eBird Field Checklist
Cartago, CR
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683 species (+109 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
Egyptian Goose
Muscovy Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Cinnamon Teal
Blue-winged/Cinnamon Teal
Northern Shoveler
American Wigeon
Mallard
Muscovy Duck x Mallard (hybrid)
Northern Pintail
Mallard x Northern Pintail (hybrid)
Green-winged Teal
teal sp.
Canvasback
Redhead
Common Pochard
Ring-necked Duck
Greater Scaup
Lesser Scaup
Greater/Lesser Scaup
Masked Duck
Ruddy Duck
duck sp.
waterfowl sp.
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Plain Chachalaca
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Crested Guan
Black Guan
Great Curassow
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Helmeted Guineafowl
Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge
Crested Bobwhite
Black-eared Wood-Quail
Black-breasted Wood-Quail
Spotted Wood-Quail
wood-quail sp.
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
Patagioenas sp.
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
Plain-breasted Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
Common/Ruddy Ground Dove
Blue Ground Dove
Maroon-chested Ground Dove
Ruddy 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
quail-dove sp.
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
pigeon/dove sp.
Cuckoos
Groove-billed Ani
Striped Cuckoo
Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Yellow-billed Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Yellow-billed/Black-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Short-tailed Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Chuck-will's-widow
Dusky Nightjar
nightjar sp.
Potoos and Oilbird
Great Potoo
Common Potoo
potoo sp.
Oilbird
Swifts
Black Swift
White-chinned Swift
Spot-fronted Swift
Cypseloides sp.
Chestnut-collared Swift
White-collared Swift
Streptoprocne sp.
Gray-rumped Swift
Chimney Swift
Vaux's Swift
Chimney/Vaux's Swift
Chaetura sp.
Lesser 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
Rufous-crested Coquette
Black-crested Coquette
White-crested Coquette
Green-crowned Brilliant
Talamanca Hummingbird
Long-billed Starthroat
Plain-capped Starthroat
Long-billed/Plain-capped 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
Selasphorus sp.
Canivet's Emerald
Garden Emerald
Riccordia/Cynanthus/Chlorostilbon sp.
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
Blue-throated Goldentail
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Spotted Rail
Paint-billed Crake
Uniform Crake
Russet-naped Wood-Rail
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Russet-naped/Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
White-throated Crake
Gray-breasted Crake
Finfoots
Sungrebe
Limpkin
Limpkin
Shorebirds
Double-striped Thick-knee
Black-necked Stilt
American Golden-Plover
Black-bellied Plover/golden-plover sp.
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Southern Lapwing
Collared Plover
Northern Jacana
Wattled Jacana
Upland Sandpiper
Short-billed Dowitcher
Long-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Red-necked Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Lesser/Greater Yellowlegs
Tringa sp.
Ruddy Turnstone
Stilt Sandpiper
Baird's Sandpiper
White-rumped Sandpiper
Least Sandpiper
Pectoral Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Western/Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Calidris sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Laughing Gull
Black Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Sunbittern
Sunbittern
Storks
Wood Stork
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
American Bittern
Pinnated Bittern
Least Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Reddish Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Western/Eastern Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
white egret sp.
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Green Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
King Vulture
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes sp.
Osprey
Pearl Kite
White-tailed Kite
Hook-billed 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
Mississippi Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Mississippi/Plumbeous Kite
Northern Harrier
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Cooper's Hawk
Bicolored Hawk
Accipiter sp.
Common Black Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Barred Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Harris's Hawk
White Hawk
Semiplumbeous Hawk
Gray Hawk
Gray/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
Pacific Screech-Owl
screech-owl sp.
Crested Owl
Spectacled Owl
Great Horned 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
Gartered Trogon
Northern Black-throated Trogon
Collared Trogon
new world trogon sp.
Motmots
Lesson's Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Turquoise-browed Motmot
motmot sp.
