Birds of Costa Rica
Costa Rica hosts 806 regularly occurring species in this directory, 5 of them found nowhere else. Ordered by how often each bird is reported in the country.
Endemic to Costa Rica
Found in this country and nowhere else on Earth.
All regular species
- Clay-colored ThrushTurdus grayi
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Great KiskadeePitangus sulphuratus
- Tropical KingbirdTyrannus melancholicus
- Blue-grey TanagerThraupis episcopus
- Turkey VultureCathartes aura
- Rufous-tailed HummingbirdAmazilia tzacatl
- Great-tailed GrackleQuiscalus mexicanus
- Scarlet-rumped TanagerRamphocelus passerinii
- Social FlycatcherMyiozetetes similis
- Southern House WrenTroglodytes musculus
- Montezuma OropendolaPsarocolius montezuma
- Hoffmann's WoodpeckerMelanerpes hoffmannii
- Palm TanagerThraupis palmarum
- Yellow-throated ToucanRamphastos ambiguus
- Buff-throated SaltatorSaltator maximus
- Variable SeedeaterSporophila corvina
- Orange-chinned ParakeetBrotogeris jugularis
- Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbula
- Common Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum cinereum
- Golden-hooded TanagerStilpnia larvata
- BananaquitCoereba flaveola
- Melodious BlackbirdDives dives
- Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanica
- White-tipped DoveLeptotila verreauxi
- White-winged DoveZenaida asiatica
- Summer TanagerPiranga rubra
- Rufous-collared SparrowZonotrichia capensis
- Mangrove WarblerSetophaga petechia
- Red-billed PigeonPatagioenas flavirostris
- Boat-billed FlycatcherMegarynchus pitangua
- Keel-billed ToucanRamphastos sulfuratus
- Tennessee WarblerLeiothlypis peregrina
- Common Squirrel CuckooPiaya cayana
- Streak-headed WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes souleyetii
- Rufous-backed WrenCampylorhynchus capistratus
- Lesson's MotmotMomotus lessonii
- Ruddy Ground DoveColumbina talpacoti
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Dusky-capped FlycatcherMyiarchus tuberculifer
- Grey-headed ChachalacaOrtalis cinereiceps
- Cabanis's WrenCantorchilus modestus
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Black-cheeked WoodpeckerMelanerpes pucherani
- Inca DoveColumbina inca
- Red-lored AmazonAmazona autumnalis
- White-crowned ParrotPionus senilis
- Yellow-faced GrassquitTiaris olivaceus
- Green HoneycreeperChlorophanes spiza
- Crested GuanPenelope purpurascens
- Guatemalan TyrannuletZimmerius vilissimus
- Crested CaracaraCaracara plancus
- Masked TityraTityra semifasciata
- Silver-throated TanagerTangara icterocephala
- Yellow-throated EuphoniaEuphonia hirundinacea
- Roadside HawkRupornis magnirostris
- Red-legged HoneycreeperCyanerpes cyaneus
- Scarlet MacawAra macao
- Yellow-bellied ElaeniaElaenia flavogaster
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Little Blue HeronEgretta caerulea
- Collared AracariPteroglossus torquatus
- Grey-capped FlycatcherMyiozetetes granadensis
- Orange-billed SparrowArremon aurantiirostris
- Short-billed PigeonPatagioenas nigrirostris
- White-collared SwiftStreptoprocne zonaris
- Green HeronButorides virescens
- Bright-rumped AttilaAttila spadiceus
- Yellow-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia luteicapilla
- Common ChlorospingusChlorospingus flavopectus
- Cinnamon-bellied SaltatorSaltator grandis
- Bare-throated Tiger HeronTigrisoma mexicanum
- Black-striped SparrowArremonops conirostris
- Grey-lined HawkButeo nitidus
- Stripe-throated HermitPhaethornis striigularis
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Magnificent FrigatebirdFregata magnificens
- White-collared ManakinManacus candei
- White-breasted Wood WrenHenicorhina leucosticta
- Cocoa WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus susurrans
- Northern JacanaJacana spinosa
- Gartered TrogonTrogon caligatus
- Green HermitPhaethornis guy
- Wilson's WarblerCardellina pusilla
- Olive-backed EuphoniaEuphonia gouldi
- Blue-black GrassquitVolatinia jacarina
- Black-and-white WarblerMniotilta varia
- Yellow-olive FlatbillTolmomyias sulphurescens
- Buff-rumped WarblerMyiothlypis fulvicauda
- Lesser VioletearColibri cyanotus
- Piratic FlycatcherLegatus leucophaius
- Slate-throated WhitestartMyioborus miniatus
- Lineated WoodpeckerDryocopus lineatus
- Grey-breasted Wood WrenHenicorhina leucophrys
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Ringed KingfisherMegaceryle torquata
- Green KingfisherChloroceryle americana
- Mangrove SwallowTachycineta albilinea
- Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterus
- Laughing FalconHerpetotheres cachinnans
- Rufous-capped WarblerBasileuterus rufifrons
- Long-billed HermitPhaethornis longirostris
- Violet SabrewingCampylopterus hemileucurus
- Northern WaterthrushParkesia noveboracensis
- Crowned WoodnymphThalurania colombica
- American White IbisEudocimus albus
- Grey-breasted MartinProgne chalybea
- Bay-headed TanagerTangara gyrola
- Slaty-tailed TrogonTrogon massena
- Yellow-throated VireoVireo flavifrons
- Barn SwallowHirundo rustica
- Southern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx ruficollis
- Barred AntshrikeThamnophilus doliatus
- Red-crowned WoodpeckerMelanerpes rubricapillus
- Swainson's ThrushCatharus ustulatus
- Bay WrenCantorchilus nigricapillus
- PauraqueNyctidromus albicollis
- Tropical GnatcatcherPolioptila plumbea
- Morelet's SeedeaterSporophila morelleti
- Scaly-breasted HummingbirdPhaeochroa cuvierii
- Wedge-billed WoodcreeperGlyphorynchus spirurus
- Swallow-tailed KiteElanoides forficatus
- Pale-vented PigeonPatagioenas cayennensis
- Black-bellied Whistling DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Northern Emerald ToucanetAulacorhynchus prasinus
- Mountain ThrushTurdus plebejus
- White-fronted AmazonAmazona albifrons
- White-necked JacobinFlorisuga mellivora
- Pale-billed WoodpeckerCampephilus guatemalensis
- Stripe-breasted WrenCantorchilus thoracicus
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Black-faced SolitaireMyadestes melanops
- Great TinamouTinamus major
- Northern Rough-winged SwallowStelgidopteryx serripennis
- Wood StorkMycteria americana
- Great CurassowCrax rubra
- Amazon KingfisherChloroceryle amazona
- Yellow-bellied FlycatcherEmpidonax flaviventris
- Scarlet-thighed DacnisDacnis venusta
- Common Black HawkButeogallus anthracinus
- OspreyPandion haliaetus
- Blue-vented HummingbirdSaucerottia hoffmanni
- Mountain ElaeniaElaenia frantzii
- Tropical ParulaSetophaga pitiayumi
- Southern LapwingVanellus chilensis
- Tropical MockingbirdMimus gilvus
- Black PhoebeSayornis nigricans
- Great Blue HeronArdea herodias
- Green-crowned BrilliantHeliodoxa jacula
- Mealy AmazonAmazona farinosa
- Broad-billed MotmotElectron platyrhynchum
- Purple-throated MountaingemLampornis calolaemus
- Turquoise-browed MotmotEumomota superciliosa
- Cinnamon BecardPachyramphus cinnamomeus
- Collared TrogonTrogon collaris
- Rufous-tailed JacamarGalbula ruficauda
- Orange-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus aurantiirostris
- Black-hooded AntshrikeThamnophilus bridgesi
- Violet-headed HummingbirdKlais guimeti
- Golden-browed ChlorophoniaChlorophonia callophrys
- Golden-winged WarblerVermivora chrysoptera
- Rufous-breasted WrenPheugopedius rutilus
- Chestnut-headed OropendolaPsarocolius wagleri
- Riverside WrenCantorchilus semibadius
- Southern Tropical PeweeContopus cinereus
- Scale-crested Pygmy TyrantLophotriccus pileatus
- White-eared Ground SparrowMelozone leucotis
- Ochre-bellied FlycatcherMionectes oleagineus
- Blackburnian WarblerSetophaga fusca
- Trilling GnatwrenRamphocaenus melanurus
- Black-headed TrogonTrogon melanocephalus
- Flame-colored TanagerPiranga bidentata
- Streaked FlycatcherMyiodynastes maculatus
- Long-tailed ManakinChiroxiphia linearis
- Amazonian Black-throated TrogonTrogon rufus
- Tricolored HeronEgretta tricolor
- Bronzed CowbirdMolothrus aeneus
- Slaty FlowerpiercerDiglossa plumbea
- Philadelphia VireoVireo philadelphicus
- Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitus
- Yellow-green VireoVireo flavoviridis
- Rufous-and-white WrenThryophilus rufalbus
- Short-tailed HawkButeo brachyurus
- Green-breasted MangoAnthracothorax prevostii
- Sooty-capped ChlorospingusChlorospingus pileatus
- Fiery-billed AracariPteroglossus frantzii
- Purple-crowned FairyHeliothryx barroti
- Eastern Wood PeweeContopus virens
- White-throated CrakeLaterallus albigularis
- Red-eyed VireoVireo olivaceus
- Black-headed SaltatorSaltator atriceps
- Black-cowled OrioleIcterus prosthemelas
- Volcano HummingbirdSelasphorus flammula
- Talamanca HummingbirdEugenes spectabilis
- Resplendent QuetzalPharomachrus mocinno
- Crimson-collared TanagerRamphocelus sanguinolentus
- Yellowish FlycatcherEmpidonax flavescens
- Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceus
- Stripe-tailed HummingbirdEupherusa eximia
- Green IbisMesembrinibis cayennensis
- Eurasian WhimbrelNumenius phaeopus
- Golden-crowned WarblerBasileuterus culicivorus
- Band-tailed PigeonPatagioenas fasciata
- Acorn WoodpeckerMelanerpes formicivorus
- Golden-olive WoodpeckerColaptes rubiginosus
- White-ruffed ManakinCorapipo altera
- Scarlet-rumped CaciqueCacicus uropygialis
- Rock DoveColumba livia
- Shining HoneycreeperCyanerpes lucidus
- Purple GallinulePorphyrio martinica
- Cinnamon HummingbirdAmazilia rutila
- Black GuanChamaepetes unicolor
- Blue-throated SapphireChlorestes eliciae
- Rose-throated BecardPachyramphus aglaiae
- Yellow-thighed BrushfinchAtlapetes tibialis
- Coppery-headed EmeraldMicrochera cupreiceps
- Tawny-capped EuphoniaEuphonia anneae
- Rufous MotmotBaryphthengus martii
- King VultureSarcoramphus papa
- Sulphur-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes luteiventris
- Common Ground DoveColumbina passerina
- Collared WhitestartMyioborus torquatus
- Yellow-crowned Night HeronNyctanassa violacea
- Royal TernThalasseus maximus
- Northern Barred WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes sanctithomae
