SELVATURA PARK
COSTA RICALOCALE
| # Species: | 299 |
| # Excl Vagrants: | 299 |
| # Endemics: | 1 |
| # Near Endemics: | 35 |
| Habitat: Highland deciduous forest | |
BIRD CHECKLIST
The table below lists species recorded at this locale but does not indicate frequency of occurrence there. It does indicate whether each species is globally threatened or endangered according to the IUCN and also whether it is migratory, very rare, or accidental in the country. The list is based on available data and may be incomplete.*
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| 1 | Highland Tinamou | Nothocercus bonapartei |
| 2 | Great Tinamou | Tinamus major |
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| 3 | Gray-headed Chachalaca | Ortalis cinereiceps |
| 4 | Crested Guan | Penelope purpurascens |
| 5 | Black Guan | Chamaepetes unicolor |
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| 6 | Black-breasted Wood-Quail | Odontophorus leucolaemus |
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| 7 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia |
| 8 | Red-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas flavirostris |
| 9 | Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata |
| 10 | Ruddy Pigeon | Patagioenas subvinacea |
| 11 | Inca Dove | Columbina inca |
| 12 | White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi |
| 13 | Buff-fronted Quail-Dove | Zentrygon costaricensis |
| 14 | Purplish-backed Quail-Dove | Zentrygon lawrencii |
| 15 | Chiriqui Quail-Dove | Zentrygon chiriquensis |
| 16 | White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica |
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| 17 | Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris |
| 18 | Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana |
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| 19 | Chestnut-collared Swift | Streptoprocne rutila |
| 20 | White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris |
| 21 | Vaux's Swift | Chaetura vauxi |
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| 22 | White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora |
| 23 | White-tipped Sicklebill | Eutoxeres aquila |
| 24 | Green Hermit | Phaethornis guy |
| 25 | Long-billed Hermit | Phaethornis longirostris |
| 26 | Stripe-throated Hermit | Phaethornis striigularis |
| 27 | Green-fronted Lancebill | Doryfera ludovicae |
| 28 | Brown Violetear | Colibri delphinae |
| 29 | Lesser Violetear | Colibri cyanotus |
| 30 | Green Thorntail | Discosura conversii |
| 31 | Black-crested Coquette | Lophornis helenae |
| 32 | Green-crowned Brilliant | Heliodoxa jacula |
| 33 | Talamanca Hummingbird | Eugenes spectabilis |
| 34 | Plain-capped Starthroat | Heliomaster constantii |
| 35 | Fiery-throated Hummingbird | Panterpe insignis |
| 36 | White-bellied Mountain-gem | Lampornis hemileucus |
| 37 | Purple-throated Mountain-gem | Lampornis calolaemus |
| 38 | Magenta-throated Woodstar | Philodice bryantae |
| 39 | /Ruby-throated Hummingbird/ | Archilochus colubris |
| 40 | Scintillant Hummingbird | Selasphorus scintilla |
| 41 | Canivet's Emerald | Cynantus canivetii |
| 42 | Violet-headed Hummingbird | Klais guimeti |
| 43 | Violet Sabrewing | Campylopterus hemileucurus |
| 44 | Crowned Woodnymph | Thalurania colombica |
| 45 | Coppery-headed Emerald | Microchera cupreiceps |
| 46 | Stripe-tailed Hummingbird | Eupherusa eximia |
| 47 | Black-bellied Hummingbird | Eupherusa nigriventris |
| 48 | Blue-vented Hummingbird | Saucerottia hoffmanni |
| 49 | Cinnamon Hummingbird | Amazilia rutila |
| 50 | Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl |
| 51 | Blue-throated Goldentail | Chlorestes eliciae |
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| 52 | Sunbittern | Eurypyga helias |
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| 53 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| 54 | Western Cattle-Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| 55 | Great Egret | Ardea alba |
