Cumulative Bird List – Costa Rica in Spring Column A = number of tours out of seven on which this species has been recorded Column B = number of days this species was seen on the 2019 tour Column C = maximum daily count for this species on the 2019 tour Column D = H = Heard Only, N = Nesting Evidence, x = Also seen during 2019 tour A B C D 3 Highland Tinamou Nothocercus bonapartei 7 Great Tinamou 3 4 Tinamus major 7 Little Tinamou 4 3 Crypturellus soui 4 Slaty-breasted Tinamou 1 1 H Crypturellus boucardi 7 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck 1 3 Dendrocygna autumnalis 5 Muscovy Duck 1 1 Cairina moschata 4 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 1 Northern Shoveler Spatula clypeata 1 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis 7 Gray-headed Chachalaca 5 7 Ortalis cinereiceps 7 Crested Guan 3 8 Penelope purpurascens 7 Black Guan 4 3 Chamaepetes unicolor 7 Great Curassow 3 2 Crax rubra 1 Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus 4 Marbled Wood-Quail Odontophorus gujanensis 5 Black-breasted Wood-Quail 1 6 H Odontophorus leucolaemus 6 Spotted Wood-Quail 1 4 H Odontophorus guttatus 2 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus 1 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps 7 Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon) 1 37 Columba livia 7 Pale-vented Pigeon 7 6 Patagioenas cayennensis 1 Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa 7 Red-billed Pigeon 4 25 Patagioenas flavirostris 7 Band-tailed Pigeon 2 28 Patagioenas fasciata 6 Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea 7 Short-billed Pigeon 9 5 Patagioenas nigrirostris 7 Inca Dove 2 10 Columbina inca 7 Common Ground-Dove 2 5 Columbina passerina 1 Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta 7 Ruddy Ground-Dove 8 12 Columbina talpacoti 7 Blue Ground-Dove 5 15 Claravis pretiosa ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Cumulative Checklist… 2 3 Ruddy Quail-Dove 3 1 Geotrygon montana 1 Olive-backed Quail-Dove Leptotrygon veraguensis 7 White-tipped Dove 9 6 Leptotila verreauxi 7 Gray-chested Dove 5 6 Leptotila cassinii 3 Buff-fronted Quail-Dove Zentrygon costaricensis 1 Purplish-backed Quail-Dove Zentrygon lawrencii 3 Chiriqui Quail-Dove Zentrygon chiriquensis 7 White-winged Dove 4 8 Zenaida asiatica 1 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 7 Smooth-billed Ani 3 7 Crotophaga ani 7 Groove-billed Ani 5 14 Crotophaga sulcirostris 5 Striped Cuckoo 1 1 H Tapera naevia 3 Lesser Ground-Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus 7 Squirrel Cuckoo 5 3 Piaya cayana 3 Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor 1 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis 4 Short-tailed Nighthawk Lurocalis semitorquatus 7 Common Pauraque 5 3 Nyctidromus albicollis 6 Dusky Nightjar 1 2 Antrostomus saturatus 5 Great Potoo 1 1 Nyctibius grandis 3 Chestnut-collared Swift 2 2 Streptoprocne rutila 7 White-collared Swift 8 80 Streptoprocne zonaris 2 Chimney Swift Chaetura pelagica 5 Vaux's Swift 2 30 Chaetura vauxi 7 Costa Rican Swift 1 6 Chaetura fumosa 7 Gray-rumped Swift 4 8 Chaetura cinereiventris 4 Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift 1 2 Panyptila cayennensis 7 White-necked Jacobin 3 2 Florisuga mellivora 2 White-tipped Sicklebill 1 1 N Eutoxeres aquila 2 Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus 7 Band-tailed Barbthroat 4 5 Threnetes ruckeri 7 Green Hermit 3 3 Phaethornis guy 7 Long-billed Hermit 5 2 Phaethornis longirostris 7 Stripe-throated Hermit 5 6 Phaethornis striigularis 5 Green-fronted Lancebill 1 1 Doryfera ludovicae 7 Brown Violetear 2 3 Colibri delphinae 7 Lesser Violetear (Costa Rican) 4 8 Colibri cyanotus 6 Purple-crowned Fairy 5 2 Heliothryx barroti 5 Green-breasted Mango 1 1 Anthracothorax prevostii 7 Green Thorntail 2 4 Discosura conversii 6 Black-crested Coquette 2 3 Lophornis helenae ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Cumulative Checklist… 3 4 White-crested Coquette Lophornis adorabilis 7 Green-crowned Brilliant 3 15 Heliodoxa jacula 7 Talamanca Hummingbird 2 11 Eugenes spectabilis 5 Long-billed Starthroat 1 1 Heliomaster longirostris 2 Plain-capped Starthroat 1 1 Heliomaster constantii 7 Fiery-throated Hummingbird 1 12 Panterpe insignis 4 White-bellied Mountain-gem 1 4 Lampornis hemileucus 7 Purple-throated Mountain-gem 2 8 Lampornis calolaemus 7 White-throated Mountain-gem 3 10 Lampornis castaneoventris 7 Magenta-throated Woodstar 1 2 Calliphlox bryantae 2 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 7 Volcano Hummingbird 3 12 Selasphorus flammula 7 Scintillant Hummingbird 1 3 Selasphorus scintilla 4 Canivet's Emerald 1 2 Chlorostilbon canivetii 7 Violet-headed Hummingbird 3 6 Klais guimeti 7 Scaly-breasted Hummingbird 6 3 Phaeochroa cuvierii 7 Violet Sabrewing 4 9 Campylopterus