A Checklist of the Birds of
RANCHO NATURALISTA, COSTA RICA
Bold-faced species are rare, unusual or local species.
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Jul |
Aug |
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2005 |
2006 |
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Great Tinamou |
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x |
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Highland Tinamou |
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Little Tinamou |
h |
h |
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Slaty-breasted Tinamou |
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Least Grebe |
x |
x |
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Neotropic Cormorant |
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x |
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Anhinga |
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x |
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Fasciated Tiger-Heron |
x |
x |
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Bare-throated Tiger-Heron |
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Great Blue Heron |
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Great Egret |
x |
x |
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Snowy Egret |
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Little Blue Heron |
x |
x |
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Tricolored Heron |
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Cattle Egret |
x |
x |
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Green Heron |
x |
x |
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Agami Heron |
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Black-crowned Night-Heron |
x |
x |
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Yellow-crowned Night-Heron |
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Boat-billed Heron |
x |
x |
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Green Ibis |
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x |
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Black-bellied Whistling-Duck |
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x |
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Muscovy Duck |
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Masked Duck |
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Black Vulture |
x |
x |
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Turkey Vulture |
x |
x |
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King Vulture |
x |
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Osprey |
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Gray-headed Kite |
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Hook-billed Kite |
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Swallow-tailed Kite |
x |
x |
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White-tailed Kite |
x |
x |
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Double-toothed Kite |
x |
x |
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Plumbeous Kite |
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Tiny Hawk |
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Bicolored Hawk |
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Barred (Black-chested ) Hawk |
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Semiplumbeous Hawk |
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White Hawk |
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Common Black-Hawk |
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Great Black-Hawk |
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Gray Hawk |
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Roadside Hawk |
x |
x |
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Short-tailed Hawk |
x |
x |
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Zone-tailed Hawk |
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Red-tailed Hawk |
x |
x |
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Black Hawk-Eagle |
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x |
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Ornate Hawk-Eagle |
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Crested Caracara |
x |
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Laughing Falcon |
x |
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Barred Forest-Falcon |
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x |
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Collared Forest-Falcon |
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American Kestrel |
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Bat Falcon |
x |
x |
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Peregrine Falcon |
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Gray-headed Chachalaca |
x |
x |
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Black Guan |
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Crested Guan |
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Buffy-crowned Wood-Partridge |
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Black-breasted Wood-Quail |
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Spotted Wood-Quail |
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Crested 'Spot-bellied' Bobwhite |
x |
h |
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White-throated Crake |
h |
h |
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Gray-breasted Crake |
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Gray-necked Wood-Rail |
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h |
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Uniform Crake |
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Paint-billed Crake |
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Purple Gallinule |
x |
x |
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Sunbittern |
x |
x |
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Northern Jacana |
x |
x |
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Killdeer |
x |
x |
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Spotted Sandpiper |
x |
x |
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Rock Pigeon |
x |
x |
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Pale-vented Pigeon |
x |
x |
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Scaled Pigeon |
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Red-billed Pigeon |
x |
x |
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Band-tailed Pigeon |
x |
x |
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Ruddy Pigeon |
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h |
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Short-billed Pigeon |
x |
x |
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White-winged Dove |
x |
x |
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Mourning Dove |
x |
x |
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Inca Dove |
x |
x |
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Ruddy Ground-Dove |
x |
x |
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Blue Ground-Dove |
x |
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Maroon-chested Ground-Dove |
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White-tipped Dove |
x |
x |
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Gray-chested Dove |
x |
x |
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Olive-backed Quail-Dove |
