List of birds of Costa Rica
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
is a small country, it is in the bird-rich neotropical region and has a huge number of species for its area. 893 bird species have been recorded in the country (including Cocos Island
Cocos Island
Cocos Island is an uninhabited island located off the shore of Costa Rica . It constitutes the 11th district of Puntarenas Canton of the province of Puntarenas. It is one of the National Parks of Costa Rica...
), more than in all of the United States and Canada combined. Of those species, seven are endemic and 19 are globally threatened. The Official List of the
Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica contains 857 species. Over an area of 51,100 km2, an area smaller than West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...
, this is the greatest density of bird species of any continental American country.
About 600 species are resident, with most of the other regular visitors being winter migrants
Bird migration
Bird migration is the regular seasonal journey undertaken by many species of birds. Bird movements include those made in response to changes in food availability, habitat or weather. Sometimes, journeys are not termed "true migration" because they are irregular or in only one direction...
from North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
.
Part of the diversity stems from the wide array of habitats, which include mangrove
Mangrove
Mangroves are various kinds of trees up to medium height and shrubs that grow in saline coastal sediment habitats in the tropics and subtropics – mainly between latitudes N and S...
swamps along the Pacific coast, the wet Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
coastal plain in the northeast, dry northern Pacific lowlands, and multiple mountain chains that form the spine of the country and rise as high as 3,500m. These mountain chains, the largest of which is the Cordillera de Talamanca
Cordillera de Talamanca
The Cordillera de Talamanca is a mountain range that lies on the border between Costa Rica and Panama. Much of the range and the area around it is included in the La Amistad International Park, which also is shared between the two countries....
, form a geographical barrier that has enabled closely related but different species to develop on either side of the chain. A good example of this speciation
Speciation
Speciation is the evolutionary process by which new biological species arise. The biologist Orator F. Cook seems to have been the first to coin the term 'speciation' for the splitting of lineages or 'cladogenesis,' as opposed to 'anagenesis' or 'phyletic evolution' occurring within lineages...
is the White-collared Manakin
White-collared Manakin
The White-collared Manakin, Manacus candei, is a passerine bird in the manakin family. It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World from southeastern Mexico to Costa Rica and the extreme west of Panama....
of the Caribbean side, which is now distinct from the Orange-collared Manakin
Orange-collared Manakin
The Orange-collared Manakin, Manacus aurantiacus, is a passerine bird in the manakin family. It is an endemic resident breeder in Costa Rica and western Panama....
of the Pacific slope.
In the past, higher sea levels left the mountains as highlands, and isolation again led to distinct species developing, with over thirty now endemic to the mountains, especially the Talamanca range which extends from southern Costa Rica into Panama
Panama
Panama , officially the Republic of Panama , is the southernmost country of Central America. Situated on the isthmus connecting North and South America, it is bordered by Costa Rica to the northwest, Colombia to the southeast, the Caribbean Sea to the north and the Pacific Ocean to the south. The...
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Costa Rica's national bird is the ubiquitous Clay-colored Robin.
Tinamidae
- Great TinamouGreat TinamouThe Great Tinamou Tinamus major, also called Mountain hen is a species of tinamou ground bird native to Central and South America. There are several subspecies, mostly differentiated by their coloration:-Description:...
Tinamus major - Highland TinamouHighland TinamouThe Highland Tinamou or Bonaparte's Tinamou, Nothocercus bonapartei is a type of ground bird found in montane moist forest typically over altitude.-Taxonomy:...
Nothocercus bonapartei - Little TinamouLittle TinamouThe Little Tinamou, Crypturellus soui, is found in Central America and South America.-Etymology:Crypturellus is formed from three Latin or Greek words. kruptos meaning covered or hidden, oura meaning tail, and ellus meaning diminutive...
Crypturellus soui - Slaty-breasted TinamouSlaty-breasted TinamouThe Slaty-breasted Tinamou or Boucard's Tinamou, Crypturellus boucardi, is a type of Tinamou commonly found in lowland moist forests of Central America...
Crypturellus boucardi - Thicket TinamouThicket TinamouThe Thicket Tinamou or Rufescent Tinamou, Crypturellus cinnamomeus, is a type of Tinamou commonly found in moist forests in subtropical and tropical Central Mexico...
Crypturellus cinnamomeus
Podicipedidae
- Least GrebeLeast GrebeThe Least Grebe , an aquatic bird, is the smallest member of the grebe family. It occurs in the New World from the southwestern United States and Mexico to Chile and Argentina, and also on Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas and the Greater Antilles.-Description:The Least Grebe ranges in length from...
Tachybaptus dominicus - Pied-billed GrebePied-billed GrebeThe Pied-billed Grebe is a species of the grebe family of water birds. Since the Atitlán Grebe, Podilymbus gigas, has become extinct, it is the sole extant member of the genus Podilymbus.-Description:...
Podilymbus podiceps - Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis
ProcellariidaeProcellariidaeThe family Procellariidae is a group of seabirds that comprises the fulmarine petrels, the gadfly petrels, the prions, and the shearwaters. This family is part of the bird order Procellariiformes , which also includes the albatrosses, the storm-petrels, and the diving petrels.The procellariids are...
- Black-capped PetrelBlack-capped PetrelThe Black-capped Petrel is a small seabird in the gadfly petrel genus, Pterodroma. It is also known as the Diablotín. The extinct Jamaica Petrel was a related dark form, often considered a subspecies of this bird.This long-winged petrel has a grey-brown back and wings, with a white nape and rump...
Pterodroma hasitata Rare/Accidental Endangered - Galapagos PetrelGalápagos PetrelThe Galápagos Petrel is a large, long-winged gadfly petrel. The species was once known as the Dark-rumped Petrel, although recent taxonomic changes have eliminated that name from current use...
Pterodroma phaeopygia - Parkinson's PetrelParkinson's PetrelBlack Petrel , also called the Parkinson's Petrel, is a large, black petrel, the smallest of the Procellaria. The species is an endemic breeder of New Zealand, breeding only on islands off the North Island, on Great Barrier Island and Little Barrier Island. At sea it disperses as far as Australia...
Procellaria parkinsoni Vulnerable - Cory's ShearwaterCory's ShearwaterThe Cory's Shearwater is a large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae.This species breeds on islands and cliffs in the Mediterranean, with the odd outpost on the Atlantic coast of Iberia. The nest is on open ground or among rocks or less often in a burrow where one white egg is laid,...
Calonectris diomedea Rare/Accidental - Pink-footed ShearwaterPink-footed ShearwaterThe Pink-footed Shearwater is a species of seabird. The bird is 48 cm in size, with a 109 cm wingspan. It is polymorphic, having both darker and lighter phase populations...
Puffinus creatopus Vulnerable - Greater Shearwater Puffinus gravis Rare/Accidental
- Wedge-tailed ShearwaterWedge-tailed ShearwaterThe Wedge-tailed Shearwater, Puffinus pacificus is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. It is one of the shearwater species that is sometimes referred to as a Muttonbird, like the Sooty Shearwater of New Zealand and the Short-tailed Shearwater of Australia...
Puffinus pacificus - Sooty ShearwaterSooty ShearwaterThe Sooty Shearwater is a medium-large shearwater in the seabird family Procellariidae. In New Zealand it is also known by its Māori name tītī and as "muttonbird", like its relatives the Wedge-tailed Shearwater and the Australian Short-tailed Shearwater The Sooty Shearwater (Puffinus griseus) is...
Puffinus griseus - Short-tailed ShearwaterShort-tailed ShearwaterThe Short-tailed Shearwater or Slender-billed Shearwater , also called Yolla or Moonbird, and commonly known as the muttonbird in Australia, is the most abundant seabird species in Australian waters, and is one of the few Australian native birds in which the chicks are commercially harvested...
Puffinus tenuirostris Rare/Accidental - Audubon's ShearwaterAudubon's ShearwaterAudubon's Shearwater, Puffinus lherminieri, is a common tropical seabird from the family Procellariidae. Sometimes called Dusky-backed Shearwater, the scientific name of this species commemorates the French naturalist Félix Louis L'Herminier....
Puffinus lherminieri
Hydrobatidae
- Wilson's Storm-PetrelWilson's Storm-petrelWilson's Storm Petrel , also known as Wilson's Petrel, is a small seabird of the storm-petrel family. It is one of the most abundant bird species in the world and has a circumpolar distribution mainly in the seas of the southern hemisphere but extending northwards during the summer of the northern...
Oceanites oceanicus - White-vented Storm-PetrelWhite-vented Storm-petrelThe Elliot's Storm Petrel is a species of seabird in the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae. The species is also known as White-vented Storm-petrel. There are two subspecies, O. g. gracilis, which is found in the Humboldt Current off Peru and Chile, and O. g. galapagoensis, which is found in the...
Oceanites gracilis Data deficient - White-faced Storm-PetrelWhite-faced Storm-petrelThe White-faced Storm Petrel , also known as White-faced Petrel is a small seabird of the storm-petrel family. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Pelagodroma....
Pelagodroma marina Rare/Accidental - Least Storm-PetrelLeast Storm-petrelThe Least Storm Petrel is a small seabird of the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is 13–15 cm in length, with a wingspan of 32 cm. It is the smallest member of the order Procellariiformes...
Oceanodroma microsoma - Wedge-rumped Storm-PetrelWedge-rumped Storm-petrelThe Wedge-rumped Storm Petrel is a storm-petrel. It breeds in the Galápagos Islands and on the coast of Peru.-External links:*...
Oceanodroma tethys - Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma castro Rare/Accidental
- Leach's Storm-PetrelLeach's Storm-petrelThe Leach's Storm Petrel or Leach's Petrel is a small seabird of the tubenose family. It is named after the British zoologist William Elford Leach....
Oceanodroma leucorhoa - Markham's Storm-PetrelMarkham's Storm-petrelThe Markham's Storm Petrel is a species of seabird in the Hydrobatidae family.It is found in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Polynesia, Peru, and possibly Costa Rica....
Oceanodroma markhami Rare/Accidental Data deficient - Black Storm-PetrelBlack Storm-petrelThe Black Storm Petrel is a small seabird of the storm-petrel family Hydrobatidae. It is 23 cm in length, with a wingspan of 46–51 cm....
Oceanodroma melania
Phaethontidae
- Red-billed TropicbirdRed-billed TropicbirdThe Red-billed Tropicbird, Phaethon aethereus, also known as the Boatswain Bird is a tropicbird, one of three closely related seabirds of tropical oceans.-Distribution and habitat:...
Phaethon aethereus - White-tailed TropicbirdWhite-tailed TropicbirdThe White-tailed Tropicbird Phaethon lepturus, is a tropicbird, smallest of three closely related seabirds of the tropical oceans and smallest member of the order Phaethontiformes. It occurs in the tropical Atlantic, western Pacific and Indian Oceans...
Phaethon lepturus Outlying islands only
Pelecanidae
- American White PelicanAmerican White PelicanThe American White Pelican is a large aquatic bird from the order Pelecaniformes. It breeds in interior North America, moving south and to the coasts, as far as Central America, in winter....
Pelecanus erythrorhynchos Rare/Accidental - Brown PelicanBrown PelicanThe Brown Pelican is the smallest of the eight species of pelican, although it is a large bird in nearly every other regard. It is in length, weighs from and has a wingspan from .-Range and habits:...
Pelecanus occidentalis
SulidaeSulidaeThe bird family Sulidae comprises the gannets and boobies. Collectively called sulidas, they are medium-large coastal seabirds that plunge-dive for fish and similar prey. The ten species in this family are often considered congeneric in older sources, placing all in the genus Sula...
- Blue-footed BoobyBlue-footed BoobyThe Blue-footed Booby is a bird in the Sulidae family which comprises ten species of long-winged seabirds. The natural breeding habitat of the Blue-footed Booby is tropical and subtropical islands off the Pacific Ocean, most famously, the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador.- Etymology :The name booby...
Sula nebouxii - Masked BoobyMasked BoobyThe Masked Booby, Sula dactylatra, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. This species breeds on islands in tropical oceans, except in the eastern Atlantic; in the eastern Pacific it is replaced by the Nazca Booby, Sula granti, which was formerly regarded as a subspecies of Masked Booby...
Sula dactylatra - Red-footed BoobyRed-footed BoobyThe Red-footed Booby, Sula sula, is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. As suggested by the name, adults always have red feet, but the colour of the plumage varies. They are powerful and agile fliers, but they are clumsy in takeoffs and landings...
Sula sula - Brown BoobyBrown BoobyThe Brown Booby is a large seabird of the booby family, Sulidae. The adult brown booby reaches about in length. Its head and upper body are covered in dark brown, with the remainder being a contrasting white. The juvenile form is gray-brown with darkening on the head, wings and tail...
Sula leucogaster
Anhingidae
- AnhingaAnhingaThe Anhinga , sometimes called Snakebird, Darter, American Darter, or Water Turkey, is a water bird of the warmer parts of the Americas. The word "anhinga" comes from the Brazilian Tupi language and means devil bird or snake bird.It is a cormorant-like bird with an average body length of , a...
Anhinga anhinga
Fregatidae
- Magnificent FrigatebirdMagnificent FrigatebirdThe Magnificent Frigatebird was sometimes previously known as Man O'War, reflecting its rakish lines, speed, and aerial piracy of other birds....
Fregata magnificens - Great FrigatebirdGreat FrigatebirdThe Great Frigatebird is a large dispersive seabird in the frigatebird family. Major nesting populations are found in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, as well as a population in the South Atlantic....
Fregata minor Rare/Accidental
Ardeidae
- Great Blue HeronGreat Blue HeronThe Great Blue Heron is a large wading bird in the heron family Ardeidae, common near the shores of open water and in wetlands over most of North and Central America as well as the West Indies and the Galápagos Islands. It is a rare vagrant to Europe, with records from Spain, the Azores and England...
Ardea herodias - Great EgretGreat EgretThe Great Egret , also known as the Great White Egret or Common Egret, White Heron, or Great White Heron, is a large, widely-distributed egret. Distributed across most of the tropical and warmer temperate regions of the world, in southern Europe it is rather localized...
Ardea alba - Reddish EgretReddish EgretThe Reddish Egret is a small heron. It is a resident breeder in Central America, The Bahamas, the Caribbean, the Gulf Coast of the United States, and Mexico. There is post-breeding dispersal to well north of the nesting range...
Egretta rufescens - Tricolored HeronTricolored HeronThe Tricolored Heron formerly known in North America as the Louisiana Heron, is a small heron. It is a resident breeder from the Gulf states of the USA and northern Mexico south through Central America and the Caribbean to central Brazil and Peru...
Egretta tricolor - Little Blue HeronLittle Blue HeronThe Little Blue Heron, Egretta caerulea, is a small heron. It breeds from the Gulf states of the USA through Central America and the Caribbean south to Peru and Uruguay. It is a resident breeder in most of its range, but some northern breeders migrate to the southeastern USA or beyond in winter...
Egretta caerulea - Snowy EgretSnowy EgretThe Snowy Egret is a small white heron. It is the American counterpart to the very similar Old World Little Egret, which has established a foothold in the Bahamas....
Egretta thula - Cattle EgretCattle EgretThe Cattle Egret is a cosmopolitan species of heron found in the tropics, subtropics and warm temperate zones. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Bubulcus, although some authorities regard its two subspecies as full species, the Western Cattle Egret and the Eastern Cattle Egret...
Bubulcus ibis - Striated HeronStriated HeronThe Striated Heron, Butorides striata, also known as Mangrove Heron, Little Heron or Green-backed Heron, is a small heron. Striated Herons are mostly non-migratory and noted for some interesting behavioral traits. Their breeding habitat is small wetlands in the Old World tropics from west Africa to...
Butorides striata Rare/Accidental - Green HeronGreen HeronThe Green Heron is a small heron of North and Central America. It was long considered conspecific with its sister species the Striated Heron , and together they were called "Green-backed Heron"...
Butorides virescens - Agami HeronAgami HeronThe Agami Heron is a medium-sized heron. It is a resident breeding bird from Central America south to Peru and Brazil.It is sometimes known as the Chestnut-bellied Heron, and is the only member of the genus Agamia .The Agami Heron's habitat is forest swamps and similar wooded wetlands...
Agamia agami
- Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax
- Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea
- Boat-billed HeronBoat-billed HeronThe Boat-billed Heron - colloquially known as the Boatbill - is an atypical member of the heron family, and was formerly thought to be in a monotypic family, Cochlearidae....
Cochlearius cochlearius - Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum
- Fasciated Tiger-HeronFasciated Tiger-heronThe Fasciated Tiger Heron is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family. It is native to Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela, and a vagrant in Nicaragua...
Tigrisoma fasciatum - Rufescent Tiger-HeronRufescent Tiger-heronThe Rufescent Tiger Heron , also known as the Soco-Boi, is a species of heron in the Ardeidae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
Tigrisoma lineatum - Least BitternLeast BitternThe Least Bittern is a small wading bird, the smallest heron found in the Americas.This bird's underparts and throat are white with light brown streaks. Their face and the sides of the neck are light brown; they have yellow eyes and a yellow bill. The adult male is glossy greenish black on the...
Ixobrychus exilis - Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus
- American BitternAmerican BitternThe American Bittern is a wading bird of the heron family Ardeidae. New evidence has led the American Ornithologists' Union to move the heron family into the order Pelecaniformes .-Description:...
Botaurus lentiginosus Rare/Accidental
Ciconiidae
- Wood StorkWood StorkThe Wood Stork is a large American wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It was formerly called the "Wood Ibis", though it is not really an ibis.-Appearance:...
Mycteria americana - JabiruJabiruThe Jabiru is a large stork found in the Americas from Mexico to Argentina, except west of the Andes. It is most common in the Pantanal region of Brazil and the Eastern Chaco region of Paraguay. It is the only member of the genus Jabiru...
Jabiru mycteria
ThreskiornithidaeThreskiornithidaeThe family Threskiornithidae includes 34 species of large terrestrial and wading birds, falling into two subfamilies, the ibises and the spoonbills. It was formerly known as Plataleidae. The spoonbills and ibises were once thought to be related to other groups of long-legged wading birds in the...
- Green IbisGreen IbisThe Green Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. It is the only member of the genus Mesembrinibis....
Mesembrinibis cayennensis - White IbisAmerican White IbisThe American White Ibis is a species of wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae. It occurs from the mid-Atlantic and Gulf coast of the United States south through most of the New World tropics...
Eudocimus albus - Glossy IbisGlossy IbisThe Glossy Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.This is the most widespread ibis species, breeding in scattered sites in warm regions of Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia, and the Atlantic and Caribbean region of the Americas...
Plegadis falcinellus - White-faced IbisWhite-faced IbisThe White-faced Ibis is a wading bird in the ibis family Threskiornithidae.This species breeds colonially in marshes, usually nesting in bushes or low trees. Its breeding range extends from the western USA south through Mexico, as well as from southeastern Brazil and southeastern Bolivia south to...
Plegadis chihi Rare/Accidental - Roseate SpoonbillRoseate SpoonbillThe Roseate Spoonbill, Platalea ajaja, is a gregarious wading bird of the ibis and spoonbill family, Threskiornithidae...
Platalea ajaja
AnatidaeAnatidaeAnatidae is the biological family of birds that includes ducks, geese and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica and on most of the world's islands and island groups...
- Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor
- White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata
- Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis
- Muscovy DuckMuscovy DuckThe Muscovy Duck is a large duck which is native to Mexico and Central and South America. A small wild population reaches into the United States in the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas...
Cairina moschata - American WigeonAmerican WigeonThe American Wigeon, also American Widgeon or Baldpate, is a species of wigeon in the dabbling duck genus Anas. If this is split up, all wigeons will go into their old genus Mareca again...
Anas americana - Green-winged TealGreen-winged TealThe Green-winged Teal is a common and widespread duck that breeds in the northern areas of North America except on the Aleutian Islands. It was considered conspecific with the Common Teal The Green-winged Teal (Anas carolinensis) is a common and widespread duck that breeds in the northern areas of...
Anas carolinensis Rare/Accidental - MallardMallardThe Mallard , or Wild Duck , is a dabbling duck which breeds throughout the temperate and subtropical Americas, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia....
Anas platyrhynchos Rare/Accidental - Northern PintailNorthern PintailThe Pintail or Northern Pintail is a widely occurring duck which breeds in the northern areas of Europe, Asia and North America. It is strongly migratory and winters south of its breeding range to the equator...
Anas acuta - Blue-winged TealBlue-winged TealThe Blue-winged Teal is a small dabbling duck from North America.-Description:The Blue-winged Teal is long, with a wingspan of , and a weight of . The adult male has a greyish blue head with a white facial crescent, a light brown body with a white patch near the rear and a black tail. The adult...
Anas discors - Cinnamon TealCinnamon TealThe Cinnamon Teal is a small, reddish dabbling duck found in marshes and ponds of western North and South America.thumb|left|Female Anas cyanoptera septentrionalium...
Anas cyanoptera Rare/Accidental - Northern ShovelerNorthern ShovelerThe Northern Shoveler , Northern Shoveller in British English, sometimes known simply as the Shoveler, is a common and widespread duck. It breeds in northern areas of Europe and Asia and across most of North America, and is a rare vagrant to Australia...
Anas clypeata - Ring-necked DuckRing-necked DuckThe Ring-necked Duck is a smaller diving duck from North America.The adult male is similar in color pattern to the Eurasian Tufted Duck, its relative. It has a grey bill with a white band, a shiny purple head, a white breast, yellow eyes and a dark grey back...
Aythya collaris - Greater ScaupGreater ScaupThe Greater Scaup , just Scaup in Europe, or colloquially known as "Bluebill", for its bright blue bill, is small compared to other diving ducks, however it is larger than the closely related Lesser Scaup...
Aythya marila Rare/Accidental - Lesser ScaupLesser ScaupThe Lesser Scaup is a small North American diving duck that migrates south as far as Central America in winter. It is colloquially known as the Little Bluebill or Broadbill because of its distinctive blue bill...
Aythya affinis - Masked DuckMasked DuckThe Masked Duck is a tiny stiff-tailed duck ranging through the tropical Americas. They are found from Mexico to South America and also in the Caribbean...
Nomonyx dominica - Ruddy DuckRuddy DuckThe Ruddy Duck is a small stiff-tailed duck.Their breeding habitat is marshy lakes and ponds throughout much of North America, and in South America in the Andes. They nest in dense marsh vegetation near water. The female builds her nest out of grass, locating it in tall vegetation to hide it from...
Oxyura jamaicensis Rare/Accidental
Cathartidae
- Black VultureBlack vultureBlack vulture may refer to:* American Black Vulture* Eurasian Black Vulture...
Coragyps atratus - Turkey VultureTurkey VultureThe Turkey Vulture is a bird found throughout most of the Americas. It is also known in some North American regions as the Turkey Buzzard , and in some areas of the Caribbean as the John Crow or Carrion Crow...
Cathartes aura - Lesser Yellow-headed VultureLesser Yellow-headed VultureThe Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture, Cathartes burrovianus, also known as the Savannah Vulture, is a species of bird in the New World Vulture family Cathartidae. It was considered to be the same species as the Greater Yellow-headed Vulture until they were split in 1964...
Cathartes burrovianus - King VultureKing VultureThe King Vulture is a large bird found in Central and South America. It is a member of the New World vulture family Cathartidae. This vulture lives predominantly in tropical lowland forests stretching from southern Mexico to northern Argentina, though some believe that William Bartram's Painted...
Sarcoramphus papa
AccipitridaeAccipitridaeThe Accipitridae, one of the two major families within the order Accipitriformes , are a family of small to large birds with strongly hooked bills and variable morphology based on diet. They feed on a range of prey items from insects to medium-sized mammals, with a number feeding on carrion and a...
- Gray-headed KiteGray-headed KiteThe Gray-headed Kite, Leptodon cayanensis, is a raptor found in open woodland and swamp forests. It shares the genus Leptodon with the extremely rare White-collared Kite. It breeds from eastern Mexico and Trinidad south to Peru, Bolivia,Brazil and northern Argentina.The nest is made of sticks lined...
Leptodon cayanensis - Hook-billed KiteHook-billed KiteThe Hook-billed Kite, Chondrohierax uncinatus, is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes many other diurnal raptors such as kites, eagles, and harriers...
Chondrohierax uncinatus - Swallow-tailed KiteSwallow-tailed KiteThe Swallow-tailed Kite is an elanid kite which breeds from the southeastern United States to eastern Peru and northern Argentina. Most North and Central American breeders winter in South America where the species is resident year round...
Elanoides forficatus - White-tailed KiteWhite-tailed KiteThe White-tailed Kite is an elanid kite of genus Elanus found in western North America and parts of South America.Their coloration is gull-like, but their shape and flight falcon-like, with a rounded tail...
Elanus leucurus - Snail KiteSnail KiteThe Snail Kite is a bird of prey within the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks, and Old World vultures. Its relative, the Slender-billed Kite, is now again placed in Helicolestes, making the genus Rostrhamus monotypic...
