Costa Rica is probably the best place on earth for
birdwatching. There are more types of birds in Costa Rica than in all
of North America. On a recent tour of Costa Rica, led by California Native
guide Lynn Reinecke, the group compiled a list of birds they sighted:
- Great Blue Heron
- Snowy Egret
- Olivaceaous Cormorant
- Mangrove Swallow
- Roseatte Spoonbill
- Anhinga (Snakebird)
- Northern Jacana
- Royal Terns
- Masked Ducks
- Black Vultures
- Amazon Kingfisher
- Green Heron
- Bare Throated Tiger Heron
- Green Ibis
- Magnificent Frigatebird
- Great Egret
- Red Lored Parrot
- Olive Throated Parakeet
- Orange Chinned Parakeet
- Great Egret
- Slatey Tailed Trogon
- Collared Aracari
- Fiery Aracari
- Keel Billed Toucan
- Chestnut Mandibled Toucan
- Montezuma Oropendula
- Yellow Crowned Night Heron
- Green Kingfisher
- Spotted Sandpiper
- Brown Pelican
- Cattle Egret
- Willet
- Turkey Vulture
- Crested Caracara
- Black Shouldered Kite
- American Kestrel
- Black and White Hawk Eagle
- Scarlet Macaw
- Crested Owl
- Baird's Trogon
- Ringed Kingfisher
- Blue Crowned Mot-Mot
- Pale-billed Woodpecker
- Linneated Woodpecker
- Golden Naped Woodpecker
- Ruddy Foliage Gleaner
- Scissor-Tailed Flycatcher
- Yellow-breasted Flycatchers
- Squirrel Cuckoo
- Long-tailed Tyrant
- Clay Colored Robin
- Mountain Robin
- Three Striped Warbler
- Collared Redstart
- Black Cowled Oriole
- Great tailed Grackle
- Red Legged Honeycreeper
- Blue-Gray Tanager
- Scarlet-Rumped Tanager
- Buff-Throated Saltator
- Orange-Billed Sparrow
- Yellow Thighed Finch
- Resplendent Quetzal
- Groove Billed Ani
- Violet Saberwing Hummingbird
- Green Violet-Ear Hummingbird
- Green Crowned Brilliant Hummingbird
- Purple-Throated Mountain Gem Hummingbird
- AND OTHERS...
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