eBird Field Checklist
Playa Zancudo
, Puntarenas, CR
ebird.org/hotspot/L523691
251 species (+14 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Tinamous
Great Tinamou
Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Crested Guan
Great Curassow
Pigeons and Doves
Pale-vented Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
Inca Dove
Common Ground Dove
Plain-breasted Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
White-tipped Dove
Cuckoos
Smooth-billed Ani
Striped Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Rufous Nightjar
Swifts
Black Swift
White-collared Swift
Costa Rican Swift
swift sp.
Hummingbirds
White-necked Jacobin
Long-billed Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
Purple-crowned Fairy
Veraguan Mango
Garden Emerald
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Mangrove Hummingbird
Sapphire-throated Hummingbird
Charming Hummingbird
Blue-throated Goldentail
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Gray-cowled Wood-Rail
Purple Gallinule
White-throated Crake
Shorebirds
American Oystercatcher
Black-bellied Plover
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
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Sanderling
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
Semipalmated Sandpiper
peep sp.
Skuas and Jaegers
Pomarine Jaeger
Gulls, Terns, and Skimmers
Laughing Gull
Franklin's Gull
gull sp.
Caspian Tern
Black Tern
Common Tern
Sterna sp.
Sandwich Tern
Elegant Tern
Royal Tern
tern sp.
Tropicbirds
Red-billed Tropicbird
Storks
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
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
King Vulture
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Osprey
Pearl Kite
White-tailed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Black-collared Hawk
Double-toothed Kite
Northern Harrier
Crane Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Savanna Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Gray-lined Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Short-tailed Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
Zone-tailed Hawk
hawk sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Tropical Screech-Owl
Puntarenas Screech-Owl (undescribed form)
Spectacled Owl
Black-and-white Owl
Striped Owl
Trogons and Quetzals
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Baird's Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Motmots
Lesson's Motmot
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Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
kingfisher sp.
Barbets and Toucans
Fiery-billed Aracari
Yellow-throated Toucan
Woodpeckers
Golden-naped Woodpecker
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Red-rumped Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Falcons and Caracaras
Laughing Falcon
Crested Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Brown-hooded Parrot
Blue-headed Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Amazona sp.
Brown-throated Parakeet
Scarlet Macaw
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
parrot sp.
Antbirds
Barred Antshrike
Black-hooded Antshrike
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Woodcreepers
Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Ovenbirds
Plain Xenops
Pale-breasted Spinetail
Manakins
Velvety Manakin
Orange-collared Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
Cotingas
Three-wattled Bellbird
Yellow-billed Cotinga
Becards, Tityras, and Allies
Black-crowned Tityra
Masked Tityra
Cinnamon Becard
White-winged Becard
Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Yellow-olive Flatbill
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Mistletoe Tyrannulet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Northern Tropical Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
Alder/Willow Flycatcher (Traill's Flycatcher)
Bright-rumped Attila
Rufous Mourner
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Panama Flycatcher
Great Crested Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Rusty-margined Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Streaked Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Piratic Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
Vireos
Scrub Greenlet
Lesser Greenlet
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
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Red-eyed Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Jays, Magpies, Crows, and Ravens
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Mangrove Swallow
Gray-breasted Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
Gnatcatchers
White-browed Gnatcatcher
Wrens
House Wren
Black-bellied Wren
Isthmian Wren
Riverside Wren
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Tropical Mockingbird
Thrushes
Swainson's Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Thick-billed Euphonia
Spot-crowned Euphonia
New World Sparrows
Black-striped Sparrow
Blackbirds
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-breasted Meadowlark
Crested Oropendola
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Bronzed Cowbird
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Northern Waterthrush
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
American Redstart
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager
Tanagers and Allies
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Blue Dacnis
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
Blue-black Grassquit
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Variable Seedeater
Morelet's Seedeater
Yellow-bellied Seedeater
Bananaquit
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Buff-throated Saltator
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