| COSTA RICA BIRD LIST | |||
| English Common Name | Scientific Name | Family | |
| 1 | Great Tinamou | Tinamus major | TINAMIDAE |
| 2 | Highland Tinamou | Nothocercus bonapartei | |
| 3 | Little Tinamou | Crypturellus soui | |
| 4 | Thicket Tinamou | Crypturellus cinnamonmeus | |
| 5 | Slaty-breasted Tinamou | Crypturellus boucardi | |
| 6 | White-faced Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna viduata | ANATIDAE |
| 7 | Black-bellied Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna autumnalis | |
| 8 | Fulvous Whistling-Duck | Dendrocygna bicolor | |
| 9 | Muscovy Duck | Cairina moschata | |
| 10 | American Wigeon | Anas americana | |
| 11 | Mallard | Anas platyrhynchos | |
| 12 | Blue-winged Teal | Anas discors | |
| 13 | Cinnamon Teal | Anas cyanoptera | |
| 14 | Northern Shoveler | Anas clypeata | |
| 15 | Northern Pintail | Anas acuta | |
| 16 | Green-winged Teal | Anas crecca | |
| 17 | Ring-necked Duck | Aythya collaris | |
| 18 | Greater Scaup | Aythya marila | |
| 19 | Lesser Scaup | Aythya affinis | |
| 20 | Masked Duck | Nomonyx dominicus | |
| 21 | Plain Chachalaca | Ortalis vetula | CRACIDAE |
| 22 | Gray-headed Chachalaca | Ortalis cinereiceps | |
| 23 | Crested Guan | Penelope purpurascens | |
| 24 | Black Guan | Chamaepetes unicolor | |
| 25 | Great Curassow | Crax rubra | |
| 26 | Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge | Dendrortyx leucophrys | ODONTOPHORIDAE |
| 27 | Crested Bobwhite | Colinus cristatus | |
| 28 | Marbled Wood-Quail | Odontophorus gujanensis | |
| 29 | Black-eared Wood-Quail | Odontophorus melanotis | |
| 30 | Black-breasted Wood-Quail | Odontophorus leucolaemus | |
| 31 | Spotted Wood-Quail | Odontophorus guttatus | |
| 32 | Tawny-faced Quail | Rhynchortyx cinctus | |
| 33 | Least Grebe | Tachybaptus dominicus | PODICIPEDIDAE |
| 34 | Pied-billed Grebe | Podilymbus podiceps | |
| 35 | Eared Grebe | Podiceps nigricollis | |
| 36 | Black-capped Petrel | Pterodroma hasitata | PROCELLARIIDAE |
| 37 | Galapagos Petrel | Pterodroma phaeopygia | |
| 38 | Parkinson's Petrel | Procellaria parkinsoni | |
| 39 | Cory's Shearwater | Calonectris diomedea | |
| 40 | Pink-footed Shearwater | Puffinus creatopus | |
| 41 | Wedge-tailed Shearwater | Puffinus pacificus | |
| 42 | Sooty Shearwater | Puffinus griseus | |
| 43 | Short-tailed Shearwater | Puffinus tenuirostris | |
| 44 | Manx Shearwater | Puffinus puffinus | |
| 45 | Audubon's Shearwater | Puffinus lherminieri | |
| 46 | Wilson's Storm-Petrel | Oceanites oceanicus | HYDROBATIDAE |
| 47 | White-faced Storm-Petrel | Pelagodroma marina | |
| 48 | Leach's Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma leucorhoa | |
| 49 | Band-rumped Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma castro | |
| 50 | Wedge-rumped Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma tethys | |
| 51 | Black Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma melania | |
| 52 | Markham's Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma markhami | |
| 53 | Least Storm-Petrel | Oceanodroma microsoma | |
| 54 | Red-billed Tropicbird | Phaethon aethereus | PHAETHONTIDAE |
| 55 | Masked Booby | Sula dactylatra | SULIDAE |
| 56 | Blue-footed Booby | Sula nebouxii | |
