Eagle-Eye Tours www.eagle-eye.com [email protected] 1-800-373-5678 COSTA RICA 2012 March BIRD SPECIES No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard TINAMOUS 1 Great Tinamou Tinamus major s 2 Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui h DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL 3 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis s 4 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor s 5 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata s 6 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca s 7 American Wigeon Anas penelope s 8 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors s 9 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata s GUANS, CHACHALACAS, AND CURASSOWS 10 Gray-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps s 11 Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens s 12 Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor s NEW WORLD QUAIL 13 Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus s GREBES 14 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus s BOOBIES AND GANNETS 15 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster s PELICANS 16 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis s CORMORANTS AND SHAGS 17 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus s ANHINGAS 18 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga s FRIGATEBIRDS 19 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens s HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS 20 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum s 21 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias s 22 Great Egret Ardea alba s 23 Snowy Egret Egretta thula s 24 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea s 26 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis s 27 Green Heron Butorides virescens s Page 1 of 13 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 28 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax s 29 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea s 30 Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius s IBISES AND SPOONBILLS 31 White Ibis Eudocimus albus s 32 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja s STORKS 33 Jabiru Jabiru mycteria s 34 Wood Stork Mycteria americana s NEW WORLD VULTURES 35 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus s 36 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura s 37 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa s OSPREY 38 Osprey Pandion haliaetus s HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES 39 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus s 40 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus s 41 Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea s 42 Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor s 43 Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus s 44 White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis s 45 Common/Mangrove Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus s 46 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis s 47 Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus s 48 Gray Hawk Buteo nitidus s 49 Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris s 50 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus s 51 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus s 52 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus s 53 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis s 54 Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus s FALCONS AND CARACARAS 55 Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway s 56 Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima s 57 Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans s 58 American Kestrel Falco sparverius s 59 Merlin Falco columbarius s 60 Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis s 61 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus s RAILS, GALLINULES, AND COOTS 62 White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis h 63 Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea h 64 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica s 65 American Coot Fulica americana s SUNBITTERN Page 2 of 13 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 66 Sunbittern Eurypyga helias s SUNGREBE 67 Sungrebe Heliornis fulica s LIMPKIN 68 Limpkin Aramus guarauna s THICK-KNEES 69 Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus s PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS 70 Collared Plover Charadrius collaris s STILTS AND AVOCETS 71 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus s JACANAS 72 Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa s SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES 73 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius s 74 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria s Wandering Tattler Tringa incana s 75 Willet Tringa semipalmata s 76 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes s 77 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus s GULLS 78 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla s TERNS 79 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus s PIGEONS AND DOVES 80 Rock Pigeon Columba livia s 81 Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis s 82 Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris s 83 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata s 84 Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea s 85 Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris s 86 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica s 87 Inca Dove Columbina inca s 88 Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina s 89 Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti s 90 White-tipped Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps s 91 Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassini s 92 Ruddy Quail-Dove Geotrygon montana s PARROTS 93 Sulphur-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura hoffmanni s 94 Crimson-fronted Parakeet Aratinga finschi s 95 Olive-throated Parakeet Aratinga nana s 96 Orange-fronted Parakeet Aratinga canicularis s 97 Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus s 98 Scarlet Macaw Ara macao s 99 Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis s Page 3 of 13 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 100 Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis s 101 White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis s 102 White-fronted Parrot Amazona albifrons s 103 Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis s 104 Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa s 105 Yellow-naped Parrot Amazona auropalliata s CUCKOOS 106 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana s 107 Lesser Ground-Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus h 108 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris s OWLS 109 Pacific Screech-Owl Megascops cooperi s 110 Tropical Screech-Owl Megascops choliba h 111 Vermiculated Screech-Owl Megascops guatemalae h 112 Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata s 113 Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata s 114 Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium costaricanum s 115 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum s 116 Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata h NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus h 117 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis s 118 Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis s 119 Dusky Nightjar Caprimulgus saturatus h POTOOS 120 Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus h SWIFTS 121 White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris s 122 Vaux's Swift Chaetura vauxi s 123 Costa Rican Swift Chaetura fumosa s 124 Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris s 125 Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis s HUMMINGBIRDS 126 Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri s 127 Green Hermit Phaethornis guy s 128 Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris s 129 Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis s 130 Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii s 131 Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus s 132 White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora s 133 Brown Violet-ear Colibri delphinae s 134 Green Violet-ear Colibri thalassinus s 135 Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii s 136 Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti s 137 Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae s 138 Green Thorntail Discosura conversii s Page 4 of 13 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 139 Canivet's Emerald Chlorostilbon canivetii s 140 Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis s 141 Violet-crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica s 142 Fiery-throated Hummingbird Panterpe insignis s 143 Blue-throated Goldentail Hylocharis eliciae s 144 Steely-vented Hummingbird Amazilia saucerrottei s 145 Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia edward s 146 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl s 147 Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila s 148 Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa eximia s 149 Black-bellied Hummingbird Eupherusa nigriventris s 150 Coppery-headed Emerald Elvira cupreiceps s 151 Snowcap Microchera albocoronata s 152 Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia s 153 White-bellied Mountain-gem Lampornis hemileucus s 154 Purple-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis calolaemus s 155 White-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis castaneoventris s 156 Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula s 157 Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens s 158 Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti s 159 Volcano Hummingbird Selasphorus flammula s 160 Scintillant Hummingbird Selasphorus scintilla s TROGONS 161 Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus s 162 Baird's Trogon Trogon bairdii s 163 Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus s 164 Orange-bellied Trogon Trogon aurantiiventris s 165 Collared Trogon Trogon collaris s 166 Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus s 167 Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena s 168 Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno s MOTMOTS 169 Tody Motmot Eumomota superciliosa s 170 Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota s 171 Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii s 172 Keel-billed Motmot Electron carinatum s 173 Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum s 174 Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa s KINGFISHERS 175 Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata s 176 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon s 177 Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona s 178 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana s 179 American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea s PUFFBIRDS 180 White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus s Page 5 of 13 No. Common Name Latin Name Seen or Heard 181 White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis s JACAMARS 182 Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda s NEW WORLD BARBETS 183 Prong-billed Barbet Semnornis frantzii h TOUCANS 184 Emerald Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus s 185 Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus s 186 Fiery-billed Aracari Pteroglossus frantzii s 187 Yellow-eared Toucanet Selenidera spectabilis s 188 Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos swainsonii s 189 Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus s WOODPECKERS 190 Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus s 191 Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani s 192 Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus s 193 Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii s 194 Smoky-brown Woodpecker Veniliornis fumigatus s 195 Rufous-winged Woodpecker Piculus simplex s 196 Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus s 197 Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus s 198 Lineated