eBird Field Checklist
Tortuguero Canal
, Limón, CR
ebird.org/hotspot/L2166157
311 species (+21 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Tinamous
Great Tinamou
Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Muscovy Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Crested Guan
Great Curassow
Grebes
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Pale-vented Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
Ruddy Ground Dove
Ruddy Quail-Dove
White-tipped Dove
Gray-chested Dove
Cuckoos
Greater Ani
Groove-billed Ani
Squirrel Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Short-tailed Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Potoos and Oilbird
Great Potoo
Common Potoo
Swifts
Chestnut-collared Swift
White-collared Swift
Gray-rumped Swift
Chimney Swift
Chimney/Vaux's Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
swift sp.
Hummingbirds
White-necked Jacobin
Bronzy Hermit
Band-tailed Barbthroat
Long-billed Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
Purple-crowned Fairy
Green-breasted Mango
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
Crowned Woodnymph
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Blue-chested Hummingbird
Blue-throated Goldentail
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Russet-naped Wood-Rail
Common Gallinule
American Coot
Purple Gallinule
Yellow-breasted Crake
White-throated Crake
Gray-breasted Crake
Finfoots
Sungrebe
Limpkin
Limpkin
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Killdeer
Semipalmated Plover
Southern Lapwing
Wilson's Plover
Collared Plover
Northern Jacana
Whimbrel
Short-billed Dowitcher
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Laughing Gull
gull sp.
Black Skimmer
Black Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
Elegant/Royal Tern
tern sp.
Sunbittern
Sunbittern
Storks
Wood Stork
Frigatebirds, Boobies, and Gannets
Magnificent Frigatebird
Brown Booby
Cormorants and Anhingas
Anhinga
Neotropic Cormorant
Pelicans
Brown Pelican
Herons, Ibis, and Allies
Rufescent Tiger-Heron
Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
Boat-billed Heron
Agami Heron
Least 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.
White Ibis
Green Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
King Vulture
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Cathartes sp.
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Gray-headed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Harpy Eagle
Tiny Hawk
Black-collared Hawk
Snail Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Mississippi Kite
Sharp-shinned Hawk
Bicolored Hawk
Crane Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Roadside Hawk
White Hawk
Semiplumbeous Hawk
Gray Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
hawk sp.
Owls
Crested Owl
Spectacled Owl
Central American Pygmy-Owl
Black-and-white Owl
Trogons and Quetzals
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Northern Black-throated Trogon
new world trogon sp.
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher
Puffbirds and Jacamars
White-necked Puffbird
White-whiskered Puffbird
White-fronted Nunbird
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Barbets and Toucans
Collared Aracari
Yellow-throated Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan
Woodpeckers
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Cinnamon Woodpecker
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
Rufous-winged Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Laughing Falcon
Collared Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
Merlin
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Brown-hooded Parrot
Blue-headed Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Amazona sp.
Olive-throated Parakeet
Scarlet Macaw
large macaw sp.
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
parrot sp.
Antbirds
Barred Antshrike
Black-crowned Antshrike
Dusky Antbird
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Woodcreepers
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Manakins
White-collared Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
Cotingas
Purple-throated Fruitcrow
Rufous Piha
Becards, Tityras, and Allies
Masked Tityra
Northern Schiffornis
Cinnamon Becard
Rose-throated Becard
Sharpbill, Royal Flycatchers, and Allies
Tropical Royal Flycatcher
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Northern Bentbill
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Yellow-olive Flatbill
Yellow-winged Flatbill
Brown-capped Tyrannulet
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Mistletoe Tyrannulet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Tawny-chested Flycatcher
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood-Pewee
Northern Tropical Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Acadian Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Least Flycatcher
Empidonax sp.
Black Phoebe
Long-tailed Tyrant
Bright-rumped Attila
Rufous Mourner
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Gray-capped Flycatcher
White-ringed Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Gray Kingbird
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
Lesser Greenlet
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
Brown Jay
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Tree Swallow
Mangrove Swallow
Purple Martin
Gray-breasted Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Gnatcatchers
White-browed Gnatcatcher
Wrens
House Wren
Band-backed Wren
Stripe-breasted Wren
Canebrake Wren
Bay Wren
White-breasted Wood-Wren
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Tropical Mockingbird
Thrushes
Gray-cheeked Thrush
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Olive-backed Euphonia
New World Sparrows
Black-striped Sparrow
Orange-billed Sparrow
Blackbirds
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-breasted Meadowlark
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Black-cowled Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Red-winged Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Giant Cowbird
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
blackbird sp.
Wood-Warblers
Worm-eating Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Yellow-rumped Warbler
Yellow-throated Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler
Canada Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Mitrospingid Tanagers
Dusky-faced Tanager
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Indigo Bunting
Dickcissel
Tanagers and Allies
White-lined Tanager
Crimson-collared Tanager
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Plain-colored Tanager
Blue Dacnis
Shining Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
Blue-black Grassquit
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Variable Seedeater
Morelet's Seedeater
Bananaquit
Buff-throated Saltator
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator