Birds seen or heard on the tour
(329 species)
TINAMOUS
(TINAMIFORMES TINAMIDAE)
Great Tinamou (Tinamus major) (H.O.)
Little Tinamou (Crypturellus soui) (H.O.)
DUCKS,
GEESE, AND WATERFOWL (ANSERIFORMES ANATIDAE)
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck (Dendrocygna autumnalis)
Blue-winged Teal (Anas discors)
GUANS,
CHACHALACAS, AND CURASSOWS (GALLIFORMES CRACIDAE)
Gray-headed Chachalaca (Ortalis cinereiceps)
Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor)
NEW
WORLD QUAIL (GALLIFORMES ODONTOPHORIDAE)
Spotted Wood-Quail (Odontophorus guttatus) (H.O.)
GREBES
(PODICIPEDIFORMES PODICIPEDIDAE)
Pied-billed Grebe (Podilymbus podiceps)
PELICANS
(PELECANIFORMES PELECANIDAE)
Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
CORMORANTS
AND SHAGS (PELECANIFORMES PHALACROCORACIDAE)
Neotropic Cormorant (Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
ANHINGAS
(PELECANIFORMES ANHINGIDAE)
Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
FRIGATEBIRDS
(PELECANIFORMES FREGATIDAE)
Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
HERONS,
EGRETS, AND BITTERNS (CICONIIFORMES ARDEIDAE)
Rufescent Tiger-Heron (Tigrisoma lineatum)
Great Blue Heron (Ardea herodias)
Great Egret (Ardea alba)
Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
Tricolored Heron (Egretta tricolor)
Cattle Egret (Bubulcus ibis)
Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
Black-crowned Night-Heron (Nycticorax nycticorax)
Yellow-crowned Night-Heron (Nyctanassa violacea)
Boat-billed Heron (Cochlearius cochlearius)
STORKS
(CICONIIFORMES CICONIIDAE)
Wood Stork (Mycteria americana)
NEW
WORLD VULTURES (FALCONIFORMES CATHARTIDAE)
Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus)
Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa)
OSPREY
(FALCONIFORMES PANDIONIDAE)
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus)
HAWKS,
EAGLES, AND KITES (FALCONIFORMES ACCIPITRIDAE)
Gray-headed Kite (Leptodon cayanensis)
Swallow-tailed Kite (Elanoides forficatus)
Pearl Kite (Gampsonyx swainsonii)
Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis)
Double-toothed Kite (Harpagus bidentatus)
Plumbeous Hawk (Leucopternis plumbeus)
Semiplumbeous Hawk (Leucopternis semiplumbeus)
White Hawk (Leucopternis albicollis)
Mangrove Black-Hawk (Buteogallus subtilis) (often considered
a subspecies of Common Black-Hawk)
Great Black-Hawk (Buteogallus urubitinga)
Roadside Hawk (Buteo magnirostris)
Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
Gray Hawk (Buteo nitidus)
Short-tailed Hawk (Buteo brachyurus)
Swainson's Hawk (Buteo swainsoni)
Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis)
FALCONS
AND CARACARAS (FALCONIFORMES FALCONIDAE)
Collared Forest-Falcon (Micrastur semitorquatus) (H.O.)
Crested Caracara (Caracara cheriway)
Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)
Bat Falcon (Falco rufigularis)
Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus)
RAILS,
GALLINULES, AND COOTS (GRUIFORMES RALLIDAE)
White-throated Crake (Laterallus albigularis)
Gray-necked Wood-Rail (Aramides cajanea)
Purple Gallinule (Porphyrio martinica)
Common Moorhen (Gallinula chloropus)
PLOVERS
AND LAPWINGS (CHARADRIIFORMES CHARADRIIDAE)
Southern Lapwing (Vanellus chilensis)
Black-bellied Plover (Pluvialis squatarola)
Wilson's Plover (Charadrius wilsonia)
Semipalmated Plover (Charadrius semipalmatus)
STILTS
AND AVOCETS (CHARADRIIFORMES RECURVIROSTRIDAE)
Black-necked Stilt (Himantopus mexicanus)
JACANAS
(CHARADRIIFORMES JACANIDAE)
Northern Jacana (Jacana spinosa)
Wattled Jacana (Jacana jacana)
SANDPIPERS
AND ALLIES (CHARADRIIFORMES SCOLOPACIDAE)
Spotted Sandpiper (Actitis macularius)
Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
Greater Yellowlegs (Tringa melanoleuca)
Willet (Tringa semipalmata)
Lesser Yellowlegs (Tringa flavipes)
Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
Western Sandpiper (Calidris mauri)
Least Sandpiper (Calidris minutilla)
Short-billed Dowitcher (Limnodromus griseus)
GULLS
(CHARADRIIFORMES LARIDAE: LARINAE)
Laughing Gull (Leucophaeus atricilla)
Lesser Black-backed Gull (Larus fuscus)
TERNS
(CHARADRIIFORMES LARIDAE: STERNINAE)
Gull-billed Tern (Gelochelidon nilotica)
PIGEONS
AND DOVES (COLUMBIFORMES COLUMBIDAE)
Rock Pigeon (Columba livia)
Pale-vented Pigeon (Patagioenas cayennensis)
Scaled Pigeon (Patagioenas speciosa)
Band-tailed Pigeon (Patagioenas fasciata)
Ruddy Pigeon (Patagioenas subvinacea)
Short-billed Pigeon (Patagioenas nigrirostris) (H.O.)
