CENTRAL AMERICA
BIRDS 

Macaws to Woodpeckers


Noting those found during 
Focus On Nature Tours
with an (*).  

1991 thru 2011 

(In Belize, Costa Rica, Guatemala
 Honduras, Panama)

Part 2 of a Central America bird list compiled by Armas Hill, 
with photos 


Photo at upper right: FIERY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD

Codes:

(t): a globally threatened or rare species, designated by Birdlife International
 (t1): critical
 (t2): endangered
 (t3): vulnerable
(nt): a near-threatened species globally

In the list that follows, relating to sightings during FONT tours, the country & the months are noted.
BZ:    Belize
CR:   Costa Rica    
GU:   Guatemala
HN:    Honduras
PN:    Panama

(CAi): introduced species in Central America

(ph):  species with a photo in the FONT web-site 

Mammals in Central America (with some photos)

Butterflies in Central America, a list in 5 parts  (with some photos)  

Amphibians & Reptiles in Costa Rica & Panama  (with some photos) 

Birds:

275. Great Green Macaw (t3) (*) (ph) ______  CR:mar,apr,dec/jan  (closely related to the Military Macaw of Mexico & northern South America, and by some has been considered conspecific)
     Ara a. ambigua  (the other subspecies is an isolated population in western Ecuador)
     
     
     
     
     Great Green Macaw
     
     
276. Military Macaw  (GUr)  (*)  ______  GU:apr
     Ara militaris mexicanus
     
     
277. Scarlet Macaw (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul,dec  GU:mar,apr,jun  HN:feb,mar,dec
     Ara macao  (2 subspecies in Costa Rica)
     Ara macao cyanopterus  (northern subspecies, s. to Nicaragua, extending into northeast CR)
     Ara m. macao  (most populations in CR)  
     
     
     
     
     Scarlet Macaws
     
     
278. Red-and-green Macaw  (*) ______  PN:feb
     
     
     
     
     Red-and-green Macaws
     
     
279. Green Parakeet  (*) ______  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec
     Aratinga holochiora rubritoquis
     
     
280. Pacific Parakeet  (*)  ______  GU:apr,jul,dec
     Aratinga strenua
     
     
281. Finch's Parakeet (or Conure) (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  PN:feb  (has also been called Crimson-fronted Parakeet, or Conure) (total range only from southeastern Nicaragua to western Panama)
     Aratinga finschi  (monotypic)
     
     
282. Aztec Parakeet (or Conure) (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec   (was considered by some as part of Olive-throated Parakeet/Conure when it included Jamaican population)
     Aratinga a. astec  
     
     
     
     
     Aztec Parakeets
     (photo by Dick Tipton)
     
     
283. Orange-fronted Parakeet (or Conure) (*) ______  CR:jan,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:feb
     Aratinga c. canicularis
     
     
284. Brown-throated Parakeet (or Conure) (*) ______ CR:feb  PN:feb,mar  (a recent arrival in Costa Rica from Panama; now fairly common in southern Pacific lowlands)
     Aratinga pertinax
     
      
285. Sulphur-winged Parakeet (*)) ______  CR:feb,mar  PN:feb,mar  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Pyrrhura h. hoffmanni
     
     
286. Barred Parakeet (*) ______  CR:apr  GU:apr,jun
     Bolborhynchus l. lineola
     
     
287. Orange-chinned Parakeet (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb  PN:jan,feb,mar,aug,oct,nov  (another name has been "Tovi Parakeet")
     Brotogeris j. jugularis
     
     
288. Red-fronted Parrotlet (t3) (*) ______  CR:mar  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama; was at one time considered a race of the Blue-fronted Parrotlet of eastern Panama & northern South America)
     Touit costaricensis  (monotypic)
     
     
289. Brown-hooded Parrot (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:aug
     Pionopsitta h. haematotis
     
     
290. Blue-headed Parrot (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Pionus menstuus rubigularis
     
     
291. White-crowned Parrot (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  HN:feb  PN:feb
     Pionus senilis  (monotypic)
     
     
292. White-fronted Amazon (or Parrot) (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar,apr  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec
     Amazona albifrons nana
     
     
     
     
     White-fronted Amazon
     (photo by Dick Tipton)
     
     
293. Yellow-lored Amazon (or Parrot) (*)  ______  BZ:apr
     Amazona xantholora
     
     
294. Red-lored Amazon (or Parrot) (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul  HN:mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Amazona autumnalis salvini
     
     
295. Yellow-naped Amazon (or Parrot) (t2) (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:mar,apr,jun,jul
     Amazona a. auropalliata 
     
     
296. Yellow-headed Amazon (or Parrot)  (*) ______  HN:apr
     Amazona oratrix
     
     
297. Yellow-crowned Amazon (or Parrot)  (*) ______  PN:mar,nov
     Amazona ochrocephala panamensis 
     
     
298. Mealy Amazon (or Parrot) (*)  ______  BZ:apr  CR:feb,apr,mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Amazona farinosa virenticeps
     
