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Bird Observations

			Date Range: Jun, 1900-2024

San José

Updated ~24 hr(s) ago.

543 species (+43 other taxa)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Highland Tinamou
Great Tinamou
Little Tinamou
Slaty-breasted Tinamou
tinamou sp.
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Domestic goose sp. (Domestic type)
Muscovy Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Lesser Scaup
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Crested Guan
Black Guan
Great Curassow
Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crested Bobwhite
Marbled Wood-Quail
Black-breasted Wood-Quail
Spotted Wood-Quail
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Rock Pigeon
Pale-vented Pigeon
Scaled Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Ruddy Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
Patagioenas sp.
Inca Dove
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Common Ground Dove
Plain-breasted Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
Blue Ground Dove
Maroon-chested Ground Dove
Ruddy Quail-Dove
Olive-backed Quail-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Gray-chested Dove
Gray-headed Dove
Buff-fronted Quail-Dove
Chiriqui Quail-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Smooth-billed Ani
Groove-billed Ani
Striped Cuckoo
Lesser Ground-Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Lesser Nighthawk
Short-tailed Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Dusky Nightjar
Common Potoo
Black Swift
White-chinned Swift
Spot-fronted Swift
Cypseloides sp.
Chestnut-collared Swift
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
White-collared Swift
Gray-rumped Swift
Costa Rican Swift
Vaux's Swift
Chaetura sp.
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
large swift sp.
swift sp.
White-necked Jacobin
White-tipped Sicklebill
Bronzy Hermit
Band-tailed Barbthroat
Green Hermit
Long-billed Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
hermit sp.
Green-fronted Lancebill
Brown Violetear
Lesser Violetear
Purple-crowned Fairy
Green-breasted Mango
Green Thorntail
Black-crested Coquette
White-crested Coquette
Green-crowned Brilliant
Talamanca Hummingbird
Long-billed Starthroat
Plain-capped Starthroat
Fiery-throated Hummingbird
White-bellied Mountain-gem
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Purple-throated Mountain-gem
White-throated Mountain-gem
Purple-throated/White-throated Mountain-gem
Magenta-throated Woodstar
Volcano Hummingbird
Scintillant Hummingbird
Selasphorus sp.
Canivet's Emerald
Garden Emerald
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Violet Sabrewing
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
Crowned Woodnymph
Snowcap
White-tailed Emerald
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
Black-bellied Hummingbird
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Blue-vented Hummingbird
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Blue-chested Hummingbird
Charming Hummingbird
Blue-throated Goldentail
hummingbird sp.
Uniform Crake
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Common Gallinule
Purple Gallinule
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
White-throated Crake
Double-striped Thick-knee
Black-necked Stilt
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Southern Lapwing
Northern Jacana
Baird's Sandpiper
Laughing Gull
Sunbittern
Wood Stork
Anhinga
Neotropic Cormorant
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Fasciated Tiger-Heron
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Boat-billed Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
White Ibis
Green Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
King Vulture
Black Vulture
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes sp.
Osprey
Pearl Kite
White-tailed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Gray-headed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Black Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
Tiny Hawk
Double-toothed Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Bicolored Hawk
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Crane Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Barred Hawk
Roadside Hawk
White Hawk
Semiplumbeous Hawk
Gray Hawk
Gray/Gray-lined Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Barn Owl
Bare-shanked Screech-Owl
Tropical Screech-Owl
Pacific Screech-Owl
Crested Owl
Spectacled Owl
Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Mottled Owl
Black-and-white Owl
Striped Owl
Unspotted Saw-whet Owl
owl sp.
Resplendent Quetzal
Lattice-tailed Trogon
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Black-headed Trogon
Baird's Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Northern Black-throated Trogon
Collared Trogon
Lesson's Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Turquoise-browed Motmot
motmot sp.
Ringed Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
White-necked Puffbird
Pied Puffbird
White-whiskered Puffbird
White-fronted Nunbird
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Red-headed Barbet
Prong-billed Barbet
Northern Emerald-Toucanet
Collared Aracari
Fiery-billed Aracari
Yellow-eared Toucanet
Yellow-throated Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan
Olivaceous Piculet
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Acorn Woodpecker
Golden-naped Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Red-crowned x Hoffmann's Woodpecker (hybrid)
Hairy Woodpecker
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Campephilus sp./Lineated Woodpecker
Cinnamon Woodpecker
Rufous-winged Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Laughing Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Barred Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
Bat Falcon
falcon sp.
Red-fronted Parrotlet
Barred Parakeet
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Brown-hooded Parrot
Blue-headed Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Yellow-naped Parrot
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
White-fronted Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Amazona sp.
Sulphur-winged Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Brown-throated Parakeet
Scarlet Macaw
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
large parakeet sp. (former Aratinga sp.)
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Great Antshrike
Barred Antshrike
Black-crowned Antshrike
Black-hooded Antshrike
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Russet Antshrike
Plain Antvireo
Streak-crowned Antvireo
Checker-throated Stipplethroat
White-flanked Antwren
Slaty Antwren
Dot-winged Antwren
Dusky Antbird
Bare-crowned Antbird
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Dull-mantled Antbird
Zeledon's Antbird
Bicolored Antbird
Spotted Antbird
Ocellated Antbird
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black-crowned Antpitta
Scaled Antpitta
Streak-chested Antpitta
Thicket Antpitta
Ochre-breasted Antpitta
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo
Black-faced Antthrush
Rufous-breasted Antthrush
Middle American Leaftosser
Scaly-throated Leaftosser
Gray-throated Leaftosser
