eBird Field Checklist
Costa Rica
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529 species (+11 other taxa) -
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Tinamous
Great Tinamou
Little Tinamou
Slaty-breasted Tinamou
Thicket Tinamou
tinamou sp.
Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Muscovy Duck
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Plain Chachalaca
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Crested Guan
Black Guan
Great Curassow
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge
Crested Bobwhite
Marbled Wood-Quail
Black-breasted Wood-Quail
Spotted Wood-Quail
Grebes
Least Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Pale-vented Pigeon
Scaled Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Ruddy Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
Plain-breasted Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
Blue Ground Dove
Ruddy Quail-Dove
Olive-backed Quail-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Gray-chested Dove
Gray-headed Dove
Buff-fronted Quail-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Smooth-billed Ani
Groove-billed Ani
Striped Cuckoo
Lesser Ground-Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
Short-tailed Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Dusky Nightjar
Potoos and Oilbird
Great Potoo
Common Potoo
Swifts
Black Swift
White-chinned Swift
Spot-fronted Swift
Chestnut-collared Swift
White-collared Swift
Gray-rumped Swift
Costa Rican Swift
Vaux's Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
large 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
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
Volcano Hummingbird
Scintillant Hummingbird
Canivet's Emerald
Garden Emerald
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Violet Sabrewing
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
Crowned Woodnymph
Snowcap
Coppery-headed Emerald
White-tailed Emerald
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
White-bellied Emerald
Blue-throated Goldentail
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Uniform Crake
Russet-naped Wood-Rail
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Purple Gallinule
White-throated Crake
Gray-breasted Crake
Finfoots
Sungrebe
Limpkin
Limpkin
Shorebirds
Double-striped Thick-knee
American Oystercatcher
Killdeer
Southern Lapwing
Wilson's Plover
Northern Jacana
Whimbrel
Willet
Baird's Sandpiper
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Laughing Gull
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Sunbittern
Sunbittern
Storks
Jabiru
Wood Stork
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Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Neotropic Cormorant
Pelicans
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Fasciated Tiger-Heron
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
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
King Vulture
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Gray-headed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Black Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
Tiny Hawk
Snail Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Bicolored Hawk
Crane Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Barred Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Harris's Hawk
White Hawk
Semiplumbeous Hawk
Gray Hawk
Gray/Gray-lined Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Owls
Bare-shanked Screech-Owl
Tropical Screech-Owl
Pacific 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
Trogons and Quetzals
Resplendent Quetzal
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Black-headed Trogon
Baird's Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Northern Black-throated Trogon
Collared Trogon
Motmots
Tody Motmot
Lesson's Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Turquoise-browed Motmot
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher
Puffbirds and Jacamars
White-necked Puffbird
Pied Puffbird
White-whiskered Puffbird
White-fronted Nunbird
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Barbets and Toucans
Red-headed Barbet
Prong-billed Barbet
Northern Emerald-Toucanet
Collared Aracari
Fiery-billed Aracari
Yellow-throated Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan
Woodpeckers
Olivaceous Piculet
Acorn Woodpecker
Golden-naped Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Cinnamon Woodpecker
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
Rufous-winged Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Laughing Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Barred Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
American Kestrel
Bat Falcon
falcon sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Barred Parakeet
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Brown-hooded Parrot
Blue-headed Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Yellow-naped Parrot
White-fronted Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Sulphur-winged Parakeet
Olive-throated Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Great Green Macaw
Scarlet Macaw
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Antbirds
Rufous-rumped Antwren
Fasciated Antshrike
Great Antshrike
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
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Dull-mantled Antbird
Zeledon's Antbird
Spotted Antbird
Gnateaters and Antpittas
Scaled Antpitta
Streak-chested Antpitta
Thicket Antpitta
Tapaculos
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo
Antthrushes
Black-faced Antthrush
Black-headed Antthrush
Leaftossers and Miners
Middle American Leaftosser
Woodcreepers
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Long-tailed Woodcreeper
Ruddy Woodcreeper
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
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Black-striped Woodcreeper
Spotted Woodcreeper
Brown-billed Scythebill
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
Ovenbirds
Plain Xenops
Buffy Tuftedcheek
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner
Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner
Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner
Spotted Barbtail
Ruddy Treerunner
Red-faced Spinetail
Slaty Spinetail
Pale-breasted Spinetail
Manakins
Long-tailed Manakin
White-ruffed Manakin
Velvety Manakin
White-collared Manakin
Orange-collared Manakin
White-crowned Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
manakin sp.