- Roseate SpoonbillPlatalea ajaja
- Muscovy DuckCairina moschata
- Little TinamouCrypturellus soui
- Chestnut-capped BrushfinchArremon brunneinucha
- Vaux's SwiftChaetura vauxi
- Thick-billed Seed FinchSporophila funerea
- Black-throated Green WarblerSetophaga virens
- Ochraceous WrenTroglodytes ochraceus
- White-shouldered TanagerLoriotus luctuosus
- Black-necked StiltHimantopus mexicanus
- White-throated ThrushTurdus assimilis
- Grey-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis poliocephala
- Wood ThrushHylocichla mustelina
- Boat-billed HeronCochlearius cochlearius
- House SparrowPasser domesticus
- Spotted WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus erythropygius
- Carmiol's TanagerChlorothraupis carmioli
- Black-crowned TityraTityra inquisitor
- Ferruginous Pygmy OwlGlaucidium brasilianum
- White-throated MountaingemLampornis castaneoventris
- Grey-chested DoveLeptotila cassinii
- Olivaceous WoodcreeperSittasomus griseicapillus
- WilletTringa semipalmata
- Bronze-tailed PlumeleteerChalybura urochrysia
- Northern Tufted FlycatcherMitrephanes phaeocercus
- Scintillant HummingbirdSelasphorus scintilla
- Blue DacnisDacnis cayana
- Slaty-backed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus fuscater
- Stripe-headed SparrowPeucaea ruficauda
- Ruddy PigeonPatagioenas subvinacea
- Streak-backed OrioleIcterus pustulatus
- Spot-crowned EuphoniaEuphonia imitans
- Yellow TyrannuletCapsiempis flaveola
- Speckled TanagerIxothraupis guttata
- Russet-naped Wood RailAramides albiventris
- Bat FalconFalco rufigularis
- Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianus
- Red-faced SpinetailCranioleuca erythrops
- Emerald TanagerTangara florida
- Spangle-cheeked TanagerTangara dowii
- Ruddy-capped Nightingale-ThrushCatharus frantzii
- Fiery-throated HummingbirdPanterpe insignis
- Black-throated WrenPheugopedius atrogularis
- Eastern MeadowlarkSturnella magna
- Prong-billed BarbetSemnornis frantzii
- Smoky-brown WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus fumigatus
- Sooty ThrushTurdus nigrescens
- Black-faced GrosbeakCaryothraustes poliogaster
- Orange-collared ManakinManacus aurantiacus
- Blue-winged TealSpatula discors
- Rufous-browed PeppershrikeCyclarhis gujanensis
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Golden-naped WoodpeckerMelanerpes chrysauchen
- Flame-throated WarblerOreothlypis gutturalis
- Long-tailed TyrantColonia colonus
- Rufous MournerRhytipterna holerythra
- Black-billed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus gracilirostris
- Eye-ringed FlatbillRhynchocyclus brevirostris
- Large-footed FinchPezopetes capitalis
- Brown-crested FlycatcherMyiarchus tyrannulus
- Grey-headed TanagerEucometis penicillata
- Rufous-winged WoodpeckerPiculus simplex
- Ruddy TreerunnerMargarornis rubiginosus
- White-tailed KiteElanus leucurus
- Canivet's EmeraldCynanthus canivetii
- Laughing GullLeucophaeus atricilla
- Black-crowned AntshrikeThamnophilus atrinucha
- Scrub EuphoniaEuphonia affinis
- Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubris
- Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensis
- Grey-rumped SwiftChaetura cinereiventris
- Green ThorntailDiscosura conversii
- White-naped BrushfinchAtlapetes albinucha
- Least SandpiperCalidris minutilla
- Spot-crowned WoodcreeperLepidocolaptes affinis
- Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatus
- Dot-winged AntwrenMicrorhopias quixensis
- Charming HummingbirdPolyerata decora
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosus
- Black-eared WarblerBasileuterus melanotis
- Black-faced AntthrushFormicarius analis
- Mourning WarblerGeothlypis philadelphia
- American RedstartSetophaga ruticilla
- Mottled OwlStrix virgata
- White-whiskered PuffbirdMalacoptila panamensis
- Double-toothed KiteHarpagus bidentatus
- Spotted BarbtailPremnoplex brunnescens
- Sulphur-winged ParakeetPyrrhura hoffmanni
- Yellow-winged VireoVireo carmioli
- Northern BentbillOncostoma cinereigulare
- SnowcapMicrochera albocoronata
- Olive-striped FlycatcherMionectes olivaceus
- Slaty SpinetailSynallaxis brachyura
- Collared Forest FalconMicrastur semitorquatus
- Western Wood PeweeContopus sordidulus
- White-winged BecardPachyramphus polychopterus
- Black-headed Nightingale-ThrushCatharus mexicanus
- Spotted AntbirdHylophylax naevioides
- Lesser GoldfinchSpinus psaltria
- Russet AntshrikeThamnistes anabatinus
- Black-headed Tody-FlycatcherTodirostrum nigriceps
- Blue-capped ManakinLepidothrix coronata
- Banded WrenThryophilus pleurostictus
- Black-capped FlycatcherEmpidonax atriceps
- Olivaceous PiculetPicumnus olivaceus
- Hepatic TanagerPiranga flava
- Whiskered MyiobiusMyiobius barbatus
- Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpres
- Slaty AntwrenMyrmotherula schisticolor
- Black-crested CoquetteLophornis helenae
- White-lored GnatcatcherPolioptila albiloris
- Yellow-billed CaciqueAmblycercus holosericeus
- Black-cheeked WarblerBasileuterus melanogenys
- White-cheeked AntbirdGymnopithys leucaspis
