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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 
8Crested BobwhiteColinus cristatusRR 
9Marbled Wood-QuailOdontophorus gujanensisRR 
10Black-eared Wood-QuailOdontophorus melanotisLCNT
11Black-breasted Wood-QuailOdontophorus leucolaemusNE 
12Maroon-chested Ground DoveParaclaravis mondetouraLC 
13Violaceous Quail-DoveGeotrygon violaceaLC 
14Buff-fronted Quail-DoveZentrygon costaricensisNE 
15Purplish-backed Quail-DoveZentrygon lawrenciiNE 
16Chiriqui Quail-DoveZentrygon chiriquensisNE 
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 Coquette>Lophornis 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 
36SnowcapMicrochera albocoronataLC 
37Coppery-headed EmeraldMicrochera cupreicepsE 
38White-tailed EmeraldMicrochera chionuraNE 
39Stripe-tailed HummingbirdEupherusa eximiaRR 
40Black-bellied HummingbirdEupherusa nigriventrisNE 
41Snowy-bellied HummingbirdSaucerottia edwardNE 
42Mangrove HummingbirdAmazilia boucardiEEN
43Charming HummingbirdPolyerata decoraNE 
44Rufous-necked Wood-RailAramides axillarisRR 
45SungrebeHeliornis fulicaLC 
46LimpkinAramus guaraunaRR 
47Double-striped Thick-kneeHesperoburhinus bistriatusRR 
48Collared PloverAnarhynchus collarisLC 
49/Semipalmated Sandpiper/Calidris pusilla NT
50/Elegant Tern/Thalasseus elegans NT
51Fasciated Tiger-HeronTigrisoma fasciatumLC 
52Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochleariusLC 
53Agami HeronAgamia agamiLCV
54Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatusLC 
55/Reddish Egret/Egretta rufescens NT
56Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianusRR 
57Gray-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensisLC 
58Crested EagleMorphnus guianensis NT
59Harpy EagleHarpia harpyja V
60Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus NT
61Solitary EagleButeogallus solitariusLCNT
62Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctusRR 
63Costa Rican Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium costaricanumNE 
64Striped OwlAsio clamatorLC 
65Unspotted Saw-whet OwlAegolius ridgwayiRR 
66Resplendent QuetzalPharomachrus mocinno NT
67Lattice-tailed TrogonTrogon clathratusNE 
68Baird's TrogonTrogon bairdiiNENT
69Keel-billed MotmotElectron carinatumLCV
70Turquoise-browed MotmotEumomota superciliosaRR 
71Pied PuffbirdNotharchus tectusRR 
72Great JacamarJacamerops aureusRR 
73Prong-billed BarbetSemnornis frantziiNE 
74Fiery-billed AracariPteroglossus frantziiNE 
75Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus NT
76Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus NT
77Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusRR 
78Golden-naped WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysauchenNE 
79Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillusRR 
80Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosusRR 
81Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriwayRR 
82Red-fronted ParrotletTouit costaricensisNENT
83White-fronted ParrotAmazona albifronsRR 
84Sulphur-winged ParakeetPyrrhura hoffmanniNE 
85Olive-throated ParakeetEupsittula nana NT
86Orange-fronted ParakeetEupsittula canicularisRRV
87Great Green MacawAra ambiguusLCCR
88Scarlet MacawAra macaoRR 
89Black-hooded AntshrikeThamnophilus bridgesiNE 
90Dull-mantled AntbirdSipia laemostictaNE 
91Black-crowned AntpittaPittasoma michleriRR 
92Silvery-fronted TapaculoScytalopus argentifronsNE 
93Tawny-winged WoodcreeperDendrocincla anabatinaRR 
94Buffy TuftedcheekPseudocolaptes lawrenciiNE 
95Streak-breasted TreehunterThripadectes rufobrunneusNE 
96Chiriqui Foliage-gleanerAutomolus exsertusNE 
97Ruddy TreerunnerMargarornis rubiginosusNE 
98Pale-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albescensRR 
99Velvety ManakinLepidothrix velutinaRR 
100Orange-collared ManakinManacus aurantiacusNE 
101Bare-necked UmbrellabirdCephalopterus glabricollisNEEN
102Lovely CotingaCotinga amabilisLC 
103<Turquoise Cotinga>Cotinga ridgwayiNEV
104Three-wattled BellbirdProcnias tricarunculatus V
105<Yellow-billed Cotinga>Carpodectes antoniaeNENT
106Speckled MournerLaniocera rufescensLC 
