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Bird Observations

			Date Range: Jul, 1900-2024

Alajuela

Updated ~32 hr(s) ago.

596 species (+54 other taxa)	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Highland Tinamou
Great Tinamou
Little Tinamou
Slaty-breasted Tinamou
Thicket Tinamou
tinamou sp.
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Swan Goose
Muscovy Duck
American Wigeon
teal sp.
Plain Chachalaca
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Crested Guan
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Black Guan
Great Curassow
Tawny-faced Quail
Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge
Crested Bobwhite
Black-eared 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
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ruddy Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
Patagioenas sp.
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
Plain-breasted Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
Blue Ground Dove
Ruddy Quail-Dove
Violaceous Quail-Dove
Olive-backed Quail-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Gray-chested Dove
Gray-headed Dove
Buff-fronted Quail-Dove
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Purplish-backed Quail-Dove
Chiriqui Quail-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Groove-billed Ani
Striped Cuckoo
Lesser Ground-Cuckoo
Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Short-tailed Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Great Potoo
Common Potoo
Oilbird
Black Swift
White-chinned Swift
Spot-fronted Swift
Cypseloides sp.
Chestnut-collared Swift
White-collared Swift
Gray-rumped Swift
Vaux's Swift
Chaetura sp.
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
large swift sp.
swift sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
White-necked Jacobin
White-tipped Sicklebill
Bronzy Hermit
Band-tailed Barbthroat
Green Hermit
Long-billed Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
hermit sp.
Green-fronted Lancebill
Brown Violetear
Lesser Violetear
Purple-crowned Fairy
Green-breasted Mango
Green Thorntail
Black-crested Coquette
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Green-crowned Brilliant
Talamanca Hummingbird
Long-billed Starthroat
Plain-capped Starthroat
Fiery-throated Hummingbird
White-bellied Mountain-gem
Purple-throated Mountain-gem
Magenta-throated Woodstar
Volcano Hummingbird
Scintillant Hummingbird
Selasphorus sp.
Canivet's Emerald
Garden Emerald
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Violet Sabrewing
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
Crowned Woodnymph
Snowcap
Coppery-headed Emerald
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
Black-bellied Hummingbird
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Blue-vented Hummingbird
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Blue-chested Hummingbird
Blue-throated Goldentail
hummingbird sp.
Spotted Rail
Uniform Crake
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Russet-naped Wood-Rail
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Russet-naped/Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
Yellow-breasted Crake
White-throated Crake
Gray-breasted Crake
Sungrebe
Limpkin
Double-striped Thick-knee
Black-necked Stilt
Killdeer
Southern Lapwing
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Wilson's Plover
Collared Plover
Northern Jacana
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Spotted Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Laughing Gull
Black Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant/Royal Tern
Sunbittern
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Jabiru
Wood Stork
Magnificent Frigatebird
Anhinga
Neotropic Cormorant
Brown Pelican
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Fasciated Tiger-Heron
Boat-billed Heron
Agami Heron
Pinnated Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
white egret sp.
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Green Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
King Vulture
Black Vulture
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Turkey Vulture
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
Cathartes sp.
Osprey
Pearl Kite
White-tailed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Gray-headed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Harpy Eagle
Black Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
Tiny Hawk
Black-collared Hawk
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Snail Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Gray-bellied Hawk
Bicolored Hawk
Accipiter sp.
Crane Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Barred Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Harris's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
White Hawk
Semiplumbeous Hawk
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Gray Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Barn Owl
Bare-shanked Screech-Owl
Tropical Screech-Owl
Middle American Screech-Owl
Pacific Screech-Owl
Crested Owl
Spectacled Owl
Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl
Central American Pygmy-Owl
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Mottled Owl
Black-and-white Owl
Striped Owl
owl sp.
Resplendent Quetzal
Lattice-tailed Trogon
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Black-headed Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Northern Black-throated Trogon
Elegant Trogon
Collared Trogon
new world trogon sp.
Tody Motmot
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lesson's Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Keel-billed Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Keel-billed/Broad-billed Motmot
Turquoise-browed Motmot
motmot sp.
Ringed Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher
White-necked Puffbird
Pied Puffbird
White-whiskered Puffbird
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Lanceolated Monklet
White-fronted Nunbird
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Red-headed Barbet
Prong-billed Barbet
Northern Emerald-Toucanet
Aulacorhynchus sp.
Collared Aracari
Fiery-billed Aracari
Yellow-eared Toucanet
Yellow-throated Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan
Olivaceous Piculet
Acorn Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Red-crowned x Hoffmann's Woodpecker (hybrid)
Melanerpes sp.
Hairy Woodpecker
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Cinnamon Woodpecker
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
Rufous-winged Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Laughing Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon
Barred Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
American Kestrel
Bat Falcon
Orange-breasted Falcon
falcon sp.
lovebird sp.
Red-fronted Parrotlet
Barred Parakeet
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Brown-hooded Parrot
Blue-headed Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Red-lored Parrot
Yellow-naped Parrot
White-fronted Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Amazona sp.
Olive-throated Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Great Green Macaw
Scarlet Macaw
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
large parakeet sp. (former Aratinga sp.)
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Fasciated Antshrike
Great Antshrike
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Barred Antshrike
Black-crowned Antshrike
Black-hooded Antshrike
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
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Bicolored Antbird
Spotted Antbird
antbird sp.
Ocellated Antbird
Scaled Antpitta
Streak-chested Antpitta
Thicket Antpitta
Ochre-breasted Antpitta
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo
Black-faced Antthrush
Black-headed Antthrush
Rufous-breasted Antthrush
Middle American Leaftosser
Scaly-throated Leaftosser
Gray-throated Leaftosser
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Long-tailed Woodcreeper
Ruddy Woodcreeper
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Black-banded Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
Black-striped Woodcreeper
Spotted Woodcreeper
Brown-billed Scythebill
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
woodcreeper sp.
Plain Xenops
Streaked Xenops
Buffy Tuftedcheek
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner
Lineated Foliage-gleaner
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
Streak-breasted Treehunter
Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner
Western Woodhaunter
Spotted Barbtail
Ruddy Treerunner
Red-faced Spinetail
Slaty Spinetail
Pale-breasted Spinetail
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Long-tailed Manakin
White-ruffed Manakin
White-collared Manakin
Orange-collared Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
manakin sp.
Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Bare-necked Umbrellabird
Lovely Cotinga
Rufous Piha
Three-wattled Bellbird
Snowy Cotinga
Black-crowned Tityra
Masked Tityra
tityra sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Northern Schiffornis
Barred Becard
Cinnamon Becard
White-winged Becard
Black-and-white Becard
Rose-throated Becard
Sharpbill
Tropical Royal Flycatcher
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
Gray-headed Piprites
Stub-tailed Spadebill
White-throated Spadebill
Golden-crowned Spadebill
Olive-streaked Flycatcher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Sepia-capped Flycatcher
Slaty-capped Flycatcher
Rufous-browed Tyrannulet
Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant
Northern Bentbill
Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Eye-ringed Flatbill
Yellow-olive Flatbill
Yellow-winged Flatbill
Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet
Brown-capped Tyrannulet
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Yellow Tyrannulet
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Lesser Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
elaenia sp. (genus Elaenia)
Torrent Tyrannulet
White-fronted Tyrannulet
Mistletoe Tyrannulet
Tawny-chested Flycatcher
Tufted Flycatcher
Dark Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Northern Tropical Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
White-throated Flycatcher
Yellowish Flycatcher
Black-capped Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Black Phoebe
Long-tailed Tyrant
Bright-rumped Attila
Rufous Mourner
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Nutting's Flycatcher
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Gray-capped Flycatcher
White-ringed Flycatcher
Golden-bellied Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Green Shrike-Vireo
Tawny-crowned Greenlet
Lesser Greenlet
Mangrove Vireo
Yellow-winged Vireo
Brown-capped Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Azure-hooded Jay
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Brown Jay
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Mangrove Swallow
Purple Martin
Gray-breasted Martin
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Tawny-faced Gnatwren
Long-billed Gnatwren
White-browed Gnatcatcher
White-lored Gnatcatcher
Nightingale Wren
Scaly-breasted Wren
House Wren
Ochraceous Wren
Band-backed Wren
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Rufous-naped Wren
Rufous-breasted Wren
Spot-breasted Wren
Black-throated Wren
Banded Wren
Rufous-and-white Wren
Stripe-breasted Wren
Cabanis's Wren
Canebrake Wren
Cabanis's/Canebrake Wren
Riverside Wren
Bay Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Song Wren
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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
Catharus sp.
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
Olive-backed Euphonia
Tawny-capped Euphonia
euphonia sp.
Lesser Goldfinch
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Yellow-bellied Siskin
Ashy-throated Chlorospingus
Sooty-capped Chlorospingus
Common Chlorospingus
Stripe-headed Sparrow
Olive Sparrow
Black-striped Sparrow
Orange-billed Sparrow
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
Sooty-faced Finch
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Large-footed Finch
White-eared Ground-Sparrow
Cabanis's Ground-Sparrow
White-naped Brushfinch
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Yellow-thighed Brushfinch
Wrenthrush
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-breasted Meadowlark
Yellow-billed Cacique
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Black-cowled Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole
Streak-backed Oriole
Spot-breasted Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
new world oriole sp.
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Red-winged Blackbird
Shiny Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Nicaraguan Grackle
blackbird sp.
Louisiana Waterthrush
Flame-throated Warbler
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Tropical Parula
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
Wilson's Warbler
Slate-throated Redstart
Collared Redstart
new world warbler sp.
Hepatic 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
Yellow-winged Tanager
Palm Tanager
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Speckled Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Spangle-cheeked Tanager
Plain-colored 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
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Slaty Finch
Peg-billed Finch
Blue-black Grassquit
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Nicaraguan 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
	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Streaked Saltator
Slate-colored Grosbeak
saltator sp.
passerine sp.
bird sp.

KEY:| = insufficient data | = rare to widespread

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