Bird Species of Savegre, Costa Rica
A Partial Checklist of Birds Recorded at Savegre
Bird Biodiversity
117Total species (partial list)
Explore the rich diversity of Bird species observed at Savegre in Costa Rica, a premier birding destination.
Sources: inaturalist.org, and personal observations.
| Order | Family | Scientific name | Common name |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accipitriformes | Accipitridae | Astur bicolor | Bicolored hawk |
| Buteo brachyurus | Short-tailed hawk | ||
| buteo jamaicensis | Red-tailed hawk | ||
| Buteo platypterus | Broad-winged hawk | ||
| Elanoides forficatus | Swallow-tailed kite | ||
| Cathartidae | Cathartes aura | Turkey vulture | |
| Coragyps atratus | Black vulture | ||
| Pandionidae | Pandion haliaetus | Osprey | |
| Apodiformes | Apodidae | Streptoprocne zonaris | White-collared swift |
| Trochilidae | Amazilia tzacatl | Rufous-tailed hummingbird | |
| Campylopterus hemileucurus | Violet saberwing | ||
| Colibri cyanotus | Lesser violetear | ||
| Doryfera ludovicae | Green-fronted lancebill | ||
| Eugenes spectabilis | Talamanca hummingbird | ||
| Eupherusa eximia | Stripe-tailed hummingbird | ||
| Heliodoxa jacula | Green-crowned brilliant | ||
| Klais guimeti | Violet-headed hummingbird | ||
| Lampornis castaneoventris | White throated mountain gem | ||
| Panterpe insignis | Fiery-throated hummingbird | ||
| Saucerottia edward | Snowy-bellied hummingbird | ||
| Selasphorus flammula | Volcano hummingbird | ||
| Selasphorus scintilla | Scintillant hummingbird | ||
| Thalurania colombica | Crowned woodnymph | ||
| Columbiformes | Columbidae | Columbina inca | Inca dove |
| Columbina talpacoti | Central American ruddy ground dove | ||
| Patagioenas fasciata | Band-tailed pigeon | ||
| Zenaida asiatica | White-winged dove | ||
| Zentrygon costaricensis | Buff-fronted quail-dove | ||
| Falconiformes | Falconidae | Falco columbarius | Merlin |
| Galliformes | Cracidae | Chamaepetes unicolor | Black guan |
| Odontophoridae | Odontophorus guttatus | Spotted wood-quail | |
| Passeriformes | Cardinalidae | Pheucticus ludovicianus | Rose-breasted grosbeak |
| Pheucticus tibialis | Black-thighed grosbeak | ||
| Piranga bidentata | Flame-colored tanager | ||
| Cinclidae | Cinclus mexicanus | American dipper | |
| Fringillidae | Chlorophonia callophrys | Golden-browed chlorophonia | |
| Chlorophonia elegantissima | Elegant euphonia | ||
| Spinus psaltria | Lesser goldfinch | ||
| Spinus xanthogastru | Yellow-bellied siskin | ||
| Furnariidae | Cranioleuca erythrops | Red-faced spinetail | |
| Lepidocolaptes affinis | Spot-crowned woodcreeper | ||
| Margarornis rubiginosus | Ruddy treerunner | ||
| Premnoplex brunnescens | Spotted barbtail | ||
| Pseudocolaptes lawrencii | Buffy tuftedcheek | ||
| Thripadectes rufobrunneus | Streak-breasted treehunter | ||
| Hirundinidae | Pygochelidon cyanoleuca | Blue-and-white swallow | |
| Icteridae | Dives dives | Melodious blackbird | |
| Icterus galbula | Baltimore oriole | ||
| Molothrus aeneus | Bronzed cowbird | ||
| Molothrus bonariensis | Shiny cowbird | ||
| Mimidae | Mimus gilvus | Tropical mockingbird | |
| Parulidae | Basileuterus melanogenys | Black-cheeked warbler | |
| Cardellina pusilla | Wilson's warbler | ||
| Leiothlypis peregrina | Tennessee warbler | ||
| Mniotilta varia | Black-and-white warbler | ||
| Myioborus torquatus | Collared redstart | ||
