CENTRAL AMERICA
BIRDS

Manakins to Thrashers
 

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

1991 thru 2011 

(during the months of January, 
 February, March, April, July, December)

Part 3 of a Central America bird list compiled by Armas Hill, 
with photos 


Photo at upper right: LONG-TAILED MANAKIN

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

(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:

499. Red-capped Manakin (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Pipra mentalis 
     Pipra m. mentalis  (in eastern Costa Rica)
     Pipra mentalis ignifera  (in western Costa Rica)
     
     
      
     
     An adult male Red-capped Manakin
     (photo by Ruben Campos)
     
     
500. White-crowned Manakin ______
     Pipra pipra
     
     
501. Blue-crowned Manakin (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:mar,aug,nov
     Lepidothrix coronata velutina
     
     
502. Lance-tailed Manakin (*) ______  CR:feb,mar  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Chiroxiphia lanceolata  (monotypic)
     
     
503. Long-tailed Manakin (*) (ph) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:mar,apr,jul,dec
     Chiroxiphia linearis fastuosa
     
     
     
     
     Long-tailed Manakin
     
     
504. White-ruffed Manakin (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb
     Corapipo altera (formerly leucorrhoa, that's now the scientific name of the formerly conspecific White-bibbed Manakin of northern South America) 
     Corapipo a. altera  (in northern Costa Rica)
     Corapipo altera heteroleuca  (in southwest Costa Rica) 
     
     
     
     
     White-ruffed Manakin
     
     
505. Orange-collared Manakin (*) ______  CR:feb,mar  (has been considered conspecific with the White-collared Manakin, and with the Golden-collared Manakin of Panama; these 3 Central American manakins are closely related to the White-bearded Manakin, Manacus manacus, of South America) (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Manacus aurantiacus
     
     
506. White-collared Manakin (*) ______  BZ:mar,apr  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may  HN:apr  (has been considered conspecific with the Orange-collared Manakin, and with the Golden-collared Manakin of Panama; these 3 Central American manakins are closely related to the White-bearded Manakin, Manacus manacus, of South America)
     Manacus candei
     
     
     
     
     A White-collared Manakin photographed during a FONT tour in Belize in April 2011
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
507. Golden-collared Manakin  (*) ______  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Manacus v. vitellinus
     
     
508. Broad-billed Sapayoa  (*) ______  PN:feb,aug
     Sapayoa aenigma  (monotypic)
     
     
509. Masked Tityra (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  PN:feb,mar,aug  HN:feb,mara,apr,dec
     Tityra semifasciata costaricensis
     
     
510. Black-crowned Tityra (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,mar,apr,may,jun  HN:dec
     Tityra inquisitor fraserii
     
     
511. Thrushlike Schiffornis (*) ______  BZ:mar  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun  HN:dec  PN:nov  (has been called Thrushlike Mourner and Thrushlike Manakin - but neither a mourner nor a manakin)
     Schiffornis turdina veraepacis
     
     
512. Speckled Mourner ______
     Laniocera rufescens
     
     
513. Barred Becard (*) ______  CR:mar.apr
     Pachyramphus versicolor costaricensis
     
     
514. Cinnamon Becard (*) ______  BZ:mar  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan  HN:dec  PN:feb,aug
     Pachyramphus cinnamomeus fulvidior
     
     
515. One-colored Becard  (*) ______  PN:feb
     Pachyramphus h. homochrous
     
     
516. White-winged Becard (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  HN:apr,dec  PN:mar
     Pachyramphus polychopterus similis
     
     
517. Black-and-white Becard (*) ______  CR:mar  PN:feb
     Pachyramphus albogriseus ornatus
     
     
518. Rose-throated Becard (*) ______  BZ:mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb
     Pachyramphus aglaiae latirostris  (1 of 2 subspecies in Costa Rica)
     
     
519. Gray-collared Becard  (*)  ______  BZ:mar  GU:mar
     Pachyramphus major matudai
     
     
520. Rufous Piha (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,dec/jan  GU  PN:aug
     Lipaugus u. unirufus
     
     
521. Sharpbill (*) ______
     Oxyruncus cristatus   (the single member of its genus)
     
     
522. Turquoise Cotinga  (t3) (*) ______  CR:feb,mar  PN:feb  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Cotinga ridgwayi  (monotypic)
     
      
523. Blue Cotinga  (*) ______  PN:mar,aug
     Cotinga nattererii  (monotypic) 
     
     
524. Lovely Cotinga  (*)  ______  HN:feb,dec
     Cotinga amabilis
     
     
525. Snowy Cotinga (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  HN:feb  (total range from northern Honduras to western Panama)
     Carpodectes nitidus  (monotypic)
     
     
526. Yellow-billed Cotinga  (t2) (*) ______  CR:jan  (an alternate name for this rare regional endemic has been "Antonia's Cotinga") (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Carpodectes antoniae  (monotypic)
     
     
527. Purple-throated Fruitcrow (*) ______  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Querula purpurata
     
     
528. Bare-necked Umbrellabird  (t3) (*) ______  CR:jan,mar,jul,dec  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama) 
     Cephalopterus glabricollis  (monotypic)
     
     
529. Three-wattled Bellbird  (t3) (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar  (total range from eastern Honduras to western Panama) 
     Procnias tricarunculata  (monotypic)
     
     
530. Gray-headed Piprites (nt) (*) ______  CR:jul,dec/jan  GU:jan   (has been called Gray-headed Manakin, but not a manakin) (total range from eastern Guatemala to Costa Rica)
     Piprites griseiceps  (monotypic)
     
     
531. Black Phoebe (*) ______  BZ:mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar  PN:feb,mar
     Sayornis nigricans amnicola
     