- Three-wattled BellbirdProcnias tricarunculatus
- Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivacea
- Streaked SaltatorSaltator striatipectus
- Northern Nightingale-WrenMicrocerculus philomela
- Plain AntvireoDysithamnus mentalis
- Silvery-fronted TapaculoScytalopus argentifrons
- Costa Rican SwiftChaetura fumosa
- Scissor-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus forficatus
- Red-headed BarbetEubucco bourcierii
- Brown VioletearColibri delphinae
- White-lined TanagerTachyphonus rufus
- Ochre-throated Foliage-gleanerAutomolus ochrolaemus
- Rufous PihaLipaugus unirufus
- Slaty-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon superciliaris
- American Cliff SwallowPetrochelidon pyrrhonota
- Olive-sided FlycatcherContopus cooperi
- Thick-billed EuphoniaEuphonia laniirostris
- Torrent TyrannuletSerpophaga cinerea
- Louisiana WaterthrushParkesia motacilla
- Least GrebeTachybaptus dominicus
- Southern Nightingale-WrenMicrocerculus marginatus
- Cinnamon WoodpeckerCeleus loricatus
- American Pygmy KingfisherChloroceryle aenea
- Band-tailed BarbthroatThrenetes ruckeri
- Black-crowned Night HeronNycticorax nycticorax
- Blue-chested HummingbirdPolyerata amabilis
- Blue Ground DoveClaravis pretiosa
- Black-and-yellow PhainoptilaPhainoptila melanoxantha
- Grey PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Brown-capped VireoVireo leucophrys
- Baird's TrogonTrogon bairdii
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Black-and-yellow TanagerChrysothlypis chrysomelas
- Scaled PigeonPatagioenas speciosa
- Spectacled OwlPulsatrix perspicillata
- Fasciated AntshrikeCymbilaimus lineatus
- Olive-crowned YellowthroatGeothlypis semiflava
- Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinus
- White-necked PuffbirdNotharchus hyperrhynchus
- Bay-breasted WarblerSetophaga castanea
- Spotted Wood QuailOdontophorus guttatus
- Band-backed WrenCampylorhynchus zonatus
- Snowy-bellied HummingbirdSaucerottia edward
- Orchard OrioleIcterus spurius
- Blue-headed ParrotPionus menstruus
- Long-billed StarthroatHeliomaster longirostris
- Olive SparrowArremonops rufivirgatus
- Bronzy HermitGlaucis aeneus
- Greenish ElaeniaMyiopagis viridicata
- Red-crowned Ant TanagerHabia rubica
- Black Hawk-EagleSpizaetus tyrannus
- Sand MartinRiparia riparia
- Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus
- White-ringed FlycatcherConopias albovittatus
- Solitary SandpiperTringa solitaria
- Crested OwlLophostrix cristata
- LimpkinAramus guarauna
- Slaty-headed Tody-FlycatcherPoecilotriccus sylvia
- Dull-mantled AntbirdSipia laemosticta
- SunbitternEurypyga helias
- Giant CowbirdMolothrus oryzivorus
- Black-and-white OwlStrix nigrolineata
- Tawny-crested TanagerTachyphonus delatrii
- Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipes
- White-vented EuphoniaEuphonia minuta
- Great AntshrikeTaraba major
- Pacific Screech OwlMegascops cooperi
- Blue GrosbeakPasserina caerulea
- Black-bellied HummingbirdEupherusa nigriventris
- Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensis
- White-throated Shrike-TanagerLanio leucothorax
- Plain-brown WoodcreeperDendrocincla fuliginosa
- Great PotooNyctibius grandis
- Zone-tailed HawkButeo albonotatus
- Kentucky WarblerGeothlypis formosa
- Dark PeweeContopus lugubris
- Lesser NighthawkChordeiles acutipennis
- SanderlingCalidris alba
- Black-bellied WrenPheugopedius fasciatoventris
- Chiriqui Foliage-gleanerAutomolus exsertus
- Ruddy-tailed FlycatcherTerenotriccus erythrurus
- Plain-colored TanagerTangara inornata
- Canada WarblerCardellina canadensis
- Garden EmeraldChlorostilbon assimilis
- Chestnut-colored WoodpeckerCeleus castaneus
- Plain-capped StarthroatHeliomaster constantii
- Tawny-winged WoodcreeperDendrocincla anabatina
- Eastern KingbirdTyrannus tyrannus
- Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleuca
- Black-striped WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus lachrymosus
- Belted KingfisherMegaceryle alcyon
- Zeledon's AntbirdHafferia zeledoni
- Golden-bellied FlycatcherMyiodynastes hemichrysus
- Fasciated Tiger HeronTigrisoma fasciatum
- Western SandpiperCalidris mauri
- Grey-headed KiteLeptodon cayanensis
- White-throated SpadebillPlatyrinchus mystaceus
- Swainson's HawkButeo swainsoni
- Crested OropendolaPsarocolius decumanus
- Lesser Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila cayennensis
- Chestnut-collared SwiftStreptoprocne rutila
- Black-thighed GrosbeakPheucticus tibialis
- Tropical Royal FlycatcherOnychorhynchus coronatus
- Northern Beardless TyrannuletCamptostoma imberbe
- Yellow-bellied SiskinSpinus xanthogastrus
- Sooty-faced FinchArremon crassirostris
- Golden-crowned SpadebillPlatyrinchus coronatus
- Southern Beardless TyrannuletCamptostoma obsoletum
- Streak-crowned AntvireoDysithamnus striaticeps
- Black-breasted Wood QuailOdontophorus leucolaemus
- Barred ParakeetBolborhynchus lineola
- Barred BecardPachyramphus versicolor
- Ruddy Quail-DoveGeotrygon montana
