Sunrise Birding, LLC 983 Durham Road Guilford, CT 06437 Naturalist Journeys, LLC P.O. Box 16545 Portal, AZ 85632 Southern Costa Rica - January 15-25, 2007 SPECIES RECORDED BIRDS: 264 species MAMMALS: 10 species AMPHIBIANS: 5 species REPTILES: 16 species BIRDS 264 species recorded. Eleven are “heard only” and indicated as such below. This list follows arrangement and scientific names published in the Checklist of Costa Rican Birds by the Ornithological Association of Costa Rica, March 2003 Great Tinamou Tinamus major – Heard only at Esquinas Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus – Lagoon outside San Vito Pied-billed Grebe Podilybus podiceps – Danny’s pond outside of San Vito Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis – Golfito and beach at mouth of Rio Baru Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus – Beach at mouth of Rio Baru Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens – Golfito and beach at mouth of Rio Baru Great Egret Ardea alba – Wetland areas around Esquinas, Golfito, and San Vito Snowy Egret Egretta thula – Rio Baru and from bridge over stream at La Gamba Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea – Wetland areas around Esquinas, Golfito, and San Vito Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor – Mud flats at Golfito Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis – Agricultural areas with cattle Green Heron Butorides virescens – Golfito and lagoon outside of San Vito White Ibis Eudocimus albus – Wetland areas around Esquinas, Golfito, and San Vito Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis – Pond on road to Skutch’s Farm Mallard Anas platyrhynchos – Pond on the grounds of Hotel Savegre Blue-winged Teal Anas discors – Lagoon outside of San Vito Black Vulture Coragyps atratus – Seen daily in all areas Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura – Seen daily in all areas King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa – Three adults soaring above the bird trail at Esquinas Osprey Pandion haliatus - Golfito, flying by marina Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus – Esquinas and outside of San Vito White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus – Agricultural area in La Gamba outside Esquina Harris’ Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus – Pan American Highway on the way to Skutch’s Farm Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris – All areas around the roads Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus – Flying with King Vultures at Esquinas Short-tailed Hawk Buteo branchyurus – Area outside San Vito Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis – Trogon Lodge and Savegre area Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway – Southern areas on the way to Esquinas and Wilson Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima - Southern areas around Esquinas and Wilson Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinans – Two in tree in agricultural area in La Gamba outside Esquinas Gray-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps – Grounds of Wilson Botanical Garden Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens – On the way to and on the grounds of Wilson Botanical Garden Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea – Below the veranda and behind the cabins as Wilson Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica – Agricultural area in La Gamba outside Esquinas and lagoon Sunrise Birding/Naturalist Journeys – Costa Rica 2007 – Species List 1 www.sunrisebirding.com www.naturalisthourneys.com outside of San Vito Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus –Lagoon outside of San Vito Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola – Beach at mouth of Rio Baru Wilson’s Plover Chradrius wilsonia – Beach at mouth of Rio Baru and mud flats at Golfito Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa - – Agricultural area in La Gamba outside Esquinas Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus – Lagoon at mouth of Rio Baru and mud flats at Golfito Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia – Lagoon at mouth of Rio Baru, mud flats at Golfito, most smaller rivers Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres – Under mangroves at edge of lagoon at mouth of Rio Baru Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla– Mud flats at Golfito Laughing Gull Larus atricilla – Lagoon at mouth of Rio Baru and mud flats at Golfito Royal Tern Sterna maxima – Beach at end of Rio Baru Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis – Beach at end of Rio Baru Common Tern Sterna hirundo – Beach at end of Rio Baru Bridled Tern Sterna anaethetus – Beach at end of Rio Baru Rock Pigeon Columba livia – Any time we entered an urban area Pale-vented Pigeon Columba cayennensis – Savegre area Scaled Pigeon Columba speciosa – Grounds of Wilson Botanical Garden Band-tailed Pigeon Columba fasciata – Trogon Lodge and grounds of Hotel Savegre Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea – Grounds of Hotel Savegre Short-billed Pigeon Columba nigrirostris – Grounds of Hotel Bougainvillea Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina – Esquinas area Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti – Esquinas area and Wilson Botanical Garden Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa – From the road outside of Esquinas White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi – Roadside