     
299. Black-billed Cuckoo (*) ______  CR:feb  PN:nov
     Coccyzus erythropthalmus  (monotypic)
     
     
300. Yellow-billed Cuckoo (*) ______  CR:apr  GU:apr
     Coccyzus americanus  (now monotypic)
     
     
301. Mangrove Cuckoo (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,dec/jan
     Coccyzus minor  (now monotypic)
     
     
302. Cocos Cuckoo ______  (endemic to the Cocos Islands, well offshore from mainland Costa Rica, in the Pacific) 
     Coccyzus ferrugineus
     
     
303. Squirrel Cuckoo (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Piaya cayana thermophila
     
     
     
     
     Squirrel Cuckoo
     (photo by Dick Tipton)
     
     
304. Groove-billed Ani (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Crotophaga sulciroxtris  (now monotypic, as a "second form" in Mexico now extinct)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     Groove-billed Ani, including one with cattle in the Guanacaste region of Costa Rica
     (photos by Alan Brady)
     
     
305. Smooth-billed Ani (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Crotophaga ani  (monotypic)
     
     
306. Greater Ani  (CRr) (*)  ______  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Crotophaga major
     
     In Costa Rica, a single Greater Ani was sighted, a few times, at Tortuguero in early 2003 & December 2004. 
     
     
307. Striped Cuckoo (*) ______  BZ:apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:mar,apr,jun  HN:apr  PN:feb,mar
     Tapera naevia excellens
     
     
308. Pheasant Cuckoo ______  GU:jan,mar
     Dromococcyx phasianellus 
     
     
309. Lesser Roadrunner  (*) ______  GU:feb,apr,jun
     Geococcyx velox
     
     
310. Lesser Ground Cuckoo (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU
     Morococcyx e. erythropygus
     
     
311. Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo ______
     Neomorphus geoffroyi
     
     
312. Barn Owl (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jun  PN:feb,aug
     Tyto alba guatemalae
     
     
     
     
     During one night, as we drove along a road during one of 
     our tours in Belize, we saw 6 Barn Owls on fence posts.
     (photo by Andy Smith)
     
     
313. Vermiculated Screech Owl (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,jun  (has been considered a part of the "Guatemalan Screech Owl" of northern Central America, or even a more-expanded "Variable Screech Owl" of Central America & South America)
     Megascops (formerly Otus) vermiculatus  (monotypic)
     
     
314. Bearded Screech Owl  (*)  ______  GU;jun  (has also been called Bridled Screech Owl)
     Megascops (formerly otus) barbarus  (monotypic) 
     
     
315. Bare-shanked Screech Owl (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  (total range from Costa Rica to northwestern Colombia)
     Megascops (formerly Otus) clarkii  (monotypic)
     
     
316. Tropical Screech Owl (*) ______  CR:mar,apr  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Megascops (formerly Otus) choliba luctisonus
     
     
317. Pacific Screech Owl (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,dec/jan  GU:apr  (was said to be part of Western Screech-Owl of North America)
     Megascops (formerly Otus) c. cooperi
     
     
318. Crested Owl (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,dec  PN:aug
     Lophostrix cristata stricklandi  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
319. Great Horned Owl  (*) (ph) ______  CR:mar  GU:jun
     Bubo virginianus mesembrinus
     
     
320. Spectacled Owl (*) (ph) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:nov
     Pulsatrix perspicillata saturata
     
     
     
     
     Spectacled Owl
     
     
321. "Guatemalan" Mountain Pygmy Owl  (*) ______  GU:mar,apr,dec
     Glaucidium gnoma cobanense
     
     
322. Central American Pygmy Owl (*) ______  CR:mar,jul  GU:apr,dec  (was part of the former Least Pygmy Owl; another split from that is current East Brazilian Pygmy Owl of eastern Brazil in South America) (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Glaucidium griseiceps rarum
     
     
323. Costa Rican Pygmy Owl (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,dec/jan  (was considered part of the Andean Pygmy-Owl of South America)
     Glaucidium costaricanum  (monotypic)
     
     
324. Ferruginous Pygmy Owl (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,apr,jun,dec  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb  
     Glaucidium brasilianum ridgwayi
     
     
     
     
     2 versions of the Ferruginous Pygmy Owl
     (upper photo by Dick Tipton; lower photo by Alan Brady)
     
     
     
     
     
     
325. Mottled Owl (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  PN:feb,aug
     Strix virgata centralis
     
     
326. Black-and-white Owl (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,dec/jan  GU:jan  HN:dec  PN:feb,aug
     Strix (formerly Ciccaba) nigrolineata
     
     
327. Fulvous Owl  (*)  ______  GU:apr,jun  (closely related to the Barred Owl of North America)
     Strix fulvescens
     
     
328. Stygian Owl  (*)  ______  GU:jun
     Asio stygius robustus 
     
     
329. Striped Owl (*) (ph) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul  HN:dec  PN
     Pseudoscops (formerly Asio) clamator forbesi
     
     
330. Burrowing Owl (ph) ______
     Athene cunicularia
     
     Very rare in Costa Rica, there's a specimen of a Burrowing Owl from the slope of the Irazu Volcano in December 1990. 
     
