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Tropical Birding Trip Report COSTA RICA: The Introtour February 2019

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A TROPICAL BIRDING set departure tour Costa Rica: The Introtour

11th - 21st February 2019

Tour leader: Jose Illanes (all photos in report taken by Jose on this tour)

Chestnut-colored Woodpecker was again very popular with this group on this tour (La Selva)

INTRODUCTION: We had a great time of it on this tour of some of the best known birding sites in Costa Rica. While touring this special area, we racked up more than 400 species of birds, and over 380 of these were seen by the group. The clear winner of the bird of the tour competition was (perhaps unsurprisingly), the amazing Resplendent Quetzal, which we saw on multiple occasions after a shaky start looking for it.

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There were so many other highlights that a simple, short list will not suffice, and so here were the other worthy mentions that trailed behind the quetzal in the stakes of best bird of the tour: American Pygmy-Kingfisher, Violet Sabrewing, Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl, White-whiskered Puffbird, Pearl Kite, Roseate Spoonbill, Chestnut-colored Woodpecker, Silvery-throated Jay, Long-tailed Manakin, Northern Emerald-Toucanet, Rufous-tailed Jacamar, and Turquoise-browed Motmot. During this classic tour of the country, we had dipped into some magnificent birding areas, such as the Central Valley close to San Jose, Braulio Carrillo National Park in the foothills of the Caribbean slope, La Selva Biological Station in the lowlands on that side of the mountains, the Oak-dominated cloudforests of the Savegre Valley, and the stunted vegetation of Cerro de la Muerte, yet higher still. We also visited the foothills and lowlands on the Pacific side of the mountains too, and ended with a visit to the famous cloudforests of Monteverde. That led us to observe not only the above highlighted species, but others like Turquoise and Snowy Cotingas, a series of gorgeous trogons and hummingbirds (e.g. Talamanca and Fiery-throated Hummingbirds (below), Coppery-headed Emerald, Black-crested Coquette, and Purple-throated Mountain-Gem), Keel-billed and Yellow-throated Toucans, Great Green and Scarlet Macaws, Great Curassow, Long-tailed and Black-and-yellow Silky-Flycatchers, Flame-throated Warbler, Collared Redstart, and Orange-collared Manakin, among a long list of super looking tropical birds! This tour was also exceptional for nocturnal birds, with Ferruginous and Costa Rican Pygmy-Owls, Black-and-white and Spectacled Owls, and Middle American and Pacific Screech-Owls, Lesser Nighthawk and Great Potoo all being seen in broad daylight! This tour is a longtime favorite of both Tropical Birding guides and clients alike, and it is easy to see why! It is both fun to guide, with plentiful exciting birds seen daily, and fun to be a tour participant, some experiencing the amazing riches of the tropics for the first time.



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TOUR SUMMARY: Alajuela to Braulio Carrillo; Cope and La Selva (12th February) The day started out right in the grounds of our hotel, near the San Jose airport. With most people on the tour having not traveled outside the states for birding, or being first timers to Costa Rica, even on this small property we had plenty to keep us busy before breakfast was even served. Some of the highlights included Spot-breasted Oriole, Cinnamon Hummingbird, an excellent viewing of a Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl, Hoffman’s Woodpecker, Red-bellied Pigeon, and passing Crimson-fronted Parakeets in flight. We also racked up many very common, and soon to become familiar species, like the Costa Rican national bird, Clay-colored Thrush, and Rufous-naped Wren, Boat-billed Flycatcher and Great Kiskadee. After breakfast, we drove 2 hours out of the Central Valley, where the hotel had been located, and down on to the Caribbean slope of the mountains. This took around two hours, and we soon started seeing birds right around the parking lot as we rolled into Braulio Carrillo National Park, like Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer, Green-crowned Brilliant, and Broad-winged Hawk soaring above. We also took a mile-long trail there, hoping for interior forest birds and in particular mixed flocks, which held birds like Checker-throated Anwtren, Green Honeycreeper, Lesser Greenlet, Chestnut-sided Warbler, Tawny-capped Euphonia, Tawny-crested Tanager, and others. Nightingale-Wren was also seen, a normally extremely shy species that is difficult to get on this tour by sound let alone sight!



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The nearby El Tapir Hummingbird Garden was visited too, which helped us in finding Purple-crowned Fairy, Crowned (Violet-crowned) Woodnymph, Green Thorntail, and the star find, a Black-crested Coquette which regularly chose to perch on a conscious dead branch. Unfotunately, the hoped-for Snowcap never did make an appearance, which is regular though highly erratic in this small reserve. We did observe some Mantled Howlers and Central American (Geoffroy’s) Spider-Monkeys were also seen during our time spent with these hummingbirds. After lunch not far away, we moved on to our third site of the day, a private reserve (“Cope’s Place”) near La Union, run by an excellent local person named Cope. This property has some great feeders, and often has roosting nightbirds too, so was a natural inclusion on this itinerary. At the feeders, we took in birds like Montezuma and Chestnut-headed Oropendolas (next page), Russet-naped Wood-Rail (page before), Green Honeycreeper, Passerini’s (Scarlet-rumped) Tanager, a wintering Wood Thrush, and Black-cheeked Woodpecker. Stripe-throated and Long-billed Hermits, White-necked Jacobin, and Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer were all present too, but the star hummingbird appearance was of a White-tipped Sicklebill that arrived suddenly at a heliconia bloom and remained for some time. We also noted a Yellow-throated (Chestnut-mandibled) Toucan in the surrounding trees. Moving away from the feeders, we took a wider berth around the property with Cope, which led us to White-crowned Parrot, Pale-billed Woodpecker, Slaty-tailed Trogon, Ringed Kingfisher, and Brown Jay. However, the star finds while visiting there were two roosting nightbirds, Spectacled Owl and Great Potoo, and a cluster of Honduran White Bats that Cope carefully revealed us to. Lastly, we moved on to La Selva, checked into our air conditioned cabins, and took dinner after a busy, bird-filled first day in Costa Rica, the so-called “Bird Country”. We stayed in the La Selva Biological Station, which while not as flashy as some properties outside the station grounds, is right in this amazing birding area, with birds just a few steps from the doors of our well-situated cabins.



