eBird Field Checklist
Guanacaste, CR
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508 species (+29 other taxa) -
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Tinamous
Highland Tinamou
Little Tinamou
Slaty-breasted Tinamou
Thicket Tinamou
Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Fulvous Whistling-Duck
Muscovy Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Northern Shoveler
Green-winged Teal
Ring-necked Duck
Lesser Scaup
Masked Duck
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Plain Chachalaca
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Crested Guan
Black Guan
Great Curassow
Grouse, Quail, and Allies
Spot-bellied Bobwhite
Black-breasted Wood-Quail
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Ruddy Pigeon
Eurasian Collared-Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
Plain-breasted Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
Blue Ground Dove
White-tipped Dove
Gray-chested Dove
Gray-headed Dove
Buff-fronted Quail-Dove
Chiriqui Quail-Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Groove-billed Ani
Striped Cuckoo
Lesser Ground-Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
nighthawk sp.
Common Pauraque
Potoos and Oilbird
Northern Potoo
Swifts
White-collared Swift
Vaux's Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
large swift sp.
swift sp.
Hummingbirds
White-necked Jacobin
White-tipped Sicklebill
Green Hermit
Long-billed Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
Lesser Violetear
Purple-crowned Fairy
Green-breasted Mango
Black-crested Coquette
Green-crowned Brilliant
Long-billed Starthroat
Plain-capped Starthroat
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
Coppery-headed Emerald
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Blue-vented Hummingbird
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Mangrove Hummingbird
Blue-throated Goldentail
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Uniform Crake
Rufous-necked Wood-Rail
Russet-naped Wood-Rail
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
White-throated Crake
Limpkin
Limpkin
Shorebirds
Double-striped Thick-knee
Black-necked Stilt
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Southern Lapwing
Wilson's Plover
Collared Plover
Northern Jacana
Whimbrel
Marbled Godwit
Short-billed Dowitcher
Short-billed/Long-billed Dowitcher
Wilson's Snipe
Wilson's Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Wandering Tattler
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Surfbird
Stilt Sandpiper
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
Black Skimmer
Brown Noddy
Bridled Tern
Least Tern
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Forster's Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant/Royal Tern
tern sp.
Grebes
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Sunbittern
Sunbittern
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird
Albatrosses
Waved Albatross
Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving-Petrels
Pink-footed Shearwater
Wedge-tailed Shearwater
Galapagos Shearwater
Storks
Jabiru
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
frigatebird sp.
Cocos Booby
Nazca Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Neotropic Cormorant
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Green Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Boat-billed Heron
Pinnated Bittern
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.
Pelicans
Brown Pelican
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
King Vulture
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Pearl Kite
White-tailed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Gray-headed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Black Hawk-Eagle
Ornate Hawk-Eagle
Northern Harrier
Double-toothed Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Crane Hawk
Snail Kite
Common Black Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Harris's Hawk
White-tailed Hawk
White Hawk
Gray Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Buteo sp.
hawk sp.
Owls
American Barn Owl
Bare-shanked Screech-Owl
Pacific Screech-Owl
Crested Owl
Spectacled Owl
Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
Mottled Owl
Black-and-white Owl
Trogons and Quetzals
Resplendent Quetzal
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Black-headed Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Elegant Trogon
Collared Trogon
Motmots
Tody Motmot
Lesson's Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Turquoise-browed Motmot
motmot sp.
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted 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-eared Toucanet
Yellow-throated Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan
Woodpeckers
Olivaceous Piculet
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Laughing Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
American Kestrel
Merlin
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Red-fronted Parrotlet
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Brown-hooded Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
Red-lored Amazon
Yellow-naped Amazon
White-fronted Amazon
Mealy Amazon
amazon sp.
Olive-throated Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Scarlet Macaw
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Antbirds
Barred Antshrike
Black-crowned Antshrike
Russet Antshrike
Plain Antvireo
Streak-crowned Antvireo
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
Thicket Antpitta
Tapaculos
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo
Antthrushes
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
Northern Plain-Xenops
Buffy Tuftedcheek
Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner
Lineated Foliage-gleaner
Streak-breasted Treehunter
Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner
Western Woodhaunter
Spotted Barbtail
Ruddy Treerunner
Red-faced Spinetail
Slaty Spinetail
Manakins
Long-tailed Manakin
White-ruffed Manakin
White-collared Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
Becards, Tityras, and Allies
Black-crowned Tityra
Masked Tityra
Northern Schiffornis
Barred Becard
Cinnamon Becard
Rose-throated Becard
Sharpbill, Royal Flycatchers, and Allies
Sharpbill
Tropical Royal Flycatcher
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies
Stub-tailed Spadebill
White-throated Spadebill
Golden-crowned 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
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Eye-ringed Flatbill
Yellow-olive Flatbill
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Mountain Elaenia
Mistletoe Tyrannulet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Tufted Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Northern Tropical Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Least Flycatcher
Yellowish Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Black Phoebe
Northern Scrub-Flycatcher
Bright-rumped Attila
Rufous Mourner
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Panama Flycatcher
Nutting's Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher
Myiarchus sp.
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Golden-bellied Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Western Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Tawny-crowned Greenlet
Lesser Greenlet
Mangrove Vireo
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Azure-hooded Jay
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Brown Jay
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Mangrove Swallow
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
Southern House Wren
Ochraceous Wren
Rufous-backed 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
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Mountain Thrush
White-throated Thrush
Pale-vented Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Turdus sp.
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.
New World Sparrows
Sooty-capped Chlorospingus
Common Chlorospingus
Stripe-headed Sparrow
Grasshopper Sparrow
Olive Sparrow
Black-striped Sparrow
Lark Sparrow
Orange-billed Sparrow
Chestnut-capped Brushfinch
Sooty-faced Finch
Rufous-collared Sparrow
White-eared Ground-Sparrow
White-naped Brushfinch
Wrenthrush
Wrenthrush
Blackbirds
Eastern Meadowlark
Yellow-billed Cacique
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
Black-cowled Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Streak-backed Oriole
Bullock's Oriole
Spot-breasted Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bullock's/Baltimore Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Worm-eating Warbler
Louisiana Waterthrush
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Mourning Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Tropical Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Yellow-rumped 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
Western Tanager
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Carmiol's Tanager
Black-faced Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue-black Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Indigo Bunting
Painted Bunting
Dickcissel
Tanagers and Allies
Gray-headed Tanager
Crimson-collared Tanager
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Spangle-cheeked Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Silver-throated Tanager
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis
Blue Dacnis
Shining Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
Slaty Flowerpiercer
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
Others
passerine sp.