- White-bellied MountaingemLampornis hemileucus
- JabiruJabiru mycteria
- Pale-breasted SpinetailSynallaxis albescens
- Lesser Ground CuckooMorococcyx erythropygus
- Thicket TinamouCrypturellus cinnamomeus
- Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusilla
- Purple-throated FruitcrowQuerula purpurata
- Painted BuntingPasserina ciris
- Green Shrike-VireoVireolanius pulchellus
- OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapilla
- Shiny CowbirdMolothrus bonariensis
- Common PotooNyctibius griseus
- Snowy CotingaCarpodectes nitidus
- Acadian FlycatcherEmpidonax virescens
- Tropical Screech OwlMegascops choliba
- Azure-hooded JayCyanolyca cucullata
- Snail KiteRostrhamus sociabilis
- Volcano JuncoJunco vulcani
- Nutting's FlycatcherMyiarchus nuttingi
- Plain-breasted Ground DoveColumbina minuta
- Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseus
- Streak-chested AntpittaHylopezus perspicillatus
- Brown-winged SchiffornisSchiffornis turdina
- Pale-vented ThrushTurdus obsoletus
- Yellow-bellied SeedeaterSporophila nigricollis
- Lineated Foliage-gleanerSyndactyla subalaris
- Ruddy WoodcreeperDendrocincla homochroa
- Spot-breasted OrioleIcterus pectoralis
- Rufous-winged TanagerTangara lavinia
- Song WrenCyphorhinus phaeocephalus
- Buff-fronted Quail-DoveZentrygon costaricensis
- Semiplumbeous HawkLeucopternis semiplumbeus
- American DipperCinclus mexicanus
- Cabanis's Ground SparrowMelozone cabanisi
- SungrebeHeliornis fulica
- Tawny-faced GnatwrenMicrobates cinereiventris
- Ocellated AntbirdPhaenostictus mcleannani
- Spot-bellied BobwhiteColinus leucopogon
- Brown-billed ScythebillCampylorhamphus pusillus
- Barred Forest FalconMicrastur ruficollis
- Turquoise CotingaCotinga ridgwayi
- WrenthrushZeledonia coronata
- Fork-tailed FlycatcherTyrannus savana
- Hook-billed KiteChondrohierax uncinatus
- Elegant TrogonTrogon elegans
- Black-capped Pygmy TyrantMyiornis atricapillus
- Checker-throated StipplethroatEpinecrophylla fulviventris
- Timberline WrenThryorchilus browni
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- Green-fronted LancebillDoryfera ludovicae
- KilldeerCharadrius vociferus
- Nicaraguan GrackleQuiscalus nicaraguensis
- Panama FlycatcherMyiarchus panamensis
- Indigo BuntingPasserina cyanea
- Slate-colored GrosbeakSaltator grossus
- Streak-breasted TreehunterThripadectes rufobrunneus
- Dusky-faced TanagerMitrospingus cassinii
- White-tailed EmeraldMicrochera chionura
- Harris's HawkParabuteo unicinctus
- White-crested CoquetteLophornis adorabilis
- Buffy TuftedcheekPseudocolaptes lawrencii
- Plumbeous KiteIctinia plumbea
- Mourning DoveZenaida macroura
- Great Black HawkButeogallus urubitinga
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Tawny-chested FlycatcherAphanotriccus capitalis
- Lesser ElaeniaElaenia chiriquensis
- Crane HawkGeranospiza caerulescens
- Black-collared HawkBusarellus nigricollis
- Keel-billed MotmotElectron carinatum
- Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellus
- White-fronted NunbirdMonasa morphoeus
- Black TernChlidonias niger
- Blue-and-gold TanagerBangsia arcaei
- Lesser ScaupAythya affinis
- Buffy-crowned Wood PartridgeDendrortyx leucophrys
- Grey-headed DoveLeptotila plumbeiceps
- Slaty-breasted TinamouCrypturellus boucardi
- Common MoorhenGallinula chloropus
- American Barn OwlTyto furcata
- DickcisselSpiza americana
- Spot-breasted WrenPheugopedius maculipectus
- Pied PuffbirdNotharchus tectus
- Dusky NightjarAntrostomus saturatus
- Lesser Yellow-headed VultureCathartes burrovianus
- White-winged TanagerPiranga leucoptera
- Bare-shanked Screech OwlMegascops clarkii
- Scrub GreenletHylophilus flavipes
- Yellow-crowned TyrannuletTyrannulus elatus
- Mangrove VireoVireo pallens
- Tody MotmotHylomanes momotula
- Ruddy-breasted SeedeaterSporophila minuta
- Bare-crowned AntbirdGymnocichla nudiceps
- Townsend's WarblerSetophaga townsendi
- Elegant TernThalasseus elegans
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- Chiriqui Quail-DoveZentrygon chiriquensis
- Nicaraguan Seed FinchSporophila nuttingi
- White-tipped SicklebillEutoxeres aquila
- Middle American Screech OwlMegascops guatemalae
- Central American Pygmy OwlGlaucidium griseiceps
- Uniform CrakeAmaurolimnas concolor
- Yellow-eared ToucanetSelenidera spectabilis
- Tawny-throated LeaftosserSclerurus mexicanus
- Marbled Wood QuailOdontophorus gujanensis
- Yellow-margined FlatbillTolmomyias assimilis
- MerlinFalco columbarius
- Short-tailed NighthawkLurocalis semitorquatus
- Yellow-bellied TyrannuletOrnithion semiflavum
- Northern Scrub FlycatcherSublegatus arenarum
- Costa Rican Pygmy OwlGlaucidium costaricanum
- Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoa
- Plain ChachalacaOrtalis vetula
- American Black SwiftCypseloides niger
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Franklin's GullLeucophaeus pipixcan
- Western TanagerPiranga ludoviciana
- Brown-capped TyrannuletOrnithion brunneicapillus