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La Selva (13th February) From our cabins at the biological station (designed for the tourists, and not the researchers), we walked through beautiful tropical forest in the Caribbean lowlands. However, it yielded little before we took our breakfast by the clearing surrounded by superb forest. Straight after breakfast, and connecting with our local guide Joel, the clearing at La Selva was as busy as legend has it to be; we quickly notched up Keel-billed Toucan, Crimson-collared, Golden-hooded and Plain-colored Tanagers, as well as Chestnut-colored Woodpecker and Rufous-tailed Jacamar (next page). The rambunctious Black-headed Saltator was also nice to see there, a species that can often be hard to come by on this itinerary. The clearing can sap the morning out of the birding-in a good way-by making it difficult to search further afield with so much going on right there. And so it proved, with Collared Aracari, Long-tailed Tyrant, Mealy and Red-lored Parrots, Olive-throated and Orange-chinned Parakeets, Gartered and Slaty-tailed Trogons, Black-faced Grosbeak, Black-cowled Oriole, and Olive-backed and Yellow-crowned Euphonias. A Band-tailed Barbthroat also snuck in and fed on a cluster of heliconia flowers.



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The remainder of the morning was spent birding the easy paved trail between the main clearing and our cabins, which goes through excellent, mature, secondary forest. This led us to a long list of birds for the morning, like Bay and Black-throated Wrens, a perched Double-toothed Kite, and a dust-bathing Crested Guan (next page). Joel also led us to a sleeping Middle American Screech-Owl (formerly Vermiculated), a nice stake out if ever there was one! Blue-chested Hummingbird perched up and singing away was something you do not see there every day either, although White-crowned Parrot perched in the treetops were more expected of this extra-special place. Standout sighting of the morning was a snow-white mal Snowy Cotinga sitting in a naked tree, which thrilled us all to see this erratic species. We were also very pleased to get good looks at the treetops dwelling Green Shrike-Vireo, a bird that calls incessantly, but can be very hard to set your eyes on as it moves high in the trees. In all the action going on, I almost forgot to mention that three-toed sloth was also seen in the morning too, at arguably the best place for sloth-viewing on the tour, Lunch came around all too soon, so we took that and then rested for a bit in the sweltering hot middle of the day, before heading back out in the afternoon. This time, we crossed over the river to the primary forests behind the biological station’s labs. In general, as is often the case, the forest was notably quieter compared with the morning, but we did manage to scrape together sightings of Broad-billed Motmot, White-collared Manakin, Black-throated Trogon, and Collared Peccary, before we retired after a long productive day largely on our feet, with no driving required at all. La Selva to Savegre (14th February) With limited time remaining around La Selva Biological Station, one of the great places for birding in all of Central America, we made the most of it. Walking along a paved trail through the forest to reach the restaurant for breakfast, we picked up Mistletoe Tyrannulet, a small squadron of overflying Great Green Macaws, Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher, Dusky Antbird, and Gray-headed Chachalaca. Still before breakfast, we saw Black-throated Trogon, Red-throated Ant-



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Tanager, Red-lored Parrot, and perhaps the same Snowy Cotinga in the very same tree as the day before. After breakfast, we made our final foray into the forests of La Selva, before we had to depart. For this, we again crossed the river and entered into the primary forest behind the local biological laboratories, finding Bright-rumped Attila, Black-crowned Antshrike, Chestnut-backed Antbird, White-ringed Flycatcher, Yellow-throated Vireo, and Golden-winged Warbler. However, Jose at least, was perturbed that a Great Currasow had not been seen in all of our time at La Selva, turned around, and observed one nip off the trail and into the forest. Not everyone had seen it, so we quickly relocated this male bird, and soon all could enjoy it, to much relief, when it slowly sauntered across the road. Our trip back to our cabins, in order to check out, was not without event either, when a Collared Peccary got a little feisty with Jose, and then both Laughing Falcon and Semiplumbeous Hawk were both found perched to round out an excellent time at La Selva. After packing up, we took an early lunch in the La Selva cafeteria, and then set off for the cloudforests for Savegre, a four-hour drive away. We arrived into the cool highlands with time to spare to visit Paraiso Quetzal Lodge, where we stood in awe at their hummingbird feeders, which drew in the spectacular Talamanca Hummingbird, and no less impressive Fiery-throated Hummingbird, plus Volcano Hummingbird too. The scarce regional endemic, Golden-bellied Flycatcher was also observed nearby. We left after just over an hour, and drove down the windy valley road to the popular Savegre Hotel and Spa, seeing Sooty Thrush, Acorn Woodpecker, and Black Guan on the road down through this beautifully, forest-bordered road. We retired knowing that the highlands still offered us a lot more to come in the coming days…

