Costa Rica
Below is a list of species that are possible to photograph on this tour. This list is a culmination of my photographic opportunities I have experienced over the years while operating this tour. This list is solely to provide you with a general idea but does not guarantee photographic opportunities. Every year is different and exciting!
SPECIES:
Anhinga
Neotropic Cormorant
Magnificent Frigatebird
Brown Pelican
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Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Double-striped Thick-knee
Black-necked Stilt
Southern Lapwing
Collared Plover
Northern Jacana
Whimbrel
Spotted Sandpiper
Jabiru
Wood Stork
Green Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Rufescent Tiger Heron
Bare-throated Tiger Heron
Fasciated Tiger Heron
Boat-billed Heron
Agami Heron
Yellow-crowned Night Heron
Little Blue Heron
Tricolored Heron
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Great Egret
Russet-naped Woodrail
Gray-cowled Woodrail
White-throated Crake
Sunbittern
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Gray-headed Chachalaca
Crested Guan
Great Currasow
Black Guan
Spotted Wood Quail
Pale-vented Pigeon
Red-billed Pigeon
Band-tailed Pigeon
Ruddy Ground Dove
White-tipped Dove
Gray-headed Dove
King Vulture
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Pearl Kite
Common Black Hawk
Roadside Hawk
Laughing Falcon
Crested Caracara
Yellow-headed Caracara
Bat Flacon
Bare-shanked Screech Owl
Pacific Screech Owl
Crested Owl
Spectacled Owl
Central American Pygmy Owl
Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
Black-and-white Owl
Unspotted Saw Wet Owl
Common Paraque
Dusky Nightjar
White-necked Jacobin
White-tipped Sicklebill
Green Hermit
Long-billed Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
Lesser Violetear
Green Thorntail
Black-crested Coquette
White-crested Coquette
Green-crowned Brilliant
Talamanca Hummingbird
Fiery-throated Hummingbird
White-throated Mountain Gem
Volcano Hummingbird
Scintillant Hummingbird
Violet-headed Hummingbird
Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer
Violet Sabrewing
Crowned Woodnymph
Snowcap
Coppery-headed Emerald
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
Black-bellied Hummingbird
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Blue-throated Goldentail
White-collared Swift
Mangrove Swallow
Blue-and-white Swallow
Groove-billed Ani
Striped Cuckoo
Lesser Ground Cuckoo
Squirrel Cuckoo
Orange-chinned Parakeet
Brown-hooded Parrot
White-crowned Parrot
Red-lored Amazon
Yellow-naped Amazon
Mealy Amazon
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Great Green Macaw
Scarlet Macaw
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
Resplendent Quetzal
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Black-headed Trogon
Gartered Trogon
Northern Black-throated Trogon
Collared Trogon
White-necked Puffbird
White-whiskered Puffbird
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
Tody Motmot
Lesson’s Motmot
Rufous Motmot
Keel-billed Motmot
Broad-billed Motmot
Turquoise-browed Motmot
Ringed Kingfisher
Belted Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
Red-headed Barbet
Prong-billed Barbet
Northern Emerald Toucanet
Collared Aracari
Yellow-throated Toucan
Keel-biled Toucan
Acorn Woodpecker
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Golden-naped Woodpecker
Red-crowned Woodpecker
Hairy Woodpecker
Smoky-brown Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Chestnut-colored Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
White-throated Magpie Jay
Olivaceous Woodcreeper
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Northern Barred Woodcreeper
Cocoa Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
Spotted Woodcreeper
Black-striped Woodcreeper
Buffy Tuftedcheek
Ruddy Treerunner
Fasciated Antshrike
Barred Antshrike
Great Antshrike
Black-crowned Antshrike
Dot-winged Antwern
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Dusky Antbird
Black-faced Antthrush
Streak-chested Antpitta
Three-wattled Bellbird
Rufous Piha
Long-tailed Manakin
White-collared Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
Tropical Royal Flycatcher
Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher
Black-crowned Titrya
Masked Tityra
Cinnamon Becard
Common Tody Flycatcher
Mountain Elaenia
Mistletoe Tyrannulet
Tufted Flycatcher
Black-capped Flycatcher
Yellowish Flycatcher
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Social Flycatcher
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Black-billed Nightingale Thrush
Ruddy-capped Nightingale Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
Sooty Thrush
Black-and-yellow Silky Flycatcher
Long-tailed Silky Flycatcher
Northern House Wren
Flame-throated Warbler
Black-cheeked Warbler
Buff-rumped Warbler
Collared Redstart
Wrenthrush
Sooty-capped Chlorospingus
Common Chlorospingus
Orange-billed Sparrow
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Large-footed Finch
White-eared Ground Sparrow
Yellow-thighed Brush Finch
Golden-browed Chlorophonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Thick-billed Euphonia
Olive-backed Euphonia
Tawny-capped Euphonia
Hepatic Tanager
Summer Tanager
Flame-colored Tanager
Rose-breasted Grosbeak
Crimson-collared Tanager
Blue-and-gold Tanager
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Yellow-winged Tanager
Palm Tanager
Speckled Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Spangle-cheeked Tanager
Plain-colored Tanager
Bay-headed Tanager
Emerald Tanager
Silver-throated Tanager
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Shining Honeycreeper
Green Honeycreeper
Slaty Flowerpiercer
Variable Seedeater
Morelet’s Seedeater
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Buff-throated Saltator
Black-headed Saltator
Montezuma Oropendola
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Black-cowled Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Spot-breasted Oriole