Checklist for Limón, CR

eBird Field Checklist

Limón, CR

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732 species (+122 other taxa) - Year-round, All years

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Tinamous

Highland Tinamou

Great Tinamou

Little Tinamou

Slaty-breasted Tinamou

tinamou sp.

Waterfowl

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Muscovy Duck

Blue-winged Teal

Cinnamon Teal

Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal

Northern Shoveler

American Wigeon

Mallard

Northern Pintail

Green-winged Teal

teal sp.

Ring-necked Duck

Lesser Scaup

Red-breasted Merganser

Masked Duck

duck sp.

Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows

Gray-headed Chachalaca

Crested Guan

Black Guan

Great Curassow

Grouse, Quail, and Allies

Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge

Black-eared Wood-Quail

Black-breasted Wood-Quail

Spotted Wood-Quail

Red Junglefowl

Grebes

Least Grebe

Pied-billed Grebe

Pigeons and Doves

Rock Pigeon

Pale-vented Pigeon

Scaled Pigeon

White-crowned Pigeon

Red-billed Pigeon

Band-tailed Pigeon

Ruddy Pigeon

Short-billed Pigeon

Patagioenas sp.

Eurasian Collared-Dove

Inca Dove

Plain-breasted Ground Dove

Ruddy Ground Dove

ground dove/Inca Dove

Blue Ground Dove

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Violaceous Quail-Dove

Olive-backed Quail-Dove

White-tipped Dove

Gray-chested Dove

Leptotila sp.

Buff-fronted Quail-Dove

Purplish-backed Quail-Dove

Chiriqui Quail-Dove

White-winged Dove

Mourning Dove

pigeon/dove sp.

Cuckoos

Greater Ani

Groove-billed Ani

Smooth-billed/Groove-billed Ani

Striped Cuckoo

Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo

Squirrel Cuckoo

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Mangrove Cuckoo

Black-billed Cuckoo

Nightjars

Lesser Nighthawk

Common Nighthawk

nighthawk sp.

Short-tailed Nighthawk

Common Pauraque

Chuck-will's-widow

Eastern Whip-poor-will

Dusky Nightjar

nightjar sp.

Potoos and Oilbird

Great Potoo

Common Potoo

potoo sp.

Swifts

Black Swift

White-chinned Swift

Spot-fronted Swift

Cypseloides sp.

Chestnut-collared Swift

White-collared Swift

Gray-rumped Swift

Chimney Swift

Vaux's Swift

Chimney/Vaux's Swift

Chaetura sp.

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift

Great Swallow-tailed Swift

large swift sp.

small swift sp.

swift sp.

Hummingbirds

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

mango sp.

Green Thorntail

Black-crested Coquette

White-crested Coquette

Green-crowned Brilliant

Talamanca Hummingbird

Long-billed Starthroat

Fiery-throated Hummingbird

White-bellied Mountain-gem

Purple-throated Mountain-gem

White-throated Mountain-gem

Purple-throated/White-throated Mountain-gem

Magenta-throated Woodstar

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Volcano Hummingbird

Scintillant Hummingbird

Garden Emerald

Violet-headed Hummingbird

Violet Sabrewing

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Crowned Woodnymph

Snowcap

Coppery-headed Emerald

Stripe-tailed Hummingbird

Black-bellied Hummingbird

Scaly-breasted Hummingbird

Blue-vented Hummingbird

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Blue-chested Hummingbird

Blue-throated Goldentail

hummingbird sp.

Rails, Gallinules, and Allies

Colombian Crake

Paint-billed Crake

Uniform Crake

Russet-naped Wood-Rail

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

Russet-naped/Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

wood-rail sp.

Sora

Common Gallinule

American Coot

Purple Gallinule

Yellow-breasted Crake

White-throated Crake

Gray-breasted Crake

rail/crake sp.

Finfoots

Sungrebe

Limpkin

Shorebirds

Black-necked Stilt

American Avocet

American Oystercatcher

Black-bellied Plover

American Golden-Plover

Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.