107SharpbillOxyruncus cristatusLC 
108Tropical Royal-FlycatcherOnychorhynchus coronatusE 
109Black-tailed FlycatcherMyiobius atricaudusLC 
110Gray-headed PipritesPiprites griseicepsLC 
111Stub-tailed SpadebillPlatyrinchus cancrominusRR 
112Olive-streaked FlycatcherMionectes olivaceusNE 
113Sepia-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon amaurocephalusLC 
114Rufous-browed TyrannuletPhylloscartes superciliarisLC 
115Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbeRR 
116Southern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletumRR 
117Yellow-crowned TyrannuletTyrannulus elatusRR 
118Lesser ElaeniaElaenia chiriquensisRR 
119Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatusRR 
120Tawny-chested FlycatcherAphanotriccus capitalisNEV
121|Olive-sided Flycatcher|Contopus cooperi NT
122Ochraceous PeweeContopus ochraceusNE 
123Dark PeweeContopus lugubrisNE 
124Black-capped FlycatcherEmpidonax atricepsNE 
125Panama FlycatcherMyiarchus panamensisRR 
126Nutting's FlycatcherMyiarchus nuttingiRR 
127Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulusRR 
128Scrub GreenletHylophilus flavipesRR 
129Mangrove VireoVireo pallensRR 
130Yellow-winged VireoVireo carmioliNE 
131Silvery-throated JayCyanolyca argentigulaNE 
132White-throated Magpie-JayCalocitta formosaRR 
133White-lored GnatcatcherPolioptila albilorisRR 
134Nightingale WrenMicrocerculus philomelaRR 
135Scaly-breasted WrenMicrocerculus marginatusRR 
136Ochraceous WrenTroglodytes ochraceusNE 
137Timberline WrenThryorchilus browniNE 
138Grass WrenCistothorus platensisLC 
139Rufous-naped WrenCampylorhynchus rufinuchaRR 
140Black-bellied WrenPheugopedius fasciatoventrisRR 
141Rufous-breasted WrenPheugopedius rutilusRR 
142Banded WrenThryophilus pleurostictusRR 
143Rufous-and-white WrenThryophilus rufalbusRR 
144Riverside WrenCantorchilus semibadiusNE 
145Black-faced SolitaireMyadestes melanopsNE 
146Black-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus gracilirostrisNE 
147Sooty ThrushTurdus nigrescensNE 
148Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcherPhainoptila melanoxanthaNE 
149Long-tailed Silky-flycatcherPtiliogonys caudatusNE 
150Golden-browed ChlorophoniaChlorophonia callophrysNE 
151Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinisRR 
152Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostrisRR 
153Spot-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia imitansNE 
154<Yellow-bellied Siskin>Spinus xanthogastrusRR 
155Ashy-throated ChlorospingusChlorospingus canigularisLC 
156Sooty-capped ChlorospingusChlorospingus pileatusNE 
157Stripe-headed SparrowPeucaea ruficaudaRR 
158Olive SparrowArremonops rufivirgatusRR 
159Sooty-faced FinchArremon crassirostrisNE 
160Volcano JuncoJunco vulcaniNE 
161Large-footed FinchPezopetes capitalisNE 
162Yellow-thighed BrushfinchAtlapetes tibialisNE 
163Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna NT
164Red-breasted MeadowlarkLeistes militarisRR 
165Yellow-tailed OrioleIcterus mesomelasLC 
166Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatusRR 
167Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralisLC 
168/Golden-winged Warbler/Vermivora chrysoptera NT
169Flame-throated WarblerOreothlypis gutturalisNE 
170Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea NT
171Black-cheeked WarblerBasileuterus melanogenysNE 
172Costa Rican WarblerBasileuterus melanotisNE 
173Collared RedstartMyioborus torquatusNE 
174WrenthrushZeledonia coronataNE 
175Black-thighed GrosbeakPheucticus tibialisNE 
176Blue SeedeaterAmaurospiza concolorLC 
177/Painted Bunting/Passerina cirisLC 
178White-throated Shrike-TanagerLanio leucothorax NT
179Blue-and-gold TanagerBangsia arcaeiNENT
180Spangle-cheeked TanagerTangara dowiiNE 
181Rufous-winged TanagerTangara laviniaRR 
182Black-and-yellow TanagerChrysothlypis chrysomelasNE 
183Slaty FlowerpiercerDiglossa plumbeaNE 
184<Slaty Finch>Haplospiza rusticaRR 
185<Peg-billed Finch>Acanthidops bairdiNE 
186Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minutaLC 
187Streaked 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.