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HIGHLIGHTS BIRD PHOTO TOUR

Possible Specialty Birds for Tour

COSTA RICA
PHOTO TOUR
ANY TIME*

Duration:9 days, 8 nights
Group Size:2-8
Anytime Price:$3475
Group Price:$3175
Single Suppl:$400
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 
16Lesser Ground-CuckooMorococcyx erythropygusRR 
17Rufous-vented Ground-CuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi V
18/Chuck-will's-widow/Antrostomus carolinensis NT
19Dusky NightjarAntrostomus saturatusNE 
20Black SwiftCypseloides niger V
21Costa Rican SwiftChaetura fumosaNE 
22|Chimney Swift|Chaetura pelagica V
23Brown VioletearColibri delphinaeLC 
24Black-crested CoquetteLophornis helenaeRR 
25&White-crested CoquettelLophornis adorabilisNE 
26Talamanca HummingbirdEugenes spectabilisNE 
27Plain-capped StarthroatHeliomaster constantiiRR 
28Fiery-throated HummingbirdPanterpe insignisNE 
29White-bellied Mountain-gemLampornis hemileucusNE 
30Purple-throated Mountain-gemLampornis calolaemusNE 
31White-throated Mountain-gemLampornis castaneoventrisE 
32Magenta-throated WoodstarPhilodice bryantaeNE 
33Volcano HummingbirdSelasphorus flammulaNE 
34Scintillant HummingbirdSelasphorus scintillaNE 
35SnowcapMicrochera albocoronataLC 
36Coppery-headed EmeraldMicrochera cupreicepsE 
37White-tailed EmeraldMicrochera chionuraNE 
38Stripe-tailed HummingbirdEupherusa eximiaRR 
39Black-bellied HummingbirdEupherusa nigriventrisNE 
40Snowy-bellied HummingbirdSaucerottia edwardNE 
41Mangrove HummingbirdChrysuronia boucardiEEN
42Charming HummingbirdPolyerata decoraNE 
43Rufous-necked Wood-RailAramides axillarisRR 
44SungrebeHeliornis fulicaLC 
45LimpkinAramus guaraunaRR 
46Double-striped Thick-kneeHesperoburhinus bistriatusRR 
47Collared PloverAnarhynchus collarisLC 
48/Semipalmated Sandpiper/Calidris pusilla NT
49/Elegant Tern/Thalasseus elegans NT
50Fasciated Tiger-HeronTigrisoma fasciatumLC 
51Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochleariusLC 
52Agami HeronAgamia agamiLCV
53Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatusLC 
54/Reddish Egret/Egretta rufescens NT
55Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianusRR 
56Gray-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensisLC 
57Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus NT
58Crested EagleMorphnus guianensis NT
59Harpy EagleHarpia harpyja V
60Solitary EagleButeogallus solitariusLCNT
61Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctusRR 
62Costa Rican Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium costaricanumNE 
63Striped OwlAsio clamatorLC 
64Unspotted Saw-whet OwlAegolius ridgwayiRR 
65Resplendent QuetzalPharomachrus mocinno NT
66Lattice-tailed TrogonTrogon clathratusNE 
67Baird's TrogonTrogon bairdiiNENT
68Keel-billed MotmotElectron carinatumLCV
69Turquoise-browed MotmotEumomota superciliosaRR 
70Pied PuffbirdNotharchus tectusRR 
71Great JacamarJacamerops aureusRR 
72Prong-billed BarbetSemnornis frantziiNE 
73Fiery-billed AracariPteroglossus frantziiNE 
74Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus NT
75Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus NT
76Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusRR 
77Golden-naped WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysauchenNE 
78Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillusRR 
79Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosusRR 
80Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriwayRR 
81Red-fronted ParrotletTouit costaricensisNENT
82White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifronsRR 
83Sulphur-winged ParakeetPyrrhura hoffmanniNE 
84Olive-throated ParakeetEupsittula nana NT
85Orange-fronted ParakeetEupsittula canicularisRRV
86Great Green MacawAra ambiguusLCCR
87Scarlet MacawAra macaoRR 
88Black-hooded AntshrikeThamnophilus bridgesiNE 
89Dull-mantled AntbirdSipia laemostictaNE 
90Black-crowned AntpittaPittasoma michleriRR 
91Silvery-fronted TapaculoScytalopus argentifronsNE 
92Tawny-winged WoodcreeperDendrocincla anabatinaRR 
93Buffy TuftedcheekPseudocolaptes lawrenciiNE 
94Streak-breasted TreehunterThripadectes rufobrunneusNE 
95Chiriqui Foliage-gleanerAutomolus exsertusNE 
96Ruddy TreerunnerMargarornis rubiginosusNE 
97Pale-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albescensRR 
98Velvety ManakinLepidothrix velutinaRR 
99Orange-collared ManakinManacus aurantiacusNE 
100Bare-necked UmbrellabirdCephalopterus glabricollisNEEN