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| 56 | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| 57 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
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| 58 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus |
| 59 | Black Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus tyrannus |
| 60 | Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus |
| 61 | /Sharp-shinned Hawk/ | Accipiter striatus |
| 62 | Bicolored Hawk | Astur bicolor |
| 63 | Double-toothed Kite | Harpagus bidentatus |
| 64 | Great Black Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga |
| 65 | Roadside Hawk | Rupornis magnirostris |
| 66 | Gray Hawk | Buteo plagiatus |
| 67 | /Broad-winged Hawk/ | Buteo platypterus |
| 68 | Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus |
| 69 | Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis |
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| 70 | Bare-shanked Screech-Owl | Megascops clarkii |
| 71 | Tropical Screech-Owl | Megascops choliba |
| 72 | Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata |
| 73 | Mottled Owl | Strix virgata |
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| 74 | Resplendent Quetzal | Pharomachrus mocinno |
| 75 | Slaty-tailed Trogon | Trogon massena |
| 76 | Black-headed Trogon | Trogon melanocephalus |
| 77 | Collared Trogon | Trogon collaris |
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| 78 | Lesson's Motmot | Momotus lessonii |
| 79 | Broad-billed Motmot | Electron platyrhynchum |
| 80 | Turquoise-browed Motmot | Eumomota superciliosa |
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| 81 | White-necked Puffbird | Notharchus hyperrhynchus |
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| 82 | Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda |
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| 83 | Red-headed Barbet | Eubucco bourcierii |
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| 84 | Prong-billed Barbet | Semnornis frantzii |
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| 85 | Northern Emerald-Toucanet | Aulacorhynchus prasinus |
| 86 | Yellow-throated Toucan | Ramphastos ambiguus |
| 87 | Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus |
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| 88 | Hoffmann's Woodpecker | Melanerpes hoffmannii |
| 89 | Hairy Woodpecker | Dryobates villosus |
| 90 | Smoky-brown Woodpecker | Dryobates fumigatus |
| 91 | Pale-billed Woodpecker | Campephilus guatemalensis |
| 92 | Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus |
| 93 | Golden-olive Woodpecker | Colaptes rubiginosus |
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| 94 | Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus |
| 95 | Barred Forest-Falcon | Micrastur ruficollis |
| 96 | Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway |
| 97 | Yellow-headed Caracara | Daptrius chimachima |
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| 98 | Red-fronted Parrotlet | Touit costaricensis |
| 99 | &Barred Parakeetl | Bolborhynchus lineola |
| 100 | Orange-chinned Parakeet | Brotogeris jugularis |
| 101 | Brown-hooded Parrot | Pyrilia haematotis |
| 102 | White-crowned Parrot | Pionus senilis |
| 103 | White-fronted Amazon | Amazona albifrons |
| 104 | Orange-fronted Parakeet | Eupsittula canicularis |
| 105 | Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao |
| 106 | Crimson-fronted Parakeet | Psittacara finschi |
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| 107 | Plain Antvireo | Dysithamnus mentalis |
| 108 | Slaty Antwren | Myrmotherula schisticolor |
| 109 | Dusky Antbird | Cercomacroides tyrannina |
| 110 | Chestnut-backed Antbird | Poliocrania exsul |
| 111 | Zeledon's Antbird | Hafferia zeledoni |
| 112 | Bicolored Antbird | Gymnopithys bicolor |
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| 113 | Scaled Antpitta | Grallaria guatimalensis |
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| 114 | Silvery-fronted Tapaculo | Scytalopus argentifrons |
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| 115 | Black-faced Antthrush | Formicarius analis |