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Long-tailed Woodcreeper
Ruddy Woodcreeper
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Black-banded Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Black-striped Woodcreeper
Spotted Woodcreeper
Brown-billed Scythebill
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
woodcreeper sp.
Plain Xenops
Streaked Xenops
Buffy Tuftedcheek
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lineated Foliage-gleaner
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
Streak-breasted Treehunter
Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner
Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner
Western Woodhaunter
foliage-gleaner sp.
Spotted Barbtail
Ruddy Treerunner
Red-faced Spinetail
Slaty Spinetail
Pale-breasted Spinetail
Long-tailed Manakin
White-ruffed Manakin
Velvety Manakin
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
White-collared Manakin
Orange-collared Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
Turquoise Cotinga
Rufous Piha
Three-wattled Bellbird
Black-crowned Tityra
Masked Tityra
tityra sp.
Northern Schiffornis
Barred Becard
Cinnamon Becard
White-winged Becard
Black-and-white Becard
Rose-throated Becard
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tropical Royal Flycatcher
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
Black-tailed Flycatcher
Stub-tailed Spadebill
White-throated Spadebill
Golden-crowned Spadebill
Olive-streaked Flycatcher
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Slaty-capped Flycatcher
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant
Northern Bentbill
Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Eye-ringed Flatbill
Yellow-olive Flatbill
Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Yellow Tyrannulet
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Lesser Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
Torrent Tyrannulet
White-fronted Tyrannulet
Mistletoe Tyrannulet
Bran-colored Flycatcher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Tufted Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Ochraceous Pewee
Dark Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Northern Tropical Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
White-throated Flycatcher
Yellowish Flycatcher
Black-capped Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Black Phoebe
Long-tailed Tyrant
Bright-rumped Attila
Rufous Mourner
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Nutting's Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Gray-capped Flycatcher
White-ringed Flycatcher
Golden-bellied Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Streaked/Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Scrub Greenlet
Green Shrike-Vireo
Tawny-crowned Greenlet
Lesser Greenlet
Yellow-winged Vireo
Brown-capped Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Silvery-throated Jay
Azure-hooded Jay
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Brown Jay
Mangrove Swallow
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gray-breasted Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
swallow sp.
Tawny-faced Gnatwren
Long-billed Gnatwren
White-browed Gnatcatcher
White-lored Gnatcatcher
Nightingale Wren
Scaly-breasted Wren
House Wren
Ochraceous Wren
Timberline Wren
Grass Wren
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Band-backed Wren
Rufous-naped Wren
Black-bellied Wren
Rufous-breasted Wren
Banded Wren
Rufous-and-white Wren
Stripe-breasted Wren
Cabanis's Wren
Cabanis's/Canebrake Wren
Isthmian Wren
Cabanis's/Isthmian Wren
Riverside Wren
Bay Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Song Wren
wren sp.
American Dipper
Tropical Mockingbird
Black-faced Solitaire
Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
Mountain Thrush
Pale-vented Thrush
White-throated Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Sooty Thrush
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Turdus sp.
Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher
Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher
Tricolored Munia
House Sparrow
Elegant Euphonia
Golden-browed Chlorophonia
Scrub Euphonia
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
White-vented Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Thick-billed Euphonia
Spot-crowned Euphonia
Olive-backed Euphonia
Tawny-capped Euphonia
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
euphonia sp.
Lesser Goldfinch
Yellow-bellied Siskin
Ashy-throated Chlorospingus
Sooty-capped Chlorospingus
Common Chlorospingus
Stripe-headed Sparrow
Olive Sparrow
Black-striped Sparrow
Costa Rican Brushfinch
Orange-billed Sparrow
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
Sooty-faced Finch
Volcano Junco
Rufous-collared Sparrow
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Large-footed Finch
White-eared Ground-Sparrow
Cabanis's Ground-Sparrow
Rusty Sparrow
White-naped Brushfinch
Yellow-thighed Brushfinch
Wrenthrush
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-breasted Meadowlark
Yellow-billed Cacique
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Black-cowled Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Spot-breasted Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Shiny Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
blackbird sp.
Flame-throated Warbler
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Tropical Parula
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-capped Warbler
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black-cheeked Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler
Costa Rican Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler
Slate-throated Redstart
Collared Redstart
new world warbler sp.
Dusky-faced Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager
White-winged Tanager
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Carmiol's Tanager
Black-faced Grosbeak
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black-thighed Grosbeak
Blue Seedeater
Blue-black Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Gray-headed Tanager
White-shouldered Tanager
Tawny-crested Tanager
White-lined Tanager
White-throated Shrike-Tanager
Crimson-collared Tanager
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Blue-and-gold Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Speckled Tanager
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Golden-hooded Tanager
Spangle-cheeked Tanager
Rufous-winged Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Emerald Tanager
Silver-throated Tanager
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Blue Dacnis
Shining Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
Black-and-yellow Tanager
Slaty Flowerpiercer
Slaty Finch
Peg-billed Finch
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Blue-black Grassquit
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Variable Seedeater
Morelet's Seedeater
Yellow-bellied Seedeater
Slate-colored Seedeater
Bananaquit
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
Streaked Saltator
Slate-colored Grosbeak
saltator sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
passerine sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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