Bosque del Rio Tigre
Bird Site List
October 2002

D: seen or heard daily S: Seasonal; seen during part of the year O: seen regularly
 R
: rarely seen  OP: seen on the Peninsula but not within 30 minute walking distance
G:
Identified by dependable guest but not, at this time, known to us
L: seen from the Lodge
X:
identified more than once but we're still uncertain (no previous records or unlikely to be here)
?: We have not observed enough to be sure of migratory habits
 

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Notes:
Porch/Lodge count; 192 species (there are more but we didn't keep track until 2001)
Count of species within 30 min walking distance; 274 (does not include birds marked "x")
The Olivaceous Piculet and Rose-throated Becard, contrary to Stiles and Skutch, are fairly common on the Peninsula de Osa
During nesting season we can always find the White-tipped Sickle-bill

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  • Great Tinamou  d
  • Little Tinamou   d L
  • Least Grebe                                  s?o
  • Brown Pelican  op
  • Neotropic Cormorant  d L
  • Anhinga    s, o L
  • Magnificient Frigatebird             o    L
  • Bare-throated Tiger Heron r, (op,o)
  • Great Blue Heron   s,o L
  • Great Egret  s?o L
  • Snowy Egret  s,d L
  • Little Blue Heron  s,d L
  • Tri-colored Heron  s?,r
  • Cattle Egret   d L
  • Green Heron              d L
  • Yellow-crowned Night Heron r
  • Boat-billed Heron  d L
  • White Ibis   d L
  • Roseate Spoonbill  op
  • Jabiru                                       op
  • Wood Stork   o L
  • Black Vulture  d L
  • Turkey Vulture   d L
  • King Vulture   d L
  • Black-bellied Whistling Duck op,d
  • Muscovy Duck   op,o
  • Lesser Scaup   r
  • Gray-headed Kite   o L
  • American Swallow-tailed Kite d L
  • Pearl Kite   r,op
  • White-tailed Kite(Black-shouldered) o L
  • Double-toothed Kite                    d L
  • Tiny Hawk  r
  • Bicolored Hawk   r L
  • Crane Hawk             o
  • White Hawk   o L
  • Common Black Hawk  o L
  • Great Black Hawk   o
  • Solitary Eagle   x
  • Roadside Hawk  d L
  • Broad-winged Hawk                    s,o L
  • Short-tailed Hawk                        G L
  • Swainson's Hawk                        G
  • White-tailed Hawk  o L
  • Zone-tailed Hawk                         o L
  • Red-tailed Hawk  s,op,r
  • Crested Eagle  r
  • Black Hawk-Eagle                       o L
  • Ornate Hawk Eagle                      G
  • Barred Forest-Falcon                   o L
  • Collared Forest-Falcon                 o L
  • Red-throated Caracara                  op, r
  • Crested Caracara   r, or op,d
  • Yellow-headed Caracara d L
  • Laughing Falcon  d L
  • Bat Falcon                                   o
  • Gray-headed Chachalaca d
  • Crested Guan   r
  • Great Curassow   o L
  • Marbled Wood-Quail d L
  • White-throated Crake                   d
  • Gray-necked Wood Rail  d L
  • Purple Gallinule   d
  • Semipalmated Plover  op
  • Black-necked Stilt   op
  • Northren Jacana  d
  • Wattled Jacana                             x,op
  • Greater Yellowlegs                       s,o L
  • Spotted Sandpiper  s, d L
  • Whimbrel   op
  • Ruddy Turnstone  op
  • Short-billed Dowitcher op
  • Pale-vented Pigeon                       d L
  • Red-billed Pigeon  r
  • Short-billed Pigeon  d L
  • Ruddy Ground-Dove  d L
  • Blue Ground-Dove d
  • White-tipped Dove  d L
  • Gray-chested Dove  d L
  • Ruddy Quail-Dove   o L
  • Crimson-fronted Parakeet   o L
  • Scarlet Macaw    d L
  • Orange-chinned Parakeet  d L
  • Brown-hooded Parrot  o L
  • White-crowned Parrot   o L
  • Red-lored Parrot   d L
  • Mealy Parrot   d L
  • Squirrel Cuckoo    d L
  • Striped Cuckoo             d
  • Smooth-billed Ani                      d L
  • Groove-billed Ani        (not seen for years)
  • Barn-Owl               op 
  • Crested Owl    o
  • Spectacled Owl   o L
  • Black and White Owl  r
  • Lesser Night-hawk                        r
  • Common Pauraque  d L
  • Common Potoo   r
  • Black Swift    o?
  • White-collared Swift                     d L
  • Band-rumped Swift                        d L
  • Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift  o
  • Bronzy Hermit  d L
  • Band-tailed Barbthroat d L
  • Long-tailed Hermit   d L
  • Little Hermit    d L
  • White-tipped Sicklebill  o L
  • Scaly-breasted Hummingbird   d L
  • Violet Sabrewing   o L
  • White-necked Jacobin   d L
  • Green-breasted Mango ( panama)     r L
  • Violet-headed Hummingbird  op,r
  • White-crested Coquette o L
  • Violet-crowned Woodnymph o L
  • Blue-throated Goldentail o L
  • Charming Hummingbird d L
  • Rufous-tailed Hummingbird  d L
  • Purple-crowned Fairy   d L
  • Long-billed Starthroat   d L
  • Black-headed Trogon                          r
  • Baird's Trogon   d L
  • Violaceous Trogon  d L
  • Orange-bellied Trogon  r
  • Black-throated Trogon  o L
  • Slaty-tailed Trogon  d L
  • Blue-crowned Motmot  d L
  • Ringed Kingfisher  d L
  • Belted Kingfisher  s,r L
  • Amazon Kingfisher  d L
  • Green Kingfisher   d L
  • American Pygmy Kingfisher              r
  • White-necked Puffbird  o
  • White-whiskered Puffbird op, o
  • Rufous-tailed Jacamar  d L
  • Fiery-billed Aracari   d L
  • Keel-billed Toucan   G
  • Chestnut-mandibled Toucan  d L
  • Olivaceous Piculet                             o L
  • Golden-naped Woodpecker  d L
  • Red-crowned Woodpecker d L
  • Smoky-brown Woodpecker x
  • Red-rumped Woodpecker                  o L
  • Rufous-winged Woodpecker r
  • Lineated Woodpecker  o L
  • Pale-billed Woodpecker o L
  • Pale-breasted Spinetail  o
  • Slaty Spinetail    d
  • Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner            d L
  • Plain Xenops   d L
  • Scaly-throated Leaftosser  r
  • Plain brown Woodcreeper  x