A dust-bathing Crested Guan at La Selva Biological Station



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Savegre (15th February) We started out with some optional pre-breakfast birding in the grounds of the wonderful Savegre Hotel. Yellow-winged Vireo was found, as well as a half dozen or so Long-tailed Silky-Flycatchers (next page). Acorn Woodpecker and Silver-throated Tanager also came to the feeders, while White-throated Mountain-Gem was in the vicinity too. Moving into the forests just behind the lodge we found to our delight, the regular family of Spotted Wood-Quail feeding on the path, while in the small clearing just beyond, we located Yellowish Flycatcher, Dark Pewee, Yellow-thighed Finch, Collared Redstart, Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush, and the brilliant Spangle-cheeked Tanager too. It was a great start to our first full days birding in the highlands, but breakfast had us soon walking back the short distance back to the restaurant, where a huge buffet spread awaited. After breakfast, we took a short jeep ride uphill to the Robledal Trail in the hotel property, where quiet cloudforest can be birded for some higher dwelling species. Even though it can be deathly quiet at times up there, we had some great sightings, starting out with Large-footed Finch and Black-cheeked Warbler, and finding a flock with Spot-crowned Woodcreeper, Buffy Tuftedcheek, and Ruddy Treerunner held within. Northern Emerald-Toucanet was also found there, as was, with some effort, a Costa Rican-Pygmy Owl sitting very high in the giant mature trees that dominate the landscape of this achingly beautiful trail. More noteworthy still, was the very rare and inconspicuous Silvery-throated Jay. We slowly started walking back down to the lodge later, running into another covey of Spotted Wood-Quail, and better still a small bird dust bathing in the middle of the trail turned out to be none other than another Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl (above) which then alighted on a low branch and preened in front of us for some time. Most of the other birds seen on the way down were mere repeats of what we had already seen that morning, before we arrived back the lodge for lunch. After an extended rest around lunchtime, some of us walked around the lodge in the afternoon, post 3pm, when we added Yellow-bellied Siskin, White-naped Brushfinch, Red-tailed Hawk, and Sulphur-winged Parakeet. While plenty of extra time was spent with the feeders and their addictive attendees, like Volcano Hummingbird, Lesser Violetear, Talamanca Hummingbird and so on. Slaty Flowerpiercers regularly plundered the local nectar sources too. Savegre to Carara (16th February) We started early, around 5:30am, to try and get the area’s most celebrated species, Resplendent Quetzal, which we had not yet seen. We found a regular pair, working at nest construction. We also found some Black Guans feeding on local fruit, as were some Mountain Elaenias too. Townsend’s Warbler was also noted closeby. After breakfast back at Savegre Hotel, we packed up and headed up higher to Cerro de la Muerte, the highest point of the tour at some 11,322ft. (3,451m), where a handful of high elevation specialties occur. We found some of them quickly, like Volcano Junco, Volcano Hummingbird, and eventually, Timberline Wren.



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Black-capped Flycatcher, White-collared Swift, and more Red-tailed Hawks were also seen at this scenic spot. We then dropped down only slightly to the highland Oak forests along the Providencia Road, where we found one of the local rare species, Peg-billed Finch, as well as Flame-throated Warbler, Sooty-capped Chlorospingus, Black-and-yellow Silky-Flycatcher that reacted to a pygmy-owl tape, and more Resplendent Quetzals. By this time, lunch had come around, and so we took lunch in a local restaurant with feeders that attracted species we were already familiar with. Our next stop was in the Pacific foothills, near the town of San Isidro, where we knew of a spot that can reap rewards for people seeking Turquoise Cotinga. However, arriving mid-afternoon, the place was busy, hot and warm, and no cotinga was in evidence. We birded some more time there anyway, finding nesting Tropical Mockingbird, Black-crowned Tityra, Lesser Eleania, Red-legged Honeycreeper, and Rose-breasted Grosbeak. Time was waning, and so we set about packing up to leave, when Didier, our driver with an interest in birds, suddenly yelled “COTINGA!” Seconds later, we were all enjoying a super male Turquoise Cotinga, and our reason for stopping there was finally justified! It was then time to depart, but we made another brief stop at a local sewage treatment works, where we racked up some waterbirds, like Spotted Sandpiper, Black-bellied Whistling-Duck, Northern Jacana, Blue-winged Teal, Black-necked Stilt, Pied-billed Grebe, and Little Blue Heron. We finally left San Isidro, and arrived at our hotel in the Pacific lowlands, near Carara National Park, in the early evening.



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Carara and Tarcoles River Cruise (17th February) Our morning started right within the grounds of our wonderful lodging at Hotel Villa Lapas, a stone’s throw from Carara National Park. A 5:45am meet up before breakfast for the keen led us to find three species of trogon within a short walk of our rooms, Gartered and Slaty-tailed Trogons we had seen before, but Black-headed Trogon was new. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron (next page) gave its odd vocalizations as we watched on, a nesting Yellow-throated Toucan was on the lodge property too, as was Royal Flycatcher, a species not often easy to find in the park, let alone lodge grounds! The most notable sightings involved the species for which the hotel was named after, Scarlet Macaw, which everyone saw swiftly and well. Other notables, before breakfast, included Piratic and Streaked Flycatchers, Yellow-crowned Euphonia, Costa Rican Swift, Buff-rumped Warbler and a boreal migrant in the form of Northern Waterthrush.



