Bird Species of Canopy House, Costa Rica
A Partial Checklist of Birds Recorded at Canopy House
Bird Biodiversity
89Total species (partial list)
Explore the rich diversity of Bird species observed at Canopy House in Costa Rica, a premier birding destination.
Sources: inaturalist.org, and personal observations.
| Order | Family | Scientific name | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | Astur cooperii | Cooper's hawk |
| Buteo platypterus | Broad-winged hawk | ||
| Cathartidae | Cathartes aura | Turkey vulture | |
| Apodiformes | Trochilidae | Amazilia tzacatl | Rufous-tailed hummingbird |
| Campylopterus hemileucurus | Violet saberwing | ||
| Chlorestes eliciae | Blue-throated goldentail | ||
| Colibri cyanotus | Lesser violetear | ||
| Eugenes spectabilis | Talamanca hummingbird | ||
| Eupherusa eximia | Stripe-tailed hummingbird | ||
| Heliodoxa jacula | Green-crowned brilliant | ||
| Klais guimeti | Violet-headed hummingbird | ||
| Lampornis calolaemus | Purple-throated mountain-gem | ||
| Microchera cupreiceps | Coppery-headed emerald | ||
| Phaeochroa cuvierii | Scaly-breasted hummingbird | ||
| Phaethornis guy | Green hermit | ||
| Philodice bryantae | Magenta-throated woodstar | ||
| Thalurania colombica | Crowned woodnymph | ||
| Columbiformes | Columbidae | Patagioenas fasciata | Band-tailed pigeon |
| Patagioenas flavirostris | Red-billed pigeon | ||
| Coraciiformes | Momotidae | Momotus lessonii | Lesson's motmot |
| Cuculiformes | Cuculidae | Crotophaga sulcirostris | Groove-billed ani |
| Piaya cayana | Squirrel cuckoo | ||
| Galliformes | Cracidae | Chamaepetes unicolor | Black guan |
| Ortalis cinereiceps | Gray-headed chachalaca | ||
| Penelope purpurascens | Crested guan | ||
| Passeriformes | Corvidae | Cyanocorax morio | Brown jay |
| Cyanolyca cucullata | Azure-hooded jay | ||
| Cotingidae | Procnias tricarunculatus | Three-wattled belbird | |
| Fringillidae | Chlorophonia callophrys | Golden-browed chlorophonia | |
| Chlorophonia elegantissima | Elegant euphonia | ||
| Euphonia gouldi | Olive-backed euphonia | ||
| Euphonia hirundinacea | Yellow-throated euphonia | ||
| Furnariidae | Cranioleuca erythrops | Red-faced spinetail | |
| Sittasomus griseicapillus | Olivaceous woodcreeper | ||
| Thripadectes rufobrunneus | Streak-breasted treehunter | ||
| Xiphorhynchus erythropygius | Spotted woodcreeper | ||
| Hirundinidae | Pygochelidon cyanoleuca | Blue-and-white swallow | |
| Icteridae | Dives dives | Melodious blackbird | |
| Quiscalus mexicanus | Great-tailed grackle | ||
| Parulidae | Basileuterus melanotis | Costa Rican warbler | |
| Cardellina pusilla | Wilson's warbler | ||
| Myioborus miniatus | Slate-throated redstart | ||
| Myioborus torquatus | Collared redstart | ||
| Setophaga fusca | Blackburnian warbler | ||
| Setophaga virens | black-throated green warbler | ||
| Passerellidae | Atlapetes albinucha | White-naped brushfinch | |
| Chlorospingus flavopectus | Common chlorospingus | ||
| Ptiliogonatidae | Zonotrichia capensis | rufous collared sparrow | |
| Thraupidae | Chlorophanes spiza | Green honeycreeper | |
| Coereba flaveola | Bananaquit | ||
| Dacnis venusta | Scarlet-thighed dacnis | ||
| Piranga flava | Hepatic tanager | ||
| Saltator maximus | Buff-throated saltator | ||
| Tangara dowii | Spangle-cheeked tanager | ||
| Tangara icterocephala | Silver-throated tanager | ||
| Tangara lavinia | Rufous-winged tanager | ||
| Tityridae | Tityra semifasciata | Masked tityra | |
| Troglodytidae | Henicorhina leucophrys | Gray-breasted wood-wren | |
| Thryophilus rufalbus | Rufous-and-white wren | ||
| Troglodytes musculus | Southern house wren | ||
| Troglodytes ochraceus | Ochraceous wren | ||
| Turdidae | Catharus fuscater | Slaty-backed nightingale-thrush | |
| Hylocichla mustelina | Wood thrush | ||
| Myadestes melanops | Black-faced solitaire | ||
| Turdus assimilis | White-throated thrush | ||
| Turdus grayi | Clay-colored thrush | ||
| Turdus plebejus | Mountain thrush | ||
| Tyrannidae | Contopus cooperi | Olive-sided flycatcher | |
| Elaenia frantzii | Mountain elaenia | ||
| Empidonax flavescens | Yellowish flycatcher | ||
| Megarynchus pitangua | Boat-billed flycatcher | ||
| Mionectes oleagineus | Ochre-bellied flycatcher | ||
| Myiarchus tuberculifer | Dusky-capped flycatcher | ||
| Myiodynastes hemichrysus | Golden-bellied flycatcher | ||
| Myiodynastes luteiventris | Sulphur-bellied flycatcher | ||
| Myiozetetes similis | Social flycatcher | ||
| Platyrinchus mystaceus | White-throated spadebill | ||
| Tyrannus melancholicus | Tropical kingbird | ||
| Zimmerius parvus | Mistletoe tyrannulet | ||
| Piciformes | Ramphastidae | Aulacorhynchus prasinus | Northern emerald toucanet |
| Pteroglossus torquatus | Collared aracari | ||
| Ramphastos sulfuratus | Keel-billed toucan | ||
| Picidae | Campephilus guatemalensis | Pale-billed woodpecker | |
| Melanerpes hoffmannii | Hoffmann's woodpecker | ||
| Semnornithidae | Semnornis frantzii | Prong-billed barbet | |
| Psittaciformes | Psittacidae | Brotogeris jugularis | Orange-chinned parakeet |
| Strigiformes | Strigidae | Strix virgata | Mottled owl |
| Trogoniformes | Trogonidae | Pharomachrus mocinno | Resplendent quetzal |
| Trogon collaris | Collared trogon |