     
532. Pied Water Tyrant  (*) ______  PN:feb
     Fluvicola p. pica
     
     
533. Long-tailed Tyrant (*) (ph)  ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  PN:feb,aug,nov
     Colonia colonus leuconota  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
534. Scissor-tailed Flycatcher (*) (ph) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,mar,apr,dec  PN:jan,mar,dec
     Tyrannus forficatus  (monotypic)  
     
     
535. Fork-tailed Flycatcher (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun  HN:feb,apr  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Tyrannus savana monachus
     
     
     
     
     A Fork-tailed Flycatcher photographed during a FONT tour in Belize 
     (photo by Alan Brady)
     
     
536. Eastern Kingbird (*) (ph) ______  CR:apr  GU:apr  HN:apr  PN:mar,nov
     Tyrannus tyrannus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     The Eastern Kingbird has been seen in large numbers in migration
     during FONT tours in Panama.
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
537. Western Kingbird  (*) (ph)  ______   CR:dec/jan  GU:mar,dec
     Tyrannus verticlis  (monotypic)
     
     
538. Tropical Kingbird (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:jan,feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Tyrannus melancholicus satrapa
     
     
539. Couch's Kingbird  (*)  (ph)  ______  BZ:mar,apr  GU
     Tyrannus couchii
     
     
540. Cassin's Kingbird  (*)  ______  GU:mar,apr
     Tyrannus v. vociferans
     
     
541. Gray Kingbird  (ph) ______  HN:apr  PN:feb,mar,nov
     Tyrannus dominicensis
     
     In Costa Rica, the Gray Kingbird is a very rare passage migrant along the Caribbean coast, in March & April and in September & early October. Mostly, they are single birds among flocks of Eastern Kingbirds.    
     
     
542. Piratic Flycatcher (*) ______  BZ:mar,apr  CR:feb,mar  GU:apr  HN:apr  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Legatus leucophaius  (the single member of its genus)  (2 subspecies in Costa Rica: L. l. variegatus & L. l. leucophaius)
     
     
543. White-ringed Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul  (closely related to the Yellow-throated Flycatcher of South America)
     Conopias (formerly Corytriccus) albovittatus distinctus
     
     
544. Boat-billed Flycatcher (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Megarynchus pitangua mexicanus
     
     
545. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul  GU:apr,jun,jul  HN:apr  PN:oct
     Myiodynastes luteiventris (monotypic)
     
     
546. Streaked Flycatcher (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:apr,jun  HN:mar  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct
     Myiodynastes masulatus insolens
     
     
     
     
     A Streaked Flycatcher photographed during a FONT tour in Panama.
     The bird is drying after a tropical rain in, after all, the rainforest.
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
547. Golden-bellied Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,dec/jan  PN:feb
     Myiodynastes hemichrysus  (monotypic)
     
     
548. Gray-capped Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Myiozetetes g. granadensis
     
     
549. Social Flycatcher (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr.jul,dec  GU:jan.feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:jan,feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Myiozetetes similis 
     Myiozetetes similis texensis  (in northern Costa Rica)
     Myiozetetes similis columbianus  (in south Costa Rica)
     
     
     
     
     Social Flycatcher
     (photo by Alan Brady)
     
     
550. Rusty-margined Flycatcher  (CRr) (*)  ______  PN:feb,mar,nov
     Myiozetetes cayanensis
     
     The Rusty-margined Flycatcher, mostly a bird of South America, is new to Costa Rica. It was first found there in April 2004, and nesting of the species was noted in March 2006. Sightings have been in the southern Pacific lowlands, north to Gamba, and near Pavones.   
     
     
551. Great Kiskadee (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Pitangus sulphuratus guatimalensis
     
     
     
     
     A Great Kiskadee photographed during a FONT tour in Belize in April 2011
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
552. Lesser Kiskadee  (*) ______  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Pitangus (formerly Philohydor) lictor panamensis
     
     
553. Rufous Mourner (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun  PN:aug
     Rhytipterna h. holerythra
     
     
554. Panama Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Myiarchus panamensis actiosus (subspecies endemic to Costa Rica)
     
     
555. Brown-crested Flycatcher (*) ______  BZ:mar,apr  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr
     Myiarchus tyrannulus brachyurus
     
     
556. Nutting's Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,apr,jun  (another name has been "Pale-throated Flycatcher") 
     Myiarchus nuttingi flavidior
     
     
557. Yucatan Flycatcher  (*)  ______  GU:feb,apr,jun
     Myiarchus y. yucatanensis
     
     
558. Great Crested Flycatcher (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,nov
     Myiarchus crinitus  (monotypic)
     
     
559. Dusky-capped Flycatcher (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Myiarchus tuberculifer connectens
     
     
     
     
     Dusky-capped Flycatcher
     (photo by Dick Tipton)
     
     
560. Ash-throated Flycatcher (ph) ______  GU:feb,apr,dec
     Myiarchus cinerascens
     
     In Costa Rica, the Ash-throated Flycatcher is very rare. There's an old record from March 1934, and a recent report from Punta Uva in Limon in October 2001.
     