Plain-breasted Ground-Dove (Columbina minuta)
Ruddy Ground-Dove (Columbina talpacoti)
White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
PARROTS
(PSITTACIFORMES PSITTACIDAE)
Sulphur-winged Parakeet (Pyrrhura hoffmanni)
Brown-throated Parakeet (Aratinga pertinax)
Orange-chinned Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)
Brown-hooded Parrot (Pyrilia haematotis)
Blue-headed Parrot (Pionus menstruus)
White-crowned Parrot (Pionus senilis)
Red-lored Amazon (Amazona autumnalis) (also known as Red-lored
Parrot)
Mealy Amazon (Amazona farinosa) (also known as Mealy Parrot)
Yellow-crowned Amazon (Amazona ochrocephala) (also known
as Yellow-crowned Parrot)
CUCKOOS
(CUCULIFORMES CUCULIDAE)
Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
Greater Ani (Crotophaga major)
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
OWLS
(STRIGIFORMES STRIGIDAE)
Central American Pygmy-Owl (Glaucidium griseiceps) (H.O.)
Mottled Owl (Ciccaba virgata) (H.O.)
NIGHTJARS
AND ALLIES (CAPRIMULGIFORMES CAPRIMULGIDAE)
Pauraque (Nyctidromus albicollis) (H.O.)
POTOOS
(CAPRIMULGIFORMES NYCTIBIIDAE)
Common Potoo (Nyctibius griseus)
SWIFTS
(APODIFORMES APODIDAE)
White-collared Swift (Streptoprocne zonaris)
Short-tailed Swift (Chaetura brachyura)
Gray-rumped Swift (Chaetura cinereiventris)
HUMMINGBIRDS
(APODIFORMES TROCHILIDAE)
Long-tailed Hermit (Phaethornis superciliosus)(often called
Long-billed Hermit)
Little Hermit (Phaethornis longuemareus) (often called Stripped-throated
Hermit)
Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (Phaeochroa cuvierii)
Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus)
White-necked Jacobin (Florisuga mellivora)
Green Violetear (Colibri thalassinus)
Black-throated Mango (Anthracothorax nigricollis)
Violet-headed Hummingbird (Klais guimeti)
Rufous-crested Coquette (Lophornis delattrei)
Garden Emerald (Chlorostilbon assimilis)
Violet-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania colombica)
Green-crowned Woodnymph (Thalurania fannyi)
Violet-bellied Hummingbird (Damophila julie)
Sapphire-throated Hummingbird (Lepidopyga coeruleogularis)
Violet-capped Hummingbird (Goldmania violiceps)
Blue-chested Hummingbird (Amazilia amabilis)
Charming Hummingbird (Amazilia decora)
Snowy-bellied Hummingbird (Amazilia edward)
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird (Eupherusa eximia)
White-tailed Emerald (Elvira chionura)
White-vented Plumeleteer (Chalybura buffonii)
White-bellied Mountian-gem (Lamporis hemileucus)
White-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis castaneoventris)
Magnificent Hummingbird (Eugenes fulgens)
Ruby-throated Hummingbird (Archilochus colubris)
Volcano Hummingbird (Selasphorus flammula)
Scintillant Hummingbird (Selasphorus scintilla)
TROGONS
(TROGONIFORMES TROGONIDAE)
Violaceous Trogon (Trogon violaceus)
Collared Trogon (Trogon collaris)
Orange-bellied Trogon (Trogon aurantiiventris)
Black-throated Trogon (Trogon rufus)
Slaty-tailed Trogon (Trogon massena)
Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)
MOTMOTS
(CORACIIFORMES MOMOTIDAE)
Blue-crowned Motmot (Momotus momota)
KINGFISHERS
(CORACIIFORMES ALCEDINIDAE)
Ringed Kingfisher (Megaceryle torquata)
Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
Green Kingfisher (Chloroceryle americana)
American Pygmy Kingfisher (Chloroceryle aenea)
PUFFBIRDS
(GALBULIFORMES BUCCONIDAE)
Black-breasted Puffbird (Notharchus pectoralis) (H.O.)
