Connie Sandlin
01-04-2008, 10:05 PM
The species list below is mine and may increase a little as I continue to review the hundreds of photos my husband and I took and cross-check with my fellow-birders to refresh my memory. The species in CAPS are life-list birds for me. Also, I know that Marcy Brown Marsden had additional species that I didn't see, including Red-capped Manakin. The bird list is pretty much in taxonomic order, but I may have a few in the wrong order.
Anyway, here's my list, and I had a great time seeing these birds in Costa Rica. I also got a few spectacular photos, but that's another post.
1 CRESTED GUAN
2 Anhinga
3 Neotropic Cormorant
4 Wood Stork
5 Little Blue Heron
6 Snowy Egret
7 Great Egret
8 Cattle Egret
9 Green Heron
10 Yellow-crowned Night Heron
11 White Ibis
12 GREEN IBIS
13 Black Vulture
14 Turkey Vulture
15 LESSER YELLOW-HEADED VULTURE
16 SNAIL KITE
17 WHITE HAWK
18 Gray Hawk
19 ROADSIDE HAWK
20 BAT FALCON
21 Crested Caracara
22 LAUGHING FALCON (heard)
23 Northern Jacana
24 Spotted Sandpiper
25 Rock Pigeon
26 Pale-vented Pigeon
27 Red-billed Pigeon
28 White-winged Dove
29 OLIVE-THROATED PARAKEET
30 Orange-fronted Parakeet
31 RED-LORED PARROT
32 Squirrel Cuckoo
33 Groove-billed Ani
34 COMMON PAURAQUE
35 GREAT POTOO
36 Common Potoo
37 Cinnamon Hummingbird
38 COPPERY-HEADED EMERALD
39 GREEN-CROWNED BRILLIANT
40 BLACK-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD
41 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
42 BLACK-CRESTED COQUETTE
43 GREEN HERMIT
44 SCALY-BREASTED HUMMINGBIRD
45 BRONZE-TAILED PLUMELETEER
46 PURPLE-THROATED MOUNTAIN GEM
47 VIOLET SABREWING
48 GREEN-BREASTED MANGO
49 Violaceous Trogon
50 SLATY-TAILED TROGON
51 RINGED KINGFISHER
52 AMAZON KINGFISHER
53 CHESTNUT-MANDIBLED TOUCAN
54 KEEL-BILLED TOUCAN
55 BLACK-CHEEKED WOODPECKER
56 GOLDEN-OLIVE WOODPECKER
57 SPOTTED WOODCREEPER
58 Barred Antshrike
59 COMMON TODY FLYCATCHER
60 LONG-TAILED TYRANT
61 Dusky-capped Flycatcher
62 Great Kiskadee
63 SOCIAL FLYCATCHER
64 WHITE-RINGED FLYCATCHER
65 Tropical Kingbird
66 MASKED TITYRA
67 BROWN JAY
68 Barn Swallow
69 Mangrove Swallow
70 Tree Swallow
71 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
72 Rufous-naped Wren
73 BAND-BACKED WREN
74 House Wren
75 Wood Thrush
76 CLAY-COLORED ROBIN
77 Cedar Waxwing
78 Yellow Warbler
79 BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
80 Bananaquit
81 WHITE-LINED TANAGER
82 Summer Tanager
83 CRIMSON-COLLARED TANAGER
84 SILVER-THROATED TANAGER
85 PASSERINI'S TANAGER
86 GOLDEN-HOODED TANAGER
87 Blue-gray Tanager
88 Palm Tanager
89 VARIABLE SEEDEATER
90 SLATY FLOWERPIERCER
91 YELLOW-FACED GRASSQUIT
92 BLACK-STRIPED SPARROW
93 RUFOUS-COLLARED SPARROW
94 GRAYISH SALTATOR
95 BLACK-HEADED SALTATOR
96 BUFF-THROATED SALTATOR
97 BLACK-FACED GROSBEAK
98 Great-tailed Grackle
99 Bronzed Cowbird
100 BLACK-COWLED ORIOLE
101 Northern (Baltimore) Oriole
102 MONTEZUMA OROPENDOLA
103 YELLOW-THROATED EUPHONIA
104 SLATY SPINETAIL
Mammals
Three-toed Sloth
White-nosed Coatimundi
Striped Hog-nosed Skunk
Mantled Howler Monkey
Reptiles
Iguana
Double-crested Basilisk a/k/a "Jesus" Lizard
Spectacled Caiman
Insects
Leafcutter Ant
unidentified spider
unidentified beetle
Fireflies
unidentified beautiful moth
Anyway, here's my list, and I had a great time seeing these birds in Costa Rica. I also got a few spectacular photos, but that's another post.
