Since 1996, when we started our bird list, 200 bird species have been recorded. Several famous bird watchers ( Noble S. Proctor PhD, Charlie Gómez, Jim Zook, Richard Garrigues, Pieter Westra and Noel Ureña ... ) have contributed to our list and keep on doing so. Please let us know if you found new species. We'll be pleased to include them in htis list. Thank you.

Family + Common name

Scientific name

Plate

TINAMIDAE
Little Tinamou Crypturellus soui 12-7
PHALACROCORACIDAE

Neotropical Cormorant (formerly known as olivaceous cormorant)

Phalacrocorax brasilianus 4-4
ARDEIDAE
Cattle Egret Bubulcus ibis 5-13
Green Backed Green Heron Butorides virescens 6-2
Little Blue Heron Egretta caerulea 5-9
Great Egret Ardea albus 5-14
Great Blue Heron Ardea herodias 5-6
CATHARTIDAE
Turkey Vulture Cathartes aura 13-3
Black Vulture Coragyps atratus 13-4
THRESKIORNITHIDAE
White Ibis Eudocimus albus 4-8
PANDIONIDAE
Osprey Pandion haliaetus 17-14
ACCIPITRIDAE
Gray-headed Kite Leptodon cayanensis 17-3
Hook-billed Kite Chondrohierax uncinatus 16-9
Swallow-tailed Kite (formerly known as American Swallo-tailed Kite) Elanoides forficatus 15-2
Pearl Kite Gampsonyx swainsonii 15-12
White-tailed Kite Elanus leucurus 17-6
Double-toothed Kite Harpagus bidentatus 16-1
Cooper's Hawk Accipiter cooperii 16-4
Black-chested Hawk Leucopternis princeps 17-1
White Hawk Leucopternis albicollis 17-2
Gray Hawk Asturina nitidus 16-14
Common Black-Hawk Buteogallus anthracinus 13-6
Roadside Hawk Buteo magnirostris 16-12
Broad-winged Hawk Buteo platypterus 16-13
Short-tailed Hawk Buteo brachyurus 16-11
Swainson's Hawk Buteo swainsoni 17-7
White-tailed Hawk Buteo albicaudatus 17-6
Zone-tailed Hawk Buteo albonotatus 13-1
FALCONIDAE
Crested Caracara Polyborus plancus 14-12
Yellow-headed Caracara Milvago chimachima 15-9
Laughing Falcon Herpetotheres cachinnans 15-8
CRACIDAE
Gray-headed Chachalaca Ortalis cinereiceps 12-1
RALLIDAE
Gray-necked Wood-Rail Aramides cajanea 6-13
White-throated Crake Laterallus albigularis 6-9
Purple Gallinule Porphyrula martinica 6-15
SCOLOPACIDAE
Spotted Sandpiper Actitis macularia 11-8
Western Sandpiper Calidris mauri 11-12
COLUMBIDAE
Scaled Pigeon Columba speciosa 18-4
Red-billed Pigeon Columba flavirostris 18-2
Short-billed Pigeon Columba nigrirostris 18-5
Plain-breasted Ground-Dove Columbina minuta 18-9
Ruddy Ground-Dove Columbina talpacoti 18-7
Blue Ground-Dove Claravis pretiosa 18-6
White-tipped Dove Leptotila verreauxi 18-14
PSITTACIDAE
Crimson-fronted Parakeet Aratinga finschi 19-10
Olive-throated Parakeet Aratinga nana 19-11
Sulfur-winged Parakeet Pyrrhura hoffmanni 19-12
Orange-chinned Parakeet Brotogeris jugularis 19-14
Brown-hooded Parrot Pionopsitta haematotis 19-9
White-crowned Parrot Pionus senilis 19-7
CUCULIDAE
Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana 21-7
Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani 21-8
Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia 21-5
STRIGIDAE
Tropical Screech-Owl Otus choliba 20-15
Mottled Owl Ciccaba virgata 20-6
NYCTIBIIDAE
Common Potoo Nyctibius griseus 20-4
CAPRIMULGIDAE
Lesser Nighthawk Chordeiles acutipennis 21-12
Pauraque Nyctidromus albicollis 21-18
APODIDAE
White-collared Swift Streptoprocne zonaris 22-1
Chestnut-collared swift Cypseloides rutilus 22-3
Band-rumped Swift Chaetura spinicauda 22-11
Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift Panyptila cayennensis 22-7
TROCHILIDAE
Little Hermit Phaethornis longuemareus 23-1
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird Phaeochroa cuvierii 23-10
Green-breasted Mango Anthracothorax prevostii 23-13