Rostrhamus sociabilis - Double-toothed KiteDouble-toothed KiteThe Double-toothed Kite is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.This fairly...
Harpagus bidentatus - Mississippi KiteMississippi KiteThe Mississippi Kite is a small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae. It is 12 to 15 inches beak to tail and has a wingspan averaging 3 feet . Weight is from 214 to 388 grams . Adults are gray with darker gray on their tail feathers and outer wings and lighter gray on their heads...
Ictinia mississippiensis - Plumbeous KitePlumbeous KiteThe Plumbeous Kite is a bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles, hawks and Old World vultures....
Ictinia plumbea - Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus
- Tiny HawkTiny HawkThe Tiny Hawk is a small diurnal bird of prey found in or near forests, primarily humid, throughout much of the Neotropics. It is primarily a bird-eater, and is known to prey on hummingbirds....
Accipiter superciliosus - Sharp-shinned HawkSharp-shinned HawkThe Sharp-shinned Hawk is a small hawk. In fact, "sharp-shins" or "sharpies" are the smallest to reside in USA and Canada, though some Neotropical species are smaller...
Accipiter striatus - Cooper's HawkCooper's HawkCooper's Hawk is a medium-sized hawk native to the North American continent and found from Canada to Mexico. As in many birds of prey, the male is smaller than the female...
Accipiter cooperii - Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor
- Crane HawkCrane HawkThe Crane Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Geranospiza....
Geranospiza caerulescens - Barred HawkBarred HawkThe Barred Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It has also been known as the Black-chested Hawk....
Leucopternis princeps - Semiplumbeous HawkSemiplumbeous HawkThe Semiplumbeous Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Leucopternis semiplumbeus - White HawkWhite HawkThe White Hawk , a bird of prey breeding in the tropical New World, belongs to the family Accipitridae of the Falconiformes; it is sometimes separated in the Accipitriformes with the other hawks and their relatives...
Leucopternis albicollis - Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus
- Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga
- Savanna HawkSavanna HawkThe Savanna Hawk is a large raptor found in open savanna and swamp edges. It was formerly placed in the genus Heterospizias. It breeds from Panama and Trinidad south to Bolivia, Uruguay and central Argentina....
Buteogallus meridionalis Rare/Accidental - Harris's HawkHarris's HawkThe Harris's Hawk or Harris Hawk formerly known as the Bay-winged Hawk or Dusky Hawk, is a medium-large bird of prey which breeds from the southwestern United States south to Chile and central Argentina...
Parabuteo unicinctus - Black-collared HawkBlack-collared HawkThe Black-collared Hawk is a species of bird of prey in the Accipitridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Busarellus....
Busarellus nigricollis - Solitary EagleSolitary EagleThe Montane Solitary Eagle, Harpyhaliaetus solitarius, is a large Neotropical eagle.- Range and habitat :The Montane Solitary Eagle is native to Mexico and Central and South America. It is found in mountainous or hilly forests, at elevations between 600 m & 2,200 m...
Harpyhaliaetus solitarius - Gray HawkGray HawkThe Grey Hawk or Grey-lined Hawk is a smallish raptor found in open country and forest edges. It is sometimes placed in the genus Asturina as Asturina nitida....
Asturina nitida - Roadside HawkRoadside HawkThe Roadside Hawk is a relatively small bird of prey found in Latin America. This vocal species is often the most common raptor in its range. It has many subspecies and is sometimes placed in the monotypic genus Rupornis instead of Buteo.-Description:The Roadside Hawk is long and weighs...
Buteo magnirostris - Broad-winged HawkBroad-winged HawkThe Broad-winged Hawk is a small hawk of the genus Buteo. During the summer some subspecies are distributed over eastern North America, as far west as British Columbia and Texas; they then migrate south to winter in the neotropics from Mexico down to southern Brazil. Other subspecies are all-year...
Buteo platypterus - Short-tailed HawkShort-tailed HawkThe Short-tailed Hawk is an American bird of prey in the family Accipitridae, which also includes the eagles and Old World vultures. As a member of the genus Buteo, it is not a true hawk and thus also referred to as a "buteo" or "buzzard". The White-throated Hawk The Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo...
Buteo brachyurus
- Swainson's HawkSwainson's HawkThe Swainson's Hawk , is a large buteo hawk of the Falconiformes, sometimes separated in the Accipitriformes like its relatives. This species was named after William Swainson, a British naturalist...
Buteo swainsoni - White-tailed HawkWhite-tailed HawkThe White-tailed Hawk is a large bird of prey species found in tropical or subtropical environments across the Americas.-Description:...
Buteo albicaudatus - Zone-tailed HawkZone-tailed HawkThe Zone-tailed Hawk is a medium-sized hawk of warm, dry parts of the Americas. It feeds on small vertebrates of all kinds , including birds up to the size of quail....
Buteo albonotatus - Red-tailed HawkRed-tailed HawkThe Red-tailed Hawk is a bird of prey, one of three species colloquially known in the United States as the "chickenhawk," though it rarely preys on standard sized chickens. It breeds throughout most of North America, from western Alaska and northern Canada to as far south as Panama and the West...
Buteo jamaicensis - Crested EagleCrested EagleThe Crested Eagle is a large Neotropical eagle. It is the only member of the genus Morphnus. It is 71–89 cm long and has a wingspan of 138–176 cm...
Morphnus guianensis Near-threatened - Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja Near-threatened
- Black-and-white Hawk-eagleBlack-and-white Hawk-eagleThe Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle is a bird of prey species in the eagle and hawk family...
Spizastur melanoleucus - Black Hawk-eagleBlack Hawk-EagleThe Black Hawk-Eagle , also known as theTyrant Hawk-Eagle, is a species of eagle found from central Mexico to eastern Peru, the south of Brazil, and far northern Argentina. Its preferred habitats include humid and moist forests close to rivers, and several types of woodland. It is uncommon to...
Spizaetus tyrannus - Ornate Hawk-eagle Spizaetus ornatus
FalconidaeFalconidaeThe falcons and caracaras are around 60 species of diurnal birds of prey that make up the family Falconidae. The family is divided into two subfamiles, Polyborinae, which includes the caracaras and forest falcons, and Falconinae, the falcons, kestrels and falconets.-Description:Falcons and...
- Red-throated CaracaraRed-throated CaracaraThe Red-throated Caracara is a social species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Ibycter, or sometimes united in Daptrius with the Black Caracara...
Ibycter americanus - Northern Caracara Caracara cheriway
- Yellow-headed CaracaraYellow-headed CaracaraThe Yellow-headed Caracara is a bird of prey in the family Falconidae. It is found in tropical and subtropical South America and the southern portion of Central America...
Milvago chimachima - Laughing FalconLaughing FalconThe Laughing Falcon , also called the Snake Hawk , is a medium-sized bird of prey in the falcon family , the only member of the genus Herpetotheres. This Neotropical species is a specialist snake-eater...
Herpetotheres cachinnans - Barred Forest-falconBarred Forest-falconThe Barred Forest Falcon is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family which includes the falcons, caracaras, and their relatives...
Micrastur ruficollis - Slaty-backed Forest-falconSlaty-backed Forest-falconThe Slaty-backed Forest Falcon is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Micrastur mirandollei - Collared Forest-falconCollared Forest-falconThe Collared Forest Falcon is a species of bird of prey in the Falconidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela.Its natural...
Micrastur semitorquatus - American KestrelAmerican KestrelThe American Kestrel , sometimes colloquially known as the Sparrow Hawk, is a small falcon, and the only kestrel found in the Americas. It is the most common falcon in North America, and is found in a wide variety of habitats. At long, it is also the smallest falcon in North America...
Falco sparverius - Aplomado FalconAplomado FalconThe Aplomado Falcon, Falco femoralis, is a medium-sized falcon of the Americas. The species' largest contiguous range is in South America, but not in the deep interior Amazon Basin. It was long known as Falco fusco-coerulescens or Falco fuscocaerulescens, but these names are now believed to refer...
Falco femoralis Rare/Accidental - MerlinMerlin (bird)The Merlin is a small species of falcon from the Northern Hemisphere. A bird of prey once known colloquially as a pigeon hawk in North America, the Merlin breeds in the northern Holarctic; some migrate to subtropical and northern tropical regions in winter.-European and North American...
Falco columbarius - Bat FalconBat FalconThe Bat Falcon is a falcon that is a resident breeder in tropical Mexico, Central and South America and Trinidad. It was long known as Falco albigularis; the name Falco fusco-coerulescens or Falco fuscocaerulescens, long used for the Aplomado Falcon, are now believed to refer to the present...
Falco rufigularis - Orange-breasted FalconOrange-breasted FalconThe Orange-breasted Falcon is a bird of the falcon family. It is probably closely related to and looks like a larger version of the Bat Falcon. These two, in turn, are probably closest to the Aplomado Falcon and constitute a rather old American lineage of Falcos.It is found from southern Mexico to...
Falco deiroleucus Rare/Accidental - Peregrine FalconPeregrine FalconThe Peregrine Falcon , also known as the Peregrine, and historically as the Duck Hawk in North America, is a widespread bird of prey in the family Falconidae. A large, crow-sized falcon, it has a blue-gray back, barred white underparts, and a black head and "moustache"...
Falco peregrinus
CracidaeCracidaeThe chachalacas, guans and curassows are birds in the family Cracidae.These are species of tropical and subtropical Central and South America. One species, the Plain Chachalaca, just reaches southernmost Texas in the USA...
- Plain ChachalacaPlain ChachalacaThe Plain Chachalaca, Ortalis vetula, is a large bird in the Cracidae family. It breeds in tropical and subtropical environments from mezquital thickets in the Rio Grande Valley in southernmost Texas, United States to northernmost Costa Rica....
Ortalis vetula - Grey-headed ChachalacaGrey-headed ChachalacaThe Grey-headed Chachalaca, Ortalis cinereiceps, is a member of an ancient group of birds of the Cracidae family, which are related to the Australasian mound builders...
Ortalis cinereiceps - White-bellied ChachalacaWhite-bellied ChachalacaThe White-bellied Chachalaca is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Ortalis leucogastra - Crested GuanCrested GuanThe Crested Guan, Penelope purpurascens, is a member of an ancient group of birds of the Cracidae family, which are related to the Australasian mound builders. It breeds in lowlands from south Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula to western Ecuador and southern Venezuela at up to 1850 m altitude.The...
Penelope purpurascens - Black GuanBlack GuanThe Black Guan is a species of bird in the Cracidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.It is threatened by habitat loss...
Chamaepetes unicolor Near-threatened - Great CurassowGreat CurassowThe Great Curassow is a large, pheasant-like bird from the Neotropics. At in length and in weight, this is a very large cracid. No other cracid match its maximum weight, but its length is matched by a few other cracids....
Crax rubra Near-threatened
Odontophoridae
- Buffy-crowned Wood-PartridgeBuffy-crowned Wood-partridgeThe Buffy-crowned Wood Partridge is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Dendrortyx leucophrys - Crested BobwhiteCrested BobwhiteThe Crested Bobwhite is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in northern South America, extending through Panama to just reach Costa Rica...
Colinus cristatus - Marbled Wood-QuailMarbled Wood-quailThe Marbled Wood Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* BirdLife...
Odontophorus gujanensis - Black-eared Wood-QuailBlack-eared Wood-quailThe Black-eared Wood Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 10 July 2007....
Odontophorus melanotis - Rufous-fronted Wood-QuailRufous-fronted Wood-quailThe Rufous-fronted Wood Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in Colombia and Ecuador. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded...
Odontophorus erythrops - Black-breasted Wood-QuailBlack-breasted Wood-quailThe Black-breasted Wood Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama....
Odontophorus leucolaemus - Spotted Wood-QuailSpotted Wood-QuailThe Spotted Wood Quail, Odontophorus guttatus, is a small ground-dwelling bird in the New World quail family. It is a resident breeder in the mountains of Central America from southern Mexico to western Panama....
Odontophorus guttatus - Tawny-faced QuailTawny-faced QuailThe Tawny-faced Quail is a species of bird in the Odontophoridae family, and the only species in its genus Rhynchortyx.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama...
Rhynchortyx cinctus
RallidaeRallidaeThe rails, or Rallidae, are a large cosmopolitan family of small to medium-sized birds. The family exhibits considerable diversity and the family also includes the crakes, coots, and gallinules...
- Ocellated CrakeOcellated CrakeThe Ocellated Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family. It belongs to the monotypic genus Micropygia....
Micropygia schomburgkii Rare/Accidental - Ruddy CrakeRuddy CrakeThe Ruddy Crake is a bird in the rail family, Rallidae. It is a small crake, 14-16.5 cm in length. It is mostly bright chestnut in colour with a paler chin and belly, blackish crown and dark grey ear-coverts. The bill is black, the iris is red and the legs and feet are olive-green.The bird...
Laterallus ruber Rare/Accidental - White-throated CrakeWhite-throated CrakeThe White-throated Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitat is swamps.-References:...
Laterallus albigularis - Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis
- Black RailBlack RailThe Black Rail is a mouse-sized member of the Rallidae family of birds. It is found in scattered parts of North America and the Pacific region of South America, usually in coastal salt marshes but also in some freshwater marshes. It is extinct or threatened in many locations due to habitat loss...
Laterallus jamaicensis - Rufous-necked Wood-RailRufous-necked Wood-railThe Rufous-necked Wood Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical...
Aramides axillaris - Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea
- Uniform CrakeUniform CrakeThe Uniform Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family, the only member of the genus Amaurolimnas. It is found widely, but locally, in swampy forests and wetlands of southern Mexico, and Central and South America...
Amaurolimnas concolor - SoraSora (crake)The Sora is a small waterbird of the family Rallidae, sometimes also referred to as the Sora Rail or Sora Crake.Adults Soras are long, with dark-marked brown upperparts, a blue-grey face and underparts, and black and white barring on the flanks. They have a short thick yellow bill, with black...
Porzana carolina - Yellow-breasted CrakeYellow-breasted CrakeThe Yellow-breasted Crake is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Puerto...
Porzana flaviventer - Paint-billed CrakePaint-billed CrakeThe Paint-billed Crake, Neocrex erythrops is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Helena, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, the United States, and Venezuela.Its natural...
Neocrex erythrops Rare/Accidental - Spotted RailSpotted RailThe Spotted Rail is a species of bird in the Rallidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad...
Pardirallus maculatus - Purple GallinuleAmerican Purple GallinuleThe American Purple Gallinule is a "swamp hen" in the rail family Rallidae.A medium-sized rail with big yellow feet, purple-blue plumage with a green back, and red and yellow bill. It has a pale blue forehead shield and white undertail.Juveniles are brown overall with a brownish olive back...
Porphyrio martinica - Common MoorhenCommon MoorhenThe Common Moorhen is a bird in the Rallidae family with an almost worldwide distribution. The North and South American Committees of the AOU and the IOC have voted on or before July 2011 to split the American forms into a new species Common Gallinule, however, no other committee has voted to...
Gallinula chloropus - American CootAmerican CootThe American Coot is a bird of the family Rallidae, inhabiting wetlands and open water bodies. Measuring in length and across the wings, adults have a short thick white bill and white frontal shield, which usually has a reddish-brown spot near the top of the bill between the eyes...
Fulica americana
HeliornithidaeHeliornithidaeThe Heliornithidae are a small family of tropical birds with webbed lobes on their feet like those of grebes and coots. The family overall are known as finfoots, although one species is known as a Sungrebe. The family is composed of three species in three genera.-Description:Finfoots resemble...
- SungrebeSungrebeThe Sungrebe or American Finfoot is a bird which breeds in tropical Central and South America from southern Mexico to northeast Argentina and southern Brazil....
Heliornis fulica
Jacanidae
- Northern JacanaNorthern JacanaThe Northern Jacana or Northern Jaçana is a wader which is a resident breeder from coastal Mexico to western Panama, and on Cuba, Jamaica and Hispaniola. It sometimes breeds in Texas, USA, and has also been recorded on several occasions as a vagrant in Arizona...
Jacana spinosa - Wattled JacanaWattled JacanaThe Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana is a wader which is a resident breeder from western Panama and Trinidad south through most of South America east of the Andes....
Jacana jacana Rare/Accidental
Haematopodidae
- American OystercatcherAmerican OystercatcherThe American Oystercatcher , occasionally called the American Pied Oystercatcher, is a member of family Haematopodidae. The bird is marked by its black and white body and a long, thick orange beak...
Haematopus palliatus
RecurvirostridaeRecurvirostridaeRecurvirostridae is a family of birds in the wader suborder Charadrii. It contains two distinct groups of birds, the avocets and the stilts .-Description and diet:...
- Black-necked StiltBlack-necked StiltThe Black-necked Stilt is a locally abundant shorebird of American wetlands and coastlines. It is found from the coastal areas of California through much of the interior western United States and along the Gulf of Mexico as far east as Florida, then south through Central America and the Caribbean...
Himantopus mexicanus - American AvocetAmerican AvocetThe American Avocet is a large wader in the avocet and stilt family, Recurvirostridae.This avocet has long, thin, gray legs, giving it its colloquial name, "blue shanks". The plumage is black and white on the back with white on the underbelly. The neck and head are cinnamon colored in the summer...
Recurvirostra americana Rare/Accidental
CharadriidaeCharadriidaeThe bird family Charadriidae includes the plovers, dotterels, and lapwings, about 64 to 66 species in all.- Morphology :They are small to medium-sized birds with compact bodies, short, thick necks and long, usually pointed, wings, but most species of lapwing may have more rounded wings...
- Southern LapwingSouthern LapwingThe Southern Lapwing is a wader in the family Charadriiformes. It is a common and widespread resident throughout South America, except in densely forested regions , the higher parts of the Andes and the arid coast of a large part of western South America. This bird is particularly common in the...
Vanellus chilensis Rare/Accidental - American Golden PloverAmerican Golden PloverThe American Golden Plover is a medium-sized plover.Adults are spotted gold and black on the crown, back and wings. Their face and neck are black with a white border; they have a black breast and a dark rump. The legs are black....
Pluvialis dominica - Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola
- Semipalmated PloverSemipalmated PloverThe Semipalmated Plover is a small plover.This species weighs and measures in length and across the wings. Adults have a grey-brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with one black neckband...
Charadrius semipalmatus - Wilson's PloverWilson's PloverThe Wilson's Plover is a small plover.Wilson's Plover is a coastal wader which breeds on both coasts of the Americas from the equator northwards. Its range extends north to include much of the U.S. eastern seaboard, and the Pacific coast of Mexico on the west.It is a partial migrant. Birds leave...
Charadrius wilsonia’‘ - KilldeerKilldeerThe Killdeer is a medium-sized plover.Adults have a brown back and wings, a white belly, and a white breast with two black bands. The rump is tawny orange. The face and cap are brown with a white forehead. They have an orange-red eyering...
Charadrius vociferus - Snowy PloverSnowy PloverThe Snowy Plover is a small wader in the plover bird family. It breeds in Ecuador, Peru, Chile, the southern and western USA and the Caribbean...
Charadrius alexandrinus Rare/Accidental - Collared PloverCollared PloverThe Collared Plover, Charadrius collaris, is a small shorebird in the plover family, Charadriidae. It lives along coasts and riverbanks of the tropical to temperate Americas, from central Mexico south to Chile and Argentina....
Charadrius collaris
ScolopacidaeScolopacidaeThe sandpipers are a large family, Scolopacidae, of waders or shorebirds. They include many species called sandpipers, as well as those called by names such as curlew and snipe. The majority of these species eat small invertebrates picked out of the mud or soil...
- Wilson's SnipeWilson's SnipeWilson's Snipe is a small, stocky shorebird. This species was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Common Snipe, G. gallinago. Wilson's Snipe differs from the latter species in having a narrower white edge to the wings, and eight pairs of tail feathers instead of seven.Adults are...
Gallinago delicata - Short-billed DowitcherShort-billed DowitcherThe Short-billed Dowitcher like its congener the Long-billed Dowitcher, is a medium-sized, stocky, long-billed shorebird in the family Scolopacidae. It is an inhabitant of North America, Middle America, and northern South America. It is strongly migratory; it completely vacates in breeding areas...
Limnodromus griseus - Long-billed DowitcherLong-billed DowitcherThe Long-billed Dowitcher, Limnodromus scolopaceus, is a medium-sized shorebird.Adults have yellowish legs and a long straight dark bill. The body is dark brown on top and reddish underneath with spotted throat and breast, bars on flanks. The tail has a black and white barred pattern...
Limnodromus scolopaceus - Hudsonian GodwitHudsonian GodwitThe Hudsonian Godwit, Limosa haemastica, is a large shorebird.-Identification:Adults have long dark legs and a long pink bill with a slight upward curve and dark at the tip. The upper parts are mottled brown and the underparts are chestnut. The tail is black and the rump is white...
Limosa haemastica Rare/Accidental - Bar-tailed GodwitBar-tailed GodwitThe Bar-tailed Godwit is a large wader in the family Scolopacidae, which breeds on Arctic coasts and tundra mainly in the Old World, and winters on coasts in temperate and tropical regions of the Old World...
Limosa lapponica Rare/Accidental - Marbled GodwitMarbled GodwitThe Marbled Godwit, Limosa fedoa, is a large shorebird. On average, it is the largest of the 4 species of godwit. The total length is , including a large bill of , and wingspan is . Body mass can vary from ....
Limosa fedoa - Eskimo CurlewEskimo CurlewThe Eskimo or the "Northern Curlew" is a critically endangered shorebird, now considered by many to be extinct.-Taxonomy:The Eskimo Curlew is one of eight species of curlew, and is classed with them in the genus Numenius. It was formerly placed in the separate genus Mesoscolopax. Numenius is...
Numenius borealis Rare/Accidental Critically endangered (possibly extinct) - WhimbrelWhimbrelThe Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus, is a wader in the large family Scolopacidae. It is one of the mostwidespread of the curlews, breeding across much of subarctic North America, Europe and Asia as far south as Scotland....
Numenius phaeopus - Long-billed CurlewLong-billed CurlewThe Long-billed Curlew, Numenius americanus, is a large North American shorebird of the family Scolopacidae. This species was also called "sicklebird" and the "candlestick bird". The species is native to central and western North America...
Numenius americanus Near-threatened - Upland SandpiperUpland SandpiperThe Upland Sandpiper is a large shorebird, closely related to the curlews . Older names are the Upland Plover and Bartram's Sandpiper. It is the only member of the genus Bartramia. The genus name and the old common name Bartram's Sandpiper commemorate the American naturalist William Bartram...
Bartramia longicauda - Greater YellowlegsGreater YellowlegsThe Greater Yellowlegs, Tringa melanoleuca, is a large North American shorebird, similar in appearance to the smaller Lesser Yellowlegs. Its closest relative, however, is the Greenshank, which together with the Spotted Redshank form a close-knit group...
Tringa melanoleuca - Lesser YellowlegsLesser YellowlegsThe Lesser Yellowlegs is a medium-sized shorebird similar in appearance to the larger Greater Yellowlegs. It is not closely related to this bird, however, but instead to the much larger and quite dissimilar Willet; merely the fine, clear and dense pattern of the neck shown in breeding plumage...
Tringa flavipes - Solitary SandpiperSolitary SandpiperThe Solitary Sandpiper is a small wader .-Description:This species measures long, with a wingspan up to and a body mass of . It is a dumpy wader with a dark green back, greyish head and breast and otherwise white underparts. It is obvious in flight, with wings dark above and below, and a dark...
Tringa solitaria - Spotted SandpiperSpotted SandpiperThe Spotted Sandpiper is a small shorebird, 18–20 cm long. Together with its sister species, the Common Sandpiper they make up the genus Actitis...
Actitis macularia - Wandering TattlerWandering TattlerThe Wandering Tattler, Tringa incana , is a medium-sized wading bird. It is similar in appearance to the closely related Gray-tailed Tattler, T. brevipes...
Heterosceles incanus - WilletWilletThe Willet, Tringa semipalmata , is a large shorebird in the sandpiper family. It is a good-sized and stout scolopacid, the largest of the shanks...
Catoptrophorus semipalmatus - Ruddy TurnstoneRuddy TurnstoneThe Ruddy Turnstone is a small wading bird, one of two species of turnstone in the genus Arenaria. It is now classified in the sandpiper family Scolopacidae but was formerly sometimes placed in the plover family Charadriidae...
Arenaria interpres - SurfbirdSurfbirdThe Surfbird is a small stocky wader in the family Scolopacidae. It is usually classified in a genus of its own, as Aphriza virgata, and was once considered to be allied to the turnstones, but more recent data suggests it is very close genetically to the Red and Great Knots and should be included...
Aphriza virgata - Red KnotRed KnotThe Red Knot, Calidris canutus , is a medium sized shorebird which breeds in tundra and the Arctic Cordillera in the far north of Canada, Europe, and Russia. It is a large member of the Calidris sandpipers, second only to the Great Knot...