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We then took breakfast, after which we drove the short distance to Carara National Park, where we walked a trail for the rest of the morning; once we got there near the start, we found a mixed feeding flock with Barred and Black-hooded Antshrikes, Dot-winged Antwren, and Long-billed Gnatwren. White-whiskered Puffbird was also found perched above the trail. Further along, we found a singing Blue-throated Goldentail, a scarce hummingbird. Continuing along the trail, we found some flowering heliconias plants, with Scaly-breasted Hummingbird in attendance. In a thicket, further on down the trail we located a Black-bellied Wren; Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher was seen there too. Orange-collared Manakin and Turquoise-browed Motmot were seen on the walk back along this trail, both of which were only seen this one time on the tour. Geoffroy’s Spider-Monkey, White-fronted Capuchin and Northern Ghost Bat were also all seen during our morning on this trail too. Following lunch at the hotel, and some rest in the heated middle of the day; we took a boat ride along the Tarcoles River, where we found species like ever-present Mangrove Swallows, Least and Spotted Sandpipers, White Ibis, White-collared Seedeater, Green Heron, Semipalmated and Wilson’s Plovers, Magnificent Frigatebird, Yellow-headed Caracara, and Yellow-naped and Red-lored Parrots flying overhead too. We then entered into the mangroves by boat, finding Tropical Pewee, Roseate Spoonbill, Yellow-crowned Night-Heron, Boat-billed Heron (next page), and a Common Black-Hawk sitting close to the boat. Prothonotary and Mangrove Warblers, Northern Scrub-Flycatcher, Belted, Green and American Pygmy- Kingfishers, and Mangrove Vireo.



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The boatman led us to some flowering tea mangrove trees, where we waited, and found, the endemic Mangrove Hummingbird. On the way back to the lodge, we dropped in on a roosting Black-and-white Owl roosting near the boat dock, thanks for to the work of our driver Didier. It was a great end to a relaxing afternoons birding. Carara and Orotina to Monteverde (18th February) As the day before, we started birding before breakfast in the grounds of Hotel Villa Lapas, finding some principal targets, like Fiery-billed Aracari, Long-billed Starthroat, Rufous-capped Warbler, and Riverside Wren, as well as plenty of perfectly fine repeat species too. After the meal, we returned to Carara National Park, trying a different set of trails near the entrance to the park from the day before. The trails were busy, even on a Monday, but we still found more than enough birds, like Rufous-naped Wren, Scarlet Macaw, and Blue-throated Goldentail around the parking area, and also Chestnut-backed Antbird, Ovenbird, and Pale-billed Woodpecker were seen once we went on to the trail. Further along the trail, a feeding flock held Dot-winged Antwren, White-shouldered Tanager, Black-hooded Antshrike, and White-winged Becard. We also found Cocoa and Streak-headed Woodcreepers, Streak-throated Hermit, and Black-throated Trogon. However, the standouts were a Great Tinamou and a Black-faced Antthrush both feeding right alongside the trail. After the first part of the morning inside Carara National Park, we returned to the hotel late morning, packed our things, and took an early lunch before checking out and hitting the road for another mountain site, the legendary Monteverde. However, our rush to leave Carara was well-planned, in order for us to make a small side trip to a small private reserve, where the local guide, Alvaro met us on arrival in the Orotina area. This place is famed as a good area for roosting nightbirds, and this day was no different, with our second roosting Spectacled Owl of the tour, then Pacific Screech-Owl, Barn Owl and Lesser Nighthawk all totaled up in our brief period there. In addition to those stellar nightbirds, we also found Double-striped Thick-knee resting in a shady corner of a field, Southern Lapwing, Orange-chinned and Crimson-fronted Parakeets, and Striped Cuckoo. We then dropped off Alvaro, and thanked him for an extraordinarily productive period on these properties, and started driving uphill towards the cloudforests of Monteverde, arriving in the evening after seeing White-throated Magpie-Jay and White-fronted Parrot on the journey uphill. That night, we ate at a wonderful regular Italian restaurant we use in the town of Santa Elena that is the actual name of the town in Monteverde that services the many tourists that visit this wonderful area. We settled in for the night, in readiness for further time in cloudforests the next day…



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Monteverde (19th February) We awoke at Cala Lodge, close to the main Monteverde reserve; but started our birding on the grounds there instead, before breakfast. This yielded White-eared Ground-Sparrow, Mountain Thrush, Lesson’s Motmot, and nesting Northern Emerald-Toucanet (below). We then took breakfast at Cala Lodge, and left for another local reserve, the Ecological Sanctuary. There we spent the morning exploring this reserve, fining Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush, Orange-bellied Trogon, Ruddy and Northern Barred Woodcreepers, Yellow-throated Euphonia feeding on mistletoe, and several displaying Long-tailed Manakins. Golden-browed Chlorophonia appeared on an epiphytic plant just before we left. By the entrance of the main reserve, we took lunch within this much wetter forests area than we had been to before. Just before lunch, we dropped into the park’s hummingbird feeders, where Magenta-throated Woodstar, Purple-throated Mountain-Gem, Violet Sabrewing, and Stripe-tailed Hummingbird all attended the feeders, along with the endemic Coppery-headed Emerald.

After lunch, we explored the trails in the main reserve, which is cloaked in verdant cloudforest. Despite numerous visiting other tourists, we did well, seeing Slate-throated Redstart, Red-faced Spinetail, Tufted Flycatcher, Common Chlorospingus, Spotted Barbtail, and Costa Rican Warbler. We were also very lucky to see a Silvery-fronted Tapaculo, as well as Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush and several Black-faced Solitaires. Gray-breasted Wood-Wren, Zeledon’s Antbird and even four different male Resplendent Quetzals were also seen along the trail. Prong-billed Barbet also was tracked down, after hearing it distinctive hoots. Thus, in spite of a busy park, we still got most of what we had hoped to see and more; which is fairly typical for Monteverde though!