101Lovely CotingaCotinga amabilisLC 
102&Turquoise CotingalCotinga ridgwayiNEV
103Three-wattled BellbirdProcnias tricarunculatus V
104&Yellow-billed CotingalCarpodectes antoniaeNENT
105Speckled MournerLaniocera rufescensLC 
106SharpbillOxyruncus cristatusLC 
107Tropical Royal-FlycatcherOnychorhynchus coronatusE 
108Gray-headed PipritesPiprites griseicepsLC 
109Black-tailed FlycatcherMyiobius atricaudusLC 
110Stub-tailed SpadebillPlatyrinchus cancrominusRR 
111Olive-streaked FlycatcherMionectes olivaceusNE 
112Sepia-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon amaurocephalusLC 
113Rufous-browed TyrannuletPhylloscartes superciliarisLC 
114Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbeRR 
115Southern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletumRR 
116Yellow-crowned TyrannuletTyrannulus elatusRR 
117Lesser ElaeniaElaenia chiriquensisRR 
118Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatusRR 
119Tawny-chested FlycatcherAphanotriccus capitalisNEV
120|Olive-sided Flycatcher|Contopus cooperi NT
121Ochraceous PeweeContopus ochraceusNE 
122Dark PeweeContopus lugubrisNE 
123Black-capped FlycatcherEmpidonax atricepsNE 
124Panama FlycatcherMyiarchus panamensisRR 
125Nutting's FlycatcherMyiarchus nuttingiRR 
126Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulusRR 
127Scrub GreenletHylophilus flavipesRR 
128Mangrove VireoVireo pallensRR 
129Yellow-winged VireoVireo carmioliNE 
130Silvery-throated JayCyanolyca argentigulaNE 
131White-throated Magpie-JayCyanocorax formosaRR 
132White-lored GnatcatcherPolioptila albilorisRR 
133Nightingale WrenMicrocerculus philomelaRR 
134Scaly-breasted WrenMicrocerculus marginatusRR 
135Ochraceous WrenTroglodytes ochraceusNE 
136Timberline WrenThryorchilus browniNE 
137Grass WrenCistothorus platensisLC 
138Rufous-backed WrenCampylorhynchus capistratusRR 
139Black-bellied WrenPheugopedius fasciatoventrisRR 
140Rufous-breasted WrenPheugopedius rutilusRR 
141Banded WrenThryophilus pleurostictusRR 
142Rufous-and-white WrenThryophilus rufalbusRR 
143Riverside WrenCantorchilus semibadiusNE 
144Black-faced SolitaireMyadestes melanopsNE 
145Black-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus gracilirostrisNE 
146Sooty ThrushTurdus nigrescensNE 
147Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcherPhainoptila melanoxanthaNE 
148Long-tailed Silky-flycatcherPtiliogonys caudatusNE 
149Golden-browed ChlorophoniaChlorophonia callophrysNE 
150Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinisRR 
151Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostrisRR 
152Spot-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia imitansNE 
153&Yellow-bellied SiskinlSpinus xanthogastrusRR 
154Ashy-throated ChlorospingusChlorospingus canigularisLC 
155Sooty-capped ChlorospingusChlorospingus pileatusNE 
156Stripe-headed SparrowPeucaea ruficaudaRR 
157Olive SparrowArremonops rufivirgatusRR 
158Sooty-faced FinchArremon crassirostrisNE 
159Volcano JuncoJunco vulcaniNE 
160Large-footed FinchPezopetes capitalisNE 
161Yellow-thighed BrushfinchAtlapetes tibialisNE 
162Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna NT
163Red-breasted MeadowlarkLeistes militarisRR 
164Yellow-tailed OrioleIcterus mesomelasLC 
165Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatusRR 
166Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralisLC 
167/Golden-winged Warbler/Vermivora chrysoptera NT
168Flame-throated WarblerOreothlypis gutturalisNE 
169Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea NT
170Black-cheeked WarblerBasileuterus melanogenysNE 
171Costa Rican WarblerBasileuterus melanotisNE 
172Collared RedstartMyioborus torquatusNE 
173WrenthrushZeledonia coronataNE 
174Black-thighed GrosbeakPheucticus tibialisNE 
175Blue SeedeaterAmaurospiza concolorLC 
176/Painted Bunting/Passerina cirisLC 
177White-throated Shrike-TanagerLanio leucothorax NT
178Blue-and-gold TanagerBangsia arcaeiNENT
179Spangle-cheeked TanagerTangara dowiiNE 
180Rufous-winged TanagerTangara laviniaRR 
181Black-and-yellow TanagerChrysothlypis chrysomelasNE 
182Slaty FlowerpiercerDiglossa plumbeaNE 
183&Slaty FinchlHaplospiza rusticaRR 
184&Peg-billed FinchlAcanthidops bairdiNE 
185Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minutaLC 
186Streaked 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 Threatened24
VVulnerable12
ENEndangered2
CRCritically Endangered1

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.