Birds of Highland Areas of Costa Rica

Birds of Volcano Poás, Cerro de la Muerte, and montane levels of Braulio Carillo National Park, Tapantí National Park, and Finca Chacon in San Gerardo de Dota. Areas generally above 5000' elevation. This list is derived from 21 Henderson birding tours from 1987 through 2006. An asterisk is shown for each year that a species was encountered, out of a total of 21 trips. List updated February 9, 2006.

Highland tinamou*
Great blue heron**
Cattle egret*****
Great egret*
Black vulture***** ***** ****
Turkey vulture***** ***** *****
Swallow-tailed kite***** ***
Hook-billed kite*
Red-tailed hawk***** ***** *****
Broad-winged hawk***** ***** **
Short-tailed hawk*
Black hawk-eagle***
Ornate hawk-eagle****
Cooper's hawk*
Sharp-shinned hawk*
Bicolored hawk**
Barred forest-falcon***
Peregrine falcon*
American kestrel*
Merlin**
Osprey*
Black guan***** ****
Spotted sandpiper**
White-tipped dove*****
Rock dove***** *
Band-tailed pigeon***** ***** ***** **
Red-billed pigeon***
Short-billed pigeon*
Ruddy pigeon***** ***** *****
Maroon-chested ground-dove**
Sulphur-winged parakeet***** ***** **
Barred parakeet*****
Groove-billed ani**
Squirrel cuckoo*
Bare-shanked screech-owl**
Costa Rican pygmy-owl***** ***
Mottled owl***
Duskynightjar***** **
Rufous nightjar*
White-collared swift***** *
Vaux's swift***** ***
White-necked jacobin*
Green-crowned brilliant*
Coppery-headed emerald*
Brown violetear**
Green violetear***** ***** ***** *
Violet sabrewing**
Fiery-throated hummingbird***** ***** ***** **
Gray-tailed mountaingem***** ***** *****
Green-fronted lancebill**
Purple-throated mountaingem****
Magnificent hummingbird***** ***** ***** *****
Volcano hummingbird***** ***** ***** *
Scintillant hummingbird***** ***** ***** *
White-bellied mountaingem**
Rufous-tailed hummingbird**
Black-bellied hummingbird**
Stripe-tailed hummingbird*
Resplendent quetzal***** ***** ***** **
Collared trogon***** ***** **
Belted kingfisher*
Red-headed barbet***
Prong-billed barbet****
Emerald toucanet***** ***** ***
Golden-olive woodpecker**
Acorn woodpecker***** ***** ***** **
Hairy woodpecker***** ****
Yellow-bellied sapsucker*
Spot-crowned woodcreeper***** ***** ***** *
Wedge-billed woodcreeper*
Red-faced spinetail*
Ruddy treerunner***** ***** ***** **
Spotted barbtail**
Buffy tuftedcheek***** **
Scaly foliage-gleaner*
Buff-fronted foliage-gleaner**
Streak-breasted treehunter*
Silvery-fronted tapaculo***** ****
Barred becard****
Torrent tyrannulet***** ***** *****
Gray-capped flycatcher*
Dark pewee***** ***** ****
Ochraceous pewee***** **
Black phoebe***** ***** ****
Dusky-capped flycatcher**
Olive-striped flycatcher****
Paltry(mistletoe) tyrannulet***** ***** *
Boat-billed flycatcher***** ***
Golden-bellied flycatcher***
Social flycatcher***
Yellow-bellied flycatcher*
Tropical kingbird***** ***** ***
Yellowishflycatcher***** ***** *
Great kiskadee**
Black-capped flycatcher***** ***** ***** ***
Tufted flycatcher***** ***** ***** ***
Scale-crested pygmy-tyrant*
Mountain elaenia***** ***** ***** ****
Yellow-bellied elaenia*
Rufous mourner*
Blue-and-white swallow***** ***** ***** ***
Brown jay**
Silvery-throated jay***
Azure-hooded jay*
American dipper***** ***
House wren***** ***** *
Ochraceous wren***** ***** *****
Timberline wren***** ***** ***
Gray-breasted wood-wren***** ***** *****
Clay-colored robin***** ***** **
Mountain robin***** ***** ***** *****
Sooty robin***** ***** ***** *****
Black-faced solitaire***** ***** ***** *
Ruddy-capped nightingale-thrush***** ***** ****
Black-billed nightingale-thrush***** ***** ***** ****
Long-tailed silky-flycatcher***** ***** ***** **
Cedar waxwing*
Black-and-yellow silky-flycatcher***** ***** ***
Orange-billed nightingale-thrush*
Yellow-winged vireo***** ***** ****
Red-eyed vireo**
Brown-capped vireo***** *
Philadelphia vireo***** ***
Slaty flower-piercer***** ***** ***** *****
Rufous-browed peppershrike***** ***** *
Tropicalparula*****
Black-and-white warbler***** *****
Tennessee warbler***** ***** ***
Flame-throated warbler***** ***** ***** ***
Black-throated green-warbler***** ***** ***** ***
Blackburnian warbler****
Golden-winged warbler**
Chestnut-sided warbler****
Louisiana waterthrush**
Wilson's warbler***** ***** ***** ****
Collared redstart***** **** ***** *
Black-cheeked warbler***** ***** ****
Wrenthrush/ Zeledonia***** ***
Townsend's warbler*
Rufous-capped warbler*
Slate-throated redstart****
Baltimore oriole***** *****
Bullock's oriole*
Yellow-crowned euphonia**
Blue-gray tanager***** *
Hepatic tanager**
Summer tanager**
Western tanager*
Silver-throated tanager****
Golden-browed chlorophonia***** ***** ***
Spangle-cheeked tanager***** ***** *
Blue-and-gold tanager*
Flame-colored tanager***** ***** ****
White-shouldered tanager*
Black-and-yellow tanager**
Common bush-tanager***** ***** **
Sooty-capped bush-tanager***** ***** ***** ****
Crimson-collared tanager*
Bananaquit**
Black-thighed grosbeak***** ****
Grayish saltator*
Rose-breasted grosbeak***** *
Yellow-bellied siskin***** ***** **
Peg-billed finch***** **
Large-footed finch***** ***** ***
Yellow-thighed finch***** ***** ***** ****
Yellow-throated brush-finch****
Chestnut-capped brush-finch**
Volcano junco***** *****
Rufous-collared sparrow***** ***** ***** *****
House sparrow*
Slaty finch*
Orange-billed sparrow*
Yellow-faced grassquit***** ****
Great-tailed grackle*
Yellow-billed cacique*
Lesser goldfinch**