- Highland TinamouNothocercus bonapartei
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Worm-eating WarblerHelmitheros vermivorum
- Peg-billed FinchAcanthidops bairdi
- Bran-colored FlycatcherMyiophobus fasciatus
- Costa Rican BrushfinchArremon costaricensis
- Ivory-billed WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus flavigaster
- Pearl KiteGampsonyx swainsonii
- Hooded WarblerSetophaga citrina
- Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopus
- Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax traillii
- Red-footed BoobySula sula
- Yellow-billed CotingaCarpodectes antoniae
- Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotos
- Western KingbirdTyrannus verticalis
- Lattice-tailed TrogonTrogon clathratus
- White-flanked AntwrenMyrmotherula axillaris
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Agami HeronAgamia agami
- American CootFulica americana
- Grey CatbirdDumetella carolinensis
- Black-headed AntthrushFormicarius nigricapillus
- Grey-throated LeaftosserSclerurus albigularis
- Bare-necked UmbrellabirdCephalopterus glabricollis
- Streaked XenopsXenops rutilans
- Rusty-margined FlycatcherMyiozetetes cayanensis
- Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimus
- Purplish-backed Quail-DoveZentrygon lawrencii
- Rufous-browed TyrannuletPhylloscartes superciliaris
- Green-and-rufous KingfisherChloroceryle inda
- Yellow-rumped WarblerSetophaga coronata
- Ashy-throated ChlorospingusChlorospingus canigularis
- Tricolored MuniaLonchura malacca
- Grey-breasted CrakeLaterallus exilis
- Purple MartinProgne subis
- Scaled AntpittaGrallaria guatimalensis
- Ochraceous PeweeContopus ochraceus
- Sharp-shinned HawkAccipiter striatus
- Piping Long-tailed WoodcreeperDeconychura typica
- Stub-tailed SpadebillPlatyrinchus cancrominus
- Pinnated BitternBotaurus pinnatus
- Olive-backed Quail-DoveLeptotrygon veraguensis
- Scaly-throated LeaftosserSclerurus guatemalensis
- Grey-cheeked ThrushCatharus minimus
- Reddish EgretEgretta rufescens
- Cerulean WarblerSetophaga cerulea
- Cape May WarblerSetophaga tigrina
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- Pied-billed GrebePodilymbus podiceps
- Red-rumped WoodpeckerVeniliornis kirkii
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Galapagos ShearwaterPuffinus subalaris
- Yellow-bellied SapsuckerSphyrapicus varius
- Brown NoddyAnous stolidus
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Northern ShovelerSpatula clypeata
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- SurfbirdCalidris virgata
- Spot-fronted SwiftCypseloides cherriei
- Scaly-throated Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia variegaticeps
- Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorum
- Magnolia WarblerSetophaga magnolia
- Sapphire-throated HummingbirdChrysuronia coeruleogularis
- Red-fronted ParrotletTouit costaricensis
- Veraguan MangoAnthracothorax veraguensis
- Black-chested JayCyanocorax affinis
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- White-throated FlycatcherEmpidonax albigularis
- Lovely CotingaCotinga amabilis
- Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolor
- Rosy Thrush-tanagerRhodinocichla rosea
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Yellow-tailed OrioleIcterus mesomelas
- Rufescent Tiger HeronTigrisoma lineatum
- Savanna HawkButeogallus meridionalis
- Hen HarrierCircus cyaneus
- Grass WrenCistothorus platensis
- Black Storm PetrelHydrobates melania
- Fulvous Whistling DuckDendrocygna bicolor
- Chuck-will's-widowAntrostomus carolinensis
- Black-tailed MyiobiusMyiobius atricaudus
- Slate-colored SeedeaterSporophila schistacea
- SoraPorzana carolina
- SharpbillOxyruncus cristatus
- Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichas
- VeeryCatharus fuscescens
- Wandering TattlerTringa incana
- Northern PotooNyctibius jamaicensis
- Yellow-throated WarblerSetophaga dominica
- Yellow-winged TanagerThraupis abbas
- Silvery-throated JayCyanolyca argentigula
- Blue-winged WarblerVermivora cyanoptera
- Bridled TernOnychoprion anaethetus
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- Nazca BoobySula granti
- Rufous-necked Wood RailAramides axillaris
- Great FrigatebirdFregata minor
- Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorum
- Atlantic White TernGygis alba
- Grasshopper SparrowAmmodramus savannarum
- Rufous-vented Ground CuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi
- Yellow-breasted ChatIcteria virens
- Rufous-breasted AntthrushFormicarius rufipectus
- Pomarine JaegerStercorarius pomarinus
- Brown BoobySula leucogaster
- MacGillivray's WarblerGeothlypis tolmiei
- Ochre-breasted AntpittaGrallaricula flavirostris
- Blue-footed BoobySula nebouxii
- Long-billed CurlewNumenius americanus
- Sabine's GullXema sabini
- Ring-necked DuckAythya collaris
- Black-and-white BecardPachyramphus albogriseus
- Cocos FinchPinaroloxias inornata
- Tahiti PetrelPseudobulweria rostrata
- Red-necked PhalaropePhalaropus lobatus
- Baird's SandpiperCalidris bairdii
