COSTA RICA BIRDING TRIP REPORT
TRIP REPORT
COSTA RICA
| Start: | 03/15/2017 |
| End: | 04/05/2017 |
| Duration: | 22 days |
| #Species: | 411 |
| #Endemics: | 50 |
| #Heard Only: | 18 |
2017 Costa Rica Scouting Trip
TARGET BIRDS FOR TOUR
List of target birds for locations visited on this tour. Target birds are those that are endemic, near endemic, critically endangered or endangered according to the IUCN, best seen in this country, or always considered by us to be a target. Species seen are those with location codes associated with them.*
| 1 | Highland Tinamou | Nothocercus bonapartei | |
| 2 | Little Tinamou | Crypturellus soui | Y |
| 3 | Slaty-breasted Tinamou | Crypturellus boucardi | |
| 4 | Thicket Tinamou | Crypturellus cinnamomeus | |
| 5 | Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge | Dendrortyx leucophrys | |
| 6 | Black-breasted Wood-Quail | Odontophorus leucolaemus | |
| 7 | Bicolored Hawk | Astur bicolor | |
| 8 | Yellow-breasted Crake | Laterallus flaviventer | Y |
| 9 | White-throated Crake | Laterallus albigularis | Y |
| 10 | Gray-breasted Crake | Laterallus exilis | |
| 11 | Rufous-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides axillaris | |
| 12 | Uniform Crake | Amaurolimnas concolor | Y |
| 13 | Violaceous Quail-Dove | Geotrygon violacea | |
| 14 | Olive-backed Quail-Dove | Leptotrygon veraguensis | |
| 15 | Gray-chested Dove | Leptotila cassinii | Y |
| 16 | Buff-fronted Quail-Dove | Zentrygon costaricensis | Y |
| 17 | Purplish-backed Quail-Dove | Zentrygon lawrencii | |
| 18 | Chiriqui Quail-Dove | Zentrygon chiriquensis | |
| 19 | Lesser Ground-Cuckoo | Morococcyx erythropygus | Y |
| 20 | Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo | Neomorphus geoffroyi | |
| 21 | Pacific Screech-Owl | Megascops cooperi | Y |
| 22 | Bare-shanked Screech-Owl | Megascops clarkii | |
| 23 | Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium costaricanum | |
| 24 | Central American Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium griseiceps | Y |
| 25 | Striped Owl | Asio clamator | Y |
| 26 | Unspotted Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius ridgwayi | |
| 27 | Dusky Nightjar | Antrostomus saturatus | Y |
| 28 | Northern Potoo | Nyctibius jamaicensis | |
| 29 | Spot-fronted Swift | Cypseloides cherriei | Y |
| 30 | Costa Rican Swift | Chaetura fumosa | Y |
| 31 | Band-tailed Barbthroat | Threnetes ruckeri | Y |
| 32 | Plain-capped Starthroat | Heliomaster constantii | Y |
| 33 | Stripe-tailed Hummingbird | Eupherusa eximia | Y |
| 34 | Mangrove Hummingbird | Chrysuronia boucardi | Y |
| 35 | Cinnamon Hummingbird | Amazilia rutila | Y |
| 36 | Lanceolated Monklet | Micromonacha lanceolata | |
| 37 | Yellow-eared Toucanet | Selenidera spectabilis | |
| 38 | Olivaceous Piculet | Picumnus olivaceus | Y |
| 39 | Rufous-winged Woodpecker | Piculus simplex | |
| 40 | Cinnamon Woodpecker | Celeus loricatus | Y |
| 41 | Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon | Micrastur mirandollei | |
| 42 | Red-fronted Parrotlet | Touit costaricensis | |
| 43 | Barred Parakeet | Bolborhynchus lineola | Y |
| 44 | Orange-fronted Parakeet | Eupsittula canicularis | Y |
| 45 | Rufous-rumped Antwren | Euchrepomis callinota | |
| 46 | Streak-crowned Antvireo | Dysithamnus striaticeps | Y |
| 47 | Checker-throated Stipplethroat | Epinecrophylla fulviventris | Y |
| 48 | Bare-crowned Antbird | Gymnocichla nudiceps | |
| 49 | Spotted Antbird | Hylophylax naevioides | Y |
| 50 | Ocellated Antbird | Phaenostictus mcleannani | |
| 51 | Black-crowned Antpitta | Pittasoma michleri | |
