Phil Jones: Costa Rica Life List AORC, All records Record(s) 1 to 388 of 388 total. Seq. Species Scientific Name Rare? Date Location Comments 1 Great Tinamou Tinamus major 2 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis 3 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata 4 Blue-winged Teal Spatula discors 5 Gray-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps 6 Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens 7 Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor 8 Great Curassow Crax rubra 9 Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus 10 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps Yes 10/01/2022 Medio Queso 11 Rock Pigeon Columba livia 12 Scaled Pigeon Patagioenas speciosa 13 Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris 14 Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata 15 Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris 16 Inca Dove Columbina inca 17 Common Ground Dove Columbina passerina 18 Ruddy Ground Dove Columbina talpacoti 19 Maroon-chested Ground Dove Paraclaravis mondetoura Yes 15/01/2022 Irazu 20 Olive-backed Quail-Dove Leptotrygon veraguensis Yes 08/01/2022 La Selva 21 White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 22 Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassinii 23 Gray-headed Dove Leptotila plumbeiceps 24 Buff-fronted Quail-Dove Zentrygon costaricensis 25 White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica 26 Mourning Dove Zenaida macroura 27 Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris 28 Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana 29 Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis 30 Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis 31 Dusky Nightjar Antrostomus saturatus 32 Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis 33 Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus 34 Northern Potoo Nyctibius jamaicensis Yes 35 White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris 36 Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris 37 White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora 38 Green Hermit Phaethornis guy 39 Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris 40 Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis 41 Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus 42 Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii 43 Green Thorntail Discosura conversii 44 Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae 45 Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula 46 Talamanca Hummingbird Eugenes spectabilis 47 Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris 48 Purple-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis calolaemus 49 Magenta-throated Woodstar Philodice bryantae 50 Ruby-throated Hummingbird Archilochus colubris 51 Volcano Hummingbird Selasphorus flammula 52 Scintillant Hummingbird Selasphorus scintilla 53 Canivet's Emerald Cynanthus canivetii 54 Garden Emerald Chlorostilbon assimilis 55 Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus 56 Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia 57 Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica 58 Snowcap Microchera albocoronata 59 Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa eximia 60 Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii 61 Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila 62 Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl 63 Mangrove Hummingbird Amazilia boucardi 64 Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor 65 Russet-naped Wood-Rail Aramides albiventris 66 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica 67 Yellow-breasted Crake Hapalocrex flaviventer Yes 11/01/2022 Medio Queso 68 Sungrebe Heliornis fulica 69 Limpkin Aramus guarauna 70 Double-striped Thick-Knee Burhinus bistriatus 71 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus 72 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola 73 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis 74 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus 75 Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa 76 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus 77 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres 78 Surfbird Calidris virgata 79 Sanderling Calidris alba 80 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla 81 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla 82 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus 83 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius 84 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria 85 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca 86 Willet Tringa semipalmata 87 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes 88 Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla 89 Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus 90 Sandwich Tern Thalasseus sandvicensis 91 Sunbittern Eurypyga helias 92 Jabiru Jabiru mycteria 93 Wood Stork Mycteria americana 94 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens 95 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster 96 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga 97 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus 98 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis 99 Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus Yes 11/01/2022 Medio Queso 100 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis Yes 11/01/2022 Medio Queso 101 Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum 102 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum 103 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 104 Great Egret Ardea alba 105 Snowy Egret Egretta thula 106 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 107 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor 108 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 109 Green Heron Butorides virescens 110 Agami Heron Agamia agami Yes 09/01/2022 Cano Negro 111 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax 112 Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius 113 White Ibis Eudocimus albus 114 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus 115 Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis 116 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja 117 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa 118 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 119 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 120 Osprey Pandion haliaetus 121 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus 122 Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis 123 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus 124 Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis Yes 09/01/2022 Cano Negro 125 Common Black Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus 126 Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris 127 Harris's Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus 128 White Hawk Pseudastur albicollis 129 Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus 130 Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus 20/03/2020 131 