White-crested coquette Lophornis adorabilis 25-5
Violet-headed Hummingbird Klais guimeti 25-11
Garden Emerald (formerly known as Fork-tailed emerald) Chlorostilbon assimilis 24-13
Beryl-crowned Hummingbird Amazilia decora 24-18
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia edward 24-3
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia tzacatl 24-10
Magnificent Hummingbird Eugenes fulgens 23-16
Long-billed Starthroat Heliomaster longirostris 23-18
TROGONIDAE
Violaceous Trogon Trogon violaceus 26-8
ALCEDINIDAE
Ringed Kingfisher Ceryle torquata 27-1
Amazon Kingfisher Chloroceryle amazona 27-4
Green Kingfisher Chloroceryle americana 27-5
MOMOTIDAE
Blue-crowned Motmot Momotus momota 27-8
RAMPHASTIDAE
Fiery-billed Aracari Pteroglossus frantzii 27-16
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan Ramphastos swainsonii 27-19
PICIDAE
Olivaceous Piculet Picumnus olivaceus 29-1
Yellow-bellied Sapsucker Sphyrapicus varius 28-20
Hoffmann's Woodpecker Melanerpes hoffmannii 28-16
Red-crowned Woodpecker Melanerpes rubricapillus 28-17
Lineated Woodpecker Dryocopus lineatus 27-13
DENDROCOLAPTIDAE
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Glyphorhynchus spirurus 29-6
Black-striped Woodcreeper Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus 29-16
Streak-headed Woodcreeper Lepidocolaptes souleyetii 29-8
Black-banded Woodcreeper Dendrocolaptes picumnus 29-15
FURNARIIDAE
Pale-breasted Spinetail Synallaxis albescens 32-11
Slaty Spinetail Synallaxis brachyura 32-9
Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner Automolus ochrolaemus 30-3
THAMNOPHILIDAE
Great antshrike Taraba major 31-2
Barred antshrike Thamnophilus doliatus 31-3
Black-hooded antshrike Thamnophilus bridgesi 31-6
TITYRIDAE
White-winged Becard Pachyramphus polychopterus 33-13
Masked Tityra Tityra semifasciata 34-1
Black-crowned Tityra Tityra inquisitor 34-2
COTINGIDAE
Turquoise Cotinga Cotinga ridgwayi 34-5
PIPRIDAE
Red-capped Manakin Pipra mentalis 33-6
White-ruffed Manakin Corapipo leucorrhoa 33-9
Orange-collared Manakin Manacus aurantiacus 33-2
TYRANNIDAE
Black Phoebe Sayornis nigricans 36-5
Scissor-tailed Tyrant Tyrannus forficatus 35-5
Fork-tailed Flycatcher Tyrannus savana 35-4
Eastern Kingbird Tyrannus tyrannus 35-3
Tropical Kingbird Tyrannus melancholicus 35-1
Piratic Flycatcher Legatus leucophaius 35-8
Boat-billed Flycatcher Megarhynchus pitangua 35-12
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher Myiodynastes luteiventris 35-10
Streaked Flycatcher Myiodynastes maculatus 35-11
Gray-capped Flycatcher Myiozetetes granadensis 35-15
Social Flycatcher Myiozetetes similis 35-14
Great Kiskadee Pitangus sulphuratus 35-13
Dusky-capped Flycatcher Myiarchus tuberculifer 35-21
Tropical Pewee Contopus cinereus 36-9
Yellow-bellied Flycatcher Empidonax flaviventris 36-20
Bran-colored Flycatcher Myiophobus fasciatus 36-17
Yellow-olive Flycatcher Tolmomyias sulphurescens 37-16
Common Tody-Flycatcher Todirostrum cinereum 37-7
Yellow Tyrannulet Capsiempis flaveola 37-11
Torrent Tyrannulet Serpophaga cinerea 36-1
Yellow-bellied Eleania Elaenia flavogaster 37-26
Lesser Eleania Elaenia chiriquensis 37-25
Mountain Eleania Elaenia frantzii 37-24
Greenish Eleania Myipagis viridicata 37-21
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet Camptostoma obsoletum 37-20
Mistletoe Tyrannulet Zimmerius vilissimus 37-10
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet Tyrannulus elatus 37-15
Ochre-bellied Flycatcher Mionectes oleagineus 36-25
HIRUNDINIDAE
Gray-breasted Martin Progne chalybea 22-15
