ccommon
ffairly common
u uncommon
rrare
vvery rare
Neotropical cormorantPhalacrocorax olivaceus4-4 u
White ibisEudocimus Albus4-8 v
Great blue heronArdea herodias5-6 r
Little blue heronEgretta caerulea5-9 r
Cattle egretBubulcus ibis5-13 c
Great egretCasmerodius albus5-14 r
Green backed green heronButorides striatus virescens6-2 r
White throated crakeLaterallus albigularis6-9 v
Grey necked wood railAramides cajanea6-13 f
Spotted sandpiperActitis macularia11-8 f
Western sandpiperCalidris mauri11-12 v
Gray-headed chachalacaOrtalis cinereiceps12-1 f
Little tinamouCrypturellus soui12-7 v
Zone-tailed hawkButeo albonotatus13-1 u
Turkey vultureCathartes aura13-3 c
Black vultureCoragyps atratus13-4 c
Common black hawkButeogallus anthracinus13-6r
Black hawk-eagleSpizaetus tyrannus13-9v
Crested caracaraPolyborus plancus14-12 u
Black-shouldered kiteElanus caeruleus15-1 u
American swallow-tailed kiteElanoides forficatus15-2 f
Laughing falconHerpetotheres cachinnans15-8 f
Yellow-headed caracaraMilvago chimachima15-9 f
Pearl kiteGampsonyx swainsonii15-12 u
Double-toothed kiteHarpagus bidentatus16-1 r
Cooper’s hawkAccipiter cooperii16-4 v
Hook-billed kiteChondrohierax uncinatus16-9 r
Short-tailed hawkButeo brachyurus16-11 v
Roadside hawkButeo magnirostris16-12 c
Broad-winged hawkButeo platypterus16-13 f
Gray hawkButeo nitidus16-14 u
Black-chested hawkLeucopternis princeps17-1 v
White hawkLeucopternis albicollis17-2r
Gray-headed kiteLeptodon cayanensis17-3r
White-tailed hawkButeo albicaudatus17-6u
Swainson’s hawkButeo swainsonii17-7u
Red-tailed hawkButeo jamaicensis17-8v
OspreyPandion haliaetus17-14 r
Red-billed pigeonColumba flavirostris18-2r
Scaled pigeonColumba speciosa18-4f
Short-billed pigeonColumba nigrirostris18-5r
Blue ground-doveClaravis pretiosa18-6r
Ruddy ground-doveColumbina talpacoti18-7c
Plain-breasted ground-doveColumbina minuta18-9v
White-tipped doveLeptotila verreauxi18-14 c
Ruddy quail-doveGeotrygon montana18-17 v
White-crowned parrotPionus senilis19-7c
Brown-hooded parrotPionopsitta haematotis19-9u
Crimson-fronted parakeetAratinga finschi19-10 r
Olive-throated parakeetAratinga nana19-11 r
Sulfur-winged parakeetPyrrhura hoffmanni19-12 u
Orange-chinned parakeetBrotogeris jugularis19-14 u
Common potooNyctibius griseus20-4f
Motted owlCiccaba virgata20-6u
Tropical Screech-owlOtus choliba20-15 u
Striped cuckooTapera naevia21-5u
Squirrel cuckooPiaya cayana21-7c
Smooth-billed aniCrotophaga ani21-8c
Lesser nighthawkChordeiles acutipennis21-12 u
Common pauraqueNyctidromus albicollis21-18 c
White-collared swiftStreptoprocne zonaris22-1f
Chestnut-collared swiftCypseloides rutilus22-3u
Lesser swallow-tailed swiftPanyptila cayennensis22-7u
Band-rumped swiftChaetura spinicauda22-11 f
Barn swallowHirundo rustica22-12 u
Cliff swallowHirundo pyrrhonota22-13 u
Gray-breasted martinProgne chalybea22-15 u
South rough-winged swallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis22-19 f
Blue-and-white swallowNotiochelidon cyanoleuca22-20 f
Little HermitPhaethornis longuemareus23-1 u
Bronzy HermitGlaucis aenea23-4 r
Violet sabrewingCampylopterus hemileucurus23-9 v
Scaly-breasted hummingbirdPhaeochroa cuvierii23-10 c
Green-breasted mangoAnthracothorax prevostii23-13 r
White-necked jacobinFlorisuga mellivora23-17 r
Long-billed starthroatHeliomaster longirostris23-18 f
Snowy-bellied hummingbirdAmazilia edward24-3f
Blue-throated goldentailHylocharis eliciae24-9r
Rufous-tailed hummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl24-10 c
Fork-tailed emeraldChlorostilbon canivetii24-13 f