- Upland SandpiperBartramia longicauda
- Unspotted Saw-whet OwlAegolius ridgwayi
- Buff-breasted FlycatcherEmpidonax fulvifrons
- Lance-tailed ManakinChiroxiphia lanceolata
- Sepia-capped FlycatcherLeptopogon amaurocephalus
- White-chinned SwiftCypseloides cryptus
- Eurasian Collared DoveStreptopelia decaocto
- American WigeonMareca americana
- Blue SeedeaterAmaurospiza concolor
- Sulphur-rumped TanagerHeterospingus rubrifrons
- Least TernSternula antillarum
- Spotted RailPardirallus maculatus
- Cocos TyrannuletNesotriccus ridgwayi
- Northern House WrenTroglodytes aedon
- Red-billed TropicbirdPhaethon aethereus
- Lanceolated MonkletMicromonacha lanceolata
- Mangrove RailRallus longirostris
- Palm WarblerSetophaga palmarum
- Northern PintailAnas acuta
- Black-throated Blue WarblerSetophaga caerulescens
- Slaty-backed Forest FalconMicrastur mirandollei
- Rusty SparrowAimophila rufescens
- Masked DuckNomonyx dominicus
- Black-eared Wood QuailOdontophorus melanotis
- Great JacamarJacamerops aureus
- Masked BoobySula dactylatra
- Red KnotCalidris canutus
- Slaty FinchHaplospiza rustica
- American FlamingoPhoenicopterus ruber
- Violet-green SwallowTachycineta thalassina
- Blue-headed VireoVireo solitarius
- Striated HeronButorides striata
- Parasitic JaegerStercorarius parasiticus
- Red PhalaropePhalaropus fulicarius
- Black-banded WoodcreeperDendrocolaptes picumnus
- Violaceous Quail-DoveGeotrygon violacea
- American Golden PloverPluvialis dominica
- Grey-headed PipritesPiprites griseiceps
- Hermit WarblerSetophaga occidentalis
- Cocos CuckooCoccyzus ferrugineus
- American AvocetRecurvirostra americana
- Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis
- OilbirdSteatornis caripensis
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Green-winged TealAnas crecca
- Grey KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Wedge-tailed Grass FinchEmberizoides herbicola
- Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceus
- American Herring GullLarus smithsonianus
- White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollis
- Black-and-white Hawk-EagleSpizaetus melanoleucus
- Cinnamon TealSpatula cyanoptera
- White-tailed NightjarHydropsalis cayennensis
- American BitternBotaurus lentiginosus
- Wattled JacanaJacana jacana
- Spot-crowned AntvireoDysithamnus puncticeps
- Lincoln's SparrowMelospiza lincolnii
- White-crowned PigeonPatagioenas leucocephala
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Blackpoll WarblerSetophaga striata
- Pacific Golden PloverPluvialis fulva
- Mexican VioletearColibri thalassinus
- Greater White-fronted GooseAnser albifrons
- Black-crowned AntpittaPittasoma michleri
- Hudsonian WhimbrelNumenius hudsonicus
- Aplomado FalconFalco femoralis
- Lark SparrowChondestes grammacus
- BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorus
- Heermann's GullLarus heermanni
- Western GullLarus occidentalis
- Savannah SparrowPasserculus sandwichensis
- Northern ParulaSetophaga americana
- RuffCalidris pugnax
- Speckled MournerLaniocera rufescens
- Rufous NightjarAntrostomus rufus
- Red-throated CaracaraIbycter americanus
- Peruvian BoobySula variegata
- Rufous-crested CoquetteLophornis delattrei
- Great Green MacawAra ambiguus
- Forster's TernSterna forsteri
- Long-tailed JaegerStercorarius longicaudus
- White-bellied EmeraldChlorestes candida
- White-cheeked PintailAnas bahamensis
- Warbling VireoVireo gilvus
- Prairie WarblerSetophaga discolor
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- MallardAnas platyrhynchos
- Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensis
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- Cave SwallowPetrochelidon fulva
- Botteri's SparrowPeucaea botterii
- Sooty TernOnychoprion fuscatus
- Greater ScaupAythya marila
- Yellow-headed BlackbirdXanthocephalus xanthocephalus
- Christmas ShearwaterPuffinus nativitatis
- Tawny-faced QuailRhynchortyx cinctus
- Hudsonian GodwitLimosa haemastica
- American Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestiva
- Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscus
- Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus
- Nashville WarblerLeiothlypis ruficapilla
- Cattle TyrantMachetornis rixosa
- Chipping SparrowSpizella passerina
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Rivoli's HummingbirdEugenes fulgens
- Swallow-tailed GullCreagrus furcatus
- Yellow-crowned AmazonAmazona ochrocephala
- Arctic TernSterna paradisaea
- Bahama WoodstarNesophlox evelynae
- Veracruz WrenCampylorhynchus rufinucha
- Crimson-backed TanagerRamphocelus dimidiatus
- Yellow-naped AmazonAmazona auropalliata
- Ocellated PoorwillNyctiphrynus ocellatus
- Black PetrelProcellaria parkinsoni
- Blue-and-yellow MacawAra ararauna
- Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinus
- Black NoddyAnous minutus
- Buff-collared NightjarAntrostomus ridgwayi
- Clay-colored SparrowSpizella pallida
Rare visitors
Recorded here, though only as vagrants or rarities.
