eBird Field Checklist
Guanacaste, CR
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431 species (+21 other taxa) -
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Tinamous
Highland Tinamou
Great Tinamou
Little Tinamou
Slaty-breasted Tinamou
Thicket Tinamou
Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Muscovy Duck
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Plain Chachalaca
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Crested Guan
Black Guan
Great Curassow
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Crested Bobwhite
Black-breasted Wood-Quail
Grebes
Least Grebe
Pied-billed 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
White-tipped Dove
Gray-chested Dove
Gray-headed Dove
Buff-fronted Quail-Dove
Purplish-backed Quail-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Groove-billed Ani
Striped Cuckoo
Lesser Ground-Cuckoo
Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Short-tailed Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Potoos and Oilbird
Great Potoo
Northern Potoo
Swifts
Black Swift
White-chinned Swift
Chestnut-collared Swift
White-collared Swift
Gray-rumped Swift
Vaux's Swift
Chimney/Vaux's Swift
large swift sp.
swift sp.
Hummingbirds
White-necked Jacobin
Green Hermit
Long-billed Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
Green-fronted Lancebill
Lesser Violetear
Purple-crowned Fairy
Green-breasted Mango
Green Thorntail
Black-crested Coquette
Green-crowned Brilliant
Talamanca Hummingbird
Long-billed Starthroat
Plain-capped Starthroat
White-bellied Mountain-gem
Purple-throated Mountain-gem
Scintillant Hummingbird
Canivet's Emerald
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Violet Sabrewing
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
Crowned Woodnymph
Snowcap
Coppery-headed Emerald
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Blue-vented Hummingbird
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Blue-chested Hummingbird
Blue-throated Goldentail
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Spotted Rail
Russet-naped Wood-Rail
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Common Gallinule
Purple Gallinule
White-throated Crake
Limpkin
Limpkin
Shorebirds
Double-striped Thick-knee
Black-necked Stilt
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Southern Lapwing
Collared Plover
Northern Jacana
Whimbrel
Willet
Ruddy Turnstone
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Laughing Gull
Black Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Bridled Tern
Black Tern
Common/Arctic Tern
Elegant Tern
Royal Tern
tern sp.
Sunbittern
Sunbittern
Storm-Petrels
Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel
Black Storm-Petrel
storm-petrel sp.
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
shearwater sp.
Storks
Jabiru
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
Fasciated 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 egret sp.
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
King Vulture
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Black Hawk-Eagle
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-tailed Hawk
White Hawk
Gray Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
hawk sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Tropical Screech-Owl
Pacific Screech-Owl
Spectacled Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Mottled Owl
Trogons and Quetzals
Resplendent Quetzal
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Black-headed Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Northern Black-throated Trogon
Elegant Trogon
Collared Trogon
Motmots
Tody Motmot
Lesson's Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Keel-billed Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Turquoise-browed Motmot
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Puffbirds and Jacamars
White-necked Puffbird
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Barbets and Toucans
Red-headed Barbet
Prong-billed Barbet
Northern Emerald-Toucanet
Collared Aracari
Yellow-throated Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan
Woodpeckers
Olivaceous Piculet
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Hoffmann's 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
Yellow-headed Caracara
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Brown-hooded Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Yellow-naped Parrot
White-fronted Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Amazona sp.
Olive-throated Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Scarlet Macaw
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Antbirds
Barred Antshrike
Black-crowned Antshrike
Plain Antvireo
Streak-crowned Antvireo
Slaty Antwren
Dusky Antbird
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Zeledon's Antbird
Bicolored Antbird
Spotted Antbird
Ocellated Antbird
Gnateaters and Antpittas
Thicket Antpitta
Tapaculos
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo
Antthrushes
Black-faced Antthrush
Black-headed Antthrush
Leaftossers and Miners
Middle American Leaftosser
Gray-throated Leaftosser
Woodcreepers
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Ruddy Woodcreeper
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Ivory-billed Woodcreeper
Spotted Woodcreeper
Brown-billed Scythebill
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
woodcreeper sp.
Ovenbirds
Plain Xenops
Buffy Tuftedcheek
Lineated Foliage-gleaner
Streak-breasted Treehunter
Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner
Spotted Barbtail
Ruddy Treerunner
Red-faced Spinetail
Slaty Spinetail
Manakins
Long-tailed Manakin
White-ruffed Manakin
White-collared Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
manakin sp.
Cotingas
Rufous Piha
Three-wattled Bellbird
Becards, Tityras, and Allies
Black-crowned Tityra
Masked Tityra
Northern Schiffornis
Speckled Mourner
Barred Becard
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
Stub-tailed Spadebill
White-throated Spadebill
Olive-streaked Flycatcher
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Slaty-capped Flycatcher
Rufous-browed Tyrannulet
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant
Northern Bentbill
Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Eye-ringed Flatbill
Yellow-olive Flatbill
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Yellow Tyrannulet
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
Torrent Tyrannulet
Mistletoe Tyrannulet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Tufted Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Northern Tropical Pewee
Yellowish Flycatcher
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
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Vireos
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Tawny-crowned Greenlet
Lesser Greenlet
Yellow-green Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Azure-hooded Jay
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Brown Jay
Martins and Swallows
Mangrove Swallow
Gray-breasted Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
Barn Swallow
swallow sp.
Gnatcatchers
Tawny-faced Gnatwren
Long-billed Gnatwren
White-browed Gnatcatcher
White-lored Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Nightingale Wren
House Wren
Ochraceous 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
Tropical Mockingbird
Thrushes
Black-faced Solitaire
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush
Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush
Mountain Thrush
White-throated Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Estrildids
Tricolored Munia
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Elegant Euphonia
Golden-browed Chlorophonia
Scrub Euphonia
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Olive-backed Euphonia
Tawny-capped Euphonia
euphonia sp.
Lesser Goldfinch
New World Sparrows
Common Chlorospingus
Stripe-headed Sparrow
Botteri's Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Olive Sparrow
Black-striped Sparrow
Orange-billed Sparrow
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
Sooty-faced Finch
Rufous-collared Sparrow
White-eared Ground-Sparrow
Rusty Sparrow
White-naped Brushfinch
Wrenthrush
Wrenthrush
Blackbirds
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-billed Cacique
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
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
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Tropical Parula
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-capped Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler
Costa Rican Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler
Slate-throated Redstart
Collared Redstart
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Hepatic Tanager
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Carmiol's Tanager
Black-faced Grosbeak
Black-thighed Grosbeak
Blue-black Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Tanagers and Allies
Gray-headed Tanager
White-shouldered Tanager
White-throated Shrike-Tanager
Crimson-collared Tanager
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Blue-and-gold Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Spangle-cheeked Tanager
Rufous-winged Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Silver-throated Tanager
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Blue Dacnis
Shining Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
Black-and-yellow Tanager
Blue-black Grassquit
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Variable Seedeater
Morelet's Seedeater
Bananaquit
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator
saltator sp.