Barn Swallow Hirundo rustica 22-12
Cliff Swallow Petrochelidon pyrrhonota 22-13
Southern Rough-winged Swallow Stelgidopteryx ruficollis 22-19
Blue-and-white Swallow Notiochelidon cyanoleuca 22-20
CORVIDAE
Brown Jay Cyanocorax morio 39-19
TROGLODYTIDAE
Plain Wren Thryothorus modestus 38-17
Riverside Wren Thryothorus semibadius 38-10
Rufous-breasted Wren Thryothorus rutilus 38-8
House Wren Troglodytes aedon 38-18
TURDIDAE
Clay-colored Robin Turdus grayi 39-8
Swainson's Thrush Catharus ustulatus 39-2
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Catharus aurantiirostris 38-26
SYLVIIDAE
Tropical Gnatcatcher Polioptila plumbea 41-2
VIREONIDAE
Rufous-browed Peppershrike Cyclarhis gujanensis 40-2
Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo flavifrons 40-6
Yellow-green Vireo Vireo flavoviridis 40-5
Philadelphia Vireo Vireo philadelphicus 40-15
Scrub Greenlet Hylophilus flavipes 40-8
Lesser Greenlet Hylophilus decurtatus 40-7
COEREBIDAE
Bananaquit Coereba flaveola 40-24
PARULIDAE
Black-and-white Warbler Mniotilta varia 41-13
Prothonotary Warbler Protonotaria citrea 42-1
Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Geothlypis semiflava 42-13
Golden-winged Warbler Vermivora chrysoptera 41-5
Tennessee Warbler Vermivora peregrina 40-22
Yellow Warbler Dendroica petechia 42-2
Black-throated Blue Warbler Dendroica caerulescens 43-1
Blackburnian Warbler Dendroica fusca 41-8
Chestnut-sided Warbler Dendroica pensylvanica 43-4
Louisiana Waterthrush Seiurus motacilla 43-13
Kentucky Warbler Oporornis formosus 42-15
Mourning Warbler Oporornis philadelphia 42-14
Wilson's Warbler Wilsonia pusilla 42-4
Rufous-capped Warbler Basileuterus rufifrons 40-16
Golden-crowned Warbler Basileuterus culicivorus 40-18
Buff-rumped Warbler Phaeothlypis fulvicauda 40-23
ICTERIDAE
Bronzed Cowbird Molothrus aeneus 44-15
Great-tailed Grackle Quiscalus mexicanus 44-16
Orchard Oriole Icterus spurius 44-6
Baltimore Oriole Icterus galbula 44-7
Red-breasted Blackbird Sturnella militaris 44-13
THRAUPIDAE
Elegant Euphonia (formerly known as blue-hooded euphonia) Euphonia elegantissima 45-9
Yellow-crowned Euphonia Euphonia luteicapilla 45-1
Spangle-cheeked Tanager Tangara dowii 46-12
Green Honeycreeper Chlorophanes spiza 46-7
Red-legged Honeycreeper Cyanerpes cyaneus 46-2
Shining Honeycreeper Cyanerpes lucidus 46-1
Blue Dacnis Dacnis cayana 46-3
Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Dacnis venusta 47-4
Blue-gray Tanager Thraupis episcopus 46-15
Palm Tanager Thraupis palmarum 45-19
Speckled Tanager Tangara guttata 46-8
Silver-throated Tanager Tangara icterocephala 46-6
Golden-hooded Tanager Tangara larvata 46-13
Bay-headed Tanager Tangara gyrola 46-9
Cherrie's Tanager (formerly known as scarlet-rumped tanager Ramphocelus costaricensis 47-4
Summer Tanager Piranga rubra 47-5
Hepatic Tanager Piranga flava 47-6
Scarlet Tanager Piranga olivacea 47-8
Western Tanager Piranga ludoviciana 47-2
EMBERIZIDAE
Buff-throated Saltator Saltator maximus 48-2
Streaked Saltator Saltator albicollis 48-3
Rose-breasted Grosbeak Pheucticus ludovicianus 48-8
Blue-black Grosbeak Cyanocompsa cyanoides 48-10
Indigo Bunting Passerina cyanea 48-12
Yellow-faced Grassquit Tiaris olivacea 49-6
Variable Seedeater Sporophila aurita 49-3
Yellow-bellied Seedeater Sporophila nigricollis 49-4
Blue-black Grassquit Volatinia jacarina 48-10
Orange-billed Sparrow Arremon aurantiirostris 48-17
Stripe-headed Brush-finch (formerly known as Black-headed Brush- finch) Buarremon torquatus 48-14
Rufous-collared sparow Zonotrichia capensis 50-13
Black-striped sparow Arremonops conirostris 50-14