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Chiriqui Quail-Dove |
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Purplish-backed Quail-Dove |
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h |
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Buff-fronted Quail-Dove |
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Ruddy Quail-Dove |
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h |
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Sulphur-winged Parakeet |
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Crimson-fronted Parakeet |
x |
x |
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Olive-throated Parakeet |
x |
x |
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Great Green Macaw |
x |
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Barred Parakeet |
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Orange-chinned Parakeet |
x |
x |
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Red-fronted Parrotlet |
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Brown-hooded Parrot |
x |
x |
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Blue-headed Parrot |
x |
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White-crowned Parrot |
x |
x |
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White-fronted Parrot |
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Red-lored Parrot |
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Mealy Parrot |
x |
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Squirrel Cuckoo |
x |
x |
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Striped Cuckoo |
h |
x |
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Groove-billed Ani |
x |
x |
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Barn Owl |
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Vermiculated Screech-Owl |
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Tropical Screech-Owl |
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Bare-shanked Screech-Owl |
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Crested Owl |
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Spectacled Owl |
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Costa Rican Pygmy-Owl |
x |
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Central American Pygmy-Owl |
h |
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Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl |
x |
x |
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Mottled Owl |
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x |
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Black-and-white Owl |
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Striped Owl |
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Unspotted Saw-whet Owl |
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Short-tailed Nighthawk |
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Pauraque |
x |
h |
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Dusky Nightjar |
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Great Potoo |
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Common Potoo |
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Black Swift |
x |
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Chestnut-collared Swift |
x |
x |
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White-collared Swift |
x |
x |
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Vaux's Swift |
x |
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Gray-rumped Swift |
x |
x |
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Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift |
x |
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Great Swallow-tailed Swift |
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Bronzy Hermit |
x |
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Band-tailed Barbthroat |
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x |
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Green Hermit |
x |
x |
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Western Long-tailed Hermit |
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x |
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Stripe-throated (Little) Hermit |
x |
x |
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White-tipped Sicklebill |
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Green-fronted Lancebill |
x |
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Violet Sabrewing |
x |
x |
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White-necked Jacobin |
x |
x |
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Brown Violet-ear |
x |
x |
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Green Violet-ear |
x |
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Green-breasted Mango |
x |
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Violet-headed Hummingbird |
x |
x |
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Black-crested Coquette |
x |
x |
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Green Thorntail |
x |
x |
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Garden Emerald |
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x |
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Canivet's Emerald |
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x |
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Violet-crowned Woodnymph |
x |
x |
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Fiery-throated Hummingbird |
x |
x |
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Blue-chested Hummingbird |
x |
x |
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Steely-vented Hummingbird |
x |
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Rufous-tailed Hummingbird |
x |
x |
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Cinnamon Hummingbird |
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Stripe-tailed Hummingbird |
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Black-bellied Hummingbird |
x |
x |
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Snowcap |
x |
x |
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Red-footed Plumeleteer |
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x |
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White-bellied Mountain-gem |
x |
x |
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Purple-throated Mountain-gem |
x |
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Gray-tailed Mountain-gem |
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Green-crowned Brilliant |
x |
x |
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Magnificent Hummingbird |
x |
x |
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Purple-crowned Fairy |
x |
x |
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Long-billed Starthroat |
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x |
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Volcano Hummingbird |
x |
x |
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Scintillant Hummingbird |
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Violaceous Trogon |
x |
x |
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Collared Trogon |
x |
x |
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Black-throated Trogon |
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Slaty-tailed Trogon |
h |
x |
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Resplendent Quetzal |
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x |
