Palo Verde OTS and Vicinity
(my own list)
| CRESTED BOBWHITE |
| FULVOUS WHISTLING-DUCK |
| MUSCOVY DUCK |
| BLUE-WINGED TEAL |
| AMAZON KINGFISHER |
| YELLOW-NAPED PARROT |
| GREEN-BREASTED MANGO |
| CINNAMON HUMMINGBIRD |
| PACIFIC SCREECH-OWL |
| BLACK-AND-WHITE OWL |
| FERRUGINOUS PYGMY-OWL |
| WHITE-WINGED DOVE |
| WHITE-TIPPED DOVE |
| LIMPKIN |
| PURPLE GALLINULE |
| NORTHERN JACANA |
| DOUBLE-STRIPED THICK-KNEE |
| GREY-HEADED KITE |
| SNAIL KITE |
| COLLARED FOREST-FALCON |
| AMERICAN KESTREL |
| PEREGRINE FALCON |
| BARE-THROATED TIGER-HERON |
| GLOSSY IBIS |
| WOOD STORK |
| JABIRU |
| OLIVACEOUS WOODCREEPER |
| WHITE-THROATED MAGPIE-JAY |
| ORANGE-CROWNED WARBLER |
| STREAK-BACKED ORIOLE |
| RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD |
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Notes on Specific Birds
Palo Verde OTS is a large national
park in northwest Costa Rica. The habitat is the Tempisque River
basin and includes marshes, mangroves and dry forest habitat. I have
been to Palo Verde twice, one in the dry season and once in the wet
season. I hired a guide during my dry season trip..
In winter, Palo Verde is one of the
better places to see waterfowl, but even in summer the park is home
to a wide variety of marsh birds and Guanacaste specialties.
At almost any time of year, one can
find Crested Bobwhites calling from the grasses. In early morning, a
walk in the dry forest is a good place to see Thicket Tinamou - but
hearing them is more likely. Double-striped Thick-knee can sometimes
be seen in grassy fields on the way into Palo Verde, and the lagoon
in the park may have Jabiru, Limpkin, herons, egrets, jacanas,
flycatchers, and other birds.
Close by, is Lomas Barbadal, a
smaller refuge with few different species along a nice shaded trail.
Palo Verde is also a good place for
mosquitoes, so bring bug repellant.
Palo Verde OTS
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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.
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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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