     
331. Unspotted Saw-whet Owl  (CRr) (*) ______  CR
     Aegolius ridgwayi  
     
     The Unspotted Saw-whet Owl, a bird not known well anywhere, is said to occur in Costa Rica from 2,500 meters above sea level up to the timberline. 
     
     
332. Oilbird  (CRr) ______
     Steatornis caripensis  (the single member of its genus & family)  
     
     Oilbirds occur mostly in northern South America, where they reside in groups, by day, in caves. 
     In Costa Rica, no such population has been discovered, but, over the years, 2 specimens have been collected, from Cerro de la Muerte and Monteverde, Also, an individual was photographed dayroosting in Corcorvado National Park, and there's been another sighting above Horqueras de Sarapiqui,
     Oilbirds feed at night, with a hovering flight, on palms and wild avocados. They emit a slow series of clicks in flight.     
     
     
333. Great Potoo (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb
     Nyctibius g. grandis
     
     
334. Common Potoo (*)  ______  CR:jan,mar  PN:mar
     Nyctibius griseus panamensis
     
     
     
     
     Common Potoo at its nest (note egg)
     (photo by Ruben Campos)
     
     
335. Northern Potoo (ph) ______  BZ:mar  GU:jul
     Nyctibius jamaicensis
     
     
     
     
     A Northern Potoo at rest during the day, 
     photographed during one of our tours in Belize
     (photo by Alan Brady) 
     
     
336. Short-tailed Nighthawk (*) ______  CR:mar,jul  GU:jan,mar  HN:dec  PN:aug  (another name has been Semicollared Nighthawk)
     Lurocalis semitorquatus noctivagus
     
     
337. Common Nighthawk (*) ______  CR:mar  GU:jan,mar,apr,jun  PN:mar
     Chordeiles minor panamensis  (other subspecies occur in Costa Rica as migrants)
     
     
338. Lesser Nighthawk (*) ______  BZ:feb  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul,dec  GU:jan,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:apr  PN:mar
     Chordeiles acutipennis littoralis  (other subspecies occur in Costa Rica as migrants)
     
     
339. Ocellated Poorwill ______
     Nyctiphrynus ocellatus
     
     
340. Yucatan Poorwill  (*) ______  BZ:mar,apr  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun
     Nyctiphrynus yucatanicus  (monotypic)
     
     
341. Pauraque (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,apr  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Nyctidromus albicollis intercedens  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     
     
     Pauraques
     (above photo by Marie Gardner)
     (lower photo by Ruben Campos, during the March 2010 FONT Costa Rica tour)  
     
     
     
     
     
342. Buff-collared Nightjar  (*)  ______  GU:apr,jun
     Caprimulgus ridgwayi troglodyte
     
     
343. Yucatan Nightjar  (*)  ______  HN:apr
     Caprimulgus badius
     
     
344. Dusky Nightjar (*) ______  CR:mar  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Caprimulgus saturatus  (monotypic)
     
     
345. White-tailed Nightjar (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar  PN:feb
     Caprimulgus cayennensis albicauda
     
     
346. Rufous Nightjar  (*) (ph) ______  PN:mar
     Caprimulgus rufus
     
     
347. Chuck-will's-widow   ______  
     Caprimulgus carolinenis 
     
     
348. Whip-poor-will  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec
     Caprimulgus vociferus chiapensis  (in Guatemala)
     
     
349. American Black Swift (*) ______  CR:mar  GU:apr
     Cypseloides niger costaricensis
     
     
350. White-chinned Swift (*) ______  CR:feb,jul
     Cypseloides cryptus  (monotypic)
     
     
351. Spot-fronted Swift ______
     Cypseloides cherriei
     
     
352. Chestnut-collared Swift (*) ______  CR:jan,mar,apr  GU:mar,apr  HN:mar
     Streptoprocne (formerly Cypseloides) rutilus  (monotypic)
     
     
353. White-collared Swift (*) ______  BZ:mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Streptoprocne zonaris bouchelli
     
     
354. Gray-rumped Swift (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan
     Chaetura cinereiventris phaeopygos
     
     
355. Band-rumped Swift (*) ______  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Chaetura spinicaudus aetherodroma 
     
     
356. Costa Rican Swift (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul  (has been considered conspecific with more-southerly Band-rumped Swift, Chaetura spinicaudus; the range of the Costa Rican Swift is southern Costa Rica & adjacent Chiriqui province in Panama) 
     Chaetura fumosa  (monotypic)
     