- Grey-headed GullChroicocephalus cirrocephalus
- Strong-billed WoodcreeperXiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus
- Egyptian GooseAlopochen aegyptiaca
- Grey-bellied HawkAccipiter poliogaster
- Guianan TrogonTrogon violaceus
- Red-breasted MerganserMergus serrator
- Sargasso ShearwaterPuffinus lherminieri
- Connecticut WarblerOporornis agilis
- Black-vented ShearwaterPuffinus opisthomelas
- RedheadAythya americana
- Black-whiskered VireoVireo altiloquus
- Red JunglefowlGallus gallus
- Common PochardAythya ferina
- Long-tailed HermitPhaethornis superciliosus
- Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensis
- Indian PeafowlPavo cristatus
- Atlantic Plain XenopsXenops minutus
- White-crowned SparrowZonotrichia leucophrys
- White-faced IbisPlegadis chihi
- Kelp GullLarus dominicanus
- Yellow-backed OrioleIcterus chrysater
- Steely-vented HummingbirdSaucerottia saucerottei
- Wilson's Storm PetrelOceanites oceanicus
- Inca TernLarosterna inca
- Crested EagleMorphnus guianensis
- Hooded MerganserLophodytes cucullatus
- White-bellied WrenUropsila leucogastra
- Soft-plumaged PetrelPterodroma mollis
- Sulphury FlycatcherTyrannopsis sulphurea
- Brown-chested MartinProgne tapera
- Three-striped WarblerBasileuterus tristriatus
- White-tailed TropicbirdPhaethon lepturus
- Golden-cheeked WarblerSetophaga chrysoparia
- Wing-barred SeedeaterSporophila americana
- Guianan PuffbirdNotharchus macrorhynchos
- Orange-crowned WarblerLeiothlypis celata
- CanvasbackAythya valisineria
- Helmeted GuineafowlNumida meleagris
- Crested BobwhiteColinus cristatus
- Harpy EagleHarpia harpyja
- Choco Screech OwlMegascops centralis
- Mariana SwiftletAerodramus bartschi
- Pine WarblerSetophaga pinus
- Burrowing OwlAthene cunicularia
- Bluish-grey SaltatorSaltator coerulescens
- Cassin's SparrowPeucaea cassinii
- Pheasant CuckooDromococcyx phasianellus
- Hispaniolan OrioleIcterus dominicensis
- Galapagos PetrelPterodroma phaeopygia
- Eastern Whip-poor-willAntrostomus vociferus
- Rufous HummingbirdSelasphorus rufus
- Band-rumped SwiftChaetura spinicaudus
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- WrentitChamaea fasciata
- CockatielNymphicus hollandicus
- Buff-throated WoodcreeperXiphorhynchus guttatus
- Swan GooseAnser cygnoides
- Yellow-billed TernSternula superciliaris
- Amazonian Plain XenopsXenops genibarbis
- Blue-capped MotmotMomotus coeruliceps
- European GoldfinchCarduelis carduelis
- Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgiana
- Western Barn OwlTyto alba
- BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatus
- Lined SeedeaterSporophila lineola
- Little HermitPhaethornis longuemareus
- Spectacled PetrelProcellaria conspicillata
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Black-chinned HummingbirdArchilochus alexandri
- Flame-rumped TanagerRamphocelus flammigerus
- Amazonian MotmotMomotus momota
- Yucatan BobwhiteColinus nigrogularis
- White-bibbed ManakinCorapipo leucorrhoa
- Great Swallow-tailed SwiftPanyptila sanctihieronymi
- Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottos
- Golden-crowned SparrowZonotrichia atricapilla
- California GullLarus californicus
- American PipitAnthus rubescens
- White StorkCiconia ciconia
- Brant GooseBranta bernicla
- Black-legged KittiwakeRissa tridactyla
- Rock WrenSalpinctes obsoletus
- Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferruginea
- Whistling HeronSyrigma sibilatrix
- Little AukAlle alle
- Atlantic CanarySerinus canaria
- Rosy-faced LovebirdAgapornis roseicollis
- Golden-collared ManakinManacus vitellinus
- Blue-crowned ChlorophoniaChlorophonia occipitalis
- Waved AlbatrossPhoebastria irrorata
- Yellow-collared LovebirdAgapornis personatus
- Cozumel VireoVireo bairdi
- Black-cheeked LovebirdAgapornis nigrigenis
- Colombian CrakeMustelirallus colombianus