Beryl-crowned hummingbirdAmazilia decora24-18 r
White-crested coquetteLophornis adorabilis25-5r
Violet-headed hummingbirdKlais guimeti25-11 r
Violacious trogonTrogon violaceus26-8 u
Ringed kingfisherCeryle torquata27-1 f
Amazon kingfisherChloroceryle amazona27-4 u
Green kingfisherChloroceryle americana27-5u
Blue-crowned motmotMomotus momota27-8c
Lineated woodpeckerDryocopus lineatus27-13 f
Fiery-billed aracariPteroglossus frantzii27-16 f
Chestnut-mandibled toucanRamphastos swainsonii27-19 v
Red-headed barbetEubucco bourcierii28-2r
Hoffmann’s woodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii28-16 v
Red-crowned woodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus28-17 c
Yellow-bellied sapsuckerSphyrapicus varius28-20 v
Olivaceous piculetPicumnus olivaceus29-1 f
Wedge-billed woodcreeperGlyphorhynchus spirurus29-6r
Streaked-headed woodcreeperLepidocolaptes affinis29-8c
Black-banded woodcreeperDendrocolaptes picumnus29-15 v
Black-striped woodcreeperXiphorhynchus lachrymosus29-16 v
Buff-throated foliage-gleanerAutomolus ochrolaemus30-3v
Great antshrikeTaraba major31-2f
Barred antshrikeThamnophilus doliatus31-3f
Black-hooded antshrikeThamnophilus bridgesi31-6r
Slaty AntwrenMyrmotherula schisticolor32-3v
Slaty spinetailSynallaxis brachyura32-9f
Pale-breasted spinetailSynallaxis albescens32-11 f
Orange-collared manakinManacus aurantiacus33-2c
Red-capped manakinPipra mentalis33-6u
Blue-crowned manakinPipra coronata33-7v
White-ruffed manakinCorapipo leucorrhoa33-9r
White-winged becardPachyramphus polychopterus33-13 u
Bklack-and-white becardPachyramphus albogriseus33-15 u
Masked tityraTityra semifasciata34-1 f
Black-crowned tityraTityra inquisitor34-2f
Turquoise cotingaCotinga ridgwayi34-5u
Tropical kingbirdTurannus melancholicus35-1c
Eastern kingbirdTyrannus tyrannus35-3r
Fork-tailed flycatcherTyrannus savana35-4f
Scissor-tailed flycatcherTyrannus forficatus35-5v
Bright-rumped attilaAttila spadiceus35-6u
Piratic flycatcherLegatus leucophaius35-8f
Sulphur-bellied flycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris35-10 u
Streaked flycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus35-11 f
Boat-billed flycatcherMegarhynchus pitangua35-12 c
Great kiskadeePitangus sulphuratus35-13 c
Social flycatcherMyiozetetes similis35-14 c
Gray-capped flycatcherMyiozetetes granadensis35-15 f
Great-crested flycatcherMyiarchus crinitus35-17 r
Dusky-capped flycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer35-21 f
Torrent tyrannuletSerpophaga cinerea36-1v
Black phoebeSayornis nigricans36-5f
Eastern wood-peweeContopus virens36-8 v
Tropical peweeContopus cinereus36-9u
Bran-colored flycatcherMyiophobus fasciatus36-17 u
Yellow-bellied flycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris36-20 f
Ochre-bellied flycatcherMionectes oleagineus36-25 f
Common tody-flycatcherTodirostrum cinereum37-7c
Mistletoe tyrannuletZimmerius vilissimus37-10 c
Yellow tyrannuletCapsiempis flaveola37-11 u
Yellow-olive flycatcherTolmomyias sulphurescens37-16 f
Southern beardless tyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum37-20 r
Greenish elaeniaMyiopagis viridicata37-21 v
Mountain elaeniaElaenia frantzii37-24 f
Lesser elaeniaElaenia chiriquensis37-25 f
Yellow-bellied elaeniaElaenia flavogaster37-26 c
Rufous-breasted wrenThryothorus rutilus38-8c
Riverside wrenThryothorus semibadius38-10 f
Plain wrenThryothorus modestus38-17 c
House wrenTroglodytes aedon38-18 c
Orange-bill nightingale-thrushCatharus aurantiirostris38-26 c
Swainsons thrushCatharus ustulatus39-2c
Clay-colored robinTurdus grayi39-8c