Calidris canutus - SanderlingSanderlingThe Sanderling is a small wader. It is a circumpolar Arctic breeder, and is a long-distance migrant, wintering south to South America, South Europe, Africa, and Australia...
Calidris alba - Semipalmated SandpiperSemipalmated SandpiperThe Semipalmated Sandpiper, Calidris pusilla, is a very small shorebird. It is sometimes separated with other "stints" in Erolia but although these apparently form a monophyletic group, the present species' old genus Ereunetes had been proposed before Erolia.Adults have black legs and a short stout...
Calidris pusilla - Western SandpiperWestern SandpiperThe Western Sandpiper, Calidris or Erolia mauri, is a small shorebird.Adults have dark legs and a short thin dark bill, thinner at the tip. The body is brown on top and white underneath. They are reddish-brown on the crown. This bird can be difficult to distinguish from other similar tiny...
Calidris mauri - Least SandpiperLeast SandpiperThe Least Sandpiper is the smallest shorebird.This species has greenish legs and a short thin dark bill. Breeding adults are brown with dark brown streaks on top and white underneath. They have a light line above the eye and a dark crown. In winter, Least Sandpipers are grey above...
Calidris minutilla - White-rumped SandpiperWhite-rumped SandpiperThe White-rumped Sandpiper is a small shorebird.Adults have black legs and a small thin dark bill. The body is dark brown on top and mainly white underneath, with brown streaks on the breast and a white rump. They have a white stripe over their eyes. This bird shows long wings in flight. In winter...
Calidris fuscicollis - Baird's SandpiperBaird's SandpiperThe Baird's Sandpiper is a small shorebird. It is among those calidrids sometimes separated in Erolia.Adults have black legs and a short thin dark bill. They are dark brown on top and mainly white underneath with a black patch on the rump. The head and breast are light brown with dark streaks. In...
Calidris bairdii
- Pectoral SandpiperPectoral SandpiperThe Pectoral Sandpiper, Calidris melanotos, is a small wader. It is sometimes separated with the "stint" sandpipers in Erolia. This may or may not represent a good monophyletic group, depending on the placement of the phylogenetically enigmatic Curlew Sandpiper , the type species of Erolia...
Calidris melanotos - Curlew SandpiperCurlew SandpiperThe Curlew Sandpiper is a small wader that breeds on the tundra of Arctic Siberia. It is strongly migratory, wintering mainly in Africa, but also in south and southeast Asia and in Australasia...
Calidris ferruginea Rare/Accidental - DunlinDunlinThe Dunlin, Calidris alpina, is a small wader, sometimes separated with the other "stints" in Erolia. It is a circumpolar breeder in Arctic or subarctic regions. Birds that breed in northern Europe and Asia are long-distance migrants, wintering south to Africa, southeast Asia and the Middle East...
Calidris alpina Rare/Accidental - Stilt SandpiperStilt SandpiperThe Stilt Sandpiper, Calidris himantopus or Micropalama himantopus, is a small shorebird; it bears some resemblance to the smaller calidrid sandpipers or "stints". DNA sequence information is incapable of determining whether it should be placed in Calidris or in the monotypic genus Micropalama...
Calidris himantopus - Buff-breasted SandpiperBuff-breasted SandpiperThe Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Tryngites subruficollis, is a small shorebird. It is a calidrid sandpipers and currently considered to be the only member of the genus Tryngites. Indeed, it probably belongs in the genus Calidris itself, or more precisely with the small species thereof which should be...
Tryngites subruficollis Near-threatened - Ruff Philomachus pugnax Rare/Accidental
- Wilson's PhalaropeWilson's PhalaropeThe Wilson's Phalarope, Phalaropus tricolor, is a small wader. This bird, the largest of the phalaropes, breeds in the prairies of North America in western Canada and the western United States. It is migratory, wintering around the central Andes in South America. They are passage migrants through...
Phalaropus tricolor - Red-necked PhalaropeRed-necked PhalaropeThe Red-necked Phalarope, Phalaropus lobatus, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia. It is migratory, and, unusually for a wader, winters at sea on tropical oceans....
Phalaropus lobatus - Red PhalaropeRed PhalaropeThe Red Phalarope , Phalaropus fulicarius, is a small wader. This phalarope breeds in the Arctic regions of North America and Eurasia...
Phalaropus fulicarius Rare/Accidental
Stercorariidae
- South Polar SkuaSouth Polar SkuaThe South Polar Skua, Stercorarius maccormicki, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. An older name for the bird is MacCormick’s Skua, after explorer and naval surgeon Robert McCormick, who first collected the type specimen...
Stercorarius maccormicki - Great SkuaGreat SkuaThe Great Skua, Stercorarius skua, is a large seabird in the skua family Stercorariidae. In Britain, it is sometimes known by the name Bonxie, a Shetland name of unknown origin.-Description:...
Stercorarius skua Rare/Accidental - Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus Rare/Accidental
- Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus
- Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus Rare/Accidental
Laridae
- Gray Gull Larus modestus Rare/Accidental
- Heermann's GullHeermann's GullThe Heermann's Gull is a gull resident in the United States, Mexico and extreme southwestern British Columbia. Of the current population of about 150,000 pairs, 90% nest on the island of Isla Rasa off Baja California in the Gulf of California, with smaller colonies as far north as California and...
Larus heermanni Rare/Accidental Near-threatened
- Ring-billed GullRing-billed GullThe Ring-billed Gull is a medium-sized gull.Adults are length and with a wingspan. The head, neck and underparts are white; the relatively short bill is yellow with a dark ring; the back and wings are silver gray; and the legs are yellow. The eyes are yellow with red rims...
Larus delawarensis - American Herring GullAmerican Herring GullThe American Herring Gull or Smithsonian Gull is a large gull which breeds in North America. It is often treated as a subspecies of the European Herring Gull but is now regarded as a separate species by some authorities.Adults are white with gray back and wings, black wingtips with white spots,...
Larus smithsonianus - Bonaparte's GullBonaparte's GullThe Bonaparte's Gull is a small gull.The Bonaparte's Gull is a small species, larger only than the Little Gull and the Saunders's Gull among all gull species. Adults are long with a wingspan and a body mass of . They have a black hood and a short thin dark bill. The body is mainly white with...
Larus philadelphia Rare/Accidental - Laughing GullLaughing GullThe Laughing Gull, Leucophaeus atricilla, is a medium-sized gull of North and South America. It breeds on the Atlantic coast of North America, the Caribbean, and northern South America. Northernmost populations migrate further south in winter, and this species occurs as a rare vagrant to western...
Larus atricilla - Franklin's GullFranklin's GullThe Franklin's Gull is a small gull.-Description:It breeds in central provinces of Canada and adjacent states of the northern United States...
Larus pipixcan - Sabine's GullSabine's GullThe Sabine's Gull is a small gull. Its generic placement is disputed; some authors treat it as the sole species in the genus Xema as Xema sabini, while others retain it in the genus Larus as Larus sabini. It breeds in the arctic and has a circumpolar distribution through northernmost North America...
Xema sabini - Swallow-tailed GullSwallow-tailed GullThe Swallow-tailed Gull is an equatorial seabird in the gull family Laridae. It is the only species in the genus Creagrus, which derives from the Latin Creagra and the Greek kreourgos which means butcher, also from kreas, meat; according to Jobling it would mean "hook for meat" referring to the...
Creagrus furcatus Outlying islands only
Sternidae
- Gull-billed TernGull-billed TernThe Gull-billed Tern formerly Sterna nilotica , is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae...
Gelochelidon nilotica - Caspian TernCaspian TernThe Caspian Tern is a species of tern, with a subcosmopolitan but scattered distribution. Despite its extensive range, it is monotypic of its genus, and has no subspecies accepted either...
Hydroprogne caspia - Elegant TernElegant TernThe Elegant Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It breeds on the Pacific coasts of the southern USA and Mexico and winters south to Peru, Ecuador and Chile....
Sterna elegans Near-threatened
- Sandwich Tern Sterna sandvicensis
- Royal TernRoyal TernThe Royal Tern is a seabird in the tern family Sternidae. This bird has two distinctive subspecies. T. m. maximus breeds on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the southern USA and Mexico into the Caribbean. The slightly smaller T. m. albididorsalis breeds in coastal west Africa...
Sterna maxima - Common TernCommon TernThe Common Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. This bird has a circumpolar distribution, breeding in temperate and sub-Arctic regions of Europe, Asia and east and central North America. It is strongly migratory, wintering in coastal tropical and subtropical regions. It is sometimes...
Sterna hirundo - Forster's TernForster's TernThe Forster's Tern, Sterna forsteri, is a member of the tern family Sternidae. It breeds inland in North America and winters south to the Caribbean and northern South America....
Sterna forsteri Rare/Accidental - Least Tern Sternula antillarum
- Bridled TernBridled TernThe Bridled Tern is a seabird of the tern family Sternidae. It is a bird of the tropical oceans.-Description:...
Onychoprion anaethetus - Sooty TernSooty TernThe Sooty Tern, Onychoprion fuscatus , is a seabird of the tern family . It is a bird of the tropical oceans, breeding on islands throughout the equatorial zone. Colloquially, it is known as the Wideawake Tern or just wideawake...
Onychoprion fuscata Rare/Accidental - Black TernBlack TernThe Black Tern, Chlidonias niger, is a small tern generally found in or near inland water in Europe and North America. As its name suggests, it has predominantly dark plumage.- Description :...
Chlidonias niger - Black NoddyBlack NoddyThe Black Noddy or White-capped Noddy is a seabird from the tern family. It resembles the closely related Brown or Common Noddy , but is smaller with darker plumage, a whiter cap, a longer, straighter beak and shorter tail...
Anous minutus Rare/Accidental - Brown NoddyBrown NoddyThe Brown Noddy or Common Noddy is a seabird from the tern family. The largest of the noddies, it can be told from the closely related Black Noddy by its larger size and plumage, which is dark brown rather than black...
Anous stolidus - White TernWhite TernThe White Tern is a small seabird found across the tropical oceans of the world. It is sometimes known as the Fairy Tern although this name is potentially confusing as it is the common name of the Fairy Tern Sternula nereis...
Gygis alba Rare/Accidental
Columbidae
- Rock PigeonRock PigeonThe Rock Dove or Rock Pigeon, is a member of the bird family Columbidae . In common usage, this bird is often simply referred to as the "pigeon"....
Columba livia Introduced species
- White-crowned PigeonWhite-crowned PigeonThe White-crowned Pigeon is a species of bird in the family Columbidae . It inhabits the northern and central Caribbean islands and some places on the North and Central American mainland...
Patagioenas leucocephala Rare/Accidental - Scaled PigeonScaled PigeonThe Scaled Pigeon, Patagioenas speciosa , is a large New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico south to western Ecuador, southern Brazil, northern Argentina, and Trinidad....
Patagioenas speciosa - Band-tailed PigeonBand-tailed PigeonThe Band-tailed Pigeon, Patagioenas fasciata, is a medium-sized bird of the Americas. Its closest relatives are the Chilean Pigeon and the Ring-tailed Pigeon, which form a clade of Patagioenas with a terminal tail band and iridescent plumage on their necks.It ranges from British Columbia, Utah, and...
Patagioenas fasciata - Pale-vented PigeonPale-vented PigeonThe Pale-vented Pigeon, Patagioenas cayennensis, is a large pigeon found in the tropical American. Formerly often placed in Columba, it actually belongs to a clade of the older New World genus Patagioenas. With its relatives it represents an evolutionary radiation extending through most of the...
Patagioenas cayennensis
- Red-billed PigeonRed-billed PigeonThe Red-billed Pigeon, Patagioenas flavirostris , is a relatively large pigeon which breeds from southern Texas, United States, and northwestern Mexico south to Costa Rica...
Patagioenas flavirostris - Short-billed PigeonShort-billed PigeonThe Short-billed Pigeon, Patagioenas nigrirostris , is a largish pigeon which breeds from southern Mexico south to northwestern Colombia...
Patagioenas nigrirostris - Ruddy PigeonRuddy PigeonThe Ruddy Pigeon, Patagioenas subvinacea, is a largish pigeon which breeds from Costa Rica south to western Ecuador, Bolivia and central Brazil. It belongs to a clade of small and rather plain species of Patagioenas with characteristic calls that constitute the subgenus Oenoenas...
Patagioenas subvinacea - Mourning DoveMourning DoveThe Mourning Dove is a member of the dove family . The bird is also called the Turtle Dove or the American Mourning Dove or Rain Dove, and formerly was known as the Carolina Pigeon or Carolina Turtledove. It is one of the most abundant and widespread of all North American birds...
Zenaida macroura - White-winged DoveWhite-winged DoveThe White-winged Dove is a dove whose native range extends from the south-western USA through Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean. In recent years with increasing urbanization and backyard feeding, it has expanded throughout Texas and into Louisiana...
Zenaida asiatica - Common Ground DoveCommon Ground DoveThe Common Ground Dove is a small bird that inhabits the southern United States, parts of Central America, the Caribbean and northern South America. The Common Ground Dove is considered to be the smallest dove that inhabits the United States...
Columbina passerina - Plain-breasted Ground Dove Columbina minuta
- Ruddy Ground DoveRuddy Ground DoveThe Ruddy Ground Dove is a small New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from Mexico south to Peru, Brazil and Paraguay, and northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago...
Columbina talpacoti - Inca DoveInca DoveThe Inca Dove is a small New World dove; it might belong to the genus. It ranges from the southwestern United States and Mexico through Central America to Costa Rica; the Inca Dove only lives on the Pacific side of Central America. Despite being named after the Inca Empire, this species does not...
Columbina inca - Blue Ground DoveBlue Ground DoveThe Blue Ground Dove is a small New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from southeastern Mexico to northwestern Peru and northern Argentina, and on Trinidad....
Claravis pretiosa - Maroon-chested Ground Dove Claravis mondetoura
- White-tipped DoveWhite-tipped DoveThe White-tipped Dove is a large New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from the southernmost Texas in the USA through Mexico and Central America south to western Peru and central Argentina. It also breeds on the offshore islands of northern South America, including Trinidad and Tobago...
Leptotila verreauxi - Grey-headed DoveGrey-headed DoveThe Grey-headed Dove is a large New World tropical dove. It is a resident breeder from eastern Mexico to western Panama. It was formerly considered conspecific with the Grey-fronted Dove, L. rufaxilla, of South America and the Grenada Dove, L...
Leptotila plumbeiceps - Grey-chested DoveGrey-chested DoveThe Grey-chested Dove is a species of bird in the Columbidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife...
Leptotila cassini - Purplish-backed Quail Dove Geotrygon lawrencii
- Buff-fronted Quail Dove Geotrygon costaricensis
- Rufous-breasted Quail Dove Geotrygon chiriquensis
- Olive-backed Quail Dove Geotrygon veraguensis
- Violaceous Quail Dove Geotrygon violacea
- Ruddy Quail Dove Geotrygon montana
Psittacidae
- Military MacawMilitary MacawThe Military Macaw is a large parrot and a medium-sized member of the macaw genus. Though considered vulnerable as a wild species, it is still commonly found in the pet trade industry. A predominantly green bird, it is found in the forests of Mexico and South America.-Taxonomy:There are three...
Ara militaris Vulnerable - Great Green MacawGreat Green MacawThe Great Green Macaw, Ara ambiguus, also known as Buffon's Macaw or the Great Military Macaw, is a Central and South American parrot found in Nicaragua, Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia and Ecuador. Two allopatric subspecies are recognized, the nominate subspecies is found in Central America...
Ara ambigua Vulnerable - Scarlet MacawScarlet MacawThe Scarlet Macaw is a large, colorful macaw. It is native to humid evergreen forests in the American tropics. Range extends from extreme south-eastern Mexico to Amazonian Peru, Bolivia and Brazil in lowlands up to up to...
Ara macao - Crimson-fronted ParakeetCrimson-fronted ParakeetThe Finsch's Parakeet also called Finsch's Conure or Crimson-fronted Parakeet is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family. It is found in Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and some parts of Costa Rica and Panama....
Aratinga finschi - Olive-throated ParakeetOlive-throated ParakeetThe Olive-throated Parakeet , also known as the Olive-throated Conure in aviculture, is a species of parrot in the Psittacidae family...
Aratinga nana - Orange-fronted ParakeetOrange-fronted ParakeetThe Orange-fronted Parakeet or Orange-fronted Conure , also known as the Half-moon Conure, is a medium-sized parrot which is a resident from western Mexico to Costa Rica.-Taxonomy:There are three subspecies:...
Aratinga canicularis - Sulphur-winged ParakeetSulphur-winged ParakeetThe Sulphur-winged Parakeet , also known as the Hoffmann's Conure in aviculture, is a medium-small parrot endemic to humid highland forests and woodlands in Costa Rica and western Panama. It occurs up to 3000 m asl, and locally down to 1300 m in the wet season...
Pyrrhura hoffmanni - Barred ParakeetBarred ParakeetThe Barred Parakeet , also known as Lineolated Parakeet, Catherine Parakeet or 'Linnies' for short, is a small parrot found disjunctly in highland forests from southern Mexico to Panama, in the Andes from western Venezuela to southern Peru, the Santa Marta Mountains in Colombia and the Venezuelan...
Bolborhynchus lineola - Orange-chinned ParakeetOrange-chinned ParakeetThe Orange-chinned Parakeet , also known as the Tovi Parakeet, is a small mainly green parrot of the Brotogeris genus. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and Venezuela...
Brotogeris jugularis - Red-fronted ParrotletRed-fronted ParrotletThe Red-fronted Parrotlet, Touit costaricensis, is a parrot in Central America in Costa Rica and Panama. It is 15cm, green with a short tail, red forehead, lores, and under eye, red shoulders and leading edge of underwing, and the remaining underwing coverts yellow...
Touit costaricensis Vulnerable - Brown-hooded ParrotBrown-hooded ParrotThe Brown-hooded Parrot is a small parrot which is a resident breeding species from southeastern Mexico to north-western Colombia. Until recently, it was placed in the genus Pionopsitta, which now is restricted to the type species, the Pileated Parrot. It is sometimes considered conspecific with...
Pionopsitta haematotis - Blue-headed ParrotBlue-headed ParrotThe Blue-headed Parrot, also known as the Blue-headed Pionus, Pionus menstruus, is a medium large parrot. It is about 27 cm long and they are mainly green with a blue head and neck, and red under tail feathers. It is a resident bird in tropical and subtropical South America and southern...
Pionus menstruus - White-crowned ParrotWhite-crowned ParrotThe White-crowned Parrot , also known as the White-crowned Pionus in aviculture, is a small parrot which is a resident breeding species from eastern Mexico to western Panama....
Pionus senilis - White-fronted Amazon Amazona albifrons
- Red-lored Amazon Amazona autumnalis
- Yellow-crowned AmazonYellow-crowned AmazonThe Yellow-crowned Amazon or Yellow-crowned Parrot , is a species of parrot, native to the tropical South America and Panama. The taxonomy is highly complex, and the Yellow-headed and Yellow-naped Amazon are sometimes considered subspecies of the Yellow-crowned Amazon...
Amazona ochrocephala - Yellow-naped Amazon Amazona auropalliata
- Mealy Amazon Amazona farinosa
Cuculidae
- Black-billed CuckooBlack-billed CuckooThe Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, is a cuckoo.Adults have a long brown tail and a black bill. The head and upper parts are brown and the underparts are white. There is a red ring around the eye. Juveniles are drabber, and the eye ring is greenish.Their breeding habitat is edges of...
Coccyzus erythropthalmus - Yellow-billed CuckooYellow-billed CuckooThe Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus, is a cuckoo. Common folk-names for this bird in the southern United States are Rain Crow and Storm Crow...
Coccyzus americanus - Mangrove CuckooMangrove CuckooThe Mangrove Cuckoo, Coccyzus minor, is a species of cuckoo that is native to the Neotropics.Adults have a long tail, brown above and black-and-white below, and a black curved bill with yellow on the lower mandible. The head and upper parts are brown. There is a yellow ring around the eye...
Coccyzus minor - Cocos Island Cuckoo Coccyzus ferrugineus Cocos Islands only Vulnerable
- Squirrel CuckooSquirrel CuckooThe Squirrel Cuckoo, Piaya cayana, is a large and active species of cuckoo found in wooded habitats from northwestern Mexico to northern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad.-Description:...
Piaya cayana - Smooth-billed AniSmooth-billed AniThe Smooth-billed Ani is a large near passerine bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida, the Bahamas, the Caribbean, parts of Central America, south to western Ecuador, Brazil, and northern Argentina.This ani is found in open and semi-open country and...
Crotophaga ani - Groove-billed AniGroove-billed AniThe Groove-billed Ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris, is an odd-looking tropical bird in the cuckoo family with a long tail and a large, curved beak. It is a resident species throughout most of its range, from southern Texas and central Mexico through Central America, to northern Colombia and Venezuela,...
Crotophaga sulcirostris - Striped CuckooStriped CuckooThe Striped Cuckoo is a near-passerine bird, the only member of the genus Tapera. This resident cuckoo is found from Mexico and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina....
Tapera naevia - Pheasant CuckooPheasant CuckooThe Pheasant Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are...
Dromococcyx phasianellus - Lesser Ground-CuckooLesser Ground-cuckooThe Lesser Ground Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the monotypic genus Morococcyx in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and...
Morococcyx erythropygus - Rufous-vented Ground-CuckooRufous-vented Ground-cuckooThe Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo is a large terrestrial species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in humid primary forests from southern Nicaragua, through Costa Rica and Panama, into north-western Colombia...
Neomorphus geoffroyi
Strigidae
- Western Screech-Owl Megascops kennicottii
- Pacific Screech-OwlPacific Screech-owlThe Pacific Screech Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua...
Megascops cooperi - Tropical Screech-OwlTropical Screech-owlThe Tropical Screech Owl is a small species of owl in the Strigidae family.-Range and habitat:It is found throughout South America , except in the Andes, the arid Pacific lowlands, and the far south. Its distribution also extends into southern Central America in Costa Rica and Panama...
Megascops choliba - Bare-shanked Screech-OwlBare-shanked Screech-owlThe Bare-shanked Screech Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Megascops clarkii - Guatemalan Screech-OwlGuatemalan Screech-owlThe Middle American Screech Owl , also known as the Guatemalan Screech Owl, is a species of owl in the Strigidae family. It is found in forests and dense second growth from Mexico to Costa Rica. Some authorities include Chocó Screech Owl and Roraiman Screech Owl in M. guatemalae, but under the...
Megascops guatemalae - Vermiculated Screech-Owl Megascops vermiculatus
- Great Horned OwlGreat Horned OwlThe Great Horned Owl, , also known as the Tiger Owl, is a large owl native to the Americas. It is an adaptable bird with a vast range and is the most widely distributed true owl in the Americas.-Description:...
Bubo virginianus - Mottled OwlMottled OwlThe Mottled Owl is a medium-sized owl found from Mexico to Brazil and Argentina. The body has vertical bars on the chest and throat and white markings in the back. The eyes are dark and the head is round and they do not have ear tufts.It is thirteen to fifteen inches in length...
Ciccaba virgata - Black-and-white OwlBlack-and-white OwlThe Black-and-white Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.Compare with ITIS: It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
Ciccaba nigrolineata - Crested OwlCrested OwlThe Crested Owl is a species of owl in the family Strigidae. It is the only species , in the genus Lophostrix....
Lophostrix cristata - Spectacled OwlSpectacled OwlThe Spectacled Owl, Pulsatrix perspicillata, is a large tropical owl. It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico and Trinidad, through Central America, south to southern Brazil, Paraguay and northwestern Argentina...
Pulsatrix perspicillata' - Costa Rican Pygmy-owlCosta Rican Pygmy-owlThe Costa Rican Pygmy Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.-Range and Habitat:...
Glaucidium costaricanum - Central American Pygmy-owlCentral American Pygmy-owlThe Central American Pygmy Owl is a species of owl in the Strigidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Glaucidium griseiceps - Ferruginous Pygmy-owl Glaucidium brasilianum
- Burrowing OwlBurrowing OwlThe Burrowing Owl is a tiny but long-legged owl found throughout open landscapes of North and South America. Burrowing Owls can be found in grasslands, rangelands, agricultural areas, deserts, or any other open dry area with low vegetation. They nest and roost in burrows, such as those excavated...
Athene cunicularia Rare/Accidental - Unspotted Saw-whet OwlUnspotted Saw-whet OwlThe Unspotted Saw-whet Owl, Aegolius ridgwayi, is a small owl. It is a resident breeder in the highlands of Central America from southern Mexico south to western Panama, mainly above 2500 m. it has occasionally been considered conspecific with the Northern Saw-whet Owl...