| 57 | Brown Booby | Sula leucogaster | |
| 58 | Red-footed Booby | Sula sula | |
| 59 | American White Pelican | Pelecanus erythrorhynchos | PELECANIDAE |
| 60 | Brown Pelican | Pelecanus occidentalis | |
| 61 | Neotropic Cormorant | Phalacrocorax brasilianus | PHALACROCORACIDAE |
| 62 | Anhinga | Anhinga anhinga | ANHINGIDAE |
| 63 | Magnificent Frigatebird | Fregata magnificens | FREGATIDAE |
| 64 | Great Frigatebird | Fregata minor | |
| 65 | Pinnated Bittern | Botaurus pinnatus | ARDEIDAE |
| 66 | American Bittern | Botaurus lentiginosus | |
| 67 | Least Bittern | Ixobrychus exilis | |
| 68 | Rufescent Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma lineatum | |
| 69 | Fasciated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma fasciatum | |
| 70 | Bare-throated Tiger-Heron | Tigrisoma mexicanum | |
| 71 | Great Blue Heron | Ardea herodias | |
| 72 | Great Egret | Ardea alba | |
| 73 | Snowy Egret | Egretta thula | |
| 74 | Little Blue Heron | Egretta caerulea | |
| 75 | Tricolored Heron | Egretta tricolor | |
| 76 | Reddish Egret | Egretta rufescens | |
| 77 | Cattle Egret | Bubulcus ibis | |
| 78 | Green Heron | Butorides virescens | |
| 79 | Striated Heron | Butorides striata | |
| 80 | Agami Heron | Agamia agami | |
| 81 | Black-crowned Night-Heron | Nycticorax nycticorax | |
| 82 | Yellow-crowned Night-Heron | Nyctanassa violacea | |
| 83 | Boat-billed Heron | Cochlearius cochlearius | |
| 84 | White Ibis | Eudocimus albus | THRESKIORNITHIDAE |
| 85 | Glossy Ibis | Plegadis falcinellus | |
| 86 | White-faced Ibis | Plegadis chihi | |
| 87 | Green Ibis | Mesembrinibis cayennensis | |
| 88 | Roseate Spoonbill | Platalea ajaja | |
| 89 | Jabiru | Jabiru mycteria | CICONIIDAE |
| 90 | Wood Stork | Mycteria americana | |
| 91 | Black Vulture | Coragyps atratus | CATHARTIDAE |
| 92 | Turkey Vulture | Cathartes aura | |
| 93 | Lesser Yellow-headed Vulture | Cathartes burrovianus | |
| 94 | King Vulture | Sarcoramphus papa | |
| 95 | Osprey | Pandion haliaetus | ACCIPITRIDAE |
| 96 | Gray-headed Kite | Leptodon cayanensis | |
| 97 | Hook-billed Kite | Chondrohierax uncinatus | |
| 98 | Swallow-tailed Kite | Elanoides forficatus | |
| 99 | Pearl Kite | Gampsonyx swainsonii | |
| 100 | White-tailed Kite | Elanus leucurus | |
| 101 | Snail Kite | Rostrhamus sociabilis | |
| 102 | Double-toothed Kite | Harpagus bidentatus | |
| 103 | Mississippi Kite | Ictinia mississippiensis | |
| 104 | Plumbeous Kite | Ictinia plumbea | |
| 105 | Black-collared Hawk | Busarellus nigricollis | |
| 106 | Northern Harrier | Circus cyaneus | |
| 107 | Tiny Hawk | Accipiter superciliosus | |
| 108 | Sharp-shinned Hawk | Accipiter striatus | |
| 109 | Cooper's Hawk | Accipiter cooperii | |
| 110 | Bicolored Hawk | Accipiter bicolor | |
| 111 | Crane Hawk | Geranospiza caerulescens | |
| 112 | Barred Hawk | Leucopternis princeps | |
| 113 | Semiplumbeous Hawk | Leucopternis semiplumbeus | |
| 114 | White Hawk | Leucopternis albicollis | |
| 115 | Common Black-Hawk | Buteogallus anthracinus | |
| 116 | Mangrove Black-Hawk | Buteogallus subtilis | |
| 117 | Great Black-Hawk | Buteogallus urubitinga | |
| 118 | Harris' Hawk | Parabuteo unicinctus | |
| 119 | Solitary Eagle | Harpyhaliaetus solitarius | |
