Sarapiqui Eco-Observatory Bird List
| TINAMIDAE | |
| Great Tinamou | Tinamus major |
| Little Tinamou | Crypturellus soui |
| ANATIDAE | |
| Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis |
| Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata |
| Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus |
| CRACIDAE | |
| Great Curassow | Crax rubra |
| Crested Guan | Penelope purpurascens |
| Gray-headed Chachalaca | Ortalis cinereiceps |
| PHALACROCORACIDAE | |
| Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus |
| ANHINGIDAE | |
| Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga |
| FREGATIDAE | |
| Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens |
| CICONIIDAE | |
| Wood Stork | Mycteria americana |
| ARDEIDAE | |
| Bare-throated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma mexicanum |
| Fasciated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma fasciatum |
| Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea |
| Great Egret | Ardea alba |
| Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis |
| Snowy Egret | Egretta thula |
| Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias |
| Green Heron | Butorides virescens |
| EURYGIDAE | |
| Sunbittern | Eurypyga helias |
| CATHARTIDAE | |
| Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus |
| Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura |
| King Vulture | Sarcoramphus papa |
| ACCIPITRIDAE | |
| Osprey | Pandion haliaetus |
| Gray-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis |
| Double-toothed Kite | Harpagus bidentatus |
| Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus |
| White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus |
| Mississippi Kite | Elanus leucurus |
| Gray Hawk | Buteo nitidus |
| Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris |
| Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus |
| Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus |
| Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus |
| Swainson’s Hawk | Buteo swainsoni |
| Black Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus tyrannus |
| FALCONIDAE | |
| Barred Forest-Falcon | Micrastur ruficollis |
| Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus |
| Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway |
| Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans |
| Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis |
| Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus |
| RALLIDAE | |
| White-throated Crake | Laterallus albigularis |
| Gray-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides cajanea |
| SCOLOPACIDAE | |
| Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius |
| COLUMBIDAE | |
| Red-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas flavirostris |
| Short-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas nigrirostris |
| Ruddy Ground-Dove | Columbina talpacoti |
| Gray-chested Dove | Leptotila cassini |
| PSITTACIDAE | |
| Crimson-fronted Parakeet | Aratinga finschi |
| Olive-throated Parakeet | Aratinga nana |
| Great Green Macaw | Ara ambiguus |
| Orange-chinned Parakeet | Brotogeris jugularis |
| Brown-hooded Parrot | Pionopsitta haematotis |
| White-crowned Parrot | Pionus senilis |
| Red-lored Parrot | Amazona autumnalis |
| Mealy Parrot | Amazona farinosa |
| CUCULIDAE | |
| Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya Cayana |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus |
| Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus |
| Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris |
| STRIGIDAE | |
| Crested Owl | Lophostrix cristata |
| Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata |
| CAPRIMULGIDAE | |
| Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor |
| Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis |
| Chuck-will’s-widow | Caprimulgus carolinensis |