Aegolius ridgwayi - Striped OwlStriped OwlThe Striped Owl is a medium-sized owl with large ear tufts and a brownish-white facial disk rimmed with black. Its beak is black, and it has cinnamon-colored eyes. It has shorter, rounder wings than most of its close relatives. The upperparts are cinnamon with fine black vermiculation and heavy...
Pseudoscops clamator - Stygian OwlStygian OwlThe Stygian Owl, Asio stygius is a medium-sized dusky colored owl. It has yellow eyes, a black beak, a dark blackish facial disk, and white eyebrows. Its underparts are a dingy buff color with dark brown barring and streaks...
Asio stygius Rare/Accidental - Short-eared OwlShort-eared OwlThe Short-eared Owl is a species of typical owl . In Scotland this species of owl is often referred to as a cataface, grass owl or short-horned hootlet. Owls belonging to genus Asio are known as the eared owls, as they have tufts of feathers resembling mammalian ears. These "ear" tufts may or may...
Asio flammeus Rare/Accidental
Nyctibiidae
- Great PotooGreat PotooThe Great Potoo is a bird, both the largest potoo species and the largest member of the order Caprimulgiformes . It occurs in tropical America.-Description:...
Nyctibius grandis - Northern PotooNorthern PotooThe Northern Potoo is a nocturnal bird belonging to the potoo family, Nyctibiidae. It is found from Mexico south to Costa Rica and on the islands of Jamaica and Hispaniola...
Nyctibius jamaicensis - Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus
Caprimulgidae
- Short-tailed NighthawkShort-tailed NighthawkThe Short-tailed Nighthawk is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.-Distribution and habitat:...
Lurocalis semitorquatus - Lesser NighthawkLesser NighthawkThe Lesser Nighthawk, Chordeiles acutipennis, is a nightjar found throughout a large part of the Americas.The adults are dark with brown, grey and white patterning on the upperparts and breast; the long upperwings are black and show a white bar in flight. The tail is dark with white barring; the...
Chordeiles acutipennis - Common NighthawkCommon NighthawkThe Common Nighthawk is a medium-sized crepuscular or nocturnal bird, whose presence and identity are best revealed by its vocalization. Typically dark , displaying cryptic colouration and intricate patterns, this bird becomes invisible by day. Once aerial, with its buoyant but erratic flight,...
Chordeiles minor - PauraquePauraqueThe Pauraque – also called the Common Pauraque to distinguish it from similar species – is a nightjar species, the only bird in the genus Nyctidromus...
Nyctidromus albicollis - Ocellated PoorwillOcellated PoorwillThe Ocellated Poorwill is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Paraguay, and Peru....
Nyctiphrynus ocellatus - Chuck-will's-widowChuck-will's-widowThe Chuck-will's-widow, Caprimulgus carolinensis is a nocturnal bird of the nightjar family Caprimulgidae. It is found in the southeastern United States near swamps, rocky uplands, and pine woods...
Caprimulgus carolinensis - Rufous NightjarRufous NightjarThe Rufous Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or...
Caprimulgus rufus - Whip-poor-willWhip-poor-willThe Eastern Whip-poor-will, Caprimulgus vociferus, is a medium-sized nightjar from North and Central America. The whip-poor-will is commonly heard within its range, but less often seen because of its superior camouflage...
Caprimulgus vociferus Rare/Accidental - Dusky NightjarDusky NightjarThe Dusky Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montanes and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
Caprimulgus saturatus - White-tailed NightjarWhite-tailed NightjarThe White-tailed Nightjar is a species of nightjar in the Caprimulgidae family.It is found in Aruba, Barbados, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Martinique, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or...
Caprimulgus cayennensis
Apodidae
- Black SwiftBlack SwiftThe American Black Swift or more simply Black Swift is found from northern British Columbia in Canada through the United States and Mexico to Costa Rica. It is also found on islands in the West Indies....
Cypseloides niger - Spot-fronted SwiftSpot-fronted SwiftThe Spot-fronted Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-Source:...
Cypseloides cherriei Data deficient - White-chinned SwiftWhite-chinned SwiftThe White-chinned Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
Cypseloides cryptus - Chestnut-collared SwiftChestnut-collared SwiftThe Chestnut-collared Swift, Streptoprocne rutila, is a resident breeding bird from Mexico and Trinidad south to Peru and Bolivia. It was one of the species of Cypseloides controversially moved to Streptoprocne by the AOU ....
Streptoprocne rutila - White-collared SwiftWhite-collared SwiftThe White-collared Swift, Streptoprocne zonaris, is a resident breeding bird from central Mexico, the Greater Antilles and Trinidad south to Peru, northern Argentina and southeastern Brazil....
Streptoprocne zonaris - Gray-rumped SwiftGray-rumped SwiftThe Grey-rumped Swift, Chaetura cinereiventris, is a small swift.This species breeds in hill forests from Nicaragua south to Peru, Brazil and northern Argentina, and Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago. The nest is a half saucer of twigs glued to the inside of a tree hole, chimney or similar shaded...
Chaetura cinereiventris - Chimney SwiftChimney SwiftThe Chimney Swift is a small bird .-Physical description:In flight, this bird looks like a flying cigar with long slender curved wings. The plumage is a sooty grey-brown; the throat, breast, underwings and rump are paler. They have short tails.-Reproduction:The breeding season of Chimney Swifts is...
Chaetura pelagica - Vaux's SwiftVaux's SwiftVaux's Swift is a small swift native to North America and northern South America. It was named for the American scientist William Sansom Vaux.-Description:...
Chaetura vauxi - Great Swallow-tailed SwiftGreat Swallow-tailed SwiftThe Great Swallow-tailed Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Panyptila sanctihieronymi Rare/Accidental - Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftLesser Swallow-tailed SwiftThe Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift or Cayenne Swift, Panyptila cayennensis, is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico and Tobago south to Ecuador, eastern Peru and Brazil....
Panyptila cayennensis - Costa Rican SwiftCosta Rican SwiftThe Costa Rican Swift is a species of swift in the Apodidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Chaetura fumosa
Trochilidae
- White-tipped SicklebillWhite-tipped SicklebillThe White-tipped Sicklebill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama of Central America, and Colombia, Ecuador, and far northern Peru. There is also a single recent record from Mérida in Venezuela.Its natural habitat is the undergrowth of...
Eutoxeres aquila - Bronzy HermitBronzy HermitThe Bronzy Hermit is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in forests and thickets from eastern Honduras south to western Panama, and in the Chocó of western Colombia and north-western Ecuador. It closely resembles the larger Rufous-breasted Hermit.-References:*A Guide to...
Glaucis aenea - Band-tailed BarbthroatBand-tailed BarbthroatThe Band-tailed Barbthroat is a medium-sized hummingbird which is a resident breeder from southeastern Guatemala and Belize to western Ecuador and western Venezuela....
Threnetes ruckeri - Green HermitGreen HermitThe Green Hermit is a large hummingbird that is a resident breeder from southern Central America south to northwestern South America It is 5.3 in long and weighs 0.22 oz . The male Green Hermit is mainly dark green with a blue-green rump...
Phaethornis guy - Long-billed HermitLong-billed HermitThe Long-billed Hermit is a large hummingbird that is a resident breeder from central Mexico south to northwestern Colombia, extreme western Venezuela and western Ecuador...
, Phaethornis longirostris - Stripe-throated HermitStripe-throated HermitThe Stripe-throated Hermit is a species of hummingbird from Central America and north-western South America. It is generally fairly common and considered Least Concern by BirdLife International....
Phaethornis striigularis - Green-fronted LancebillGreen-fronted LancebillThe Green-fronted Lancebill is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
Doryfera ludovicae - Scaly-breasted HummingbirdScaly-breasted HummingbirdThe Scaly-breasted Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is monotypic for its genus.-Distribution and habitat:...
Phaeochroa cuvierii - Violet SabrewingViolet SabrewingThe Violet Sabrewing, Campylopterus hemileucurus,is a very large hummingbird native to southern Mexico and Central America as far south as Costa Rica and western Panama....
Campylopterus hemileucurus - White-necked JacobinWhite-necked JacobinThe White-necked Jacobin is a large and attractive hummingbird that ranges from Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and south Brazil...
Florisuga mellivora - Brown Violet-earBrown Violet-earThe Brown Violetear is a large hummingbird that breeds at middle elevations in the mountains in Central America, and western and northern South America with isolated populations on Trinidad and in the Brazilian state Bahia.The breeding habitat is forest at altitudes between 400-1600 m, but the...
Colibri delphinae
- Green Violet-earGreen Violet-ear- Introduction :The Green Violetear is a medium-sized, metallic green hummingbird species commonly found in forested areas from Mexico to northern South America.- Taxonomy :...
Colibri thalassinus - Green-breasted MangoGreen-breasted MangoThe Green-breasted Mango is a hummingbird from tropical America. The scientific name of this bird commemorates the French naturalist Florent Prévost.- Description :...
Anthracothorax prevostii - Violet-headed HummingbirdViolet-headed HummingbirdThe Violet-headed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is monotypic of the genus, Klais.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
Klais guimeti - Rufous-crested CoquetteRufous-crested CoquetteThe Rufous-Crested Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded...
Lophornis delattrei Rare/Accidental - Black-crested CoquetteBlack-crested CoquetteThe Black-Crested Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Lophornis helenae - White-crested CoquetteWhite-crested CoquetteThe White-crested Coquette is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Lophornis adorabilis - Green ThorntailGreen ThorntailThe Green Thorntail is a small hummingbird that is a resident breeder from Costa Rica to western Ecuador. It occurs at middle elevations from 700-1400 m but may descend lower early in the wet season. In Costa Rica and Panama it is confined to the Caribbean slopes.This is a forest canopy species...
Discosura conversii - Garden EmeraldGarden EmeraldThe Garden Emerald is a small hummingbird that is an endemic resident breeder in Costa Rica and western Panama. It was formerly considered to be a subspecies of the Blue-tailed Emerald....
Chlorostilbon assimilis - Fiery-throated HummingbirdFiery-throated HummingbirdThe Fiery-throated Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird which breeds only in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama...
Panterpe insignis - White-tailed EmeraldWhite-tailed EmeraldThe White-Tailed Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama....
Elvira chionura - Coppery-headed EmeraldCoppery-headed EmeraldThe Coppery-headed Emerald is a type of hummingbird. It is endemic to Costa Rica.The noticeably decurved bill sets it apart from similar White-tailed Emerald ....
Elvira cupreiceps Endemic - Stripe-tailed HummingbirdStripe-tailed HummingbirdThe Stripe-tailed Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird endemic to subtropical moist forests and adjacent clearings of Middle America, from the Gulf slope of southeastern Mexico to Panama....
Eupherusa eximia - Black-bellied HummingbirdBlack-bellied HummingbirdThe Black-bellied Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in moist forest and edge at middle elevations on the Caribbean slope in Costa Rica and Panama-References:...
Eupherusa nigriventris - Violet-crowned WoodnymphViolet-crowned WoodnymphThe Violet-crowned Woodnymph , also known as the Purple-crowned Woodnymph, is a medium-sized hummingbird found from Guatemala and Belize to northern Colombia and western Venezuela. It formerly included the Mexican and Green-crowned Woodnymphs as subspecies...
Thalurania colombica
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- Violet-bellied HummingbirdViolet-bellied HummingbirdThe Violet-bellied Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is monotypical for genus Damophila.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru; it can occasionally be seen in Costa Rica....
Damophila julie - Sapphire-throated HummingbirdSapphire-throated HummingbirdThe Sapphire-Throated Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama....
Lepidopyga coeruleogularis Rare/Accidental - Blue-throated GoldentailBlue-throated GoldentailThe Blue-throated Sapphire , also known as the Blue-Throated Goldentail, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama...
Hylocharis eliciae - Rufous-tailed HummingbirdRufous-tailed HummingbirdThe Rufous-tailed Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird that breeds from east-central Mexico, through Central America and Colombia, east to western Venezuela and south through western Ecuador to near the border with Peru...
Amazilia tzacatl - Cinnamon HummingbirdCinnamon HummingbirdThe Cinnamon Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found from northwestern Mexico to Costa Rica....
Amazilia rutila - White-bellied EmeraldWhite-bellied EmeraldThe White-Bellied Emerald is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Agyrtria candida Rare/Accidental - Blue-chested HummingbirdBlue-chested HummingbirdThe Blue-Chested Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Polyerata amabilis - Charming HummingbirdCharming HummingbirdThe Charming Hummingbird is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Polyerata decora - Mangrove HummingbirdMangrove HummingbirdThe Mangrove Hummingbird, Amazilia boucardi, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found only in Costa Rica.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical mangrove forests....
Polyerata boucardi Endemic Endangered - Steely-vented HummingbirdSteely-vented HummingbirdThe Steely-vented Hummingbird is a medium-sized hummingbird that is a resident breeder from western Nicaragua to Costa Rica, and also in Colombia and northwestern Venezuela. The Central American birds differ in voice and behaviour from those in South America and may be a separate species, the ...
Saucerottia saucerrottei - Indigo-capped HummingbirdIndigo-capped HummingbirdThe Indigo-capped Hummingbird , sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia...
Saucerottia cyanifrons Rare/Accidental - Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Saucerottia edward
- Blue-tailed HummingbirdBlue-tailed HummingbirdThe Blue-tailed Hummingbird , sometimes placed in the genus Saucerottia, is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Saucerottia cyanura Rare/Accidental - SnowcapSnowcapThe Snowcap is a small hummingbird which is a resident breeder in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and western Panama. It is the only member of the genus Microchera....
Microchera albocoronata
- White-vented PlumeleteerWhite-vented PlumeleteerThe White-vented Plumeleteer is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
Chalybura buffonii - Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia
- White-bellied Mountain-gemWhite-bellied Mountain-gemThe White-bellied Mountaingem is a species of hummingbird in the Trochilidae family. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Lampornis hemileucus - Purple-throated Mountain-gemPurple-throated Mountain-gemThe Purple-throated Mountaingem is a hummingbird which breeds in the mountains of southern Nicaragua, northern Costa Rica and western Panama...
Lampornis calolaema - Gray-tailed Mountain-gemGray-tailed Mountain-gemThe Grey-tailed Mountaingem or Gray-tailed Mountaingem is a hummingbird which breeds only in the mountains of southern Costa Rica...
Lampornis cinereicauda Endemic - Green-crowned BrilliantGreen-crowned BrilliantThe Green-crowned Brilliant is a large robust hummingbird that is a resident breeder in the highlands from Costa Rica to western Ecuador.This hummingbird inhabits wet mountain forests including edges, gaps and tall second growth...
Heliodoxa jacula - Magnificent HummingbirdMagnificent HummingbirdThe Magnificent Hummingbird is a large hummingbird that breeds in mountains from the southwestern United States to western Panama. It is the only member of the genus Eugenes, although the northern, nominate subspecies E. fulgens fulgens has on occasion been separated from the larger, southern race...
Eugenes fulgens - Purple-crowned FairyPurple-crowned FairyThe Purple-crowned Fairy is a large hummingbird that breeds in the lowlands and hills from southeastern Mexico south to southwestern Ecuador....
Heliothryx barroti - Plain-capped StarthroatPlain-capped StarthroatThe Plain-capped Starthroat, Heliomaster constantii, is a large-sized hummingbird. It is 11-12 cm long, and weighs approximately 7-8 g.Adults are colored predominantly metallic bronze on their upper-parts, tail, back and crown. The bird has a dark eye-stripe with a white stripe above and below. ...
Heliomaster constantii - Long-billed StarthroatLong-billed StarthroatThe Long-billed Starthroat, Heliomaster longirostris, is a hummingbird that breeds from southern Mexico to Panama, from Colombia south and east to Bolivia and Brazil, and on Trinidad...
Heliomaster longirostris - Magenta-throated WoodstarMagenta-throated WoodstarThe Magenta-throated Woodstar is an attractive hummingbird that is a resident breeder in forest edge and scrub in Costa Rica and western Panama. Its nest is undescribed....
Calliphlox bryantae - Ruby-throated HummingbirdRuby-throated HummingbirdThe Ruby-throated Hummingbird , is a small hummingbird. It is the only species of hummingbird that regularly nests east of the Mississippi River in North America.- Description :...
Archilochus colubris - Scintillant HummingbirdScintillant HummingbirdThe Scintillant Hummingbird is the smallest hummingbird within its range, which includes only the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama....
Selasphorus scintilla - Volcano HummingbirdVolcano HummingbirdThe Volcano Hummingbird is a very small hummingbird which breeds only in the mountains of Costa Rica and Chiriqui, Panama....
Selasphorus flammula - Alfaros Hummingbird Saucerottia alfaroana Endemic
Trogonidae
- Black-headed TrogonBlack-headed TrogonThe Black-headed Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Trogon melanocephalus
- Baird's TrogonBaird's TrogonThe Baird's Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
Trogon bairdii Near-threatened - Violaceous TrogonViolaceous TrogonThe Violaceous Trogon , also known as the Guianan Trogon, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It is found in humid forests in the Amazon Basin of South America and on the island of Trinidad, although some authorities have argued for treating the west Amazonian population as...
Trogon violaceus - Mountain TrogonMountain TrogonThe Mountain Trogon is a species of bird in the family Trogonidae. It breeds in Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico. In El Salvador, it is only present as a vagrant nowadays; its only local breeding population is in the Cordillera Nahuaterique which was ceded to Honduras in 1992 .Its natural habitat...
Trogon mexicanus - Collared TrogonCollared TrogonThe Collared Trogon, Trogon collaris, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It is found in the warmer parts of the Neotropics, and includes numerous subspecies, including T. c...
Trogon collaris - Elegant TrogonElegant TrogonThe Elegant Trogon, Trogon elegans , is a near passerine bird in the trogon family. It breeds from southeasternmost Arizona in the United States to northwestern Costa Rica. It occasionally is found as a vagrant in southeasternmost and western Texas.It is a resident of the lower levels of semi-arid...
Trogon elegans - Orange-bellied TrogonOrange-bellied TrogonThe Orange-bellied Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family. It has been considered a morph of the Collared Trogon, but most maintain its status as a separate species...
Trogon aurantiiventris - Black-throated TrogonBlack-throated TrogonThe Black-throated Trogon, Trogon rufus, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It is also called "Yellow-bellied Trogon", but as it is not the only trogon with a yellow belly this should be avoided...
Trogon rufus - Slaty-tailed TrogonSlaty-tailed TrogonThe Slaty-tailed Trogon, Trogon massena, is a near passerine bird in the trogon family, Trogonidae. It breeds in lowlands from southeastern Mexico south through Central America, to Colombia, and a small region of northwestern Ecuador....
Trogon massena - Lattice-tailed TrogonLattice-tailed TrogonThe Lattice-tailed Trogon is a species of bird in the Trogonidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Trogon clathratus - Resplendent QuetzalResplendent QuetzalThe Resplendent Quetzal, Pharomachrus mocinno, is a bird in the trogon family. It is found from southern Mexico to western Panama . It is well known for its colorful plumage. There are two subspecies, P. m. mocinno and P. m...
Pharomachrus mocinno Near-threatened
Alcedinidae
- Belted KingfisherBelted KingfisherThe Belted Kingfisher is a large, conspicuous water kingfisher, the only member of that group commonly found in the northern United States and Canada. It is depicted on the 1986 series Canadian $5 note. All kingfishers were formerly placed in one family, Alcedinidae, but recent research suggests...
Ceryle alcyon - Ringed KingfisherRinged KingfisherThe Ringed Kingfisher is a large, conspicuous and noisy kingfisher, commonly found along the lower Rio Grande River valley in southeasternmost Texas in the United States through Central America to Tierra del Fuego in South America....
Ceryle torquatus - Amazon KingfisherAmazon KingfisherThe Amazon Kingfisher, Chloroceryle amazona, is a resident breeding bird in the lowlands of the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina, with at least one bird having strayed north to Texas. Records from Trinidad are thought to be erroneous.This...
Chloroceryle amazona - Green KingfisherGreen KingfisherThe Green Kingfisher, Chloroceryle americana, is a resident breeding bird which occurs from southern Texas in the USA south through Central and South Americal to central Argentina....
Chloroceryle americana - Green-and-rufous KingfisherGreen-and-rufous KingfisherThe Green-and-rufous Kingfisher, Chloroceryle inda, is a resident breeding bird in the lowlands of the American tropics from southeastern Nicaragua south to southern Brazil.-Description:...
Chloroceryle inda - American Pygmy KingfisherAmerican Pygmy KingfisherThe American Pygmy Kingfisher, Chloroceryle aenea, is a resident breeding bird which occurs in the American tropics from southern Mexico south through Central America to western Ecuador, and then around the northern Andes cordillera in the east to central Bolivia and central Brazil...
Chloroceryle aenea
Momotidae
- Tody MotmotTody MotmotThe Tody Motmot is a species of bird in the Momotidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Hylomanes.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Hylomanes momotula - Blue-crowned MotmotBlue-crowned MotmotThe Blue-crowned Motmot, Momotus momota, is a colourful near-passerine bird found in forests and woodlands of eastern Mexico, Central America, northern and central South America, and Trinidad and Tobago...
Momotus momota - Rufous MotmotRufous MotmotThe Rufous Motmot, Baryphthengus martii, is a near-passerine bird which is a resident breeder in rain forests from northeastern Honduras south to western Ecuador, northeastern Bolivia, and southwestern Brazil....
Baryphthengus martii - Keel-billed MotmotKeel-billed MotmotThe Keel-billed Motmot is a species of bird in the Momotidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Electron carinatum Vulnerable - Broad-billed MotmotBroad-billed MotmotThe Broad-billed Motmot is a species of bird in the Momotidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:*...
Electron platyrhynchum' - Turquoise-browed MotmotTurquoise-browed MotmotThe Turquoise-browed Motmot also called Torogoz by the inhabitants of El Salvador and Guardabarranco in Nicaragua; is a colourful, medium-sized bird of the motmot family, Momotidae. It inhabits Central America from south-east Mexico , to Costa Rica, where it is common and not considered threatened...
‘‘Eumomota superciliosa
Galbulidae
- Rufous-tailed JacamarRufous-tailed JacamarThe Rufous-tailed Jacamar, Galbula ruficauda, is a near-passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World in southern Mexico, Central America and South America as far south as southern Brazil and Ecuador....
Galbula ruficauda - Great JacamarGreat JacamarThe Great Jacamar is a species of bird in the Galbulidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Jacamerops....
Jacamerops aureus
Bucconidae
- White-necked PuffbirdWhite-necked PuffbirdThe White-necked Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in forest and woodland from southern Mexico, through Central America, to the Chocó, northern Colombia , northern Venezuela, and the western and southern Amazon Basin.It was formerly considered a subspecies of N...
Notharchus macrorhynchos - Pied PuffbirdPied PuffbirdThe Pied Puffbird is a species of puffbird in the Bucconidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Notharchus tectus - White-whiskered PuffbirdWhite-whiskered PuffbirdThe White-whiskered Puffbird is a bird which is a resident breeding species from southeastern Mexico to central Ecuador. It is sometimes known as White-whiskered Softwing....
Malacoptila panamensis - Lanceolated MonkletLanceolated MonkletThe Lanceolated Monklet is a species of bird in the Bucconidae family, the puffbirds. It is the only member of the genus Micromonacha.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru...
Micromonacha lanceolata - White-fronted NunbirdWhite-fronted NunbirdThe White-fronted Nunbird is a species of near passerine bird in the puffbird family . It is found in the tropical Americas....
Monasa morphoeus
Capitonidae
- Red-headed BarbetRed-headed BarbetThe Red-headed Barbet is a species of bird in the Capitonidae family. It is found in humid highland forest in Costa Rica and Panama, as well as the Andes in western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru. The diet of the Red-headed Barbet may include bananas and various other...
Eubucco bourcierii - Prong-billed BarbetProng-billed BarbetThe Prong-billed Barbet is a distinctive, relatively large-billed bird native to humid highland forest in Costa Rica and western Panama.It often has been placed with the other barbets in the Capitonidae...
Semnornis frantzii
Ramphastidae
- Collared AracariCollared AracariThe Collared Aracari, Pteroglossus torquatus, is a toucan, a near-passerine bird which breeds from southern Mexico to Panama; also Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela.-Description:...
Pteroglossus torquatus - Fiery-billed AracariFiery-billed AracariThe Fiery-billed Aracari, Pteroglossus frantzii, is a toucan, a near-passerine bird which breeds only on the Pacific slopes of southern Costa Rica and western Panama. The binomial commemorates the German naturalist Alexander von Frantzius.-Description:...
Pteroglossus frantzii - Yellow-eared ToucanetYellow-eared ToucanetThe Yellow-eared Toucanet is a species of bird in the Ramphastidae family. It is found in humid forests in Central America and the Chocó...
Selenidera spectabilis - Keel-billed ToucanKeel-billed ToucanThe Keel-billed Toucan , also known as Sulfur-breasted Toucan or Rainbow-billed Toucan, is a colorful Latin American member of the toucan family. It is the national bird of Belize.- Description :...
