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Costa Rica Bird List Updated: January 2006   English Common Name Scientific Name Family 1 Great Tinamou Tinamus major TINAMIDAE 2 Highland Tinamou Nothocercus bonapartei   3 Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui   4 Thicket Tinamou Crypturellus cinnamonmeus   5 Slaty-breasted Tinamou Crypturellus boucardi   6 White-faced Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna viduata ANATIDAE 7 Black-bellied Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna autumnalis   8 Fulvous Whistling-Duck Dendrocygna bicolor   9 Muscovy Duck Cairina moschata   10 American Wigeon Anas americana   11 Mallard Anas platyrhynchos   12 Blue-winged Teal Anas discors   13 Cinnamon Teal Anas cyanoptera   14 Northern Shoveler Anas clypeata   15 Northern Pintail Anas acuta   16 Green-winged Teal Anas crecca   17 Ring-necked Duck Aythya collaris   18 Greater Scaup Aythya marila   19 Lesser Scaup Aythya affinis   20 Masked Duck Nomonyx dominicus   21 Gray-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps CRACIDAE 22 Plain Chachalaca Ortalis vetula   23 Crested Guan Penelope purpurascens   24 Black Guan Chamaepetes unicolor   25 Great Curassow Crax rubra   26 Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge Dendrortyx leucophrys ODONTOPHORIDAE 27 Crested Bobwhite Colinus cristatus   28 Marbled Wood-Quail Odontophorus gujanensis   29 Black-eared Wood-Quail Odontophorus melanotis   30 Black-breasted Wood-Quail Odontophorus leucolaemus   31 Spotted Wood-Quail Odontophorus guttatus   32 Tawny-faced Quail Rhynchortyx cinctus   33 Least Grebe Tachybaptus dominicus PODICIPEDIDAE 34 Pied-billed Grebe Podilymbus podiceps   35 Eared Grebe Podiceps nigricollis   36 Black-capped Petrel Pterodroma hasitata PROCELLARIIDAE 37 Galapagos Petrel Pterodroma phaeopygia   38 Parkinson's Petrel Procellaria parkinsoni   39 Cory's Shearwater Calonectris diomedea   40 Pink-footed Shearwater Puffinus creatopus   41 Wedge-tailed Shearwater Puffinus pacificus   42 Sooty Shearwater Puffinus griseus   43 Short-tailed Shearwater Puffinus tenuirostris   44 Manx Shearwater Puffinus puffinus   45 Audubon's Shearwater Puffinus lherminieri   46 Wilson's Storm-Petrel Oceanites oceanicus HYDROBATIDAE 47 White-faced Storm-Petrel Pelagodroma marina   48 Leach's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma leucorhoa   49 Band-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma castro   50 Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma tethys   51 Black Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma melania   52 Markham's Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma markhami   53 Least Storm-Petrel Oceanodroma microsoma   54 Red-billed Tropicbird Phaethon aethereus PHAETHONTIDAE 55 Masked Booby Sula dactylatra SULIDAE 56 Blue-footed Booby Sula nebouxii   57 Brown Booby Sula leucogaster   58 Red-footed Booby Sula sula   59 American White Pelican Pelecanus erythrorhynchos PELECANIDAE 60 Brown Pelican Pelecanus occidentalis   61 Neotropic Cormorant Phalacrocorax brasilianus PHALACROCORACIDAE 62 Anhinga Anhinga anhinga ANHINGIDAE 63 Magnificent Frigatebird Fregata magnificens FREGATIDAE 64 Great Frigatebird Fregata minor   65 Pinnated Bittern Botaurus pinnatus ARDEIDAE 66 American Bittern Botaurus lentiginosus   67 Least Bittern Ixobrychus exilis   68 Rufescent Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma lineatum   69 Fasciated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma fasciatum   70 Bare-throated Tiger-Heron Tigrisoma mexicanum   71 Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias   72 Great Egret Ardea alba   73 Snowy Egret Egretta thula    74 Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea   75 Tricolored Heron Egretta tricolor   76 Reddish Egret Egretta rufescens   77 Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis   78 Green Heron Butorides virescens   79 Striated Heron Butorides striata   80 Agami Heron Agamia agami   81 Black-crowned Night-Heron Nycticorax nycticorax   82 Yellow-crowned Night-Heron Nyctanassa violacea   83 Boat-billed Heron Cochlearius cochlearius   84 White Ibis Eudocimus albus THRESKIORNITHIDAE 85 Glossy Ibis Plegadis falcinellus   86 White-faced Ibis Plegadis chihi   87 Green Ibis Mesembrinibis cayennensis   88 Roseate Spoonbill Platalea ajaja   89 Jabiru Jabiru mycteria CICONIIDAE 90 Wood Stork Mycteria americana   91 Black Vulture Coragyps atratus CATHARTIDAE 92 Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura   93 Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture Cathartes burrovianus   94 King Vulture Sarcoramphus papa   95 Osprey Pandion haliaetus ACCIPITRIDAE 96 Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis   97 Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus   98 Swallow-tailed Kite Elanoides forficatus   99 Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii   100 White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus   101 Snail Kite Rostrhamus sociabilis   102 Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus   103 Mississippi Kite Ictinia mississippiensis   104 Plumbeous Kite Ictinia plumbea   105 Black-collared Hawk Busarellus nigricollis   106 Northern