     
561. Bright-rumped Attila (*) (ph) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,mar,apr  HN:apr  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Attila spadiceus citreopyga
     
     
     
     
     A Bright-rumped Attila photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
562. Western Sirystes  (*) ______  PN:mar
     Airystes albogriseus
     
     
563. Olive-sided Flycatcher (*)  ______  CR:jan,mar,apr,dec  GU:apr  PN:oct  (an alternate name would be "Boreal Pewee")
     Contopus cooperi  (formerly in genus Nuttallornis, with its previous scientific name, for a long time, borealis)
     
     
564. Eastern Wood Pewee (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,apr,may  PN:feb,oct,nov
     Contopus virens  (monotypic)
     
     
565. Western Wood Pewee (*) ______  CR:mar  GU:apr  HN:mar,apr,dec  PN:mar
     Contopus sordidulus  (4 subspecies migrate through Costa Rica)
     
     
566. Tropical Pewee (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,mar,apr,may,jul,dec  HN:mar,dec  PN:mar,aug
     Contopus cinereus 
     Contopus cinereus rhizophorus  (in western Costa Rica)
     Contopus cinereus brachytarsus  (elsewhere in Costa Rica)   
     
     
567. Greater Pewee  (*)  ______  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:apr,dec
     Contopus p. pertinax
     
     
568. Dark Pewee (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar  (This species, and the Greater Pewee of northern Central America, were previously considered conspecfic with the Smoke-colored Pewee of South America.) (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Contopus lugubris  (monotypic)
     
     
569. Ochraceous Pewee (nt) (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Contopus ochraceus  (monotypic)
     
     
570. Yellow-bellied Flycatcher (*) ______  BZ:mar,apr  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Empidonax flaviventris  (monotypic)
     
     
571. Acadian Flycatcher (*) ______  BZ:apr  CR  GU:apr  HN:mar,apr  PN:mar,aug,nov
     Empidonax virescens  (monotypic)
     
     
572. Willow Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  GU:apr,dec  PN:feb
     Empidonax t. trailii
     
     
573. Alder Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:mar  GU:apr
     Empidonax alnorum  (monotypic)
     
     
574. Least Flycatcher ______  BZ:mar  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec
     Empidonax minimus
     
     
575. Hammond's Flycatcher  (*)  ______  GU:feb,apr,dec
     Empidonax hammondii
     
     
576. Buff-breasted Flycatcher  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,dec
     Empidonax fulvifrons fusciceps
     
     
577. Pine Flycatcher  (*)  ______  GU:apr
     Empidonax affinis trepidus
     
     
578. Yellowish Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb  PN:feb,mar
     Empidonax f. flavescens
     
     
579. Black-capped Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Empidonax atriceps  (monotypic)
     
     
580. White-throated Flycatcher ______  GU:apr,jun,dec  HN:feb,dec
     Empidonax albigularis
     
     
581. Vermilion Flycatcher  (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar,apr  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,dec
     Pyrocephalus rubinus blatteus 
     
     
582. Northern Tufted Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:feb  PN:feb,mar
     Mitrephanes phaeocercus auraantiiventris
     
     
583. Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Terenotriccus erythrurus fulvigularis  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
584. Bran-colored Flycatcher  (*) ______  PN:feb,mar
     Mylophobus fasciatus furfurosus  
     
     
585. Black-tailed Myiobius (*) ______  CR:feb  PN:mar  (has been known as Black-tailed Flycatcher)
     Myiobius a. atricaudus
     
     
586. Sulphur-rumped Myiobius (*)  ______  BZ:apr  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun  HN:dec  PN:aug  (has been known as Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher; closely related to the Whiskered Myiobius of South America, with which it was conspecific)
     Myiobius sulphureipygius
     
     
587. White-throated Spadebill (*) ______  CR:mar
     Platyrinchus mystaceus
     
     
588. Stub-tailed Spadebill (*) ______  CR:apr  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:dec  (virtually identical to the White-throated Spadebill; best told apart by habitat & voice. but in much of its range in evergreen forests in northwestern Costa Rica, the Stub-tailed is the only Spadebill) 
     Platyrinchus cancrominus
     
     
589. Golden-crowned Spadebill (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan
     Platyrinchus coronatus
     
     
590. Northern Royal Flycatcher (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,apr  CR:mar  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun  HN:apr  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Onychorhynchus mexicanus
     
     
     
     
     Northern Royal Flycatcher
     
     
591. Brownish Twistwing  (*) ______  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Cnipodectes subbrunneus panamensis
     
     
592. Yellow-olive Flatbill (*) ______  BZ:apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:feb  PN:feb,mar  (has been known as Yellow-olive Flycatcher)
     Tolmomyias sulphurescns cinereiceps
     
     
593. Yellow-margined Flatbill (*) ______  CR:mar,apr  PN:feb,mar,aug  (has been known as Yellow-margined Flycatcher; closely related to the Zimmer's Flatbill of South America, with which it was considered conspecific)
     Tolmomyias flavotectus
     
     
594. Eye-ringed Flatbill (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr
     Rhynchocyclus brevirostris
     
     
595. Olivaceous Faltbill  (*) ______  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Rhynchocyclus olivaceus bardus
     
     
596. Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:mar,apr  GU  PN:mar
     Todirostrum nigriceps
     
     
597. Common Tody-Flycatcher (*) ______  BZ:mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:apr,dec  HN:apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Todirostrum cinereum
     
     
598. Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher (*) (ph) ______  BZ:apr  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan.feb,mar,apr  PN:mar,aug
     Poecilotriccus  (formerly Todirostrum) sylvia
     
     
599. Northern Bentbill (*) ______  CR:feb,mar  GU:jan,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:mar  PN:feb  (by some considered conspecific with the Southern Bentbill of Panama & northern South America)
     Oncostoma cinereigulare 
     
     
600. Southern Bentbill (*) ______  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Oncostoma olivaceum  (monotypic)
     
     
601. Scale-crested Pygmy Tyrant (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr
     Lophotriccus pileatus
     
     
602. Black-capped Pygmy Tyrant (*) ______  CR:mar  PN:feb,mar,aug  (closely related to Short-tailed Pygmy-Tyrant of South America)
     Myiornis atricapillus
     
     
603. Pale-eyed Pygmy Tyrant  (*) ______  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Atalotriccus pilaris wilcoxi  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
604. Cocos Flycatcher ______  (endemic to the Cocos Islands, well offshore from mainland Costa Rica, in the Pacific)
     Nesotriccus ridgwayi  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
605. Yellow Tyrannulet (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Capsiempis flaveola
     