Ramphastos sulfuratus - Chestnut-mandibled ToucanChestnut-mandibled ToucanThe Chestnut-mandibled Toucan, or Swainson’s Toucan is a near-passerine bird which breeds from eastern Honduras to northern Colombia to western Ecuador. This subspecies is replaced from southern Colombia to eastern Peru by the nominate subspecies Black-mandibled Toucan, R. ambiguus ambiguus...
Ramphastos swainsonii - Emerald ToucanetEmerald ToucanetThe Emerald Toucanet, Aulacorhynchus prasinus, is a near-passerine bird occurring in mountainous regions from Mexico, through Central America, to northern Venezuela and along the Andes as far south as central Bolivia...
Aulacorhynchus caeruleogularis
PicidaePicidaeThe woodpeckers, piculets and wrynecks are a family, Picidae, of near-passerine birds. Members of this family are found worldwide, except for Australia and New Zealand, Madagascar, and the extreme polar regions...
- Olivaceous PiculetOlivaceous PiculetThe Olivaceous Piculet is a species of bird in the Picidae family. Etymologically, piculet is as a double diminutive of the Latin picus woodpecker, see also Picus...
Picumnus olivaceus
- Acorn WoodpeckerAcorn WoodpeckerThe Acorn woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker, 21 cm long with an average weight of 85 g.-Description:...
Melanerpes formicivorus - Golden-naped WoodpeckerGolden-naped WoodpeckerThe Golden-naped Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest....
Melanerpes chrysauchen - Black-cheeked WoodpeckerBlack-cheeked WoodpeckerThe Black-cheeked Woodpecker, Melanerpes pucherani, is a resident breeding bird from southeastern Mexico south to western Ecuador.This woodpecker occurs in the higher levels of wet forests, semi-open woodland and old second growth. It nests in an unlined hole 6–30 m high in a dead tree. The clutch...
Melanerpes pucherani - Red-crowned WoodpeckerRed-crowned WoodpeckerThe Red-crowned Woodpecker, Melanerpes rubricapillus, is a resident breeding bird from southwestern Costa Rica south to Colombia, Venezuela, the Guianas and Tobago....
Melanerpes rubricapillus - Hoffmann's WoodpeckerHoffmann's WoodpeckerHoffmann's Woodpecker, Melanerpes hoffmannii, is a resident breeding bird from southern Honduras south to Costa Rica. It is a common species on the Pacific slopes, locally as high as 2150 m. It is expanding on the Caribbean slope, aided by deforestation...
Melanerpes hoffmannii - Yellow-bellied SapsuckerYellow-bellied SapsuckerThe Yellow-bellied Sapsucker is a medium-sized woodpecker found in North America, Central America and the Caribbean.-Taxonomy:...
Sphyrapicus varius - Hairy WoodpeckerHairy WoodpeckerThe Hairy Woodpecker is a medium-sized woodpecker, averaging approximately 250 mm in length with a 380 mm wingspan...
Picoides villosus - Smoky-brown WoodpeckerSmoky-brown WoodpeckerThe Smoky-brown Woodpecker or Brown Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.-Habitat:Its natural habitats are subtropical or...
Veniliornis fumigatus - Red-rumped WoodpeckerRed-rumped WoodpeckerThe Red-rumped Woodpecker, Veniliornis kirkii, is a resident breeding bird from Costa Rica south and east to Ecuador, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago....
Veniliornis kirkii - Rufous-winged WoodpeckerRufous-winged WoodpeckerThe Rufous-winged Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Piculus simplex - Golden-green WoodpeckerGolden-green WoodpeckerThe Golden-green Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family, the woodpeckers, piculets, and wrynecks....
Piculus chrysochloros - Golden-olive WoodpeckerGolden-olive WoodpeckerThe Golden-olive Woodpecker, Colaptes rubiginosus, is a resident breeding bird from Mexico south and east to Guyana, northwest Argentina, Trinidad and Tobago. It was formerly placed in the genus Piculus...
Piculus rubiginosus - Cinnamon WoodpeckerCinnamon WoodpeckerThe Cinnamon Woodpecker is a species of bird in the Picidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Celeus loricatus - Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus
- Lineated WoodpeckerLineated WoodpeckerThe Lineated Woodpecker is a very large woodpecker which is a resident breeding bird from Mexico south to northern Argentina and on Trinidad.-Description:The Lineated Woodpecker is long...
Dryocopus lineatus - Pale-billed WoodpeckerPale-billed WoodpeckerThe Pale-billed Woodpecker is a very large woodpecker that is a resident breeding bird from northern Mexico to western Panama.-Habitat:...
Campephilus guatemalensis
Furnariidae
- Pale-breasted SpinetailPale-breasted SpinetailThe Pale-breasted Spinetail , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Costa Rica to central Argentina, and in Trinidad....
Synallaxis albescens
- Slaty SpinetailSlaty SpinetailThe Slaty Spinetail or Slaty Castlebuilder, , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from northern Honduras to western Ecuador and east-central Brazil....
Synallaxis brachyura - Red-faced SpinetailRed-faced SpinetailThe Red-faced Spinetail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Cranioleuca erythrops - Spotted BarbtailSpotted BarbtailThe Spotted Barbtail is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Premnoplex brunnescens - Ruddy TreerunnerRuddy TreerunnerThe Ruddy Treerunner , is a passerine bird which is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama.This treerunner is found in hills and mountains from 1200 m up to the timberline, in forests and adjacent edges and clearings. It builds a large enclosed oval nest 25 m high in...
Margarornis rubiginosus - Plain XenopsPlain XenopsThe Plain Xenops, Xenops minutus, is a passerine bird which breeds in moist lowland forests in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to western Ecuador, northeastern Argentina and central Brazil....
Xenops minutus - Streaked XenopsStreaked XenopsThe Streaked Xenops, Xenops rutilans, is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Costa Rica and Trinidad south to Bolivia and northern Argentina...
Xenops rutilans - Scaly-throated Foliage-gleanerScaly-throated Foliage-gleanerThe Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Panama....
Anabacerthia variegaticeps - Buffy TuftedcheekBuffy TuftedcheekThe Buffy Tuftedcheek or Lawrence’s Tuftedcheek, Pseudocolaptes lawrencii, is a passerine bird in the ovenbird family, which breeds in the tropical New World in Costa Rica, western Panama and the Andes of Colombia and Ecuador. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the Streaked Tuftedcheek, P....
Pseudocolaptes lawrencii - Streak-breasted TreehunterStreak-breasted TreehunterThe Streak-breasted Treehunter , is a passerine bird which is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama....
Thripadectes rufobrunneus - Lineated Foliage-gleanerLineated Foliage-gleanerThe Lineated Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests....
Syndactyla subalaris - Striped WoodhaunterStriped WoodhaunterThe Striped Woodhaunter is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. It is the only member of the genus Hyloctistes.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
Hyloctistes subulatus - Buff-fronted Foliage-gleanerBuff-fronted Foliage-gleanerThe Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family, the ovenbirds. It is found in southeastern regions of South America in the cerrado and pantanal of Brazil and Paraguay as well as areas of southeast coastal Brazil; also extreme northeast Argentina...
Philydor rufus - Buff-throated Foliage-gleanerBuff-throated Foliage-gleanerThe Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
Automolus ochrolaemus - Ruddy Foliage-gleanerRuddy Foliage-gleanerThe Ruddy Foliage-gleaner is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family. Its range is highly disjunct, with populations in the highlands of Mexico and Central America, and lowlands and foothills in the Chocó, eastern Andes, and western and north-eastern Amazon Basin. It is found in forest...
Automolus rubiginosus - Tawny-throated LeaftosserTawny-throated LeaftosserThe Tawny-throated Leaftosser is a tropical American bird species in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It is also known as the Tawny-throated Leafscraper, Mexican Leaftosser or Mexican Leafscraper...
Sclerurus mexicanus - Gray-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus albigularis
- Scaly-throated LeaftosserScaly-throated LeaftosserThe Scaly-throated Leaftosser is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane...
Sclerurus guatemalensis
Dendrocolaptidae
- Tawny-winged WoodcreeperTawny-winged WoodcreeperThe Tawny-winged Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily, New World woodcreepers.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Dendrocincla anabatina
- Plain-brown WoodcreeperPlain-brown WoodcreeperThe Plain-brown Woodcreeper , is a sub-oscine passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from Honduras through South America to northern Argentina, and in Trinidad and Tobago. Sometimes it is considered to include the Plain-winged Woodcreeper The Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla...
Dendrocincla fuliginosa - Ruddy WoodcreeperRuddy WoodcreeperThe Ruddy Woodcreeper , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from southern Mexico to northern Colombia and extreme northern Venezuela....
Dendrocincla homochroa - Long-tailed WoodcreeperLong-tailed WoodcreeperThe Long-tailed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. It is monotypic within Deconychura, but formerly this genus also included the Spot-throated Woodcreeper....
Deconychura longicauda - Olivaceous WoodcreeperOlivaceous WoodcreeperThe Olivaceous Woodcreeper is a passerine bird of the tropical Americas. It belongs to the true woodcreepers of the ovenbird family ....
Sittasomus griseicapillus - Wedge-billed WoodcreeperWedge-billed WoodcreeperThe Wedge-billed Woodcreeper , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from southern Mexico to northern Bolivia, central Brazil and the Guianas; it is absent from the Pacific coastal areas except between Costa Rica and Ecuador...
Glyphorynchus spirurus - Strong-billed WoodcreeperStrong-billed WoodcreeperThe Strong-billed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.It is one of the largest woodcreepers and the largest furnariids, though the slender Long-billed Woodcreeper is longer and the Great Rufous Woodcreeper is larger overall...
Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus - Northern Barred-WoodcreeperNorthern Barred-woodcreeperThe Northern Barred-woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. It was formerly included as a subspecies of the Amazonian Barred-woodcreeper ....
‘‘Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae - Black-banded WoodcreeperBlack-banded WoodcreeperThe Black-banded Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily, the woodcreepers.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.In South America it is...
Dendrocolaptes picumnus - Cocoa WoodcreeperCocoa WoodcreeperThe Cocoa Woodcreeper is a passerine bird which breeds in tropical Central and South America in Trinidad, Tobago, northern Colombia and northern Venezuela. It was formerly considered a subspecies of the Buff-throated Woodcreeper .It is typically 23 cm long, and weighs 37 g...
Xiphorhynchus susurrans - Ivory-billed WoodcreeperIvory-billed WoodcreeperThe Ivory-billed Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Xiphorhynchus flavigaster - Black-striped WoodcreeperBlack-striped WoodcreeperThe Black-striped Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.-References:* BirdLife...
Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus - Spotted WoodcreeperSpotted WoodcreeperThe Spotted Woodcreeper is a species of bird in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Xiphorhynchus erythropygius - Streak-headed WoodcreeperStreak-headed WoodcreeperThe Streak-headed Woodcreeper , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from southern Mexico to northwestern Peru, northern Brazil and Guyana, and on Trinidad....
Lepidocolaptes souleyetii - Spot-crowned WoodcreeperSpot-crowned WoodcreeperThe Spot-crowned Woodcreeper , is a passerine bird which breeds in the tropical New World from central Mexico in the east, the Sierra Madre Orientals, to northern Panama....
Lepidocolaptes affinis' - Brown-billed ScythebillBrown-billed ScythebillThe Brown-billed Scythebill is a species of bird in the Furnariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife...
Campylorhamphus pusillus
Thamnophilidae
- Fasciated AntshrikeFasciated AntshrikeThe Fasciated Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Cymbilaimus lineatus - Great AntshrikeGreat AntshrikeThe Great Antshrike, Taraba major, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is the only member of the genus Taraba-....
Taraba major - Barred AntshrikeBarred AntshrikeThe Barred Antshrike, Thamnophilus doliatus, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is found in the Neotropics from Tamaulipas, Mexico, through Central America, Trinidad and Tobago, and a large part of South America east of the Andes as far south as northern Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay....
Thamnophilus doliatus
- Black-hooded AntshrikeBlack-hooded AntshrikeThe Black-hooded Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama....
Thamnophilus bridgesi - Western Slaty-AntshrikeWestern Slaty-AntshrikeThe Western Slaty-Antshrike is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in from western Ecuador, western Colombia, western Venezuela, and Central America as far north as Belize....
Thamnophilus atrinucha - Russet AntshrikeRusset AntshrikeThe Russet Antshrike, Thamnistes anabatinus, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is the only member of the genus Thamnistes.It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World from southern Mexico to northern Bolivia....
Thamnistes anabatinus - Plain AntvireoPlain AntvireoThe Plain Antvireo, Dysithamnus mentalis, is a passerine bird species in the antbird family , wherein it belongs to the antshrike subfamily . It is a resident breeder in tropical Central and South America....
Dysithamnus mentalis - Streak-crowned AntvireoStreak-crowned AntvireoThe Streak-crowned Antvireo is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, and Nicaragua.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Dysithamnus striaticeps - Spot-crowned AntvireoSpot-crowned AntvireoThe Spot-crowned Antvireo is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Dysithamnus puncticeps - Checker-throated AntwrenChecker-throated AntwrenThe Checker-throated Antwren or Fulvous-bellied Antwren is a small passerine bird in the antbird family. It has traditionally been placed in the genus Myrmotherula, but is, together with other members of the so-called "stipple-throated group", now placed in the new genus Epinecrophylla...
Myrmotherula fulviventris - White-flanked AntwrenWhite-flanked AntwrenThe White-flanked Antwren is a passerine bird in the antbird family.-Taxonomy:The subspecies M. a. luctuosa, the Silvery-flanked Antwren, is sometimes split as a full species.-Distribution and habitat:...
Myrmotherula axillaris - Slaty AntwrenSlaty AntwrenThe Slaty Antwren, Myrmotherula schisticolor, is a small passerine bird in the antbird family. It is a resident breeder in tropical Central and South America from southern Mexico to western Ecuador and eastern Peru....
Myrmotherula schisticolor - Dot-winged AntwrenDot-winged AntwrenThe Dot-winged Antwren is a passerine bird in the antbird family. In the past it was sometimes known as the Velvety Antwren, and some of its more distinctive subspecies have their own infrequently used English names...
Microrhopias quixensis - Rufous-rumped AntwrenRufous-rumped AntwrenThe Rufous-rumped Antwren is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guyana, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Terenura callinota - Dusky AntbirdDusky AntbirdThe Dusky Antbird or Tyrannine Antbird, Cercomacra tyrannina, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is a resident breeder in tropical Central and South America from southeastern Mexico southwards to western Ecuador, and Amazonian Brazil....
Cercomacra tyrannina - Bare-crowned AntbirdBare-crowned AntbirdThe Bare-crowned Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family in the monotypic genus Gymnocichla.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Gymnocichla nudiceps - Chestnut-backed AntbirdChestnut-backed AntbirdThe Chestnut-backed Antbird, Myrmeciza exsul, is a passerine bird in the antbird family. It is found in humid forests in Central and South America , ranging from eastern Nicaragua to western Ecuador...
Myrmeciza exsul - Dull-mantled AntbirdDull-mantled AntbirdThe Dull-mantled Antbird is a perching bird species in the antbird family . Its scientific name is presently Myrmeciza laemosticta, but as it does not seem to be closely related to the White-bellied Antbird The Dull-mantled Antbird is a perching bird species in the antbird family (Thamnophilidae)....
Myrmeciza laemosticta - Immaculate AntbirdImmaculate AntbirdThe Immaculate Antbird is a species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found at low levels in humid forests in Costa Rica, Panama, western and northern Colombia, western Venezuela, and western Ecuador...
Myrmeciza immaculata - Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys leucaspis
- Wing-banded AntbirdWing-banded AntbirdThe Wing-banded Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family. It is placed in the monotypic genus Myrmornis....
Myrmornis torquata - Spotted AntbirdSpotted AntbirdThe Spotted Antbird is a species of bird in the Thamnophilidae family.In southern Central America, it is found in Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama; also Colombia and Ecuador of northwestern South America....
Hylophylax naevioides - Ocellated AntbirdOcellated AntbirdThe Ocellated Antbird is a species of antbird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is monotypic within the genus Phaenostictus.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Phaenostictus mcleannani
FormicariidaeFormicariidaeThe Formicariidae, formicariids, or ground antbirds are a family of smallish passerine birds of subtropical and tropical Central and South America. They are between 10 and 20 cm in length, and are related to the antbirds, Thamnophilidae, and gnateaters, Conopophagidae...
- Black-headed AntthrushBlack-headed AntthrushThe Black-headed Antthrush is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama....
Formicarius nigricapillus - Black-faced AntthrushBlack-faced AntthrushThe Black-faced Antthrush , is a passerine bird.-Distribution and habitat:It is a common and widespread forest bird in the tropical New World, from southern Mexico through Central America to the northern regions of South America...
Formicarius analis - Rufous-breasted AntthrushRufous-breasted AntthrushThe Rufous-breasted Antthrush is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Formicarius rufipectus - Black-crowned AntpittaBlack-crowned AntpittaThe Black-crowned Antpitta or Black-crowned Gnatpitta is a species of bird in the gnateater family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Pittasoma michleri - Scaled AntpittaScaled AntpittaThe Scaled Antpitta is a species of bird tentatively placed in the family Formicariidae; it might belong to a more distinct lineage though....
Grallaria guatimalensis - Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus
- Fulvous-bellied AntpittaFulvous-bellied AntpittaThe White-lored Antpitta or Fulvous-bellied Antpitta is a species of bird in the Formicariidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. ...
Hylopezus dives - Ochre-breasted AntpittaOchre-breasted AntpittaThe Ochre-breasted Antpitta is a species of bird tentatively placed in the family Formicariidae; it might belong to a more distinct lineage though....
Grallaricula flavirostris
Cotingidae
- SharpbillSharpbillThe Sharpbill is a small drab bird. Its range is from the mountainous areas of tropical South America and southern Central America ....
Oxyruncus cristatus - Rufous PihaRufous PihaThe Rufous Piha is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Lipaugus unirufus - Lovely CotingaLovely CotingaThe Lovely Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family. It is found in Central America from southern Mexico through Guatemala, Belize, Honduras and Nicaragua to Costa Rica with reports from western Panama...
Cotinga amabilis - Turquoise CotingaTurquoise CotingaThe Turquoise Cotinga or Ridgway's Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and western Panama....
Cotinga ridgwayi Vulnerable - Yellow-billed CotingaYellow-billed CotingaThe Yellow-billed Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama....
Carpodectes antoniae Endangered - Snowy CotingaSnowy CotingaThe Snowy Cotinga is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Carpodectes nitidus - Purple-throated FruitcrowPurple-throated FruitcrowThe Purple-throated Fruitcrow is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family, the cotingas. It is the only species of the genus Querula....
Querula purpurata - Bare-necked UmbrellabirdBare-necked UmbrellabirdThe Bare-necked Umbrellabird is a species of bird in the Cotingidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama....
Cephalopterus glabricollis Vulnerable - Three-wattled BellbirdThree-wattled bellbirdThe Three-wattled Bellbird is a Central American migratory bird of the cotinga family.-Overview:One of four species of bellbird that live in Central and South America, the Three-wattled Bellbird is between and long...
Procnias tricarunculata Vulnerable
Pipridae
- White-collared ManakinWhite-collared ManakinThe White-collared Manakin, Manacus candei, is a passerine bird in the manakin family. It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World from southeastern Mexico to Costa Rica and the extreme west of Panama....
Manacus candei - Orange-collared ManakinOrange-collared ManakinThe Orange-collared Manakin, Manacus aurantiacus, is a passerine bird in the manakin family. It is an endemic resident breeder in Costa Rica and western Panama....
Manacus aurantiacus - White-ruffed ManakinWhite-ruffed ManakinThe White-ruffed Manakin, Corapipo altera, is a tiny passerine bird in the manakin family. It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World from eastern Honduras to northwestern Venezuela....
Corapipo altera - Lance-tailed ManakinLance-tailed ManakinThe Lance-tailed Manakin, Chiroxiphia lanceolata, is a small passerine bird which breeds in tropical Central and South America from Costa Rica to northern Venezuela....
Chiroxiphia lanceolata - Long-tailed ManakinLong-tailed ManakinThe Long-tailed Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Chiroxiphia linearis - White-crowned ManakinWhite-crowned ManakinThe White-crowned Manakin is a tiny passerine bird in the manakin family. It is a resident breeder in the tropical New World from Costa Rica to northeastern Peru and eastern Brazil. It was formerly placed in the genus Pipra, but its syringeal anatomy favours its separation as a separate genus...
Dixiphia pipra - Blue-crowned ManakinBlue-crowned ManakinThe Blue-crowned Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family. The males have a brilliant blue cap; some have black, others have green body plumage, but the relationship between the subspecies is not well understood....
Lepidothrix coronata - Red-capped ManakinRed-capped ManakinThe Red-capped Manakin is a species of bird in the Pipridae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Peru and Panama....
Pipra mentalis - Gray-headed Piprites Piprites griseiceps
- Thrush-like SchiffornisThrush-like SchiffornisThe Thrush-like Schiffornis , also called Thrush-like Mourner or Thrush-like Manakin, is a species of Neotropical bird.-Distribution and habitat:...
Schiffornis turdinus
Tyrannidae
- Yellow-bellied TyrannuletYellow-bellied TyrannuletThe Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Ornithion semiflavum - Brown-capped TyrannuletBrown-capped TyrannuletThe Brown-capped Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela....
Ornithion brunneicapillus - Northern Beardless TyrannuletNorthern Beardless TyrannuletThe Northern Beardless Tyrannulet, Camptostoma imberbe, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southeasternmost Arizona and Texas of the United States through Mexico and Central America to northwestern Costa Rica....
Camptostoma imberbe - Southern Beardless TyrannuletSouthern Beardless TyrannuletThe Southern Beardless Tyrannulet, Camptostoma obsoletum, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Costa Rica through South America south to Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina.-Description:...
Camptostoma obsoletum - Cocos Island Flycatcher Nesotriccus ridgwayi Outlying islands only Vulnerable
- Yellow TyrannuletYellow TyrannuletThe Yellow Tyrannulet, Capsiempis flaveola, is a very small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Nicaragua south to northeastern Argentina and southeastern Brazil...
Capsiempis flaveola - Yellow-crowned TyrannuletYellow-crowned TyrannuletThe Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Tyrannulus....
Tyrannulus elatus - Greenish ElaeniaGreenish ElaeniaThe Greenish Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, the United States, and Venezuela.Its...
Myiopagis viridicata - Yellow-bellied ElaeniaYellow-bellied ElaeniaThe Yellow-bellied Elaenia, Elaenia flavogaster, is a small bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico and the Yucatán Peninsula through Central and South America as far as northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago....
Elaenia flavogaster - Lesser ElaeniaLesser ElaeniaThe Lesser Elaenia is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in Argentina, Aruba, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela...
Elaenia chiriquensis - Mountain ElaeniaMountain ElaeniaThe Mountain Elaenia, Elaenia frantzii, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in highlands from Guatemala to Colombia and western Venezuela. The scientific name celebrates the German physician and naturalist, Alexander von Frantzius.This tyrant flycatcher is 14-15...
Elaenia frantzii - Torrent TyrannuletTorrent TyrannuletThe Torrent Tyrannulet, Serpophaga cinerea, is a small bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Costa Rica south to northern Bolivia and northwestern Venezuela.-Habitat:...
Serpophaga cinerea
- Ochre-bellied FlycatcherOchre-bellied FlycatcherThe Ochre-bellied Flycatcher, Mionectes oleagineus, is a small bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico through Central America, and South America east of the Andes as far as southern Brazil, and on Trinidad and Tobago....
Mionectes oleagineus - Olive-striped FlycatcherOlive-striped FlycatcherThe Olive-striped Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Mionectes olivaceus - Sepia-capped FlycatcherSepia-capped FlycatcherThe Sepia-capped Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
Leptopogon amaurocephalus - Slaty-capped FlycatcherSlaty-capped FlycatcherThe Slaty-capped Flycatcher, Leptopogon superciliaris, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Costa Rica through Colombia and northern Venezuela to northern Bolivia, Ecuador, and Peru. It also occurs on Trinidad....
Leptopogon superciliaris - Rufous-browed TyrannuletRufous-browed TyrannuletThe Rufous-browed Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 26 July 2007....
Phylloscartes superciliaris - Rough-legged TyrannuletRough-legged TyrannuletThe Rough-legged Tyrannulet is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela...
Phyllomyias burmeisteri - Mistletoe TyrannuletMistletoe TyrannuletThe Paltry Tyrannulet , also known as the Mistletoe Tyrannulet, is a very small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico to Panama. The Venezuelan Tyrannulet The Paltry Tyrannulet (Zimmerius vilissimus), also known as the Mistletoe Tyrannulet, is a very small...
