Bird list
Bird Species that can be observed in valle del General.
English Name Spanish Name Scientific Name
Cattle Egret Garcilla Bueyera Bulbucus ibis Gray-necked Wood-Rail Cotara Chiricote Arademides cajanea Plain Chachalaca Chachalaca Norteña Ortalis vetula Black Guan Pava Negra Chamaepetes unicolor Great Tinamou Gallina de Monte Tinamus major Black Vulture Zopilote Negro Coragyps atratus Turkey Vulture Noneca Cathartes aura White-tailed Kite Gavilán Bailarín Elanus leucurus American Swallow-tailed Kite Gavilán Tijerilla Elanoides forficatus Scaled Pigeon Paloma Morada Columba speciosa White-tipped Dove Coliblanca Leptotila verreauxi White-crowned Parrot Chucuyo Pionus senilis Orange-fronted Parakeet Aratinga Frentinaranja Aratinga canicularis Mottled Owl Ju de León Ciccaba virgata Squirrel Cuckoo Bobo Chiso Piaya cayana Common Pauraque Chotacabras, Cuyeo Nalbicollis Chestnut-collared Swift Vencejo Cuellirrojo Cypseloides rutilus Blue-and-white Swallow Golondrina Azul y Blanco Notiochelidon cyanoleuca Little Hermit Ermitaño Enano Phaethornis longuemareus Long-tailed Hermit Ermitaño colilargo Phaethornis superciliosus Green Hermit Ermitaño Verde Phaethornis guy Bronzy Hermit Ermitaño Bronceado Glaucis aenea Band-tailed Barbthroat Ermitaño Barbudo Threnetes ruckeri Green Violet-ear Colibrí Orejiviolaceo Verde Colibrithalassinus Violet Sabrewing Ala de Sable Violáceo Campylopterus hemileucurus Green-crowned Brilliant Brillante Frentiverde Heliodoxa jacula Purple-crowned Fairy Colibrí Pico Punzón Heliothryx barroti Snowy-bellied Hummingbird Amazilia Vientriblanca Amazilia Edward Gray-tailed Mountain-gem Colibrí Montañés Coligrís Lampornis castaneoventris cineicauda Purple-throated Mountain-gem Colibrí Montañés Gorgimorado Lampornis castaneoventris Striped-tailed Hummingbird Colibrí Colirayado Eupherusa eximia White -tailed Emerald Esmeralda Coliblanca Elvira chionura Magenta-throated Woodstar Estrellita Gorgimorada Calliphlox bryantae White-crested Coquette Coqueta Crestiblanca Lophornis adorabilis Rufous-tailed Hummingbird Amazilia Rabirufa Amazilia tzacatl Scintillant Hummingbird Chispita Gorginaranja Selaphorus scintilla Collared Trogon Trogón Acollarado Trogon collaris Blue-crowned Motmot Momoto Común Momotus momota Fiery-billed Aracari Cusingo Pteroglossus frantzii Emerald Toucanet Curré Aulacorhynchus prasinus Red-headed Barbet Barbudo Cabecirojo Eubucco bourcierri Golden-olive Woodpecker Carpintero Oliváceo Piculus rubiginosus Olivaceous Piculet Telegrafista Picumnus olivaceus Wedge-billed Woodcreeper Trepatroncos Pico de Cuña Glyphorhynchus spirurus Streaked-breasted Treehunter Trepamusgo Cuellirojizo Thripadectes rufobrunneus Scaled Antpitta Tororoí Dorsiescamado Grallaria guatemalensis White-flanked Antwren Hormiguerito Pizarrozo Myrmotherula axillaris Slaty Spinetail Arquitecto Plomizo Synallaxis brachyura White-ruffed Manakin Saltarín Gorgiblanco Corapipo leucorrhoa Masked Tityra Pájaro Chancho Tityra semifasciata Tropical Kingbird Tirano Tropical Tyrannus melancholicus Boat-billed Flycatcher Mosquerón Picudo Megarhynchus pitangua Social Flycatcher Mosquerón Cejiblanco Myiozetetes similis Dusky-capped Flycatcher Copetón Crestioscuro Myiarchus tuberculifer Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant Mosquerito de Yelma Lophotriccus pileatus Common