Braulio Carillo
(my own list)
| LATTICE-TAILED TROGON |
| GREEN-FRONTED LANCEBILL |
| V. CROWNED WOODNYMPH |
| SCALE-CRESTED PYGMY-TYRANT |
| WHITE-RUFFED MANAKIN |
| BARRED WOODCREEPER |
| BLACK-STRIPED WOODCREEPER |
| PALE-VENTED THRUSH |
| BLACK-AND-YELLOW TANAGER |
| TAWNY-CAPPED EUPHONIA |
| EMERALD TANAGER |
| SPECKLED TANAGER |
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Notes on Specific Birds
This list reflects a short trip on a very rainy
morning near the Braulio Carillo aerial tram. If at all possible,
spend more time there than I did. This is one of the best places for
Caribbean slope birds, so don't let this short list of mine deter
you.
Despite the rain, there are two birds
that can be observed here that are more easily seen than other
places... Black-and-Yellow Tanager and Lattice-tailed Trogon. This
location is also the only place I've seen Black-striped Woodcreeper.
Had the rain been less intense, I
would have also tried for some deep-forest birds. In the spring
time, you might also get lucky with a Bare-necked Umbrellabird.
For more information, on this park
you might check out Pat O'Donnells the "Costa
Rica Living and Birding" blog. Pat might also be available for
one-day guide service around Braulio Carillo.
Braulio Carillo Website
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Throughout Costa Rica
All birds here can be included in any list at most locations conditional
to the appropriate habitat
This list includes birds seen commonly throughout
my trips to Costa Rica. These birds were either quite common or easily seen in the appropriate habitat and season.
Admittedly, as a U.S. birder, I became a slacker when it came to listing the
more common North American migrants.
In the case of shorebirds, your best bet is the Tarcoles River mouth near Carara or near the city of Puntarenas. Mudflats
are near the highway.
BLACK-BELLIED WHISTLING-DUCK
SQUIRREL CUCKOO
GROOVE-BILLED ANI
ORANGE-CHINNED PARAKEET
WHITE-NECKED JACOBIN
RUFOUS-TAILED HUMMINGBIRD
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD
LESSER NIGHTHAWK
PAURAQUE
ROCK PIGEON
RUDDY GROUND-DOVE
MARBLED GODWIT
WHIMBREL
GREATER YELLOWLEGS
LESSER YELLOWLEGS
SOLITARY SANDPIPER
WILLET
RUDDY TURNSTONE
LEAST SANDPIPER
BLACK-NECKED STILT
LAUGHING GULL
ROYAL TERN
OSPREY
WHITE-TAILED KITE
ROADSIDE HAWK
BROAD-WINGED HAWK
SWAINSON'S HAWK
CRESTED CARACARA
TRICOLORED HERON
LITTLE BLUE HERON
SNOWY EGRET
GREAT EGRET
CATTLE EGRET
GREEN HERON
YELLOW-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON |
BLACK-CROWNED NIGHT-HERON
WHITE IBIS
BROWN PELICAN
BLACK VULTURE
TURKEY VULTURE
MAGNIFICENT FRIGATEBIRD
YELLOW-BELLIED ELAENIA
YELLOW-OLIVE FLYCATCHER
DUSKY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER
TROPICAL KINGBIRD
GREAT KISKADEE
MASKED TITYRA
YELLOW-THROATED VIREO
CLAY-COLORED THRUSH
HOUSE WREN
GREY-BREASTED MARTIN
BARN SWALLOW
HOUSE SPARROW (at gas stations)
TENNESSEE WARBLER
YELLOW WARBLER
CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER
BLACK-AND-WHITE WARBLER
WILSON'S WARBLER
BANANAQUIT
SUMMER TANAGER
WESTERN TANAGER
BLUE-GREY TANAGER
GOLDEN-HOODED TANAGER
BLUE-BLACK GRASSQUIT
VARIABLE SEEDEATER
ROSE-BREASTED GROSBEAK
INDIGO BUNTING
ORCHARD ORIOLE
EASTERN MEADOWLARK
GREAT-TAILED GRACKLE |
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