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| 116 | Middle American Leaftosser | Sclerurus mexicanus |
| 117 | Gray-throated Leaftosser | Sclerurus albigularis |
| 118 | Olivaceous Woodcreeper | Sittasomus griseicapillus |
| 119 | Piping Woodcreeper | Deconychura typica |
| 120 | Ruddy Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla homochroa |
| 121 | Wedge-billed Woodcreeper | Glyphorynchus spirurus |
| 122 | Northern Barred-Woodcreeper | Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae |
| 123 | Black-banded Woodcreeper | Dendrocolaptes picumnus |
| 124 | Cocoa Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus susurrans |
| 125 | Spotted Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus erythropygius |
| 126 | Brown-billed Scythebill | Campylorhamphus pusillus |
| 127 | Streak-headed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes souleyetii |
| 128 | Northern Plain-Xenops | Xenops mexicanus |
| 129 | Buffy Tuftedcheek | Pseudocolaptes lawrencii |
| 130 | Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner | Anabacerthia variegaticeps |
| 131 | Lineated Foliage-gleaner | Syndactyla subalaris |
| 132 | Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner | Dendroma rufum |
| 133 | Streak-breasted Treehunter | Thripadectes rufobrunneus |
| 134 | Fawn-throated Foliage-gleaner | Automolus cervinigularis |
| 135 | Spotted Barbtail | Premnoplex brunnescens |
| 136 | Ruddy Treerunner | Margarornis rubiginosus |
| 137 | Red-faced Spinetail | Cranioleuca erythrops |
| 138 | Slaty Spinetail | Synallaxis brachyura |
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| 139 | Long-tailed Manakin | Chiroxiphia linearis |
| 140 | White-ruffed Manakin | Corapipo altera |
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| 141 | Bare-necked Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus glabricollis |
| 142 | Three-wattled Bellbird | Procnias tricarunculatus |
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| 143 | Black-crowned Tityra | Tityra inquisitor |
| 144 | Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata |
| 145 | Northern Schiffornis | Schiffornis veraepacis |
| 146 | Barred Becard | Pachyramphus versicolor |
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| 147 | White-throated Spadebill | Platyrinchus mystaceus |
| 148 | Olive-streaked Flycatcher | Mionectes olivaceus |
| 149 | Ochre-bellied Flycatcher | Mionectes oleagineus |
| 150 | Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant | Lophotriccus pileatus |
| 151 | Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum |
| 152 | Eye-ringed Flatbill | Rhynchocyclus brevirostris |
| 153 | Yellow-olive Flatbill | Tolmomyias sulphurescens |
| 154 | Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster |
| 155 | Mountain Elaenia | Elaenia frantzii |
| 156 | Mistletoe Tyrannulet | Zimmerius parvus |
| 157 | Tufted Flycatcher | Mitrephanes phaeocercus |
| 158 | |Olive-sided Flycatcher| | Contopus cooperi |
| 159 | Dark Pewee | Contopus lugubris |
| 160 | |Western Wood-Pewee| | Contopus sordidulus |
| 161 | Northern Tropical Pewee | Contopus bogotensis |
| 162 | |Eastern Wood-Pewee| | Contopus virens |
| 163 | /Yellow-bellied Flycatcher/ | Empidonax flaviventris |
| 164 | Yellowish Flycatcher | Empidonax flavescens |
| 165 | Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans |
| 166 | Bright-rumped Attila | Attila spadiceus |
| 167 | Rufous Mourner | Rhytipterna holerythra |
| 168 | Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer |
| 169 | Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus |
| 170 | Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarynchus pitangua |
| 171 | Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similis |
| 172 | Golden-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes hemichrysus |
| 173 | Streaked Flycatcher | Myiodynastes maculatus |
| 174 | Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes luteiventris |
| 175 | (Piratic Flycatcher) | Legatus leucophaius |