| 120 | Roadside Hawk | Buteo magnirostris | |
| 121 | Broad-winged Hawk | Buteo platypterus | |
| 122 | Gray Hawk | Buteo nitidus | |
| 123 | Short-tailed Hawk | Buteo brachyurus | |
| 124 | Swainson's Hawk | Buteo swainsoni | |
| 125 | White-tailed Hawk | Buteo albicaudatus | |
| 126 | Zone-tailed Hawk | Buteo albonotatus | |
| 127 | Red-tailed Hawk | Buteo jamaicensis | |
| 128 | Crested Eagle | Morphnus guianensis | |
| 129 | Harpy Eagle | Harpia harpyja | |
| 130 | Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle | Spizastur melanoleucus | |
| 131 | Black Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus tyrannus | |
| 132 | Ornate Hawk-Eagle | Spizaetus ornatus | |
| 133 | Barred Forest-Falcon | Micrastur ruficollis | FALCONIDAE |
| 134 | Slaty-backed Forest-Falcon | Micrastur mirandollei | |
| 135 | Collared Forest-Falcon | Micrastur semitorquatus | |
| 136 | Red-throated Caracara | Ibycter americanus | |
| 137 | Crested Caracara | Caracara cheriway | |
| 138 | Yellow-headed Caracara | Milvago chimachima | |
| 139 | Laughing Falcon | Herpetotheres cachinnans | |
| 140 | American Kestrel | Falco sparverius | |
| 141 | Merlin | Falco columbarius | |
| 142 | Aplomado Falcon | Falco femoralis | |
| 143 | Bat Falcon | Falco rufigularis | |
| 144 | Orange-breasted Falcon | Falco deiroleucus | |
| 145 | Peregrine Falcon | Falco peregrinus | |
| 146 | Ocellated Crake | Micropygia schomburgkii | RALLIDAE |
| 147 | Ruddy Crake | Laterallus ruber | |
| 148 | White-throated Crake | Laterallus albigularis | |
| 149 | Gray-breasted Crake | Laterallus exilis | |
| 150 | Black Rail | Laterallus jamaicensis | |
| 151 | Clapper Rail | Rallus longirostris | |
| 152 | Rufous-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides axillaris | |
| 153 | Gray-necked Wood-Rail | Aramides cajanea | |
| 154 | Uniform Crake | Amaurolimnas concolor | |
| 155 | Sora | Porzana carolina | |
| 156 | Yellow-breasted Crake | Porzana flaviventer | |
| 157 | Paint-billed Crake | Neocrex erythrops | |
| 158 | Spotted Rail | Pardirallus maculatus | |
| 159 | Purple Gallinule | Porphyrio martinica | |
| 160 | Common Moorhen | Gallinula chloropus | |
| 161 | American Coot | Fulica americana | |
| 162 | Sungrebe | Heliornis fulica | HELIORNITHIDAE |
| 163 | Sunbittern | Eurypyga helias | EURYPYGIDAE |
| 164 | Limpkin | Aramus guarauna | ARAMIDAE |
| 165 | Double-striped Thick-knee | Burhinus bistriatus | BURHINIDAE |
| 166 | Southern Lapwing | Vanellus chilensis | CHARADRIIDAE |
| 167 | Black-bellied Plover | Pluvialis squatarola | |
| 168 | American Golden-Plover | Pluvialis dominica | |
| 169 | Collared Plover | Charadrius collaris | |
| 170 | Snowy Plover | Charadrius alexandrinus | |
| 171 | Wilson's Plover | Charadrius wilsonia | |
| 172 | Semipalmated Plover | Charadrius semipalmatus | |
| 173 | Killdeer | Charadrius vociferus | |
| 174 | American Oystercatcher | Haematopus palliatus | HAEMATOPODIDAE |
| 175 | Black-necked Stilt | Himantopus mexicanus | RECURVIROSTRIDAE |
| 176 | American Avocet | Recurvirostra americana | |
| 177 | Northern Jacana | Jacana spinosa | JACANIDAE |
| 178 | Wattled Jacana | Jacana jacana | |
| 179 | Spotted Sandpiper | Actitis macularius | SCOLOPACIDAE |