Zimmerius vilissimus - Northern Scrub-FlycatcherNorthern Scrub-flycatcherThe Northern Scrub Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Aruba, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, French Guiana, Guyana, Netherlands Antilles, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Sublegatus arenarum - Black-capped Pygmy-TyrantBlack-capped Pygmy-TyrantThe Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant, Myiornis atricapillus, is the smallest passerine bird in its range, though larger than its cousin, the Short-tailed Pygmy Tyrant. This tyrant flycatcher occurs from Costa Rica to north-western Ecuador....
Myiornis atricapillus - Scale-crested Pygmy-TyrantScale-crested Pygmy-tyrantThe Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Venezuela, and possibly Honduras....
Lophotriccus pileatus - Northern BentbillNorthern BentbillThe Northern Bentbill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Oncostoma cinereigulare - Slate-headed Tody-Tyrant Poecilotriccus sylvia
- Common Tody-FlycatcherCommon Tody-FlycatcherThe Common Tody-Flycatcher or Black-fronted Tody-Flycatcher, Todirostrum cinereum, is a very small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico to northwestern Peru, eastern Bolivia and southern Brazil....
Todirostrum cinereum - Black-headed Tody-FlycatcherBlack-headed Tody-flycatcherThe Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Todirostrum nigriceps - Eye-ringed FlatbillEye-ringed FlatbillThe Eye-ringed Flatbill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Rhynchocyclus brevirostris - Yellow-olive FlycatcherYellow-olive FlycatcherThe Yellow-olive Flatbill or Yellow-olive Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in tropical and subtopical forest and woodland in Central and South America, but over its range there are significant variations in plumage, iris-colour and voice, leading to...
Tolmomyias sulphurescens - Yellow-margined FlycatcherYellow-margined FlycatcherThe Yellow-margined Flatbill or Yellow-margined Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family. It is found in humid forest in southern Central America, and the Chocó and Amazon in South America....
Tolmomyias assimilis - Stub-tailed SpadebillStub-tailed SpadebillThe Stub-tailed Spadebill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Platyrinchus cancrominus - Golden-crowned SpadebillGolden-crowned SpadebillThe Golden-crowned Spadebill is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela....
Platyrinchus coronatus - White-throated SpadebillWhite-throated SpadebillThe White-throated Spadebill, Platyrinchus mystaceus, is a tiny passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It lives in the tropical Americas.-Description:...
Platyrinchus mystaceus - Northern Royal-Flycatcher Onychorhynchus mexicanus
- Bran-colored FlycatcherBran-colored FlycatcherThe Bran-colored Flycatcher, Myiophobus fasciatus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from Costa Rica through South America to Bolivia, Uruguay, and Argentina. It also occurs on Trinidad....
Myiophobus fasciatus - Ruddy-tailed FlycatcherRuddy-tailed FlycatcherThe Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher, Terenotriccus erythrurus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in lowlands from southeastern Mexico to northern Bolivia, north-central Brazil and the Guianas...
Terenotriccus erythrurus
- Sulphur-rumped FlycatcherSulphur-rumped FlycatcherThe Sulphur-rumped Myiobius or Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Myiobius sulphureipygius - Black-tailed FlycatcherBlack-tailed FlycatcherThe Black-tailed Myiobius or Black-tailed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former...
Myiobius atricaudus - Tawny-chested FlycatcherTawny-chested FlycatcherThe Tawny-chested Flycatcher or Salvin's Flycatcher, Aphanotriccus capitalis, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family...
Aphanotriccus capitalis Vulnerable - Tufted FlycatcherTufted FlycatcherThe Northern Tufted Flycatcher, Mitrephanes phaeocercus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in highlands from northwestern Mexico to northwestern Ecuador...
Mitrephanes phaeocercus - Olive-sided FlycatcherOlive-sided FlycatcherThe Olive-sided Flycatcher, Contopus cooperi, is a passerine bird. It is a medium-sized tyrant flycatcher.- Description :Adults are dark olive on the face, upperparts and flanks. They have light underparts, a large dark bill and a short tail....
Contopus cooperi - Dark PeweeDark PeweeThe Dark Pewee, Contopus lugubris, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama....
Contopus lugubris Endemic - Ochraceous PeweeOchraceous PeweeThe Ochraceous Pewee is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Costa Rica, Mexico, and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Contopus ochraceus - Western Wood-Pewee Contopus sordidulus
- Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens
- Tropical PeweeTropical PeweeThe Tropical Pewee, Contopus cinereus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southern Mexico and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina...
Contopus cinereus - Yellow-bellied FlycatcherYellow-bellied FlycatcherThe Yellow-bellied Flycatcher is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.Adults have brownish-olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with yellowish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars, a small bill and a short tail...
Empidonax flaviventris - Acadian FlycatcherAcadian FlycatcherThe Acadian Flycatcher is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.- Description :Adults have olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars and a wide bill. The breast is washed with olive. The upper part of...
Empidonax virescens - Alder FlycatcherAlder FlycatcherThe Alder Flycatcher, Empidonax alnorum, is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.Adults have olive-brown upperparts, browner on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have a white eye ring, white wing bars, a small bill and a short tail. The breast is washed with...
Empidonax alnorum - Willow FlycatcherWillow FlycatcherThe Willow Flycatcher is a small insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family.Adults have brown-olive upperparts, darker on the wings and tail, with whitish underparts; they have an indistinct white eye ring, white wing bars and a small bill. The breast is washed with olive-grey. The upper...
Empidonax traillii - White-throated FlycatcherWhite-throated FlycatcherThe White-throated Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Empidonax albigularis - Least FlycatcherLeast FlycatcherThe Least Flycatcher , , is a small insect-eating bird...
Empidonax minimus Rare/Accidental - Yellowish FlycatcherYellowish FlycatcherThe Yellowish Flycatcher, Empidonax flavescens, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in highlands from southeastern Mexico south to western Panama....
Empidonax flavescens - Black-capped FlycatcherBlack-capped FlycatcherThe Black-capped Flycatcher, Empidonax atriceps, is a very small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama....
Empidonax atriceps - Black PhoebeBlack PhoebeThe Black Phoebe, Sayornis nigricans, is a passerine bird in the tyrant-flycatcher family. It breeds from southwest Oregon and California south through Central and South America. It occurs year-round throughout most of its range and migrates less than the other birds in its genus, though its...
Sayornis nigricans - Long-tailed TyrantLong-tailed TyrantThe Long-tailed Tyrant is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the only member of genus Colonia.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are...
Colonia colonus - Bright-rumped AttilaBright-rumped AttilaThe Bright-rumped Attila or Polymorphic Attila, Attila spadiceus, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family...
Attila spadiceus
- Speckled MournerSpeckled MournerThe Speckled Mourner is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC....
Laniocera rufescens - Rufous MournerRufous MournerThe Rufous Mourner, Rhytipterna holerythra, is a small passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from southwestern Mexico to northwestern Ecuador...
Rhytipterna holerythra - Dusky-capped FlycatcherDusky-capped FlycatcherThe Dusky-capped Flycatcher, Myiarchus tuberculifer, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in forest and other woodland from southern Arizona, as well as the Chisos Mountains, Texas, south to northern Argentina and on Trinidad...
Myiarchus tuberculifer - Panama FlycatcherPanama FlycatcherThe Panamanian Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Venezuela....
Myiarchus panamensis - Ash-throated FlycatcherAsh-throated FlycatcherThe Ash-throated Flycatcher, Myiarchus cinerascens, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in desert scrub, riparian forest, brushy pastures and open woodland from the western United States to central Mexico. It is a short-distance migrant, retreating from most of the U.S....
Myiarchus cinerascens Rare/Accidental - Nutting's FlycatcherNutting's FlycatcherNutting's Flycatcher, Myiarchus nuttingi, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in semi-arid desert scrub and tropical deciduous forest from western Mexico to northwest Costa Rica...
Myiarchus nuttingi - Great Crested FlycatcherGreat Crested FlycatcherThe Great Crested Flycatcher is a large insect-eating bird of the tyrant flycatcher family. It is the most widespread member of the genus, Myiarchus, in North America and is found over most of the eastern and mid-western portions of the continent...
Myiarchus crinitus - Brown-crested FlycatcherBrown-crested FlycatcherThe Brown-crested Flycatcher is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds in open woodland from southern California, southern Nevada, central Arizona, and southern Texas southward to Argentina and Bolivia, and on Trinidad and Tobago...
Myiarchus tyrannulus - Great KiskadeeGreat KiskadeeThe Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus, is a passerine bird. It is a large tyrant flycatcher; sometimes its genus Pitangus is considered monotypic, with the Lesser Kiskadee The Great Kiskadee, Pitangus sulphuratus, is a passerine bird. It is a large tyrant flycatcher; sometimes its genus Pitangus...
Pitangus sulphuratus - Boat-billed FlycatcherBoat-billed FlycatcherThe Boat-billed Flycatcher is a passerine bird. It is a large tyrant flycatcher, the only member, monotypic, of the genus Megarynchus....
Megarynchus pitangua - Rusty-margined FlycatcherRusty-margined FlycatcherThe Rusty-margined Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family, the tyrant flycatchers.It is found in northern and central South America in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela; also eastern Panama...
Myiozetetes cayanensis Rare/Accidental - Social FlycatcherSocial FlycatcherThe Social Flycatcher and Vermilion-crowned Flycatcher are passerine birds from the Americas, a member of the large tyrant flycatcher family ....
Myiozetetes similis - Grey-capped FlycatcherGrey-capped FlycatcherThe Grey-capped Flycatcher, Myiozetetes granadensis, is a passerine bird, a member of the large tyrant flycatcher family.It breeds in cultivation, pasture, and open woodland with some trees from eastern Honduras south to northwestern Peru, northern Bolivia and western BrazilThe nest, built by the...
Myiozetetes granadensis - White-ringed FlycatcherWhite-ringed FlycatcherThe White-ringed Flycatcher is a species of bird in the Tyrannidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, and Panama....
Conopias albovittata - Golden-bellied FlycatcherGolden-bellied FlycatcherThe Golden-bellied Flycatcher, Myiodynastes hemichrysus, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It is an endemic resident breeder in Costa Rica and western Panama....
Myiodynastes hemichrysus - Streaked FlycatcherStreaked FlycatcherThe Streaked Flycatcher, Myiodynastes maculatus, is a passerine bird in the tyrant flycatcher family. It breeds from eastern Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago south to Bolivia and Argentina. The southern subspecies M. m...
Myiodynastes maculatus - Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherSulphur-bellied FlycatcherThe Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher, Myiodynastes luteiventris, is a large Tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southeasternmost Arizona of the United States-, to Costa Rica...
Myiodynastes luteiventris - Piratic FlycatcherPiratic FlycatcherThe Piratic Flycatcher, Legatus leucophaius, is a passerine bird, the only member of the genus Legatus. It is a resident breeder from southern Mexico and Trinidad south to Bolivia and Argentina...
Legatus leucophaius
- Tropical KingbirdTropical KingbirdThe Tropical Kingbird is a large tyrant flycatcher. This bird breeds from southern Arizona and the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in the USA through Central America, South America as far as south as central Argentina and western Peru, and on Trinidad and Tobago...
Tyrannus melancholicus - Couch's KingbirdCouch's KingbirdThe Couch's Kingbird, Tyrannus couchii, is a passerine tyrant flycatcher of the kingbird genus. It is found from southern Texas along the Gulf Coast to the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, Belize and northern Guatemala...
Tyrannus couchii - Western KingbirdWestern KingbirdThe Western Kingbird is a large tyrant flycatcher.Adults are grey-olive on the upperparts with a grey head and a dark line through the eyes; the underparts are light becoming light orange-yellow on the lower breast and belly. They have a long black tail with white outer feathers...
Tyrannus verticalis - Eastern KingbirdEastern KingbirdThe Eastern Kingbird, Tyrannus tyrannus, is a large Tyrant flycatcher.Adults are grey-black on the upperparts with light underparts; they have a long black tail with a white end and long pointed wings. They have a red patch on their crown, seldom seen...
Tyrannus tyrannus - Gray KingbirdGray KingbirdThe Gray Kingbird, also known as Pitirre, Tyrannus dominicensis, is a passerine bird. It breeds from the extreme southeast of the USA through Central America, from Cuba to Puerto Rico as well as eastward towards all across the Lesser West Indies, south to Venezuela, Trinidad, Tobago the Guiana and...
Tyrannus dominicensis Rare/Accidental - Scissor-tailed FlycatcherScissor-tailed FlycatcherThe Scissor-tailed Flycatcher is a long-tailed insectivorous bird of the genus, whose members are collectively referred to as kingbirds. The kingbirds are a group of large insectivorous birds in the tyrant flycatcher family...
Tyrannus forficatus - Fork-tailed FlycatcherFork-tailed FlycatcherThe Fork-tailed Flycatcher, Tyrannus savana, is a passerine bird of the tyrant flycatcher family, and is the member of a genus typically referred to as kingbirds.-Description and ecology:...
Tyrannus savana - Barred BecardBarred BecardThe Barred Becard, Pachyramphus versicolor, is a small passerine bird which is a resident breeding species in highlands from Costa Rica to northwestern Ecuador and northern Bolivia...
Pachyramphus versicolor - Cinnamon BecardCinnamon BecardThe Cinnamon Becard, Pachyramphus cinnamomeus, is a passerine bird which is a resident breeding species from southeastern Mexico south to northwestern Ecuador and northwestern Venezuela. It was recently found to be far more common on the Amazonian slope of the Colombian Cordillera Oriental than...
Pachyramphus cinnamomeus - White-winged BecardWhite-winged BecardThe White-winged Becard is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae. where now placed by SACC...
Pachyramphus polychopterus - Black-and-white BecardBlack-and-white BecardThe Black-and-white Becard is a species of bird in the Tityridae family. It has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua,...
Pachyramphus albogriseus - Rose-throated BecardRose-throated BecardThe Rose-throated Becard is a medium-sized member of the Tityridae family. Its genus, Pachyramphus, has traditionally been placed in Cotingidae or Tyrannidae, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae....
Pachyramphus aglaiae - Masked TityraMasked TityraThe Masked Tityra is a medium-sized passerine bird. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC...
Tityra semifasciata - Black-crowned TityraBlack-crowned TityraThe Black-crowned Tityra is a medium-sized passerine bird. It has traditionally been placed in the cotinga or the tyrant flycatcher family, but evidence strongly suggest it is better placed in Tityridae, where now placed by SACC....
Tityra inquisitor
Hirundinidae
- Brown-chested MartinBrown-chested MartinThe Brown-chested Martin is a species of passerine bird in the swallow family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Suriname, the United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, and is a vagrant to Chile and...
Progne tapera Rare/Accidental
- Purple MartinPurple MartinThe Purple Martin is the largest North American swallow. These aerial acrobats have speed and agility in flight, and when approaching their housing, will dive from the sky at great speeds with their wings tucked.-Description and taxonomy:...
Progne subis - Gray-breasted MartinGray-breasted MartinThe Gray-breasted Martin, Progne chalybea, is a large swallow.The nominate race P. c. chalybea breeds from Mexico through Central America south to central Brazil, and on Trinidad. P. c. macrorhamphus breeds further south in South America to central Argentina...
Progne chalybea - Tree SwallowTree SwallowThe Tree Swallow, Tachycineta bicolor, is a migratory passerine bird that breeds in North America and winters in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. It is a very rare vagrant to western Europe....
Tachycineta bicolor - Mangrove SwallowMangrove SwallowThe Mangrove Swallow, Tachycineta albilinea, is a passerine bird that breeds in coastal regions from Mexico through Central America to Panama. It is non-migratory, but may make seasonal movements....
Tachycineta albilinea - Violet-green SwallowViolet-green SwallowThe Violet-green Swallow, Tachycineta thalassina, is a small North American swallow.Their breeding habitat is semi-open areas in western North America from Alaska to Mexico...
Tachycineta thalassina Rare/Accidental - Blue-and-white SwallowBlue-and-white SwallowThe Blue-and-white Swallow is a passerine bird that breeds from Nicaragua south throughout South America, except in the deserts and the Amazon Basin. The southern race is migratory, wintering as far north as Trinidad, where it is a regular visitor...
Notiochelidon cyanoleuca - Northern Rough-winged SwallowNorthern Rough-winged SwallowThe Northern Rough-winged Swallow is a small swallow.Adults are 13–15 cm in length, brown on top with light underparts and a forked tail. They are similar in appearance to the Bank Swallow but have a dusky throat and breast...
Stelgidopteryx serripennis - Southern Rough-winged SwallowSouthern Rough-winged SwallowThe Southern Rough-winged Swallow , Stelgidopteryx ruficollis, is a small swallow. It was first formally described as Hirundo ruficollis by French ornithologist Louis Vieillot in 1817 in his Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle....
Stelgidopteryx ruficollis - Bank Swallow Riparia riparia
- Cliff SwallowCliff SwallowThe Cliff Swallow is a member of the passerine bird family Hirundinidae — the swallows and martins.It breeds in North America, and is migratory, wintering in western South America from Venezuela southwards to northeast Argentina...
Petrochelidon pyrrhonota - Cave SwallowCave SwallowThe Cave Swallow, Petrochelidon fulva, is a medium-sized, squarish tailed swallow belonging to the same genus as the more familiar and widespread Cliff Swallow of North America...
Petrochelidon fulva Rare/Accidental - Barn SwallowBarn SwallowThe Barn Swallow is the most widespread species of swallow in the world. It is a distinctive passerine bird with blue upperparts, a long, deeply forked tail and curved, pointed wings. It is found in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas...
Hirundo rustica
Ptilogonatidae
- Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcherBlack-and-yellow Silky-flycatcherThe Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher is a species of bird in the Bombycillidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Phainoptila. It is found in Costa Rica and Panama-Description:...
Phainoptila melanoxantha - Long-tailed Silky-flycatcherLong-tailed Silky-flycatcherThe Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher, Ptilogonys caudatus, is a passerine bird which occurs only in the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama, usually from 1,850 m altitude to the timberline. It is a thrush-sized species weighing about 37 g...
Ptilogonys caudatus
Troglodytidae
- Band-backed WrenBand-backed WrenThe Band-backed Wren, Campylorhynchus zonatus, is a small songbird of the wren family.The Band-backed Wren is a resident breeding species from south-central Gulf Coast Mexico to northwestern Ecuador. It occurs in five disjunct areas, the central region being in southern Central America, in Costa...
Campylorhynchus zonatus - Rufous-naped WrenRufous-naped WrenThe Rufous-naped Wren, Campylorhynchus rufinucha, is a songbird of the Troglodytidae family, the wrens. It is a resident breeding species from central-southwest Mexico to northwestern Costa Rica....
Campylorhynchus rufinucha - Rock WrenRock WrenThe Rock Wren is a small songbird of the wren family. It is the only species in the genus Salpinctes.The 12 cm long adults have grey-brown upperparts with small black and white spots and pale grey underparts with a light brown rump...
Salpinctes obsoletus - Black-throated WrenBlack-throated WrenThe Black-throated Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Thryothorus atrogularis - Black-bellied WrenBlack-bellied WrenThe Black-bellied Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27...
Thryothorus fasciatoventris - Spot-breasted WrenSpot-breasted WrenThe Spot-breasted Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Thryothorus maculipectus - Rufous-breasted WrenRufous-breasted WrenThe Rufous-breasted Wren, Pheugopedius rutilus, is a small songbird of the wren family . It was formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus which in the old, broad sense was a motley assemblage of similar-looking wrens....
Thryothorus rutilus' - Riverside WrenRiverside WrenThe Riverside Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Thryothorus semibadius - Bay WrenBay WrenThe Bay Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Thryothorus nigricapillus
- Stripe-breasted WrenStripe-breasted WrenThe Stripe-breasted Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama....
Thryothorus thoracicus - Banded WrenBanded WrenThe Banded Wren, Pheugopedius pleurostictus, is a small songbird of the wren family. It is a resident breeding species from central Mexico to Costa Rica. It was formerly placed in the genus Thryothorus ....
Thryothorus pleurostictus - Rufous-and-white WrenRufous-and-white WrenThe Rufous-and-white Wren, Thryophilus rufalbus, is a small songbird of the wren family. It is a resident breeding species from southwesternmost Mexico to northern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela...
Thryothorus rufalbus - Plain WrenPlain WrenThe Plain Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Thryothorus modestus - House WrenHouse WrenThe House Wren, Troglodytes aedon, is a very small songbird of the wren family, Troglodytidae. It occurs from Canada to southernmost South America, and is thus the most widely distributed bird in the Americas. It occurs in most suburban areas in its range and it is the single most common wren...
Troglodytes aedon - Ochraceous WrenOchraceous WrenThe Ochraceous Wren, Troglodytes ochraceus, is a small songbird of the wren family. It is an endemic resident breeding species in Costa Rica and eastern Panama...
Troglodytes ochraceus - Sedge WrenSedge WrenThe Sedge Wren, Cistothorus platensis, is a small songbird of the Wren family. It was formerly known as the Short-billed Marsh Wren, and in South America is known as the Grass Wren. There are about 20 different subspecies which are found across most of the Americas...
Cistothorus platensis - Timberline WrenTimberline WrenThe Timberline Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Thryorchilus. It is found in Costa Rica and western Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forests.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . Downloaded on 27...
Thryorchilus browni - White-breasted Wood-WrenWhite-breasted Wood-WrenThe White-breasted Wood-Wren, Henicorhina leucosticta, is a small songbird of the wren family. It is a resident breeding species from central Mexico to northeastern Peru and Surinam.-Description:...
Henicorhina leucosticta - Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys
- Nightingale Wren Microcerculus philomela
- Scaly-breasted Wren Microcerculus marginatus
- Song WrenSong WrenThe Song Wren is a species of bird in the Troglodytidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests....
Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus
Mimidae
- Gray CatbirdGray CatbirdThe Gray Catbird , also spelled Grey Catbird, is a medium-sized northern American perching bird of the mimid family. It is the only member of the "catbird" genus Dumetella...
Dumetella carolinensis - Tropical MockingbirdTropical MockingbirdThe Tropical Mockingbird, Mimus gilvus, is a resident breeding bird from southern Mexico south to northern Brazil, and in the Lesser Antilles and other Caribbean islands. The birds in Panama and Trinidad may have been introduced. The Northern Mockingbird is its closest living relative, but the...
Mimus gilvus
Turdidae
- Black-faced SolitaireBlack-faced SolitaireThe Black-faced Solitaire, is a bird in the thrush family endemic to highlands in Costa Rica and western Panama.This is a bird of dense undergrowth and bamboo clumps in wet mountain forest, normally from 750 to 3000 m altitude. It disperse as low as 400 m in the wet season, when it may form...
Myadestes melanops - Orange-billed Nightingale-thrushOrange-billed Nightingale-thrushThe Orange-billed Nightingale-thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela....
Catharus aurantiirostris
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrushSlaty-backed Nightingale-thrushThe Slaty-backed Nightingale-thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
Catharus fuscater - Black-billed Nightingale-thrushBlack-billed Nightingale-thrushThe Black-billed Nightingale-thrush is a small thrush endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Its position in the genus Catharus is somewhat equivocal, but it is apparently closer to the Hermit Thrush than to the other nightingale-thrushes except the Russet Nightingale-thrush...
Catharus gracilirostris - Ruddy-capped Nightingale-thrushRuddy-capped Nightingale-thrushThe Ruddy-capped Nightingale-thrush is a small thrush which is a resident breeder in mountain forests from central Mexico to western Panama. A predominantly brown-plumaged bird, it has a rich song.-Taxonomy and naming:...
Catharus frantzii - Black-headed Nightingale-thrushBlack-headed Nightingale-thrushThe Black-headed Nightingale-thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Catharus mexicanus - Spotted Nightingale-thrushSpotted Nightingale-thrushThe Spotted Nightingale-thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Peru, and Venezuela....
Catharus dryas - VeeryVeeryThe Veery, Catharus fuscescens, is a small thrush species. It is occasionally called Willow Thrush or Wilson's Thrush. It is a member of a close-knit group of migrant Catharus species, which also includes the cryptotaxa Grey-cheeked Thrush and Bicknell's Thrush The Veery, Catharus fuscescens, is a...
Catharus fuscescens - Gray-cheeked ThrushGray-cheeked ThrushThe Grey-cheeked Thrush, Catharus minimus, is a medium-sized thrush. This species is 15–17 cm in length, and has the white-dark-white underwing pattern characteristic of Catharus thrushes. It is a member of a close-knit group of migrant species together with the Veery and Bicknell's Thrush ;...
Catharus minimus - Swainson's ThrushSwainson's ThrushSwainson's Thrush , also called Olive-backed Thrush, is a medium-sized thrush. This species is 16–18 cm in length, and has the white-dark-white underwing pattern characteristic of Catharus thrushes...
Catharus ustulatus - Wood ThrushWood ThrushThe Wood Thrush, Hylocichla mustelina, is a North American passerine bird. It is closely related to other thrushes such as the American Robin and is widely distributed across North America, wintering in Central America and southern Mexico...