| NYCTIBIIDAE | |
| Common Potoo | Nyctibius griseus |
| APODIDAE | |
| Chestnut-collared Swift | Streptoprocne rutila |
| White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris |
| Gray-rumped Swift | Chaetura cinereiventris |
| Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift | Panyptila cayennensis |
| TROCHILIDAE | |
| Long-billed Hermit | Phaethornis longirostris |
| Stripe-throated Hermit | Phaethornis striigularis |
| White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora |
| Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii |
| Violet-crowned Woodnymph | Thalurania colombica |
| Rufous-tailed Hummingbird | Amazilia tzacatl |
| Purple-crowned Fairy | Heliothryx barroti |
| Ruby-throated Hummingbird | Archilochus colubris |
| Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer | Chalybura urochrysia |
| Scaly-breasted Hummingbird | Phaeochroa cuvierii |
| TROGONIDAE | |
| Slaty-tailed Trogon | Trogon Massena |
| Violaceous Trogon | Trogon violaceus |
| Black-thoated Trogon | Trogon rufus |
| MOMOTIDAE | |
| Rufous Motmot | Baryphthengus martii |
| Broad-billed Motmot | Electron platyrhynchum |
| ALCEDINIDAE | |
| Ringed Kingfisher | Ceryle torquatus |
| Belted Kingfisher | Ceryle alcyon |
| Amazon Kingfisher | Chloroceryle amazona |
| Green Kingfisher | Chloroceryle Americana |
| American pygmy Kingfisher | Chloroceryle aenea |
| BUCCONIDAE | |
| White-necked Puffbird | Notharchus macrorhynchos |
| Pied Puffbird | Notharchus tectus |
| RAMPHASTIDAE | |
| Collared Aracari | Pteroglossus torquatus |
| Keel-billed Toucan | Ramphastos sulfuratus |
| Black-mandibled Toucan | Ramphastos swainsonii |
| GALBULIDAE | |
| Rufous-tailed Jacamar | Galbula ruficauda |
| PICIDAE | |
| Black-cheeked Woodpecker | Melanerpes pucherani |
| Yellow-bellied Sapsucker | Sphyrapicus varius |
| Lineated Woodpecker | Dryocopus lineatus |
| Rufous-winged Woodpecker | Piculus simplex |
| Pale-billed Woodpecker | Campephilus guatemalensis |
| FURNARIIDAE | |
| Wedge-billed Woodcreeper | Glyphorhynchus spirurus |
| Northern-barred Woodcreeper | Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae |
| Streak-headed Woodcreeper | Lepidocolaptes souleyetii |
| Black-striped Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus |
| Cacoa Woodcreeper | Xiphorhynchus susurrans |
| THAMNOPHILIDAE | |
| Chestnut-backed Antbird | Myrmeciza exsul |
| Faciated Antshrike | Cymbilaimus lineatus |
| Great Antshrike | Taraba major |
| TYRANNIDAE | |
| Yellow-bellied Elaenia | Elaenia flavogaster |
| Western Wood-Pewee | Contopus sordidulus |
| Eastern Wood-Pewee | Contopus virens |
| Tropical Pewee | Contopus cinereus |
| Yellow-bellied Flycatcher | Empidonax flaviventris |
| Ochre-bellied Flycatcher | Mionectes oleagineus |
| Acadian Flycatcher | Empidonax virescens |
| Black Phoebe | Sayornis nigricans |
| Bright-rumped Attila | Attila spadiceus |
| Dusky-capped Flycatcher | Myiarchus tuberculifer |
| Great Crested Flycatcher | Myiarchus crinitus |
| Great Kiskadee | Pitangus sulphuratus |
| Boat-billed Flycatcher | Megarhynchus pitangua |
| White-ringed Flycatcher | Conopias albovittatus |
| Social Flycatcher | Myiozetetes similes |
| Gray-capped Flycatcher | Myiozetetes granadensis |
| Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher | Myiodynastes luteiventris |
| Piratic Flycatcher | Legatus leucophaius |
| Tropical Kingbird | Tyrannus melancholicus |
| Eastern Kingbird | Tyrannus tyrannus |
| Paltry Tyrannulet | Zimmerius vilissimus |
| Brown-capped Tyrannulet | Ornithion brunneicapillus |
| Common Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum cinereum |
| Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher | Todirostrum nigriceps |
| Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher | Poecilotriccus sylvia |
| Yellow-olive Flycatcher | Tolmomyias sulphurescens |
| Eye-ringed Flatbill | Rhynchocyclus brevirostris |