     
606. Yellow-green Tyrannulet (*) ______  PN:mar,aug
     Phylloscartes flavovirens  (monotypic)
      
     
607. Torrent Tyrannulet (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar
     Serpophage cinerea
     
     
608. Yellow-bellied Elaenia (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:mar,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Elaenia flavogaster subpagana
     
     
     
     
     Yellow-bellied Elaenia, photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
609. Lesser Elaenia (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,dec  PN:feb,mar,nov
     Elaenia chiriquensis
     
     
610. Mountain Elaenia (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul  GU:mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:dec  PN:feb,mar
     Elaenia frantzii
     
     
611. Greenish Elaenia (*) ______  BZ:apr  CR:mar,jul  GU:jan,mar  HN;feb,apr  PN:feb
     Myiopagis viridicata
     
     
612. Forest Elaenia  (*) ______  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Myiopagis gaimardii macilivainii
     
     
613. Northern Scrub Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul  PN:feb,mar  (was conspecific with the South & Amazonian Scrub Flycatchers of South America; when so, was called Scrub Flycatcher) 
     Sublegatus arenarum
     
     
614. Northern Beardless Tyrannulet (*) ______  BZ:apr  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,jun,dec
     Campostoma imberbe
     
     
615. Southern Beardless Tyrannulet (*) ______  CR:feb,mar  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Campostoma obsoletum
     
     
616. Mouse-colored Tyrannulet  (*)  ______   CR:mar  PN:feb
     Phaeomyias murina
     
     
617. Paltry Tyrannulet (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,apr,jul,dec  HN:mar  PN:feb,mar  (has been called "Mistletoe Tyrannulet"; closely related to Venezuelan Tyrannulet of northern South America, with which it was formerly conspecific)
     Zimmerius vilissimus
     
     
618. Yellow-crowned Tyrannulet (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Tyrannulus elatus
     
     
619. Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet (*) ______  BZ:apr  CR:feb,mar  GU:jan,mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:dec
     Ornithion semiflavum
     
     
620. Brown-capped Tyrannulet  (*)  ______   CR:mar  PN:feb,mar,nov
     Ornithion brunneicapillus
     
     
621. White-fronted Tyrannulet (*) ______  CR:feb,mar  PN:mar  (has also been called Zeledon's Tyrannulet; was considered conspecific with the Rough-legged Tyrannulet of South America)
     Phyllomyias zeledoni 
     
     
622. Rufous-browed Tyrannulet ______
     Phylloscartes superciliaris
     
     
623. Tawny-chested Flycatcher ______  (total range in Nicaragua & Costa Rica)
     Aphanotriccus capitalis
     
     
624. Bran-colored Flycatcher ______
     Myiophobus fasciatus 
     
     
625. Slaty-capped Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan
     Leptopogon superciliaris
     
     
626. Sepia-capped Flycatcher  (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,apr  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun
     Leptopogon amaurocephalus
     
     
627. Olive-striped Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan
     Mionectes o. olivaceus
     
     
628. Ochre-bellied Flycatcher (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HN:dec  PN:feb,aug
     Mionectes oleagineus dyscolus
     
     
629. Fasciated Antshrike (*) ______  CR:mar,jul  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct
     Cymbilaimus lineatus fasciatus
     
     
630. Great Antshrike (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar
     Taraba major melanocrissus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
631. Barred Antshrike (*) (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
     Thamnophilus doliatus pacificus  (1 of 2 subspecies in Costa Rica)
     
     
     
     
     A Barred Antshrike photographed during a FONT tour
     
     
632. Black-hooded Antshrike (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul,dec  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Thamnophilus bridgesi  (monotypic)
     
     
633. Western Slaty Antshrike (*) ______  BZ:apr  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Thamnophilus a. atrinucha
     
     
634. Black Antshrike (*) ______  PN:feb
     Thamnophilus n. nigriceps 
     
     
635. Russet Antshrike (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  GU:apr  HN:dec  PN:feb,mar
     Thamnistes anabatinus saturatus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
636. Plain Antvireo (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun  PN:mar,aug
     Dysithamnus mentalis septentrionalis
     
     
637. Streak-crowned Antvireo (*) ______  CR:apr  (total range from southeastern Honduras to Costa Rica)
     Dysithamnus striaticeps  (monotypic)
     
     
638. Spot-crowned Antvireo (*) ______  PN:aug
     Dysithamnus puncticeps
     
     
639. White-flanked Antwren (*) ______  CR:mar,apr  PN:mar
     Myrmotherula axillaris albigula
     
     
640. Slaty Antwren (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb
     Myrmotherula s. schisticolor
     
     
641. Griscom's Antwren (*) ______  PN:mar,nov  (has been considered conspecific with the Pygmy Antwren of South America)
     Myrmotherula ignota
     
     
642. Checker-throated Antwren (*) ______  CR:mar  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov  (the British spelling is "Chequer-throated")
     Epinecrophylla (formerly Myrmotherula) fulviventris costaricensis
     
     
643. Dot-winged Antwren (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Microrhopias quixensis virgatus  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
644. Rufous-rumped Antwren ______
     Terenura callinota
     
     
645. Dusky Antbird (*) ______  BZ:mar,apr  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,mar,apr,jun  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Cercomacra tyrannina crepera
     
     
646. Bare-crowned Antbird (*) ______  CR:dec/jan
     Myrmeciza nudiceps chiroleuca  (1 of 2 subspecies in Costa Rica) (the single member of its genus)
     
     
647. Chestnut-backed Antbird (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:mar,aug,nov
     Myrmeciza exsul 
     Myrmeciza exsul occidentalis  (southwest CR)
     Mymeciza e. exsul  (elsewhere in CR) 
     