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Monteverde, Curi-Cancha to San Jose (20th February)

This was the last birding of the tour, with some final morning birding available in the Monteverde area, before we needed to make the long journey back to our hotel near San Jose’s international airport. We started out very early, by visiting the parking lot of the main reserve, before it officially opened, searching for birds in that area, and found White-throated and Mountain Thrushes, Chestnut-capped Brushfinch, Spotted Woodcreeper, Hepatic Tanager, and also had a brief look at a Tiny Hawk too. We returned to Cala Lodge for breakfast, packed up, and then visited a local reserve called Curi-Cancha for the rest of the morning. Golden-crowned Warbler, Olivaceous Woodcreeper, more Orange-bellied Trogons sitting beside the trails, more Golden-browed Chlorophonias, Spangle-cheeked Tanager, Scarlet-thighed Dacnis, Prong-billed Barbet, and Yellowish Flycatcher all being seen there. However, one of the morning’s marquee sightings was a Gray-throated Leaftosser foraging beside the trail. Elegant Euphonia remained in a good position for a while high in the canopy, which was ‘scoped up for some time. We also managed to observe the very shy Chiriqui Quail-Dove, which was a very fortunate thing to see indeed. We had also been tipped off about a roosting Mottled Owl, and so after some recon work in the area, managed to find it, adding to an already exceptional tour for owls for us on this trip!



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On emerging from the forest, we stopped in at their hummingbird feeders, which held nothing new, species wise, but was well worth it for further looks at birds like Lesser Violetear, Purple-throated Mountain-Gem, Coppery-throated Emerald, Stripe-tailed Hummingbird, and Magenta-throated Woodstar. We finally returned to the parking lot (via some White-nosed Coatis), reconnected with our excellent driver, Didier and began our drive back east towards San Jose, taking lunch at a restaurant close to the coast along the way. While having our lunch, we bumped into another Tropical Birding group with some familiar faces within. All that was left now was to drive directly back to San Jose, although we stopped briefly at Calderas on the coast, getting some final waterbirds for the trip with Laughing and Franklin’s Gulls, Magnificent Frigatebird and Brown Pelican.

Volcano Junco from Cerro de la Muerta, the highest point of the tour



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CHECKLISTS: BIRDS:Thetaxonomyofthebirdlistfollows:Clements,JamesF.,White,AnthonyW.,andFitzpatrick,JohnW.TheClementsChecklistofBirdsoftheWorld.Cornell,2007.Includesrecentupdatestothislist.

H–IndicatesaspeciesthatwasHEARDONLY;G–IndicatesaspeciesthatwasrecordedbytheGUIDEONLY;(E)–Indicatesaspeciesthatisaregionalendemic.

TINAMOUS: TINAMIDAE Highland Tinamou Nothocercus bonapartei H Great Tinamou Tinamus major Slaty-breasted Tinamou Crypturellus boucardi H DUCKS, GEESE, AND WATERFOWL: ANATIDAE Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata Blue-winged Teal Anas discors GUANS, CHACHALACAS, AND CURASSOWS: CRACIDAE Gray-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens Black Guan (E) Chamaepetes unicolor Great Curassow Crax rubra NEW WORLD QUAIL: ODONTOPHORIDAE Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus G Black-breasted Wood-Quail (E) Odontophorus leucolaemus Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus GREBES: PODICIPEDIDAE Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps PIGEONS AND DOVES: COLUMBIDAE Rock Pigeon Columba livia Pale-vented Pigeon Patagioenas cayennensis Red-billed Pigeon Patagioenas flavirostris Band-tailed Pigeon Patagioenas fasciata Ruddy Pigeon Patagioenas subvinacea Short-billed Pigeon Patagioenas nigrirostris Inca Dove Columbina inca Common Ground-Dove Columbina passerina Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa H White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi Gray-chested Dove Leptotila cassini Chiriqui Quail-Dove (E) Zentrygon chiriquensis White-winged Dove Zenaida asiatica CUCKOOS: CUCULIDAE Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris NIGHTJARS AND ALLIES: CAPRIMULGIDAE Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis Common Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis Dusky Nightjar (E) Antrostomus saturatus



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POTOOS: NYCTIBIIDAE Great Potoo Nyctibius grandis SWIFTS: APODIDAE White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris Costa Rican Swift (E) Chaetura fumosa Gray-rumped Swift Chaetura cinereiventris HUMMINGBIRDS: TROCHILIDAE White-necked Jacobin Florisuga mellivora White-tipped Sicklebill Eutoxeres aquila Bronzy Hermit Glaucis aeneus Band-tailed Barbthroat Threnetes ruckeri Green Hermit Phaethornis guy Long-billed Hermit Phaethornis longirostris Stripe-throated Hermit Phaethornis striigularis Lesser Violetear Colibri cyanotus Purple-crowned Fairy Heliothryx barroti Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii Green Thorntail Discosura conversii Black-crested Coquette Lophornis helenae Green-crowned Brilliant Heliodoxa jacula Talamanca Hummingbird (E) Eugenes spectabilis Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris Fiery-throated Hummingbird (E) Panterpe insignis Purple-throated Mountain-gem (E) Lampornis calolaemus White-throated Mountain-gem Lampornis castaneoventris Magenta-throated Woodstar (E) Calliphlox bryantae Volcano Hummingbird (E) Selasphorus flammula Scintillant Hummingbird (E) Selasphorus scintilla Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii Violet Sabrewing Campylopterus hemileucurus Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer Chalybura urochrysia Crowned Woodnymph Thalurania colombica Stripe-tailed Hummingbird Eupherusa eximia Coppery-headed Emerald (E) Elvira cupreiceps Blue-chested Hummingbird Amazilia amabilis Mangrove Hummingbird (E) Amazilia boucardi Steely-vented Hummingbird Amazilia saucerrottei Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl Cinnamon Hummingbird Amazilia rutila Blue-throated Goldentail Hylocharis eliciae RAILS,GALLINULES, AND COOTS: RALLIDAE Russet-naped Wood-Rail Aramides albiventris THICK-KNEES: BURHINIDAE Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus STILTS AND AVOCETS: RECURVIROSTRIDAE Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus PLOVERS AND LAPWINGS: CHARADRIIDAE Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus



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Killdeer Charadrius vociferus JACANAS: JACANIDAE Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa SANDPIPERS AND ALLIES: SCOLOPACIDAE Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca Willet Tringa semipalmata Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres Sanderling Calidris alba Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri GULLS, TERNS, AND SKIMMERS: LARIDAE Laughing Gull Leucophaeus atricilla Royal Tern Thalasseus maximus STORKS: CICONIIDAE Wood Stork Mycteria americana FRIGATEBIRDS: FREGATIDAE Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens ANHINGAS: ANHINGIDAE Anhinga Anhinga anhinga CORMORANTS AND SHAGS: PHALACROCORACIDAE Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus PELICANS: PELECANIDAE Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis HERONS, EGRETS, AND BITTERNS: ARDEIDAE Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias Great Egret Ardea alba Snowy Egret Egretta thula Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis Green Heron Butorides virescens Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius IBISES AND SPOONBILLS: THRESKIORNITHIDAE White Ibis Eudocimus albus Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis G Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja NEW WORLD VULTURES: CATHARTIDAE Black Vulture Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa OSPREY: PANDIONIDAE Osprey Pandion haliaetus HAWKS, EAGLES, AND KITES: ACCIPITRIDAE Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus



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Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus H Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus Barred Hawk Morphnarchus princeps H Roadside Hawk Rupornis magnirostris Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus Gray Hawk Buteo plagiatus Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis BARN-OWLS: TYTONIDAE Barn Owl Tyto alba OWLS: STRIGIDAE Pacific Screech-Owl Megascops cooperi Middle American (Vermiculated) Screech-Owl Megascops guatemalae Spectacled Owl Pulsatrix perspicillata Central American Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium griseiceps Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl Glaucidium brasilianum Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata Black-and-white Owl Ciccaba nigrolineata TROGONS: TROGONIDAE Resplendent Quetzal Pharomachrus mocinno Slaty-tailed Trogon Trogon massena Black-headed Trogon Trogon melanocephalus Baird's Trogon (E) Trogon bairdii H Gartered Trogon Trogon caligatus Black-throated Trogon Trogon rufus Orange-bellied Trogon (E) Trogon aurantiiventris Collared Trogon Trogon collaris H MOTMOTS: MOMOTIDAE Lesson's Motmot Momotus lessonii Rufous Motmot Baryphthengus martii Broad-billed Motmot Electron platyrhynchum Turquoise-browed Motmot Eumomota superciliosa KINGFISHERS: ALCEDINIDAE Ringed Kingfisher Megaceryle torquata Belted Kingfisher Megaceryle alcyon Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana American Pygmy Kingfisher Chloroceryle aenea PUFFBIRDS: BUCCONIDAE White-necked Puffbird Notharchus hyperrhynchus Pied Puffbird Notharchus tectus White-whiskered Puffbird Malacoptila panamensis JACAMARS: GALBULIDAE Rufous-tailed Jacamar Galbula ruficauda TOUCANS-BARBETS:SEMNORNITHIDAE Prong-billed Barbet (E) Semnornis frantzii



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TOUCANS: RAMPHASTIDAE Northern Emerald-Toucanet Aulacorhynchus prasinus maxillaris Collared Aracari Pteroglossus torquatus torquatus Fiery-billed Aracari (E) Pteroglossus frantzii Yellow-throated (Chestnut-mandibled) Toucan Ramphastos ambiguus swainsonii Keel-billed Toucan Ramphastos sulfuratus WOODPECKERS: PICIDAE Acorn Woodpecker Melanerpes formicivorus Black-cheeked Woodpecker Melanerpes pucherani Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus Hoffmann's Woodpecker (E) Melanerpes hoffmannii Hairy Woodpecker Dryobates villosus Rufous-winged Woodpecker (E) Piculus simplex Chestnut-colored Woodpecker Celeus castaneus Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus Pale-billed Woodpecker Campephilus guatemalensis FALCONS AND CARACARAS: FALCONIDAE Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus H Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans American Kestrel Falco sparverius Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus NEW WORLD & AFRICAN PARROTS: PSITTACIDAE Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis Red-lored Parrot Amazona autumnalis Yellow-naped Parrot Amazona auropalliata White-fronted Parrot Amazona albifrons Mealy Parrot Amazona farinosa Sulphur-winged Parakeet (E) Pyrrhura hoffmanni Olive-throated Parakeet Eupsittula nana Orange-fronted Parakeet Eupsittula canicularis Great Green Macaw Ara ambiguus Scarlet Macaw Ara macao Crimson-fronted Parakeet (E) Psittacara finschi TYPICAL ANTBIRDS: THAMNOPHILIDAE Fasciated Antshrike Cymbilaimus lineatus Barred Antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus Black-crowned (Western Slaty-) Antshrike Thamnophilus atrinucha Black-hooded Antshrike (E) Thamnophilus bridgesi Russet Antshrike Thamnistes anabatinus Checker-throated Antwren Epinecrophylla fulviventris Slaty Antwren Myrmotherula schisticolor Dot-winged Antwren Microrhopias quixensis Dusky Antbird Cercomacra tyrannina Chestnut-backed Antbird Myrmeciza exsul Zeledon's Antbird Myrmeciza zeledoni TAPACULOS: RHINOCRYPTIDAE Silvery-fronted Tapaculo (E) Scytalopus argentifrons