Killdeer

Semipalmated Plover

Piping Plover

Southern Lapwing

Wilson's Plover

Collared Plover

Snowy Plover

small plover sp.

plover sp.

Northern Jacana

Wattled Jacana

Northern x Wattled Jacana (hybrid)

Upland Sandpiper

Whimbrel

Marbled Godwit

Short-billed Dowitcher

Long-billed Dowitcher

Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher

Wilson's Snipe

Wilson's Phalarope

Red/Red-necked Phalarope

phalarope sp.

Spotted Sandpiper

Solitary Sandpiper

Lesser Yellowlegs

Willet

Greater Yellowlegs

Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs

Tringa sp.

Ruddy Turnstone

Red Knot

Surfbird

Stilt Sandpiper

Buff-breasted Sandpiper

Sanderling

Baird's Sandpiper

White-rumped Sandpiper

Least Sandpiper

Pectoral Sandpiper

Western Sandpiper

Semipalmated Sandpiper

Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper

peep sp.

Calidris sp.

shorebird sp.

Skuas and Jaegers

Long-tailed Jaeger

Parasitic Jaeger

Pomarine Jaeger

jaeger sp.

Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers

Black-legged Kittiwake

Laughing Gull

Franklin's Gull

Laughing/Franklin's Gull

Ring-billed Gull

Herring Gull

Great Black-backed Gull

Lesser Black-backed Gull

gull sp.

Black Skimmer

Brown Noddy

Black Noddy

Sooty Tern

Bridled Tern

Sooty/Bridled Tern

Least Tern

Yellow-billed Tern

Gull-billed Tern

Caspian Tern

Black Tern

Forster's Tern

Common Tern

Common/Arctic Tern

Sterna sp.

Sandwich Tern

Elegant Tern

Royal Tern

Elegant/Royal Tern

large tern sp.

tern sp.

Sunbittern

Tropicbirds

White-tailed Tropicbird

Red-billed Tropicbird

Storm-Petrels

Leach's Storm-Petrel

Band-rumped Storm-Petrel

storm-petrel sp.

Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels

Spectacled Petrel

Cory's Shearwater

Great Shearwater

Manx Shearwater

Audubon's Shearwater

shearwater sp.

Storks

Jabiru

Wood Stork

Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets

Magnificent Frigatebird

frigatebird sp.

Red-footed Booby

Brown Booby

Masked Booby

Nazca Booby

booby sp.

sulid sp.

Cormorants and Anhingas

Anhinga

Neotropic Cormorant

Pelicans

American White Pelican

Brown Pelican

Herons, Ibis, and Allies

Rufescent Tiger-Heron

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

Fasciated Tiger-Heron

tiger-heron sp.

Boat-billed Heron

Agami Heron

American Bittern

Pinnated Bittern

Least Bittern

Yellow-crowned Night Heron

Black-crowned Night Heron

Whistling Heron

Little Blue Heron

Tricolored Heron

Reddish Egret

Snowy Egret

Striated Heron

Green Heron

Western Cattle Egret

Western/Eastern Cattle Egret

Great Egret

Great Blue Heron

heron sp.

white egret sp.

White Ibis

Glossy Ibis

Glossy/White-faced Ibis

Green Ibis

Roseate Spoonbill

Vultures, Hawks, and Allies

King Vulture

Black Vulture

Turkey Vulture

Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture

Cathartes sp.

new world vulture sp.

Osprey

Pearl Kite

White-tailed Kite

Hook-billed Kite

Gray-headed Kite

Swallow-tailed Kite

Crested Eagle

Harpy Eagle

Black Hawk-Eagle

Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle

Tiny Hawk

Black-collared Hawk

Snail Kite

Double-toothed Kite

Mississippi Kite

Plumbeous Kite

Mississippi/Plumbeous Kite

Northern Harrier

Sharp-shinned Hawk

Cooper's Hawk

Sharp-shinned/Cooper's Hawk

Bicolored Hawk

Accipiter sp.

