Our Costa Rican Birdlist
Here are the birds we have photographed & identified
on our adventures to Costa Rica (2024 & 2025)
NAME.................................GROUPING
Amazon Kingfisher...................kingfisher
Anhinga....................................waterbird
Baltimore Oriole.......................small birds
Bananaquit................................small birds
Banded wren.............................small birds
Bare-throated tiger-heron.........heron
Black-cheeked Woodpecker.......woodpecker
Black-headed Trogon................large bird
Black-mandibled Toucan...........large bird
Black-necked Stilt.....................waterbird
Black-striped Sparrow...............small bird
Black Vulture.............................large bird
Blue-crowned Motmot...............large bird
Blue-gray Tanager.....................tanager
Boat-billed Heron......................heron
Boat-billed Flycatcher...............flycatcher
Brown-crested Flycatcher.........flycatcher
Buff-throated Salator.................medium bird
Chestnut-headed Oropendola...large bird
Clay-coloured Thrush................medium bird
Collared Aracari........................large bird
Creasted Guan...........................large bird
Dusky-faced Tanager.................tanager
Gray-headed Chachalaca...........large bird
Gray-headed Tanager.................tanager
Grayish Saltator.........................medium bird
Gray-necked Wood-rail..............waterbird
Great Blue Heron......................heron
Great Egret...............................heron
Great Kiskadee.........................flycatcher
Great-tailed Grackle.................large bird
Green Heron.............................heron
Green Ibis.................................waterbird
Groove-billed Ani......................large bird
House Wren..............................small bird
Keel-billed Toucan....................large bird
Little Blue Heron......................heron
Northern Jacana.......................waterbird
Olive-backed Euphonia.............small bird
Olive-throated Parakeet............parrot
Orange-chinned Parrot.............parrot
Osprey.......................................bird of prey
Pacific Screech-owl...................large bird
Palm Tanager.............................tanager
Prothonotary Warbler................small bird
Purplish-backed Quail-dove......pigeon
Red-legged Honeycreeper.........small bird
Red-throated Ant-Tanager.........tanager
Ringed Kingfisher.....................kingfisher
Rose-brested Grosbeak............medium bird
Ruddy Ground Dove.................pigeon
Rufous-collared Sparrow..........small bird
Rufous-naped Wren..................small bird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird.....hummingbird
Scarlet-rumped Tanager...........tanager
Semiplumbious Hawk...............bird of prey
Snowy Egret.............................heron
Solitary Sandpiper....................waterbird
Southern Lapwing....................waterbird
Stripe-headed Sparrow.............small bird
Summer Tanager......................tanager
Sungrebe..................................waterbird
Tennessee Warbler...................small bird
Tropical Kingbird.....................flycatcher
Tropical Mockingbird...............medium bird
Turkey Vulture.........................large bird
Turquiose-browed Motmot......large bird
White-lored Gnatcatcher..........small bird
White-necked Jacobin..............hummingbird
White-throated Magpie-jay......large bird
White-winged Dove..................pigeon
Wood Stork..............................waterbird
Yellow-throated Euphonia.......small bird
