eBird Field Checklist
San Gerardo Biological Station (Monteverde)
, Guanacaste, CR
ebird.org/hotspot/L2276546
423 species (+33 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Tinamous
Highland Tinamou
Great Tinamou
Little Tinamou
Thicket Tinamou
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Crested Guan
Black Guan
Great Curassow
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Black-breasted Wood-Quail
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Columba sp.
Pale-vented Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Ruddy Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
Patagioenas sp.
Inca Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
Ruddy Quail-Dove
Violaceous Quail-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Gray-chested Dove
Gray-headed Dove
Buff-fronted Quail-Dove
Purplish-backed Quail-Dove
Chiriqui Quail-Dove
White-winged Dove
Cuckoos
Groove-billed Ani
Squirrel Cuckoo
Nightjars
nighthawk sp.
Short-tailed Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Chuck-will's-widow
Dusky Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Potoos and Oilbird
Common Potoo
Swifts
Black Swift
White-chinned Swift
Chestnut-collared Swift
White-collared Swift
Gray-rumped Swift
Vaux's Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
swift sp.
Hummingbirds
White-necked Jacobin
White-tipped Sicklebill
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
Green-crowned Brilliant
Talamanca Hummingbird
Fiery-throated Hummingbird
White-bellied Mountain-gem
Purple-throated Mountain-gem
Magenta-throated Woodstar
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Scintillant Hummingbird
Canivet's Emerald
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Violet Sabrewing
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
Crowned Woodnymph
Snowcap
Coppery-headed Emerald
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
Blue-vented Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Blue-throated Goldentail
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Russet-naped Wood-Rail
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
White-throated Crake
Sunbittern
Sunbittern
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Blue Heron
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
King Vulture
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
White-tailed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Black Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Tiny Hawk
Double-toothed Kite
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Bicolored Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Barred Hawk
Roadside Hawk
White Hawk
Semiplumbeous Hawk
Gray Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Owls
Bare-shanked Screech-Owl
Middle American Screech-Owl
Crested Owl
Spectacled Owl
Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl
Mottled Owl
Black-and-white Owl
Trogons and Quetzals
Resplendent Quetzal
Lattice-tailed Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Collared Trogon
Motmots
Lesson's Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Keel-billed Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Turquoise-browed Motmot
motmot sp.
Puffbirds and Jacamars
Lanceolated Monklet
White-fronted Nunbird
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
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Barbets and Toucans
Red-headed Barbet
Prong-billed Barbet
Northern Emerald-Toucanet
Collared Aracari
Yellow-eared Toucanet
Yellow-throated Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan
Woodpeckers
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Rufous-winged Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Laughing Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Barred Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
American Kestrel
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Red-fronted Parrotlet
Barred Parakeet
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Brown-hooded Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
White-fronted Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Antbirds
Barred Antshrike
Russet Antshrike
Plain Antvireo
Streak-crowned Antvireo
antvireo sp.
Checker-throated Stipplethroat
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
Gnateaters and Antpittas
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
Strong-billed Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Spotted Woodcreeper
Brown-billed Scythebill
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
woodcreeper sp.
Ovenbirds
Plain Xenops
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Buffy Tuftedcheek
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner
Lineated Foliage-gleaner
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
Streak-breasted Treehunter
Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner
Western Woodhaunter
foliage-gleaner sp.
Spotted Barbtail
Ruddy Treerunner
Red-faced Spinetail
Slaty Spinetail
Manakins
Long-tailed Manakin
White-ruffed Manakin
White-collared Manakin
Cotingas
Bare-necked Umbrellabird
Lovely Cotinga
Rufous Piha
Three-wattled Bellbird
Becards, Tityras, and Allies
Black-crowned Tityra
Masked Tityra
tityra sp.
Northern Schiffornis
Barred Becard
Cinnamon Becard
Rose-throated Becard
Sharpbill, Royal Flycatchers, and Allies
Sharpbill
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies
White-throated Spadebill
Olive-streaked Flycatcher
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Sepia-capped Flycatcher
Slaty-capped Flycatcher
Rufous-browed Tyrannulet
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 Tyrannulet
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
elaenia sp. (genus Elaenia)
Torrent Tyrannulet
White-fronted Tyrannulet
Mistletoe Tyrannulet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Tufted Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Dark Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Northern Tropical Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Yellowish Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Black Phoebe
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
new world flycatcher sp.
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Vireos
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Tawny-crowned Greenlet
Lesser Greenlet
Yellow-throated Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Azure-hooded Jay
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Brown Jay
Martins and Swallows
Gray-breasted Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Gnatcatchers
Tawny-faced Gnatwren
Long-billed Gnatwren
White-browed Gnatcatcher
White-lored Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Nightingale Wren
House Wren
Ochraceous Wren
Band-backed Wren
Rufous-naped Wren
Rufous-breasted Wren
Black-throated Wren
Banded Wren
Rufous-and-white Wren
Stripe-breasted Wren
Cabanis's Wren
Bay Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Song Wren
wren sp.
Dippers
American Dipper
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Gray Catbird
Thrushes
Black-faced Solitaire
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Catharus sp.
Wood Thrush
Mountain Thrush
Pale-vented Thrush
White-throated Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus sp.
Silky-flycatchers
Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Elegant Euphonia
Golden-browed Chlorophonia
Scrub Euphonia
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
White-vented Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Olive-backed Euphonia
Tawny-capped Euphonia
Lesser Goldfinch
New World Sparrows
Sooty-capped Chlorospingus
Common Chlorospingus
Stripe-headed Sparrow
Black-striped Sparrow
Orange-billed Sparrow
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
Sooty-faced Finch
Rufous-collared Sparrow
White-eared Ground-Sparrow
White-naped Brushfinch
Yellow-thighed Brushfinch
Blackbirds
Eastern Meadowlark
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
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Black-cowled Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Shiny Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Common Yellowthroat
American Redstart
Cerulean Warbler
Tropical Parula
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Black-throated Blue Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Chestnut-capped Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler
Costa Rican Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Slate-throated Redstart
Collared Redstart
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Carmiol's Tanager
Black-faced Grosbeak
Black-thighed Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue-black Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Tanagers and Allies
Gray-headed Tanager
White-shouldered 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
Bay-headed Tanager
Emerald Tanager
Silver-throated Tanager
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Blue Dacnis
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
Black-and-yellow Tanager
Slaty Flowerpiercer
Blue-black Grassquit
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Variable Seedeater
Morelet's Seedeater
Bananaquit
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
Slate-colored Grosbeak
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.
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