Cerro De la Muerte Area
(my own list)
| ACORN WOODPECKER |
| HAIRY WOODPECKER |
| COLLARED TROGON |
| WHITE-BELLIED MOUNTAIN-GEM |
| MAGNIFICENT HUMMINGBIRD |
| VOLCANO HUMMINGBIRD |
| RUDDY PIGEON |
| TUFTED FLYCATCHER |
| DARK PEWEE |
| YELLOWISH FLYCATCHER |
| YELLOW-WINGED VIREO |
| BROWN-CAPPED VIREO |
| LONG-TAILED SILKY-FLYCATCHER |
| BLACK-BILLED NIGHTINGALE-THRUSH |
| RUDDY-CAPPED NIGHTINGALE-THRUSH |
| SOOTY THRUSH |
| VOLCANO JUNCO |
| YELLOW-THIGHED FINCH |
| PEG-BILLED FINCH |
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Notes on Specific Birds
I went to Cerro one day when I had an
extra day in San Jose. One can get just about any natural history
service to drive you up there for a day. Or you could get a bird
guide for one day from Costa Rica Gateways. I took a day trip, but
you could benefit from a longer stay in the area.
Cerro de la Muerte is high mountain
habitat. The highway goes right through the mountain pass, so it's
not a long drive out of San Jose. There's a biological station and
some public access. We just had a driver stop by the side of the
road when we wanted to bird.
Because this is high mountain habitat
- above cloud forest at times - there are several birds here, like
Volcano Junco, that can be difficult to see in a few other places.
It's also a good place for Timberline Wren which I missed.
The other side of Cerro is where
cloud forest begins in earnest.
Savegre Lodge and some smaller
lodges have good access to areas where Resplendent Quetzals are
found and other high-elevation birds are located more successfully.
You may need more than a day to visit one of these lodges and bird
it effectively.
Weather can be tricky in the
mountains, so you have to be a little lucky.
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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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