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MAINLAND ENDEMICS (ONLY found in COSTA
RICA) |
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Mangrove Hummingbird |
Amazilia boucardi |
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Alfaro's Hummingbird (extinct ?) |
Amazilia alfaroana |
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Coppery-headed Emerald |
Elvira cupreiceps |
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Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager |
Habia atrimaxillaris |
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ENDEMIC BIRDS OF COCOS ISLAND
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Cocos Cuckoo |
Coccyzus ferrugineus |
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Cocos Flycatcher |
Nesotriccus ridgwayi |
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Cocos Finch |
Pinaroloxias inornata |
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HIGHLAND ENDEMICS (Common to COSTA RICA AND WESTERN
PANAMA) |
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Black Guan |
Chamaepetes unicolor |
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Black-breasted Wood-Quail |
Odontophorus leucolaemus |
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Chiriqui Quail-Dove
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Geotrygon chiriquensis |
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Buff-fronted
Quail-Dove |
Geotrygon costaricensis |
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Sulfur-winged Parakeet |
Pyrrhura hoffmanni |
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Red-fronted Parrotlet |
Touit costaricensis |
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Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl |
Glaucidium costaricanum |
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Dusky Nightjar |
Caprimulgus saturatus |
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Fiery-throated Hummingbird |
Panterpe insignis |
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Black-bellied Hummingbird |
Eupherusa nigriventris |
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White-tailed Emerald |
Elvira chionura |
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Purple-throated Mountain-gem |
Lampornis calolaemus |
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White-throated Mountain-gem |
Lampornis castaneoventris |
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Magenta-throated Woodstar |
Calliphlox bryantae |
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Volcano Hummingbird |
Selasphorus flammula |
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Scintillant Hummingbird |
Selasphorus scintilla |
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Orange-bellied Trogon |
Trogon aurantiiventris |
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Prong-billed Barbet |
Semnornis frantzii |
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Ruddy Treerunner |
Margarornis rubiginosus |
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Streak-breasted Treehunter |
Thripadectes rufobrunneus |
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Silvery-fronted Tapaculo |
Scytalopus argentifrons |
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Dark Pewee |
Contopus lugubris |
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Ochraceous Pewee |
Contopus ochraceus |
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Black-capped Flycatcher |
Empidonax atriceps |
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Golden-bellied Flycatcher |
Myiodynastes hemichrysus |
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Yellow-winged Vireo |
Vireo carmioli |
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Silvery-throated Jay |
Cyanolyca argentigula |
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Ochraceous Wren |
Troglodytes ochraceus |
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Timberline Wren |
Thryorchilus browni |
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Black-faced Solitaire
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Myadestes melanops |
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Black-billed
Nightingale-Thrush |
Catharus gracilirostris |
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Sooty Robin
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Turdus nigrescens |
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Black-and-yellow
Silky-Flycatcher |
Phainoptila melanoxantha |
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Long-tailed
Silky-Flycatcher |
Ptilogonys caudatus |
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Flame-throated Warbler |
Parula gutturalis |
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Collared Redstart |
Myioborus torquatus |
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Black-cheeked Warbler |
Basileuterus melanogenys |
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Wrenthrush (Zeledonia) |
Zeledonia coronata |
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Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager |
Chlorospingus pileatus |
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Spangle-cheeked Tanager |
Tangara dowii |
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Peg-billed Finch |
Acanthidops bairdii |
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Slaty Flowerpiercer |
Diglossa plumbea |
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Sooty-faced Finch |
Lysurus crassirostris |
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Yellow-thighed Finch |
Pselliophorus tibialis |
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Large-footed Finch |
Pezopetes capitalis |
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Volcano Junco |
Junco vulcani |
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Black-thighed Grosbeak |
Pheucticus tibialis |
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Golden-browed Chlorophonia |
Chlorophonia callophrys |
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LOWLAND PACIFIC ENDEMICS (SOUTHERN COSTA
RICA AND WESTERN PANAMA) |
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Costa Rican
Swift |
Chaetura fumosa
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White-crested Coquette |
Lophornis adorabilis |
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Garden Emerald* |
Chlorostilbon assimilis |
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Charming Hummingbird |
Amazilia decora |
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Snowy-bellied Hummingbird |
Amazilia edward |
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Baird's Trogon |
Trogon bairdii |
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Fiery-billed Aracari |
Pteroglossus frantzii |
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Golden-naped Woodpecker |
Melanerpes chrysauchen |
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Black-hooded Antshrike |
Thamnophilus bridgesi |
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Turquoise Cotinga |
Cotinga ridgwayi |
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Yellow-billed Cotinga |
Carpodectes antoniae |
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Orange-collared Manakin |
Manacus aurantiacus |
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Riverside Wren |
Thryothorus semibadius |
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Cherrie's Tanager
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Ramphocelus costaricensis |
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Spot-crowned
Euphonia |
Euphonia imitans |
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CARIBBEAN SLOPE ENDEMICS (RANGES VARY
FROM HONDURAS TO
PANAMA) |
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Crimson-fronted Parakeet** |
Aratinga finschi |
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Snowcap |
Microchera albocoronata |
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White-bellied Mountain-gem |
Lampornis hemileucus |
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Lattice-tailed Trogon |
Trogon clathratus |
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Rufous-winged Woodpecker** |
Piculus simplex |
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Streak-crowned Antvireo |
Dysithamnus striaticeps |
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Tawny-chested Flycatcher |
Aphanotriccus capitalis |
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Snowy Cotinga |
Carpodectes nitidus |
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Bare-necked Umbrellabird |
Cephalopterus glabricollis |
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Black-throated Wren
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Thryothorus atrogularis |
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Stripe-breasted
Wren |
Thryothorus thoracicus |
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Black-and-yellow
Tanager |
Chrysothlypis chrysomelas |
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White-throated Shrike-Tanager** |
Lanio leucothorax |
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Sulphur-rumped Tanager |
Heterospingus rubrifrons |
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Blue-and-gold
Tanager |
Bangsia arcaei |
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Nicaraguan Seed-Finch |
Oryzoborus nuttingi |
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Nicaraguan Grackle |
Quiscalus nicaraguensis |
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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
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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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