Wendy and I spent eleven days in Costa Rica with a great group of Indiana birders. The trip was expertly organized and led by Brad Bumgardner and Costa Rican guide Juan Diego Vargas. We saw nearly 380 species, including eleven owls, twelve parrots, twelve woodpeckers, 34 flycatchers, 19 warblers, seven trogons, and 34 hummingbirds! Costa Rica is certainly a beautiful country with spectacular birds. Photography was challenging with many low light situations in the rain forest, but I still managed a "few" shots.
* John's Favorites
Great Tinamou
Great Curassow
Crested Guan
Spotted Wood-quail
* Sunbittern
* Bare-throated Tiger-heron (adult)
Bare-throated Tiger-heron (immature)
Boat-billed Heron
* Double-striped Thick-knee
Northern Jacana
Gray-headed Kite
Barred Hawk
White Hawk
Double-toothed Kite
Common Black-hawk
Red-tailed Hawk
Yellow-headed Caracara (adult)
Yellow-headed Caracara (immature)
Laughing Falcon
Striped Owl
* Crested Owl
Pacific Screech-owl
Ferruginous Pygmy-owl
* Great Potoo
Long-billed Hermit
* Green-crowned Brilliant
* Talamanca Hummingbird (male)
* Talamanca Hummingbird (female)
* Fiery-throated Hummingbird
* Crowned Woodnymph (male)
* Crowned Woodnymph (female)
Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
Green-breasted Mango
* Brown Violetear
* Lesser Violetear
White-throated Mountain-gem
Purple-throated Mountain-gem
* Green Thorntail (male)
* Green Thorntail (female)
Black-crested Coquette
Volcano Hummingbird
* Red-billed Pigeon
Ruddy Ground-dove
Scarlet Macaw
Yellow-naped Parrot
Red-lored Parrot
Groove-billed Ani
Squirrel Cuckoo
* Gartered Trogon
* Baird's Trogon
Orange-bellied Trogon
* Slaty-tailed Trogon
* Resplendent Quetzal
Turquoise-browed Motmot
Keel-billed Motmot
Ringed Kingfisher
Amazon Kingfisher
* American Pygmy Kingfisher
* White-fronted Nunbird
Rufous-tailed Jacamar
* Collared Aracari
Fiery-billed Aracari
* Keel-billed Toucan
* Yellow-throated Toucan
Black-cheeked Woodpecker
Wedge-billed Woodcreeper
Spotted Woodcreeper
Spot-crowned Woodcreeper
Ruddy Treerunner
Dull-mantled Antbird
* Streak-chested Antpitta
Yellow-bellied Elaenia
* Common Tody-flycatcher
Long-tailed Tyrant
Yellowish Flycatcher
Boat-billed Flycatcher
Social Flycatcher
Gray-capped Flycatcher
Masked Tityra
Orange-collared Manakin (female)
Red-capped Manakin
Yellow-billed Cotinga
White-throated Magpie-jay
* Brown Jay
Black-billed Nightngale-thrush
Black-faced Solitaire
Mountain Thrush
Clay-colored Thrush
* Long-tailed Silky-flycatcher
* Rufous-naped Wren
Timberline Wren
"Mangrove" Yellow Warbler
Flame-throated Warbler
Tropical Parula
Slate-throated Redstart
* Collared Redstart
Black-cheeked Warbler
White-lined Tanager
Scarlet-rumped Tanager
Crimson-collared Tanager
Blue-gray Tanager
Black and Yellow Tanager
* Silver-throated Tanager
* Emerald Tanager
* Speckled Tanager
* Golden-hooded Tanager
* Bay-headed Tanager
* Green Honeycreeper
Red-legged Honeycreeper
Slaty Flowerpiercer
* Buff-throated Saltator
Black-striped Sparrow
* Common Chlorospingus
Rufous-collared Sparrow
Volcano Junco
* Flame-colored Tanager
* Montezuma Oropendola
* Golden-browed Chlorophonia
Yellow-throated Euphonia
Costa Rica trip images
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