CENTRAL AMERICA
BIRDS

Thrushes to Buntings
 

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

1991 thru 2011 

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

Part 4 of a Central America bird list compiled by Armas Hill, 
with photos 


Photo at upper right: OLIVE-BACKED EUPHONIA

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 photos)

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

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

 Birds:

794. Brown-backed Solitaire  (*)  ______  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Myadestes occidentalis oberholseri
     
     
795. Slate-colored Solitaire  (*)  ______  GU:jan,feb,apr,jun  HN:feb
     Myadestes u. unicolor  
     
     
796. Black-faced Solitaire (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Myadestes melanops  (monotypic)
     
     
797. Black-billed Nightingale-Thrush (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Catharus g. gracilirostris
     
     
798. Spotted Nightingale-Thrush  (*)  ______  GU:apr,jul  HN:feb
     Catharus d, dryas
     
     
799. Orange-billed Nightingale-Thrush (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:mar,apr,jun.dec  HN:dec  PN:mar
     Catharus aurantiirostris 
     Catharus aurantiirostris costaricensis (most of CR)
     Catharus aurantiirostris russatus (southwest CR) 
     
     
800. Slaty-backed Nightingale-Thrush (*) ______  CR:apr,dec'jan  PN:mar
     Catharus fuscater hellmayri
     
     
801. Ruddy-capped Nightingale-Thrush (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul  GU:apr,jun,jul,dec  PN:feb
     Catharus f. frantzii
     
     
802. Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush (*) ______  CR:mar  GU:apr
     Catharus mexicanus carrikeri
     
     
803. Gray-cheeked Thrush (*) ______  CR:apr  GU:apr
     Catharus minimus  (2 subspecies migrate south from North America)
     
     
804. Swainson's Thrush (*) ______  BZ:apr  CR:mar,apr,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,apr,dec  PN:mar,oct
     Catharus ustulatus  (4 of 6 subspecies migrate as far south as Costa Rica) 
     
     
805. Veery (*) ______  CR:apr
     Catharus fuscescens  (4 subspecies migrate south from North America)
     
     
806. Wood Thrush (*) ______  BZ:mar  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,apr,dec
     Hylocichla (formerly Catharus) mustelinus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
807. Rufous-collared Thrush  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec
     Turdus rufitorques
     
     
808. Black Thrush  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec
     Turdus infuscatus
     
     
809. Sooty Thrush (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul,dec  PN:feb  (has been called Sooty Robin) (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Turdus nigrescens  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A Sooty Thrush photographed during a FONT tour in Costa Rica
     (photo by Marie Z. Gardner)
     
     
810. Mountain Thrush (*) _______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  PN:feb,mar  (has been called Mountain Robin)
     Turdus p. plebejus
     
     
811. Pale-vented Thrush (*) ______  CR:mar,apr  PN:feb  (has been called Pale-vented Robin; and has been said, at various times, to be conspecific with the Cocoa and Hauxwell's Thrushes of South America)
     Turdus o. obsoletus
     
     
812. Clay-colored Thrush (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  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  (has been called Clay-colored Robin) (the national bird of Costa Rica)
     Turdus grayi casius
     
     
813. White-throated Thrush (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  PN:mar  (has been called White-throated Robin; closely related to, previously conspecific with the White-necked Thrush of South America)
     Turdus assimilis cnephosus
     
     
814. Eastern Bluebird  (*)  ______  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,dec
     Sialia sialis guatemalae 
     
     
     
     
     Eastern Bluebird
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
815. American Dipper (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan
     Cinclus mexicanus ardesiacus
     
     
816. House Sparrow (CAi) (*) ______  BZ:feb  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:mar,apr  PN:feb,nov
     Passer domesticus
     
     
817. Black-headed Munia (CAi) ______  (also called Tricolored Munia)
     Lonchura malacca 
     
     In 1999, a small population of Black-headed Munias was discovered in Costa Rica east of Filadelfia, in Guanacaste.
     
     
818. Olive Warbler  (*)  ______  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:apr
     Peucedramus t. taeniatus  (the single member of its family & genus)
     
     
819. Scrub Euphonia (*) ______  BZ:mar  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:feb,dec
     Euphonia a. affinis
     
     
820. Yellow-crowned Euphonia (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug  (total range from Nicaragua to Panama)
     Euphonia luteicapilla  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Yellow-crowned Euphonia
     (photo by Ruben Campos)
     
     
821. Thick-billed Euphonia (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Euphonia laniirostris crassirostris
     
     
822. Yellow-throated Euphonia (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:apr,dec
     Euphonia hirundinacea gnatho
     
     
     
     
     Yellow-throated Euphonia
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
823. Olive-backed Euphonia (*) ______  BZ:mar  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  HN:dec  PN:feb
     Euphonia gouldi praetermissa
     
     
     
     
     Olive-backed Euphonia
     (photo by Ruben Campos) 
     
     
824. White-vented Euphonia (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan
     Euphonia minuta humilis
     
     
825. Spot-crowned Euphonia (*) ______  CR:feb,mar  PN:feb  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Euphonia imitans  (monotypic)
     
     
826. Tawny-capped Euphonia (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,dec/jan  PN:feb  (total range from Costa Rica to northwestern Colombia)
     Euphonia a. anneae
     
     
827. Elegant Euphonia (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  PN:feb,mar  (was called the Blue-hooded Euphonia when the expanded species included the Antillean Euphonia of the West Indies and the Golden-rumped Euphonia of South America)
     Euphonia e. elegantissma
     