     
648. Immaculate Antbird (*) ______  CR:apr
     Myrmeciza immaculata zeledoni
     
     
649. Dull-mantled Antbird (*)  ______  PN:feb
     Mymeciza laemosticta
     
     
650. White-bellied Antbird (*) ______  PN:feb,mar
     Myrmeciza longipes panamensis
     
     
651. Bicolored Antbird (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:mar,aug  (considered conspecific with "White-cheeked Antbird" of northern South America)
     Gymnopithys leucaspis olivascens
     
     
652. Spotted Antbird (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Hylophylax naevioides capnitis
     
     
653. Ocellated Antbird (*) ______  CR:mar,jul  PN:mar
     Phaenostictus mcleannani saturatus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
654. Black-faced Antthrush (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Formicarius analis  
     Formicarius analis hoffmanni  (in southern Costa Rica)
     Formicarius analis umbrosus  (elsewhere in Costa Rica)
     
     
655. Mayan Antthrush  (*)  ______  BZ:feb,apr  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,jul
     Formicarius monileger
     
     
656. Black-headed Antthrush (*) ______  CR:dec/jan
     Formicarius n. nigricapillus
     
     
657. Rufous-breasted Antthrush (*) ______  CR:mar
     Formicarius r. rufipectus
     
     
658. Ochre-breasted Antpitta ______
     Grallaricula flavirostris
     
     
659. Scaled Antpitta ______  GU:apr
     Grallaricula guatimalensis
     
     
660. Thicket Antpitta ______
     Hylopezus dives
     
     
661. Streak-chested Antpitta  (*)  ______  PN:feb,mar  (has also been called Spectacled Antpitta)
     Hylopezus perspicillatus
     
     
662. Black-crowned Antpitta ______
     Pittasoma michleri 
     
     
663. Silvery-fronted Tapaculo (*) ______  CR:mar,apr  PN:feb,mar  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Scytalopus a. argentifrons
     
     
664. Spotted Barbtail (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  PN:feb
     Premnoplex brunnescens brunneicauda
     
     
665. Double-banded Graytail (*) ______  PN:feb
     Xenerpestes miniosi umbraticus
     
     
666. Rufous-breasted Spinetail  (*)  ______  BZ:apr  GU:mar,apr
     Synallaxis e. erythrothorax
     
     
667. Pale-breasted Spinetail (*) ______  CR:dec/jan  PN:feb
     Synallaxis albescens latitabunda
     
     
668. Slaty Spinetail (*) ______  CR:feb,apr,jul,dec/jan
     Synallaxis brachyura nigrofumosa
     
     
669. Red-faced Spinetail (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb
     Cranioleuca erythrops rufigenis
     
     
670. Ruddy Treerunner (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Margarornis r. rubiginosus  
     
     
671. Buffy Tuftedcheek (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul  (was considered conspecific with the Streaked & Pacific Tuftedcheeks of South America)
     Pseudocolaptes l. lawrencii
     
     
672. Western Woodhaunter (*)  ______  CR:dec/jan  (was called Striped Foliage-gleaner, and more recently Striped Woodhaunter; now split from the Eastern Woodhaunter of South America)
     Hyloctistes v. virgatus
     
     
673. Lineated Foliage-gleaner (*) ______  CR:mar  PN:feb
     Syundactyla subalaris lineata
     
     
674. Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,jun,jul,dec  PN:feb  (was called Spectacled Foliage-gleaner)
     Anabacerthia v. variegaticeps
     
     
675. Buff-throated Foliage-gleaner (*) ______  CR:dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,apr,jun  HN:dec  PN:mar,aug  (another name has been "Buff-throated Automolus")
     Automolus ochrolaemus hypophaeus
     
     
676. Buff-fronted Foliage-gleaner (*) ______  CR:mar
     Philydor rufus panerythrum
     
     
677. Ruddy Foliage-gleaner (*) ______  CR:mar  GU:jan,jul,dec  (another name has been "Ruddy Automolus")
     Automolus rubiginosus fumosus
     
     
678. Streak-breasted Treehunter (*) ______  CR:mar,apr  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama) 
     Tripacdectes rufobrunneus (monotypic)
     
     
679. Plain Xenops (*) ______  BZ:apr  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Xenops minutus littoralis
     
     
     
     
     A Plain Xenops photographed during a FONT tour in Belize in April 2011
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
680. Streaked Xenops (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan
     Xenops rutilans septentrionalis
     
     
681. Scaly-throated Leaftosser (*)  ______  CR:jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,apr  (another name has been "Scaly-throated Leafscraper") 
     Sclerurus g. guatemalensis
     
     
682. Gray-throated Leaftosser ______
     Sclerurus albigularis
     
     
683. Tawny-throated Leaftosser ______  GU:jan,jul,dec  HN:feb
     Sclerurus mexicanus
     
     
684. Plain-brown Woodcreeper (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Dendrocincla fuliginosa ridgwayi
     
     
685. Tawny-winged Woodcreeper (*) (ph) ______  CR:mar  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr  HN:dec  PN:feb
     Dendrocincla a. anabatina
     
     
     
     
     Tawny-winged Woodcreeper
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
686. Ruddy Woodcreeper (*) (ph) ______  CR:dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  PN:aug
     Dendrocincla homochroa acedesta
     
     
     
     
     Ruddy Woodcreeper
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
687. Long-tailed Woodcreeper (*) ______  CR:mar  PN:aug,nov
     Dendrocincla longicauda typica
     
     
688. Olivaceous Woodcreeper (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  HN:mar,dec  PN:feb,aug,nov
     Sittasomus griseicapillus sylvioides  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
689. Wedge-billed Woodcreeper (*) ______   CR:jan,feb,mar,jul,dec  GU:jan,mar,apr  PN:feb,aug
     Glyphorynchus spirurus sublestus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
690. Strong-billed Woodcreeper (*) ______  CR:mar  GU:jan,apr,jul,dec
     Xiphocolaptes promeropirhynchus costaricensis
     