Crane Hawk

Common Black Hawk

Great Black Hawk

Common/Great Black Hawk

Buteogallus sp.

Barred Hawk

Roadside Hawk

Harris's Hawk

White Hawk

Semiplumbeous Hawk

Gray Hawk

Gray-lined Hawk

Broad-winged Hawk

Short-tailed Hawk

Swainson's Hawk

Zone-tailed Hawk

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo sp.

hawk sp.

Owls

Barn Owl

Bare-shanked Screech-Owl

Tropical Screech-Owl

Middle American Screech-Owl

Crested Owl

Spectacled Owl

Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl

Central American Pygmy-Owl

Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl

Mottled Owl

Black-and-white Owl

Striped Owl

Unspotted Saw-whet Owl

owl sp.

Trogons and Quetzals

Resplendent Quetzal

Lattice-tailed Trogon

Slaty-tailed Trogon

Black-headed Trogon

Gartered Trogon

Northern Black-throated Trogon

Collared Trogon

new world trogon sp.

Motmots

Lesson's Motmot

Rufous Motmot

Keel-billed Motmot

Broad-billed Motmot

motmot sp.

Kingfishers

Ringed Kingfisher

Belted Kingfisher

Amazon Kingfisher

American Pygmy Kingfisher

Green Kingfisher

Green-and-rufous Kingfisher

kingfisher sp.

Puffbirds and Jacamars

White-necked Puffbird

Pied Puffbird

White-whiskered Puffbird

Lanceolated Monklet

White-fronted Nunbird

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Great Jacamar

Barbets and Toucans

Red-headed Barbet

Prong-billed Barbet

Northern Emerald-Toucanet

Collared Aracari

Yellow-eared Toucanet

Yellow-throated Toucan

Keel-billed Toucan

large toucan sp.

Woodpeckers

Olivaceous Piculet

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Acorn Woodpecker

Black-cheeked Woodpecker

Hoffmann's Woodpecker

Hairy Woodpecker

Smoky-brown Woodpecker

Red-rumped Woodpecker

Pale-billed Woodpecker

Lineated Woodpecker

Cinnamon Woodpecker

Chestnut-colored Woodpecker

Celeus sp.

Rufous-winged Woodpecker

Golden-olive Woodpecker

woodpecker sp.

Falcons and Caracaras

Laughing Falcon

Collared Forest-Falcon

Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon

Barred Forest-Falcon

forest-falcon sp.

Crested Caracara

Red-throated Caracara

Yellow-headed Caracara

American Kestrel

Merlin

Bat Falcon

Peregrine Falcon

falcon sp.

diurnal raptor sp.

Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies

Red-fronted Parrotlet

Barred Parakeet

Orange-chinned Parakeet

Brown-hooded Parrot

Blue-headed Parrot

White-crowned Parrot

Red-lored Parrot

White-fronted Parrot

Mealy Parrot

Amazona sp.

Sulphur-winged Parakeet

Olive-throated Parakeet

Great Green Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

large macaw sp.

Crimson-fronted Parakeet

large parakeet sp. (former Aratinga sp.)

parakeet sp.

parrot sp.

Antbirds

Rufous-rumped Antwren

Fasciated Antshrike

Great Antshrike

Barred Antshrike

Black-crowned Antshrike

Thamnophilus sp.

Russet Antshrike

Plain Antvireo

Streak-crowned Antvireo

Spot-crowned Antvireo

Checker-throated Stipplethroat

White-flanked Antwren

Slaty Antwren

Dot-winged Antwren

antwren sp.

Dusky Antbird

Bare-crowned Antbird

Chestnut-backed Antbird

Dull-mantled Antbird

Zeledon's Antbird

Bicolored Antbird

Spotted Antbird

antbird sp.