hemileucurus 4 Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia 7 Crowned Woodnymph 4 3 Thalurania colombica 7 Stripe-tailed Hummingbird 4 3 Eupherusa eximia 7 Black-bellied Hummingbird 2 12 Eupherusa nigriventris 3 White-tailed Emerald 1 1 Elvira chionura 7 Coppery-headed Emerald 2 10 Elvira cupreiceps 6 Snowcap 1 1 Microchera albocoronata 6 Blue-chested Hummingbird 1 2 Amazilia amabilis 4 Charming Hummingbird 2 4 Amazilia decora 4 Mangrove Hummingbird 2 5 Amazilia boucardi 6 Steely-vented Hummingbird Amazilia saucerottei 3 Snowy-bellied Hummingbird 1 3 Amazilia edward 7 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird 10 18 Amazilia tzacatl 6 Cinnamon Hummingbird 2 2 Amazilia rutila 7 Blue-throated Goldentail 1 1 Hylocharis eliciae 5 Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor 1 Rufous-necked Wood-Rail 1 1 H Aramides axillaris 6 Russet-naped Wood-Rail 2 3 Aramides albiventris 5 Gray-cowled Wood-Rail 3 7 Aramides cajaneus 1 Sora Porzana carolina 1 American Coot Fulica americana 7 Purple Gallinule 4 1 Porphyrio martinica 7 White-throated Crake 3 8 Laterallus albigularis 1 Sungrebe 1 1 Heliornis fulica ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Cumulative Checklist… 4 7 Double-striped Thick-knee 2 2 Burhinus bistriatus 7 Black-necked Stilt 1 43 Himantopus mexicanus 2 Black-bellied Plover 2 1 Pluvialis squatarola 5 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis 1 Collared Plover Charadrius collaris 1 Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia 5 Semipalmated Plover 2 81 Charadrius semipalmatus 7 Northern Jacana 3 12 Jacana spinosa 7 Whimbrel 2 16 Numenius phaeopus 2 Ruddy Turnstone 2 9 Arenaria interpres 2 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus 2 Sanderling 1 3 Calidris alba 7 Least Sandpiper 3 16 Calidris minutilla 4 Semipalmated Sandpiper 1 300 Calidris pusilla 4 Western Sandpiper 1 200 Calidris mauri 7 Spotted Sandpiper 8 19 Actitis macularius 5 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 4 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 7 Willet (Western) 4 28 Tringa semipalmata 3 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 7 Laughing Gull 2 88 Leucophaeus atricilla 7 Royal Tern 2 170 Thalasseus maximus 4 Sandwich Tern 2 45 Thalasseus sandvicensis 2 Elegant Tern 1 1 Thalasseus elegans 2 Sunbittern Eurypyga helias 1 Jabiru Jabiru mycteria 7 Wood Stork 1 3 Mycteria americana 7 Magnificent Frigatebird 3 43 Fregata magnificens 1 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 7 Anhinga 4 2 Anhinga anhinga 7 Neotropic Cormorant 6 6 Phalacrocorax brasilianus 7 Brown Pelican 2 16 Pelecanus occidentalis 1 Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus 2 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis 7 Fasciated Tiger-Heron 1 2 Tigrisoma fasciatum 7 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron 5 2 Tigrisoma mexicanum 7 Great Blue Heron 3 5 Ardea herodias 7 Great Egret 8 17 Ardea alba 7 Snowy Egret 8 22 Egretta thula 7 Little Blue Heron 8 12 Egretta caerulea 6 Tricolored Heron 1 9 Egretta tricolor ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WINGS ● 1643 N. Alvernon Way Ste. 109 ● Tucson ● AZ ● 85712 ● www.wingsbirds.com (866) 547 9868 Toll free US + Canada ● Tel (520) 320-9868 ● Fax (520) 320 9373 Cumulative Checklist… 5 1 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens 7 Cattle Egret 10 150 Bubulcus ibis 7 Green Heron 8 2 Butorides virescens 4 Black-crowned Night-Heron 1 3 Nycticorax nycticorax 4 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron 2 14 Nyctanassa violacea 7 Boat-billed Heron 6 8 N Cochlearius cochlearius 7 White Ibis 5 25 Eudocimus albus 6 Green Ibis 1 2 Mesembrinibis cayennensis 7 Roseate Spoonbill 3 4 Platalea ajaja 7 King Vulture 3 3 Sarcoramphus papa 7 Black Vulture 13 200 Coragyps atratus 7 Turkey Vulture 13 508 Cathartes aura 7 Osprey 4 6 Pandion haliaetus 6 White-tailed Kite 1 1 Elanus leucurus 1 Hook-billed Kite 1 1 Chondrohierax uncinatus 6 Gray-headed Kite 1 2 Leptodon cayanensis 7 Swallow-tailed Kite 6 10 Elanoides forficatus 3 Black Hawk-Eagle 2 1 Spizaetus tyrannus 3 Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus 7 Double-toothed Kite 3 1 Harpagus bidentatus 1 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis 3 Plumbeous Kite 1 2 Ictinia plumbea 1 Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus 1 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus 1 Crane Hawk 2 2 Geranospiza caerulescens 7 Common Black Hawk 3 6 Buteogallus anthracinus 1 Great Black Hawk 1 1 Buteogallus urubitinga 6 Barred Hawk 1 1 Morphnarchus princeps 7 Roadside Hawk 5 4 Rupornis magnirostris 7 White Hawk 2 1 Pseudastur albicollis 2 Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus 6 Gray Hawk 5 3 Buteo plagiatus 5 Gray-lined Hawk 1 2 N Buteo nitidus 7 Broad-winged Hawk 7 3