eBird Field Checklist
Playa Matapalo
, Puntarenas, CR
ebird.org/hotspot/L5218074
205 species (+5 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Pigeons and Doves
Pale-vented Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
Blue Ground Dove
White-tipped Dove
White-winged Dove
Cuckoos
Smooth-billed Ani
Groove-billed Ani
Squirrel Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Swifts
White-collared Swift
Costa Rican Swift
Hummingbirds
Bronzy Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
Green-breasted Mango
Ruby-throated Hummingbird
Crowned Woodnymph
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Mangrove Hummingbird
Charming Hummingbird
Blue-throated Goldentail
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Purple Gallinule
White-throated Crake
Gray-breasted Crake
Limpkin
Limpkin
Shorebirds
Black-necked Stilt
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
Semipalmated Plover
Southern Lapwing
Wilson's Plover
Collared Plover
Northern Jacana
Whimbrel
Wilson's Phalarope
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Laughing Gull
Bridled Tern
Common Tern
Sandwich Tern
Royal Tern
tern sp.
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
Boat-billed Heron
Yellow-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
Pearl Kite
Gray-headed Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Crane Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Roadside Hawk
White Hawk
Gray Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Motmots
Lesson's Motmot
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Puffbirds and Jacamars
White-necked Puffbird
Barbets and Toucans
Yellow-throated Toucan
Woodpeckers
Olivaceous Piculet
Golden-naped Woodpecker
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Red-crowned x Hoffmann's Woodpecker (hybrid)
Red-rumped Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Collared Forest-Falcon
Crested Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Orange-chinned Parakeet
White-crowned Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Scarlet Macaw
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
parrot sp.
Antbirds
Great Antshrike
Barred Antshrike
Black-hooded Antshrike
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Woodcreepers
Long-tailed Woodcreeper
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
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Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Ovenbirds
Plain Xenops
Pale-breasted Spinetail
Cotingas
Rufous Piha
Becards, Tityras, and Allies
Black-crowned Tityra
Masked Tityra
Cinnamon Becard
Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Yellow-olive Flatbill
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Lesser Elaenia
Mistletoe Tyrannulet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Willow Flycatcher
Bright-rumped Attila
Panama Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Vireos
Rufous-browed Peppershrike
Lesser Greenlet
Philadelphia Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Brown Jay
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Mangrove Swallow
Gray-breasted Martin
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
Barn Swallow
Gnatcatchers
White-browed Gnatcatcher
Wrens
House Wren
Rufous-naped Wren
Black-bellied Wren
Rufous-breasted Wren
Isthmian Wren
Riverside Wren
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Tropical Mockingbird
Thrushes
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
White-vented Euphonia
Thick-billed Euphonia
New World Sparrows
Black-striped Sparrow
Orange-billed Sparrow
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Blackbirds
Montezuma Oropendola
Baltimore Oriole
Bronzed Cowbird
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Western Tanager
Blue-black Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Tanagers and Allies
Gray-headed Tanager
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White-shouldered Tanager
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Blue Dacnis
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Blue-black Grassquit
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Variable Seedeater
Morelet's Seedeater
Bananaquit
Buff-throated Saltator
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