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GRAND BIRD PHOTO TOUR

Possible Specialty Birds for Tour

COSTA RICA
PHOTO TOUR
ANY TIME*

Duration:12 days, 11 nights
Group Size:2-8
Anytime Price:$4695
Group Price:$4295
Single Suppl:$440
Pace:Easy
Difficulty:Easy
* This tour is available for any dates of your choosing provided guide services and accommodations are available.

List of species possible on this tour that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

color codes

1Slaty-breasted TinamouCrypturellus boucardi V
2Masked DuckNomonyx dominicusLC 
3Crested GuanPenelope purpurascens NT
4Black GuanChamaepetes unicolorNE 
5Great CurassowCrax rubraLCV
6Tawny-faced QuailRhynchortyx cinctusLCNT
7Buffy-crowned Wood-PartridgeDendrortyx leucophrysLC 
8Marbled Wood-QuailOdontophorus gujanensisRR 
9Black-eared Wood-QuailOdontophorus melanotisLCNT
10Black-breasted Wood-QuailOdontophorus leucolaemusNE 
11Maroon-chested Ground DoveParaclaravis mondetouraLC 
12Violaceous Quail-DoveGeotrygon violaceaLC 
13Buff-fronted Quail-DoveZentrygon costaricensisNE 
14Purplish-backed Quail-DoveZentrygon lawrenciiNE 
15Chiriqui Quail-DoveZentrygon chiriquensisNE 
16Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga aniRR 
17Lesser Ground-CuckooMorococcyx erythropygusRR 
18Rufous-vented Ground-CuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi V
19/Chuck-will's-widow/Antrostomus carolinensis NT
20Dusky NightjarAntrostomus saturatusNE 
21Black SwiftCypseloides niger V
22Costa Rican SwiftChaetura fumosaNE 
23|Chimney Swift|Chaetura pelagica V
24Brown VioletearColibri delphinaeLC 
25Black-crested CoquetteLophornis helenaeRR 
26&White-crested CoquettelLophornis adorabilisNE 
27Talamanca HummingbirdEugenes spectabilisNE 
28Plain-capped StarthroatHeliomaster constantiiRR 
29Fiery-throated HummingbirdPanterpe insignisNE 
30White-bellied Mountain-gemLampornis hemileucusNE 
31Purple-throated Mountain-gemLampornis calolaemusNE 
32White-throated Mountain-gemLampornis castaneoventrisE 
33Magenta-throated WoodstarPhilodice bryantaeNE 
34Volcano HummingbirdSelasphorus flammulaNE 
35Scintillant HummingbirdSelasphorus scintillaNE 
36Garden EmeraldChlorostilbon assimilisNE 
37SnowcapMicrochera albocoronataLC 
38Coppery-headed EmeraldMicrochera cupreicepsE 
39White-tailed EmeraldMicrochera chionuraNE 
40Stripe-tailed HummingbirdEupherusa eximiaRR 
41Black-bellied HummingbirdEupherusa nigriventrisNE 
42Snowy-bellied HummingbirdSaucerottia edwardNE 
43Mangrove HummingbirdChrysuronia boucardiEEN
44Charming HummingbirdPolyerata decoraNE 
45Rufous-necked Wood-RailAramides axillarisRR 
46Yellow-breasted CrakeLaterallus flaviventerLC 
47SungrebeHeliornis fulicaLC 
48LimpkinAramus guaraunaRR 
49Double-striped Thick-kneeHesperoburhinus bistriatusRR 
50Collared PloverAnarhynchus collarisLC 
51/Red Knot/Calidris canutus NT
52|Buff-breasted Sandpiper|Calidris subruficollis NT
53/Semipalmated Sandpiper/Calidris pusilla NT
54/Elegant Tern/Thalasseus elegans NT
55Fasciated Tiger-HeronTigrisoma fasciatumLC 
56Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochleariusLC 
57Agami HeronAgamia agamiLCV
58Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatusLC 
59/Reddish Egret/Egretta rufescens NT
60Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianusRR 
61Gray-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensisLC 
62Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus NT
63Crested EagleMorphnus guianensis NT
64Harpy EagleHarpia harpyja V
65Solitary EagleButeogallus solitariusLCNT
66Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctusRR 
