Tapanti Area
(my own list)
| RED-HEADED BARBET |
| BLACK-BELLIED HUMMINGBIRD |
| TORRENT TYRANNULET |
| TUFTED FLYCATCHER |
| DARK PEWEE |
| YELLOWISH FLYCATCHER |
| GOLDEN-BELLIED FLYCATCHER |
| SPOT-CROWNED WOODCREEPER |
| SOOTY THRUSH |
| BLACK-AND-YELLOW SILKY-FLYCATCHER |
| WHITE-NAPED BRUSH-FINCH |
| WHITE-WINGED TANAGER |
| ELEGANT EUPHONIA |
| TAWNY-CAPPED EUPHONIA |
| CRIMSON-COLLARED TANAGER |
| BAY-HEADED TANAGER |
| BLACK-THIGHED GROSBEAK |
| CHESTNUT-HEADED OROPENDOLA |
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Notes on Specific Birds
Tapanti is a National Park south of San Jose. Its
high mountain habitat can add a lot of species that might be
difficult to find elsewhere. I only spent about 1/2 day here and did
not record several species at lower elevations.
This is a good location for birds like
Black-and-Yellow Silky-Flycatcher, Black-bellied Hummingbird,
Golden-bellied Flycatcher, Dark Pewee, White-winged Tanager, Sooty
Thrush, Elegant Euphonia, and Spot-crowned Woodcreeper.
This park and Cerro de la Muerte are perhaps the
most accessible parks for really high mountain birds (above Cloud
Forest). This park has
the advantage of walking through several elevational zones.
A Shaprbill was discovered on a nest here in 2009
- one of very few known nest sites of this very uncommon species.
Tapanti
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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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