     
357. "Dusky-backed" Vaux's Swift (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:apr,dec  PN:feb
     Chaetura vauxi richmondi
     
     
358. Chimney Swift  (*)  ______  HN:apr
     Chaetura pelagica
     
     
359. Short-tailed Swift  (*) ______  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct
     Chaetura b. brachyura
     
     
360. White-throated Swift  (*)  ______  GU:jun,dec
     Aeronautes saxatalis nigrior 
     
     
361. Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift (*) ______  BZ:feb  CR:jan,feb,mar,dec  GU:mar  PN:mar,aug
     Panyptila c. cayennensis
     
     
362. Great Swallow-tailed Swift  (*) ______  GU:apr
     Panyptila sanctihieronymi
     
     
363. Band-tailed Barbthroat (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul
     Threnetes ruckeri ventosus 
     
     During the FONT tour in southern Costa Rica in February 2004, a Band-tailed Barbthroat was seen at its nest.
     
     
364. Bronzy Hermit (*) ______  CR:feb,mar  PN:feb
     Glaucis aenea  (monotypic) 
     
     During the FONT tour in southern Costa Rica in February 2004, a Bronzy Hermit was seen at its nest.
     
     
365. Green Hermit (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,dec/jan  PN:feb
     Phaethornis guy coruscus
     
     
366. Long-billed Hermit (*) ______  BZ:feb,apr  CR:jan.feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr  HN:feb,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug  (was, at one time, part of the Long-tailed Hermit, a species now restricted to South America)
     Phaethornis longirostris cephalus
     
     
367. Stripe-throated Hermit (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,apr  HN:feb,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug   (formerly conspecific with Little Hermit of northeast South America, another name has been "Boucard's Hermit", Phaethornis adolphi)
     Phaethornis striigularis saturatus (genus formerly said to be Pygmornis)
     
     
     
     
     A Stripe-throated Hermit at its nest on a large blade of grass
     (photographed in Costa Rica by Alan Brady)
       
     
368. White-tipped Sicklebill (*) (ph) ______  CR:feb,mar  PN:feb
     Eutoxeres aquila salvini  
     
     During the FONT tour in southern Costa Rica in February 2004, a White-tipped Sicklebill was seen at its nest.
     
     
     
     
     White-tipped Sicklebill
     
     
369. Green-fronted Lancebill (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan
     Doryfera ludovicae veraguensis
     
     
370. Scaly-breasted Hummingbird (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr  GU:apr  HN:apr  PN:feb,aug  (another name has been "Cuvier's Hummingbird")
     Campylopterus (has been Phaeochroa) cuvierii  
     Campylopterus cuvierii roberti  (east CR)
     Campylopterus cuvierii maculicauda  (west CR)
     
     
371. Wedge-tailed Sabrewing  (*)  ______  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun
     Campylopterus curvipennis pampa
     
     
372. Rufous Sabrewing  (*)  ______  GU:mar,apr,jun,dec
     Campylopteus rufus  (monotypic)  
     
     
373. Violet Sabrewing (*) (ph) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:mar,apr,jul  HN:feb  PN:feb,mar
     Campylopterus hemileucurus mellitus
     
     
     
     
     Violet Sabrewing
     (photo courtesy of Doris Potter)
     
     
374. White-necked Jacobin (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  HN:feb  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Florisuga m. mellivora
     
     
     
     
     Two photos of White-necked Jacobins.
     Above: a male.  Below: a female.  
     (lower photo by Marie Gardner, during the FONT tour in Belize in April 2011)
     
     
     
     
     
375. Brown Violetear (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU  PN:feb
     Colibri delphinae  (now monotypic)
     
     
376. Green Violetear (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul,dec  GU:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Colibri thalassinus cabanidis
     
     
     
     
     A Green Violetear photographed during a FONT Costa Rica tour
     (photo by Rosemary Lloyd)
     
     
377. Green-breasted Mango (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr  (another name has been "Prevost's Mango")
     Anthracothorax prevostii gracilirostris
     
     
378. Veraguan Mango (*) ______  PN:feb,mar
     Anthracothorax veraguensis 
     
     
379. Black-throated Mango  (*) ______  PN:feb,mar
     Anthracothorax nigricollis  (monotypic)
     
     
380. Violet-headed Hummingbird (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar
     Klais guimeti merrittii  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     During the FONT tour in southern Costa Rica in February 2004, a Violet-headed Hummingbird was seen at its nest.
     
