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COSTA RICA

Area (SqMi):19,730
# Species:883
# Excl Vagrants:814
# Endemics:11
# Near Endemics:78
Species/1000 SqMi:41.3

List of species 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
2Fulvous Whistling-DuckDendrocygna bicolorRR 
3Masked DuckNomonyx dominicusLC 
4Plain ChachalacaOrtalis vetulaRR 
5White-bellied ChachalacaOrtalis leucogastraRR 
6Crested GuanPenelope purpurascens NT
7Black GuanChamaepetes unicolorNE 
8Great CurassowCrax rubraLCV
9Tawny-faced QuailRhynchortyx cinctusLCNT
10Buffy-crowned Wood-PartridgeDendrortyx leucophrysLC 
11Crested BobwhiteColinus cristatusRR 
12Marbled Wood-QuailOdontophorus gujanensisRR 
13Black-eared Wood-QuailOdontophorus melanotisLCNT
14Black-breasted Wood-QuailOdontophorus leucolaemusNE 
15Maroon-chested Ground DoveParaclaravis mondetouraLC 
16Violaceous Quail-DoveGeotrygon violaceaLC 
17Buff-fronted Quail-DoveZentrygon costaricensisNE 
18Purplish-backed Quail-DoveZentrygon lawrenciiNE 
19Chiriqui Quail-DoveZentrygon chiriquensisNE 
20Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga aniRR 
21Lesser Ground-CuckooMorococcyx erythropygusRR 
22Rufous-vented Ground-CuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi V
23Cocos CuckooCoccyzus ferrugineusEV
24White-tailed NightjarHydropsalis cayennensisLC 
25/Chuck-will's-widow/Antrostomus carolinensis NT
26Rufous NightjarAntrostomus rufusLC 
27Dusky NightjarAntrostomus saturatusNE 
28Black SwiftCypseloides niger V
29Costa Rican SwiftChaetura fumosaNE 
30|Chimney Swift|Chaetura pelagica V
31Brown VioletearColibri delphinaeLC 
32Veraguan MangoAnthracothorax veraguensisNE 
33Black-crested CoquetteLophornis helenaeRR 
34<White-crested Coquette>Lophornis adorabilisNE 
35Talamanca HummingbirdEugenes spectabilisNE 
36Plain-capped StarthroatHeliomaster constantiiRR 
37Fiery-throated HummingbirdPanterpe insignisNE 
38White-bellied Mountain-gemLampornis hemileucusNE 
39Purple-throated Mountain-gemLampornis calolaemusNE 
40White-throated Mountain-gemLampornis castaneoventrisE 
41Magenta-throated WoodstarPhilodice bryantaeNE 
42Volcano HummingbirdSelasphorus flammulaNE 
43Scintillant HummingbirdSelasphorus scintillaNE 
44Garden EmeraldChlorostilbon assimilisNE 
45SnowcapMicrochera albocoronataLC 
46Coppery-headed EmeraldMicrochera cupreicepsE 
47White-tailed EmeraldMicrochera chionuraNE 
48Stripe-tailed HummingbirdEupherusa eximiaRR 
49Black-bellied HummingbirdEupherusa nigriventrisNE 
50Snowy-bellied HummingbirdSaucerottia edwardNE 
51Mangrove HummingbirdAmazilia boucardiEEN
52Charming HummingbirdPolyerata decoraNE 
53Rufous-necked Wood-RailAramides axillarisRR 
54Yellow-breasted CrakeHapalocrex flaviventerLC 
55Black RailLaterallus jamaicensis EN
56SungrebeHeliornis fulicaLC 
57LimpkinAramus guaraunaRR 
58Double-striped Thick-kneeHesperoburhinus bistriatusRR 
59Collared PloverAnarhynchus collarisLC 
60/Red Knot/Calidris canutus NT
61|Buff-breasted Sandpiper|Calidris subruficollis NT
62/Semipalmated Sandpiper/Calidris pusilla NT
63/Elegant Tern/Thalasseus elegans NT
64Leach's Storm-PetrelHydrobates leucorhoa V
65Markham's Storm-PetrelHydrobates markhami NT
66Galapagos PetrelPterodroma phaeopygia CR
67Parkinson's PetrelProcellaria parkinsoni V
68Pink-footed ShearwaterArdenna creatopus V
69Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseus NT
70JabiruJabiru mycteriaRR 
71Fasciated Tiger-HeronTigrisoma fasciatumLC 
72Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochleariusLC 
73Agami HeronAgamia agamiLCV
74Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatusLC 
75/Reddish Egret/Egretta rufescens NT
76Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianusRR 
77Gray-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensisLC 
78Crested EagleMorphnus guianensis NT
79Harpy EagleHarpia harpyja V
80Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus NT
81Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalisRR 
82Solitary EagleButeogallus solitariusLCNT
83Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctusRR 
84Choco Screech-Owl**Megascops centalisRR 
85Costa Rican Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium costaricanumNE 
