| La Selva: Birds we are likely to see. Great Tinamou Little tinamou Olivaceous cormorant Anhinga Bare-throated tiger-heron Yellow-crowned night-heron Boat-billed heron Cattle egret Green-backed heron Little blue heron Snowy egret Great egret Great blue heron Turkey vulture Black vulture Black-shouldered kite Tiny hawk Semiplumbeous hawk White hawk Gray hawk Roadside hawk Short-tailed hawk Laughing falcon Peregrine falcon Gray-headed Chachalaca Gray-necked wood-rail Northern Jacana Solitary sandpiper Spotted sandpiper Scaled pigeon Short-billed pigeon Mourning dove Crimson-fronted parakeet White-crowned Parrot Red-lored Parrot Mealy parrot Squirrel cuckoo Groove-billed ani Stripped Cuckoo Crested owl Spectacled Owl Short-tailed nightwalk Common nightwalk Common pauraque Black swift Green hermit Black-crested coquette Blue-chested hummingbird Cinnamon hummingbird Green-crowned Brilliant Long-billed starthoat Ruby-throated hummingbird Slaty-tailed Trogon Collared trogon Violaceous Trogon Ringed kingfisher Amazon kingfisher Green kingfisher Green-and-rufous kingfisher Rufous Motmot Blue-crowned motmot White-necked Puffbird Collared aracari Keel-billed Toucan Chesnut-mandibled Toucan Black-cheeked woodpecker Chesnut-colored woodpecker Lineated woodpecker Pale-billed Woodpecker Plain-brown woodcreeper Ruddy woodcreeper Long-tailed woodcreeper Olivaceous woodcreeper Barred woodcreeper Black-striped woodcreeper Spotted Woodcreeper Slaty spinetail Fasciated Antshrike Great antshrike Barred Antshrike Slaty antshrike Russet antshrike Streaked-crowned antvireo Bare-crowned antbird Chestut-backed antbird Spotted Antbird Rufous piha Purple-throated fruitcrow Gray-headed manakin Long-tailed Tyrant Eastern kingbird Tropical kingbird Boat-billed flycatcher Streaked flycatcher Social flycatcher Great kiskadee Rufous mourner Olive-sided flycatcher Yellow-bellied flycatcher Acadian flycatcher Willow flycatcher White-throated flycatcher Least flycatcher Yellow-olive flycatcher Common Tody-Flycatcher Yellow tyrannulet Olive-striped flycatcher Gray-breasted martin Barn swallow Bank swallow Mangrove swallow Brown jay Banded-backed wren Plain wren House wren Song wren White-throated robin Clay-colored robin Pale-vented robin Tropical gnatcatcher Green shrike-vireo Yellow-throated vireo Yellow-green Vireo Warbling vireo Tawny-crowned greenlet Bananaquit Black and white warbler Golden-winged warbler Blue-winged warbler Tennessee warbler Yellow warbler Cape may warbler Yellow-rumped (Myrtle) warbler Blackburnian warbler Bay-breasted warbler Common yellowthroat Olive-crowned yellowthroat Gray-crowned yellowthroat Yellow-breasted chat American redstart Montezuma Oropendola Scarlet-rumped Cacique Yellow-billed cacique Giant cowbird Bronzed cowbird Great-tailed grackle Northern (Baltimore) oriole Silver-throated tanager Golden-hooded Tanager Plain-colored tanager Green honeycreeper Red-legged Honeycreeper Blue dacnis Scarlet-thighed dacnis Blue-gray tanager Palm tanager Scarlet-rumped Tanager Summer tanager Scarlet tanager Olive tanager White-lined tanager Black-headed saltator Streaked saltator Blue grosbeak Blue-black grosbeak White-colored seedeater Blue-black grassquit Orange-bellied sparrow |
| La Selva: Birds which are seen in the area, but not on every trip. Slaty-breasted tinamou Least grebe Magnificent frigatebird Least bittern Rufescent tiger-heron Fasciated tiger-heron Black-crowned night-heron Tricolored heron Chesnut-bellied heron Wood stork Black-bellied whistling-duck Muscovy duck Blue-winged teal King vulture Osprey Great-headed kite Hook-billed kite American swallow-tailed kite Snail kite Double-toothed kite Plumbeous kite Mississipi kite Crane hawk Northern harrier Black-chested hawk Common black hawk Broad-winged hawk Swainson's hawk Red-tailed hawk Red-throated caracara Barred forest-falcon