     
381. Emerald-chinned Hummingbird  (*) ______  GU:mar.apr,dec  HN:feb  (another name has been Abeille's Hummingbird)
     Abeilla a. abeillei 
     
     
382. Black-crested Coquette (*) ______  CR:mar  GU:apr
     Lophornis helenae  (monotypic)
     
     
383. White-crested Coquette (*) ______  CR:feb,mar  (another name has been "Adorable Coquette") (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Lophornis adorabilis
     
     
384. Green Thorntail (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan
     Discosura (formerly Popelairia) conversii  (monotypic)
     
     
385. Canivet's Emerald  (*)  ______  GU:jan,mar,apr,dec  (has been part of the former Fork-tailed Emerald)
     Chlorostilbon caniveti  (monotypic)
     
     
386. Salvin's Emerald (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,apr,jul,dec  HN:feb,dec  (this, and the more-northerly Canivet's Emerald and the more-southerly Garden Emerald have split from what was the Fork-tailed Emerald; some say that the Salvin's Emerald is a subspecies of the Canivet's Emerald)   
     Chlorostilbon (caniveti) salvini
     
     
387. Garden Emerald (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct  (this, and the Canivet's & the Salvin's Emeralds have been split from what was the Fork-tailed Emerald) (total range limited to Costa Rica & Panama)
     Chlorostilbon assimilis  (monotypic)
     
     
388. Violet-crowned Woodnymph (*) ______  BZ:apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  PN:feb,aug
     Thalurania colombica venusta
     
     
389. Fiery-throated Hummingbird (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul  PN:feb  (total range restricted to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Panterpe i. insignis  (1 of 2 subspecies in Costa Rica) (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     
     Fiery-throated Hummingbird
     (photo by Ruben Campos)
     
     
390. Blue-throated Sapphire (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  GU  HN:feb  (has also been called Blue-throated Goldentail)
     Hylocharis e. eliciae 
     
     During the FONT tour in southern Costa Rica in February 2004, a Blue-throated Sapphire was seen at its nest.
     
     
391. Violet-bellied Hummingbird  (*) ______  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Damophila julie panamensis
     
     
392. Sapphire-throated Hummingbird  (*) ______  PN:feb,aug
     Lepidopyga c. coeruleogularis  (in western Panama)
     Lepidopyga coeruleogularis confinis  (in eastern Panama)
     
     
393. Azure-crowned Hummingbird  (*) ______  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar  (another name has been Red-billed Azurecrown)
     Amazilia c. cyanocephala
     
     
394. Berylline Hummingbird  (*) ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:feb,mar
     Amazilia beryllina devillei
     
     
395. Blue-tailed Hummingbird  (*)  ______  GU:mar,apr,jun,dec
     Amazilia cyanura guatemalae
     
     
396. Charming Hummingbird (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar  PN:mar  (another name has been Beryl-crowned Hummingbird; formerly considered conspecific with the Blue-chested Hummingbird) (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Amazilia decora
     
     
397. Blue-chested Hummingbird (*) ______  CR:mar  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct
     Amazilia amabilis  (monotypic) 
     
     
398. Snowy-bellied Hummingbird (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar  PN:jan,feb,mar,aug  (total range is Costa Rica & Panama)
     Amazilia edward niveoventer
     
     
399. Mangrove Hummingbird (t2) (CRe) (*) ______  CR:feb,jul,dec/jan  (total range limited to the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, where it occurs only in mangroves) 
     Amazilia boucardi  (monotypic)
     
     
400. White-bellied Emerald ______  BZ:feb,mar  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul  HN:apr,dec
     Amazilia candida
     
     
401. Steely-vented Hummingbird (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan
     Amazilia saucerrottei hoffmanni
     
     
402. Buff-bellied Hummingbird  (*)  ______  GU:jan.feb,mar,apr,jun,dec
     Amazilia y, yucatanensis 
     
     
403. Cinnamon Hummingbird (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec
     Amazilia rutila corallirostris
     
     
404. Rufous-tailed Hummingbird (*) (ph) ______ BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct
     Amazilia t. tzacatl
     
     
     
     
     Two Photos of Rufous-tailed Hummingbirds
     (photo below by Marie Gardner during the FONT tour in Belize in April 2011)  
     
     
     
     
405. Stripe-tailed Hummingbird (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  HN:dec  PN:feb,mar
     Eupherusa eximia
     
     
406. Black-bellied Hummingbird (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Eupherusa nigriventris
     
     
407. Snowcap (*) ______  CR:mar  (total range from southern Honduras to western Panama)
     Microchera albocoronata parvirostris  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
408. White-tailed Emerald (*) ______  CR:mar  PN:feb,mar  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Elvira chionura
     
     
409. Coppery-headed Emerald (CRe) (*) (ph) ______ CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  (total range limited to Costa Rica) 
     Elvira cupreiceps
     
     
     
     
     Coppery-headed Emerald
     This hummingbird is one of just a few birds endemic to Costa Rica.
        