     
691. Northern Barred Woodcreeper (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,mar  PN:feb,aug  (was conspecific with the Amazonian Barred Woodcreeper of South America; when so, was called Barred Woodcreeper)  
     Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae 
     Dendrocolaptes s. sanctithomae  (most of Pacific side of CR)
     Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae hesperius  (southwest CR) 
     
     
692. Black-banded Woodcreeper (*) ______  CR:feb,mar
     Dendrocolaptes picumnus costaricensis
     
     
693. Cocoa Woodcreeper (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul,dec  HN:feb,apr  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov  (was part of the Buff-throated Woodcreeper of South America)
     Xiphorhynchus susurrans costaricensis
     
     
694. Black-striped Woodcreeper (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr  PN:feb
     Xiphorhynchus l. lachrymosus
     
     
695. Ivory-billed Woodcreeper (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  (another name has been "Laughing Woodcreeper") 
     Xiphorhynchus flavigaster ultimus
     
     
696. Spotted Woodcreeper (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,jun,dec  PN:feb
     Xiphorhynchus erthropygius punctigula
     
     
697. Straight-billed Woodcreeper  (*) ______  PN:nov
     Xiphorhynchus picus extimus
     
     
698. Streak-headed Woodcreeper (*) ______  BZ:mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,mar,jul  HN:dec  PN:feb,nov
     Lepidocolaptes souleyetii compressus
     
     
699. Spot-crowned Woodcreeper (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:feb  PN:feb,mar
     Lepidocolaptes affinis neglectus
     
     
700. Brown-billed Scythebill (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  PN:feb
     Campylorhamphus pusillus borealis
     
     
701. Rufous-browed Peppershrike (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:apr,dec  PN:feb
     Cyclarhis gujanensis subflavescens
     
     
702. Chestnut-sided Shrike-Vireo  (nt) (*) ______  GU:feb,apr,jul,dec
     Vireolanius melitophrys quercinus
     
     
703. Green Shrike-Vireo (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,apr,jun,jul  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov  (was considered conspecific by some with the  Yellow-browed Shrike-Vireo of Panama & northern South America)
     Vireolanius pulchellus verticalis
     
     
704. Mangrove Vireo (*) ______  BZ:feb,apr  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,dec
     Vireo pallens   
     Vireo pallens nicoyensis  (northwest CR)
     Vireo p. pallens (west CR) 
     
     
705. Hutton's Vireo (*)  ______  GU:jan,feb,apr,jun,dec  HN:dec(rare)
     Vireo huttoni vulcani 
     
     
706. Yellow-winged Vireo (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar
     Vireo carmioli  (monotypic) 
     
     
707. Yellow-throated Vireo (*) ______  BZ:feb  CR:jan,feb,mar,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr  HN:mar,dec  PN
     Vireo flavifrons  (monotypic) 
     
     
708. Philadelphia Vireo (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,apr  PN:feb,mar
     Vireo philadelphicus  (monotypic)
     
     
709. Red-eyed Vireo (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,dec/jan  GU:apr  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Vireo o. olivaceus  
     
     
710. Yellow-green Vireo (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug  (was regarded by some as a race of the Red-eyed Vireo)
     Vireo f. flavoviridis
     
     
711. Warbling Vireo (*) ______ CR  GU:feb,apr,dec
     Vireo g. gilvus 
     
     The Warbling Vireo in Costa Rica is a rare migrant from North America, from late September to late April, mostly in the northern half of the country.
       
     
712. Brown-capped Vireo (*) ______  CR:mar,jul  GU:feb,apr,jun,dec  HN:feb  PN:feb,mar  (was at one time said to be conspecific with the Warbling Vireo)
     Vireo leucophrys costaricensis  (1 of 2 subspecies in Costa Rica)
     
     
713. White-eyed Vireo (ph) ______  BZ:feb  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun
     Vireo griseus
     
     In Costa Rica, the White-eyed Vireo is a very rare migrant from North America, with just a few records, mostly along the Caribbean coast, but also in Monteverde in March 1997 and in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui in January 2004.
     
     
714. Bell's Vireo  (nt) (*) ______  GU:apr
     Vireo b. bellii
     
     
715. Blue-headed Vireo  (*) (ph) _____   CR:mar  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb
     Vireo solitarius
     
     The Blue-headed Vireo is a rare migrant in Costa Rica from North America, from late September to late March. It can occur anywhere in the country, but it is more likely on the Pacific slope or in the highlands.  
     
     
716. Plumbeous Vireo  (*)  ______  GU:feb,apr,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr
     Vireo plumbeus montanus
     
     
717. Black-whiskered Vireo ______
     Vireo altiloquus  
     
     In Costa Rica, the Black-whiskered Vireo is a rare migrant on the Caribbean side of the country. 
     
     
718. Yucatan Vireo  (*) (ph)  ______  BZ:mar
     Vireo magister
     
     
719. Scrub Greenlet (*) ______  CR:mar  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Hylophilus flavipes viridiflavus
     
     
720. Tawny-crowned Greenlet (*) ______  CR:mar  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr
     Hylophilus ochraceiceps paciicus  (southern CR) (1 of 2 subspecies in Costa Rica) 
     
     
721. "Gray-headed" Lesser Greenlet (*) ______  BZ:feb,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct  (The Central American gray-headed races are conspecific with South American race) 
     Hylophilus d. decurtatus
     
     
722. Golden-fronted Greenlet  (*)  ______  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Hylophilus a. aurantiifrons
     
     
723. Azure-hooded Jay (*) ______  CR:mar,apr  HN:feb
     Cyanolyca c. cucullata
     
     
724. Green Jay  (*) ______  BZ:mar  GU:jan,jun,jul  HN:feb,apr
     Cyanocorax luxuosus
     
     
     
     
     The Green Jay has been seen, in numbers,
     during FONT tours in Honduras. 
     