     
828. Fulvous-vented Euphonia (*) ______  PN:aug
     Euphonia f. fulvicrissa 
     
     
829. Blue-crowned Chlorophonia  (*)  ______  GU:apr,jun,jul  HN:feb
     Chlorophonia occipitalis  (monotypic)
     
     
830. Golden-browed Chlorophonia (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,dec/jan  PN:feb  (was at one time considered conspecifc with the Blue-crowned Chlorophonia of northern Central America)  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama) 
     Chlorophonia callophrys  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     Golden-browed Chlorophonia
     (photo by Ruben Campos) 
     
     
831. Yellowish Pipit  (*) ______  PN:feb
     Anthus  lutescens parvus
     
     
832. Lesser Goldfinch (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:apr  PN:feb,mar
     Carduelis psaltria colombiana
     
     
833. Black-headed Siskin  (*) ______  BZ:mar  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:apr
     Carduelis notata 
     
     
834. Black-capped Siskin  (nt)  ______  GU:feb,dec
     Carduelis atriceps
     
     
835. Yellow-bellied Siskin (*) ______  CR:mar,jul  PN:feb,mar
     Carduelis x. xanthogastra
     
     
836. Hooded Grosbeak  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec
     Hesperiphona (formerly Coccothraustes) abeillei cobanensis
     
     
837. Red Crossbill (*)  ______  GU:jan  HN:feb
     Loxia curvirostra mesoamericana
     
     
838. Black-and-white Warbler (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:jan,feb,mar,aug
     Mniotilta varia  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
839. Prothonotary Warbler (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  GU:mar  HN:feb  PN:feb,aug,nov
     Protonotaria citrea  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
     
     
     Prothonotary Warbler
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
840. Worm-eating Warbler (*) ______  CBZ:feb  CR:mar,apr  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr  HN:dec
     Helmitheros vermivorus  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
     
     
841. Golden-winged Warbler (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr  HN:dec  PN:feb,mar
     Vermivora chrysoptera
     
     
842. Blue-winged Warbler (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:mar(rare)  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,mar,dec  PN:feb(rare)
     Vermivora pinus
     
     
     
     
     Blue-winged Warbler
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
843. Tennessee Warbler (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,mar,dec  PN:jan,feb,mar,nov
     Oreothlypis (formerly Vermivora) peregrina
     
     
844. Orange-crowned Warbler (CRr) (*) (ph) ______  CR:mar  GU:feb,apr,dec
     Oreothlypis (formerly Vermivora) celata  
     
     In Costa Rica, there are only a few records of the Orange-crowned Warbler. 
     
     
845. Nashville Warbler  (CRr) (ph) ______  BZ:feb  GU:feb,mar,apr,dec
     Oreothlypis (formerly Vermivora) ruficapilla
     
     In Costa Rica, the Nashville Warbler is an uncommon migrant from North America.
     
     
846. Crescent-chested Warbler  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec
     Oreothlypis (formerly Parula) s. superciliosa 
     
     
847. Flame-throated Warbler (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Oreothlypis (formerly Parula) gutturalis
     
     
848. Northern Parula (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb  CR:mar  GU:jan,mar,apr
     Parula americana  (monotypic)
     
     
849. Tropical Parula (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  HN:apr,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Parula pitiayumi speciosa
     
     
850. Yellow Warbler (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr.dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN;feb,mar,aug,nov
     Dendroica petechia 
     
     
851. Mangrove Warbler (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:mar  PN:feb,aug,nov  (was considered part of the Yellow Warbler)
     Dendroica erithachorides
     
     
     
     
     Mangrove Warbler
     (photo by Abram Fleishman)
     
     
852. Magnolia Warbler (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,oct
     Dendroica magnolia
     
     
     
     
     Magnolia Warbler
     (photo by Howard Eskin)
     
     
853. Cape May Warbler (CRr) (*) ______  CR:dec/jan
     Dendroica tigrina  (monotypic) 
     
     In Costa Rica, the Cape May Warbler is a rare migrant from North America, occurring from late November until mid-May.  
     
     
854. Black-throated Blue Warbler (CRr) (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:dec
     Dendroica caerulescens  
     
     In Costa Rica, the Black-throated Blue Warbler is a rare North American migrant occurring from October to March. 
      
     
855. "Myrtle" Yellow-rumped Warbler (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar  CR:dec/jan  GU:mar,apr  HN:feb,apr
     Dendroica c. coronata
     
     
856. "Audubon's" Yellow-rumped Warbler ______  GU:jan,dec  HN:apr
     Dendroica coronata auduboni
     
     
857. "Goldman's" Yellow-rumped Warbler  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec
     Dendroica coronata goldmani
     
     
858. Black-throated Gray Warbler  (GUr) (*)  ______  GU:apr
     Dendroica nigrescens
     
     
859. Yellow-throated Warbler (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:apr  HN:dec  PN:feb
     Dendroica dominica albilora
     
     
     
     
     A Yellow-throated Warbler
     One joined us every morning at breakfast at Crooked Tree
     during our Belize tour in March 2007
      
     
860. Chestnut-sided Warbler (*) (ph) ______  BZ:apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  GU:jan,mar,apr,may,dec  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:jan,feb,mar,nov
     Dendroica pensylvanica
     
     
861. Hermit Warbler (CRr) (*) ______  CR:mar  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec
     Dendroica occidentalis
     
     
862. Black-throated Green Warbler (*) (ph) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Dendroica v. virens
     
     
863. Townsend's Warbler (CRr) (*) ______  CR:mar,apr  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec
     Dendroica townsendi
     
     
864. Golden-cheeked Warbler (t2) (CRr) (*)  ______ GU:dec  HN:feb
     Dendroica chrysoparia  (monotypic)
     
     The endangered Golden-cheeked Warbler is a recent addition to the Cost Rica bird-list. There have been 4 recent records, scattered throughout the central part of the country from 1500 to1850 meters above sea level. Those records were in September 2002, April 2003, December 2004, & October 2005. These sightings were both in forests and in agricultural areas with scattered trees. Previously, this migrant from Texas was known to winter as far south as Nicaragua. 
     