White-throated robinTurdus assimilis39-9r
Gray catbirdDumetella carolinensis39-12 v
Brown JayCyanocorax morio39-19 f
Rufous-browed peppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis40-2f
Red-eyed vireoVireo olivaceus40-3u
Yellow-green vireoVireo flavoviridis40-5c
Yellow-throated vireoVireo flavifrons40-6c
Lesser greenletHylophilus decurtatus40-7u
Scrub greenletHylophilus flavipes40-8u
Philadelphia vireoVireo philadelphicus40-15 f
Rufous-capped warblerBasileuterus rufifrons40-16 f
Golden-crowned warblerBasileuterus culicivorus40-18 v
Three-striped warblerBasileuterus tristriatus40-20 v
Tennesee warblerVermivora peregrina40-22 c
Buff-rumped warblerPhaeothlypis fulvicauda40-23 u
BananaquitCoereba flaveola40-24 c
Tropical gnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea41-2f
Golden-winged warblerVermivora chrysoptera41-5u
Blackburnian warblerDendroica fusca41-8u
Yellow-throated warblerDendroica dominica41-12 v
Black-and-white warblerMniotilta varia41-13 f
Prothonotary wablerProtonotaria citrea42-1v
Yellow warblerDendroica petechia42-2f
Wilson’s warblerWilsonia pusilla42-4v
Hooded warblerWilsonia citrina42-5v
Masked yellowthroatGeothlypis aequinoctialis42-12 v
Gray-crowned yellowthroatGeothlypis poliocephala42-13 r
Mourning warblerOporornis philadelphia42-14 f
Kentucky warblerOporornis formosus42-15 u
Chestnut-sided WarblerDendroica pensylvanica43-4c
Magnolia warblerDendroica magnolia43-10 v
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillus43-12 r
Louisiana watertrushSeiurus motacilla43-13 f
Northern watertrushSeiurus noveboracensis43-14 f
Orchard orioleIcterus spurius44-6r
Northern Baltimore orioleIcterus g. galbula44-7f
Red-breasted BlackbirdSturnella militaris44-13 v
Bronzed cowbirdMolothrus aeneus44-15 f
Great-tailed grackleQuiscalus mexicanus44-16 f
Yellow-crowned euphoniaEuphonia luteicapilla45-1c
Blue-hooded euphoniaEuphonia elegantissima45-9r
Gray-headed tanagerEucometis penicillata45-17 r
Palm tanagerThraupis palmarum45-19 c
Shining honeycreeperCyanerpes lucidus46-1r
Red-legged honeycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus46-2c
Blue dacnisDacnis cayana46-3f
Scarlet-thighed dacnisDacnis venusta46-4r
Silver-throated tanagerTangara icterocephala46-6u
Green honeycreeperChlorophanes spiza46-7f
Speckled tanagerTangara guttata46-8f
Bay-headed tanagerTangara gyrola46-9f
Spangled-cheeked tanagerTangara dowii46-12 r
Golden-hooded tanagerTangara larvata46-13 c
Blue-gray tanagerThraupis episcopus46-15 c
White-lined tanagerTachyphonus rufus46-16 r
Western tanagerPiranga ludoviciana47-2v
Cherry tanagerRamphocelus passerinii47-4c
Summer tanagerPiranga rubra47-5 c
Hepatic tanagerPiranga flava47-6 u
Scarlet tanagerPiranga olivacea47-8 u
Flame-colored tanagerPiranga bidentata47-9 v
Buff-throated saltatorSaltator maximus48-2c
Streaked saltatorSaltator albicollis48-4c
Rose-breasted grosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus48-8f
Blue-black grosbeakCyanocompsa cyanoides48-10 v
Indigo buntingPasserina cyanea48-12 v
Black-headed brush finchAtlapetes atricapillus48-14 r
Orange-billed sparrowArremonn aurantiirostris48-17 r
Variable seedeaterSporophila aurita49-3c
Yellow-bellied seedeaterSporophila nigricollis49-4r
Yellow-faced grassquitTiaris olivacea49-6f
Blue-black grassquitVolatinia jacarina49-7f
Rufous-collared sparrowZonotrichia capensis50-13 r
Black-striped sparrowArremonops conirostris50-14 c
Melodious blackbirdDives dives52-6 u
total number of species : 228
numbers refer to “Birds of Costa Rica” - F.G. Styles & A.F. Skutch,