     
725. Brown Jay (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb
     Cyanocorax m. morio
     
     
     
     
     Brown Jay
     (photo Dick Tipton)
     
     
726. Yucatan Jay  (*) (ph)  ______  BZ:apr
     Cyanocorax yucatanicus
     
     
727. Bushy-crested Jay  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:apr,dec
     Cyanocorax  melanocyanneus  
     
     
728. Black-chested Jay  (*)  ______  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Cyanocorax affinis
     
     
729. White-throated Magpie-Jay (*) (ph) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:febmar,dec  (was considered by some to be conspecific with the Black-throated Magpie-Jay of Mexico) 
     Calocitta formosa pompata
     
     
     
     
     White-throated Magpie-Jay
     (photo by Alan Brady)
     
     
730. Azure-hooded Jay  (*)  ______  GU:jan,feb,apr
     Cyanolyca cucullata guatemalae 
     
     
731. Black-throated Jay  (*)  ______  GU:apr,jul,dec
     Cyanolyca pumilo  (monotypic)
     
     
732. Silvery-throated Jay (*) ______  CR:mar,apr  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Cyanolyca argentigula  (2 subspecies in Costa Rica) 
     
     
733. Steller's Jay  (*) (ph)   ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec
     Cyanocitta stelleri coronata
     
     
     
     
     Steller's Jay
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
734. Unicolored Jay  (*)  ______  GU:jan,apr,jun,dec
     Aphelocoma u. unicolor
     
     
735. Gray Silky Flycatcher  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec
     Ptilogonys cinereus molybdophanes
     
     
736. Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher (*) (ph)  ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb   (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Ptilogonys caudatus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Long-tailed Silky-Flycatcher
     (photo by Ruben Campos)
     
     
737. Black-and-yellow Phainoptila (*)  ______ CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  (has been called Black-and-yellow Silky-Flycatcher) (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Phainoptila melanoxantha  (2 subspecies in Costa Rica)
     Phainoptila m. melanoxantha  (south CR)
     Phainoptila melanoxantha parkeri  (north CR)
     
     
738. Cedar Waxwing (*) (ph) ______  CR  GU:mar,apr
     Bombycilla cedrorum 
     
     
739. Tree Swallow (*) (ph)  ______  CR:mar.apr  GU;feb,apr  HN:feb
     Tachycineta bicolor  (monotypic)
     
     
740. Mangrove Swallow (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Tachycineta albilinea  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Above: a Mangrove Swallow during the FONT tour in Belize in April 2011
     (photo by Marie Gardner) 
     Below: An immature Mangrove Swallow, at right; a Northern Rough-winged Swallow at left
     (photo courtesy of Aaron Gwin)
     
     
     
     
     
741. Violet-green Swallow ______  GU:feb,dec
     Tachycineta thalassina
     
     
742. Purple Martin (*) (ph) ______  CR:feb,mar  GU:mar,apr  HN:apr  PN:mar,aug
     Progne subis  (3 subspecies migrate thru Central America)
     
     
743. Sinaloa Martin (GUr) (*)  ______  GU:apr
     Progne sinaloae  
     
     
744. Gray-breasted Martin (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:jan,feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Progne c. chalybea
     
     
745. Brown-chested Martin (ph) ______
     Progne tapera
     
     In Costa Rica, the Brown-chested Martin has been a rare migrant from South America. On one occasion, there were 9 individuals in the Golfito area, in late March 2006.   
     
     
746. Blue-and-white Swallow (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  PN:jan,feb,mar,aug
     Pygochelidon (formerly Notiochelidon) c. cyanoleuca
     
     
747. Black-capped Swallow  (*)  ______  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,dec
     Notiochelidon pileata  (monotypic)
     
     
748. Northern Rough-winged Swallow (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:mar,apr,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,nov
     Stelgidopteryx serripennis  (3 subspecies occur in Costa Rica) 
     
     
749. Ridgway's Rough-winged Swallow  (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul  HN:feb
     Stelgidopteryx (serripennis) ridgwayi 
     
     
750. Southern Rough-winged Swallow (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Stelgidopteryx ruficollis decolor
     
     
751. Bank Swallow (*) ______  CR:mar,apr  GU:apr  PN:oct  (also called Sand Martin, throughout much of its extensive range, particularly in the Old World)
     Riparia r. riparia
     
     
752. Barn Swallow (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Hirundo rustica erythrogaster
     
     
753. American Cliff Swallow (*) ______  CR:feb,mar  GU:feb,apr  HN:apr  PN:feb,mar
     Petrochelidon (formerly Hirundo) pyrrhonota (formerly Hirundo) pyrrhonota
     (5 subspecies migrate thru Central America)
     
     
754. Cave Swallow (ph) ______
     Petrochelidon (formerly Hirundo) fulva
     
     
755. "Black-eared" American Bushtit  (*)  ______  GU:jan,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec
     Psaltriparus minimus melanotis
     
     
756. Ruby-crowned Kinglet  (*)  ______  GU:jan,feb,apr,dec
     Regulus c. calendula
     
     
757. Rufous-naped Wren (*) (ph) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec
     Campylorhynchus rufinucha 
     Campylorhynchus rufinucha capistratus  (north CR)
     Campylorhynchus rufinucha nicoyae  (northwest CR, Nicoya Peninsula)
     
     
     
     
     Rufous-naped Wren
     
     
758. Band-backed Wren (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  PN:feb  (another name has been "Barred Wren")
     Campylorhynchus zonatus costaricensis
     
     
759. White-headed Wren  (*)  ______  PN:feb,aug
     Campylorhynchus a. albobrunneus 
     
     
760. Sedge Wren (*) (ph)  ______  CR:mar  (closely related to Grass Wren of South America, Cistothorus platensis; some consider conspecific)
     Cistothorus stellaris lucidus 
     
     In Costa Rica, the Sedge Wren is very local in wet fields in the Cartago area.
     