Harrier Circus cyaneus   107 Tiny Hawk Accipiter superciliosus   108 Sharp-shinned Hawk Accipiter striatus   109 Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii   110 Bicolored Hawk Accipiter bicolor   111 Crane Hawk Geranospiza caerulescens   112 Barred Hawk Leucopternis princeps   113 Semiplumbeous Hawk Leucopternis semiplumbeus   114 White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis   115 Gray Hawk Asturina nitida   116 Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus   117 Mangrove Black-Hawk Buteogallus subtilis   118 Great Black-Hawk Buteogallus urubitinga   119 Harris' Hawk Parabuteo unicinctus   120 Solitary Eagle Harpyhaliaetus solitarius   121 Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris   122 Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus   123 Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus   124 Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni   125 White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus   126 Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus   127 Red-tailed Hawk Buteo jamaicensis   128 Crested Eagle Morphnus guianensis   129 Harpy Eagle Harpia harpyja   130 Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle Spizastur melanoleucus   131 Black Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus tyrannus   132 Ornate Hawk-Eagle Spizaetus ornatus   133 Barred Forest-Falcon Micrastur ruficollis FALCONIDAE 134 Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon Micrastur mirandollei   135 Collared Forest-Falcon Micrastur semitorquatus   136 Red-throated Caracara Ibycter americanus   137 Crested Caracara Caracara cheriway   138 Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima   139 Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans   140 American Kestrel Falco sparverius   141 Merlin Falco columbarius   142 Aplomado Falcon  Falco femoralis   143 Bat Falcon Falco rufigularis   144 Orange-breasted Falcon Falco deiroleucus   145 Peregrine Falcon Falco peregrinus   146 Ocellated Crake Micropygia schomburgkii RALLIDAE 147 Ruddy Crake Laterallus ruber   148 White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis   149 Gray-breasted Crake Laterallus exilis   150 Black Rail Laterallus jamaicensis   151 Clapper Rail Rallus longirostris   152 Rufous-necked Wood-Rail Aramides axillaris   153 Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea   154 Uniform Crake Amaurolimnas concolor   155 Sora Porzana carolina   156 Yellow-breasted Crake Porzana flaviventer   157 Paint-billed Crake Neocrex erythrops   158 Spotted Rail Pardirallus maculatus   159 Purple Gallinule Porphyrio martinica   160 Common Moorhen Gallinula chloropus   161 American Coot Fulica americana   162 Sungrebe Heliornis fulica HELIORNITHIDAE 163 Sunbittern Eurypyga helias EURYPYGIDAE 164 Limpkin Aramus guarauna ARAMIDAE 165 Double-striped Thick-knee Burhinus bistriatus BURHINIDAE 166 Southern Lapwing Vanellus chilensis CHARADRIIDAE 167 Black-bellied Plover Pluvialis squatarola   168 American Golden-Plover Pluvialis dominica   169 Collared Plover Charadrius collaris   170 Snowy Plover Charadrius alexandrinus   171 Wilson's Plover Charadrius wilsonia   172 Semipalmated Plover Charadrius semipalmatus   173 Killdeer Charadrius vociferus   174 American Oystercatcher Haematopus palliatus HAEMATOPODIDAE 175 Black-necked Stilt Himantopus mexicanus RECURVIROSTRIDAE 176 American Avocet Recurvirostra americana   177 Northern Jacana Jacana spinosa JACANIDAE 178 Wattled Jacana Jacana jacana   179 Greater Yellowlegs Tringa melanoleuca SCOLOPACIDAE 180 Lesser Yellowlegs Tringa flavipes    181 Solitary Sandpiper Tringa solitaria   182 Willet Catoptrophorus semipalmatus   183 Wandering Tattler Heteroscelus incanus   184 Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularius   185 Upland Sandpiper Bartramia longicauda   186 Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus   187 Long-billed Curlew Numenius americanus   188 Hudsonian Godwit Limosa haemastica   189 Marbled Godwit Limosa fedoa   190 Ruddy Turnstone Arenaria interpres   191 Surfbird Aphriza virgata   192 Red Knot Calidris canutus   193 Sanderling Calidris alba   194 Semipalmated Sandpiper Calidris pusilla   195 Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri   196 Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla   197 White-rumped Sandpiper Calidris fuscicollis   198 Baird's Sandpiper Calidris bairdii   199 Pectoral Sandpiper Calidris melanotos   200 Dunlin Calidris alpina   201 Curlew Sandpiper Calidris ferruginea   202 Stilt Sandpiper Calidris himantopus   203 Buff-breasted Sandpiper Tryngites subruficollis   204 Ruff Philomachus pugnax   205 Short-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus griseus   206 Long-billed Dowitcher Limnodromus scolopaceus   207 Wilson's Snipe Gallinago delicata   208 Wilson's Phalarope Phalaropus tricolor   209 Red-necked Phalarope Phalaropus lobatus   210 Red Phalarope Phalaropus fulicarius   211 South Polar Skua Stercorarius maccormicki LARIDAE 212 Pomarine Jaeger Stercorarius pomarinus   213 Parasitic Jaeger Stercorarius parasiticus   214 Long-tailed Jaeger Stercorarius longicaudus   215 Laughing Gull Larus atricilla   216 Franklin's Gull Larus pipixcan