     
865. Prairie Warbler (*) (ph) ______  CR:dec/jan  GU:mar,apr
     Dendroica discolor  
     
     In Costa Rica, the Prairie Warbler is a very rare North American migrant, occurring from late August to March.
     
     
866. Cerulean Warbler (t3) (*) ______  CR:apr  GU:apr
     Dendroica cerulea
     
     
867. Blackburnian Warbler (*) (ph) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,dec/jan  GU:apr  PN:feb,mar
     Dendroica fusca
     
     
868. Bay-breasted Warbler (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  GU:apr  PN:feb,mar,nov
     Dendroica castanea
     
     
869. Blackpoll Warbler  (ph) ______  GU:apr,may
     Dendroica striata
     
     In Costa Rica, the Blackpoll Warbler is a very rare migrant from North America, occurring from mid-October to late March.   
     
     
870. Pine Warbler  (ph) ______
     Dendroica pinus  
     
     In Costa Rica, the Pine Warbler a very rare migrant from North America, with records from late August to mid-November along the Caribbean coast and in the Central Valley.
     
     
871. Grace's Warbler  (*)  ______  BZ:mar,apr  GU:feb,apr,jun,dec  HN:feb,apr,dec
     Dendroica graciae remota
     
     
872. Palm Warbler ______  BZ:feb
     Dendroica palmarum
     
     In Costa Rica, the Palm Warbler is a rare North American migrant, occurring from mid-October to April, up to 800 meters above sea level. 
     
     
873. American Redstart (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:feb,mar,apr,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb
     Setophaga ruticilla  (now said to be monotypic)  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
874. Ovenbird (*) (ph) ______  BR:apr  CR:dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec
     Seiurus aurocapillus
     
     
     
     
     Ovenbird
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
875. Northern Waterthrush (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,dec  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,oct
     Parkesia (formerly Seiurus) noveboracensis
     
     
876. Louisiana Waterthrush (*) ______  BZ:feb  CR:jan,feb,mar  GU:jan,feb,mar,dec  HN:mar,dec  PN:feb
     Parkesia (formerly Seiurus) motacilla
     
     
877. Common Yellowthroat (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,apr  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec
     Geothlypis trichas
     
     
     
     
     A Common Yellowthroat during the FONT tour in Belize in April 2011
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
878. Olive-crowned Yellowthroat (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb
     Geothlypis semiflava
     
     
879. Gray-crowned Yellowthroat (*) ______  BZ:apr  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,mar,dec  (other names have been "Ground Chat" and "Meadow Warbler")
     Chamaethlypis poliocephala 
     Chamaethlypis poliocephala palpebralis  (north CR)
     Chamaethlypis poliocephala icterotis  (west CR)
     Chamaethlypis poliocephala ridgwayi  (southwest CR)
     
     
880. Chiriqui Yellowthroat (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr  (closely related to the Masked Yellowthroat of South America, Geothlypis aequinoctialis, from which 2 other species on that continent have recently been split)
     Geothlypis chiriquensis  (monotypic)
     
     
881. Kentucky Warbler (*) ______  BZ:feb  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,dec
     Oporornis formosus
     
     
882. Mourning Warbler (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  GU:apr  PN:feb
     Oporornis philadelphia
     
     
883. MacGillivrays' Warbler (*) (ph) ______  CR:apr  GU:feb,apr,dec
     Oporornis tolmiei
     
     
884. Connecticut Warbler ______
     Oporornis agilis
     
     In Costa Rica, the Connecticut Warbler is an uncommon to rare North American migrant, occurring from October to March, up to about 800 meters above sea level.    
     
     
885. Wilson's Warbler (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Wilsonia pusilla
     
     
886. Hooded Warbler  (*)  ______  BZ:feb,mar GU:jan,feb,mar,apr  HN:feb,apr,dec
     Wilsonia citrina
     
     
887. Canada Warbler (*) (ph) ______  CR:feb,apr,dec/jan
     Wilsonia canadensis
     
     
888. Red-faced Warbler  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,dec  HN:apr
     Cardellina rubrifrons  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus) 
     
     
889. Painted Whitestart  (*)  ______  GU:jan,apr,dec  HN:apr,dec
     Myioborus pictus guatemalae
     
     
     
     
     Painted Whitestart
     
     
890. Slate-throated Whitestart (*)  ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,dec  PN:feb,mar  (has been called Slate-throated Redstart)
     Myioborus miniatus 
     Myioborus miniatus comptus  (west CR)
     Myioborus miniatus aurantiacus  (east CR)
     
     
891. Collared Whitestart (*) (ph)  ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar  (has been called Collared Redstart) (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama) 
     Myioborus torquatus  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A Collared Whitestart  photographed during a FONT Costa Rica tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
892. Pink-headed Warbler (nt) (*) ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec
     Ergaticus versicolor
      
     
893. Fan-tailed Warbler (*) ______  GU:apr
     Basileuterus l. lachrymosa   
     
     
894. Stripe-crowned Warbler (*) ______ CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  HN:dec  PN:mar  (has been called Golden-crowned Warbler)
     Basileuterus culcivorus 
     Basileuterus c. culcivorus  (north CR)
     Basileuterus culcivorus godmani  (south CR)
     
     
895. Golden-browed Warbler (*) ______  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec
     Basileuterus belli scitulus
     