86Striped OwlAsio clamatorLC 
87Unspotted Saw-whet OwlAegolius ridgwayiRR 
88Resplendent QuetzalPharomachrus mocinno NT
89Lattice-tailed TrogonTrogon clathratusNE 
90Baird's TrogonTrogon bairdiiNENT
91Elegant TrogonTrogon elegansRR 
92Tody MotmotHylomanes momotulaLC 
93Keel-billed MotmotElectron carinatumLCV
94Turquoise-browed MotmotEumomota superciliosaRR 
95Pied PuffbirdNotharchus tectusRR 
96Great JacamarJacamerops aureusRR 
97Prong-billed BarbetSemnornis frantziiNE 
98Fiery-billed AracariPteroglossus frantziiNE 
99Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus NT
100Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus NT
101Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorusRR 
102Golden-naped WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysauchenNE 
103Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillusRR 
104Hairy WoodpeckerDryobates villosusRR 
105Red-rumped WoodpeckerDryobates kirkiiLC 
106Crested CaracaraCaracara cheriwayRR 
107Red-fronted ParrotletTouit costaricensisNENT
108Yellow-naped ParrotAmazona auropalliataRRCR
109White-fronted ParrotAmazona albifronsRR 
110Sulphur-winged ParakeetPyrrhura hoffmanniNE 
111Olive-throated ParakeetEupsittula nana NT
112Orange-fronted ParakeetEupsittula canicularisRRV
113Brown-throated ParakeetEupsittula pertinaxRR 
114Great Green MacawAra ambiguusLCCR
115Scarlet MacawAra macaoRR 
116Rufous-rumped AntwrenEuchrepomis callinotaLC 
117Black-hooded AntshrikeThamnophilus bridgesiNE 
118Spot-crowned AntvireoDysithamnus puncticepsRR 
119Dull-mantled AntbirdSipia laemostictaNE 
120Black-crowned AntpittaPittasoma michleriRR 
121Ochre-breasted AntpittaGrallaricula flavirostris NT
122Silvery-fronted TapaculoScytalopus argentifronsNE 
123Black-headed AntthrushFormicarius nigricapillusRR 
124Gray-throated LeaftosserSclerurus albigularis NT
125Tawny-winged WoodcreeperDendrocincla anabatinaRR 
126Ivory-billed WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus flavigasterRR 
127Buffy TuftedcheekPseudocolaptes lawrenciiNE 
128Ruddy Foliage-gleanerClibanornis rubiginosusLC 
129Streak-breasted TreehunterThripadectes rufobrunneusNE 
130Chiriqui Foliage-gleanerAutomolus exsertusNE 
131Ruddy TreerunnerMargarornis rubiginosusNE 
132Pale-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albescensRR 
133Lance-tailed ManakinChiroxiphia lanceolataRR 
134Velvety ManakinLepidothrix velutinaRR 
135Orange-collared ManakinManacus aurantiacusNE 
136Bare-necked UmbrellabirdCephalopterus glabricollisNEEN
137Lovely CotingaCotinga amabilisLC 
138<Turquoise Cotinga>Cotinga ridgwayiNEV
139Three-wattled BellbirdProcnias tricarunculatus V
140<Yellow-billed Cotinga>Carpodectes antoniaeNENT
141Speckled MournerLaniocera rufescensLC 
142SharpbillOxyruncus cristatusLC 
143Tropical Royal-FlycatcherOnychorhynchus coronatusE 
144Black-tailed FlycatcherMyiobius atricaudusLC 
145Gray-headed PipritesPiprites griseicepsLC 
146Stub-tailed SpadebillPlatyrinchus cancrominusRR 
147Olive-streaked FlycatcherMionectes olivaceusNE 
148Sepia-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon amaurocephalusLC 
149Rufous-browed TyrannuletPhylloscartes superciliarisLC 
150Northern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbeRR 
151Southern Beardless-TyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletumRR 
152Cocos TyrannuletNesotriccus ridgwayiEV
153Yellow-crowned TyrannuletTyrannulus elatusRR 
154Lesser ElaeniaElaenia chiriquensisRR 
155Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatusRR 
156Tawny-chested FlycatcherAphanotriccus capitalisNEV
157|Olive-sided Flycatcher|Contopus cooperi NT
158Ochraceous PeweeContopus ochraceusNE 
159Dark PeweeContopus lugubrisNE 
160Black-capped FlycatcherEmpidonax atricepsNE 
161Panama FlycatcherMyiarchus panamensisRR 
162Nutting's FlycatcherMyiarchus nuttingiRR 
163Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulusRR 
164Rusty-margined FlycatcherMyiozetetes cayanensisRR 
165Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savanaLC 
166Scrub GreenletHylophilus flavipesRR 
167Mangrove VireoVireo pallensRR 
168Yellow-winged VireoVireo carmioliNE 