     
410. Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:nov  (was previously called Red-footed Plumeleteer)
     Chalybura urochrysia melanorrhoa
     
     
411. White-vented Plumeleteer  (*) ______  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Chalybura buffoni micana
     
     
412. Amethyst-throated Hummingbird  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec
     Lampornis amethystinus salvini  
     
     
413. Green-throated Mountain-gem  (*) ______  GU:apr,jun,dec  HN:feb
     Lampornis viridipallens
     
     
414. White-bellied Mountaingem (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Lampornis hemileucus  (monotypic)
     
     
415. Gray-tailed Mountaingem (CRe) (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul  (this, and the White-throated and Purple-throated Mountaingems have been considered conspecific; when so, the name was Variable Mountaingem)  (total range limited to southern Costa Rica)
     Lampornis cincereicauda 
     
     
     
     
     A male Gray-tailed Mountaingem
     (photo by Ruben Campos)
     
     
416. Purple-throated Mountaingem (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  (has been considered conspecific with the Gray-tailed and White-throated Mountaingems, the latter in Panama) (total range limited to Nicaragua & Costa Rica) 
     Lampornis calolaema  (3 subspecies in Costa Rica)
     
     
417. White-throated Mountaingem (*) ______  PN:feb,mar  (very closely related to the Gray-tailed Mountaingem, and has been considered by some to be conspecific)
     Lampornis castaneoventris
     
     
418. White-eared Hummingbird  (*) ______  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:feb
     Basilinna l. leucotis
     
     
     
     
     The White-eared Hummingbird is commonly seen 
     during FONT tours in the mountains of Guatemala. 
     
     
419. Garnet-throated Hummingbird  (*)  ______  GU:feb,apr,jun,dec
     Lamprolaima rhami  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
420. Green-crowned Brilliant (*) (ph) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan
     Heliodoxa jacula henryi
     
     
     
     
     A Green-crowned Brilliant in Costa Rica
       
     
421. Magnificent Hummingbird (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  PN:feb  (the subspecies in northern Central America, Mexico, & the southwest US, has been called the "Rivoli's Hummingbird")
     Eugenes fulgens spectabilis
     
     
422. Purple-crowned Fairy (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun  HN:dec  PN:feb,aug
     Heliothryx barroti  (monotypic)
     
     
423. Plain-capped Starthroat (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,apr,jun
     Heliomaster c. constantii
     
     
424. Long-billed Starthroat (*) ______  CR  GU:mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Heliomaster l. longirostris
     
     
425. Slender Sheartail  (*) ______  GU:dec
     Doricha enicura  (monotypic)
     
     
426. Sparkling-tailed Hummingbird  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  (another name has been Dupont's Hummingbird)
     Tilmatura dupontii  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
427. Magenta-throated Woodstar (nt) (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Calliphlox bryantae  (monotypic)
     
     
428. Ruby-throated Hummingbird (*) (ph) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  GU:mar,apr,dec  HN:dec  PN:feb(rare)
     Archilochus colubris  (monotypic)
     
     
429. Broad-tailed Hummingbird  (*)  ______  GU:feb
     Selasphorus platycercus  (monotypic, as S. p. guatemalae now merged)
     
     
430. Scintillant Hummingbird (*) (ph) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Selasphorus scintilla  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     
     
     Scintillant Hummingbird (upper: male) (lower: female)
     (photos below, taken by Marie Gardner during a FONT tour in Costa Rica)   
     
     
431. Volcano Hummingbird (*) (ph) ______   CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul  PN:feb,mar  (red-gorgeted form in Costa Rica formerly considered a species: the "Cerise-throated Hummingbird", Selasphorus simoni)  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama) 
     Selasphorus flammula 
     Selasphorus f. flammula  (in Costa Rica, at Irazu & Turrialba volcanoes)
     Selasphorus flammula simoni  (in Costa Rica, at Poas & Barva volcanoes)
     Selasphorus flammula torridus  (in Costa Rica, in Talamanca range)
     
     
     
     
     A male Volcano Hummingbird 
     photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
432. Glow-throated Hummingbird  (t3)  ______  PN:feb  (total range limited to Panama)
     Selasphorus ardens  (monotypic)
     
     
433. Wine-throated Hummingbird  (*) ______  GU:dec
     Atthia e. ellioti 
     
     
434. Resplendent Quetzal (nt) (*) (ph) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,apr,jun,dec  HN:feb  PN:feb,mar
     Pharomachrus m. morcinno  (in Guatemala) 
     Pharomachrus mocinno costaricensis  (in Costa Rica & Panama)
     
     
     
     
     A male Resplendent Quetzal 
     The species is the national bird of Guatemala.
     