     
896. Rufous-capped Warbler (*) ______  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,dec
     Basileuterus rufifrons
     
     
897. Chestnut-capped Warbler (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU  HN:feb,mar,dec  PN:mar,aug  (has been said by some to be conspecific with the Rufous-capped Warbler of northern Central America)
     Basileuterus delattrii 
     Basileuterus d. delattrii  (northern CR)
     Basileuterus delattrii mesochrysus  (southern CR) 
     
     
898. Black-cheeked Warbler (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Basileuterus m. melanogernys
     
     
899. Three-striped Warbler (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb
     Basileuterus tristriatus chitrensis
     
     
900. Buff-rumped Warbler (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb  (closely related to the Riverbank Warbler of South America)
     Phaeothlypis fulvicauda 
     Phaeothlypis fulvicauda leucopygia  (most of CR)
     Phaeothlypis fulvicauda veraguensis  (southwest CR)
     
     
901. Wrenthrush (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul  PN:feb  (has also been called Zeledonia)
     Zeledonia coronata  (monotypic)
     
     
902. Yellow-breasted Chat  (ph) ______  BZ:mar  GU:jan,mar,apr  HN:dec
     Icteria virens
     
     
903. Gray-throated Chat  (*) (ph)  ______  BZ:apr  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun
     Granatellus sallaei boucardi
     
     
     
     
     An immature Gray-throated Chat photographed during a FONT tour
     (photo by Marie Gardner)  
     
     
904. Chestnut-headed Oropendola (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul,dec  GU:feb,apr,jun  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct
     Zarhynchus wagleri ridgwayi
     
     
905. Montezuma Oropendola (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar,apr  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb
     Psarocolius montezuma  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A Montezuma Oropendola photographed during a FONT tour.
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
906. Crested Oropendola  (CRr) (*) (ph) ______  PN:nov
     Psarocolius decumanus
     
     The Crested Oropendola, a bird in Panama and throughout South America, was first found in Costa Rica in 1999, and seems to be expanding its range northward. The initial sightings in Costa Rica were on the far-southern Pacific slope. 
     
     
907. Black Oropendola  (*)  ______  PN:feb  (species restricted to eastern Panama & northwestern Colombia)
     Psarocolius guatimozinus
     
     
908. Yellow-winged Cacique (*)  ______  GU:mar,apr  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Cacicus melanicterus 
     
     
909. Scarlet-rumped Cacique (*) ______  CR:jan,mar,jul,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Cacicus microrhynchus microrhynchus
     
     
910. "Western" Yellow-rumped Cacique  (*)  ______  PN:feb,mar,oct,nov
     Cacicus cela vitellinus
     
     
911. Yellow-billed Cacique (*) ______  BZ:apr  CR:feb,apr,dec/jan  GU:jan,mar,apr,jul  HN:apr
     Amblycercus (formerly Cacicus) h. holosericeus
     
     
912. Hooded Oriole  (*)  ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr
     Icterus cucullatus
     
     
913. Altamira Oriole  (*)  ______  BZ:feb  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,dec  (at one time was called Lichtenstein's Oriole)
     Icterus gularis
     
     
914. Bar-winged Oriole (*)  ______  GU:feb,apr,jun
     Icterus maculialatus
      
     
915. Black-vented Oriole (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  (another name has been Wagler's Oriole)
     Icterus w. wagleri
     
     
916. Yellow-backed Oriole (*)  ______  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul  HN:apr  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Icterus chrysater
     
     
917. Yellow-tailed Oriole (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:dec/jan  GU:jan,mar,apr,jun  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Icterus mesomelas salvinii
     
     
918. Spot-breasted Oriole (*) (ph) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  GU:mar,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec
     Icterus pectoralis espinachi
     
     
     
     
     A Spot-breasted Oriole photographed during a FONT tour in Guatemala. 
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
919. Streak-backed Oriole (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:mar,dec  HN:mar,dec
     Icteus pustulatus sclateri
     
     
920. Baltimore Oriole (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar  (was merged for a while with the Bullock's Oriole and was then called the Northern Oriole)
     Icterus galbula  (monotypic)
     
     
921. Bullock's Oriole (*) (ph) ______  CR:dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,dec  (was merged for a while with the Baltimore Oriole and was then called the Northern Oriole)
     Icteus bullockii  (monotypic)
     
     
922. Orchard Oriole (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Icterus s. spurius
     
     
923. Black-cowled Oriole (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun  PN:feb  (formerly conspecific with Caribbean population that is now called Greater Antillean Oriole, Icterus dominicensis) 
     Icterus prosthemelas
     
     
924. Orange-crowned Oriole (*) ______  PN:feb  (occurs from eastern Panama to northern Venezuela)
     Icterus auricapillus  (monotypic)
       
     
925. Red-winged Blackbird (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,mar,apr,jun,jul  HN:apr,dec
     Agelaius phoeniceus grinnelli
     
     
926. Yellow-headed Blackbird  (CRr) (ph) ______
     Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
927. Red-breasted Blackbird (*) ______  CR:jan,feb  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov  (a recent arrival in Costa Rica; now fairly common in the southern Pacific lowlands & quite uncommon in the Caribbean lowlands)  
     Sturnella (formerly Leistes) militaris  (monotypic)
     
     
928. Eastern Meadowlark (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Sturnella magna subulata
     
     
     
     
     The resident race of the Eastern Meadowlark in the farmland of Belize
     (photographed by Alan Brady during a FONT tour in March 2007)
       
     
929. Melodious Blackbird (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:mar  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  
     Dives dives  (monotypic)
     
     In Costa Rica, the Melodious Blackbird was first found in Costa Rica in 1987. It is now widespread and fairly common in the country. The bird has been a species of northern Central America.
       
