Central Colombia Bird List
We've seen over 430 species of birds along our route in Costa Rica (Hotel Bougainvillea, Carara National Park, Savegre Valley, and Rancho Naturalista), including the following. As usual, some are common, some less common, and some fairly rare. I've also included short lists of mammals, reptiles, and amphibians seen on past trips.
Little tinamou
Great tinamou
Black-bellied whistling-duck
Muscovy duck
Gray-headed chachalaca
Black guan
Crested guan
Spotted wood-quail
Marbled wood-quail
Short-billed pigeon
Red-billed pigeon
Pale-vented pigeon
Plain-breasted ground-dove
Gray-chested dove
Chiriqui quail-dove
Buff-fronted quail-dove
Ruddy quail-dove
Squirrel cuckoo
Striped cuckoo
Dusky nightjar
Common potoo
White-collared swift
Costa Rican swift
Stripe-throated hermit
Green hermit
Long-billed hermit
Bronzy hermit
White-necked jacobin
Green-breasted mango
Purple-crowned fairy
Crowned woodnymph
Scaly-breasted hummingbird
Rufous-tailed hummingbird
Fiery-throated hummingbird
Snowcap
Black-crested coquette
Mangrove hummingbird
Scintillant hummingbird
Volcano hummingbird
Green thorntail
Purple-throated mountain-gem
White-throated mountain-gem
Violet sabrewing
Bronze-tailed plumeleteer
Green-crowned brilliant
Blue-throated goldentail
Boat-billed heron
Bare-throated tiger-heron
Magnificent frigatebird
Northern jacana
Sunbittern
Southern lapwing
Collared plover
Franklin's gull
Laughing gull
Double-striped thick-knee
Gray-cowled wood-rail
Russet-naped wood-rail
King vulture
Swallow-tailed kite
Hook-billed kite
Double-toothed kite
Plumbeous kite
Bicolored hawk
Crane hawk
White hawk
Great black hawk
Roadside hawk
Broad-winged hawk
Short-tailed hawk
Zone-tailed hawk
Black hawk-eagle
Ornate hawk-eagle
Spectacled owl
Costa Rican pygmy-owl
Ferruginous pygmy-owl
Mottled owl
Black-and-white owl
Black-headed trogon
Garteredtrogon
Collared trogon
Slaty-tailed trogon
Baird’s trogon
Northern black-throated trogon
Resplendent quetzal
Turquoise-browed motmot
Lesson's (Blue-crowned) motmot
Rufous motmot
Broad-billed motmot
Ringed kingfisher
Amazon kingfisher
Green kingfisher
Rufous-tailed jacamar
White-whiskered puffbird
Fiery-billed aracari
Collared aracari
Keel-billed toucan
Yellow-throated toucan
Northern emerald toucanet
Black-cheeked woodpecker
Hoffman’s woodpecker
Golden-olive woodpecker
Rufous-winged woodpecker
Lineated woodpecker
Pale-billed woodpecker
Yellow-headed caracara
Crested caracara
Collared forest-falcon
Barred forest-falcon
Scarlet macaw
Crimson-fronted parakeet
Orange-fronted parakeet
Orange-chinned parakeet
Sulphur-winged parakeet
Barred parakeet
Brown-hooded parrot
White-crowned parrot
Red-lored parrot
Yellow-naped parrot
Mealy parrot
Plain xenops
Ruddy treerunner
Streak-chested treehunter
Buffy tuftedcheek
Spotted barbtail
Scaly-throated foliage-gleaner
Fawn (Buff)-throated foliage-gleaner
Chiriqui foliage-gleaner
Lineated foliage-gleaner
Plain-brown woodcreeper
Olivaceous woodcreeper
Wedge-billed woodcreeper
Northern barred woodcreeper
Tawny-winged woodcreeper
Cocoa woodcreeper
Spotted woodcreeper
Streak-headed woodcreeperBrown-billed scythebill
Barred antshrike
Great antshrike
Black-hooded antshrike
Russet antshrike
Plain antvireo
Dot-winged antwren
White-flanked antwren
Checker-throated stipplethroat (antwren)
Slaty antwren
Dusky antbird
Chestnut-backed antbird
Dull-mantled antbird
Bicolored antbird
Spotted antbird
Scaled antpitta
Thicket antpitta
Greenish elaenia
Mountain elaenia
Yellow-bellied elaenia
Southern beardless-tyrannulet
Mistletoe tyrannulet
Torrent tyrannulet
Yellow tyrannulet
Ochre-bellied flycatcher
Northern bentbill
Slaty-capped flycatcher
Scale-crested pygmy-tyrant
Tawny-chested flycatcher
Common tody-flycatcher
Slate-headed tody-flycatcher
Yellow-olive flatbill (flycatcher)
Royal flycatcher
Sulphur-rumped flycatcher
Ruddy-tailed flycatcher
Yellow-bellied flycatcher
Yellowish flycatcher
Black-capped flycatcher
Tropical pewee
Ochraceous pewee
Dark pewee
Tufted flycatcher
Rufous mourner
Piratic flycatcher
Social flycatcher
Gray-capped flycatcher
Great kiskadee
Streaked flycatcher
Golden-bellied Flycatcher
