Guanacaste National Park
(my own list)
| GREY-HEADED CHACHALACA |
| BLACK-CHEEKED WOODPECKER |
| HOFFMANN'S WOODPECKER |
| COLLARED ARACARI |
| KEEL-BILLED TOUCAN |
| WHITE-NECKED PUFFBIRD |
| RINGED KINGFISHER |
| GREEN KINGFISHER |
| WHITE-COLLARED SWIFT |
| VIOLET-HEADED HUMMINGBIRD |
| FORK-TAILED EMERALD |
| SCINTILLANT HUMMINGBIRD |
| RED-BILLED PIGEON |
| LAUGHING FALCON |
| COMMON TODY-FLYCATCHER |
| PALTRY TYRANNULET |
| BLACK PHOEBE |
| BOAT-BILLED FLYCATCHER |
| SOCIAL FLYCATCHER |
| GREY-CAPPED FLYCATCHER |
| PIRATIC FLYCATCHER |
| BLACK-CROWNED TITYRA |
| LONG-TAILED MANAKIN |
| WHITE-COLLARED MANAKIN |
| DUSKY ANTBIRD |
| OLIVACEOUS WOODCREEPER |
| BROWN JAY |
| BAY WREN |
| MANGROVE SWALLOW |
| OLIVE SPARROW |
| COMMON YELLOWTHROAT |
| GREY-CROWNED YELLOWTHROAT |
| PALM TANAGER |
| YELLOW-THROATED EUPHONIA |
| OLIVE-BACKED EUPHONIA |
| BLUE DACNIS |
| GREEN HONEYCREEPER |
| RED-LEGGED HONEYCREEPER |
| YELLOW-FACED GRASSQUIT |
| BLACK-FACED GROSBEAK |
| BLACK-HEADED SALTATOR |
| BUFF-THROATED SALTATOR |
| GREYISH SALTATOR |
| MONTEZUMA OROPENDOLA |
| BLACK-COWLED ORIOLE |
| MELODIOUS BLACKBIRD |
| BRONZED COWBIRD |
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Notes on Specific Birds
Guanacaste National Park is a nice
park for several reasons. It has a reasonable dirt road that runs
around the circumference which allows a lot of stop-and-park
birding. Since it is not a well-visited park, it's an easy birding
spot for birders with an SUV. It also has a nice combination of both
Guanacaste and Caribbean slope birding. This can be particularly
handy if you have only a short time in Costa Rica and are coming
through the Liberia airport.
Birds here are unlike birds in most
of the Guanacaste province or like the birds at Santa Rosa or Palo
Verde national parks. Guanacaste National Park has birds of the
Central Cordillera. Bird life here is reminiscent Rincon de Vieja
National Park or perhaps Heliconias Lodge.
We had nice looks at Laughing Falcon,
Violet-headed Hummingbird, and a variety of Caribbean-slope birds.
Special sparrows - Rusty, Botteri's, and Grasshopper sparrows are
found in this vicinity of Costa Rica although a guide may be
necessary. I didn't pursue these sparrow specialties on my trip.
Guanacaste National Park
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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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