     
930. Great-tailed Grackle (*) (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
     Quiscalus mexicanus peruvianus
     
     
     
     
     Great-tailed Grackle
     (photo by Dick Tipton)
     
     
931. Nicaraguan Grackle (nt) (*) ______  CR:mar,jul  (total range limited to southern Nicaragua & northern Costa Rica)
     Quiscalus nicaraguensis  (monotypic)
     
     
932. Bronzed Cowbird (*) ______  BZ:mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Molothrus a. aeneus
     
     
933. Giant Cowbird (*) ______  CR:mar,jul  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jul  HN:feb,apr  PN:feb
     Molothrus (formerly Scaphidura) oryzivorus impacifa
     
     
934. Shiny Cowbird  (BZr,CRr) ______  BZ:mar
     Molothrus bonariensis
     
     The Shiny Cowbird is a recent addition to the Costa Rica bird-list. It was first noted in the country in April 2004 south of Cahuita, and since then sightings have continued in that area of the southern Caribbean lowlands. 
     
     
935. Bobolink (ph) ______
     Dolichonyx oryzivorus  (the single member of its genus)
     
     
936. Bananaquit (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  PN:jan,feb,mar,oct,nov
     Coereba flaveola mexicana
     
     
937. Orange-billed Sparrow (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  GU:apr  PN:feb,mar
     Arremon aurantiirostris 
     Arremon a. aurantiirostris  (west CR)
     Arremon aurantiirostris rufidorsalis  (otherwise in CR)
     
     
938. "Pacific" Olive Sparrow (*) ______  CR:mar,jul,dec/jan  (3 forms of Olive Sparrow are closely related. May be conspecific. May not be.)
     Arremonops rufivirgatus superciliosus
     
     
939. "Yucatan" Olive Sparrow  (*)  ______  BZ:feb,apr
     Arremonops rufivirgatus verticalis
     
     
940. Green-backed Sparrow  (*) ______  BZ:feb  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  HN:dec
     Arremonops c. chloronotus
     
     
941. Black-striped Sparrow (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct  (has been considered conspecific with Green-backed Sparrow)
     Arremonops conirostris richmondi  
     
     
942. White-eared Ground Sparrow (*) (ph) ______  CR:apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jun,jul
     Melozone l. leucotis (in Costa Rica)
     Melozone leucotis occipitalis (n Guatemala) 
     
     
     
     
     White-eared Ground Sparrow
     (photo by Ruben Campos)
     
     
943. Prevost's Ground Sparrow  (*)  ______  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,dec  (was previously considered conspecific with the Cabanis's Ground Sparrow, M. cabanisi, of southern Central America & the Rusty-crowned Ground Sparrow, M. kieneri, of Mexico)  
     Melozone biarcuata  (monotypic) 
     
     
     
     
     A Prevost's Ground Sparrow photographed during a FONT tour in Guatemala 
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
944. Cabanis's Ground Sparrow (*) ______  CR  (considered distinct from the more-northerly Prevost's Ground Sparrow)
     Melozone cabanisi  
     
     
945. Spotted Towhee (*)  ______  GU:feb,apr,jun,dec
     Pipilo maculatus
     
     
946. Lincoln's Sparrow  (CRr) ______  GU:mar
     Melospiza lincolnii
     
     
947. Grasshopper Sparrow (*) (ph) ______  CR:jul
     Ammodramus savannarum bimaculatus
     
     
948. Chipping Sparrow  (CRr) (ph) ______  BZ:apr  GU:apr,jun
     Spizella passerina
     
     
949. Lark Sparrow  (CRr) (ph) ______
     Chondestes grammacus  (the single member of its genus) 
     
     
950. Rusty Sparrow (*) ______  BZ:mar  CR:apr  GU:mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,apr,dec
     Aimophila rufescens hypaethrus
     
     
951. Stripe-headed Sparrow (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  (has also been called Russet-tailed Sparrow)
     Aimophila r. ruficauda
     
     
952. Botteri's Sparrow  (*)  ______  GU:apr
     Aimophila botterii
     
     
953. "Guatemalan" Yellow-eyed Junco  (*)  ______  GU:mar,apr,jun
     Junco phaeonotus alticola
     
     
954. Volcano Junco (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul,dec  PN:feb  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama) 
     Junco vulcani  (monotypic)
     
     
955. Rufous-collared Sparrow (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Zonotrichia capensis 
     Zonotrichia capensis septentrionalis  (in Guatemala; the northernmost of 20 subspecies)
     Zonotrichia capensis costaricensis  (in Costa Rica & Panama)
     
     
     
     
     A Rufous-collared Sparrow photographed during a FONT tour in Guatemala
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
956. Common Bush Tanager (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb  PN:feb,mar
     Chlorospingus ophthalmicus  (throughout the extensive range in Central & South America, there are said to be 27 subspecies)
     Chlorospingus ophthalmicus regionalis  (in eastern Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Chlorospingus ophthalmicus novicius  (southwest Costa Rica & the in the Chiriqui Province of Panama)
     
     
957. Sooty-capped Bush Tanager (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  PN:feb  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Chlorospingus p. pileatus
     
     
958. Ashy-throated Bush Tanager (*) ______  CR
     Chlorospingus canigularis olivaceiceps
     
     
959. Yellow-throated Bush-Tanager  (*)  ______  PN:feb
     Chlorospingus flavigularis hypophaeus
     
     
960. Black-and-yellow Tanager (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb  (total range limited to Costa Rica & Panama)
     Chrysothlypis chrysomelas titanota
     