Cotingas
Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Turquoise Cotinga
Rufous Piha
Three-wattled Bellbird
Snowy Cotinga
Becards, Tityras, and Allies
Black-crowned Tityra
Masked Tityra
Cinnamon Becard
White-winged Becard
Rose-throated Becard
Sharpbill, Royal Flycatchers, and Allies
Tropical Royal Flycatcher
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies
White-throated Spadebill
Golden-crowned Spadebill
Olive-streaked Flycatcher
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Slaty-capped Flycatcher
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
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Yellow Tyrannulet
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Lesser Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
Torrent Tyrannulet
Mistletoe Tyrannulet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Bran-colored Flycatcher
Tawny-chested Flycatcher
Ochraceous Pewee
Dark Pewee
Western Wood-Pewee
Northern Tropical Pewee
White-throated Flycatcher
Yellowish Flycatcher
Black-capped Flycatcher
Black Phoebe
Long-tailed Tyrant
Bright-rumped Attila
Rufous Mourner
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
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Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Vireos
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Scrub Greenlet
Green Shrike-Vireo
Tawny-crowned Greenlet
Lesser Greenlet
Yellow-winged Vireo
Brown-capped Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Azure-hooded Jay
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Brown Jay
Black-chested Jay
Martins and Swallows
Mangrove Swallow
Gray-breasted Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
Gnatcatchers
Tawny-faced Gnatwren
Long-billed Gnatwren
White-browed Gnatcatcher
White-lored Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Nightingale Wren
Scaly-breasted Wren
House Wren
Ochraceous Wren
Grass Wren
Rufous-naped Wren
Black-bellied Wren
Rufous-breasted Wren
Spot-breasted Wren
Black-throated Wren
Banded Wren
Rufous-and-white Wren
Stripe-breasted Wren
Cabanis's Wren
Canebrake Wren
Isthmian Wren
Riverside Wren
Bay Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren
Song Wren
Dippers
American Dipper
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Tropical 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
Mountain Thrush
Pale-vented Thrush
White-throated Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Sooty Thrush
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
Thick-billed Euphonia
Spot-crowned Euphonia
Olive-backed Euphonia
Tawny-capped Euphonia
euphonia sp.
Lesser Goldfinch
Yellow-bellied Siskin
Thrush-Tanager
Rosy Thrush-Tanager
New World Sparrows
Ashy-throated Chlorospingus
Sooty-capped Chlorospingus
Common Chlorospingus
Stripe-headed Sparrow
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Olive Sparrow
Black-striped Sparrow
Costa Rican Brushfinch
Orange-billed Sparrow
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
Sooty-faced Finch
Volcano Junco
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Large-footed Finch
White-eared Ground-Sparrow
Cabanis's Ground-Sparrow
White-naped Brushfinch
Yellow-thighed Brushfinch
Wrenthrush
Wrenthrush
Blackbirds
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-breasted Meadowlark
Yellow-billed Cacique
Crested Oropendola
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Black-cowled Oriole
Streak-backed Oriole
Spot-breasted Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Shiny Cowbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Flame-throated Warbler
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Tropical Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-capped Warbler
Black-cheeked Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler
Costa Rican Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler
Slate-throated Redstart
Collared Redstart
Mitrospingid Tanagers
Dusky-faced Tanager
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Hepatic Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager
White-winged Tanager
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Carmiol's Tanager
Black-faced Grosbeak
Blue Seedeater
Blue-black Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Tanagers and Allies
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
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
Sulphur-rumped Tanager
Slaty Flowerpiercer
Blue-black Grassquit
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Variable Seedeater
Morelet's Seedeater
Yellow-bellied Seedeater
Bananaquit
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Yellow-faced Grassquit
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
Streaked Saltator
Slate-colored Grosbeak
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