Birdingcraft
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I had hoped to start posting my 2013 list right from the start but I just haven't had time until today. Just three real days of birding and a weekend and the list is over 300. I hope I can get the time to do a proper Big Year (minus honest to goodness pelagic trips). We will see...
So, in taxo. order, here is what I have identified from two day trips to Carara and vicinity (as you will see, the Carara area is a very birdy locale):
1. Great Tinamou
2. Little Tinamou
3. Brown Pelican
4. Neotropic Cormorant
5. Anhinga
6. Magnificent Frigatebird
7. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
8. Great Blue Heron
9. Great Egret
10. Snowy Egret
11. Green Heron
12. Little Blue Heron
13. Cattle Egret
14. Boat-billed Heron
15. Roseate Spoonbill
16. Wood Stork
17. Black Vulture
18. Turkey Vulture
19. Muscovy Duck
20. Gray-headed Kite
21. Gray Hawk
22. Common Black Hawk
23. Short-tailed Hawk
24. Collared Forest Falcon
25. Yellow-headed Caracara
26. Laughing Falcon
27. Bat Falcon
28. Crested Guan
29. Purple Gallinule
30. Southern Lapwing
31. Northern Jacana
32. Willet
33. Spotted Sandpiper
34. Ruddy Turnstone
35. Franklin's Gull
36. Royal Tern
37. Short-billed Pigeon
38. Inca Dove
39. Ruddy Ground Dove
40. White-tipped Dove
41. Gray-chested Dove
42. Orange-fronted Parakeet
43. Scarlet Macaw
44. Orange-chinned Parakeet
45. Brown-hooded Parrot
46. White-crowned Parrot
47. Red-lored Parrot
48. Mealy Parrot
49. White-fronted Parrot
50. Squirrel Cuckoo
51. Groove-billed Ani
52. Spectacled Owl (day roost!)
53. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
54. Lesser Nighthawk
55. Costa Rican Swift
56. Long-tailed Hermit
57. Stripe-throated Hermit
58. Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
59. Green-breasted Mango
60. Violet-crowned Woodnymph
61. Blue-throated Goldentail
62. Charming Hummingbird
63. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
64. Steely-vented Hummingbird
65. Cinnamon Hummingbird
66. Purple-crowned Fairy
67. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
68. Black-headed Trogon
69. Black-throated Trogon
70. Baird's Trogon
71. Gartered Trogon
72. Slaty-tailed Trogon
73. Blue-crowned Motmot
74. Turquoise-browed Motmot
75. Ringed Kingfisher
76. Green Kingfisher
77. White-whiskered Puffbird
78. Rufous-tailed Jacamar
79. Fiery-billed Aracari
80. Chestnut (Black)-mandibled Toucan
81. Golden-naped Woodpecker
82. Pale-billed Woodpecker
83. Lineated Woodpecker
84. Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner
85. Plain Xenops
86. Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
87. Olivaceous Woodcreeper
88. Long-tailed Woodcreeper (which is not the same as Amazonian Long-tailed).
89. Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
90. Northern Barred Woodcreeper
91. Cocoa Woodcreeper
92. Black-striped Woodcreeper
93. Streak-headed Woodcreeper
94. Barred Antshrike
95. Black-hooded Antshrike
96. Russet Antshrike
97. Slaty Antwren
98. Dot-winged Antwren
99. Dusky Antbird
100. Chestnut-backed Antbird
101. Streak-chested Antpitta
102. Black-faced Antthrush
103. Bicolored Antbird