Ocellated Antbird

Gnateaters and Antpittas

Black-crowned Antpitta

Scaled Antpitta

Streak-chested Antpitta

Thicket Antpitta

Ochre-breasted Antpitta

Tapaculos

Silvery-fronted Tapaculo

Antthrushes

Black-faced Antthrush

Black-headed Antthrush

Rufous-breasted Antthrush

Leaftossers and Miners

Middle American Leaftosser

Scaly-throated Leaftosser

Gray-throated Leaftosser

Woodcreepers

Olivaceous Woodcreeper

Long-tailed Woodcreeper

Ruddy Woodcreeper

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.

Ovenbirds

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

Synallaxis sp.

Manakins

Long-tailed Manakin

White-ruffed Manakin

Velvety Manakin

White-collared Manakin

White-crowned Manakin

Red-capped Manakin

manakin sp.

Cotingas

Purple-throated Fruitcrow

Bare-necked Umbrellabird

Lovely Cotinga

Rufous Piha

Three-wattled Bellbird

Snowy Cotinga

Becards, Tityras, and Allies

Black-crowned Tityra

Masked Tityra

tityra sp.

Northern Schiffornis

Speckled Mourner

Barred Becard

Cinnamon Becard

White-winged Becard

Black-and-white Becard

Rose-throated Becard

becard sp.

Sharpbill, Royal Flycatchers, and Allies

Sharpbill

Tropical Royal Flycatcher

Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher

Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher

Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies

Gray-headed Piprites

White-throated Spadebill

Golden-crowned Spadebill

Olive-streaked Flycatcher

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

Yellow Tyrannulet

Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet

Greenish Elaenia

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Lesser Elaenia

Mountain Elaenia

Torrent Tyrannulet

White-fronted Tyrannulet

Mistletoe Tyrannulet

Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies

Tawny-chested Flycatcher

Tufted Flycatcher

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Ochraceous Pewee

Dark Pewee

Western Wood-Pewee

Northern Tropical Pewee

tropical pewee sp.

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee

pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Acadian Flycatcher

Alder Flycatcher

Willow Flycatcher

Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)

White-throated Flycatcher

Least Flycatcher

Yellowish Flycatcher

Black-capped Flycatcher

Empidonax sp.

Black Phoebe

Long-tailed Tyrant

Bright-rumped Attila

Rufous Mourner

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Great 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

Western Kingbird

Eastern Kingbird

Gray Kingbird

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

new world flycatcher sp.

Vireos

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Green Shrike-Vireo

Tawny-crowned Greenlet

Lesser Greenlet

White-eyed Vireo

Mangrove Vireo

Yellow-throated Vireo

Yellow-winged Vireo

Philadelphia Vireo

Warbling Vireo

Brown-capped Vireo

Red-eyed Vireo

Yellow-green Vireo

Black-whiskered Vireo

vireo sp.

Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens

Silvery-throated Jay

Azure-hooded Jay

White-throated Magpie-Jay

Brown Jay

Black-chested Jay

Martins and Swallows

Bank Swallow

Tree Swallow

Mangrove Swallow

Purple Martin

Gray-breasted Martin

new world martin sp. (Progne sp.)

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Blue-and-white Swallow

Barn Swallow

Cliff Swallow

Cave Swallow

swallow sp.

Gnatcatchers

Tawny-faced Gnatwren

Long-billed Gnatwren

White-browed Gnatcatcher

Wrens

Nightingale Wren

Scaly-breasted Wren

House Wren

Ochraceous Wren

Timberline Wren

Band-backed Wren

Black-throated Wren

Stripe-breasted Wren

Cabanis's Wren

Canebrake Wren

Cabanis's/Canebrake Wren

Bay Wren

White-breasted Wood-Wren

Gray-breasted Wood-Wren

Song Wren

wren sp.

Dippers

American Dipper

Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers

Gray Catbird

Tropical Mockingbird

Northern Mockingbird

Thrushes

Black-faced Solitaire

Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush

Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush

Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush

Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush

Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush

Veery

Gray-cheeked Thrush

Swainson's Thrush

Catharus sp.