1 CRESTED GUAN
2 Anhinga
3 Neotropic Cormorant
4 Wood Stork
5 Little Blue Heron
6 Snowy Egret
7 Great Egret
8 Cattle Egret
9 Green Heron
10 Yellow-crowned Night Heron
11 White Ibis
12 GREEN IBIS
13 Black Vulture
14 Turkey Vulture
15 LESSER YELLOW-HEADED VULTURE
16 SNAIL KITE
17 WHITE HAWK
18 Gray Hawk
19 ROADSIDE HAWK
20 BAT FALCON
21 Crested Caracara
22 LAUGHING FALCON (heard)
23 Northern Jacana
24 Spotted Sandpiper
25 Rock Pigeon
26 Pale-vented Pigeon
27 Red-billed Pigeon
28 White-winged Dove
29 OLIVE-THROATED PARAKEET
30 Orange-fronted Parakeet
31 RED-LORED PARROT
32 Squirrel Cuckoo
33 Groove-billed Ani
34 COMMON PAURAQUE
35 GREAT POTOO
36 Common Potoo
37 Cinnamon Hummingbird
38 COPPERY-HEADED EMERALD
39 GREEN-CROWNED BRILLIANT
40 BLACK-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD
41 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
42 BLACK-CRESTED COQUETTE
43 GREEN HERMIT
44 SCALY-BREASTED HUMMINGBIRD
45 BRONZE-TAILED PLUMELETEER
46 PURPLE-THROATED MOUNTAIN GEM
47 VIOLET SABREWING
48 GREEN-BREASTED MANGO
49 Violaceous Trogon
50 SLATY-TAILED TROGON
51 RINGED KINGFISHER
52 AMAZON KINGFISHER
53 CHESTNUT-MANDIBLED TOUCAN
54 KEEL-BILLED TOUCAN
55 BLACK-CHEEKED WOODPECKER
56 GOLDEN-OLIVE WOODPECKER
57 SPOTTED WOODCREEPER
58 Barred Antshrike
59 COMMON TODY FLYCATCHER
60 LONG-TAILED TYRANT
61 Dusky-capped Flycatcher
62 Great Kiskadee
63 SOCIAL FLYCATCHER
64 WHITE-RINGED FLYCATCHER
65 Tropical Kingbird
66 MASKED TITYRA
67 BROWN JAY
68 Barn Swallow
69 Mangrove Swallow
70 Tree Swallow
71 Northern Rough-winged Swallow
72 Rufous-naped Wren
73 BAND-BACKED WREN
74 House Wren
75 Wood Thrush
76 CLAY-COLORED ROBIN
77 Cedar Waxwing
78 Yellow Warbler
79 BAY-BREASTED WARBLER
80 Bananaquit
81 WHITE-LINED TANAGER
82 Summer Tanager
83 CRIMSON-COLLARED TANAGER
84 SILVER-THROATED TANAGER
85 PASSERINI'S TANAGER
86 GOLDEN-HOODED TANAGER
87 Blue-gray Tanager
88 Palm Tanager
89 VARIABLE SEEDEATER
90 SLATY FLOWERPIERCER
91 YELLOW-FACED GRASSQUIT
92 BLACK-STRIPED SPARROW
93 RUFOUS-COLLARED SPARROW
94 GRAYISH SALTATOR
95 BLACK-HEADED SALTATOR
96 BUFF-THROATED SALTATOR
97 BLACK-FACED GROSBEAK
98 Great-tailed Grackle
99 Bronzed Cowbird
100 BLACK-COWLED ORIOLE
101 Northern (Baltimore) Oriole
102 MONTEZUMA OROPENDOLA
103 YELLOW-THROATED EUPHONIA
104 SLATY SPINETAIL
Mammals
Three-toed Sloth
White-nosed Coatimundi
Striped Hog-nosed Skunk
Mantled Howler Monkey
Reptiles
Iguana
Double-crested Basilisk a/k/a "Jesus" Lizard
Spectacled Caiman
Insects
Leafcutter Ant
unidentified spider
unidentified beetle
Fireflies
unidentified beautiful moth