| 180 | Solitary Sandpiper | Tringa solitaria | |
| 181 | Wandering Tattler | Tringa incana | |
| 182 | Greater Yellowlegs | Tringa melanoleuca | |
| 183 | Willet | Tringa semipalmata | |
| 184 | Lesser Yellowlegs | Tringa flavipes | |
| 185 | Upland Sandpiper | Bartramia longicauda | |
| 186 | Whimbrel | Numenius phaeopus | |
| 187 | Long-billed Curlew | Numenius americanus | |
| 188 | Hudsonian Godwit | Limosa haemastica | |
| 189 | Marbled Godwit | Limosa fedoa | |
| 190 | Ruddy Turnstone | Arenaria interpres | |
| 191 | Surfbird | Aphriza virgata | |
| 192 | Red Knot | Calidris canutus | |
| 193 | Sanderling | Calidris alba | |
| 194 | Semipalmated Sandpiper | Calidris pusilla | |
| 195 | Western Sandpiper | Calidris mauri | |
| 196 | Least Sandpiper | Calidris minutilla | |
| 197 | White-rumped Sandpiper | Calidris fuscicollis | |
| 198 | Baird's Sandpiper | Calidris bairdii | |
| 199 | Pectoral Sandpiper | Calidris melanotos | |
| 200 | Dunlin | Calidris alpina | |
| 201 | Curlew Sandpiper | Calidris ferruginea | |
| 202 | Stilt Sandpiper | Calidris himantopus | |
| 203 | Buff-breasted Sandpiper | Tryngites subruficollis | |
| 204 | Ruff | Philomachus pugnax | |
| 205 | Short-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus griseus | |
| 206 | Long-billed Dowitcher | Limnodromus scolopaceus | |
| 207 | Wilson's Snipe | Gallinago delicata | |
| 208 | Wilson's Phalarope | Phalaropus tricolor | |
| 209 | Red-necked Phalarope | Phalaropus lobatus | |
| 210 | Red Phalarope | Phalaropus fulicarius | |
| 211 | Laughing Gull | Larus atricilla | LARIDAE |
| 212 | Franklin's Gull | Larus pipixcan | |
| 213 | Bonaparte's Gull | Larus philadelphia | |
| 214 | Heermann's Gull | Larus heermanni | |
| 215 | Gray Gull | Larus modestus | |
| 216 | Ring-billed Gull | Larus delawarensis | |
| 217 | Herring Gull | Larus argentatus | |
| 218 | Sabine's Gull | Xema sabini | |
| 219 | Swallow-tailed Gull | Creagrus furcatus | |
| 220 | Brown Noddy | Anous stolidus | |
| 221 | Black Noddy | Anous minutus | |
| 222 | White Tern | Gygis alba | |
| 223 | Sooty Tern | Onychoprion fuscatus | |
| 224 | Bridled Tern | Onychoprion anaethetus | |
| 225 | Least Tern | Sternula antillarum | |
| 226 | Large-billed Tern | Phaetusa simplex | |
| 227 | Gull-billed Tern | Gelochelidon nilotica | |
| 228 | Caspian Tern | Hydroprogne caspia | |
| 229 | Black Tern | Chlidonias niger | |
| 230 | Common Tern | Sterna hirundo | |
| 231 | Arctic Tern | Sterna paradisaea | |
| 232 | Forster's Tern | Sterna forsteri | |
| 233 | Royal Tern | Thalasseus maximus | |
| 234 | Sandwich Tern | Thalasseus sandvicensis | |
| 235 | Elegant Tern | Thalasseus elegans | |
| 236 | Black Skimmer | Rynchops niger | |
| 237 | South Polar Skua | Stercorarius maccormicki | STERCORARIIDAE |
| 238 | Pomarine Jaeger | Stercorarius pomarinus | |
| 239 | Parasitic Jaeger | Stercorarius parasiticus | |
| 240 | Long-tailed Jaeger | Stercorarius longicaudus | |
| 241 | Rock Pigeon | Columba livia | COLUMBIDAE |
| 242 | Pale-vented Pigeon | Patagioenas cayennensis | |
| 243 | Scaled Pigeon | Patagioenas speciosa | |
| 244 | White-crowned Pigeon | Patagioenas leucocephala | |