Tody-Flycatcher Espatulilla Común Todirostrum cinereum Paltry Tyrannulet Mosquerito Cejigrís Zimmerius vilissimus Lesser Elaenia Elania Sabanera Elaenia chiriquensis Yellow-bellied Elaenia Copetoncillo Elaenia flavogaster Rufous-breasted Wren Soterrey Carimoteado Thryothorus rutilus Gray-breasted Wood-Wren Soterrey Pechigris Henicorhina leucophrys House Wren Soterrey cucarachero Troglodytes aedon Whistling Wren Soterrey Silbador Microcerculus luscinia Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush Jilguerillo Catharus fuscater Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush Zorzal Piquinaranja Catharus aurantiirostris Swainson֬s Thrush Zorzal de Swainson Catharus ustulatus Clay-colored Robin Yiguirro Turdus grayi Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher Capulinero Colilargo Ptilogonys caudatus Brown Jay Piapia Cyanocorax morio Yellow-throated Vireo Vireo Pechiamarrillo Vireo flaviforns Golden-crowned Warbler Reinita Coronidorada Basileuterus culicivorus Tennessee Warbler Reinita Verdilla Vermivora peregrina Bananaquit Reinita Mielera Coereba flaveola Tropical Parula Parula Tropical Parula pitiayumi Golden-winged Warbler Reinita Alidorada Vermivora chrysoptera Blackburnian Warbler Reinita Cabecigualda Dendoica fusca Black-and- white Warbler Reinita Trepadora Mniotilta varia Wilson֬s Warbler Reinita Gorrinegra Wilsonia pusilla Slate-throated Redstart Candelita Pechinegra Myioborus miniatus Gray-crowned Yellowthroat Antifasito Coronigris Geothlypis poliocephala Mourning Warbler Reinita Endulata Oporornis philadelphia Chestnut-sided Warbler Reinita de Costado Castañas Dendoica pensylvanica Black-throated Green Warbler Reinita Cariamarilla Dendoica virens Baltimore Oriole Bolsero Norteño Icterus galbula Elegant Euphonia Caciquita Euphonia elegantísima Common Bush-Tanager Tangara de Monte Ojeruda Chlorospingus ophthalmicus Blue Dacnis Mielero Azulejo Dacnis cayana Scarlet-thighed Dacnis Mielero Celeste y Negro Dcanis venusta Silver-throated Tanager Juanita Tangara icterocephala Speckled Tanager Tangara Moteada Tangara guttata Spangled-cheeked Tanager Tangara Vientricastaña Tangara dowii Golden-hooded Tanager Siete Colores Tangara larvata Blue-gray Tanager Viuda Thraupis episcopus Passerini֬s Tanager Sargento Ramphocelus passerinii Summer Tanager Tangara Veranera Piranga rubra Hepatic Tanager Tangara Bermeja Piranga flava Scarlet Tanager Tangara Escarlata Piranga olivacea Flame-colored Tanager Cardenal Piranga bidentata Buff-throated Saltator Sinsonte Verde Saltator maximus Streaked Saltator Saltador Listado Saltator striatipectus Rose-breasted Grosbeak Calandria Pheucticus ludovicianus White-naped Brush-Finch Saltón Gargantiamarillo Atlapetes albinucha Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch Saltón Cabecicastaño Buarremon brunneinucha Orange-billed Sparrow Pizón Piquinaranja Arremon aurantiirostris White-eared Ground-Sparrow Saltón de Muslos Amarillos Melozone leucotis Yellow-faced Grassquit Gallito Tiaris olivacea Blue-black Grassquit Semillerito Negro Azulado Volatinia jacarina Rufous-collared Sparrow Comemaíz Zonotrichia capensis Black-striped Sparrow Pizón Cabecilistado Arremonops conirostris Total of observed species: 110
Based on the guide of birds of Costa Rica by Alexander F. Skutch and F. Gary Stiles Last actualization: 14/01/2008 |