NEW
WORLD BARBETS (PICIFORMES CAPITONIDAE)
Red-headed Barbet (Eubucco bourcierii)
TOUCAN-BARBETS
(PICIFORMES SEMNORNITHIDAE)
Prong-billed Barbet (Semnornis frantzii)
TOUCANS
(PICIFORMES RAMPHASTIDAE)
Emerald Toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus)
Collared Aracari (Pteroglossus torquatus)
Fiery-billed Aracari (Pteroglossus frantzii)
Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (Ramphastos swainsonii)
Keel-billed Toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus)
WOODPECKERS
(PICIFORMES PICIDAE)
Olivaceous Piculet (Picumnus olivaceus)
Acorn Woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus)
Red-crowned Woodpecker (Melanerpes rubricapillus)
Hairy Woodpecker (Picoides villosus)
Golden-olive Woodpecker (Colaptes rubiginosus)
Cinnamon Woodpecker (Celeus loricatus)
Lineated Woodpecker (Dryocopus lineatus)
OVENBIRDS
AND WOODCREEPERS (PASSERIFORMES FURNARIIDAE)
Pale-breasted Spinetail (Synallaxis albescens)
Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops)
Ruddy Treerunner (Margarornis rubiginosus)
Plain Xenops (Xenops minutus)
Plain-brown Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla fuliginosa)
Ruddy Woodcreeper (Dendrocincla homochroa)
Northern Barred-Woodcreeper (Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae)
Straight-billed Woodcreeper (Dendroplex picus)
Cocoa Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus susurrans)
Black-striped Woodcreeper (Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus)
Streak-headed Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes souleyetii)
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper (Lepidocolaptes affinis)
TYPICAL
ANTBIRDS (PASSERIFORMES THAMNOPHILIDAE)
Fasciated Antshrike (Cymbilaimus lineatus)
Barred Antshrike (Thamnophilus doliatus) (H.O.)
Western Slaty-Antshrike (Thamnophilus atrinucha)
Checker-throated Antwren (Epinecrophylla fulviventris)
White-flanked Antwren (Myrmotherula axillaris)
Dot-winged Antwren (Microrhopias quixensis)
Dusky Antbird (Cercomacra tyrannina)
Chestnut-backed Antbird (Myrmeciza exsul)
Bicolored Antbird (Gymnopithys leucaspis)
Ocellated Antbird (Phaenostictus mcleannani)
ANTTHRUSHES
(PASSERIFORMES FORMICARIIDAE)
Black-faced Antthrush (Formicarius analis) (H.O.)
TAPACULOS
(PASSERIFORMES RHINOCRYPTIDAE)
Silvery-fronted Tapaculo (Scytalopus argentifrons)
TYRANT
FLYCATCHERS (PASSERIFORMES TYRANNIDAE)
Brown-capped Tyrannulet (Ornithion brunneicapillus)
Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet (Camptostoma obsoletum)
Yellow Tyrannulet (Capsiempis flaveola)
Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet (Tyrannulus elatus)
Gray Elaenia (Myiopagis caniceps)
Yellow-bellied Elaenia (Elaenia flavogaster)
Lesser Elaenia (Elaenia chiriquensis)
Olive-striped Flycatcher (Mionectes olivaceus)
Sepia-capped Flycatcher (Leptopogon amaurocephalus)
Paltry Tyrannulet (Zimmerius vilissimus)
Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant (Lophotriccus pileatus)
Southern Bentbill (Oncostoma olivaceum)
Common Tody-Flycatcher (Todirostrum cinereum)
Yellow-margined Flycatcher (Tolmomyias assimilis)
Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher (Terenotriccus erythrurus)
Tufted Flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus)
Dark Pewee (Contopus lugubris)
Eastern Wood-Pewee (Contopus virens) (H.O.)
