Birds seen during trip to Costa Rica - Oct/Nov 2000
 

 

 

 

 

 

Tropical

Kingbird

Yellow chest. Flycatcher with 'mermaid' tail - web picture

La Quinta de Sarapiqui, Sardinal, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 1

Turkey

Vulture

 web picture

La Quinta de Sarapiqui, Sardinal, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 2

Banded Back

Raven

Leopard Spots -

La Quinta de Sarapiqui, Sardinal, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 3

Crimson Collared

Tanager

Black face, red hood - web picture

La Quinta de Sarapiqui, Sardinal, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 4

Montezuma's

Oropendula

Longish, yellow tail, lt blue eye -

La Quinta de Sarapiqui, Sardinal, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 5

Black Cheeked

Woodpecker

Spotted back, red hood -

La Quinta de Sarapiqui, Sardinal, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 6

Clay Colored

Robin

CR's national bird - web picture

La Quinta de Sarapiqui, Sardinal, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 7

Amazon

Kingfisher

 -

La Quinta de Sarapiqui, Sardinal, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 8

Scarlet Rumped

Tanager

 - web picture

La Quinta de Sarapiqui, Sardinal, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 9

Variable

Seedeater

 Black -

La Quinta de Sarapiqui, Sardinal, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 10

Summer

Tanager

 All red  - web picture

La Quinta de Sarapiqui, Sardinal, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 11

Great

Kiskadee

Yellow & black - web picture

La Quinta de Sarapiqui, Sardinal, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 12

Squirrel

Cuckoo

Large, russet -

La Quinta de Sarapiqui, Sardinal, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 13

Green

Heron

 - web picture

La Quinta de Sarapiqui, Sardinal, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 14

Longtailed

Tyrant

 -

Roadside near Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 15

Rufous-tailed

Jacamar

Green top - web picture

Roadside near Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 16

White Crowned

Parrots

In distant tree - web picture

La Selva Refuge, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 17

Golden Hooded

Tanagers

And chick (on ground with botflies) -

La Selva Refuge, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 18

Slaty tailed

Trogon

Red breast and bill -

La Selva Refuge, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 19

Chestnut Mandibled

Toucan

Yellow throat & upper bill - web picture

La Selva Refuge, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 20

Fiery Billed

Aracari

Orange upper bill -

La Selva Refuge, Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

 2000/10/28 21

Roadside

Hawk

Juvenile - web picture

Roadside near Chachagua, Costa Rica

 2000/10/29 22

Grey-necked

Wood-rail

 - web picture

Roadside near Chachagua, Costa Rica

 2000/10/29 23

Ruby Rumped

Tanager

Black with red back -

Roadside in Alajueja, Costa Rica

 2000/10/30 24

Neotropical

Cormorant

 - web picture

Rio Frio, Cano Negro Reserve, Costa Rica

 2000/10/30 25

 

Anhinga

Like cormorant with tan head & neck, & sharper bill - web picture

Rio Frio, Cano Negro Reserve, Costa Rica

 2000/10/30 26

Black

Vulture

 - web picture

Rio Frio, Cano Negro Reserve, Costa Rica

 2000/10/30 27

Olive Throated

Parakeets

 -

Rio Frio, Cano Negro Reserve, Costa Rica

 2000/10/30 28

Common

Potoo

Owl, rare 

-

Rio Frio, Cano Negro Reserve, Costa Rica

 2000/10/30 29

Wood

Storks

Flying in distance - web picture

Rio Frio, Cano Negro Reserve, Costa Rica

 2000/10/30 30

Crested

Caracara

(bonecrusher) large, yellow neck - web picture

Rio Frio, Cano Negro Reserve, Costa Rica

 2000/10/30 31

Tourquoise Browed

Motmot

Long tail with tuft at end -

Roadside, Guanacaste, Costa Rica

 2000/11/1 32

White-throated Magpie

Jay

Topknot looks like antlers -

Puntarena, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 33

Greenbacked

Heron

 - web picture

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 34

Scarlet

Macaws

Flying in pairs - web picture

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 35

Great Blue

Heron

 - web picture

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 36

Black Hooded

Trogon

Orange breast, long flat tail -

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 37

Roseate

Spoonbills

 - web picture

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 38

Wood

Stork

 - web picture

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 39

White

Ibis

 - web picture

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 40

Mangrove

Swallow

 -

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 41

Little Blue

Heron

 - web picture

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 42

Black Bellied Whistling

Ducks

On shore, then flying - web picture

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 43

Yellow Headed

Caracara

Smaller with yellow body & head -

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 44

Peregrine

Falcon

 - web picture

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 45

White

Ibis

Juvenile & adult -

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 46

Yellow Crowned Night 

Heron

 - web picture

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 47

Snowy

Egret

 - web picture

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 48

Great

Egret

 - web picture

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 49

Cattle

Egret

 - web picture

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 50

Boat Billed

Heron

 - web picture

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 51

Common Mangrove

Hawk

 -

Rio Tarcoles, Punta Leona, Costa Rica

 2000/11/3 52

Magnificent

Frigatebirds

 - web picture

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

 2000/11/4 53

Brown

Pelicans

 - web picture

Puntarenas, Costa Rica

 2000/11/4 54

Social

Flycatcher

Yellow with flat tail end -

Tortuguero Reserve, Costa Rica

 2000/11/6 55

Ringed

Kingfisher

Flying. Reddish breast, white neck band - web picture

Tortuguero Reserve, Costa Rica

 2000/11/7 56

Keel-billed

Toucan

 - web picture

Tortuguero Reserve, Costa Rica

 2000/11/7 57

Tiger

Heron

Grey, smallish - web picture

Tortuguero Reserve, Costa Rica

 2000/11/7 58

Northern

Jacana

(water rooster) - web picture

Tortuguero Reserve, Costa Rica

 2000/11/7 59

Three-wattled

Bellbird

Unique clanging call heard, but bird was not seen - web picture

Tortuguero Reserve, Costa Rica

 2000/11/7 60

Tweety

Bird

Giant yellow head, lisps when talking. - web picture

All parts of San Jose, Costa Rica

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