Hylocichla mustelina - Sooty Robin Turdus nigrescens
- Mountain Robin Turdus plebejus
- Pale-vented ThrushPale-vented ThrushThe Pale-vented Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, subtropical or tropical moist montane forests, and heavily degraded former forest.-References:*...
Turdus obsoletus - Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi
- White-throated ThrushWhite-throated ThrushThe White-throated Thrush is a species of bird in the Turdidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and the United States....
Turdus assimilis
Polioptilidae
- Tawny-faced GnatwrenTawny-faced GnatwrenThe Tawny-faced Gnatwren is a species of bird in the Polioptilidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:* BirdLife...
Microbates cinereiventris - Long-billed GnatwrenLong-billed GnatwrenThe Long-billed Gnatwren is a very small bird in the gnatcatcher family. It is the only member of the genus Ramphocaenus ....
Ramphocaenus melanurus - White-lored GnatcatcherWhite-lored GnatcatcherThe White-lored Gnatcatcher is a species of bird in the Polioptilidae family.It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Polioptila albiloris - Tropical GnatcatcherTropical GnatcatcherThe Tropical Gnatcatcher is a small active insectivorous songbird, which is a resident species throughout a large part of the Neotropics...
Polioptila plumbea
CorvidaeCorvidaeCorvidae is a cosmopolitan family of oscine passerine birds that contains the crows, ravens, rooks, jackdaws, jays, magpies, treepies, choughs and nutcrackers. The common English names used are corvids or the crow family , and there are over 120 species...
- White-throated Magpie-JayWhite-throated Magpie-jayThe White-throated Magpie-Jay, Calocitta formosa, is a large Central American jay species. It ranges in Pacific-slope thornforest from Jalisco, Mexico to Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Magpie-jays are noisy, gregarious birds, often traveling in easy-to-find flocks, mobbing their...
Calocitta formosa - Black-chested JayBlack-chested JayThe Black-chested Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Panama, and Venezuela....
Cyanocorax affinis - Brown JayBrown JayThe Brown Jay is a large American Jay which has the habitus of a magpie, but is slightly smaller and with a shorter tail, though the bill is larger.It occurs from Mexico south into Central America on the Gulf slope...
Cyanocorax morio - Azure-hooded JayAzure-hooded JayThe Azure-hooded Jay, Cyanolyca cucullata, is a species of bird in the Corvidae family. It is found in Middle America. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. This species is known to have four subspecies. It is in length and is dark blue with a black head and upper...
Cyanolyca cucullata - Silvery-throated JaySilvery-throated JayThe Silvery-throated Jay is a species of bird in the Corvidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Cyanolyca argentigula
Vireonidae
- White-eyed VireoWhite-eyed VireoThe White-eyed Vireo, Vireo griseus, is a small songbird. It breeds in the southeastern USA from New Jersey west to northern Missouri and south to Texas and Florida, and also in eastern Mexico, northern Central America, Cuba and the Bahamas....
Vireo griseus Rare/Accidental - Mangrove VireoMangrove VireoThe Mangrove Vireo is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Vireo pallens - Yellow-throated VireoYellow-throated VireoThe Yellow-throated Vireo, Vireo flavifrons, is a small American songbird.Adults are mainly olive on the head and upperparts with a yellow throat and white belly; they have dark eyes with yellow "spectacles". The tail and wings are dark with white wing bars...
Vireo flavifrons
- Blue-headed VireoBlue-headed VireoThe Blue-headed Vireo is a Neotropical migrating song bird found in North and Central America. There are currently two recognized sub-species that belong to the Blue-headed Vireo. It has a range that extends across Canada and the eastern coast of the United-States, Mexico and some of Central America...
Vireo solitarius Rare/Accidental - Yellow-winged VireoYellow-winged VireoThe Yellow-winged Vireo, Vireo carmioli, is a small passerine bird. It is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama.This vireo occurs from 2000 m to the timberline in the canopy of mountain forest, sometimes feeding in undergrowth or tall second growth...
Vireo carmioli - Warbling VireoWarbling VireoThe Warbling Vireo, Vireo gilvus, is a small North American songbird.Its breeding habitat is open deciduous and mixed woods from Alaska to Mexico and the Florida Panhandle. It often nests along streams. It migrates to Mexico and Central America....
Vireo gilvus Rare/Accidental - Brown-capped VireoBrown-capped VireoThe Brown-capped Vireo, Vireo leucophrys, is a small passerine bird. It breeds in highlands from southern Mexico south to northwestern Bolivia. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the similar Warbling Vireo....
Vireo leucophrys - Philadelphia VireoPhiladelphia VireoThe Philadelphia Vireo, Vireo philadelphicus, is a small songbird.Adults are mainly olive-brown on the upperparts with yellow underparts; they have dark eyes and a grey crown. There is a dark line through the eyes and a white stripe just over them. They have thick blue-grey legs and a stout...
Vireo philadelphicus - Red-eyed VireoRed-eyed VireoThe Red-eyed Vireo, Vireo olivaceus, is a small American songbird, 13–14 cm in length. It is somewhat warbler-like but not closely related to the New World warblers...
Vireo olivaceus - Yellow-green VireoYellow-green VireoThe Yellow-green Vireo, Vireo flavoviridis, is a small passerine bird. It breeds from southern Texas in the United States and the western and eastern mountain ranges of northern Mexico south to central Panama...
Vireo flavoviridis - Black-whiskered VireoBlack-whiskered VireoThe Black-whiskered Vireo, Vireo altiloquus, is a small passerine bird, which breeds in southern Florida, USA, and the West Indies as far south as the offshore islands of Venezuela. It is a partial migrant, with northern birds wintering from the Greater Antilles to northern South America...
Vireo altiloquus Rare/Accidental - Scrub GreenletScrub GreenletThe Scrub Greenlet or Scrub Vireo, Hylophilus flavipes, is a small passerine bird in the vireo family. It breeds in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela and Tobago....
Hylophilus flavipes - Tawny-crowned GreenletTawny-crowned GreenletThe Tawny-crowned Greenlet is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family. It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist...
Hylophilus ochraceiceps - Lesser GreenletLesser GreenletThe Lesser Greenlet, Hylophilus decurtatus, is a small passerine bird in the vireo family. It breeds from northeastern Mexico south to western Ecuador....
Hylophilus decurtatus - Green Shrike-VireoGreen Shrike-vireoThe Green Shrike-vireo is a species of bird in the Vireonidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Vireolanius pulchellus - Rufous-browed PeppershrikeRufous-browed PeppershrikeThe Rufous-browed Peppershrike, Cyclarhis gujanensis, is a passerine bird in the vireo family. It is widespread and often common in woodland, forest edge, and cultivation with some tall trees from Mexico and Trinidad south to Argentina and Uruguay....
Cyclarhis gujanensis
Parulidae
- Blue-winged WarblerBlue-winged WarblerThe Blue-winged Warbler, Vermivora cyanoptera, is a fairly common New World warbler, 11.5 cm long and weighing 8.5 g. It breeds in eastern North America in southern Ontario and the eastern USA. Its range is extending northwards, where it is replacing the very closely related...
Vermivora pinus - Golden-winged WarblerGolden-winged WarblerThe Golden-winged Warbler, Vermivora chrysoptera, is a New World warbler, 11.6 cm long and weighing 8.5 g. It breeds in eastern North America, southeastern Canada and the eastern USA...
Vermivora chrysoptera - Tennessee WarblerTennessee WarblerThe Tennessee Warbler, Oreothlypis peregrina, is a New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America across Canada and the northern USA. It is migratory, wintering in southern Central America and northern Colombia and Venezuela, with a few stragglers going as far south as Ecuador. It is a...
Vermivora peregrina - Orange-crowned WarblerOrange-crowned WarblerThe Orange-crowned Warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds are distinguished by their lack of wing bars, streaking on the underparts, strong face marking or bright colouring, resembling a fall Tennessee Warbler. The orange patch on the crown is usually not visible...
Vermivora celata Rare/Accidental - Nashville WarblerNashville WarblerThe Nashville Warbler, Vermivora ruficapilla, is a small songbird in the New World warbler family.They have olive-brown upperparts, a white belly and a yellow throat and breast; they have a white eye ring, no wing bars and a thin pointed bill. Adult males have a grey head with a rusty crown patch ;...
Vermivora ruficapilla Rare/Accidental - Flame-throated WarblerFlame-throated WarblerThe Flame-throated Warbler, Oreothlypis gutturalis, is a small New World warbler. It is sometimes placed in the genus Vermivora.-Life history:...
Parula gutturalis - Northern ParulaNorthern ParulaThe Northern Parula, Parula americana, is a small New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southern Canada to Florida....
Parula americana Rare/Accidental - Tropical ParulaTropical ParulaThe Tropical Parula is a small New World warbler. It breeds from southernmost Texas and northwest Mexico south through Central America to northern Argentina, including Trinidad and Tobago. This widespread and common species is not considered threatened by the IUCN.This passerine is not migratory,...
Parula pitiayumi - Yellow WarblerYellow WarblerDendroica petechia is a New World warbler species or superspecies; the subspecies group around D. aestiva is increasingly treated as good species Dendroica aestiva again. The name for the entire cryptic species complex is Mangrove Warbler, and another group of subspecies is known as Golden Warbler...
Dendroica petechia - Chestnut-sided WarblerChestnut-sided WarblerThe Chestnut-sided Warbler is a New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America and in southern Canada westwards to the Canadian Prairies...
Dendroica pensylvanica - Magnolia WarblerMagnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia, commonly known as the Magnolia warbler, is a member of the Parulidae family of wood warblers. [4] This warbler was first discovered in magnolia trees in the 19th century by famed ornithologist Alexander Wilson while in Mississippi. [7]-Description:The magnolia warbler can be...
Dendroica magnolia - Cape May WarblerCape May WarblerThe Cape May Warbler, Dendroica tigrina, is a small New World warbler. It breeds in northern North America. Its breeding habitat spans across all but the westernmost parts of southern Canada, and into the Great Lakes region and New England. It is migratory, wintering in the West Indies...
Dendroica tigrina - Black-throated Blue WarblerBlack-throated Blue WarblerThe Black-throated Blue Warbler, Setophaga caerulescens, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.Adult males have white underparts with black throat, face and flanks; the upperparts are deep blue; immature males are similar with upperparts more greenish...
Dendroica caerulescens Rare/Accidental - Yellow-rumped WarblerYellow-rumped WarblerFour closely related North American bird forms—the eastern Myrtle Warbler , its western counterpart, Audubon's Warbler , the northwest Mexican Black-fronted Warbler , and the Guatemalan Goldman's Warbler —are periodically lumped as the Yellow-rumped Warbler .-Classification:Since...
Dendroica coronata - Black-throated Green WarblerBlack-throated Green WarblerThe Black-throated Green Warbler, Setophaga virens, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.It is 12 cm long and weighs 9 g, and has an olive-green crown, a yellow face with olive markings, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, an olive-green back and pale underparts with...
Dendroica virens
- Townsend's WarblerTownsend's WarblerThe Townsend's Warbler, Dendroica townsendi, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have a yellow face with a black stripe across their cheeks, a thin pointed bill, white wing bars, olive upperparts with black streaks on their backs and flanks, and a white belly...
Dendroica townsendi - Hermit WarblerHermit WarblerThe Hermit Warbler, Dendroica occidentalis, is a small perching bird. It is a species of New World warbler.Mature Hermit Warblers normally grow to be 4½ to 5 inches long. Hermit Warblers are dark gray in coloration on top, and white below, and their flanks are streaked with black. The wings...
Dendroica occidentalis Rare/Accidental - Blackburnian WarblerBlackburnian WarblerThe Blackburnian Warbler, Dendroica fusca , is a small New World warbler. They breed in eastern North America, from southern Canada, westwards to the southern Canadian Prairies, the Great Lakes region and New England, to North Carolina....
Dendroica fusca - Yellow-throated WarblerYellow-throated WarblerThe Yellow-throated Warbler, Dendroica dominica, is a small migratory songbird species breeding in temperate North America. It belongs to the New World warbler family .-Description:...
Dendroica dominica - Pine WarblerPine WarblerThe Pine Warbler, Dendroica pinus, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have white bellies, white wing bars, dark legs and thin, relatively long pointed bills; they have yellowish lines over their eyes. Adult males have olive upperparts and bright yellow throats and...
Dendroica pinus Rare/Accidental - Prairie WarblerPrairie WarblerThe Prairie Warbler, Dendroica discolor, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have yellow underparts with dark streaks on the flanks, and olive upperparts with rusty streaks on the back; they have a yellow line above the eye, a dark line through it, and a yellow spot...
Dendroica discolorRare/Accidental - Palm WarblerPalm WarblerThe Palm Warbler, Dendroica palmarum, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.The species comprises two distinct subspecies that may merit specific status....
Dendroica palmarum - Bay-breasted WarblerBay-breasted WarblerThe Bay-breasted Warbler, Dendroica castanea , is a New World warbler. They breed in northern North America, specifically in Canada, into the Great Lakes region, and into northern New England....
Dendroica castanea - Blackpoll WarblerBlackpoll WarblerThe Blackpoll Warbler, Dendroica striata , is a New World warbler. Breeding males are mostly black and white. They have a prominent black cap, white cheeks and white wing bars. The Blackpoll breeds in northern North America, from Alaska, through most of Canada, and into the Great Lakes region and...
Dendroica striata Rare/Accidental - Cerulean WarblerCerulean WarblerThe Cerulean Warbler, Dendroica cerulea, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.-Description:Adult males have pale cerulean blue upperparts and white underparts with a black necklace across the breast; they also have black streaks on the back and flanks...
Dendroica cerulea - Black-and-white WarblerBlack-and-white WarblerThe Black-and-white Warbler is a small New World warbler. It breeds in northern and eastern North America from southern Canada to Florida....
Mniotilta varia - American RedstartAmerican RedstartThe American Redstart is a New World warbler. It is the only member of its genus and is unrelated to the Old World redstarts. It derives its name from the male's red tail, start being an old word for tail.-Description:...
Setophaga ruticilla - Prothonotary WarblerProthonotary WarblerThe Prothonotary Warbler is a small songbird of the New World warbler family. It is the only member of the genus Protonotaria....
Protonotaria citrea - Worm-eating WarblerWorm-eating WarblerThe Worm-eating Warbler is a small New World warbler. It is the only species classified in the genus Helmitheros....
Helmitheros vermivorus - OvenbirdOvenbirdThe Ovenbird is a small songbird of the New World warbler family . This migratory bird breeds in eastern North America and moves south in winter.-Taxonomy:...
Seiurus aurocapilla - Northern WaterthrushNorthern WaterthrushThe Northern Waterthrush is one of the larger New World warblers. It breeds in the northern part of North America in Canada, and in the northern United States, . This bird is migratory, wintering in Central America, the West Indies, and Florida; also Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador...
Seiurus noveboracensis
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- Louisiana WaterthrushLouisiana WaterthrushThe Louisiana Waterthrush is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America from southernmost Canada and south through the eastern USA, excluding Florida and the coast....
Seiurus motacilla - Kentucky WarblerKentucky WarblerThe Kentucky Warbler, Oporornis formosus, is a small species of New World warbler. The Kentucky Warbler, like all members of the genus Oporornis, is a sluggish and heavy warbler with a short tail, preferring to spend most of its time on or near the ground, except when singing.Adult Kentucky...
Oporornis formosus - Connecticut WarblerConnecticut WarblerThe Connecticut Warbler Oporornis agilis is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These 15 cm long birds have light yellow underparts and olive upperparts; they have a light eye ring, pink legs, a long tail, pale wing bars and a thin pointed bill...
Oporornis agilis Rare/Accidental - Mourning WarblerMourning WarblerThe Mourning Warbler, Oporornis philadelphia, is a small songbird of the New World warbler family.These 13 cm long birds have yellow underparts, olive-green upperparts and pink legs. Adult males have a grey hood and a black patch on the throat and breast...
Oporornis philadelphia - MacGillivray's WarblerMacGillivray's WarblerThe MacGillivray's Warbler, Oporornis tolmiei, is a small species of New World warbler. Like all members of the genus Oporornis, these birds are sluggish and heavy warblers with short tails, preferring to spend most of their time on, or near the ground, except when singing.The MacGillivray's...
Oporornis tolmiei - Common YellowthroatCommon YellowthroatThe Common Yellowthroat is a New World warbler. They are abundant breeders in North America, ranging from southern Canada to central Mexico....
Geothlypis trichas - Olive-crowned YellowthroatOlive-crowned YellowthroatThe Olive-crowned Yellowthroat is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Geothlypis semiflava - Masked YellowthroatMasked YellowthroatThe Masked Yellowthroat, Geothlypis aequinoctialis, is a New World warbler. It has a number of separate resident breeding populations in Central and South America, some of which may be considered to form separate species....
Geothlypis aequinoctialis - Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala
- Hooded WarblerHooded WarblerThe Hooded Warbler, Wilsonia citrina, is a New World warbler. It breeds in eastern North America and across the eastern USA and into southernmost Canada, . It is migratory, wintering in Central America and the West Indies...
Wilsonia citrina - Wilson's WarblerWilson's WarblerThe Wilson's Warbler, Wilsonia pusilla, is a small New World warbler. It is primarily greenish above and yellow below, with rounded wings and a long, slim tail. The male has a black crown patch which is greatly reduced or missing entirely in the female...
Wilsonia pusilla - Canada WarblerCanada WarblerThe Canada Warbler is a small 13 cm long songbird of the New World warbler family.These birds have yellow underparts, blue-grey upperparts and pink legs; they also have yellow eye-rings and thin, pointed bills. Adult males have black foreheads and black necklaces...
Wilsonia canadensis - Slate-throated RedstartSlate-throated RedstartThe Slate-throated Whitestart , or, less accurately, the Slate-throated Redstart, is a species of bird in the Parulidae family....
Myioborus miniatus - Collared RedstartCollared RedstartThe Collared Redstart is a tropical New World warbler endemic to the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama...
Myioborus torquatus - Golden-crowned WarblerGolden-crowned WarblerThe Golden-crowned Warbler, Basileuterus culicivorus, is a small New World warbler.-Distribution and habitat:It breeds from Mexico and south through Central America to northeastern Argentina and Uruguay, and on Trinidad. It is a species mainly of lowland forests.-Description:The Golden-crowned...
Basileuterus culicivorus - Rufous-capped WarblerRufous-capped WarblerThe Rufous-capped Warbler is a New World warbler native from Mexico south to much of Central America, rarely occurring as far north as southeastern Arizona and south Texas....
Basileuterus rufifrons - Black-cheeked WarblerBlack-cheeked WarblerThe Black-cheeked Warbler is a New World warbler which is a resident breeding bird endemic to the mountains of central and southern Costa Rica and western Panama....
Basileuterus melanogenys - Three-striped WarblerThree-striped WarblerThe Three-striped Warbler is a species of bird in the Parulidae family.It is found in Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist montane forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International...
Basileuterus tristriatus
- Buff-rumped WarblerBuff-rumped WarblerThe Buff-rumped Warbler is a New World warbler is a resident bird from Honduras south to northwestern Peru and disjunctly in the western Amazon...
Basileuterus fulvicauda - WrenthrushWrenthrushThe Wrenthrush or Zeledonia is a species of New World warbler that is endemic to Costa Rica and western Panama. It has a short tail, rounded wings and elongated tarsi....
Zeledonia coronata - Yellow-breasted ChatYellow-breasted ChatThe Yellow-breasted Chat is a large songbird, formerly considered the most atypical member of the New World warbler family, though the long-standing suspicion is that it does not actually belong there. Its placement is not definitely resolved. It is the only member of the genus Icteria...
Icteria virens
Thraupidae
- Common Bush-TanagerCommon Bush-TanagerThe Common Bush-tanager is a small passerine bird. It is a resident breeder in the highlands from central Mexico south to Bolivia and northwest Argentina. C. ophthalmicus in the loose sense is a notorious cryptic species complex, and several of the up to 25 subspecies recognized in recent times...
Chlorospingus ophthalmicus - Sooty-capped Bush-TanagerSooty-capped Bush-TanagerThe Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager, Chlorospingus pileatus, is a small passerine bird. This tanager is an endemic resident breeder in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama....
Chlorospingus pileatus - Ashy-throated Bush-TanagerAshy-throated Bush-tanagerThe Ashy-throated Bush-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela....
Chlorospingus canigularis - Black-and-yellow TanagerBlack-and-yellow TanagerThe Black-and-yellow Tanager is a fairly small passerine bird. This tanager is an endemic resident in the hills of Costa Rica and Panama...
Chrysothlypis chrysomelaena
- Rosy Thrush-TanagerRosy Thrush-tanagerThe Rosy Thrush-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, where it belongs to the presently monotypic genus Rhodinocichla.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela...
Rhodinocichla rosea - Dusky-faced TanagerDusky-faced TanagerThe Dusky-faced Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, and Venezuela. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. . ...
Mitrospingus cassinii - Olive TanagerOlive TanagerThe Olive Tanager , also known as Carmiol's Tanager , is a species of bird traditionally placed in the family Thraupidae , though some recent evidence suggest it is better placed in Cardinalidae .It is often split into two species:* Carmiol's Tanager The Olive Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli),...
Chlorothraupis carmioli - Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata
- White-throated Shrike-TanagerWhite-throated Shrike-tanagerThe White-throated Shrike-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Lanio leucothorax - Sulphur-rumped TanagerSulphur-rumped TanagerThe Sulphur-rumped Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.-References:...
Heterospingus rubrifrons - White-shouldered TanagerWhite-shouldered TanagerThe White-shouldered Tanager, Tachyphonus luctuosus, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Honduras to Panama, South America south to Ecuador and southern Brazil, and on Trinidad....
Tachyphonus luctuosus - Tawny-crested TanagerTawny-crested TanagerThe Tawny-crested Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Tachyphonus delatrii - White-lined TanagerWhite-lined TanagerThe White-lined Tanager, Tachyphonus rufus, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Costa Rica south to northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago.It occurs in semi-open areas including gardens...
Tachyphonus rufus - Red-crowned Ant-TanagerRed-crowned Ant-TanagerThe Red-crowned Ant-Tanager, Habia rubica, is a medium-sized passerine bird from tropical America. The genus Habia was long placed with the tanagers , but it is actually closer to the cardinals...
Habia rubica - Red-throated Ant-TanagerRed-throated Ant-TanagerThe Red-throated Ant-tanager, Habia fuscicauda, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This species is a resident breeder on the Caribbean slopes from southeastern Mexico to eastern Panama. It was usually considered an aberrant kind of tanager and placed in the Thraupidae, but is actually closer to the...
Habia fuscicauda - Black-cheeked Ant-TanagerBlack-cheeked Ant-tanagerThe Black-cheeked Ant-tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is endemic to Costa Rica.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:* BirdLife International 2004. ...
Habia atrimaxillaris Endemic Endangered
- Hepatic TanagerHepatic TanagerThe Hepatic Tanager, Piranga flava, is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family...
Piranga flava - Scarlet TanagerScarlet TanagerThe Scarlet Tanager is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family . The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family.-Description:Adults have pale...
Piranga olivacea - Summer TanagerSummer TanagerThe Summer Tanager, Piranga rubra, is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family...
Piranga rubra - Western TanagerWestern TanagerThe Western Tanager, Piranga ludoviciana, is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family...
Piranga ludoviciana - Flame-colored TanagerFlame-colored TanagerThe Flame-colored Tanager, Piranga bidentata, formerly known as the Stripe-backed Tanager, is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family...
Piranga bidentata - White-winged TanagerWhite-winged TanagerThe White-winged Tanager is a medium-sized American songbird. Formerly placed in the tanager family , it and other members of its genus are now classified in the cardinal family . The species's plumage and vocalizations are similar to other members of the cardinal family...
Piranga leucoptera - Crimson-collared TanagerCrimson-collared TanagerThe Crimson-collared Tanager, Ramphocelus sanguinolentus, is a rather small Middle American songbird. It was first described by the French naturalist René-Primevère Lesson in 1831, its specific epithet from the Latin adjective sanguinolentus, "bloodied", referring to its red plumage.-Taxonomy:This...
Ramphocelus sanguinolentus - Passerini's TanagerPasserini's TanagerPasserini's Tanager, Ramphocelus passerinii, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in the Caribbean lowlands from southern Mexico to western Panama...
Ramphocelus passerinii - Cherrie's TanagerCherrie's TanagerThe Cherrie's Tanager, Ramphocelus costaricensis, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in the Pacific lowlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. This bird was formerly known as the Scarlet-rumped Tanager, but was split as a separate species from the Caribbean form,...
Ramphocelus costaricensis Endemic - Blue-gray TanagerBlue-gray TanagerThe Blue-grey Tanager, Thraupis episcopus, is a medium-sized South American songbird of the Tanager family, Thraupidae. Its range is from Mexico south to northeast Bolivia and northern Brazil, all of the Amazon Basin, except the very south. It has been introduced to Lima...