Yellowish Flycatcher (Empidonax flavescens)
Black Phoebe (Sayornis nigricans)
Bright-rumped Attila (Attila spadiceus) (H.O.)
Dusky-capped Flycatcher (Myiarchus tuberculifer)
Panama Flycatcher (Myiarchus panamensis)
Great Crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
Lesser Kiskadee (Pitangus lictor)
Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
Boat-billed Flycatcher (Megarynchus pitangua)
Rusty-margined Flycatcher (Myiozetetes cayanensis)
Social Flycatcher (Myiozetetes similis)
Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus)
Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (Myiodynastes luteiventris)
Piratic Flycatcher (Legatus leucophaius)
Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus)
Fork-tailed Flycatcher (Tyrannus savana)
COTINGAS
(PASSERIFORMES COTINGIDAE)
Blue Cotinga (Cotinga nattererii)
Three-wattled Bellbird (Procnias tricarunculatus)
Purple-throated Fruitcrow (Querula purpurata)
MANAKINS
(PASSERIFORMES PIPRIDAE)
Blue-crowned Manakin (Lepidothrix coronata)
Lance-tailed Manakin (Chiroxiphia lanceolata)
TITYRAS
AND ALLIES (PASSERIFORMES TITYRIDAE)
Masked Tityra (Tityra semifasciata)
Cinnamon Becard (Pachyramphus cinnamomeus)
White-winged Becard (Pachyramphus polychopterus)
VIREOS
(PASSERIFORMES VIREONIDAE)
Yellow-winged Vireo (Vireo carmioli)
Yellow-green Vireo (Vireo flavoviridis)
Scrub Greenlet (Hylophilus flavipes)
Golden-fronted Greenlet (Hylophilus aurantiifrons)
Green Shrike-Vireo (Vireolanius pulchellus) (H.O.)
Rufous-browed Peppershrike (Cyclarhis gujanensis)
SWALLOWS
(PASSERIFORMES HIRUNDINIDAE)
Blue-and-white Swallow (Pygochelidon cyanoleuca)
Northern Rough-winged Swallow (Stelgidopteryx serripennis)
Gray-breasted Martin (Progne chalybea)
Mangrove Swallow (Tachycineta albilinea)
Barn Swallow (Hirundo rustica)
Cliff Swallow (Petrochelidon pyrrhonota)
WRENS
(PASSERIFORMES TROGLODYTIDAE)
Black-bellied Wren (Thryothorus fasciatoventris) (H.O.)
Bay Wren (Thryothorus nigricapillus) (H.O.)
Rufous-breasted Wren (Thryothorus rutilus)
Rufous-and-white Wren (Thryothorus rufalbus) (H.O.)
Plain Wren (Thryothorus modestus)
House Wren (Troglodytes aedon)
White-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucosticta) (H.O.)
Gray-breasted Wood-Wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
Song Wren (Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus)
GNATCATCHERS
(PASSERIFORMES POLIOPTILIDAE)
Long-billed Gnatwren (Ramphocaenus melanurus)(H.O.)
Tropical Gnatcatcher (Polioptila plumbea)
THRUSHES
AND ALLIES (PASSERIFORMES TURDIDAE)
Black-faced Solitaire (Myadestes melanops) (H.O.)
Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus aurantiirostris)
(H.O.)
Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush (Catharus frantzii)
Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina) (H.O.)
Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
White-throated Thrush (Turdus assimilis)
NEW
WORLD WARBLERS (PASSERIFORMES PARULIDAE)
Tennessee Warbler (Vermivora peregrina)
Flame-throated Warbler (Parula gutturalis)
Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia)
Mangrove Warbler (Dendroica erithachorides) (often considered
a subspecies of Yellow Warbler)
Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroica pensylvanica)
Black-throated Green Warbler (Dendroica virens)
Blackburnian Warbler (Dendroica fusca)
Bay-breasted Warbler (Dendroica castanea)
Black-and-white Warbler (Mniotilta varia)
Prothonotary Warbler (Protonotaria citrea)
Northern Waterthrush (Seiurus noveboracensis)
Mourning Warbler (Oporornis philadelphia)
Wilson's Warbler (Wilsonia pusilla)
Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
Collared Redstart (Myioborus torquatus)
Rufous-capped Warbler (Basileuterus rufifrons)
Black-cheeked Warbler (Basileuterus melanogenys)
Buff-rumped Warbler (Phaeothlypis fulvicauda)
BANANAQUIT
(PASSERIFORMES COEREBIDAE)
Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
TANAGERS
AND ALLIES (PASSERIFORMES THRAUPIDAE)
Common Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus ophthalmicus)
Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager (Chlorospingus pileatus)
Rosy Thrush-Tanager (Rhodinocichla rosea)
Olive Tanager (Chlorothraupis carmioli)(also known as Carmiol's
Tanager)
Gray-headed Tanager (Eucometis penicillata)
White-shouldered Tanager (Tachyphonus luctuosus)
Red-crowned Ant-Tanager (Habia rubica)
Hepatic Tanager (Piranga flava) (H.O.)
Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
Flame-colored Tanager (Piranga bidentata)
White-winged Tanager (Piranga leucoptera)
Crimson-collared Tanager (Ramphocelus sanguinolentus)
Crimson-backed Tanager (Ramphocelus dimidiatus)
Cherrie's Tanager (Ramphocelus costaricensis)
Flame-rumped Tanager (Ramphocelus flammigerus)
Blue-gray Tanager (Thraupis episcopus)
Palm Tanager (Thraupis palmarum)
Plain-colored Tanager (Tangara inornata)
Silver-throated Tanager (Tangara icterocephala)
Bay-headed Tanager (Tangara gyrola)
Golden-hooded Tanager (Tangara larvata)
Blue Dacnis (Dacnis cayana)
Green Honeycreeper (Chlorophanes spiza)
Red-legged Honeycreeper (Cyanerpes cyaneus)
BUNTINGS,SPARROWS,SEEDEATERS,ALLIES
(PASSERIFORMES EMBERIZIDAE)
Blue-black Grassquit (Volatinia jacarina)
Variable Seedeater (Sporophila corvina)
Yellow-bellied Seedeater (Sporophila nigricollis)
Ruddy-breasted Seedeater (Sporophila minuta)
Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch (Oryzoborus angolensis) (also
known as Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch)
Yellow-faced Grassquit (Tiaris olivaceus)
Slaty Flowerpiercer (Diglossa plumbea)
Saffron Finch (Sicalis flaveola)
Yellow-thighed Finch (Pselliophorus tibialis)
Yellow-throated Brush-Finch (Atlapetes albinucha) (also
known as White-naped Brush-Finch)
Lesser Seed Finch (Arremon brunneinucha) (also known as
Chestnut-capped Seed-Finch)
Black-striped Sparrow (Arremonops conirostris)
Rufous-collared Sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
SALTATORS,
CARDINALS, AND ALLIES (PASSERIFORMES CARDINALIDAE)
Streaked Saltator (Saltator striatipectus)
Buff-throated Saltator (Saltator maximus)
Slate-colored Grosbeak (Saltator grossus)
Rose-breasted Grosbeak (Pheucticus ludovicianus)
Blue-black Grosbeak (Cyanocompsa cyanoides)
Indigo Bunting (Passerina cyanea)
TROUPIALS
AND ALLIES (PASSERIFORMES ICTERIDAE)
Great-tailed Grackle (Quiscalus mexicanus)
Bronzed Cowbird (Molothrus aeneus)
Black-cowled Oriole (Icterus prosthemelas)
Baltimore Oriole (Icterus galbula)
Scarlet-rumped Cacique (Cacicus uropygialis)
Yellow-rumped Cacique (Cacicus cela)
Crested Oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus)
Chestnut-headed Oropendola (Psarocolius wagleri)
SISKINS,
CROSSBILLS, AND ALLIES (PASSERIFORMES FRINGILLIDAE)
Thick-billed Euphonia (Euphonia laniirostris)
Yellow-throated Euphonia (Euphonia hirundinacea)
Elegant Euphonia (Euphonia elegantissima)
White-vented Euphonia (Euphonia minuta)
Golden-browed Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia callophrys)
Yellow-bellied Siskin (Carduelis xanthogastra)
Lesser Goldfinch (Carduelis psaltria)