104. Southern Beardless Tyrannulet
105. Yellow Tyrannulet
106. Greenish Elaenia
107. Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
108. Paltry Tyrannulet
109. Northern Bentbill
110. Slate-headed Tody Flycatcher
111. Common Tody Flycatcher
112. Yellow-olive Flycatcher
113. Stub-tailed Spadebill
114. Golden-crowned Spadebill
115. Royal Flycatcher
116. Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
117. Tropical Pewee
118. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
119. Bright-rumped Attila
120. Dusky-capped Flycatcher
121. Panama Flycatcher
122. Great-crested Flycatcher
123. Great Kiskadee
124. Social Flycatcher
125. Boat-billed Flycatcher
126. Gray-capped Flycatcher
127. Streaked Flycatcher
128. Thrushlike Schiffornis
129. Rufous Piha
130. Rose-throated Becard
131. White-winged Becard
132. Masked Tityra
133. Black-crowned Tityra
134. Turquoise Cotinga (2 males in a fruiting fig and only the second time I have seen this species in the park!)
135. Yellow-billed Cotinga
136. Orange-collared Manakin
137. Long-tailed Manakin
138. Blue-crowned Manakin
139. Yellow-throated Vireo
140. Philadelphia Vireo
141. Lesser Greenlet
142. Tawny-crowned Greenlet
143. Green Shrike Vireo
144. White-throated Magpie Jay
145. Brown Jay
146. Mangrove Swallow
147. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
148. Barn Swallow
149. Rufous-naped Wren
150. Plain Wren
151. Riverside Wren
152. Black-bellied Wren
153. Rufous-breasted Wren
154. House Wren
155. Scaly-breasted Wren
156. Long-billed Gnatwren
157. Tropical Gnatcatcher
158. Wood Thrush
159. Golden-winged Warbler
160. Tennessee Warbler
161. Yellow Warbler
162. Chestnut-sided Warbler
163. Black and white Warbler
164. Prothonotary Warbler
165. Kentucky Warbler
166. Tropical Parula
167. Northern Waterthrush
168. Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
169. Rufous-capped Wabler
170. Buff-rumped Warbler
171. Gray-headed Tanager
172. White-shouldered Tanager
173. Summer Tanager
174. Cherrie's Tanager
175. Blue-gray Tanager
176. Palm Tanager
177. Bay-headed Tanager
178. Golden-hooded Tanager
179. Blue Dacnis
180. Green Honeycreeper
181. Red-legged Honeycreeper
182. Variable Seedeater
183. Orange-bellied Sparrow
184. Stripe-headed Sparrow
185. Buff-throated Saltator
186. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
187. Blue-black Grosbeak
188. Blue Grosbeak
189. Bronzed Cowbird
190. Orchard Oriole
191. Baltimore Oriole
192. Montezuma Oropendola
193. Scrub Euphonia
194. Yellow-crowned Euphonia
195. Spot-crowned Euphonia
196. Yellow-throated Euphonia
and, from around the house:
197. White-tailed Kite
198. Rock Dove
199. Red-billed Pigeon
200. White-winged Dove
201. Crimson-fronted Parakeet
202. White-collared Swift
203. Vaux's Swift
204. Hoffmann's Woodpecker
205. Yellow-bellied Elaenia
206. Blue and white Swallow
207. Barn Swallow
208. Rufous-naped Wren
209. Clay-colored Thrush
210. Rufous-collared Sparrow
211. Grayish Saltator
212. Melodious Blackbird
213. Great-tailed Grackle
So, in taxo. order, here is what I have identified from two day trips to Carara and vicinity (as you will see, the Carara area is a very birdy locale):