169Silvery-throated JayCyanolyca argentigulaNE 
170White-throated Magpie-JayCalocitta formosaRR 
171Black-chested JayCyanocorax affinisRR 
172White-lored GnatcatcherPolioptila albilorisRR 
173Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletusRR 
174Nightingale WrenMicrocerculus philomelaRR 
175Scaly-breasted WrenMicrocerculus marginatusRR 
176Ochraceous WrenTroglodytes ochraceusNE 
177Timberline WrenThryorchilus browniNE 
178Grass WrenCistothorus platensisLC 
179Rufous-naped WrenCampylorhynchus rufinuchaRR 
180Black-bellied WrenPheugopedius fasciatoventrisRR 
181Rufous-breasted WrenPheugopedius rutilusRR 
182Spot-breasted WrenPheugopedius maculipectusRR 
183Banded WrenThryophilus pleurostictusRR 
184Rufous-and-white WrenThryophilus rufalbusRR 
185Isthmian WrenCantorchilus elutusNE 
186Riverside WrenCantorchilus semibadiusNE 
187Black-faced SolitaireMyadestes melanopsNE 
188Black-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus gracilirostrisNE 
189Sooty ThrushTurdus nigrescensNE 
190Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcherPhainoptila melanoxanthaNE 
191Long-tailed Silky-flycatcherPtiliogonys caudatusNE 
192Golden-browed ChlorophoniaChlorophonia callophrysNE 
193Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinisRR 
194Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostrisRR 
195Spot-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia imitansNE 
196<Yellow-bellied Siskin>Spinus xanthogastrusRR 
197Rosy Thrush-TanagerRhodinocichla roseaLC 
198Ashy-throated ChlorospingusChlorospingus canigularisLC 
199Sooty-capped ChlorospingusChlorospingus pileatusNE 
200Stripe-headed SparrowPeucaea ruficaudaRR 
201Botteri's SparrowPeucaea botteriiLC 
202Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarumRR 
203Olive SparrowArremonops rufivirgatusRR 
204Costa Rican BrushfinchArremon costaricensisNE 
205Sooty-faced FinchArremon crassirostrisNE 
206Volcano JuncoJunco vulcaniNE 
207Large-footed FinchPezopetes capitalisNE 
208Cabanis's Ground-SparrowMelozone cabanisiENT
209Rusty SparrowAimophila rufescensLC 
210Yellow-thighed BrushfinchAtlapetes tibialisNE 
211Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna NT
212Red-breasted MeadowlarkLeistes militarisRR 
213Crested OropendolaPsarocolius decumanusRR 
214Yellow-tailed OrioleIcterus mesomelasLC 
215Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatusRR 
216Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralisLC 
217Nicaraguan GrackleQuiscalus nicaraguensisNE 
218/Golden-winged Warbler/Vermivora chrysoptera NT
219Flame-throated WarblerOreothlypis gutturalisNE 
220Chiriqui Yellowthroat**Geothlypis chiriquensisNE 
221Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea NT
222/Golden-cheeked Warbler/Setophaga chrysoparia EN
223Black-cheeked WarblerBasileuterus melanogenysNE 
224Costa Rican WarblerBasileuterus melanotisNE 
225Collared RedstartMyioborus torquatusNE 
226WrenthrushZeledonia coronataNE 
227Black-cheeked Ant-TanagerHabia atrimaxillarisENT
228Black-thighed GrosbeakPheucticus tibialisNE 
229Blue SeedeaterAmaurospiza concolorLC 
230/Painted Bunting/Passerina cirisLC 
231White-throated Shrike-TanagerLanio leucothorax NT
232Blue-and-gold TanagerBangsia arcaeiNENT
233Spangle-cheeked TanagerTangara dowiiNE 
234Rufous-winged TanagerTangara laviniaRR 
235Sulphur-rumped TanagerHeterospingus rubrifronsNE 
236Black-and-yellow TanagerChrysothlypis chrysomelasNE 
237Slaty FlowerpiercerDiglossa plumbeaNE 
238<Slaty Finch>Haplospiza rusticaRR 
239<Peg-billed Finch>Acanthidops bairdiNE 
240Wedge-tailed Grass-FinchEmberizoides herbicolaRR 
241Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minutaLC 
242Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollisLC 
243Cocos FinchPinaroloxias inornataE 
244Streaked SaltatorSaltator striatipectusRR 

 

 *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.

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DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic11
LCLocal46
NENear Endemic78
RRRestricted Range77

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened9
VVulnerable8
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.