Bird Species of Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center, Costa Rica
A Partial Checklist of Birds Recorded at Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center
Bird Biodiversity
74Total species (partial list)
Explore the rich diversity of Bird species observed at Costa Rican Amphibian Research Center in Costa Rica, a premier birding destination.
Sources: https://cramphibian.com/, inaturalist.org, and personal observations.
| Order | Family | Scientific name | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | Astur bicolor | Bicolored hawk |
| Buteo albonotatus | Zone-tailed hawk | ||
| Elanoides forficatus | Swallow-tailed kite | ||
| Leucopternis semiplumbeus | Semiplumbeous hawk | ||
| Pseudastur albicollis | White hawk | ||
| Cathartidae | Cathartes aura | Turkey vulture | |
| Sarcoramphus papa | King vulture | ||
| Apodiformes | Trochilidae | Amazilia tzacatl | Rufous-tailed hummingbird |
| Chalybura urochrysia | Bronze-tailed plumeleteer | ||
| Eutoxeres aquila | White-tipped sicklebill | ||
| Florisuga mellivora | White-necked jacobin | ||
| Phaethornis longirostris | Long-billed hermit | ||
| Polyerata amabilis | Blue-chested hummingbird | ||
| Caprimulgiformes | Caprimulgidae | Nyctidromus albicollis | Common pauraque |
| Falconiformes | Falconidae | Micrastur mirandollei | Slaty-backed forest-falcon |
| Galliformes | Cracidae | Ortalis cinereiceps | Gray-headed chachalaca |
| Penelope purpurascens | Crested guan | ||
| Gruiformes | Rallidae | Aramides albiventris | Russet-naped wood-rail |
| Passeriformes | Cardinalidae | Cyanoloxia cyanoides | Blue-black grosbeak |
| Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rose-breasted grosbeak | ||
| Corvidae | Cyanocorax morio | Brown jay | |
| Fringillidae | Euphonia gouldi | Olive-backed euphonia | |
| Furnariidae | Glyphorynchus spirurus | Wedge-billed woodcreeper | |
| Hirundinidae | Progne chalybea | Gray-breasted martin | |
| Pygochelidon cyanoleuca | Blue-and-white swallow | ||
| Icteridae | Icterus galbula | Baltimore oriole | |
| Icterus prosthemelas | Black-cowled oriole | ||
| Psarocolius montezuma | Montezuma oropendola | ||
| Parulidae | Leiothlypis peregrina | Tennessee warbler | |
| Myiothlypis fulvicauda | Buff-rumped warbler | ||
| Setophaga castanea | Bay-breasted warbler | ||
| Setophaga pensylvanica | Chestnut-sided warbler | ||
| Pipridae | Manacus candei | White-collared manakin | |
| Thamnophilidae | Gymnopithys bicolor | Bicolored antbird | |
| Hylophylax naevioides | Spotted antbird | ||
| Thraupidae | Coereba flaveola | Bananaquit | |
| Cyanerpes lucidus | Shining honeycreeper | ||
| Dacnis venusta | Scarlet-thighed dacnis | ||
| Piranga rubra | Summer tanager | ||
| Ramphocelus passerinii | Scarlet rumped tanager | ||
| Saltator atriceps | Black-headed saltator | ||
| Saltator maximus | Buff-throated saltator | ||
| Sporophila funerea | Thick-billed seed-finch | ||
| Stilpnia larvata | Golden-hooded tanager | ||
| Tachyphonus delatrii | Tawny-crested tanager | ||
| Tangara gyrola | Bay-headed tanager | ||
| Tangara inornata | Plain-colored tanager | ||
| Tangara lavinia | Rufous-winged tanager | ||
| Tityridae | Schiffornis veraepacis | Northern schiffornis | |
| Tityra inquisitor | Black-crowned tityra | ||
| Turdidae | Hylocichla mustelina | Wood thrush | |
| Turdus grayi | Clay-colored thrush | ||
| Turdus obsoletus | Pale-vented thrush | ||
| Tyrannidae | Colonia colonus | Long-tailed tyrant | |
| Eurypyga helias | Sunbittern | ||
| Mionectes oleagineus | Ochre-bellied flycatcher | ||
| Myiarchus tuberculifer | Dusky-capped flycatcher | ||
| Pitangus sulphuratus | Great kiskadee | ||
| Rhytipterna holerythra | Rufous mourner | ||
| Tyrannus melancholicus | Tropical kingbird | ||
| Vireonidae | Vireo flavifrons | Yellow-throated vireo | |
| Vireo philadelphicus | Philadelphia vireo | ||
| Pelecaniformes | Threskiornithidae | Mesembrinibis cayennensis | Green ibis |
| Piciformes | Ramphastidae | Pteroglossus torquatus | Collared aracari |
| Ramphastos ambiguus | Yellow-throated toucan | ||
| Ramphastos sulfuratus | Keel-billed toucan | ||
| Picidae | Dryocopus lineatus | Lineated woodpecker | |
| Melanerpes pucherani | Black-cheeked woodpecker | ||
| Psittaciformes | Psittacidae | Pionus senilis | White-crowned parrot |
| Psittacara finschi | Crimson-fronted parakeet | ||
| Pyrilia haematotis | Brown-hooded parrot | ||
| Strigiformes | Strigidae | Lophostrix cristata | Crested owl |
| Strix virgata | Mottled owl | ||
| Tinamiformes | Tinamidae | Tinamus major | Great tinamou |