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 132 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis 133 Barn Owl Tyto alba 134 Bare-shanked Screech-Owl Megascops clarkii 135 Pacific Screech-Owl Megascops cooperi 136 Middle American Screech-Owl Megascops guatemalae 137 Crested Owl Lophostrix cristata 138 Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata 139 Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum 140 Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata 141 Striped Owl Asio clamator Yes 10/01/2022 Cano Negro/Los Chiles 142 Unspotted Saw-whet Owl Aegolius ridgwayi Yes 10/01/2022 Irazu 143 Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno 144 Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena 145 Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus 146 Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus 147 Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus 148 Collared Trogon Trogon collaris Orange-bellied Trogon (aurantiiventris) 149 Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii 150 Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii 151 Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum 152 Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa 153 Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata 154 Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon 155 Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona 156 American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea 157 Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana 158 White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus 159 Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus 160 White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis 161 Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda 162 Northern Emerald-Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus 163 Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus 164 Fiery-billed Aracari Pteroglossus frantzii 165 Yellow-throated Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus 166 Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus 167 Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus 168 Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani 169 Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii 170 Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus 171 Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis 172 Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus 173 Cinnamon Woodpecker Celeus loricatus 174 Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus 175 Golden-olive Woodpecker Colaptes rubiginosus 176 Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus 177 Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway 178 Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima 179 Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis 180 Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis 181 Brown-hooded Parrot Pyrilia haematotis 182 White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis 183 Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis 184 Yellow-naped Parrot Amazona auropalliata 185 White-fronted Parrot Amazona albifrons 186 Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa 187 Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana 188 Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis 189 Scarlet Macaw Ara macao 190 Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus 191 Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus 192 Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus 193 Black-crowned Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha 194 Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus 195 Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor 196 Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis 197 Dusky Antbird Cercomacroides tyrannina 198 Bare-crowned Antbird Gymnocichla nudiceps 199 Chestnut-backed Antbird Poliocrania exsul 200 Dull-mantled Antbird Sipia laemosticta 201 Bicolored Antbird Gymnopithys bicolor 202 Ocellated Antbird Phaenostictus mcleannani 203 Streak-chested Antpitta Hylopezus perspicillatus 204 Gray-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus albigularis Yes 20/01/2022 Baurillo Caurillo 205 Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus 206 Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa 207 Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus 208 Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae 209 Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans 210 Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii 211 Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis 212 Plain Xenops Xenops minutus 213 Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner Automolus exsertus 214 Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens 215 Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis 216 White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo altera 217 White-collared Manakin Manacus candei 218 Orange-collared Manakin Manacus aurantiacus 219 White-crowned Manakin Pseudopipra pipra 220 Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis 221 Purple-throated Fruitcrow Querula purpurata 222 Lovely Cotinga Cotinga amabilis Yes 223 Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus 224 Three-wattled Bellbird Procnias tricarunculatus 225 Snowy Cotinga Carpodectes nitidus 226 Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor 227 Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata 228 Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus 229 Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae 230 Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus 231 Stub-tailed Spadebill Platyrinchus cancrominus Yes 232 Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus 233 Slaty-capped Flycatcher Leptopogon superciliaris 234 Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus 235 Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia 236 Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum 237 Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris 238 Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens 239 Northern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma imberbe 240 Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum 241 Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster 242 Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii 243 Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea 244 Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus 245 Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus 246 Dark Pewee Contopus lugubris 247 Eastern Wood-Pewee Contopus virens 248 Black-capped Flycatcher Empidonax atriceps 249 Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 250 Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus 251 Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus 252 Rufous Mourner Rhytipterna holerythra 253 Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer 254 Panama Flycatcher Myiarchus panamensis 255 Nutting's Flycatcher Myiarchus nuttingi 256 Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus 257 Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus 258 Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus 259 Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua 260 Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis 261 Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis Sel 262 White-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittatus 263 Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus 264 Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris 265 Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius 266 Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus 267 Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus 268 Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana 269 Lesser Greenlet Pachysylvia decurtata 270 Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons 271 Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus 272 White-throated Magpie-Jay Calocitta formosa 273 Brown Jay Psilorhinus morio 274 Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca 275 Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis 276 Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea 277 Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea 278 Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus 279 White-lored Gnatcatcher Polioptila albiloris 280 Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea 281 House Wren Troglodytes aedon 282 Rufous-naped Wren Campylorhynchus rufinucha 283 Spot-breasted Wren Pheugopedius maculipectus 284 Banded Wren Thryophilus pleurostictus 285 Stripe-breasted Wren Cantorchilus thoracicus 286 Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus 287 Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys 288 Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus 289 Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus gracilirostris 290 Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater 291 Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii 292 Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina 293 Mountain Thrush Turdus plebejus 294 Clay-colored Thrush Turdus grayi 295 Sooty Thrush Turdus nigrescens 296 Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher Ptiliogonys caudatus 297 Tricolored Munia Lonchura malacca Yes 298 House Sparrow Passer domesticus 299 Golden-browed Chlorophonia Chlorophonia callophrys 300 Scrub Euphonia Euphonia affinis 301 Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla 302 Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea 303 Spot-crowned Euphonia Euphonia imitans 304 Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi 305 White-vented Euphonia Euphonia minuta 306 Tawny-capped Euphonia Euphonia anneae 307 Sooty-capped Chlorospingus Chlorospingus pileatus 308 Stripe-headed Sparrow Peucaea ruficauda 309 Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris 310 Volcano Junco Junco vulcani 311 Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis 312 Large-footed Finch Pezopetes capitalis 313 White-eared Ground-Sparrow Melozone leucotis 314 Yellow-thighed Brushfinch Atlapetes tibialis 315 Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna 316 Yellow-billed Cacique Amblycercus holosericeus 317 Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri 318 Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma 319 Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis 320 Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas 321 Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 322 Yellow-tailed Oriole Icterus mesomelas Yes 323 Streak-backed Oriole Icterus pustulatus 324 Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis 325 Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 326 Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus 327 Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis 328 Melodious Blackbird Dives dives 329 Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 330 Nicaraguan Grackle Quiscalus nicaraguensis 331 Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla 332 Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera 333 Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 334 Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea 335 Flame-throated Warbler Oreothlypis gutturalis 336 Tennessee Warbler Leiothlypis peregrina 337 Olive-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava 338 American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla 339 Tropical Parula Setophaga pitiayumi 340 Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia 341 Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica 342 Black-throated Green Warbler Setophaga virens 343 Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons 344 Black-cheeked Warbler Basileuterus melanogenys 345 Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus 346 Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda 347 Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla 348 Collared Redstart Myioborus torquatus 349 Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 350 Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana 351 Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata 352 Red-throated Ant-Tanager Habia fuscicauda 353 Carmiol's Tanager Chlorothraupis carmioli 354 Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster 355 Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 356 Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanoloxia cyanoides 357 Blue Grosbeak Passerina caerulea 358 Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 359 Painted Bunting Passerina ciris 360 Gray-headed Tanager Eucometis penicillata 361 White-shouldered Tanager Loriotus luctuosus 362 Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii 363 White-lined Tanager Tachyphonus rufus 364 White-throated Shrike-Tanager Lanio leucothorax 365 Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus 366 Scarlet-rumped Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii 367 Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus 368 Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum 369 Speckled Tanager Ixothraupis guttata 370 Golden-hooded Tanager Stilpnia larvata 371 Spangle-cheeked Tanager Tangara dowii 372 Plain-colored Tanager Tangara inornata 373 Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola 374 Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala 375 Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta 376 Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana 377 Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus 378 Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus 379 Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza 380 Black-and-yellow Tanager Chrysothlypis chrysomelas 381 Slaty Flowerpiercer Diglossa plumbea 382 Thick-billed Seed-Finch Sporophila funerea 383 Nicaraguan Seed-Finch Sporophila nuttingi Yes 10/01/2022 Cano Negro/Los Chiles 384 Variable Seedeater Sporophila corvina 385 Slate-colored Seedeater Sporophila schistacea Yes 24/01/2022 Carara 386 Bananaquit Coereba flaveola 387 Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus 388 Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus