Bird Species of La Selva Research Station, Costa Rica
A Partial Checklist of Birds Recorded at La Selva Research Station
Bird Biodiversity
118Total species (partial list)
Explore the rich diversity of Bird species observed at La Selva Research Station in Costa Rica, a premier birding destination.
Sources: https://tropicalstudies.org/portfolio/information-resources/, inaturalist.org, and personal observations.
| Order | Family | Scientific name | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | Astur bicolor | Bicolored hawk |
| Buteo albonotatus | Zone-tailed hawk | ||
| Buteo plagiatus | Gray hawk | ||
| Buteo platypterus | Broad-winged hawk | ||
| Harpagus bidentatus | Double-toothed kite | ||
| Leptodon cayanensis | Gray-headed kite | ||
| Leucopternis semiplumbeus | Semiplumbeous hawk | ||
| Pseudastur albicollis | White hawk | ||
| Rupornis magnirostris | Roadside hawk | ||
| Cathartidae | Cathartes aura | Turkey vulture | |
| Coragyps atratus | Black vulture | ||
| Sarcoramphus papa | King vulture | ||
| Apodiformes | Trochilidae | Amazilia tzacatl | Rufous-tailed hummingbird |
| Anthracothorax prevostii | Green-breasted mango | ||
| Chalybura urochrysia | Bronze-tailed plumeleteer | ||
| Eutoxeres aquila | White-tipped sicklebill | ||
| Florisuga mellivora | White-necked jacobin | ||
| Heliothryx barroti | Purple-crowned fairy | ||
| Lophornis helenae | Black-crested coquette | ||
| Phaeochroa cuvierii | Scaly-breasted hummingbird | ||
| Phaethornis longirostris | Long-billed hermit | ||
| Polyerata amabilis | Blue-chested hummingbird | ||
| Thalurania colombica | Crowned woodnymph | ||
| Threnetes ruckeri | Band-tailed barbthroat | ||
| Caprimulgiformes | Caprimulgidae | Nyctidromus albicollis | Common pauraque |
| Columbiformes | Columbidae | Columbina talpacoti | Central American ruddy ground dove |
| Leptotila verreauxi | White-tipped dove | ||
| Patagioenas nigrirostris | Short-billed pigeon | ||
| Coraciiformes | Alcedinidae | Chloroceryle amazona | Amazon kingfisher |
| Chloroceryle americana | Green kingfisher | ||
| Momotidae | Electron platyrhynchum | Broad-billed motmot | |
| Falconiformes | Falconidae | Caracara plancus | Crested caracara |
| Galliformes | Cracidae | Crax rubra | Great curassow |
| Ortalis cinereiceps | Gray-headed chachalaca | ||
| Penelope purpurascens | Crested guan | ||
| Gruiformes | Rallidae | Aramides albiventris | Russet-naped wood-rail |
| Aramides cajaneus | Gray-cowled wood-rail | ||
| Passeriformes | Cardinalidae | Cyanoloxia cyanoides | Blue-black grosbeak |
| Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rose-breasted grosbeak | ||
| Cotingidae | Lipaugus unirufus | Rufous piha | |
| Fringillidae | Euphonia gouldi | Olive-backed euphonia | |
| Euphonia luteicapilla | Yellow-crowned euphonia | ||
| Furnariidae | Glyphorynchus spirurus | Wedge-billed woodcreeper | |
| Hirundinidae | Progne chalybea | Gray-breasted martin | |
| Tachycineta albilinea | Mangrove swallow | ||
| Icteridae | Dives dives | Melodious blackbird | |
| Icterus galbula | Baltimore oriole | ||
| Icterus prosthemelas | Black-cowled oriole | ||
| Psarocolius montezuma | Montezuma oropendola | ||
| Psarocolius wagleri | Chestnut-headed oropendola | ||
| Quiscalus mexicanus | Great-tailed grackle | ||
