Wildlife Species List
For anyone thats interested - on this page I'll be keeping a list of all species of animals that I see on this trip along with photo highlights.
Photos
BIRDS SEEN IN COSTA RICA
Current Total = 219 Species
Great Tinamou
Muscovy Duck
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Neotropical Cormorant
Anhinga
Magnificent Frigatebird
Brown Booby - 2nd July 2010
Great Currasow
Crested Guan
Wood Stork
Bare-throated Tiger-heron
Rufescent Tiger-heron
Agami Heron
Boat-billed Heron
Little Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Tricoloured Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Black-crowned Night-heron
Green Ibis
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Hook-billed Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Roadside Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Common Black-hawk
Black-collared Hawk
Laughing Falcon
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Osprey
Crested Caracara
Northern Jacana
White-throated Crake
Grey-necked Wood-rail
Common Moorhen
Purple Gallinule
Sunbittern
Limpkin
Sungrebe
Semi-palmated Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Southern Lapwing
Whimbrel
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Black-necked Stilt
Long-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Brown Noddy
BLACK SKIMMER
Pale-vented Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Inca Dove
Ruddy Ground-dove
Blue Ground-dove
Gray-headed Dove
Gray-chested Dove
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
Olive-throated Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Orange-chinned Parakeet
White-crowned Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Great Green Macaw
Squirrel Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Groove-billed Ani
GREATER ANI
Mottled Owl
Crested Owl
Common Paraque
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Gray-rumped Swift
White-collared Swift
Long-billed Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
Bronzy Hermit
Band-tailed Barbthroat
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Purple-crowned Fairy
White-necked Jacobin
Violet-crowned Woodnymph
Blue-chested Hummingbird
Black-throated Trogon
Black-headed Trogon
Violaceous Trogon
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Belted Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green-and-Rufous Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
White-whiskered Puffbird
White-necked Puffbird
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan
Collared Aracari
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Chestnut-coloured Woodpecker
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Barred Antshrike
Western Slaty-Antshrike
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Bare-crowned Antbird
Spot-crowned Antvireo
Streak-crowned Antvireo
Dot-winged Antwren
White-flanked Antwren
Paltry Tyrannulet
Yellow Tyrannulet
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Common Tody-flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant
Bright-rumped Attila
Long-tailed Tyrant
Torrent Tyrannulet
Rufous Mourner
Tropical Pee-wee
Black Phoebe
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Social Flycatcher
Grey-capped Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Masked Tityra
Purple-throated Fruitcrow
White-collared Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
Lesser Greenlet
Mangrove Swallow
Purple Martin
Gray-breasted Martin
Blue-and-White Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Brown Jay
Long-billed Gnatwren
Tropical Gnatcatcher
Rufous-naped Wren
Back-banded Wren
Plain Wren
Stripe-breasted Wren
Song Wren
White-breasted Wood-wren
Bay Wren
House Wren
Clay-coloured Robin
American Dipper
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennesee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Canada Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Bananaquit
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Dusky-faced Tanager
Tawny-crested Tanager
White-lined Tanager
Summer Tanager
Passerini’s Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Thick-billed Seedfinch
Variable Seedeater