     
435. Slaty-tailed Trogon (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul  HN:feb  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov   (another name has been "Massena Trogon")
     Trogon massena hoffmanni
     
     
     
     
     Slaty-tailed Trogon
     (photo by Daniel Leon Cordero)
     
     
436. Lattice-tailed Trogon (*) ______ N  (total range restricted to Costa Rica & western Panama)  
     Trogon clarthratus
     
     
437. Baird's Trogon (nt) (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar  (closely related to, and has been said by some to be conspecific with the Western White-tailed Trogon of Panama & northern South America; another name has been "Vermilion-breasted Trogon'") (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Trogon bairdii  (monotypic)
     
     
438. Black-headed Trogon (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  HN:feb,mar,dec  (has been considered conspecific with Citreoline Trogon of Mexico)
     Trogon melanocephalus
     
     
     
     
     Black-headed Trogon
     (note the blue eye-ring)
     
     
439. Mountain Trogon  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  (another name has been Mexican Trogon)
     Trogon mexicanus
     
     
440. Elegant Trogon (*) ______  CR:apr,dec/jan  (the northernmost race, in Mexico & southwest US, has been called Coppery-tailed Trogon)
     Trogon elegans lubricus
     
     
441. Collared Trogon (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb  PN:feb,mar
     Trogon collaris puella
     Trogon collaris underwoodi  ("Orange-bellied Trogon": range in Costa Rica & western Panama) 
     
     
442. Black-throated Trogon (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Trogon rufus tenellus
     
     
443. Gartered Trogon (*) (ph) ______   BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul  HN:feb  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov  (was part of the Violaceous Trogon of South America) 
     Trogon caligatus (formerly violaceus) concinnus
     
     
     
     
     Gartered Trogon
     (note the yellow eye-ring)
     
     
444. White-tailed Trogon  (*)  ______  PN:feb,aug,nov  (has been split from the Green-backed Trogon, Trogon viridis, of South America) 
     Trogon chlonurus  (monotypic)
     
     
445. Black-tailed Trogon  (*) ______  PN:feb,mar
     Trogon melanurus macroura
     
     
446. Ringed Kingfisher (*) (ph) ______   BZ:mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,mar,apr,mayjun,jul,dec  HN:apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) t. torquata
     
     
447. Belted Kingfisher (*) (ph) ______   BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,dec  PN:nov
     Megaceryle (formerly Ceryle) alcyon  (monotypic)
     
     
448. Amazon Kingfisher (*) ______  BZ:feb  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Chloroceryle amazona  (now monotypic)
     
     
449. Green Kingfisher (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Chloroceryle americana septentrionalis
     
     
     
     
     Green Kingfisher
     (photo by Andy Smith)
     
     
450. American Pygmy Kingfisher (*) (ph) ______  BZ:apr  CR:jan,mar,apr,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  PN:feb,aug
     Chloroceryle a. aenea
     
     
     
     
     An American Pygmy Kingfisher photographed during the FONT tour in Belize in April 2011  
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
451. Green-and-rufous Kingfisher  (*)  ______  PN:feb
     Chloroceryle inda
     
     
452. Broad-billed Motmot (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  PN:mar,aug,oct,nov
     Electron platyrhynchum minus
     
     
453. Turquoise-browed Motmot (*) (ph) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:apr,jun  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec
     Eumomota superciliosa australis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     
     Turquoise-browed Motmot
     
     
454. Rufous Motmot (*) ______  CR:mar  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Baryphthengus martii semirufus
     
     
455. Blue-crowned Motmot (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct   (an alternate name, especially for the southern races, in South American, would be "Blue-diademed Motmot") 
     Momotus momota lessonii  (in most of Guatemala & in Costa Rica)
     
     
     
     
     A Blue-crowned Motmot photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Z. Gardner) 
     
     
456. Russet-crowned Motmot  (*)  ______  GU:feb,apr,jun
     Momotus mexicanus castaneiceps
     
     
457. Keel-billed Motmot ______
     Electron carinatum
     
     
458. Tody Motmot  (*) ______  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:dec
     Hylomanes momotula
     
     
459. Blue-throated Motmot  (*)  ______  GU:apr,jun,jul,dec
     Aspatha gularis  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
460. Rufous-tailed Jacamar (*) (ph) ______  BZ:apr  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul
     Galbula ruficauda melanogenia
     
     
     
     
     A Rufous- tailed Jacamar photographed during a FONT tour
       
     
461. Great Jacamar ______
     Jacamerops aureus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
462. White-necked Puffbird (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,dec/jan
     Notharchus (formerly Bucco) hyperrynchus
     
     
463. Black-breasted Puffbird (*) ______  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Notharchus pectoralis  (monotypic)
     
     
464. Pied Puffbird (*)  ______  CR:mar,apr,dec/jan  PN:feb,aug
     Notharchus (formerly Bucco) tectus subtectus
     
     
465. White-whiskered Puffbird (*)  ______  CR:feb,apr  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct  (an alternate name would be "White-whiskered Softwing")
     Malacoptila panamensis fuliginosa
     
     
466. White-fronted Nunbird (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul
     Monasa morphoeus grandior
     
     
467. Lanceolated Monklet ______
     Micromonacha lanceolata
     
     
468. Red-headed Barbet (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan
     Eubucco bourcieri salvini
     
     
     