| Parulidae | Geothlypis formosa | Kentucky warbler | |
| Leiothlypis peregrina | Tennessee warbler | ||
| Myiothlypis fulvicauda | Buff-rumped warbler | ||
| Setophaga castanea | Bay-breasted warbler | ||
| Setophaga pensylvanica | Chestnut-sided warbler | ||
| Pipridae | Corapipo altera | White-ruffed manakin | |
| Manacus candei | White-collared manakin | ||
| Thamnophilidae | Gymnopithys bicolor | Bicolored antbird | |
| Hylophylax naevioides | Spotted antbird | ||
| Thraupidae | Coereba flaveola | Bananaquit | |
| Cyanerpes lucidus | Shining honeycreeper | ||
| Dacnis cayana | Blue dacnis | ||
| 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 corvina | Variable seedeater | ||
| Sporophila funerea | Thick-billed seed-finch | ||
| Stilpnia larvata | Golden-hooded tanager | ||
| Tangara gyrola | Bay-headed tanager | ||
| Tangara icterocephala | Silver-throated tanager | ||
| Tangara inornata | Plain-colored tanager | ||
| Tangara lavinia | Rufous-winged tanager | ||
| Thraupis episcopus | Blue-gray tanager | ||
| Tityridae | Tityra inquisitor | Black-crowned tityra | |
| Troglodytidae | Troglodytes musculus | Southern house wren | |
| Turdidae | Catharus ustulatus | Swainson's thrush | |
| Hylocichla mustelina | Wood thrush | ||
| Turdus grayi | Clay-colored thrush | ||
| Turdus obsoletus | Pale-vented thrush | ||
| Tyrannidae | Attila spadiceus | Bright-rumped attila | |
| Colonia colonus | Long-tailed tyrant | ||
| Eurypyga helias | Sunbittern | ||
| Mionectes oleagineus | Ochre-bellied flycatcher | ||
| Myiarchus crinitus | Great crested flycatcher | ||
| Myiarchus tuberculifer | Dusky-capped flycatcher | ||
| Myiozetetes similis | Social flycatcher | ||
| Pitangus sulphuratus | Great kiskadee | ||
| Rhytipterna holerythra | Rufous mourner | ||
| Sayornis nigricans | Black phoebe | ||
| Todirostrum cinereum | Common tody-flycatcher | ||
| Tyrannus melancholicus | Tropical kingbird | ||
| Pelecaniformes | Ardeidae | Ardea alba | Great egret |
| Egretta thula | Snowy egret | ||
| Threskiornithidae | Mesembrinibis cayennensis | Green ibis | |
| Piciformes | Bucconidae | Malacoptila panamensis | White-whiskered puffbird |
| Notharchus hyperrhynchus | Common white-necked puffbird | ||
| Ramphastidae | Pteroglossus torquatus | Collared aracari | |
| Ramphastos ambiguus | Yellow-throated toucan | ||
| Ramphastos sulfuratus | Keel-billed toucan | ||
| Picidae | Campephilus guatemalensis | Pale-billed woodpecker | |
| Dryocopus lineatus | Lineated woodpecker | ||
| Melanerpes pucherani | Black-cheeked woodpecker | ||
| Psittaciformes | Psittacidae | Amazona autumnalis | Red-lored parrot |
| Brotogeris jugularis | Orange-chinned parakeet | ||
| Eupsittula nana | Olive-throated parakeet | ||
| Pionus senilis | White-crowned parrot | ||
| Psittacara finschi | Crimson-fronted parakeet | ||
| Pyrilia haematotis | Brown-hooded parrot | ||
| Strigiformes | Strigidae | Lophostrix cristata | Crested owl |
| Megascops guatemalae | Middle American screetch-owl | ||
| Pulsatrix perspicillata | Spectacled owl | ||
| Strix virgata | Mottled owl | ||
| Tinamiformes | Tinamidae | Tinamus major | Great tinamou |
| Trogoniformes | Trogonidae | Trogon massena | Slaty-tailed trogon |
| Trogon tenellus | Northern black-throated trogon |