Bird photographs from Costa Rica

Original photographs taken in Costa Rica of a range of bird species.

Photography using a Nikon D810 with 200-500mm F/5.6 lens.

Costa Rica bird species list

• Amazon Kingfisher (Chloroceryle amazona)
• Anhinga (Anhinga anhinga)
• Bananaquit (Coereba flaveola)
• Bare-throated Tiger-heron (Tigrisoma mexicanum)
• Black Guan (Chamaepetes unicolor)
• Black-faced Solitaire (Myadestes melanops)
• Black-hooded Antshrike (Thamnophilus bridgesi)
• Black-mandibled Toucan, yellow-throated toucan (Ramphastos ambiguus)
• Blue-crowned Motmot, blue-capped motmot (Momotus coeruliceps)
• Broad-winged Hawk (Buteo platypterus)
• Bronzy Hermit (Glaucis aeneus)
• Brown Jay (Psilorhinus morio)
• Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis)
• Grey-necked wood rail or grey-cowled wood rail (Aramides cajaneus)
• Cherrie’s tanager (Ramphocelus passerinii costaricensis)
• Chestnut-backed Antbird (Poliocrania exsul)
• Chestnut-sided Warbler (Setophaga pensylvanica)
• Clay-colored Thrush (Turdus grayi)
• Collared whitestart or collared redstart (Myioborus torquatus)
• Common Black Hawk (Buteogallus anthracinus)
• Common Chlorospingus or common bush tanager (Chlorospingus flavopectus)
• Coppery-headed Emerald (Elvira cupreiceps)
• Emerald Toucanet or northern emerald toucanet (Aulacorhynchus prasinus)
• Golden-browed Chlorophonia (Chlorophonia callophrys)
• Golden-crowned Warbler (Basileuterus culicivorus)
• Gray-breasted Wood-wren (Henicorhina leucophrys)
• Great Kiskadee (Pitangus sulphuratus)
• Great-crested Flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus)
• Green Hermit (Phaethornis guy)
• Green Heron (Butorides virescens)
• Green Violetear (Colibri cyanotus)
• Green-crowned Brilliant (Heliodoxa jacula)
• Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
• Hoffmann’s Woodpecker (Melanerpes hoffmannii)
• Inca Dove or Mexican dove (Columbina inca)
• Kentucky Warbler (Geothlypis formosa)
• Little Blue Heron (Egretta caerulea)
• Long-tailed Woodcreeper (Deconychura longicauda)
• Magenta-throated Woodstar (Calliphlox bryantae)
• Magnificent Frigatebird (Fregata magnificens)
• Mangrove Warbler or yellow warbler (Setophaga petechia, formerly Dendroica petechia)
• Mountain Thrush (Turdus plebejus)
• Orange-bellied Trogon (Trogon aurantiiventris)
• Orange-chinned or Tovi Parakeet (Brotogeris jugularis)
• Osprey or western osprey (Pandion haliaetus) — also called sea hawk, river hawk, and fish hawk
• Purple-throated Mountain-gem (Lampornis calolaemus)
• Red-faced Spinetail (Cranioleuca erythrops)
• Resplendent Quetzal (Pharomachrus mocinno)
• Riverside Wren (Cantorchilus semibadius)
• Rufous-collared or Andean sparrow (Zonotrichia capensis)
• Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl)
• Slate-throated (Myioborus miniatus), or, less accurately, the slate-throated redstart
• Slaty Antwren (Myrmotherula schisticolor)
• Snowy Egret (Egretta thula)
• Solitary Sandpiper (Tringa solitaria)
• Sooty Thrush (Turdus nigrescens)
• Spangle-cheeked Tanager (Tangara dowii)
• Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
• Streaked Flycatcher (Myiodynastes maculatus)
• Stripe-tailed Hummingbird (Eupherusa eximia)
• Summer Tanager (Piranga rubra)
• Tawny-capped Euphonia (Euphonia anneae)
• Three-striped Warbler (Basileuterus tristriatus)
• Highland tinamou or Bonaparte’s tinamou (Nothocercus bonapartei)
• Tropical Kingbird (Tyrannus melancholicus)
• Northern tufted flycatcher or simply tufted flycatcher (Mitrephanes phaeocercus)
• Turkey Vulture (Cathartes aura)
• Violet Sabrewing (Campylopterus hemileucurus)
• Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (Glyphorynchus spirurus)
• Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus)
• American white ibis (Eudocimus albus)
• White-throated Spadebill (Platyrinchus mystaceus)
• White-tipped Dove (Leptotila verreauxi)
• Wilson’s Warbler (Cardellina pusilla)
• Yellow-headed Caracara (Milvago chimachima)
• Yellow-throated Vireo (Vireo flavifrons)