| 245 | Red-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas flavirostris | |
| 246 | Band-tailed Pigeon | Patagioenas fasciata | |
| 247 | Ruddy Pigeon | Patagioenas subvinacea | |
| 248 | Short-billed Pigeon | Patagioenas nigrirostris | |
| 249 | White-winged Dove | Zenaida asiatica | |
| 250 | Mourning Dove | Zenaida macroura | |
| 251 | Inca Dove | Columbina inca | |
| 252 | Common Ground-Dove | Columbina passerina | |
| 253 | Plain-breasted Ground-Dove | Columbina minuta | |
| 254 | Ruddy Ground-Dove | Columbina talpacoti | |
| 255 | Blue Ground-Dove | Claravis pretiosa | |
| 256 | Maroon-chested Ground-Dove | Claravis mondetoura | |
| 257 | White-tipped Dove | Leptotila verreauxi | |
| 258 | Gray-headed Dove | Leptotila plumbeiceps | |
| 259 | Gray-chested Dove | Leptotila cassini | |
| 260 | Olive-backed Quail-Dove | Geotrygon veraguensis | |
| 261 | Chiriqui Quail-Dove | Geotrygon chiriquensis | |
| 262 | Purplish-backed Quail-Dove | Geotrygon lawrencii | |
| 263 | Buff-fronted Quail-Dove | Geotrygon costaricensis | |
| 264 | Violaceous Quail-Dove | Geotrygon violacea | |
| 265 | Ruddy Quail-Dove | Geotrygon montana | |
| 266 | Sulphur-winged Parakeet | Pyrrhura hoffmanni | PSITTACIDAE |
| 267 | Crimson-fronted Parakeet | Aratinga finschi | |
| 268 | Olive-throated Parakeet | Aratinga nana | |
| 269 | Orange-fronted Parakeet | Aratinga canicularis | |
| 270 | Brown-throated Parakeet | Aratinga pertinax | |
| 271 | Great Green Macaw | Ara ambiguus | |
| 272 | Scarlet Macaw | Ara macao | |
| 273 | Barred Parakeet | Bolborhynchus lineola | |
| 274 | Orange-chinned Parakeet | Brotogeris jugularis | |
| 275 | Red-fronted Parrotlet | Touit costaricensis | |
| 276 | Brown-hooded Parrot | Pionopsitta haematotis | |
| 277 | Blue-headed Parrot | Pionus menstruus | |
| 278 | White-crowned Parrot | Pionus senilis | |
| 279 | White-fronted Parrot | Amazona albifrons | |
| 280 | Red-Lored Parrot | Amazona autumnalis | |
| 281 | Mealy Parrot | Amazona farinosa | |
| 282 | Yellow-naped Parrot | Amazona auropalliata | |
| 283 | Squirrel Cuckoo | Piaya cayana | CUCULIDAE |
| 284 | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | |
| 285 | Mangrove Cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | |
| 286 | Cocos Cuckoo | Coccyzus ferrugineus | |
| 287 | Black-billed Cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | |
| 288 | Striped Cuckoo | Tapera naevia | |
| 289 | Pheasant Cuckoo | Dromococcyx phasianellus | |
| 290 | Lesser Ground-Cuckoo | Morococcyx erythropygius | |
| 291 | Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo | Neomorphus geoffroyi | |
| 292 | Greater Ani | Crotophaga major | |
| 293 | Smooth-billed Ani | Crotophaga ani | |
| 294 | Groove-billed Ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | |
| 295 | Barn Owl | Tyto alba | TYTONIDAE |
| 296 | Pacific Screech-Owl | Megascops cooperi | STRIGIDAE |
| 297 | Tropical Screech-Owl | Megascops choliba | |
| 298 | Vermiculated Screech-Owl | Megascops guatemalae | |
| 299 | Bare-shanked Screech-Owl | Megascops clarkii | |
| 300 | Crested Owl | Lophostrix cristata | |
| 301 | Spectacled Owl | Pulsatrix perspicillata | |
| 302 | Great Horned Owl | Bubo virginianus | |
| 303 | Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium costaricanum | |