1. Great Tinamou
2. Little Tinamou
3. Brown Pelican
4. Neotropic Cormorant
5. Anhinga
6. Magnificent Frigatebird
7. Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
8. Great Blue Heron
9. Great Egret
10. Snowy Egret
11. Green Heron
12. Little Blue Heron
13. Cattle Egret
14. Boat-billed Heron
15. Roseate Spoonbill
16. Wood Stork
17. Black Vulture
18. Turkey Vulture
19. Muscovy Duck
20. Gray-headed Kite
21. Gray Hawk
22. Common Black Hawk
23. Short-tailed Hawk
24. Collared Forest Falcon
25. Yellow-headed Caracara
26. Laughing Falcon
27. Bat Falcon
28. Crested Guan
29. Purple Gallinule
30. Southern Lapwing
31. Northern Jacana
32. Willet
33. Spotted Sandpiper
34. Ruddy Turnstone
35. Franklin's Gull
36. Royal Tern
37. Short-billed Pigeon
38. Inca Dove
39. Ruddy Ground Dove
40. White-tipped Dove
41. Gray-chested Dove
42. Orange-fronted Parakeet
43. Scarlet Macaw
44. Orange-chinned Parakeet
45. Brown-hooded Parrot
46. White-crowned Parrot
47. Red-lored Parrot
48. Mealy Parrot
49. White-fronted Parrot
50. Squirrel Cuckoo
51. Groove-billed Ani
52. Spectacled Owl (day roost!)
53. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
54. Lesser Nighthawk
55. Costa Rican Swift
56. Long-tailed Hermit
57. Stripe-throated Hermit
58. Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
59. Green-breasted Mango
60. Violet-crowned Woodnymph
61. Blue-throated Goldentail
62. Charming Hummingbird
63. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
64. Steely-vented Hummingbird
65. Cinnamon Hummingbird
66. Purple-crowned Fairy
67. Ruby-throated Hummingbird
68. Black-headed Trogon
69. Black-throated Trogon
70. Baird's Trogon
71. Gartered Trogon
72. Slaty-tailed Trogon
73. Blue-crowned Motmot
74. Turquoise-browed Motmot
75. Ringed Kingfisher
76. Green Kingfisher
77. White-whiskered Puffbird
78. Rufous-tailed Jacamar
79. Fiery-billed Aracari
80. Chestnut (Black)-mandibled Toucan
81. Golden-naped Woodpecker
82. Pale-billed Woodpecker
83. Lineated Woodpecker
84. Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner
85. Plain Xenops
86. Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
87. Olivaceous Woodcreeper
88. Long-tailed Woodcreeper (which is not the same as Amazonian Long-tailed).
89. Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
90. Northern Barred Woodcreeper
91. Cocoa Woodcreeper
92. Black-striped Woodcreeper
93. Streak-headed Woodcreeper
94. Barred Antshrike
95. Black-hooded Antshrike
96. Russet Antshrike
97. Slaty Antwren
98. Dot-winged Antwren
99. Dusky Antbird
100. Chestnut-backed Antbird
101. Streak-chested Antpitta
102. Black-faced Antthrush
103. Bicolored Antbird
104. Southern Beardless Tyrannulet
105. Yellow Tyrannulet
106. Greenish Elaenia
107. Ochre-bellied Flycatcher
108. Paltry Tyrannulet
109. Northern Bentbill
110. Slate-headed Tody Flycatcher
111. Common Tody Flycatcher
112. Yellow-olive Flycatcher
113. Stub-tailed Spadebill
114. Golden-crowned Spadebill
115. Royal Flycatcher
116. Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher
117. Tropical Pewee
118. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher
119. Bright-rumped Attila
120. Dusky-capped Flycatcher
121. Panama Flycatcher
122. Great-crested Flycatcher
123. Great Kiskadee
124. Social Flycatcher
125. Boat-billed Flycatcher
126. Gray-capped Flycatcher
127. Streaked Flycatcher
128. Thrushlike Schiffornis
129. Rufous Piha
130. Rose-throated Becard
131. White-winged Becard
132. Masked Tityra
133. Black-crowned Tityra
134. Turquoise Cotinga (2 males in a fruiting fig and only the second time I have seen this species in the park!)
135. Yellow-billed Cotinga
136. Orange-collared Manakin
137. Long-tailed Manakin
138. Blue-crowned Manakin
139. Yellow-throated Vireo
140. Philadelphia Vireo
141. Lesser Greenlet
142. Tawny-crowned Greenlet
143. Green Shrike Vireo
144. White-throated Magpie Jay
145. Brown Jay
146. Mangrove Swallow
147. Northern Rough-winged Swallow
148. Barn Swallow
149. Rufous-naped Wren
150. Plain Wren
151. Riverside Wren
152. Black-bellied Wren
153. Rufous-breasted Wren
154. House Wren
155. Scaly-breasted Wren
156. Long-billed Gnatwren
157. Tropical Gnatcatcher
158. Wood Thrush
159. Golden-winged Warbler
160. Tennessee Warbler
161. Yellow Warbler
162. Chestnut-sided Warbler
163. Black and white Warbler
164. Prothonotary Warbler
165. Kentucky Warbler
166. Tropical Parula
167. Northern Waterthrush
168. Gray-crowned Yellowthroat
169. Rufous-capped Wabler
170. Buff-rumped Warbler
171. Gray-headed Tanager
172. White-shouldered Tanager
173. Summer Tanager
174. Cherrie's Tanager
175. Blue-gray Tanager
176. Palm Tanager
177. Bay-headed Tanager
178. Golden-hooded Tanager
179. Blue Dacnis
180. Green Honeycreeper
181. Red-legged Honeycreeper
182. Variable Seedeater
183. Orange-bellied Sparrow
184. Stripe-headed Sparrow
185. Buff-throated Saltator
186. Rose-breasted Grosbeak
187. Blue-black Grosbeak
188. Blue Grosbeak
189. Bronzed Cowbird
190. Orchard Oriole
191. Baltimore Oriole
192. Montezuma Oropendola
193. Scrub Euphonia
194. Yellow-crowned Euphonia
195. Spot-crowned Euphonia
196. Yellow-throated Euphonia
and, from around the house:
197. White-tailed Kite
198. Rock Dove
199. Red-billed Pigeon
200. White-winged Dove
201. Crimson-fronted Parakeet
202. White-collared Swift
203. Vaux's Swift
204. Hoffmann's Woodpecker
205. Yellow-bellied Elaenia
206. Blue and white Swallow
207. Barn Swallow
208. Rufous-naped Wren
209. Clay-colored Thrush
210. Rufous-collared Sparrow
211. Grayish Saltator
212. Melodious Blackbird
213. Great-tailed Grackle