Luna Lodge Bird List This is a list of the bird species found on the Luna Lodge property, some areas of Corcovado National Park and also around the Pejeperrito lagoon. The birds are listed below with a numerical code for each month of the year as follows: 1 - Very common and/or easily seen (should be seen daily, often numerous) 2 - Common (should be seen most days) 3 - Fairly common (not as regular and/or as easy to see as 1 & 2) 4 - Uncommon and/or difficult to see because of skulking (hiding) habits 5 - Rare and/or difficult to see 6 - Extremely rare (only a few records, or very scarce) If you find a bird that is not on this list, feel free to let us know. COMMON NAME J F M A M J J A S O N D LATIN NAME TINAMOUS TINAMIDAE Great Tinamou 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Tinamus major Little Tinamou 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Crypturellus soui VULTURES CATHARTIDAE Turkey Vulture 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Cathartes aura Black Vulture 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Coragyps stratus King Vulture 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Sarcoramphus atratus Lesser Yellow-heated Vulture 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Cathartes burrovianus FISHING EAGLE PANDIONIDAE Osprey 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Pandion haliaetus HAWKS ACCIPITRIDAE Swallow-tailed Kite 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Elanoides forficatus Double-toothed Kite 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Harpagus bidentatus White-Tailed Kite 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Elanus caeruleus Mangrove Black Hawk 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Buteogallus sudtilis Broad-winged Hawk 4 4 4 4 4 Buteo platypterus Roadside Hawk 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Buteo magnirostris White Hawk 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Leucopternis albicollis Zone-tailed Hawk 5 5 5 5 Buteo albonotatus Swainson’s Hawk 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Buteo swainsoni Short-Tailed Hawk 1 1 1 1 Buteo brachyurus Crested Eagle 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Morphnus guianensis Harpy Eagle 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Harpia harpyja Black Hawk Eagle 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Spisaetus tyrannus Black and white Hawk Eagle 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Spizastur melanoleucus Ornate Hawk-Eagle 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Spizaetus ornatus Gray-Headed Kite 5 Leptodon cayanensis Sharp-Shinned Hawk 5 Accipiter striatus Pearl Kite 4 4 4 Gampsonyx swainsonii COMMON NAME J F M A M J J A S O N D LATIN NAME FALCONS FALCONIDAE Collared Forest Falcon 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Micrastur semitorquatus Barred Forest Falcon 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Micrastur ruficollis Bat Falcon 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Falco rufigularis Laughing Falcon 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Herpetotheres cachinnans Yellow-headed Caracara 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Milvago chimachima Crested Caracara 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Polyborus plancus American Kestrel 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 Falco sparverius Peregrine Falcon 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Falco peregrinus GUANS CRACIDAE Crested Guan 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Penelope Purpurascens Great Curassow 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Crax Rubra Gray-headed Chachalaca 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Ortalis cinereiceps QUAILS ODONTOPHORIDAE Marbled-wood Quail 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Odontophorus gujanensis SANDPIPERS SCOLOPACIDAE Spotted Sandpiper 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Actitis macularia Whimbrel 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Numenuis phaeopus Willet 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Catoptrophorus semipalmatus Sanderling 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Calidris alba Lesser Yellowlegs 2 2 2 2 2 Tringa flavipes Ruddy Turnstone 4 4 Arenaria interpres STILT RECURVIROSTRIDAE Black-necked Stilt 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Himantopus mexicanus PLOVERS CHARADRIIDAE Semipalmated Plover 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Charadrina semipalmatus Wilson’s Plover 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Charadrius wilsonia Black-bellied Plover 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Pluvialis squatarola Southern Lapwing 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Vanellus chilensis DUCKS ANATIDAE Black-bellied Whistling Duck 3 3 3 3 3 3 Dendrocygna autumnalis Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata Blue-Winged Teal 4 4 - 4 Anas discors HERONS ARDEIDAE Green Heron 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Butorides virescens Little Blue Heron 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Egretta caerulea Boat-billed Heron 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Cochlelearius cochlerius Great Blue Heron 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Ardea herodias Tricolored Heron 2 2 2 2 2 2 Egetta tricolor Snowy Egret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Egretta thula Great Egret 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Casmerodius albus COMMON NAME J F M A M J J A S O N D LATIN NAME Bare-throated Tiger-Heron 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Tigrisoma mexicanum Cattle Egret 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Bubulcus ibis Yellow-Crowned Night-Heron 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Nyctanassa violacea Least Bittern 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Ixobrychus exilis JACANAS JACANIDAE Northern Jacana 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Jacana spinosa Wattled Jacana 6 Jacana jacana Rails Rallidae American Coot 6 6 Fulica americana Purple Gallinule 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Porphyrio martinicus White-troated Crake 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Laterallus albigularis Gray-brested