| 176 | Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus |
| 177 | /Western Kingbird/ | Tyrannus verticalis |
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| 178 | Rufous-browed Peppershrike | Cyclarhis gujanensis |
| 179 | Green Shrike-Vireo | Vireolanius pulchellus |
| 180 | Tawny-crowned Greenlet | Tunchironis ochraceiceps |
| 181 | Lesser Greenlet | Pachysilvia decurtata |
| 182 | /Yellow-throated Vireo/ | Vireo flavifrons |
| 183 | Brown-capped Vireo | Vireo leucophrys |
| 184 | /Philadelphia Vireo/ | Vireo philadelphicus |
| 185 | |Red-eyed Vireo| | Vireo olivaceus |
| 186 | Yellow-green Vireo | Vireo flavoviridis |
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| 187 | Azure-hooded Jay | Cyanolyca cucullata |
| 188 | White-throated Magpie-Jay | Cyanocorax formosa |
| 189 | Brown Jay | Cyanocorax morio |
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| 190 | /Tree Swallow/ | Tachycineta bicolor |
| 191 | Gray-breasted Martin | Progne chalybea |
| 192 | Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| 193 | Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis |
| 194 | Blue-and-white Swallow | Pygochelidon cyanoleuca |
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| 195 | Long-billed Gnatwren | Ramphocaenus melanurus |
| 196 | White-browed Gnatcatcher | Polioptila bilineata |
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| 197 | Nightingale Wren | Microcerculus philomela |
| 198 | Southern House Wren | Troglodytes musculus |
| 199 | Ochraceous Wren | Troglodytes ochraceus |
| 200 | Rufous-backed Wren | Campylorhynchus capistratus |
| 201 | Rufous-breasted Wren | Pheugopedius rutilus |
| 202 | Rufous-and-white Wren | Thryophilus rufalbus |
| 203 | Cabanis's Wren | Cantorchilus modestus |
| 204 | White-breasted Wood-Wren | Henicorhina leucosticta |
| 205 | Gray-breasted Wood-Wren | Henicorhina leucophrys |
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| 206 | Black-faced Solitaire | Myadestes melanops |
| 207 | Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus aurantiirostris |
| 208 | Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus fuscater |
| 209 | Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus frantzii |
| 210 | Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus mexicanus |
| 211 | |Swainson's Thrush| | Catharus ustulatus |
| 212 | /Wood Thrush/ | Hylocichla mustelina |
| 213 | Mountain Thrush | Turdus plebejus |
| 214 | White-throated Thrush | Turdus assimilis |
| 215 | Pale-vented Thrush | Turdus obsoletus |
| 216 | Clay-colored Thrush | Turdus grayi |
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| 217 | Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher | Phainoptila melanoxantha |
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| 218 | House Sparrow | Passer domesticus |
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| 219 | Elegant Euphonia | Chlorophonia elegantissima |
| 220 | Golden-browed Chlorophonia | Chlorophonia callophrys |
| 221 | Scrub Euphonia | Euphonia affinis |
| 222 | Yellow-crowned Euphonia | Euphonia luteicapilla |
| 223 | Yellow-throated Euphonia | Euphonia hirundinacea |
| 224 | Tawny-capped Euphonia | Euphonia anneae |
| 225 | Lesser Goldfinch | Spinus psaltria |
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| 226 | Sooty-capped Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus pileatus |
| 227 | Common Chlorospingus | Chlorospingus flavopectus |
| 228 | Olive Sparrow | Arremonops rufivirgatus |
| 229 | Chestnut-capped Brushfinch | Arremon brunneinucha |
| 230 | Sooty-faced Finch | Arremon crassirostris |
| 231 | Rufous-collared Sparrow | Zonotrichia capensis |
| 232 | White-eared Ground-Sparrow | Melozone leucotis |
| 233 | White-naped Brushfinch | Atlapetes albinucha |
| 234 | Yellow-thighed Brushfinch | Atlapetes tibialis |
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| 235 | Eastern Meadowlark | Sturnella magna |
| 236 | Montezuma Oropendola | Psarocolius montezuma |
| 237 | Streak-backed Oriole | Icterus pustulatus |
| 238 | /Baltimore Oriole/ | Icterus galbula |