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Blue-crowned Motmot |
x |
x |
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Rufous Motmot |
x |
x |
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Broad-billed Motmot |
x |
x |
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Ringed Kingfisher |
x |
x |
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Amazon Kingfisher |
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Green Kingfisher |
x |
x |
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Green-and-rufous Kingfisher |
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American Pygmy Kingfisher |
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White-necked Puffbird |
x |
x |
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Pied Puffbird |
x |
x |
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Lanceolated Monklet |
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White-fronted Nunbird |
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Rufous-tailed Jacamar |
x |
x |
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Red-headed Barbet |
x |
x |
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Prong-billed Barbet |
h |
x |
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Blue-throated (Emerald) Toucanet |
x |
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Collared Aracari |
x |
x |
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Yellow-eared Toucanet |
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Keel-billed Toucan |
x |
x |
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Chestnut-mandibled Toucan |
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Acorn Woodpecker |
x |
x |
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Black-cheeked Woodpecker |
x |
x |
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Hoffmann's Woodpecker |
x |
x |
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Hairy Woodpecker |
x |
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Smoky-brown Woodpecker |
x |
x |
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Rufous-winged Woodpecker |
x |
x |
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Golden-olive Woodpecker |
x |
x |
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Chestnut-colored Woodpecker |
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x |
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Lineated Woodpecker |
x |
x |
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Pale-billed Woodpecker |
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x |
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Slaty Spinetail |
x |
x |
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Red-faced Spinetail |
x |
x |
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Spotted Barbtail |
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x |
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Ruddy Treerunner |
x |
x |
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Buffy Tuftedcheek |
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Striped Woodhaunter |
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Lineated Foliage-Gleaner |
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x |
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Spectacled Foliage-Gleaner |
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Buff-fronted Foliage-Gleaner |
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Buff-throated Foliage-Gleaner |
x |
x |
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Streak-breasted Treehunter |
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Plain Xenops |
x |
x |
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Streaked Xenops |
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Tawny-throated Leaftosser |
h |
x |
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Plain-brown Woodcreeper |
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Olivaceous Woodcreeper |
x |
x |
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Wedge-billed Woodcreeper |
x |
x |
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Strong-billed Woodcreeper |
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Barred Woodcreeper |
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Black-banded Woodcreeper |
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Cocoa Woodcreeper |
x |
x |
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Black-striped Woodcreeper |
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Spotted Woodcreeper |
x |
x |
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Streak-headed Woodcreeper |
x |
x |
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Spot-crowned Woodcreeper |
x |
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Brown-billed Scythebill |
x |
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Fasciated Antshrike |
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Great Antshrike |
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Barred Antshrike |
x |
x |
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Western Slaty Antshrike |
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Russet Antshrike |
x |
x |
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Plain Antvireo |
x |
x |
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Streak-crowned Antvireo |
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Checker-throated Antwren |
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x |
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Slaty Antwren |
x |
x |
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Dot-winged Antwren |
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x |
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Rufous-rumped Antwren |
x |
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Dusky Antbird |
h |
x |
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Chestnut-backed Antbird |
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x |
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Dull-mantled Antbird |
x |
x |
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Immaculate Antbird |
x |
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Spotted Antbird |
x |
x |
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Ocellated Antbird |
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Black-faced Antthrush |
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h |
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Black-headed Antthrush |
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Rufous-breasted Antthrush |
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Scaled Antpitta |
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Fulvous-bellied 'Thicket' Antpitta
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h |
h |
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Ochre-breasted Antpitta |
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Silvery-fronted Tapaculo |
h |
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Zeledon's 'White-front' Tyrannulet |
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Paltry (Mistletoe) Tyrannulet |
x |
x |
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Brown-capped Tyrannulet |
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Greenish Elaenia |
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Yellow-bellied Elaenia |
x |
x |
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Lesser Elaenia |
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Mountain Elaenia |