     
761. White-bellied Wren  (*)  ______  GU:jan,feb,mar,ap,may,jun
     Uropsila leucogastra brachyura  (the single member of its genus)  
     
     
762. "White-browed" Carolina Wren  (*)  ______  GU:jan,feb,apr,jun
     Thryothorus ludovicianus albinucha  
     
     
763. Black-bellied Wren (*) ______  CR:mar  (total range from Costa Rica to western Colombia)
     Thryothorus fasciatoventris melanogaster
     
     
764. Rufous-breasted Wren (*) ______  CR:jan,mar  PN  (considered distinct from Speckle-breasted Wren of South America)
     Thryothorus rutilus hyperythrus
     
     
765. Bay Wren (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,aug,nov
     Thryothorus nigricapillus costaricensis
     
     
766. Riverside Wren (*) (ph)  ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul,dec  (closely related to, and was considered by some as conspecific with the Bay Wren) (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Thryothorus semibadius  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A Riverside Wren photographed during a FONT tour
     in Costa Rica
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
767. Stripe-breasted Wren (*) ______  CR:dec/jan  PN:feb  (closely related to, formerly conspecific with Striped-throated Wren of South America) (total range from Nicaragua to Panama)
     Thryothorus thoracicus  (monotypic)
     
     
768. Spot-breasted Wren ______  BZ:feb,mar  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  HN:apr,dec
     Thryothorus maculipectus
     
     In Costa Rica, the Spot-breasted Wren is fairly common in the Cano Negro region in the far-northern part of the country.    
     
     
769. Banded Wren (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan
     Thryothorus pleurostictus ravus
     
     
770. Rufous-and-white Wren (*) ______  CR:apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:mar,apr,jul,dec  HN:apr  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Thryothorus rufalbus castanonotus
     
     
771. Plain Wren (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul  GU:feb,apr,jun,jul.dec  HN:mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Thryothorus modestus  
     Thryothorus m. modestus  (in Guatemala & in northern Costa Rica)
     Thryothorus modestus elutus (southwest CR)
     Thryothorus modestus zeledoni  (the "Canebrake Wren" of the Caribbean lowlands, once considered a separate species)  
     
      
772. Black-throated Wren (*) ______  CR:mar,jul  PN:feb  (total range from Nicaragua to western Panama)
     Thryothorus atroguaris  (monotypic)
     
     
773. Buff-breasted Wren  (*)  ______  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Thryothorus leucotis galbraithii
     
     
774. "Southern" House Wren (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr  PN:jan,feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Troglodytes aedon    
     Troglodytes aedon intermedius  (in Guatemala & most of Costa Rica)
     Troglodytes aedon inquietus  (southwest CR)
     
     
775. Rufous-browed Wren  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec
     Troglodytes rufocillatus
     
     
776. Ochraceous Wren (*) ______  CR:mar,jul  PN:feb  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama) 
     Troglodytes o. ochraceus
     
     
777. Timberline Wren (*) ______  CR:feb,mar  PN:feb  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Thryorchilus browni  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     The Timberline Wren in Costa Rica occurs in highlands at over 2,700 meters above sea level.   
     
     
778. White-breasted Wood Wren (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:mar,aug,nov
     Henicorhina leucosticta 
     Henicorhina leucosticta costaricensis (central CR)
     Henicorhina leucosticta pittieri (southwest CR) 
     
     
779. Gray-breasted Wood Wren (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb  PN:feb,mar
     Henicorhina leucophrys collina
     
     
780. Southern Nightingale-Wren (*) ______  CR:mar  PN:aug  (this species of Central & South America has been known in Central America as the "Whistling Wren", and throughout its range as the Scaly-breasted Wren) 
     Microcerculus marginatus luscinia
     
     
781. Northern Nightingale-Wren (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  
     Microcerculus philomela (monotypic)
     
     
782. Song Wren (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,amr,aug,oct  (closely related to the Musician Wren of South America)
     Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus richardsoni
     
     
783. Rock Wren  (ph)  ______
     Salpinctes obsoletus
     
     
784. Blue-gray Gnatcatcher  (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,apr  GU:jan,feb,mar,dec
     Polioptila caerulea 
     
     
785. White-lored Gnatcatcher (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,apr,jun  HN:dec
     Polioptila a. albiloris
     
     
786. Tropical Gnatcatcher (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,mar,jun,jul  HN:dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Polioptila plumbea 
     Polioptila plumbea brodkorbi  (north CR)
     Polioptila plumbea superciliaris  (most of CR) 
     
     
787. Long-billed Gnatwren (*) ______  BZ:apr  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  PN:feb,mar,aug 
     Ramphocaenus melanurus panamensis
     
     
788. Tawny-faced Gnatwren ______
     Microbates cinereiventris
     
     
789. Brown Creeper  (*) (ph)  ______  GU:feb,apr,jun,dec  HN:apr
     Certhia americana perniga 
     
     
790. Gray Catbird (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb
     Dumetella carolinensis  (monotypic)
     
     
791. Black Catbird  (*) (ph)  ______  BZ:mar,apr
     Melanoptila glabrirostris  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
792. Blue-and-white Mockingbird  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec
     Melanotis hypoleucus  (monotypic)
     
     
793. Tropical Mockingbird  (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  GU:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Mimus gilvis
     
     Tropical Mockingbirds have recently occurred and bred in Costa Rica at a number of scattered places, including Limon, Siquirres, Arenal, Tortuguero, San Isidro de El General, and in the Dominical area. 
     And so, it seems to be establishing itself in the country. 
     
     
     
     
     A Tropical Mockingbird during the FONT tour in Belize in April 2011
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
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