| 304 | Central American Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium griseiceps | |
| 305 | Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl | Glaucidium brasilianum | |
| 306 | Burrowing Owl | Athene cunicularia | |
| 307 | Mottled Owl | Ciccaba virgata | |
| 308 | Black-and-white Owl | Ciccaba nigrolineata | |
| 309 | Short-eared Owl | Asio flammeus | |
| 310 | Striped Owl | Pseudoscops clamator | |
| 311 | Unspotted Saw-whet Owl | Aegolius ridgwayi | |
| 312 | Short-tailed Nighthawk | Lurocalis semitorquatus | CAPRIMULGIDAE |
| 313 | Lesser Nighthawk | Chordeiles acutipennis | |
| 314 | Common Nighthawk | Chordeiles minor | |
| 315 | Common Pauraque | Nyctidromus albicollis | |
| 316 | Ocellated Poorwill | Nyctiphrynus ocellatus | |
| 317 | Chuck-will's-widow | Caprimulgus carolinensis | |
| 318 | Rufous Nightjar | Caprimulgus rufus | |
| 319 | Whip-poor-will | Caprimulgus vociferus | |
| 320 | Dusky Nightjar | Caprimulgus saturatus | |
| 321 | White-tailed Nightjar | Caprimulgus cayennensis | |
| 322 | Great Potoo | Nyctibius grandis | NYCTIBIIDAE |
| 323 | Common Potoo | Nyctibius griseus | |
| 324 | Northern Potoo | Nyctibius jamaicensis | |
| 325 | Oilbird | Steatornis caripensis | STEATORNITHIDAE |
| 326 | Black Swift | Cypseloides niger | APODIDAE |
| 327 | White-chinned Swift | Cypseloides cryptus | |
| 328 | Spot-fronted Swift | Cypseloides cherriei | |
| 329 | Chestnut-collared Swift | Streptoprocne rutila | |
| 330 | White-collared Swift | Streptoprocne zonaris | |
| 331 | Chimney Swift | Chaetura pelagica | |
| 332 | Vaux's Swift | Chaetura vauxi | |
| 333 | Costa Rican Swift | Chaetura fumosa | |
| 334 | Gray-rumped Swift | Chaetura cinereiventris | |
| 335 | Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift | Panyptila cayennensis | |
| 336 | Great Swallow-tailed Swift | Panyptila sanctihieronymi | |
| 337 | Bronzy Hermit | Glaucis aeneus | TROCHILIDAE |
| 338 | Band-tailed Barbthroat | Threnetes ruckeri | |
| 339 | Green Hermit | Phaethornis guy | |
| 340 | Long-billed Hermit | Phaethornis longirostris | |
| 341 | Stripe-throated Hermit | Phaethornis striigularis | |
| 342 | White-tipped Sicklebill | Eutoxeres aquila | |
| 343 | Green-fronted Lancebill | Doryfera ludovicae | |
| 344 | Scaly-breasted Hummingbird | Phaeochroa cuvierii | |
| 345 | Violet Sabrewing | Campylopterus hemileucurus | |
| 346 | White-necked Jacobin | Florisuga mellivora | |
| 347 | Brown Violet-ear | Colibri delphinae | |
| 348 | Green Violet-ear | Colibri thalassinus | |
| 349 | Green-breasted Mango | Anthracothorax prevostii | |
| 350 | Veraguan Mango | Anthracothorax veraguensis | |
| 351 | Violet-headed Hummingbird | Klais guimeti | |
| 352 | Rufous-crested Coquette | Lophornis delattrei | |
| 353 | Black-crested Coquette | Lophornis helenae | |
| 354 | White-crested Coquette | Lophornis adorabilis | |
| 355 | Green Thorntail | Discosura conversii | |
| 356 | Canivet's Emerald | Chlorostilbon canivetii | |
| 357 | Garden Emerald | Chlorostilbon assimilis | |
| 358 | Violet-crowned Woodnymph | Thalurania colombica | |
| 359 | Fiery-throated Hummingbird | Panterpe insignis | |
| 360 | Blue-throated Goldentail | Hylocharis eliciae | |