     
     Red-headed Barbet
     
     
469. Spot-crowned Barbet (*) ______  PN:aug,nov
     Capito maculicoronatus
      
     
470. Prong-billed Barbet (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Semnornis frantzii  (monotypic)
     
     
471. "White-throated" Emerald Tocuanet  (*)  ______  GU:jan,feb,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb
     Aulacorhynchus prasinus virescens
     
     
472. "Blue-throated" Emerald Toucanet (*) (ph) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar  (a distinct subspecies from the "White-throated" Emerald Toucant of northern Central America)
     Aulacorhynchus prasinus caeruleogularis 
     
     
     
     
     An Emerald Toucanet photographed during a FONT tour
     in Costa Rica  
     
     
473. Collared Aracari (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr.jun,jul  HN:feb,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Pteroglossus t. torquatus
     
     
     
     
     Collared Aracari
     (photo by Alan Brady)
     
     
474. Fiery-billed Aracari (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,dec  (was considered by some as conspecific with the Collared Aracari)
     Pteroglossus frantzii  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A Fiery-billed Aracari photographed during a FONT Costa Rica tour
      
     
475. Yellow-eared Toucanet ______
     Selenidera spectabilis
     
     
476. Keel-billed Toucan (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov  (an alternate name is "Rainbow-billed Toucan")
     Ramphastos sulfuratus brevicarinatus
     
     
     
     
     Keel-billed Toucans
     The species is the national bird of Belize.
     
     
     
     
477. Chestnut-mandibled Toucan (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov  (another name has been "Swainson's Toucan")
     Ramphastos ambiguus
     
     
478. Olivaceous Piculet (*) ______  CR:jan,mar  PN:feb
     Picumnus olivaceus flavotinctus
     
     
479. "Guatemalan" Northern Flicker  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:feb
     Colaptes auratus mexicanoides
     
     
480. Acorn Woodpecker (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:apr,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Melanerpes formicivorus striatipectus
     
     
481. Black-cheeked Woodpecker (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun  HN:dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Melanerpes (formerly Centurus or Tripsurus) pucherani  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Black-cheeked Woodpecker
     (photo by Doris Potter)
     
     
482. Red-vented Woodpecker  ______  BZ:apr
     Melanerpes pygmaeus
     
     
483. Golden-fronted Woodpecker  (*) (ph)  ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec
     Melanerpes (formerly Centurus) aurifrons
     
     
484. Golden-naped Woodpecker (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Melanerpes (formerly Tripsurus, then Centurus) c. chrysauchen
     
     
     
     
     Golden-naped Woodpecker
     (photographed by Alan Brady in Costa Rica)  
     
     
485. Hoffmann's Woodpecker (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  (total range from southern Honduras to Costa Rica)
     Melanerpes (formerly Centurus) hoffmannii  (monotypic)
     
     
486. Red-crowned Woodpecker (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Melanerpes (formerly Centurus) r. rubricapillus
     
     
487. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker (*) (ph) ______  CR:dec/jan,mar  GU:feb,apr,dec
     Sphyrapicus varius  (monotypic)
     
     
488. Hairy Woodpecker (*) (ph) ______  CR:feb,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Picoides villosus sanctorum
     
     
489. Smoky-brown Woodpecker (*) ______  BZ:mar  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul  PN:feb
     Veniliornis fumigatus sanguinolentus
     
     
490. Red-rumped Woodpecker ______
     Veniliornis kirkii
     
     
491. Golden-olive Woodpecker (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:mar,apr  PN:feb
     Colaptes (formerly Piculus) rubiginosus yucatanensis
     Colaptes (formerly Piculus) rubiginosus maximus  (in the highlands of Guatemala)
     
     
     
     
     Golden-olive Woodpecker
     (photo by Dick Tipton)
     
     
492. Rufous-winged Woodpecker (*) ______  CR:feb,dec/jan  (closely related to Stripe-cheeked Woodpecker of Panama & White-throated Woodpecker of South America) (total range from eastern Honduras to western Panama) 
     Piculus simplex  (monotypic)
     
     
493. Golden-green Woodpecker  (*) ______  PN:feb
     Piculus chrysochloros aurosus
     
     
494. Cinnamon Woodpecker (*) ______  CR:jul  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Celeus loricatus diversus
     
     
495. Chestnut-colored Woodpecker (*) ______  BZ:apr  CR  GU:jan,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec
     Celeus castaneus (monotypic)
     
     
496. Lineated Woodpecker (*) (ph)  ______  BZ:mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr  PN:feb,oct,nov
     Dryocopus lineatus 
     Dryocopus lineatus similis  (northwest CR)
     Dryocopus l. lineatus  (most of CR) 
     
     
     
     
     Lineated Woodpecker
     
     
497. Crimson-crested Woodpecker  (*) ______  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Campephilus melanoleucos malherbii
     
     
498. Pale-billed Woodpecker (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar,apr  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,apr  (another name has been "Flint-billed Woodpecker")
     Campephilus g. guatemalensis
     
     
     
     
     A Pale-billed Woodpecker photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
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