Blue-black Grosbeak
Orange-billed Sparrow
Black-striped Sparrow
Rufous-collared Sparrow
House Sparrow
Red-breasted Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Grayish Saltator
Buff-throated Saltator
Great-tailed Grackle
Nicaraguan Grackle
Black-cowled Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
Olive-backed Euphonia
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
BIRDS SEEN IN NICARAGUA
Current Total = 77 Species
Pied-billed Grebe
Neotropical Cormorant
Anhinga
Little Blue Heron
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Tricoloured Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Swallow-tailed Kite
Short-tailed Hawk
Osprey
Northern Jacana
Royal Tern
Red-billed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-dove
Ruddy Ground-dove
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Squirrel Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Groove-billed Ani
Gray-rumped Swift
Vaux's Swift
Cinnamon Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird*
Violet Saberwing
Azure-crowned Hummingbird*
Ringed Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Turquoise-browed Motmot
White-necked Puffbird
Collared Aracari
Northern Flicker*
Acorn Woodpecker
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Great Kiskadee
Social Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Eastern Bluebird*
Mangrove Swallow
Gray-breasted Martin
Barn Swallow
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Bushy-crested Jay*
Rufous-naped Wren
Back-banded Wren
House Wren
Clay-coloured Robin
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Yellow-winged Tanager*
Hepatic Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
White-collared Seedeater
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Indigo Bunting
Stripe-headed Sparrow
House Sparrow
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
Altamira Oriole*
Montezuma Oropendola
Black-headed Siskin*
Lesser Goldfinch
Elegant Euphonia
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
*Birds not found in Costa Rica
Current Total = 219 Species
Great Tinamou
Muscovy Duck
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
Blue-winged Teal
Pied-billed Grebe
Brown Pelican
Neotropical Cormorant
Anhinga
Magnificent Frigatebird
Brown Booby - 2nd July 2010
Great Currasow
Crested Guan
Wood Stork
Bare-throated Tiger-heron
Rufescent Tiger-heron
Agami Heron
Boat-billed Heron
Little Blue Heron
Great Blue Heron
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Snowy Egret
Green Heron
Tricoloured Heron
Yellow-crowned Night-heron
Black-crowned Night-heron
Green Ibis
White Ibis
Roseate Spoonbill
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Hook-billed Kite
Double-toothed Kite
Swallow-tailed Kite
Roadside Hawk
Broad-winged Hawk
Common Black-hawk
Black-collared Hawk
Laughing Falcon
Bat Falcon
Peregrine Falcon
Osprey
Crested Caracara
Northern Jacana
White-throated Crake
Grey-necked Wood-rail
Common Moorhen
Purple Gallinule
Sunbittern
Limpkin
Sungrebe
Semi-palmated Plover
Black-bellied Plover
Southern Lapwing
Whimbrel
Willet
Greater Yellowlegs
Ruddy Turnstone
Solitary Sandpiper
Spotted Sandpiper
Sanderling
Western Sandpiper
Black-necked Stilt
Long-billed Dowitcher
Laughing Gull
Royal Tern
Sandwich Tern
Brown Noddy
BLACK SKIMMER
Pale-vented Pigeon
Short-billed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Inca Dove
Ruddy Ground-dove
Blue Ground-dove
Gray-headed Dove
Gray-chested Dove
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
Olive-throated Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Orange-chinned Parakeet
White-crowned Parrot
Mealy Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Great Green Macaw
Squirrel Cuckoo
Black-billed Cuckoo
Groove-billed Ani
GREATER ANI
Mottled Owl
Crested Owl
Common Paraque
Common Nighthawk
Chimney Swift
Gray-rumped Swift
White-collared Swift
Long-billed Hermit
Stripe-throated Hermit
Bronzy Hermit
Band-tailed Barbthroat
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Purple-crowned Fairy
White-necked Jacobin
Violet-crowned Woodnymph
Blue-chested Hummingbird
Black-throated Trogon
Black-headed Trogon
Violaceous Trogon
Slaty-tailed Trogon