stop on the way to Wilson Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon Montana – Tree fern area at Wilson Botanical Garden Crimson-fronted Parakeet Aratinga finschi – Esquinas and Wilson Botanical Garden Sulphur-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura hoffmanni – Trogon Lodge Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis – Esquinas and Wilson Botanical Garden Brown-hooded Parrot Pionopsitta haematotis – Wilson Botanical Garden Blue-headed Parrot Pionus menstruus – From veranda and in the gardens at Wilson Botanical Garden White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis – From the porch at Wilson Botanical Garden Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis – Grounds of Esquinas Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa – Along Bird Trail at Esquinas Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana - – Wilson Botanical Garden, grounds of Hotel Bougainvillea Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia – Open fields outside of Esquinas Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani- – Agricultural area in La Gamba outside Esquinas Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris – Agricultural area in La Gamba outside Esquinas Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata – Heard only at Esquinas Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis - – Road outside Esquinas Whip-poor-will Caprimulus vociferous – Road outside Esquinas White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris – Seen daily Vaux’s Swift Chaetura vauxi – Trails at Savegre, Wilson Botanical Garden Costa Rican Swift Chaetura fumosa – On the road back to San Jose Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri – Grounds of Esquinas and Wilson Botanical Garden Green Hermit Phaethornis guy – Grounds of Wilson Botanical Garden Long-billed (Long-tailed) Hermit Phaethornis longirostris – Grounds of Esquinas Stripe-throated (Little) Hermit Phaethornis striigularis – Grounds of Esquinas feeding on heliconia Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii –Wilson Botanical Garden Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucur – At feeder on the way to Wilson Botanical Garden White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora – Esquinas and Wilson Botanical Garden Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus – Trogon Lodge and Savegre area. Jo-Ann LOVED this bird! Fiery-throated Hummingbird Panterpe insignis - Trogon Lodge and Savegre area. Violet-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica – Esquinas near dining area Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl – Nearly everywhere Charming Hummingbird Amazilia decora – Esquinas and Wilson Botanical Garden Sunrise Birding/Naturalist Journeys – Costa Rica 2007 – Species List 2 www.sunrisebirding.com www.naturalisthourneys.com Steely-vented Hummingbird Amazilia saucerrottei – Poro trees on Skutch farm Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia edward – Hawking insects above pond outside of San Vito Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula – Feeders at Trogon Lodge outside dining room Purple-throated Mountain-Gem Lampornis calolaema – Grounds of Trogon Lodge Gray-tailed Mountain-Gem Lampornis cinereicauda – Grounds of Trogon Lodge and feeders at Savegre Magnificent Hummingbird Eugene fulgens - Grounds of Trogon Lodge and feeders at Savegre Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti – On the way to and at Wilson Botanical Garden Scintillant Hummingbird Selasphorus scintilla – Feeders at Savegre Volcano Hummingbird Selasphorus flammula – Cerro de la Muerte and feeders at Savegre Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii – In trees over cabins at Esquinas and at entrance to Ocelot Trail Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus – Wilson Botanical Garden Collared Trogon Trogon collaris – Grounds of Hotel Savegre Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus – Grounds of Esquinas Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena – Grounds of Esquinas Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno – Mirador Quetzales, Savegre area at Miriam’s place, and on the way out of the valley (male and female feeding) Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota – Feeders at Hotel Bougainvillea and Wilson Botanical Garden Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata – On a power line on the road to Esquinas Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana – Feeding at a stream in La Gamba and at Golfito Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda– Heard only at Esquinas Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus – Mirador Quetzales Fiery-billed Aracari Pteroglossus frantzii – At the veranda of Wilson Botanical Garden Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos swainsonii – Esquinas and Wilson Botanical Garden Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus – Agricultural areas outside Esquinas Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus – Grounds of Hotel Savegre Golden-naped Woodpecker Melanerpes chrysauchen – Road through farm areas at La Gamba Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus – Numerous places Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii – Grounds of Hotel Bougainvillea Hairy Woodpecker Picoides villosus – Feeders at Miriam’s place near Savegre Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus – Area outside Esquinas