 

  • Tawny-winged Woodcreeper o L
  • Long-tailed Woodcreeper  r L
  • Wedge-billed Woodcreeper d L
  • Strong-billed Woodcreeper                r
  • Northern Barred-Woodcreeper          o L
  • Cocoa (Buff-throated) Woodcreeper d L
  • Black Striped Woodcreeper  o L
  • Spotted Woodcreeper  op,r
  • Streaked-headed Woodcreeper o
  • Great Antshrike  d
  • Black-hooded Antshrike d L
  • Russet Antshrike   r
  • Plain Antvireo   r
  • Slaty Antwren    o
  • Dotted-Winged Antwren  d L
  • Dusky Antbird    o
  • Bare-crowned Antbird   x
  • Chestnut-backed Antbird  d L
  • Bicolored Antbird  o L
  • Black-faced Antthrush                      o L
  • Rufous-breasted Antthrush  x
  • Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet                G
  • Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet          o L
  • Yellow Tyrannulet  d L
  • Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet              r
  • Yellow-bellied Elaenia d
  • Lesser Elaenia   G
  • Ochre-bellied Flycatcher d L
  • Paltry Tyrannulet   d L
  • Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant r L
  • Northern Bentbill                                d L
  • Slate-headed Tody Flycatcher           o L
  • Common Tody Flycatcher d L
  • Eye-ringed Flatbill  r L
  • Yellow-olive Flycatcher  d L
  • Golden-crowned Spadebill o L
  • Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher  o
  • Sulfer-rumped Flycatcher o L
  • Black-tailed Flycatcher  o
  • Bran-colored Flycatcher  o
  • Tropical Pewee   o
  • Yellow-bellied Flycatcher  s,d L
  • Bright-rumped Attila   d L
  • Rufous Mourner   d L
  • Dusky-capped Flycatcher  d L
  • Great-crested Flycatcher s L
  • Brown-crested Flycatcher G
  • Great Kiskadee   d L
  • Boat-billed Flycatcher                       d L
  • Social Flycatcher  d L
  • Gray-capped Flycatcher d L
  • Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher s L
  • Piratic Flycatcher   s,d L
  • Tropical Kingbird  d L
  • Western Kingbird
  • Thrush-like Schiffornis (Manakin)     r L
  • Rufous Piha    d L
  • Cinnamon Becard  op,r
  • White-winged Becard  o L
  • Rose-throated Becard   s,d L
  • Masked Tityra    d L
  • Black-crowned Tityra   o L
  • Turquoise Cotinga  o L
  • Yellow-billed Cotinga  op,r
  • Three-wattled Bellbird s L
  • Orange-collared Manakin          d L
  • White-ruffed Manakin (3 yrs only) s L
  • Blue-crowned Manakin o L
  • Red-capped Manakin                         d L
  • Yellow-throated Vireo  s,o L
  • Philadelphia Vireo                             s,r
  • Red-eyed Vireo   s,r
  • Yellow-green Vireo   G
  • Scrub Greenlet   d
  • Tawny-crowned Greenlet o L
  • Lesser Greenlet                                  o L
  • Green Shrike-Vireo   r L
  • Grey-breasted Martin   s,d
  • Mangrove Swallow                   d
  • Northern Rough-winged Swallow  r
  • Southern Rough-winged Swallow  d L
  • Barn Swallow                                 s,r
  • Black-bellied Wren   o
  • Riverside Wren   d L
  • Rufous-breasted Wren r L
  • Plain Wren   d L
  • House Wren   d L
  • Scaly-breasted Wren (Whistling) d L
  • Long-billed Gnatwren                       op,o