Slaty-backed forest-falcon Collared forest-falcon Merlin Bat falcon Crested guan Great curassow Rufous-fronted wood-quail Spotted wood-quail Limpkin Uniform crake White-throated crake Gray-breasted crake Common gallinule Sungrebe Sunbittern Killdeer Greater yellowlegs Pomarine jaeger Pale-vented pigeon Red-billed pigeon Ruddy ground-dove Blue ground-dove White-tipped dove Gray-chested dove Olive-backed quail-dove Ruddy quail-dove Great green macaw Olive-throated parakeet Orange-Chinned Parakeet Black-billed cockoo Yellow-billed cuckoo Vermiculated screech-owl Least pygmy-owl Mottled owl Black and white owl Great potoo Common potoo Chuck-will's widow Chesnut-collared swift White-collared swift Chimney swift Gray-rumped swift Lesser swallow-tailed swift Great swallow-tailed swift White-tipped sicklebill Bronzy hermit Band-tailed Barbthroat Long-tailed hermit Little hermit Scaly-breasted hummingbird Brown Violet-ear Green-breasted mango Violet-headed hummingbird Green Thorntail Crowned woodnymph Blue-thraoted goldentail Blue-tailed hummingbird Rufous-tailed hummingbird Snowcap Red-footed plumeleteer Purple-crowned fairy Lattice-tailed trogon Black-throated trogon Belted kingfisher American pygmy kingfisher Broad-billed motmot Rufous-tailed Jacamar Great jacamar Pied puffbird White-whiskered puffbird White-fronted nunbird Emerald Toucanet Yellow-eared toucanet Smoky-browned woodpecker Rufous winged woodpecker Cinnamon woodpecker Wedge-billed woodcreeper Buff-throated woodcreeper Streaked-headed woodcreeper Lineated foliage-gleaner Buff-throated foliage-gleaner Scaly-throated leaftosser Plain antvireo Checker-throated antwren White-flanked antwren Dusky antbird Inmaculate antbird Bicolored antbird Ocellated antbird Black-faced antthrush Spectacled antpitta Fulvious antpitta Cinnamon becard White-winged becard Rose throated becard Masked tityra Black-crowned tityra Snowy cotinga Bare-necked umbrellabird Red-capped manakin White crowned manakin White-ruffed manakin White-collared manakin Thrushlike manakin Piratic Flycatcher White-ringed flycatcher Bright-rumped attila Sulphur-bellied flycatcher Gray-capped flycatcher Great-crested flycatcher Dusky-capped flycatcher Western wood-pewee Eastern wood-pewee Tropical pewee Ruddy-tailed flycatcher Tawny-chested flycatcher Sulphur-rumped flycatcher Golden-crowned spadebill Yellow-margined Flycatcher Eye-ringed flatbill Black-headed tody-flycatcher Slate-headed tody-flycatcher Northern bentbill Black-capped pygmy-tyrant Yellow-bellied elaenia Mistletoe tyrannulet Brown-capped tyrannulet Sepia-capped flycatcher Ochre-bellied flycatcher Cliff swallow Southern rough-winged swallow Northern rough-winged swallow Striped-breasted wren Bay wren Black-throated wren White-breasted wood-wren Nightingale wren Gray catbird Black-face solitaire Wood thrush Swainson's thrush Gray-cheecked thrush Veery Long-billed gnatwren Tawny-faced gnatwren Red-eyed vireo Philadelphia vireo Worm-eating warbler Magnolia warbler Black-throated green warbler Cerulean warbler Chesnut-sided warbler Ovenbird Northern waterthrush Lousiana waterthrush Kentucky warbler Mourning warbler Macgillivaray's warbler Hooded warbler Wilson's warbler Canada warbler Buff-rumped warbler Chesnut-headed Oropendola Orchard oriole Black-cowled oriole Yellow-tailed oriole Tawny-capped euphonia Yellow-crowned Euphonia Olive-backed Euphonia Bay-headed Tanager Shinning honeycreeper Crimson-collared tanager Red-throated ant-tanager White-throated shrike-tanager Tawny-crested tanager Dusky-faced tanager Buff-throated saltator Grayish saltator Black-faced Grosbeak Slate-colored grosbeak Black-thieghd grosbeak Rose-breasted grosbeak Indigo bunting Yellow-faced grassquit Variable Seedeater Pink-billed seed-finch Thick-billed seed-finch |
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La Selva Area Bird List