucurus Speckled Hummingbird* Adelomyia melanogenys Long-tailed Sylph* Aglaiocercus kingi Emerald-bellied Puffleg*^ Eriocnemis aline Bronzy Inca* Coeligena coeligena Collared Inca* Coeligena torquata Chestnut-breasted Coronet* Boissonneaua matthewsii Booted Racket-Tail*^ Ocreatus underwoodii Fawn-breasted Brilliant* Heliodoxa rubinoides White-bellied Woodstar* Chaetocercus mulsant Amethyst Woodstar* Calliphlox amethystina Blue-tailed Emerald* Chlorostilbon mellisugus Gray-breasted Sabrewing* Campylopterus largipennis Fork-tailed Woodnymph* Thalurania furcata Sapphire-spangled Emerald* Amazilia lactea Golden-tailed Sapphire* Chrysuronia oenone White-chinned Sapphire* Hylocharis cyanus TROGONS (TROGONIDAE) Green-backed Trogon* Trogon viridis Blue-crowned Trogon Trogon curucui Masked Trogon Trogon personatus MOTMOTS (MOMOTIDAE) Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum KINGFISHERS (ALCEDINIDAE) Amazon Kingfisher* Chloroceryle amazona PUFFBIRDS (BUCCONIDAE) Lanceolated Monklet* Micromonacha lanceolata Black-fronted Nunbird Monasa nigrifrons JACAMARS (GALBULIDAE) Bluish-fronted Jacamar* Galbula cyanescens BARBETS (CAPITONIDAE) Gilded Barbet Capito auratus punctatus Versicolored Barbet* Eubucco versicolor steerii TOUCANS (RAMPHASTIDAE) Emerald Toucanet* Aulacorhynchus prasinus cyanolaemus Lettered Aracari* Pteroglossus inscriptus Chestnut-eared Aracari* Pteroglossus castanotis Channel-billed Toucan* Ramphastos vitellinus culminatus WOODPECKERS (PICIDAE) Lafresnaye's Piculet* Picumnus lafresnayi Yellow-tufted Woodpecker Melanerpes cruentatus Smoky-brown Woodpecker Picoides fumigatus Little Woodpecker* Veniliornis passerinus Red-stained Woodpecker* Veniliornis affinis Spot-breasted Woodpecker* Colaptes punctigula Crimson-mantled Woodpecker* Colaptes rivolii Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus FALCONS (FALCONIDAE) Black Caracara* Daptrius ater Yellow-headed Caracara* Milvago chimachima Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis PARROTS (PSITTACIDAE) Mitred Parakeet* Aratinga mitrata White-eyed Parakeet* Psittacara leucophthalma Cobalt-winged Parakeet* Brotogeris cyanoptera Blue-headed Parrot* Pionus menstruus Scaly-naped Parrot* Amazona mercenarius ANTBIRDS (THAMNOPHILIDAE) Great Antshrike Taraba major Lined Antshrike Thamnophilus tenuepunctatus Plain-winged Antshrike Thamnophilus schistaceus Variable Antshrike Thamnophilus caerulescens Plain Antvireo Dysithamnus mentalis Rusty-backed Antwren* Formicivora rufa Peruvian Warbling-Antbird* Hypocnemis peruviana Blackish Antbird Cercomacra nigrescens aequatorialis Zimmer's Antbird^ Myrmeciza castanea castanea Streak-headed Antbird Drymophila striaticeps Silvered Antbird Sclateria naevia ANTPITTAS (GRALLARIIDAE) Rusty-tinged Antpitta Grallaria przewalskii Chestnut Antpitta Grallaria blakei Ochre-fronted Antpitta Grallaricula ochraceifrons Rusty-breasted Antpitta Grallaricula ferrugineipectus leymebambae TAPACULOS (RHINOCRYPTIDAE)\ Trilling Tapaculo Scytalopus parvirostris Rufous-vented Tapaculo Scytalopus femoralis White-crowned Tapaculo Scytalopus atratus OVENBIRDS (FURNARIIDAE) Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus amazonus Tyrannine Woodcreeper Dendrocincla tyrannina Wedge-billed Woodcreeper* Glyphorynchus spirurus Buff-throated Woodcreeper* Xiphorhynchus guttatus guttatoides Olive-backed Woodcreeper* Xiphorhynchus triangularis Straight-billed Woodcreeper Dendroplex picus Montane Woodcreeper* Lepidocolaptes lacrymiger Streaked Xenops* Xenops rutilans Pale-legged Hornero^ Furnarius leucopus tricolor Buff-fronted Foliage-Gleaner Philydor rufum Montane Foliage-Gleaner* Anabacerthia striaticollis Lineated Foliage-Gleaner* Syndactyla subalaris Black-billed Treehunter Thripadectes melanorhynchus Striped Treehunter Thripadectes holostictus Rufous-backed Treehunter Thripadectes scrutator Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens Pearled Treerunner* Margarornis squamiger Rufous-fronted Thornbird* Phacellodomus rufifrons Ash-browed Spinetail* Cranioleuca curtata Azara's Spinetail Synallaxis azarae Dark-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albigularis Rufous Spinetail Synallaxis unirufa TYRANT FLYCATCHERS (TYRANNIDAE) White-lored Tyrannulet Ornithion inerme Mouse-colored Tyrannulet* Phaeomyias murina wagae Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus Forest Elaenia Myiopagis gaimardii Yellow-bellied Elaenia* Elaenia flavogaster Mottle-backed Elaenia* Elaenia gigas Lesser Elaenia* Elaenia chiriquensis Highland Elaenia Elaenia obscura Sierran Elaenia* Elaenia pallatangae Streak-necked Flycatcher* Mionectes striaticollis Olive-striped Flycatcher* Mionectes oliveaceus Sepia-capped Flycatcher^ Leptopogon amaurocephalus Slaty-capped Flycatcher* Leptopogon superciliaris Inca Flycatcher Leptopogon taczanowskii Marble-faced Bristle-Tyrant* Phylloscartes ophthalmicus Mottle-cheeked Tyrannulet Phylloscartes ventralis Ecuadorian Tyrannulet^ Phylloscartes gualaquizae Sooty-headed Tyrannulet Phyllomyias griseiceps Black-capped Tyrannulet* Phyllomyias nigrocapillus Plumbeous-crowned Tyrannulet* Phyllomyias plumbeiceps Rough-legged Tyrannulet Phyllomyias burmeisteri Mishana Tyrannulet Zimmerius villarejoi Peruvian Tyrannulet* Zimmerius viridiflavus Ornate Flycatcher Myiotriccus ornatus Rufous-headed Pygmy-Tyrant Pseudotriccus ruficeps White-bellied Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis albiventris Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis ecaudatus Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant* Lophotriccus pileatus Stripe-necked Tody-Tyrant^ Hemitriccus striaticollis Black-throated Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus granadensis Cinnamon-breasted Tody-Tyrant Hemitriccus cinnamomeipectus Johnson's Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus luluae Black-and-white Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus capitalis Rusty-fronted Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus latirostris Common Tody-Flycatcher* Todirostrum cinereum Yellow-olive