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ANTTHRUSHES: FORMICARIIDAE Black-faced Antthrush Formicarius analis OVENBIRDS AND WOODCREEPERS: FURNARIIDAE Gray-throated Leaftosser Sclerurus albigularis Olivaceous Woodcreeper Sittasomus griseicapillus Ruddy Woodcreeper Dendrocincla homochroa Plain-brown Woodcreeper Dendrocincla fuliginosa Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorynchus spirurus Northern Barred-Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae Cocoa Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus susurrans Spotted Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus erythropygius Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii Spot-crowned Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes affinis Plain Xenops Xenops minutus Buffy Tuftedcheek Pseudocolaptes lawrencii lawrencii Lineated Foliage-gleaner Syndactyla subalaris H Spotted Barbtail Premnoplex brunnescens Ruddy Treerunner (E) Margarornis rubiginosus Red-faced Spinetail Cranioleuca erythrops TYRANT FLYCATCHERS: TYRANNIDAE Yellow-bellied Elaenia Elaenia flavogaster Lesser Elaenia Elaenia chiriquensis Mountain Elaenia Elaenia frantzii Olive-striped Flycatcher Mionectes olivaceus Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus Mistletoe (Paltry) Tyrannulet Zimmerius parvus Northern Scrub-Flycatcher Sublegatus arenarum Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant Myiornis atricapillus Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Lophotriccus pileatus Northern Bentbill Oncostoma cinereigulare Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher Poecilotriccus sylvia H Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum nigriceps Eye-ringed Flatbill Rhynchocyclus brevirostris Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens cinereiceps Golden-crowned Spadebill Platyrinchus coronatus Royal Flycatcher Onychorhynchus coronatus Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher Terenotriccus erythrurus Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher Myiobius sulphureipygius Tufted Flycatcher Mitrephanes phaeocercus Dark Pewee (E) Contopus lugubris Ochraceous Pewee (E) Contopus ochraceus Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus Yellowish Flycatcher Empidonax flavescens Black-capped Flycatcher Empidonax atriceps Long-tailed Tyrant Colonia colonus Bright-rumped Attila Attila spadiceus Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer Great Crested Flycatcher Myiarchus crinitus H Brown-crested Flycatcher Myiarchus tyrannulus G Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarynchus pitangua Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis



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Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis White-ringed Flycatcher Conopias albovittatus Golden-bellied Flycatcher (E) Myiodynastes hemichrysus Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus Scissor-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus forficatus COTINGAS: COTINGIDAE Turquoise Cotinga (E) Cotinga ridgwayi Rufous Piha Lipaugus unirufus H Three-wattled Bellbird (E) Procnias tricarunculatus H Snowy Cotinga (E) Carpodectes nitidus MANAKINS: PIPRIDAE Long-tailed Manakin Chiroxiphia linearis Blue-crowned Manakin Lepidothrix coronata White-collared Manakin Manacus candei Orange-collared Manakin (E) Manacus aurantiacus Red-capped Manakin Ceratopipra mentalis H TITYRAS AND ALLIES: TITYRIDAE Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata Cinnamon Becard Pachyramphus cinnamomeus Black-and-white Becard Pachyramphus albogriseus Rose-throated Becard Pachyramphus aglaiae VIREOS, SHRIKE-BABBLERS & ERPORNIS: VIREONIDAE Mangrove Vireo Vireo pallens Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons Yellow-winged Vireo (E) Vireo carmioli Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus Green Shrike-Vireo Vireolanius pulchellus Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis CROWS, JAYS, AND MAGPIES: CORVIDAE Silvery-throated Jay (E) Cyanolyca argentigula White-throated Magpie-Jay Calocitta formosa Brown Jay Psilorhinus morio SWALLOWS: HIRUNDINIDAE Blue-and-white Swallow Pygochelidon cyanoleuca Northern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx serripennis Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea Mangrove Swallow Tachycineta albilinea Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica WRENS: TROGLODYTIDAE Nightingale Wren Microcerculus philomela House Wren Troglodytes aedon Ochraceous Wren (E) Troglodytes ochraceus Timberline Wren (E) Thryorchilus browni Band-backed Wren Campylorhynchus zonatus Rufous-naped Wren Campylorhynchus rufinucha Black-bellied Wren (E) Pheugopedius fasciatoventris Rufous-breasted Wren Pheugopedius rutilus H Black-throated Wren (E) Pheugopedius atrogularis