| 52 | Thicket Antpitta | Myrmothera dives | Y |
| 53 | Ochre-breasted Antpitta | Grallaricula flavirostris | |
| 54 | Silvery-fronted Tapaculo | Scytalopus argentifrons | Y |
| 55 | Black-headed Antthrush | Formicarius nigricapillus | |
| 56 | South American Leaftosser | Sclerurus obscurior | |
| 57 | Scaly-throated Leaftosser | Sclerurus guatemalensis | Y |
| 58 | Gray-throated Leaftosser | Sclerurus albigularis | |
| 59 | Ruddy Woodcreeper | Dendrocincla homochroa | |
| 60 | Brown-billed Scythebill | Campylorhamphus pusillus | |
| 61 | Ruddy Foliage-gleaner | Clibanornis rubiginosus | |
| 62 | Streak-breasted Treehunter | Thripadectes rufobrunneus | Y |
| 63 | Pale-breasted Spinetail | Synallaxis albescens | |
| 64 | Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet | Ornithion semiflavum | Y |
| 65 | Rufous-browed Tyrannulet | Phylloscartes superciliaris | |
| 66 | Northern Scrub-Flycatcher | Sublegatus arenarum | |
| 67 | Northern Bentbill | Oncostoma cinereigulare | Y |
| 68 | Stub-tailed Spadebill | Platyrinchus cancrominus | Y |
| 69 | Nutting's Flycatcher | Myiarchus nuttingi | Y |
| 70 | Golden-crowned Flycatcher | Myiodynastes chrysocephalus | |
| 71 | Bare-necked Umbrellabird | Cephalopterus glabricollis | Y |
| 72 | Lovely Cotinga | Cotinga amabilis | |
| 73 | Three-wattled Bellbird | Procnias tricarunculatus | Y |
| 74 | Yellow-billed Cotinga | Carpodectes antoniae | Y |
| 75 | Snowy Cotinga | Carpodectes nitidus | |
| 76 | White-ruffed Manakin | Corapipo altera | Y |
| 77 | Speckled Mourner | Laniocera rufescens | |
| 78 | Green Shrike-Vireo | Vireolanius pulchellus | Y |
| 79 | Silvery-throated Jay | Cyanolyca argentigula | |
| 80 | Azure-hooded Jay | Cyanolyca cucullata | |
| 81 | White-throated Magpie-Jay | Cyanocorax formosa | Y |
| 82 | Nightingale Wren | Microcerculus philomela | Y |
| 83 | Black-throated Wren | Pheugopedius atrogularis | Y |
| 84 | Banded Wren | Thryophilus pleurostictus | Y |
| 85 | Stripe-breasted Wren | Cantorchilus thoracicus | Y |
| 86 | Canebrake Wren | Cantorchilus zeledoni | Y |
| 87 | Isthmian Wren | Cantorchilus elutus | Y |
| 88 | White-lored Gnatcatcher | Polioptila albiloris | Y |
| 89 | Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus aurantiirostris | Y |
| 90 | Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush | Catharus mexicanus | Y |
| 91 | Pale-vented Thrush | Turdus obsoletus | Y |
| 92 | Gray-crowned Yellowthroat | Geothlypis poliocephala | Y |
| 93 | Wrenthrush | Zeledonia coronata | Y |
| 94 | White-throated Shrike-Tanager | Lanio leucothorax | Y |
| 95 | Emerald Tanager | Tangara florida | Y |
| 96 | Peg-billed Finch | Acanthidops bairdi | Y |
| 97 | Nicaraguan Seed-Finch | Sporophila nuttingi | Y |
| 98 | Rosy Thrush-Tanager | Rhodinocichla rosea | |
| 99 | Stripe-headed Sparrow | Peucaea ruficauda | Y |
| 100 | Costa Rican Brushfinch | Arremon costaricensis | |
| 101 | Sooty-faced Finch | Arremon crassirostris | Y |
| 102 | Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager | Driophlox atrimaxillaris | Y |
| 103 | Nicaraguan Grackle | Quiscalus nicaraguensis | Y |
| 104 | Spot-breasted Oriole | Icterus pectoralis | Y |
| 105 | Scrub Euphonia | Euphonia affinis | Y |
*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.
BIRDING LOCALES
REASON CODES
| Code | Description | ## |
| E | Endemic | 5 |
| NE | Near Endemic | 76 |
| CR | Critically Endangered | 1 |
| EN | Endangered | 0 |
| BC | Best Seen in This Country | 7 |
| AT | Always a Target | 5 |
Reason codes indicate the reason a species is included on our target birds list.