  • Tropical Gnatcatcher   d L
  • Swainson's Thrush  s L
  • Clay-colored Robin   d L
  • White-throated Robin   r.op
  • Golden-winged Warbler  s,o
  • Tennessee Warbler  s L
  • Tropical Parula  r
  • Yellow Warbler                                 s,d L
  • Mangrove Warbler (sub-sp/yellow) op
  • Chestnut-sided Warbler s,d L
  • Black and White Warbler                  s,o
  • American Redstart  G
  • Northern Waterthrush   s,d L
  • Kentucky Warbler                             G
  • Mourning Warbler   s,o L
  • Common Yellowthroat  s,r
  • Hooded Warbler   s,r
  • Buff-rumped Warbler  d L
  • Black poll Warbler   X
  • Bananaquit     d L
  • Gray-headed Tanager  o L
  • White-throated Shrike-Tanager          op
  • White-shouldered Tanager d L
  • White-lined Tanager  o L
  • Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager  d L
  • Hepatic Tanager  s,r
  • Summer Tanager   s,d L
  • Scarlet Tanager  s,o L
  • Scarlet-rumped or Cherrie's Tanager d L
  • Blue-grey Tanager  d L
  • Palm Tanager               d L
  • Yellow-crowned Euphonia  d L
  • Thick-billed Euphonia  o L
  • Spotted-crowned Euphonia d L
  • White-vented Euphonia  r
  • Silver-throated Tanager  o L
  • Bay-headed Tanager   d L
  • Golden-hooded Tanager  d L
  • Scarlet-thighed Dacnis r
  • Blue Dacnis    o L
  • Green Honeycreeper   o L
  • Shining Honeycreeper   d L
  • Red-legged Honeycreeper  d L
  • Blue-black Grassquit   d L
  • Variable Seedeater   d L
  • White-collared Seedeater r
  • Yellow-bellied Seedeater s,o
  • Ruddy-breasted Seedeater op,o
  • Thick-billed Seed-Finch  o
  • Black-headed Brush-finch r
  • Orange-billed Sparrow  d L
  • Black-striped Sparrow                       d L 
  • Streaked Saltator   s,o
  • Buff-throated Saltator   d L
  • Rose-breasted Grosbeak s,o L
  • Blue-Black Grosbeak                        d L
  • Red-breasted Blackbird  op,d
  • Eastern Meadowlark  G
  • Great-tailed Grackle   d L
  • Bronzed Cowbird  o L
  • Giant Cowbird    op
  • Northern (Baltimore) Oriole  s,d L
  • Yellow-billed Cacique  d L
  • Scarlet-rumped Cacique d L
  • House Sparrow  op

This is a listing of species endemic to the south-west corner of Costa Rica and the adjoining north-west part of Panama.

Beryl-crowned Hummingbird 
White-crested Coquette
Baird's Trogon
Fiery-billed Aracari
Golden-naped Woodpecker
Black-hooded Antshrike
Turquoise Cotinga
Yellow-billed Cotinga
Orange-collared Manakin
Black-bellied Wren
Riverside Wren
Whistling Wren (S Costa Rica to S Panama)
Spotted-crowned Euphonia
Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager
Black-headed Brush Finch

Wider spread species our guests have found difficult to locate at other sites:

 

Scarlet Macaw
Chestnut -Mandibled Toucan
Red-breasted Blackbird
Yellow-headed Caracara
Rufous Piha
Olivaceous Piculet
White-throated Crake
Band-tailed Barbthroat
White-tipped Sicklebill
Pale-breasted Spinetail
Crested Owl

 

We are grateful for any comments, additions or corrections to this listing.  We especially would like to be contacted by anyone who has spent significant time birdwatching on our peninsula.