Belted Kingfisher
Ringed Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
Green-and-Rufous Kingfisher
American Pygmy Kingfisher
White-whiskered Puffbird
White-necked Puffbird
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan
Keel-billed Toucan
Collared Aracari
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Pale-billed Woodpecker
Lineated Woodpecker
Chestnut-coloured Woodpecker
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper
Streak-headed Woodcreeper
Plain-brown Woodcreeper
Barred Antshrike
Western Slaty-Antshrike
Chestnut-backed Antbird
Bare-crowned Antbird
Spot-crowned Antvireo
Streak-crowned Antvireo
Dot-winged Antwren
White-flanked Antwren
Paltry Tyrannulet
Yellow Tyrannulet
Yellow-olive Flycatcher
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
Common Tody-flycatcher
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant
Bright-rumped Attila
Long-tailed Tyrant
Torrent Tyrannulet
Rufous Mourner
Tropical Pee-wee
Black Phoebe
Dusky-capped Flycatcher
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Great Kiskadee
Social Flycatcher
Grey-capped Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Eastern Kingbird
Masked Tityra
Purple-throated Fruitcrow
White-collared Manakin
Red-capped Manakin
Lesser Greenlet
Mangrove Swallow
Purple Martin
Gray-breasted Martin
Blue-and-White Swallow
Northern Rough-winged Swallow
Southern Rough-winged Swallow
Barn Swallow
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Brown Jay
Long-billed Gnatwren
Tropical Gnatcatcher
Rufous-naped Wren
Back-banded Wren
Plain Wren
Stripe-breasted Wren
Song Wren
White-breasted Wood-wren
Bay Wren
House Wren
Clay-coloured Robin
American Dipper
Yellow Warbler
Chestnut-sided Warbler
Prothonotary Warbler
Tennesee Warbler
Mourning Warbler
Canada Warbler
Kentucky Warbler
Northern Waterthrush
Olive-crowned Yellowthroat
Bananaquit
Red-throated Ant-Tanager
Dusky-faced Tanager
Tawny-crested Tanager
White-lined Tanager
Summer Tanager
Passerini’s Tanager
Golden-hooded Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Palm Tanager
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Thick-billed Seedfinch
Variable Seedeater
Blue-black Grosbeak
Orange-billed Sparrow
Black-striped Sparrow
Rufous-collared Sparrow
House Sparrow
Red-breasted Blackbird
Red-winged Blackbird
Grayish Saltator
Buff-throated Saltator
Great-tailed Grackle
Nicaraguan Grackle
Black-cowled Oriole
Orchard Oriole
Baltimore Oriole
Chestnut-headed Oropendola
Montezuma Oropendola
Olive-backed Euphonia
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
BIRDS SEEN IN NICARAGUA
Current Total = 77 Species
Pied-billed Grebe
Neotropical Cormorant
Anhinga
Little Blue Heron
Great Egret
Cattle Egret
Green Heron
Tricoloured Heron
Black Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Swallow-tailed Kite
Short-tailed Hawk
Osprey
Northern Jacana
Royal Tern
Red-billed Pigeon
White-winged Dove
Inca Dove
Common Ground-dove
Ruddy Ground-dove
Crimson-fronted Parakeet
Orange-fronted Parakeet
Squirrel Cuckoo
Mangrove Cuckoo
Groove-billed Ani
Gray-rumped Swift
Vaux's Swift
Cinnamon Hummingbird
White-eared Hummingbird*
Violet Saberwing
Azure-crowned Hummingbird*
Ringed Kingfisher
Green Kingfisher
Turquoise-browed Motmot
White-necked Puffbird
Collared Aracari
Northern Flicker*
Acorn Woodpecker
Hoffmann's Woodpecker
Golden-olive Woodpecker
Black Phoebe
Great Kiskadee
Social Flycatcher
Scissor-tailed Flycatcher
Tropical Kingbird
Eastern Bluebird*
Mangrove Swallow
Gray-breasted Martin
Barn Swallow
White-throated Magpie-Jay
Bushy-crested Jay*
Rufous-naped Wren
Back-banded Wren
House Wren
Clay-coloured Robin
Yellow Warbler
Black-throated Green Warbler
Wilson's Warbler
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
Yellow-winged Tanager*
Hepatic Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
White-collared Seedeater
Yellow-faced Grassquit
Indigo Bunting
Stripe-headed Sparrow
House Sparrow
Melodious Blackbird
Great-tailed Grackle
Baltimore Oriole
Altamira Oriole*
Montezuma Oropendola
Black-headed Siskin*
Lesser Goldfinch
Elegant Euphonia
Yellow-crowned Euphonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
*Birds not found in Costa Rica
