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Costa Rica Endemic Bird Species

MAINLAND ENDEMICS (ONLY found in COSTA RICA)

Mangrove Hummingbird

Amazilia boucardi

Alfaro's Hummingbird (extinct ?)

Amazilia alfaroana

Coppery-headed Emerald

Elvira cupreiceps

Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager

Habia atrimaxillaris

ENDEMIC BIRDS OF COCOS ISLAND

Cocos Cuckoo

Coccyzus ferrugineus

Cocos Flycatcher

Nesotriccus ridgwayi

Cocos Finch

Pinaroloxias inornata

HIGHLAND ENDEMICS (Common to COSTA RICA AND WESTERN PANAMA)

Black Guan

Chamaepetes unicolor

Black-breasted Wood-Quail

Odontophorus leucolaemus

Chiriqui Quail-Dove

Geotrygon chiriquensis

Buff-fronted Quail-Dove

Geotrygon costaricensis

Sulfur-winged Parakeet

Pyrrhura hoffmanni

Red-fronted Parrotlet

Touit costaricensis

Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl

Glaucidium costaricanum

Dusky Nightjar

Caprimulgus saturatus

Fiery-throated Hummingbird

Panterpe insignis

Black-bellied Hummingbird

Eupherusa nigriventris

White-tailed Emerald

Elvira chionura

Purple-throated Mountain-gem

Lampornis calolaemus

White-throated Mountain-gem

Lampornis castaneoventris

Magenta-throated Woodstar

Calliphlox bryantae

Volcano Hummingbird

Selasphorus flammula

Scintillant Hummingbird

Selasphorus scintilla

Orange-bellied Trogon

Trogon aurantiiventris

Prong-billed Barbet

Semnornis frantzii

Ruddy Treerunner

Margarornis rubiginosus

Streak-breasted Treehunter

Thripadectes rufobrunneus

Silvery-fronted Tapaculo

Scytalopus argentifrons

Dark Pewee

Contopus lugubris

Ochraceous Pewee

Contopus ochraceus

Black-capped Flycatcher

Empidonax atriceps

Golden-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes hemichrysus

Yellow-winged Vireo

Vireo carmioli

Silvery-throated Jay

Cyanolyca argentigula

Ochraceous Wren

Troglodytes ochraceus

Timberline Wren

Thryorchilus browni

Black-faced Solitaire

Myadestes melanops

Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush

Catharus gracilirostris

Sooty Robin

Turdus nigrescens

Black-and-yellow Silky-Flycatcher

Phainoptila melanoxantha

Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher

Ptilogonys caudatus

Flame-throated Warbler

Parula gutturalis

Collared Redstart

Myioborus torquatus

Black-cheeked Warbler

Basileuterus melanogenys

Wrenthrush (Zeledonia)

Zeledonia coronata

Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager

Chlorospingus pileatus

Spangle-cheeked Tanager

Tangara dowii

Peg-billed Finch

Acanthidops bairdii

Slaty Flowerpiercer

Diglossa plumbea

Sooty-faced Finch

Lysurus crassirostris

Yellow-thighed Finch

Pselliophorus tibialis

Large-footed Finch

Pezopetes capitalis

Volcano Junco

Junco vulcani

Black-thighed Grosbeak

Pheucticus tibialis

Golden-browed Chlorophonia

Chlorophonia callophrys

LOWLAND PACIFIC ENDEMICS (SOUTHERN COSTA RICA AND WESTERN PANAMA)

Costa Rican Swift

Chaetura fumosa

White-crested Coquette

Lophornis adorabilis

Garden Emerald*

Chlorostilbon assimilis

Charming Hummingbird

Amazilia decora

Snowy-bellied Hummingbird

Amazilia edward

Baird's Trogon

Trogon bairdii

Fiery-billed Aracari

Pteroglossus frantzii

Golden-naped Woodpecker

Melanerpes chrysauchen

Black-hooded Antshrike

Thamnophilus bridgesi

Turquoise Cotinga

Cotinga ridgwayi

Yellow-billed Cotinga

Carpodectes antoniae

Orange-collared Manakin

Manacus aurantiacus

Riverside Wren

Thryothorus semibadius

Cherrie's Tanager

Ramphocelus costaricensis

Spot-crowned Euphonia

Euphonia imitans

CARIBBEAN SLOPE ENDEMICS (RANGES VARY FROM HONDURAS TO PANAMA)

Crimson-fronted Parakeet**

Aratinga finschi

Snowcap

Microchera albocoronata

White-bellied Mountain-gem

Lampornis hemileucus

Lattice-tailed Trogon

Trogon clathratus

Rufous-winged Woodpecker**

Piculus simplex

Streak-crowned Antvireo

Dysithamnus striaticeps

Tawny-chested Flycatcher

Aphanotriccus capitalis

Snowy Cotinga

Carpodectes nitidus

Bare-necked Umbrellabird

Cephalopterus glabricollis

Black-throated Wren

Thryothorus atrogularis

Stripe-breasted Wren

Thryothorus thoracicus

Black-and-yellow Tanager

Chrysothlypis chrysomelas

White-throated Shrike-Tanager**

Lanio leucothorax

Sulphur-rumped Tanager

Heterospingus rubrifrons

Blue-and-gold Tanager

Bangsia arcaei

Nicaraguan Seed-Finch

Oryzoborus nuttingi

Nicaraguan Grackle

Quiscalus nicaraguensis

Yellow-crowned Euphonia**

Euphonia luteicapilla



*also present on Caribbean slope

**also present on Southern Pacific slope



Added to these, the Hoffmann's Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii) is the only dry forest species endemic to the region, ranging from southern Honduras to central Costa Rica and currently expanding its range South .

The Three-wattled Bellbird (Procnias tricarunculatus) breeds in the highlands and wanders throughout the lowlands after the breeding season—a bird radio-tagged in Monteverde, Costa Rica was even located in eastern Honduras!—and so does not easily fit in any one of the above geographical divisions.



Information: Richard Garrigues   








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