| Olive-sided Flycatcher | Contopus cooperi |
| Long-tailed Tyrant | Colonia colonus |
| Torrent Tyrannulet | Serpophaga cinerea |
| INCERTAE SEDIS | |
| Masked Tityra | Tityra semifasciata |
| Black-crowned Tityra | Tityra inquisitor |
| Bananaquit | Coereba flaveola |
| COTINGIDAE | |
| Snowy Cotinga | Carpodectes nitidus |
| PIPRIDAE | |
| White-collared Manakin | Manacus candei |
| VIREONIDAE | |
| Yellow-throated Vireo | Vireo flavifrons |
| Yellow- winged Vireo | Vireo carmioli |
| Philadelphia Vireo | Vireo Philadelphicus |
| Red-eyed Vireo | Vireo olivaceus |
| Yellow-green Vireo | Vireo flavoviridis |
| Lesser Greenlet | Hylophilus decurtatus |
| CORVIDAE | |
| Brown Jay | Cyanocorax morio |
| HIRUNDINIDAE | |
| Tree Swallow | Tachycineta bicolor |
| Mangrove Swallow | Tachycineta albilinea |
| Northern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx serripennis |
| Southern Rough-winged Swallow | Stelgidopteryx ruficollis |
| Cliff Swallow | Petrochelidon pyrrhonota |
| SYLVIDAE | |
| Tropical Gnatcatcher | Polioptila plumbea |
| Long-billed Gnatwren | Ramphocaenus melanurus |
| TROGLODYTIDAE | |
| Bay Wren | Thryothorus nigricapillus |
| Stripe-breasted Wren | Thryothorus thoracicus |
| House Wren | Troglodytes aedon |
| White-breasted Wood-wren | Henicorhina leucosticta |
| Black-throated Wren | Thryothorus atrogularis |
| Band-backed Wren | Campylorhynchus zonatus |
| TURDIDAE | |
| Swainson’s Thrush | Catharus ustulatus |
| Wood Thrush | Hylocichla mustelina |
| Clay-colored Thrush | Turdus grayi |
| PARULIDAE | |
| Louisiana Waterthrush | Seiurus motacilla |
| Northern Waterthrush | Seiurus noveboracensis |
| Golden-winged Warbler | Vermivora chrysoptera |
| Tennessee Warbler | Vermivora peregrine |
| Common Yellowthroat | Geothlypis trichas |
| Chestnut-sided Warbler | Dendroica pensylvanica |
| Yellow-throated Warbler | Dendroica dominica |
| Buff-rumped Warbler | Phaeothlypis fulvicauda |
| Olive-crowned Yellowthroat | Geothlypis semiflava |
| Bay-breasted Warbler | Dendroica castanea |
| THRAUPIDAE | |
| Black-and-yellow Tanager | Chrysothlypis chrysomelas |
| Crimson-collared Tanager | Ramphocelus sanguinolentus |
| Passerini’s Tanager | Ramphocelus passerinii |
| Blue-gray Tanager | Thraupis episcopus |
| Palm Tanager | Thraupis palmarum |
| Golden-hooded Tanager | Tangara larvata |
| Silver-throated Tanager | Tangara icterocephala |
| Scarlet Tanager | Piranga olivacea |
| Summer Tanager | Piranga rubra |
| Blue Dacnis | Dacnis cayana |
| Green Honeycreeper | Chlorophanes spiza |
| Shining Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes lucidus |
| Red-legged Honeycreeper | Cyanerpes cyaneus |
| Red-throated Ant-Tanager | Habia fuscicauda |
| White-lined Tanager | Tachyphonus rufus |
| White-shouldered Tanager | Tachyphonus luctuosus |
| EMBERIZIDAE | |
| Variable Seedeater | Sporophila Americana |
| Orange-billed Sparrow | Arremon aurantiirostris |
| Blue-black Grassquit | Volatinia jacarina |
| Black-striped Sparrow | Arremonops conirostris |
| CARDINALIDAE | |
| Buff-throated Saltator | Saltator maximus |
| Black-headed Saltator | Saltator atriceps |
| Grayish Saltator | Saltator coerulescens |
| Black-faced Grosbeak | Caryothraustes poliogaster |
| Blue-black Grosbeak | Cyanocompsa cyanoides |
| Slate-colored Grosbeak | Saltator grossus |
| ICTERIDAE | |
| Melodious Blackbird | Dives dives |
| Great-tailed Grackle | Quiscalus mexicanus |
| Bronzed Cowbird | Molothrus aeneus |
| Black-cowled Oriole | Icterus prosthemelas |
| Baltimore Oriole | Interus galbula |
| Scarlet-rumped Cacique | Cacicus uropygialis |
| Chestnut-headed Oropendula | Psarocolius wagleri |
| Montezuma Oropendula | Psarocolius Montezuma |
| FRINGILLIDAE | |
| Yellow-crowned Euphonia | Euphonia luteicapilla |
| Olive-backed Euphonia | Euphonia gouldi |
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