x |
x |
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Torrent Tyrannulet |
x |
x |
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Olive-striped Flycatcher |
x |
x |
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Ochre-bellied Flycatcher |
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x |
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Slaty-capped Flycatcher |
x |
x |
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Yellow Tyrannulet |
x |
x |
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Rufous-browed Tyrannulet |
x |
x |
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Black-capped Pygmy-Tyrant |
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Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant |
x |
x |
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Northern Bentbill |
h |
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Slate-headed Tody-Tyrant |
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Common Tody-Flycatcher |
x |
x |
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Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher |
h |
x |
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Eye-ringed Flatbill |
x |
x |
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Yellow-olive Flycatcher |
x |
x |
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Yellow-margined Flycatcher |
x |
x |
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White-throated Spadebill |
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x |
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Northern Royal Flycatcher |
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Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher |
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Tawny-chested Flycatcher |
x |
x |
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Tufted Flycatcher |
x |
x |
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Dark Pewee |
x |
x |
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Tropical Pewee |
x |
x |
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White-throated Flycatcher |
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x |
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Yellowish Flycatcher |
x |
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Black-capped Flycatcher |
x |
x |
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Black Phoebe |
x |
x |
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Long-tailed Tyrant |
x |
x |
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Bright-rumped Attila |
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x |
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Rufous Mourner |
x |
x |
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Dusky-capped Flycatcher |
x |
x |
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Great Kiskadee |
x |
x |
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Boat-billed Flycatcher |
x |
x |
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Social Flycatcher |
x |
x |
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Gray-capped Flycatcher |
x |
x |
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White-ringed Flycatcher |
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Golden-bellied Flycatcher |
x |
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Streaked Flycatcher |
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Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher |
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x |
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Piratic Flycatcher |
x |
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Tropical Kingbird |
x |
x |
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Barred Becard |
x |
x |
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Cinnamon Becard |
x |
x |
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White-winged Becard |
x |
x |
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Black-and-white Becard |
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Masked Tityra |
x |
x |
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Black-crowned Tityra |
x |
x |
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Rufous Piha |
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Lovely Cotinga |
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Snowy Cotinga |
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x |
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Purple-throated Fruitcrow |
x |
x |
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Bare-necked Umbrellabird |
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Three-wattled Bellbird |
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Thrushlike Schiffornis |
x |
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Gray-headed Manakin |
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White-collared Manakin |
x |
x |
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White-ruffed Manakin |
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x |
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White-crowned Manakin |
x |
x |
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Red-capped Manakin |
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Sharpbill |
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Gray-breasted Martin |
x |
x |
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Mangrove Swallow |
x |
x |
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Blue-and-white Swallow |
x |
x |
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Northern Rough-winged Swallow |
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x |
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Southern Rough-winged Swallow |
x |
x |
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Barn Swallow |
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Black-chested Jay |
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Brown Jay |
x |
x |
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Azure-hooded Jay |
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Silvery-throated Jay |
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Band-backed Wren |
x |
x |
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Black-throated Wren |
x |
x |
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Bay Wren |
x |
x |
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Striped-breasted Wren |
x |
x |
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Plain Wren |
x |
x |
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Canebrake Wren |
|
x |
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"Southern" House Wren |
x |
x |
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Ochraceous Wren |
x |
x |
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Sedge Wren |
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Timberline Wren |
x |
x |
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White-breasted Wood-Wren |
x |
x |
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Gray-breasted Wood-Wren |
x |
x |
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Whistling 'Scaly-breasted' Wren
|
h |
h |
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Song Wren |
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American Dipper |
x |
x |
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Long-billed Gnatwren |
|
x |