     
961. Dusky-faced Tanager (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  PN:feb
     Mitrospingus cassinii costaridensis
     
     
962. Gray-headed Tanager (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,jun  PN:mar,aug
     Eucometis penicillata (the single member of its genus) 
     Eucometis penicillata spodocephala  (west CR)
     Eucometis penicillata stictohorax  (southwest CR)
     
     
963. White-throated Shrike-Tanager (*) _____  CR:mar,dec/jan  (total range from eastern Honduras to Panama)
     Lanio leucothorax 
     Lanio l. leucothorax  (east CR)
     Lanio leucothorax reversus  (northwest CR)
     Lanio leucothorax melanopygius  (southwest CR)
     
     
964. Black-throated Shrike-Tanager  (*) ______  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun
     Lanio aurantius  (monotypic)
     
     
965. White-shouldered Tanager (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
     Tachyphonus luctuosus axillaris
     
     
966. Tawny-crested Tanager (*) ______  CR:mar,jul  PN:aug
     Tachyphonus delatrii  (monotypic)
     
     
967. White-lined Tanager (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,maar,aug
     Tachyphonus rufus  (monotypic)
     
     
968. Carmiol's Tanager (*) ______  CR:jul  (was considered conspecific with Olive Tanager of South America)
     Chlorothraupis c. carmioli
     
     
969. Red-crowned Ant Tanager (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb  CR:feb,mar  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  HN:feb  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Habia rubica
     Habia rubica alfaroana  (in northwest Costa Rica)
     Habia rubica vinacea  (in south & west Costa Rica) 
     
     
970. Red-throated Ant Tanager (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct
     Habia f. fuscicauda
     
     
971. Black-cheeked Ant Tanager (t2) (CRe) (*) ______  CR:feb,dec/jan  (total range restricted to a limited area of southern Costa Rica)  
     Habia atrimaxillaris  (monotypic)
     
     
972. Hepatic Tanager  (*) ______  BZ:mar  GU:apr  HN:apr,dec
     Piranga hepatica
     
     
973. Tooth-billed Tanager (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb  (has been part of the more-northerly Hepatic Tanager, Piranga hepatica, and what's now the more-southerly Red Tanager, Piranga flava, in South America) 
     Piranga lutea testacea
     
     
974. Summer Tanager (*) (ph)  ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,nov
     Piranga r. rubra
     
     
975. Scarlet Tanager (*) (ph) ______  CR:apr  GU:apr  HN:apr  PN:mar,nov
     Piranga olivacea  (monotypic)
     
     
976. Western Tanager (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,dec  GU:feb,mar,apr,dec
     Piranga ludoviciana  (monotypic)
     
     
977. Flame-colored Tanager (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar  (another name has been Streak-backed Tanager)
     Piranga bidentata citrea
     
     
     
     
     Flame-colored Tanagers. Male, above; female below.
     (photos by Ruben Campos)
     
     
     
     
     
978. White-winged Tanager (*) ______  CR:mar,apr  GU:mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Piranga leucoptera latifasciata
     
     
979. Crimson-collared Tanager (*) ______  BZ:mar  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,apr  HN:apr,dec  PN:feb
     Phlogothraupis sanguinolenta  (the single member of its genus, although has been said to be the genus Ramphocelus)
     
     
980. Passerini's Tanager (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar,apr  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  HN:feb,apr,dec  (when conspecific with the Cherrie's Tanager, was called Scarlet-rumped Tanager)
     Ramphocelus passerini
     
     
     
     
     Passerini's Tanager
     (photo courtesy of Doris Potter)
     
     
981. Cherrie's Tanager (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,jul,dec  PN:feb,mar,apr  (when conspecific with the Passerini's Tanager, was called Scarlet-rumped Tanager) (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Ramphocelus costaricensis
     
     
     
     
     A female Cherrie's Tanager
     (photo courtesy of Ruben Campos)
     
     
982. Crimson-backed Tanager (*) ______  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Ramphocelus d. dimidiatus
      
     
983. Lemon-rumped Tanager (*)  ______  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct  (was conspecific with the Flame-rumped Tanager of South America) 
     Ramphoceelus icteonotus
      
     
984. Blue-gray Tanager (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  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
     Thraupis episcopus cana
     
     
985. Yellow-winged Tanager  (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec
     Thraupis abbas  (monotypic)
     
     
     
     
     A Yellow-winged Tanager during a FONT tour in Belize in April 2011
     (photo by Marie Gardner)
     
     
986. Palm Tanager (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
     Thraupis palmarum atripennis
     
     
987. Blue-and-gold Tanager (nt) (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul  PN:feb  (total range limited to Costa Rica & Panama)
     Bangsia (formerly Buthraupis) arcaei careruleigularis
     
     
988. Azure-rumped Tanager  (t2) (*)  ______  GU:feb,apr,jun,jul  (another name has been Cabanis's Tanager)
     Tangara cabanis  (monotypic)
     
     
989. Plain-colored Tanager (*) ______  CR:feb,mar  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov  (total range from Costa Rica to northern Colombia) 
     Tangara inornata rava
     
     
990. Emerald Tanager (*) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  PN:feb
     Tangara f. florida
     
     
991. Silver-throated Tanager (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Tangara icterocephala frantzii
     
     
     
     
     Silver-throated Tanager
     (photo courtesy of Doris Potter)
     
     
992. Speckled Tanager (*) (ph) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb
     Tangara guttata eusticta
     
     
     
     
     Speckled Tanager
     (photo by Ruben Campos)
     
     
993. Bay-headed Tanager (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  PN:feb,mar
     Tangara gyrola bangsi
     
     
     