| 239 | Red-winged Blackbird | Agelaius phoeniceus |
| 240 | Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus |
| 241 | Melodious Blackbird | Dives dives |
| 242 | Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus |
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| 243 | /Ovenbird/ | Seiurus aurocapilla |
| 244 | /Worm-eating Warbler/ | Helmitheros vermivorum |
| 245 | /Louisiana Waterthrush/ | Parkesia motacilla |
| 246 | /Northern Waterthrush/ | Parkesia noveboracensis |
| 247 | /Golden-winged Warbler/ | Vermivora chrysoptera |
| 248 | Black-and-white Warbler | Mniotilta varia |
| 249 | /Tennessee Warbler/ | Leiothlypis peregrina |
| 250 | Gray-crowned Yellowthroat | Geothlypis poliocephala |
| 251 | /Mourning Warbler/ | Geothlypis philadelphia |
| 252 | /Kentucky Warbler/ | Geothlypis formosa |
| 253 | Olive-crowned Yellowthroat | Geothlypis semiflava |
| 254 | Cerulean Warbler | Setophaga cerulea |
| 255 | Tropical Parula | Setophaga pitiayumi |
| 256 | /Blackburnian Warbler/ | Setophaga fusca |
| 257 | /Yellow Warbler/ | Setophaga petechia |
| 258 | /Chestnut-sided Warbler/ | Setophaga pensylvanica |
| 259 | /Townsend's Warbler/ | Setophaga townsendi |
| 260 | Hermit Warbler | Setophaga occidentalis |
| 261 | /Black-throated Green Warbler/ | Setophaga virens |
| 262 | Chestnut-capped Warbler | Basileuterus delattrii |
| 263 | Golden-crowned Warbler | Basileuterus culicivorus |
| 264 | Costa Rican Warbler | Basileuterus melanotis |
| 265 | Buff-rumped Warbler | Myiothlypis fulvicauda |
| 266 | Wilson's Warbler | Cardellina pusilla |
| 267 | Slate-throated Redstart | Myioborus miniatus |
| 268 | Collared Redstart | Myioborus torquatus |
| 269 | Wrenthrush | Zeledonia coronata |
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| 270 | Hepatic Tanager | Piranga flava |
| 271 | /Summer Tanager/ | Piranga rubra |
| 272 | White-winged Tanager | Piranga leucoptera |
| 273 | Red-crowned Ant-Tanager | Habia rubica |
| 274 | Carmiol's Tanager | Chlorothraupis carmioli |
| 275 | Black-thighed Grosbeak | Pheucticus tibialis |
| 276 | /Rose-breasted Grosbeak/ | Pheucticus ludovicianus |
| 277 | Blue Grosbeak | Passerina caerulea |
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| 278 | Gray-headed Tanager | Eucometis penicillata |
| 279 | Scarlet-rumped Tanager | Ramphocelus passerinii |
| 280 | Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus |
| 281 | Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum |
| 282 | Golden-hooded Tanager | Stilpnia larvata |
| 283 | Spangle-cheeked Tanager | Tangara dowii |
| 284 | Bay-headed Tanager | Tangara gyrola |
| 285 | Silver-throated Tanager | Tangara icterocephala |
| 286 | Scarlet-thighed Dacnis | Dacnis venusta |
| 287 | Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana |
| 288 | Shining Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes lucidus |
| 289 | Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus |
| 290 | Green Honeycreeper | Chlorophanes spiza |
| 291 | Slaty Flowerpiercer | Diglossa plumbea |
| 292 | &Peg-billed Finchl | Acanthidops bairdi |
| 293 | Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina |
| 294 | Morelet's Seedeater | Sporophila morelleti |
| 295 | Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| 296 | Yellow-faced Grassquit | Tiaris olivaceus |
| 297 | Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus |
| 298 | Black-headed Saltator | Saltator atriceps |
| 299 | Cinnamon-bellied Saltator | Saltator grandis |
*Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.
OTHER LOCALES
PRESENCE CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| // | Boreal Visitor | 25 |
| \\ | Austral Visitor | 0 |
| || | Transient | 5 |
| ## | Non-breeding Dispersal | 0 |
| <> | Erratic/Irregular | 2 |
| () | Breeding Season Only | 1 |
| {} | Casual/Vagrant | 1 |
| [] | Accidental | 0 |
STATUS CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| NT | Near Threatened | 11 |
| V | Vulnerable | 2 |
| EN | Endangered | 1 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 0 |
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.