| Oreothlypis gutturalis | Flame-throated warbler | ||
| Parkesia motacilla | Louisiana waterthrush | ||
| Setophaga fusca | Blackburnian warbler | ||
| Setophaga virens | black-throated green warbler | ||
| Passerellidae | Arremon brunneinucha | Chestnut-capped brushfinch | |
| Atlapetes tibialis | Yellow-thighed brushfinch | ||
| Chlorospingus flavopectus | Common chlorospingus | ||
| Chlorospingus pileatus | Sooty-capped chlorospingus | ||
| Junco vulcani | Volcano junco | ||
| Pezopetes capitalis | Large-footed finch | ||
| Ptiliogonatidae | Phainoptila melanoxantha | Black-and-yellow silky-flycatcher | |
| Ptiliogonys caudatus | long-tailed silky-flycatcher | ||
| Zonotrichia capensis | rufous collared sparrow | ||
| Rhynocryptidae | Scytalopus argentifrons | Silvery-fronted tapaculo | |
| Thraupidae | Acanthidops bairdi | Peg-billed finch | |
| Diglossa plumbea | Slaty flowerpiercer | ||
| Piranga rubra | Summer tanager | ||
| Ramphocelus passerinii | Scarlet rumped tanager | ||
| Stilpnia larvata | Golden-hooded tanager | ||
| Tangara dowii | Spangle-cheeked tanager | ||
| Tangara icterocephala | Silver-throated tanager | ||
| Thraupis episcopus | Blue-gray tanager | ||
| Tiaris olivaceus | Yellow-faced grassquit | ||
| Tityridae | Pachyramphus versicolor | Barred becard | |
| Troglodytidae | Henicorhina leucophrys | Gray-breasted wood-wren | |
| Thryorchilus browni | Timberline wren | ||
| Turdidae | Catharus frantzii | Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush | |
| Catharus gracilirostris | Black-billed nightingale-thrush | ||
| Myadestes melanops | Black-faced solitaire | ||
| Turdus grayi | Clay-colored thrush | ||
| Turdus nigrescens | Sooty thrush | ||
| Turdus plebejus | Mountain thrush | ||
| Tyrannidae | Contopus lugubris | Dark pewee | |
| Elaenia flavogaster | Yellow-bellied elaenia | ||
| Elaenia frantzii | Mountain elaenia | ||
| Empidonax atriceps | Black-capped flycatcher | ||
| Empidonax flavescens | Yellowish flycatcher | ||
| Empidonax flaviventris | Yellow-bellied flycatcher | ||
| Megarynchus pitangua | Boat-billed flycatcher | ||
| Mitrephanes phaeocercus | Tufted flycatcher | ||
| Myiodynastes hemichrysus | Golden-bellied flycatcher | ||
| Pitangus sulphuratus | Great kiskadee | ||
| Sayornis nigricans | Black phoebe | ||
| Serpophaga cinerea | Torrent tyrannulet | ||
| Tyrannus melancholicus | Tropical kingbird | ||
| Zimmerius parvus | Mistletoe tyrannulet | ||
| Vireonidae | Cyclarhis gujanensis | Rufous-browed peppershrike | |
| Vireo carmioli | Yellow-winged vireo | ||
| Vireo leucophrys | Brown-capped vireo | ||
| Zeledoniidae | Zeledonia coronata | Wrenthrush | |
| Pelecaniformes | Ardeidae | Tigrisoma fasciatum | Fasciated tiger-heron |
| Piciformes | Capitonidae | Eubucco bourcierii | Red-headed barbet |
| Ramphastidae | Aulacorhynchus prasinus | Northern emerald toucanet | |
| Picidae | Dryobates villosus | Costa Rican hairy woodpecker | |
| Melanerpes formicivorus | Acorn woodpecker | ||
| Psittaciformes | Psittacidae | Brotogeris jugularis | Orange-chinned parakeet |
| Pyrrhura hoffmanni | Sulphur-winged parakeet | ||
| Strigiformes | Strigidae | Glaucidium costaricanum | Costa Rican pygmy-owl |
| Trogoniformes | Trogonidae | Pharomachrus mocinno | Resplendent quetzal |
| Trogon collaris | Collared trogon | ||
| Trogon tenellus | Northern black-throated trogon |