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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

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