eBird Field Checklist
Río Frio--El Caiman restaurant, bridge
, Alajuela, CR
ebird.org/hotspot/L839633
303 species (+17 other taxa) - Year-round, All years
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Tinamous
Little Tinamou
Waterfowl
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Muscovy Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Lesser Scaup
Chachalacas, Guans, and Curassows
Gray-headed Chachalaca
Grebes
Least Grebe
Pied-billed Grebe
Pigeons and Doves
Rock Pigeon
Pale-vented Pigeon
Scaled Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
Common Ground Dove
Plain-breasted Ground Dove
Ruddy Ground Dove
Blue Ground Dove
White-tipped Dove
Gray-headed Dove
White-winged Dove
Mourning Dove
Cuckoos
Groove-billed Ani
Striped Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Nightjars
Lesser Nighthawk
Short-tailed Nighthawk
Common Pauraque
Chuck-will's-widow
Potoos and Oilbird
Great Potoo
Common Potoo
Swifts
White-collared Swift
Gray-rumped Swift
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
swift sp.
Hummingbirds
White-necked Jacobin
Stripe-throated Hermit
Purple-crowned Fairy
Green-breasted Mango
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
Crowned Woodnymph
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Blue-throated Goldentail
hummingbird sp.
Rails, Gallinules, and Allies
Uniform Crake
Russet-naped Wood-Rail
Sora
Common Gallinule
Purple Gallinule
White-throated Crake
Gray-breasted Crake
Finfoots
Sungrebe
Limpkin
Limpkin
Shorebirds
Double-striped Thick-knee
Black-necked Stilt
Black-bellied Plover
American Golden-Plover
Killdeer
Southern Lapwing
Northern Jacana
Marbled Godwit
Wilson's Snipe
Spotted Sandpiper
Solitary Sandpiper
Lesser Yellowlegs
Greater Yellowlegs
Least Sandpiper
Western Sandpiper
shorebird sp.
Sunbittern
Sunbittern
Storks
Jabiru
Wood Stork
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
Pinnated Bittern
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Black-crowned Night Heron
Whistling Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Striated Heron
Green Heron
Western Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Great Blue Heron
White Ibis
Glossy Ibis
Green Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Vultures, Hawks, and Allies
King Vulture
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture
Cathartes sp.
Osprey
White-tailed Kite
Hook-billed Kite
Gray-headed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Black-collared Hawk
Snail Kite
Plumbeous Kite
Northern Harrier
Cooper's Hawk
Bicolored Hawk
Crane Hawk
Common Black Hawk
Great Black Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Harris's Hawk
Gray Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Swainson's Hawk
hawk sp.
Owls
Barn Owl
Pacific Screech-Owl
Mottled Owl
Black-and-white Owl
Striped Owl
owl sp.
Trogons and Quetzals
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Black-headed Trogon
Northern Black-throated Trogon
Motmots
Broad-billed Motmot
Kingfishers
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Green-and-rufous Kingfisher
Puffbirds and Jacamars
White-necked Puffbird
Pied Puffbird
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Barbets and Toucans
Collared Aracari
Yellow-throated Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan
Woodpeckers
Olivaceous Piculet
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Cinnamon Woodpecker
Rufous-winged Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
woodpecker sp.
Falcons and Caracaras
Laughing Falcon
Crested Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
American Kestrel
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Parrots, Parakeets, and Allies
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Brown-hooded Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Olive-throated Parakeet
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
parakeet sp.
parrot sp.
Antbirds
Great Antshrike
Barred Antshrike
Black-crowned Antshrike
White-flanked Antwren
Slaty Antwren
Dusky Antbird
Bare-crowned Antbird
Woodcreepers
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
woodcreeper sp.
Ovenbirds
Slaty Spinetail
Manakins
White-collared Manakin
Cotingas
Snowy Cotinga
Becards, Tityras, and Allies
Black-crowned Tityra
Masked Tityra
tityra sp.
Cinnamon Becard
White-winged Becard
Sharpbill, Royal Flycatchers, and Allies
Tropical Royal Flycatcher
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
Tyrant Flycatchers: Elaenias, Tyrannulets, and Allies
Golden-crowned Spadebill
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Northern Bentbill
Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher
Common Tody-Flycatcher
Yellow-olive Flatbill
Yellow-winged Flatbill
Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet
Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet
Yellow Tyrannulet
Greenish Elaenia
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Mistletoe Tyrannulet
Tyrant Flycatchers: Pewees, Kingbirds, and Allies
Western Wood-Pewee
Northern Tropical Pewee
Eastern Wood-Pewee
Western/Eastern Wood-Pewee
pewee sp. (Contopus sp.)
Bright-rumped Attila
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
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Fork-tailed Flycatcher
new world flycatcher sp.
Vireos
Lesser Greenlet
Yellow-throated Vireo
Philadelphia Vireo
Yellow-green Vireo
Martins and Swallows
Bank Swallow
Mangrove Swallow
Purple Martin
Gray-breasted Martin
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cliff Swallow
swallow sp.
Gnatcatchers
Long-billed Gnatwren
White-browed Gnatcatcher
Wrens
Nightingale Wren
House Wren
Spot-breasted Wren
Black-throated Wren
Stripe-breasted Wren
Canebrake Wren
Bay Wren
Catbirds, Mockingbirds, and Thrashers
Tropical Mockingbird
Thrushes
Swainson's Thrush
Wood Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Old World Sparrows
House Sparrow
Finches, Euphonias, and Allies
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Olive-backed Euphonia
New World Sparrows
Black-striped Sparrow
Blackbirds
Eastern Meadowlark
Red-breasted Meadowlark
Yellow-billed Cacique
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
Scarlet-rumped Cacique
Black-cowled Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Yellow-tailed Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
new world oriole sp.
Red-winged Blackbird
Bronzed Cowbird
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Nicaraguan Grackle
Wood-Warblers
Ovenbird
Northern Waterthrush
Golden-winged Warbler
Blue-winged Warbler
Black-and-white Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennessee Warbler
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Common Yellowthroat
Hooded Warbler
American Redstart
Tropical Parula
Magnolia Warbler
Bay-breasted Warbler
Blackburnian Warbler
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Blackpoll Warbler
Palm Warbler
new world warbler sp.
Cardinals, Grosbeaks, and Allies
Summer Tanager
Scarlet Tanager
Black-faced Grosbeak
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Blue Grosbeak
Dickcissel
Tanagers and Allies
Gray-headed Tanager
White-shouldered Tanager
White-lined Tanager
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Yellow-winged Tanager
Palm Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Plain-colored Tanager
Blue Dacnis
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
Blue-black Grassquit
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater
Thick-billed Seed-Finch
Nicaraguan Seed-Finch
Variable Seedeater
Morelet's Seedeater
Bananaquit
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Cinnamon-bellied Saltator