67Costa Rican Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium costaricanumNE 
68Striped OwlAsio clamatorLC 
69Unspotted Saw-whet OwlAegolius ridgwayiRR 
70Resplendent QuetzalPharomachrus mocinno NT
71Lattice-tailed TrogonTrogon clathratusNE 
72Baird's TrogonTrogon bairdiiNENT
73Keel-billed MotmotElectron carinatumLCV
74Turquoise-browed MotmotEumomota superciliosaRR 
75Pied PuffbirdNotharchus tectusRR 
76Great JacamarJacamerops aureusRR 
77Prong-billed BarbetSemnornis frantziiNE 
78Fiery-billed AracariPteroglossus frantziiNE 
79Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus NT
80Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus NT
81Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusRR 
82Golden-naped WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysauchenNE 
83Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillusRR 
84Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosusRR 
85Red-rumped WoodpeckerDryobates kirkiiLC 
86Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriwayRR 
87Red-fronted ParrotletTouit costaricensisNENT
88Yellow-naped AmazonAmazona auropalliataRRCR
89White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifronsRR 
90Sulphur-winged ParakeetPyrrhura hoffmanniNE 
91Olive-throated ParakeetEupsittula nana NT
92Orange-fronted ParakeetEupsittula canicularisRRV
93Great Green MacawAra ambiguusLCCR
94Scarlet MacawAra macaoRR 
95Black-hooded AntshrikeThamnophilus bridgesiNE 
96Dull-mantled AntbirdSipia laemostictaNE 
97Black-crowned AntpittaPittasoma michleriRR 
98Ochre-breasted AntpittaGrallaricula flavirostris NT
99Silvery-fronted TapaculoScytalopus argentifronsNE 
100Black-headed AntthrushFormicarius nigricapillusRR 
101Gray-throated LeaftosserSclerurus albigularis NT
102Tawny-winged WoodcreeperDendrocincla anabatinaRR 
103Buffy TuftedcheekPseudocolaptes lawrenciiNE 
104Streak-breasted TreehunterThripadectes rufobrunneusNE 
105Chiriqui Foliage-gleanerAutomolus exsertusNE 
106Ruddy TreerunnerMargarornis rubiginosusNE 
107Pale-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albescensRR 
108Velvety ManakinLepidothrix velutinaRR 
109Orange-collared ManakinManacus aurantiacusNE 
110Bare-necked UmbrellabirdCephalopterus glabricollisNEEN
111Lovely CotingaCotinga amabilisLC 
112&Turquoise CotingalCotinga ridgwayiNEV
113Three-wattled BellbirdProcnias tricarunculatus V
114&Yellow-billed CotingalCarpodectes antoniaeNENT
115Speckled MournerLaniocera rufescensLC 
116SharpbillOxyruncus cristatusLC 
117Tropical Royal-FlycatcherOnychorhynchus coronatusE 
118Gray-headed PipritesPiprites griseicepsLC 
119Black-tailed FlycatcherMyiobius atricaudusLC 
120Stub-tailed SpadebillPlatyrinchus cancrominusRR 
121Olive-streaked FlycatcherMionectes olivaceusNE 
122Sepia-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon amaurocephalusLC 
123Rufous-browed TyrannuletPhylloscartes superciliarisLC 
124Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbeRR 
125Southern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletumRR 
126Yellow-crowned TyrannuletTyrannulus elatusRR 
127Lesser ElaeniaElaenia chiriquensisRR 
128Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatusRR 
129Tawny-chested FlycatcherAphanotriccus capitalisNEV
130|Olive-sided Flycatcher|Contopus cooperi NT
131Ochraceous PeweeContopus ochraceusNE 
132Dark PeweeContopus lugubrisNE 
133Black-capped FlycatcherEmpidonax atricepsNE 
134Panama FlycatcherMyiarchus panamensisRR 
135Nutting's FlycatcherMyiarchus nuttingiRR 
136Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulusRR 
137Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savanaLC 
138Scrub GreenletHylophilus flavipesRR 
139Mangrove VireoVireo pallensRR 
140Yellow-winged VireoVireo carmioliNE 
141Silvery-throated JayCyanolyca argentigulaNE 
142White-throated Magpie-JayCyanocorax formosaRR 
143White-lored GnatcatcherPolioptila albilorisRR 
144Nightingale WrenMicrocerculus philomelaRR 
145Scaly-breasted WrenMicrocerculus marginatusRR 
146Ochraceous WrenTroglodytes ochraceusNE 
147Timberline WrenThryorchilus browniNE 
148Grass WrenCistothorus platensisLC 
149Rufous-backed WrenCampylorhynchus capistratusRR 
150Black-bellied WrenPheugopedius fasciatoventrisRR 
151Rufous-breasted WrenPheugopedius rutilusRR 
152Banded WrenThryophilus pleurostictusRR 
153Rufous-and-white WrenThryophilus rufalbusRR 
154Isthmian WrenCantorchilus elutusNE 
155Riverside WrenCantorchilus semibadiusNE 
156Black-faced SolitaireMyadestes melanopsNE 
157Black-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus gracilirostrisNE 
158Sooty ThrushTurdus nigrescensNE 
159Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcherPhainoptila melanoxanthaNE 
160Long-tailed Silky-flycatcherPtiliogonys caudatusNE 
161Golden-browed ChlorophoniaChlorophonia callophrysNE 
162Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinisRR 
163Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostrisRR 
164Spot-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia imitansNE 
165&Yellow-bellied SiskinlSpinus xanthogastrusRR 
166Ashy-throated ChlorospingusChlorospingus canigularisLC 
167Sooty-capped ChlorospingusChlorospingus pileatusNE 
168Stripe-headed SparrowPeucaea ruficaudaRR 
169Olive SparrowArremonops rufivirgatusRR 
170Costa Rican BrushfinchArremon costaricensisNE 
171Sooty-faced FinchArremon crassirostrisNE 
172Volcano JuncoJunco vulcaniNE 
173Large-footed FinchPezopetes capitalisNE 
174Yellow-thighed BrushfinchAtlapetes tibialisNE 
175Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna NT
176Red-breasted MeadowlarkLeistes militarisRR 
177Yellow-tailed OrioleIcterus mesomelasLC 
178Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatusRR 
179Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralisLC 
180/Golden-winged Warbler/Vermivora chrysoptera NT
181Flame-throated WarblerOreothlypis gutturalisNE 
182Chiriqui Yellowthroat**Geothlypis chiriquensisNE 
183Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea NT
184Black-cheeked WarblerBasileuterus melanogenysNE 
185Costa Rican WarblerBasileuterus melanotisNE 
186Collared RedstartMyioborus torquatusNE 
187WrenthrushZeledonia coronataNE 
188Black-thighed GrosbeakPheucticus tibialisNE 
189Blue SeedeaterAmaurospiza concolorLC 
190/Painted Bunting/Passerina cirisLC 
191White-throated Shrike-TanagerLanio leucothorax NT
192Blue-and-gold TanagerBangsia arcaeiNENT
193Spangle-cheeked TanagerTangara dowiiNE 
194Rufous-winged TanagerTangara laviniaRR 
195Black-and-yellow TanagerChrysothlypis chrysomelasNE 
196Slaty FlowerpiercerDiglossa plumbeaNE 
197&Slaty FinchlHaplospiza rusticaRR 
198&Peg-billed FinchlAcanthidops bairdiNE 
199Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minutaLC 
200Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollisLC 
201Streaked SaltatorSaltator striatipectusRR 

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PRESENCE CODES

CodeDescription##
//Boreal Visitor8
\\Austral Visitor0
||Transient3
##Non-breeding Dispersal0
<>Erratic/Irregular6
()Breeding Season Only0
{}Casual/Vagrant4
[]Accidental5

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened29
VVulnerable12
ENEndangered2
CRCritically Endangered2

Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.