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Puffbirds and Jacamars
White-necked Puffbird
White-whiskered Puffbird
Lanceolated Monklet
White-fronted Nunbird
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Barbets and Toucans
Red-headed Barbet
Prong-billed Barbet
Northern Emerald-Toucanet
Collared Aracari
Fiery-billed Aracari
Yellow-eared Toucanet
Yellow-throated Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan
Woodpeckers
Olivaceous Piculet
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Acorn Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Red-crowned x Hoffmann's Woodpecker (hybrid)
Melanerpes sp.
Hairy Woodpecker
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Campephilus sp./Lineated Woodpecker
Cinnamon Woodpecker
Rufous-winged Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Laughing Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon
Barred Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Aplomado Falcon
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
falcon sp.
diurnal raptor sp.
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Budgerigar
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
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Great Green Macaw
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
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
Bicolored Antbird
Spotted Antbird
Ocellated Antbird
Gnateaters and Antpittas
Black-crowned Antpitta
Scaled Antpitta
Grallaria sp.
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
xenops sp.
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
Furnariid sp.
Manakins
Long-tailed Manakin
White-ruffed Manakin
White-collared Manakin
White-crowned Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
manakin sp.
Cotingas
Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Lovely Cotinga
Rufous Piha
Three-wattled Bellbird
Snowy Cotinga
Becards, Tityras, and Allies
Black-crowned Tityra
Masked Tityra
tityra sp.
Northern Schiffornis
Barred Becard
Cinnamon Becard
White-winged Becard
Black-and-white Becard
Rose-throated Becard
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
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
Brown-capped Tyrannulet
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Yellow Tyrannulet
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Lesser Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
elaenia sp. (genus 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
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
Streaked/Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Couch's Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Eastern 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
Yellow-throated Vireo
Yellow-winged Vireo
Blue-headed Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Philadelphia/Warbling Vireo
Brown-capped Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Philadelphia/Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Red-eyed/Yellow-green Vireo
vireo sp.
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Silvery-throated Jay
Azure-hooded Jay
Brown Jay
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Mangrove Swallow
Violet-green Swallow
Tachycineta sp.
Purple Martin
Gray-breasted Martin
Southern 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
gnatcatcher sp.
Wrens
Nightingale Wren
Scaly-breasted Wren
House Wren
Ochraceous Wren
Timberline Wren
Grass Wren
Band-backed Wren
Rufous-naped Wren
Rufous-breasted Wren
Spot-breasted Wren
Black-throated Wren
Rufous-and-white 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
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
Estrildids
Tricolored Munia
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
Spinus sp.
New World Sparrows
Ashy-throated Chlorospingus
Sooty-capped Chlorospingus
Common Chlorospingus
Black-striped Sparrow
Clay-colored Sparrow
Costa Rican Brushfinch
Orange-billed Sparrow
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
Sooty-faced Finch
Volcano Junco
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Savannah Sparrow
Lincoln's Sparrow
Large-footed Finch
White-eared Ground-Sparrow
Cabanis's Ground-Sparrow
White-naped Brushfinch
Yellow-thighed Brushfinch
Wrenthrush
Wrenthrush
Yellow-breasted Chat
Yellow-breasted Chat
Blackbirds
Yellow-headed Blackbird
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-breasted Meadowlark
Yellow-billed Cacique
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
oropendola sp.
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Black-cowled Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Spot-breasted 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
Golden-winged x Blue-winged Warbler (hybrid)
Brewster's Warbler (hybrid)
Lawrence's Warbler (hybrid)
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Flame-throated Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Nashville Warbler
Connecticut Warbler
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
MacGillivray's Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Connecticut/MacGillivray's/Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Common Yellowthroat
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
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Prairie Warbler
Townsend's Warbler
Hermit Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Chestnut-capped Warbler
Black-cheeked Warbler
Golden-crowned Warbler
Costa Rican Warbler
Three-striped 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
Summer/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
Green Honeycreeper
Sulphur-rumped Tanager
Black-and-yellow Tanager
tanager sp. (Thraupidae sp.)
Slaty Flowerpiercer
Slaty Finch
Peg-billed Finch
Blue-black Grassquit
Thick-billed 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
Streaked Saltator
Slate-colored Grosbeak
saltator sp.
Others
passerine sp.
bird sp.