Thraupis episcopus - Yellow-winged TanagerYellow-winged TanagerThe Yellow-winged Tanager, Thraupis abbas, is a neotropical member of the tanager family. It is of average size for a tanager, about 18 centimetres . It is distinguished by the yellow patches on its dusky green wings, marking an otherwise dark bluish and gray body. It has a pale lavender tone on...
Thraupis abbas Rare/Accidental - Palm TanagerPalm TanagerThe Palm Tanager, Thraupis palmarum, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from Nicaragua south to Bolivia, Paraguay and southern Brazil. It also breeds on Trinidad and, since 1962, on Tobago...
Thraupis palmarum - Blue-and-gold TanagerBlue-and-gold TanagerThe Blue-and-gold Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes....
Bangsia arcaei Near-threatened
- Scrub EuphoniaScrub EuphoniaThe Scrub Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests, and heavily degraded former...
Euphonia affinis - Yellow-crowned EuphoniaYellow-crowned EuphoniaThe Yellow-crowned Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama, and is perhaps the most common euphonia in its range....
Euphonia luteicapilla - Thick-billed EuphoniaThick-billed EuphoniaThe Thick-billed Euphonia is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, formerly placed in the Thraupidae.It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela...
Euphonia laniirostris - Yellow-throated EuphoniaYellow-throated EuphoniaThe Yellow-throated Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Euphonia hirundinacea - Elegant Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima
- Spot-crowned EuphoniaSpot-crowned EuphoniaThe Spot-crowned Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and heavily degraded former forest.-References:...
Euphonia imitans - Fulvous-vented EuphoniaFulvous-vented EuphoniaThe Fulvous-vented Euphonia is a species of bird in the family Fringillidae, formerly placed in the Thraupidae...
Euphonia fulvicrissa - Olive-backed EuphoniaOlive-backed EuphoniaThe Olive-backed Euphonia, Euphonia gouldi, is a small passerine bird in the finch family. It is a resident breeder in the Caribbean lowlands and foothills from southern Mexico to western Panama....
Euphonia gouldi - White-vented EuphoniaWhite-vented EuphoniaThe White-vented Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist...
Euphonia minuta - Tawny-capped EuphoniaTawny-capped EuphoniaThe Tawny-capped Euphonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama....
Euphonia anneae - Golden-browed ChlorophoniaGolden-browed ChlorophoniaThe Golden-browed Chlorophonia is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Costa Rica and Panama.Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Chlorophonia callophrys - Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata
- Emerald TanagerEmerald TanagerThe Emerald Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Panama....
Tangara florida - Silver-throated TanagerSilver-throated TanagerThe Silver-throated Tanager, Tangara icterocephala, is a small passerine bird. This brightly coloured tanager is a resident from Costa Rica, through Panama and western Colombia, to western Ecuador.-Habitat:...
Tangara icterocephala
- Speckled TanagerSpeckled TanagerThe Speckled Tanager, Tangara guttata, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia and the extreme north of Brazil....
Tangara guttata - Bay-headed TanagerBay-headed TanagerThe Bay-headed Tanager, Tangara gyrola, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder in Costa Rica, Panama, South America south to Ecuador, Bolivia and southern Brazil, and on Trinidad....
Tangara gyrola - Rufous-winged TanagerRufous-winged TanagerThe Rufous-winged Tanager is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Tangara lavinia - Golden-hooded TanagerGolden-hooded TanagerThe Golden-hooded Tanager, Tangara larvata, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is a resident breeder from southern Mexico south to western Ecuador....
Tangara larvata - Spangle-cheeked TanagerSpangle-cheeked TanagerThe Spangle-cheeked Tanager, Tangara dowii, is a medium-sized passerine bird. This tanager is an endemic resident breeder in the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama....
Tangara dowii - Scarlet-thighed DacnisScarlet-thighed DacnisThe Scarlet-thighed Dacnis is a tanager 4¾" long. It is found in Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador and Panama.-Description:Iris bright red in male, duller red in female...
Dacnis venusta - Blue DacnisBlue DacnisThe Blue Dacnis or Turquoise Honeycreeper, Dacnis cayana, is a small passerine bird. This member of the tanager family is found from Nicaragua to Panama, on Trinidad, and in South America south to Bolivia and northern Argentina...
Dacnis cayana - Green HoneycreeperGreen HoneycreeperThe Green Honeycreeper is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Brazil, and on Trinidad. It the only member of the genus Chlorophanes...
Chlorophanes spiza - Shining HoneycreeperShining HoneycreeperThe Shining Honeycreeper is a small bird in the tanager family. It is found in the tropical New World in Central America from southern Mexico to Panama and northwest Colombia. It is sometimes considered to be conspecific with the Purple Honeycreeper The Shining Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes lucidus) is...
Cyanerpes lucidus - Red-legged HoneycreeperRed-legged HoneycreeperThe Red-legged Honeycreeper is a small songbird species in the tanager family . It is found in the tropical New World from southern Mexico south to Peru, Bolivia and central Brazil, Trinidad and Tobago, and on Cuba, where possibly introduced.-Description:The Red-legged Honeycreeper is on average...
Cyanerpes cyaneus
EmberizidaeEmberizidaeThe Emberizidae are a large family of passerine birds. They are seed-eating birds with a distinctively shaped bill.In Europe, most species are called buntings. In North America, most of the species in this family are known as sparrows, but these birds are not closely related to the sparrows, the...
- Blue-black GrassquitBlue-black GrassquitThe Blue-black Grassquit is a small bird in the tanager family, Thraupidae. It was previously classified in the bunting and American sparrow family, Emberizidae. It breeds from southern Mexico through Central America, and South America as far as northern Chile, Argentina and Paraguay, and on...
Volatinia jacarina
- Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea
- Variable SeedeaterVariable SeedeaterThe Variable Seedeater, Sporophila corvina, is a passerine bird which breeds from southern Mexico through Central America to the Chocó of north-western South America. The taxonomy is confusing, and it was formerly considered a subspecies of Sporophila americana...
Sporophila corvina - White-collared SeedeaterWhite-collared SeedeaterThe White-collared Seedeater is a passerine bird in the typical seedeater genus Sporophila.-Taxonomy:The subspecies S. t...
Sporophila torqueola - Yellow-bellied SeedeaterYellow-bellied SeedeaterThe Yellow-bellied Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, formerly placed with the American sparrows in the Emberizidae....
Sporophila nigricollis - Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterRuddy-breasted SeedeaterThe Ruddy-breasted Seedeater is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family.It is found in Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.Its natural habitats are dry savanna,...
Sporophila minuta - Nicaraguan Seed-FinchNicaraguan Seed-finchThe Nicaraguan Seed-finch is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family. It is found in Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Panama....
Oryzoborus nuttingi - Thick-billed Seed-FinchThick-billed Seed-finchThe Thick-billed Seed-finch is a species of bird in the Thraupidae family, but was until recently placed in Emberizidae. It is found widely in shrubby and grassy areas from southern Mexico, through Central America, to the Chocó in Colombia and Ecuador...
Oryzoborus funereus - Blue SeedeaterBlue SeedeaterThe Blue Seedeater is a species of bird in the family Cardinalidae. It was formerly placed with the American sparrows in the Emberizidae. It is found in highland forest and woodland, mainly near bamboo, in southern Mexico and Central America with a disjunct population in south-western Colombia,...
Amaurospiza concolor - Yellow-faced GrassquitYellow-faced GrassquitThe Yellow-faced Grassquit is a passerine bird from the Central American tropics and surrounding regions. It was formerly alled with the American sparrows and placed in the Emberizidae; actually, however, it is one of the tholospizan "finches" which are specialized tanagers...
Tiaris olivacea - Cocos Island FinchCocos Island FinchThe Cocos Island Finch or Cocos Finch, Pinaroloxias inornata, is the only one of Darwin's finches not native to the Galápagos Islands, and the only member of the genus Pinaroloxias. Sometimes classified in the family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown it to belong in the tanager family...
Pinaroloxias inornata' Outlying islands only Vulnerable - Slaty FinchSlaty FinchThe Slaty Finch is a bird species in the family Thraupidae .It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela...
Haplospiza rustica - Peg-billed FinchPeg-billed FinchThe Peg-billed Finch, Acanthidops bairdii, is a passerine bird which is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and extreme western Panama. Despite its name, it is not a true finch, but now recognized as a member of the tanager family , after being long placed in the Emberizidae. It is the...
Acanthidops bairdii - Slaty FlowerpiercerSlaty FlowerpiercerThe Slaty Flowerpiercer, Diglossa plumbea, is a passerine bird which is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama.This is a common bird in mountain forest canopy and edges, and especially in sunlit clearings and areas with flowering shrubs, which can include gardens...
Diglossa plumbea
- Grassland Yellow-FinchGrassland Yellow-finchThe Grassland Yellow Finch, Sicalis luteola, is a small passerine bird. Despite its name, it is not a finch, but is a seedeater. These were formerly united with the buntings and American sparrows in the Emberizidae, but are now known to be tanagers....
Sicalis luteola Rare/Accidental - Wedge-tailed Grass-FinchWedge-tailed Grass-finchThe Wedge-tailed Grass-finch is a species of bird in the family Thraupidae; it was formerly placed in the Emberizidae...
Emberizoides herbicola - Sooty-faced FinchSooty-faced FinchThe Sooty-faced Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, and Panama....
Lysurus crassirostris - Yellow-thighed FinchYellow-thighed FinchThe Yellow-thighed Finch, Pselliophorus tibialis, is a passerine bird which is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama...
Pselliophorus tibialis - Large-footed FinchLarge-footed FinchThe Large-footed Finch, Pezopetes capitalis, is a passerine bird which is endemic to the highlands of Costa Rica and western Panama. Despite its name, it is not a true finch, but rather a member of the large Emberizidae family, which also includes buntings, American sparrows, juncos and...
Pezopetes capitalis - White-naped Brush-FinchWhite-naped Brush-finchThe White-naped Brush Finch , also known as the Yellow-throated Brush Finch, is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and Panama...
Atlapetes albinucha - Chestnut-capped Brush-FinchChestnut-capped Brush-FinchThe Chestnut-capped Brush Finch, Arremon brunneinucha, is a passerine bird which breeds in highlands from central Mexico to southeastern Peru. Despite its name, it is not a true finch, but rather a member of the large Emberizidae family, which also includes buntings, American sparrows, juncos...
Arremon brunneinucha - Black-headed Brush-FinchBlack-headed Brush-finchThe Black-headed Brush Finch is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family. It is found in the undergrowth of humid forest, especially near edges, at altitudes of in Colombia, Panama and Costa Rica.-Taxonomy:...
Arremon atricapillus - Orange-billed SparrowOrange-billed SparrowThe Orange-billed Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.In Central America it is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and Panama...
Arremon aurantiirostris - Olive SparrowOlive SparrowThe Olive Sparrow, Arremonops rufivirgatus, is a species of American sparrow in the family Emberizidae. Its range includes Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua and southern Texas .It is long, and is the only sparrow with an olive back...
Arremonops rufivirgatus - Black-striped SparrowBlack-striped SparrowThe Black-striped Sparrow, Arremonops conirostris, is a passerine bird which breeds from northern Honduras to western Ecuador, northern Brazil and Venezuela....
Arremonops conirostris - Prevost's Ground-SparrowPrevost's Ground-SparrowPrevost's Ground-Sparrow Melozone biarcuatum, also known as the White-faced Ground-Sparrow, is an American sparrow.-Etymology:Its English name commemorates French naturalist Florent Prévost. The isolated Costa Rican form may be a separate species, Cabanis's Ground-Sparrow Prevost's Ground-Sparrow...
Melozone biarcuatum - White-eared Ground-SparrowWhite-eared Ground-SparrowThe White-eared Ground-Sparrow, Melozone leucotis, is a large American sparrow which breeds in a small range of Central America at middle altitudes from southern Mexico and Guatemala to northern Costa Rica...
Melozone leucotis
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- Stripe-headed SparrowStripe-headed SparrowThe Stripe-headed Sparrow, Peucaea ruficauda, is an American sparrow which breeds from Pacific coastal southwestern Mexico, including the transverse ranges, Cordillera Neovolcanica to pacific coastal northern Costa Rica....
Aimophila ruficauda - Botteri's SparrowBotteri's SparrowThe Botteri's Sparrow, Aimophila botterii, is a medium-sized sparrow.This passerine bird is primarily found in Mexico, with a breeding range that extends into the southeastern tip of the U.S...
Aimophila botterii - Rusty SparrowRusty SparrowThe Rusty Sparrow is a species of bird in the Emberizidae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua....
Aimophila rufescens - Chipping SparrowChipping SparrowThe Chipping Sparrow is a species of American sparrow in the family Emberizidae. It is widespread, fairly tame, and common across most of its North American range.-Description:...
Spizella passerina Rare/Accidental - Savannah SparrowSavannah SparrowThe Savannah Sparrow is a small American sparrow. It is the only widely accepted member of the genus Passerculus...
Passerculus sandwichensis Rare/Accidental - Grasshopper SparrowGrasshopper SparrowThe Grasshopper Sparrow, Ammodramus savannarum, is a small sparrow. The Ammodramus genus of 11 species inhabit grasslands and marshes....
Ammodramus savannarum - Lincoln's SparrowLincoln's SparrowThe Lincoln's Sparrow, Melospiza lincolnii, is a medium-sized sparrow.Adults have dark-streaked olive-brown upperparts with a light brown breast with fine streaks, a white belly, and a white throat. They have a brown cap with a grey stripe in the middle, olive-brown wings, and a narrow tail. Their...
Melospiza lincolnii Rare/Accidental - Rufous-collared SparrowRufous-collared SparrowThe Rufous-collared Sparrow, Zonotrichia capensis, is an American sparrow found in a wide range of habitats, often near humans, from the extreme southeast of Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, and on the island of Hispaniola. It is famous for its diverse vocalizations which have been intensely studied...
Zonotrichia capensis - Volcano JuncoVolcano JuncoThe Volcano Junco, Junco vulcani, is an American sparrow endemic to the high mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama.This junco breeds above the timberline, typically at altitudes above 3000m, but there is an isolated population at 2100 m on the Caribbean slope of Costa Rica, and forest...
Junco vulcani
Cardinalidae
- Streaked SaltatorStreaked SaltatorThe Streaked Saltator is a species of cardinal in the Cardinalidae family. It is found in Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guadeloupe, Panama, Peru, and Venezuela.-References:...
Saltator striatipectus - Grayish SaltatorGrayish SaltatorThe Greyish Saltator, Saltator coerulescens, is a seed-eating songbird that is widespread in the tropical Americas. Traditionally placed in the cardinal family , the saltators actually seem to be closer to the tanagers...
Saltator coerulescens - Buff-throated SaltatorBuff-throated SaltatorThe Buff-throated Saltator, Saltator maximus, is a seedeating bird. Traditionally placed in the cardinal family , it actually seems to be closer to the tanagers . It breeds from southeastern Mexico to western Ecuador and northeastern Brazil.This is the type species of Saltator...
Saltator maximus - Black-headed SaltatorBlack-headed SaltatorThe Black-headed Saltator, Saltator atriceps, is a seedeating bird. Traditionally placed in the cardinal family , it actually seems to be closer to the tanagers . It breeds from central Mexico to eastern Panama....
Saltator atriceps - Slate-colored Grosbeak Saltator grossus
- Black-faced GrosbeakBlack-faced GrosbeakThe Black-faced Grosbeak, Caryothraustes poliogaster, is a large seed-eating bird in the cardinal family, which is a resident breeding species from southeastern Mexico to eastern Panama....
Caryothraustes poliogaster - Black-thighed GrosbeakBlack-thighed GrosbeakThe Black-thighed Grosbeak, Pheucticus tibialis, is a large seed-eating bird in the cardinal family, which is endemic to the mountains of Costa Rica and western Panama....
Pheucticus tibialis - Rose-breasted GrosbeakRose-breasted GrosbeakThe Rose-breasted Grosbeak, Pheucticus ludovicianus, is a large seed-eating songbird in the cardinal family . It breeds in cool-temperate North America, migrating to tropical America in winter.-Description:...
Pheucticus ludovicianus - Black-headed GrosbeakBlack-headed GrosbeakThe Black-headed Grosbeak, Pheucticus melanocephalus, is a medium-size seed-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, the Cardinalidae. It is sometimes considered conspecific with the Rose-breasted Grosbeak, P...
Pheucticus melanocephalus Rare/Accidental - Blue BuntingBlue BuntingThe Blue Bunting is a species of passerine bird found in northern Central America. Measuring in length with a wingspan of , it is one of the smaller members of its genus. Like most buntings, the Blue Bunting is sexually dimorphic...
Cyanocompsa parellina Outlying islands only - Blue-black GrosbeakBlue-black GrosbeakThe Blue-black Grosbeak is a species of songbird in the Cardinalidae family.It is found in Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Suriname, and Venezuela...
Cyanocompsa cyanoides - Blue GrosbeakBlue GrosbeakBlue Grosbeak , is a medium-sized seed-eating bird in the same family as the Northern Cardinal, "tropical" or New World buntings, and "cardinal-grosbeaks" or New World grosbeaks....
Passerina caerulea - Indigo BuntingIndigo BuntingThe Indigo Bunting, Passerina cyanea, is a small seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is migratory, ranging from southern Canada to northern Florida during the breeding season, and from southern Florida to northern South America during the winter. It often migrates by night, using the...
Passerina cyanea - Painted BuntingPainted BuntingThe Painted Bunting is a species of bird in the Cardinal family, Cardinalidae, that is native to North America.-Taxonomy:...
Passerina ciris - DickcisselDickcisselThe Dickcissel is a small American seed-eating bird in the family Cardinalidae. It is the only member of the genus Spiza, though some sources list another supposedly extinct species...
Spiza americana
Icteridae
- BobolinkBobolinkThe Bobolink is a small New World blackbird and the only member of genus Dolichonyx.-Description:Adults are 16–18 cm long with short finch-like bills. They weigh about . Adult males are mostly black, although they do display creamy napes, and white scapulars, lower backs and rumps...
Dolichonyx oryzivorus
- Red-winged BlackbirdRed-winged BlackbirdThe Red-winged Blackbird is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North and much of Central America. It breeds from Alaska and Newfoundland south to Florida, the Gulf of Mexico, Mexico, and Guatemala, with isolated populations in western El Salvador, northwestern Honduras, and...
Agelaius phoeniceus - Red-breasted BlackbirdRed-breasted BlackbirdThe Red-breasted Blackbird, Sturnella militaris, is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. Despite its name and colouration, it is in the same genus as the meadowlarks, and is less closely related to the Red-winged Blackbird group...
Sturnella militaris - Eastern MeadowlarkEastern MeadowlarkThe Eastern Meadowlark, Sturnella magna, is a medium-sized icterid bird, very similar in appearance to the Western Meadowlark. It occurs from eastern North America to South America, where it is also most widespread in the east.-Description:...
Sturnella magna - Yellow-headed BlackbirdYellow-headed BlackbirdThe Yellow-headed Blackbird is a medium-sized blackbird, and the only member of the genus Xanthocephalus....
Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus Rare/Accidental - Melodious BlackbirdMelodious BlackbirdThe Melodious Blackbird, Dives dives, is a New World tropical icterid bird. It is a resident breeder from coastal eastern and southeastern Mexico to Costa Rica. Its range is expanding. El Salvador was colonised in the 1950s, and eastern Guatemala in the 1960s...
Dives dives - Great-tailed GrackleGreat-tailed GrackleThe Great-tailed Grackle is a medium-sized, gregarious passerine bird native to North and South America. A member of the Icteridae family, it is of the ten extant species of grackle and is closely related to the Red-bellied Grackle and the Velvet-fronted Grackle...
Quiscalus mexicanus - Nicaraguan GrackleNicaraguan GrackleThe Nicaraguan Grackle is a species of passerine bird belonging to the genus Quiscalus, a genus of grackles in the New World blackbird family, Icteridae. It is found only in Nicaragua and northernmost Costa Rica....
Quiscalus nicaraguensis - Bronzed CowbirdBronzed CowbirdThe Bronzed Cowbird , Molothrus aeneus, is a small icterid.It breeds from the southern U.S. states of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and Louisiana south through Central America to Panama. An isolated population on the Caribbean coast of Colombia is sometimes treated as a separate species,...
Molothrus aeneus - Giant CowbirdGiant CowbirdThe Giant Cowbird, Molothrus oryzivorus, is a large passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds from southern Mexico south to northern Argentina, and on Trinidad and Tobago. It may have relatively recently colonised the latter island....
Molothrus oryzivorus - Yellow-backed OrioleYellow-backed OrioleThe Yellow-backed Oriole is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.-Physical description:Yellow-backed orioles are a yellow-bodied, sexually monomorphic species. Howell and Webb note that this species tends to average 21.5 cm in length from beak to tail; making Icterus chrysater a...
Icterus chrysater - Yellow-tailed OrioleYellow-tailed OrioleThe Yellow-tailed Oriole, Icterus mesomelas, is a passerine bird in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds from southern Mexico to western Peru and northwestern Venezuela; in Peru it also lives in a river valley corridor....
Icterus mesomelas - Spot-breasted OrioleSpot-breasted OrioleThe Spot-breasted Oriole is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, and the United States....
Icterus pectoralis - Streak-backed OrioleStreak-backed OrioleThe Streak-backed Oriole, Icterus pustulatus, is a medium-sized icterid ....
Icterus pustulatus
- Baltimore OrioleBaltimore OrioleThe Baltimore Oriole is a small icterid blackbird that averages 18 cm long and weighs 34 g. This bird received its name from the fact that the male's colors resemble those on the coat-of-arms of Lord Baltimore...
Icterus galbula - Bullock's OrioleBullock's OrioleThe Bullock's Oriole, , is a small New World blackbird. At one time, this species and the Baltimore Oriole were considered to be a single species, the Northern Oriole...
Icterus bullockii Rare/Accidental - Black-backed OrioleBlack-backed OrioleThe Black-backed Oriole is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is endemic to Mexico.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical moist montanes.-References:...
Icterus abeillei Rare/Accidental - Orchard OrioleOrchard OrioleThe Orchard Oriole, Icterus spurius, is the smallest North American species of icterid blackbird. The subspecies of the Caribbean coast of Mexico, I. s. fuertesi, is sometimes considered a separate species, the Ochre Oriole....
Icterus spurius - Black-cowled OrioleBlack-cowled OrioleThe Black-cowled Oriole is a species of bird in the Icteridae family.It is found in Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, and possibly Honduras....
Icterus prosthemelas - Yellow-billed CaciqueYellow-billed CaciqueThe Yellow-billed Cacique is a species of bird in the Icteridae family. It is monotypic within the genus Amblycercus....
Amblycercus holosericeus - Scarlet-rumped CaciqueScarlet-rumped CaciqueThe Scarlet-rumped Cacique is a passerine bird species in the New World family Icteridae. It breeds from eastern Honduras to Panama and in the Pacific lowlands of South America from western Colombia south to Ecuador, and in the lower reaches of the northern Andes...
Cacicus uropygialis - Crested OropendolaCrested OropendolaThe Crested Oropendola, Psarocolius decumanus, is a New World tropical icterid bird. It is a resident breeder in lowland South America east of the Andes, from Panama and Colombia south to northern Argentina, as well as on Trinidad and Tobago...
Psarocolius decumanus Rare/Accidental - Chestnut-headed OropendolaChestnut-headed OropendolaThe Chestnut-headed Oropendola is a New World tropical icterid bird. The scientific name of the species commemorates Johann Georg Wagler, who established Psarocolius, the oropendola genus.-Description:...
Psarocolius wagleri - Montezuma OropendolaMontezuma OropendolaThe Montezuma Oropendola, Psarocolius montezuma, is a New World tropical icterid bird. It is a resident breeder in the Caribbean coastal lowlands from southeastern Mexico to central Panama, but is absent from El Salvador and southern Guatemala. It also occurs on the Pacific slope of Nicaragua and...
Gymnostinops montezuma
Fringillidae
- Yellow-bellied SiskinYellow-bellied SiskinThe Yellow-bellied Siskin, Carduelis xanthogastra, is a small passerine bird in the finch family Fringillidae. It breeds from Costa Rica south to southern Ecuador, central Bolivia and the highlands of northwestern Venezuela....
Carduelis xanthogastra - Lesser GoldfinchLesser GoldfinchThe Lesser Goldfinch or Dark-backed Goldfinch is a very small songbird of the Americas. Together with its relatives the American Goldfinch and Lawrence's Goldfinch, it forms the American goldfinches clade in the genus Carduelis sensu stricto.The American goldfinches can be distinguished by the...
Carduelis psaltria
External links
- Official List of the Birds of Costa Rica
- Birds of Costa Rica Birdlist, multi-lingual website by country with standardized codes for abundance and seasonal presence.