Wood Thrush

Mountain Thrush

Pale-vented Thrush

White-throated Thrush

Clay-colored Thrush

Sooty Thrush

Turdus sp.

thrush sp.

Waxwings

Cedar Waxwing

Silky-flycatchers

Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher

Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher

Old World Sparrows

House Sparrow

Finches, Euphonias, and Allies

Elegant Euphonia

Golden-browed Chlorophonia

Yellow-crowned Euphonia

White-vented Euphonia

Yellow-throated Euphonia

Olive-backed Euphonia

Tawny-capped Euphonia

euphonia sp.

Lesser Goldfinch

Yellow-bellied Siskin

New World Sparrows

Ashy-throated Chlorospingus

Sooty-capped Chlorospingus

Common Chlorospingus

Black-striped Sparrow

Costa Rican Brushfinch

Orange-billed Sparrow

Chestnut-capped Brushfinch

Sooty-faced Finch

Volcano Junco

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Lincoln's Sparrow

Large-footed Finch

White-eared Ground-Sparrow

White-naped Brushfinch

Yellow-thighed Brushfinch

Wrenthrush

Yellow-breasted Chat

Blackbirds

Eastern Meadowlark

Red-breasted Meadowlark

Yellow-billed Cacique

Crested Oropendola

Chestnut-headed Oropendola

Montezuma Oropendola

oropendola sp.

Scarlet-rumped Cacique

Black-cowled Oriole

Orchard Oriole

Yellow-tailed Oriole

Baltimore Oriole

Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole

new world oriole sp.

Red-winged Blackbird

Shiny Cowbird

Bronzed Cowbird

Shiny/Bronzed Cowbird

Giant Cowbird

Melodious Blackbird

Great-tailed Grackle

blackbird sp.

Wood-Warblers

Ovenbird

Worm-eating Warbler

Louisiana Waterthrush

Northern Waterthrush

Louisiana/Northern Waterthrush

Golden-winged Warbler

Blue-winged Warbler

Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)

Black-and-white Warbler

Prothonotary Warbler

Flame-throated Warbler

Tennessee Warbler

Nashville Warbler

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

MacGillivray's Warbler

Mourning Warbler

Kentucky Warbler

Olive-crowned Yellowthroat

Common Yellowthroat

yellowthroat sp.

Hooded Warbler

American Redstart

Cape May Warbler

Cerulean Warbler

Northern Parula

Tropical Parula

Magnolia Warbler

Bay-breasted Warbler

Blackburnian Warbler

Yellow Warbler

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Blackpoll Warbler

Black-throated Blue Warbler

Palm Warbler

Pine Warbler

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Yellow-throated Warbler

Prairie Warbler

Townsend's Warbler

Black-throated Green Warbler

Setophaga sp.

Chestnut-capped Warbler

Black-cheeked Warbler

Golden-crowned Warbler

Costa Rican Warbler

Buff-rumped Warbler

Canada Warbler

Wilson's Warbler

Slate-throated Redstart

Collared Redstart

new world warbler sp.

Mitrospingid Tanagers

Dusky-faced Tanager

Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies

Hepatic Tanager

Summer Tanager

Scarlet Tanager

Western Tanager

Flame-colored Tanager

White-winged Tanager

tanager sp. (Piranga sp.)

Red-throated Ant-Tanager

Carmiol's Tanager

Black-faced Grosbeak

Black-thighed Grosbeak

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Rose-breasted/Black-headed Grosbeak

Blue Seedeater

Blue-black Grosbeak

Blue Grosbeak

Indigo Bunting

Painted Bunting

Dickcissel

Tanagers and Allies

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

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

Shining/Red-legged Honeycreeper

Green Honeycreeper

Sulphur-rumped Tanager

Black-and-yellow Tanager

tanager sp. (Thraupidae sp.)

Slaty Flowerpiercer

Slaty Finch

Peg-billed Finch

Blue-black Grassquit

Lesson's Seedeater

Lined Seedeater

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

Slate-colored Grosbeak

saltator sp.

Others

passerine sp.

bird sp.