     
     Bay-headed Tanager
     
     
994. Golden-hooded Tanager (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:feb,mar,apr  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov  (an alternate name of "Golden-masked Tanager" is inappropriate; closely related, however, to the Masked Tanager of South America)
     Tangara larvata 
     Tangara l. larvata  (in northern Costa Rica)
     Tangara larvata centralis  (in eastern Costa Rica)
     Tangara larvata franciscae  (in western Costa Rica) 
     
     
     
     
     Golden-hooded Tanager
     (photo courtesy of Doris Potter)
     
     
995. Spangle-cheeked Tanager (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul  PN:mar  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
     Tangara dowii  (monotypic)
     
     
996. Rufous-winged Tanager ______
     Tangara lavinia 
     
     
997. Sulphur-rumped Tanager (*)  ______  PN:aug   (total range restricted to Costa Rica & Panama)
     Heterospingus rubrifrons
     
     
998. Rosy Thrush-Tanager (*)  ______  PN:feb,mar,aug
     Rhodinocichla rosea
     
     An uncommon skulker, the Rosy Thrush-Tanager can be an extremely difficult bird to see. In Costa Rica, it has a limited range in the Terraba River watershed. It forages in leaf litter in dense second growth. Even though difficult to see, its rich, liquid voice can readily be heard.    
     
     
999. Scarlet-thighed Dacnis (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar
     Dacnis v. venusta 
     
     
1000. Blue Dacnis (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov
      Dacnis cayana callaina
      
      
      
      
      Blue Dacnis
      (photo by Ruben Campos)
      
      
1001. Green Honeycreeper (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:mar,jun  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug
      Chlorophanes spiza arguta
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      Green Honeycreepers (above: a male; below: a female)
      (photos by Doris Potter)
      
      
1002. Shining Honeycreeper (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  HN:feb,dec  PN:feb,aug
      Cyanerpes lucidus isthmicus
      
      
      
      
      A male Shining Honeycreeper
      (photo by Ruben Campos)
      
      
1003. Red-legged Honeycreeper (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
      Cyanerpes cyaneus carneipes
      
      
      
      
      Red-legged Honeycreeper
      
      
1004. White-eared Conebill  (*)  ______  PN:feb  (a species of eastern Panama, Colombia, and northern Venezuela)
      Conirostrum leucogenys panamense
      
      
1005. Cinnamon-bellied Flower-piercer  (*)  ______  GU:feb,apr,jun,dec
      Diglossa baritula 
      
      
1006. Slaty Flower-piercer (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar  (closely related to Rusty Flower-Piercer of South America) (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
      Diglossa p. plumbea
      
      
1007. Yellow-faced Grassquit (*) ______  BZ:mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:apr,jun  HN:feb,apr  PN:jan,feb,mar,aug
      Tiuaris olivacea pusillus
      
      
1008. White-collared Seedeater (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,may,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar
      Sporophila torqueola morelleti
      
      
      
      
      A male White-collared Seedeater during a FONT tour in Belize in April 2011
      (photo by Marie Gardner)
      
      
1009. Variable Seedeater (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov  (including the "Black" Variable Seedeater, on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica, once considered a distinct species)  
      Sporophila corvina  (formerly Sporophila aurita)
      
      
      
      
      The nearly all-black race of the Variable Seedeater,
      photographed during the March 2007 FONT tour in Belize
      (photo by Alan Brady)
      
      
1010. Yellow-bellied Seedeater (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar  PN:mar,aug,nov
      Sporophila n. nigricollis
      
      
1011. Ruddy-breasted Seedeater (*) (ph) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar  GU:apr,jun,jul  PN:feb,mar,aug
      Sporophila minuta 
      Sporophila minuta parva  (in northern Costa Rica)
      Sporophila minuta centralis  (in southwest Costa Rica & Panama)
      
      
      
      
      A Ruddy-breasted Seedeater photographed during a FONT tour
      (photo by Marie Gardner)
      
      
1012. Slate-colored Seedeater ______
      Sporophila schistacea
      
      
1013. Thick-billed Seed Finch (*) ______  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,apr  PN:feb,mar,aug,nov  (was conspecific with what's now the Chestnut-bellied Seed-Finch of South America, Oryzoborus angolensis, and was then called the Lesser Seed Finch) 
      Oryzoborus funereus 
      Oryzoborus funereus salvini  (most of CR)
      Oryzoborus funereus ochrogyne  (southwest CR)
      
      
1014. Nicaraguan Seed Finch  (*)  ______  CR:mar  (total range from Nicaragua to western Panama) 
      Oryzoborus nuttingi
      
      
1015. Blue-black Grassquit  (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:feb,mar,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:jan,feb,mar,aug,nov
      Volatinia jacarina splendens  (the single member of its genus)
      
      
1016. Blue Seedeater ______
      Amaurospiza concolor  (this genus now in the family Cardinalidae from Thraupidae)
      
      In Costa Rica, the Blue Seedeater is rare in middle elevations and highlands, between 1,000 & 2,200 meters above sea level on both the Pacific and Caribbean slopes. It favors bamboo clusters by the edge of the cloud forest.    
      