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Rufous-and-white Wren Thryophilus rufalbus Stripe-breasted Wren (E) Cantorchilus thoracicus Cabanis's Wren Cantorchilus modestus Riverside Wren (E) Cantorchilus semibadius Bay Wren Cantorchilus nigricapillus White-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucosticta Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Henicorhina leucophrys GNATCATCHERS: POLIOPTILIDAE Tawny-faced Gnatwren Microbates cinereiventris Long-billed Gnatwren Ramphocaenus melanurus Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea THRUSHES AND ALLIES: TURDIDAE Black-faced Solitaire (E) Myadestes melanops Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush (E) Catharus gracilirostris Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus fuscater Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush Catharus frantzii Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina Sooty Thrush (Robin) E Turdus nigrescens Mountain Thrush (Robin) Turdus plebejus Clay-colored Thrush (Robin) Turdus grayi White-throated Thrush (Robin) Turdus assimilis MOCKINGBIRDS AND THRASHERS: MIMIDAE Tropical Mockingbird Mimus gilvus SILKY-FLYCATCHERS: PTILOGONATIDAE Black-and-yellow Silky-flycatcher (E) Phainoptila melanoxantha Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher (E) Ptilogonys caudatus FINCHES, EUPHONIAS & ALLIES: FRINGILLIDAE Yellow-crowned Euphonia (E) Euphonia luteicapilla Yellow-throated Euphonia Euphonia hirundinacea Elegant Euphonia Euphonia elegantissima Olive-backed Euphonia Euphonia gouldi Tawny-capped Euphonia (E) Euphonia anneae Golden-browed Chlorophonia (E) Chlorophonia callophrys BUNTINGS AND NEW WORLD SPARROWS: EMBERIZIDAE Sooty-capped Chlorospingus (E) Chlorospingus pileatus Common Chlorospingus Chlorospingus flavopectus Black-striped Sparrow Arremonops conirostris H Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris Chestnut-capped Brushfinch Arremon brunneinucha Volcano Junco (E) Junco vulcani Rufous-collared Sparrow Zonotrichia capensis Large-footed Finch (E) Pezopetes capitalis White-eared Ground-Sparrow Melozone leucotis Yellow-thighed Finch (E) Pselliophorus tibialis White-naped Brushfinch Atlapetes albinucha ZELEDONIIDAE: WRENTHRUSH Wrenthrush (Zeledonia) (E) Zeledonia coronata H TROUPIALS AND ALLIES: ICTERIDAE Red-winged Blackbird Agelaius phoeniceus Eastern Meadowlark Sturnella magna



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Melodious Blackbird Dives dives Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus Shiny Cowbird Molothrus bonariensis Giant Cowbird Molothrus oryzivorus Black-cowled Oriole Icterus prosthemelas Spot-breasted Oriole Icterus pectoralis Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula Scarlet-rumped Cacique Cacicus uropygialis Chestnut-headed Oropendola Psarocolius wagleri Montezuma Oropendola Psarocolius montezuma NEW WORLD WARBLERS: PARULIDAE Ovenbird Seiurus aurocapilla Louisiana Waterthrush Parkesia motacilla Northern Waterthrush Parkesia noveboracensis Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea Flame-throated Warbler (E) Oreothlypis gutturalis Tennessee Warbler Oreothlypis peregrina Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis poliocephala Hooded Warbler Setophaga citrina American Redstart Setophaga ruticilla Yellow Warbler Setophaga petechia Yellow (Mangrove) Warbler Setophaga petechia bryanti Chestnut-sided Warbler Setophaga pensylvanica Townsend's Warbler Setophaga townsendi Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons Black-cheeked Warbler (E) Basileuterus melanogenys Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus Costa Rican Warbler (E) Basileuterus melanotis Buff-rumped Warbler Myiothlypis fulvicauda Wilson's Warbler Cardellina pusilla Slate-throated Redstart (Whitestart) Myioborus miniatus Collared Redstart (Whitestart) (E) Myioborus torquatus CARDINALS AND ALLIES: CARDINALIDAE Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava Summer Tanager Piranga rubra Flame-colored Tanager Piranga bidentata Red-throated Ant-Tanager Habia fuscicauda Black-faced Grosbeak Caryothraustes poliogaster Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides TANAGERS AND ALLIES: THRAUPIDAE White-shouldered Tanager Tachyphonus luctuosus Tawny-crested Tanager Tachyphonus delatrii Crimson-collared Tanager Ramphocelus sanguinolentus Scarlet-rumped (Passerini's) Tanager Ramphocelus passerinii passerinii Scarlet-rumped (Cherrie's) Tanager (E) Ramphocelus passerinii costaricensis Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata Spangle-cheeked Tanager (E) Tangara dowii Plain-colored Tanager (E) Tangara inornata



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Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza Slaty Flowerpiercer (E) Diglossa plumbea Peg-billed Finch (E) Acanthidops bairdi Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina Variable Seedeater (Caribbean) Sporophila corvina corvina Variable Seedeater (Pacific) Sporophila corvina hoffmanni Morelet's (White-collared) Seedeater Sporophila morelleti Bananaquit Coereba flaveola Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivaceus Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus Black-headed Saltator Saltator atriceps OLD WORLD SPARROWS: PASSERIDAE House Sparrow Passer domesticus MAMMALS Brown-throated Three-toed Sloth Bradypus variegatus Hoffmann's Two-toed Sloth Choloepus hoffmanni Nine-banded Long-nosed Armadillo Dasypus novemcinctus Northern Ghost Bat Diclidurus albus White ( Honduran) Tent Bat Ectophylla alba White-throated Capuchin Monkey Cebus capucinus Mantled Howler Monkey Alouatta palliata Central American (Geoffroy's) Spider Monkey Ateles geoffroyi Alfaro's Pygmy (Cent. American Dwarf) Squirrel Microsciurus alfari Red-tailed Squirrel Sciurus granatensis Variegated Squirrel Sciurus variegatoides Mexican (Dwarf) Hairy Porcupine Coendou mexicanus Central American Agouti Dasyprocta punctata White-nosed Coati Nasua narica Tayra Eira barbara Collared Peccary Tayassu tajacu AMPHIBIANS Marine Toad Rhinella (Bufo) marina Strawberry Poison Frog Oophaga (Dendrobates) pumilio REPTILES Brown Forest Turtle Rhinoclemmys annulata Black River Turtle Rhinoclemmys funerea Green Iguana Iguana iguana Common House Gecko Hemidactylus frenatus Hiland Alligator Lizard Mesaspis monticola Red-bellied Litter Snake Rhadinaea decorata American Crocodile Crocodylus acutus INSECTS Common/Peleides (Blue) Morpho Morpho peleides Leafcutter Ant Atta cephalotes Bullet Ant Paraponera clavata

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