Boat-billed flycatcher
Tropical kingbird
Dusky-capped flycatcher
Panama flycatcher
Great crested flycatcher
Bright-rumped attila
Rufous piha
Masked tityra
Black-crowned tityra
Lovely cotinga
Red-capped manakin
Blue-crowned manakin
Orange-collared manakin
White-collared manakin
White-ruffed manakin
Long-tailed manakin
Gray-headed piprites
Cinnamon becard
White-winged becard
Rose-throated becard
Yellow-throated vireo
Yellow-green vireo
Brown-capped vireo
Yellow-winged vireo
Scrub greenlet
Lesser greenlet
Tawny-crowned greenlet
Green shrike-vireo
Rufous-browed peppershrike
Brown jay
White-throated magpie-jay
Gray-breasted martin
Blue-and-white swallow
Mangrove swallow
Band-backed wren
Rufous-backed wren
Rufous-breasted wren
Riverside wren
Cabanis' (Plain) wren
Rufous-and-white wren
Black-throated wren
Stripe-breasted wren
House wren
Ochraceous wren
Timberline wren
White-breasted wood-wren
Gray-breasted wood-wren
Long-billed gnatwren
White-browed (Tropical) gnatcatcher
Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush
Black-billed nightingale-thrush
Swainson’s thrush
Wood thrush
Black-faced solitaire
Sooty thrush
Mountain thrush
Clay-colored thrush
Long-tailed silky-flycatcher
Black-and-yellow silky-flycatcher
Ovenbird
Worm-eating warbler
Northern waterthrush
Louisiana waterthrush
Golden-winged warbler
Black-and-white warbler
Tropical parula
Flame-throated warbler
Hooded warbler
Kentucky warbler
Mourning warbler
American redstart
Yellow warbler
Chestnut-sided warbler
Magnolia warbler
Black-throated green warbler
Blackburnian warbler
Yellow-throated warbler
Chestnut- (rufous) capped warbler
Golden-crowned warbler
Black-cheeked warbler
Canada warbler
Slate-throated redstart
Collared redstart
Buff-rumped warbler
Wrenthrush
Gray-headed tanager
White-shouldered tanager
White-lined tanager
Crimson-collared tanager
Scarlet-rumped (Passerini's/Cherrie's) Tanager
Blue-gray tanager
Palm tanager
Emerald tanager
Speckled tanager
Spangle-cheeked tanager
Silver-throated tanager
Bay-headed tanager
Golden-hooded tanager
Blue dacnis
Green honeycreeper
Shining honeycreeper
Red-legged honeycreeper
Slaty flowerpiercer
Blue-black grassquit
Morelet's (White-collared) seedeater
Variable seedeater
Yellow-bellied seedeater
Thick-billed seed-finch
Yellow-faced grassquit
Bananaquit
Buff-throated saltator
Cinnamon-bellied (Grayish) saltator
Black-headed saltator
White-naped brushfinch
Large-footed finch
Yellow-thighed brushfinch
Chestnut-capped brushfinch
Orange-billed sparrow
Black-striped sparrow
White-eared ground-sparrow
Rufous-collared sparrow
Stripe-headed sparrow
Volcano junco
Common chlorospingus
Sooty-capped chlorospingus
Summer tanager
Scarlet tanager
Flame-colored tanager
White-winged tanager
Red-throated ant-tanager
Carmiol's (Olive) tanager
Black-faced grosbeak
Rose-breasted grosbeak
Black-thighed grosbeak
Blue-black grosbeak
Blue grosbeak
Eastern meadowlark
Melodious blackbird
Great-tailed grackle
Bronzed cowbird
Giant cowbird
Orchard oriole
Black-cowled oriole
Baltimore oriole
Yellow-billed cacique
Scarlet-rumped cacique
Montezuma oropendola
Chestnut-headed oropendola
Yellow-crowned euphonia
Spot-crowned euphonia
Scrub euphonia
Yellow-throated euphonia
Olive-backed euphonia
Tawny-capped euphonia
Golden-browed chlorophonia
Mammals
Nine-banded armadillo
Brown-throated three-toed sloth
Hoffman's two-toed sloth
Northern ghost bat
Long-nosed bat
White-lined sac-winged bat
Common long-tongued bat
Geoffrey's spider monkey
Mantled howler monkey
White-throated capuchin monkey
Mexican dwarf hairy porcupine
Red-tailed squirrel
Variegated squirrel
Central American agouti
Northern raccoon
White-nosed coati
Kinkajou
Tayra
Central American red brocket
Striped hognosed skunk
Reptiles and Amphibians
American crocodile
Green iguana
Spiny-tailed iguana
Emerald basilisk
Common basilisk
Striped basilisk
Green spiny lizard
Central American ameiva
Reticulated ameiva
Plain brown anole
Dry forest anole
Common slider
Rosenberg's tree frog
Masked treefrog
Red-eyed leaf frog
Strawberry poison frog
Green-and-black poison frog
Savage's bullfrog
Cane toad
Northern cat-eyed snake