eBird Field Checklist
Playa Grande
, Guanacaste, CR
ebird.org/hotspot/L1275925
227 species (+23 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Muscovy Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Plain Chachalaca
Great Curassow
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
Plain-breasted Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
White-tipped Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Groove-billed Ani
Striped Cuckoo
Lesser Ground-Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Common Pauraque
Swifts
White-collared Swift
large swift sp.
Hummingbirds
Green-breasted Mango
Plain-capped Starthroat
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Canivet's Emerald
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Blue-vented Hummingbird
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Mangrove Hummingbird
Blue-throated Goldentail
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Russet-naped Wood-Rail
Purple Gallinule
Shorebirds
Double-striped Thick-knee
Black-necked Stilt
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Southern Lapwing
Wilson's Plover
Collared Plover
Northern Jacana
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Surfbird
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Parasitic Jaeger
jaeger sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant/Royal Tern
Storks
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Brown Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Neotropic Cormorant
Pelicans
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Boat-billed Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
King Vulture
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Pearl Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Accipiter sp.
Crane Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Harris's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
Gray Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Pacific Screech-Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Trogons and Quetzals
Black-headed Trogon
Gartered Trogon
new world trogon sp.
Motmots
Lesson's Motmot
Turquoise-browed Motmot
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Puffbirds and Jacamars
White-necked Puffbird
Barbets and Toucans
Collared Aracari
Woodpeckers
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Laughing Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Red-lored Parrot
White-fronted Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Amazona sp.
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Scarlet Macaw
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Antbirds
Barred Antshrike
Woodcreepers
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Becards, Tityras, and Allies
Rose-throated Becard
Sharpbill, Royal Flycatchers, and Allies
Tropical Royal Flycatcher
Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies
Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Yellow-olive Flatbill
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Western Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Panama Flycatcher
Nutting's Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
Lesser Greenlet
Mangrove Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Mangrove Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Gray-breasted Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
Barn Swallow
swallow sp.
Gnatcatchers
White-browed Gnatcatcher
White-lored Gnatcatcher
Wrens
House Wren
Rufous-naped Wren
Banded Wren
Rufous-and-white Wren
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Tropical Mockingbird
Thrushes
Swainson's Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Scrub Euphonia
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
euphonia sp.
New World Sparrows
Stripe-headed Sparrow
Olive Sparrow
Blackbirds
Eastern Meadowlark
Orchard Oriole
Streak-backed Oriole
Spot-breasted Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Bronzed Cowbird
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Mourning Warbler
American Redstart
Northern Parula
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue-black Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Tanagers and Allies
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Blue-black Grassquit
Variable Seedeater
Morelet's Seedeater
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Buff-throated Saltator