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Tropical Gnatcatcher |
x |
x |
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Tropical Mockingbird |
x |
x |
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Black-faced Solitaire |
x |
h |
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Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush |
x |
x |
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Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush |
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Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush |
h |
x |
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Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush |
x |
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Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush |
x |
x |
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Sooty Robin |
x |
x |
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Mountain Robin |
x |
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Pale-vented Robin |
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Clay-colored Robin |
x |
x |
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White-throated Robin |
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Black-and-yellow Silky-Flycatcher |
x |
x |
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Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher |
x |
x |
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Yellow-winged Vireo |
x |
x |
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Brown-capped Vireo |
x |
x |
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Yellow-green Vireo |
|
x |
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Tawny-crowned Greenlet |
x |
x |
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Lesser Greenlet |
x |
x |
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Green Shrike-Vireo |
|
x |
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Rufous-browed Peppershrike |
h |
x |
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Tropical Parula |
x |
x |
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Flame-throated Warbler |
x |
x |
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Olive-crowned Yellowthroat |
x |
x |
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Gray-crowned Yellowthroat |
|
x |
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Slate-throated Redstart |
x |
x |
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Collared Redstart |
|
x |
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Golden-crowned Warbler |
x |
x |
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Rufous-capped Warbler |
x |
x |
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Black-cheeked Warbler |
x |
x |
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Three-striped Warbler |
x |
x |
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Buff-rumped Warbler |
x |
x |
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Zeledonia |
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Bananaquit |
x |
x |
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Plain-colored Tanager |
|
x |
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Emerald Tanager |
x |
x |
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Silver-throated Tanager |
x |
x |
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Speckled Tanager |
x |
x |
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Bay-headed Tanager |
x |
x |
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Golden-hooded Tanager |
x |
x |
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Spangled-cheeked Tanager |
x |
x |
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Scarlet-thighed Dacnis |
x |
x |
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Blue Dacnis |
|
x |
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Green Honeycreeper |
x |
x |
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Shining Honeycreeper |
|
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Red-legged Honeycreeper |
|
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Golden-browed Chlorophonia |
x |
x |
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Yellow-crowned Euphonia |
|
x |
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Yellow-throated Euphonia |
|
x |
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Elegant (Blue-hooded) Euphonia |
x |
x |
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Olive-backed Euphonia |
x |
x |
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White-vented Euphonia |
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Tawny-capped Euphonia |
x |
x |
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Blue-gray Tanager |
x |
x |
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Palm Tanager |
x |
x |
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Olive Tanager |
x |
x |
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White-shouldered Tanager |
x |
x |
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Tawny-crested Tanager |
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White-lined Tanager |
x |
x |
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Red-throated Ant-Tanager |
x |
x |
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Hepatic Tanager |
|
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Flame-colored Tanager |
x |
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White-winged Tanager |
|
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Crimson-collared Tanager |
x |
x |
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Passerini's Tanager |
x |
x |
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Dusky-faced Tanager |
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Common Bush-Tanager |
x |
x |
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Sooty-capped Bush-Tanager |
x |
x |
|
Ashy-throated Bush-Tanager |
|
x |
|
Black-and-yellow Tanager |
x |
x |
|
Grayish Saltator |
x |
x |
|
Buff-throated Saltator |
x |
x |
|
Black-headed Saltator |
x |
x |
|
Slate-colored Grosbeak |
|
|
|
Black-faced Grosbeak |
|
|
|
Black-thighed Grosbeak |
|
|
|
Blue-black Grosbeak |
x |
x |
|
Sooty-faced Finch |
|
|
|
Yellow-thighed Finch |
x |
|
|
Large-footed Finch |
x |
x |
|
White-naped Brush-Finch |
|
x |
|
Chestnut-capped Brush-Finch |
|
x |
|
Orange-billed Sparrow |
x |
x |
|
Black-striped Sparrow |
x |
x |
|
Prevost's Ground-Sparrow |
x |
x |
|
White-eared Ground-Sparrow |
x |
x |
|
Blue-black Grassquit |
x |
x |
|
Variable Seedeater |
x |
x |
|
White-collared Seedeater |
|
|
|
Yellow-bellied Seedeater |
x |
x |
|
Thick-billed Seed-Finch |
x |
x |
|
Yellow-faced Grassquit |
x |
x |
|
Slaty Finch |
|
|
|
Peg-billed Finch |
|
|
|
Slaty Flowerpiercer |
x |
x |
|
Rufous-collared Sparrow |
x |
x |
|
Volcano Junco |
x |
x |
|
Red-winged Blackbird |
|
|
|
Red-breasted Blackbird |
|
x |
|
Eastern Meadowlark |
x |
x |
|
Melodious Blackbird |
x |
x |
|
Great-tailed Grackle |
x |
x |
|
Bronzed Cowbird |
x |
x |
|
Giant Cowbird |
x |
|
|
Orchard Oriole |
x |
|
|
Black-cowled Oriole |
x |
x |
|
Yellow-billed Cacique |
x |
x |
|
Scarlet-rumped Cacique |
x |
x |
|
Chestnut-headed Oropendola |
x |
x |
|
Montezuma Oropendola |
x |
x |
|
Yellow-bellied Siskin |
|
|
|
Lesser Goldfinch |
x |
|
|
House Sparrow |
x |
x |
|
|
|
|
|
Total Species |
271
|
|
|
|
|
288 |
|
271 includes 17 that were heard only (h) |
|
288 includes 12 that were heard only |