Crake 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Laterallus exilis Gray-necked Wood-Rail 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Aramides cajaneus Sora 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Porzana carolina Common Gallinule 5 5 Gallinula galeata PELICANS PELECANIDAE Brown Pelican 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Pelecanus occidentalis American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos ANHINGAS ANHINGIDAE Anhinga 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Anhinga anhinga CORMORANTS PHALACROCORACIDAE Neotropic Cormorant 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Phalacrocorax olivaceus SPOONBILLS AND IBISES THRESKIORNITHIDAE Roseate Spoonbill 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Ajaia ajaja White Ibis 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Eudocimus albus Glossy Ibis 6 6 6 Plegadis falcinellus TERNS LARIDAE Royal Tern 2 2 2 2 2 2 Sterna maxima Common Tern 2 2 2 2 2 Sterna hirundo Sandwich Tern 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Sterna sandvicensis Brown Noddy 4 4 4 4 4 4 Anous stolidus Laughing Gull 4 4 4 Larus atricilla BOOBIES SULIDAE Brown Booby 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Sula leucogaster Nazca Booby 6 Sula granti Blue-footed Booby 6 6 6 Sula nebouxii FRIGATEBIRDS FREGATIDAE Magnificent Frigate bird 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Fregata mafnificent COMMON NAME J F M A M J J A S O N D LATIN NAME PIGEONS COLUMBIDAE Ruddy Ground Dove 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Columbina talpacoti Short-Billed Pigeon 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Columba nigirostris Pale vented Pigeon 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Columba cayennensis Ruddy Quail Dove 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Geotrygon montana White-tipped Dove 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Leptotila verreauxi Gray-Chested Dove 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Leptotila cassini Blue Ground Dove 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Claravis pretiosa Red-Billed Pigeon 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Columba flavirostris PARROTS PSITTACIDAE Brown-Hooded Parrot 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Pionopsitta haematotis Mealy Parrot 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Amazona farinosa White-Crowned Parrot 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Pionus senilis Red-Lored Parrot 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Amazona autumnalis Orange-Chinned Parakeet 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Brotogeris jugularis Crimson-Fronted Parakeet 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Arartinga finschi Scarlet Macaw 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ara macao OWLS STRIGIDAE Crested Owl 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Lophostrix cristata Spectacled Owl 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Pulsatrix perspicillata Mottled Owl 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Ciccaba virgata Vermiculated Screech Owl 6 6 6 Megascops Guatemalae OWLS TYTONIDAE Common Barn-Owl 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 Tyto Alba NIGHTJARS CAPRIMULGIDAE Common Pauraque 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Nyctridomus albicollis Common Nighthawk 3 3 3 3 3 3 Chordeiles minor Short-tailed Nighthawk 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Lurocalis semitorquatus SWIFTS APODIDAE White-Collared Swift 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Streptoprocne zonaris Chestnut-Collared Swift 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Streptoprocne rutila Black Swift 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Cypseloides niger Lesser Swallow Tailed Swift 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Panyptila cayennensis Costa Rican Swift 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Chaetura fumosa HUMMINGBIRDS TROCHILIDAE Band-Tailed Barbthroat 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Threnetes ruckeri Bronzy Hermit 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Glaucis aeneus Stripe-Throated Hermit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Phaethornis striigularis Long-Billed Hermit 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Phaethornis longirostris Purple-Crowned Fairy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Heliothryx barroti Magnificent Hummingbird 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Eugenes fulgens COMMON NAME J F M A M J J A S O N D LATIN NAME Ruby-Throated Hummingbird 5 5 5 5 5 Archilochus colubris Charming Hummingbird 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Amazilia decora Rufous-Tailed Hummingbird 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Amazilia tzacatl White-Necked Jacobin 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Florisuga mellivora Black-Crested Coquette 6 6 6 6 Lophornis helenae White-Crested Coquette 3 3 3 3 3 Lophornis adorabilis Blue-Throated Goldentail 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 Hylocharis eliciae White-Tipped Sicklebill 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Eutoxeres aquila Long-Billed Starthroat 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Heliomaster longirostris Violet-Headed Hummingbird 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Klais guimeti Violet-Crowned Woodnymph 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Thalurania colombica Scaly-Breasted Hummingbird 3 3 3 3 3 Phaeochroa cuvierii Mangrove Hummingbird 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Amazilia boucardi Green-brested Mango 3 3 3 3 3 Anthracothorax prevostii TROGONS TROGONIDAE Violaceous Trogon 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 Trogon violaceus Black-throated Trogon 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Trogon rufus Slaty-tailed Trogon 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Trogon massena Baird's Trogon 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Trogon bairdii TOUCANS RAMPHASTIDAE Chestnut-Mandibled Toucan 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ramphastos swainsonii Fiery-billed Aracari 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Pteroglossus frantzii WOODPECKERS