      
1017. Slaty Finch (*) ______  CR
      Haplospiza rustica barrilesensis
      
      
1018. Peg-billed Finch (nt) (*) ______  CR:feb,mar  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
      Acanthidops bairdi  (monotypic)
      
      
1019. Grassland Yellow Finch (*) ______  CR:jan,feb  PN:aug  (found during recent FONT Costa Rica tours in open country in the Pacific lowlands south of Golfito) 
      Sicalis luteola eisenmanni
      
      
1020. Saffron Finch (*) (ph) ______  PN:feb,aug,nov
      Sicalis f. flaveola
      
      
1021. Wedge-tailed Grass Finch  (ph) ______
      Emberizoides herbicola
      
      
1022. Large-footed Finch (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,jul,dec/jan  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama) 
      Pezopetes capitalis  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
      
1023. Yellow-thighed Finch (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb  (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
      Pselliophorrus tibialis  (monotypic)
      
      
1024. Yellow-throated Brush Finch (*) ______  CR:apr,dec/jan  GU:feb,apr,jun,dec  PN:mar  (has been merged by some with the more-southerly White-naped Brush Finch, Atlapetes albinucha)
      Atlapetes gutturalis
      
      
1025. Chestnut-capped Brush Finch (*) ______  CR:mar,apr  GU:feb,apr,jun,jul,dec  HN:feb
      Buarremon (formerly Atlapetes) brunneinucha  
      
      
1026. Black-headed Brush Finch (*) ______  CR:mar  (has been merged by some with the more-southerly Stripe-headed Brush-Finch, Buarremon torquatus)
      Buarremon (formerly Atlapetes) atricapillus  
      
      
1027. Sooty-faced Finch (*) ______  CR:jul  (total range is Costa Rica & Panama)
      Lysurus crassirostris  (monotypic, and the single member of its genus)
      
      
1028. Cocos Finch  ______  (endemic to the Cocos Islands, well offshore from mainland Costa Rica, in the Pacific)
      Pinaroloxias inornata  (the single member of its genus)
      
      The Cocos Finch is closely related to the Galapagos Finches.  
      
      
1029. Dickcissel  (*)  ______  BZ:apr
      Spiza americana  (the single member of its genus)
      
      
      
      
      A Dickcissel in migration, during the FONT tour in Belize in April 2011
      (photo by Marie Gardner)
      
      
1030. Black-headed Saltator (*) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul  H:feb,mar,apr,dec  PN:feb,aug
      Saltator a. atriceps  (1 of 2 subspecies in Costa Rica)
      
      
1031. Buff-throated Saltator (*) ______  BZ:feb,apr  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:mar,apr  HN:apr,dec  PN:feb,mar,aug,oct,nov
      Saltator maximus 
      Saltator maximus magnoides  (in most of Costa Rica)
      Saltator maximus intermedius  (in southwest Costa Rica & Panama) 
      
      
      
      
      Buff-throated Saltator
      (photo by Ruben Campos)
      
      
1032. "Northern" Grayish Saltator (*)  ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,apr,jul,dec  GU:jan,mar,apr,jun,dec  HN:feb,apr
      Saltator coerulescens brevicaudus
      
      
1033. Streaked Saltator (*) (ph)  ______  CR:feb,mar  PN:feb,mar,aug
      Saltator striatipectus furax  (formerly Saltator albicollis, now the scientific name for the Lesser Antillean Saltator) 
      
      
      
      
      Streaked Saltator
      (photo by Ruben Campos)
      
      
1034. Black-faced Grosbeak (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,dec/jan  GU:jan,apr  PN:feb
      Caryothraustes poliogaster scapularis
      
      
1035. Slate-colored Grosbeak (*) ______  CR:dec/jan
      Saltator (formerly Pitylus) grossus  
      
      
1036. Mexican Yellow Grosbeak  (*) ______  GU:apr
      Pheucticus chrysopeplus aurantiacus
      
      
1037. Black-thighed Grosbeak (*) ______  CR:mar,apr,jul,dec/jan  PN:feb,mar  (closely related to the more-northerly  Mexican Yellow Grosbeak, Pheucticus chrysopeplus, and the more-southerly Southern Yellow Grosbeak, Pheuticus chrysogaster, of South America) (total range limited to Costa Rica & western Panama)
      Pheucticus tibialis  (monotypic)
      
      
1038. Rose-breasted Grosbeak (*) (ph) ______  BZ:mar  CR:jan,feb,mar,dec  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb,apr,dec  PN:feb,mar
      Pheucticus ludovicianus  (monotypic)
      
      
      
      
      Many Rose-breasted Grosbeaks spend the winter in Central America.
      The males only look like this when they're ready to leave in the spring.  
      (photo by Howard Eskin)
      
      
1039. Black-headed Grosbeak   ______
      Pheucticus melanocephalus 
      
      
1040. Northern Cardinal  (*) (ph)  ______  BZ:mar,apr
      Cardinalis cardinalis 
       
      
1041. Blue Grosbeak (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar  CR:jul,dec/jan  GU:jan,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb  PN:feb,nov
      Passerina (formerly Guiraca) caerulea lazula
      
      
      
      
      A male Blue Grosbeak
      (photo by Howard Eskin) 
      
      
1042. Blue-black Grosbeak (*) ______  CR:feb,mar,dec/jan  GU:jan,mar  PN:feb,mar,aug
      Cyanocompsa cyanoides caerulescens
      
      
1043. Blue Bunting  (*) (ph)  ______  BZ:apr  GU:jan,feb,mar,apr,jun,jul 
      Cyanocompsa p. parellina
      
      
      
      
      A Blue Bunting during the FONT tour in Belize in April 2011
      (photo by Marie Gardner)
      
      
1044. Indigo Bunting (*) (ph) ______  BZ:feb,mar,apr  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,apr,dec  HN:feb  PN:mar,nov
      Passerina cyanea  (monotypic)
      
      
1045. Varied Bunting  (*)  ______  GU;apr,jun
      Passerina versicolor 
      
      
1046. Painted Bunting (*) (ph) ______  CR:mar,dec/jan  GU:feb,mar,apr,dec
      Passerina ciris pallidior 
      
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