La Merced Costa Rica [CRLM]
9'14''N x 83'46''W
Christmas Bird Count
Count Year: 104
 
Species
Number Number / Party Hr. Flags Editorial Flags
 
  Great Tinamou
(Tinamus major)
27  
0.2288  
 
 
  Little Tinamou
(Crypturellus soui)
32  
0.2712  
 
 
  Least Grebe
(Tachybaptus dominicus)
6  
0.1017  
 
 
  Pied-billed Grebe
(Podilymbus podiceps)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  Brown Booby
(Sula leucogaster)
82  
1.3898  
 
 
  Brown Pelican
(Pelecanus occidentalis)
892  
15.1186  
 
 
  Neotropic Cormorant
(Phalacrocorax brasilianus)
32  
0.5424  
 
 
  Anhinga
(Anhinga anhinga)
2  
0.0339  
 
 
  Magnificent Frigatebird
(Fregata magnificens)
75  
1.2712  
 
 
  Fasciated Tiger-Heron
(Tigrisoma fasciatum)
1  
0.0085  
 
 
  Bare-throated Tiger-Heron
(Tigrisoma mexicanum)
1  
0.0085  
 
 
  Great Blue Heron
(Ardea herodias)
6  
0.0508  
 
 
  Great Egret
(Ardea alba)
20  
0.339  
 
 
  Snowy Egret
(Egretta thula)
50  
0.8475  
 
 
  Little Blue Heron
(Egretta caerulea)
64  
1.0847  
 
 
  Tricolored Heron
(Egretta tricolor)
6  
0.1017  
 
 
  Cattle Egret
(Bubulcus ibis)
1047  
17.7458  
 
 
  Green Heron
(Butorides virescens)
20  
0.339  
 
 
  Yellow-crowned Night-Heron
(Nyctanassa violacea)
6  
0.1017  
 
 
  Boat-billed Heron
(Cochlearius cochlearius)
25  
0.2119  
 
 
  White Ibis
(Eudocimus albus)
115  
1.9492  
 
 
  Wood Stork
(Mycteria americana)
6  
0.1017  
 
 
  Black Vulture
(Coragyps atratus)
562  
9.5254  
 
 
  Turkey Vulture
(Cathartes aura)
278  
4.7119  
 
 
  King Vulture
(Sarcoramphus papa)
20  
0.1695  
 
 
  Black-bellied Whistling-Duck
(Dendrocygna autumnalis)
0  
0  
 
 
  Osprey
(Pandion haliaetus)
3  
0.0508  
 
 
  Gray-headed Kite
(Leptodon cayanensis)
2  
0.0169  
 
 
  Hook-billed Kite
(Chondrohierax uncinatus)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  Swallow-tailed Kite
(Elanoides forficatus)
49  
0.8305  
 
 
  White-tailed Kite
(Elanus leucurus)
3  
0.0508  
 
 
  Double-toothed Kite
(Harpagus bidentatus)
10  
0.0847  
 
 
  Mississippi Kite
(Ictinia mississippiensis)
0  
0  
 
 
  Sharp-shinned Hawk
(Accipiter striatus)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  Crane Hawk
(Geranospiza caerulescens)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  White Hawk
(Leucopternis albicollis)
3  
0.0254  
 
 
  Gray Hawk
(Asturina nitida)
5  
0.0847  
 
 
  Mangrove Black-Hawk
(Buteogallus subtilis)
9  
0.0763  
 
 
  Great Black-Hawk
(Buteogallus urubitinga)
2  
0.0169  
 
 
  Roadside Hawk
(Buteo magnirostris)
77  
1.3051  
 
 
  Broad-winged Hawk
(Buteo platypterus)
26  
0.4407  
 
 
  Short-tailed Hawk
(Buteo brachyurus)
6  
0.1017  
 
 
  White-tailed Hawk
(Buteo albicaudatus)
2  
0.0339  
 
 
  Zone-tailed Hawk
(Buteo albonotatus)
6  
0.1017  
 
 
  Black-and-white Hawk-Eagle
(Spizastur melanoleucus)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  Black Hawk-Eagle
(Spizaetus tyrannus)
3  
0.0254  
 
 
  Ornate Hawk-Eagle
(Spizaetus ornatus)
1  
0.0085  
 
 
  Barred Forest-Falcon
(Micrastur ruficollis)
9  
0.0763  
 
 
  Collared Forest-Falcon
(Micrastur semitorquatus)
1  
0.0085  
 
 
  Crested Caracara
(Caracara plancus)
13  
0.2203  
 
 
  Yellow-headed Caracara
(Milvago chimachima)
30  
0.2542  
 
 
  Laughing Falcon
(Herpetotheres cachinnans)
27  
0.2288  
 
 
  Bat Falcon
(Falco rufigularis)
4  
0.0339  
 
 
  Peregrine Falcon
(Falco peregrinus)
2  
0.0339  
 
 
  Gray-headed Chachalaca
(Ortalis cinereiceps)
109  
0.9237  
 
 
  Crested Guan
(Penelope purpurascens)
10  
0.0847  
 
 
  Black Guan
(Chamaepetes unicolor)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  Great Curassow
(Crax rubra)
8  
0.0678  
 
 
  Marbled Wood-Quail
(Odontophorus gujanensis)
23  
0.1949  
 
 
  White-throated Crake
(Laterallus albigularis)
20  
0.1695  
 
 
  Gray-necked Wood-Rail
(Aramides cajanea)
20  
0.1695  
 
 
  Purple Gallinule
(Porphyrula martinica)
4  
0.0678  
 
 
  Black-bellied Plover
(Pluvialis squatarola)
7  
0.1186  
 
 
  Collared Plover
(Charadrius collaris)
2  
0.0339  
 
 
  Wilson's Plover
(Charadrius wilsonia)
19  
0.322  
 
 
  Semipalmated Plover
(Charadrius semipalmatus)
8  
0.1356  
 
 
  Killdeer
(Charadrius vociferus)
15  
0.2542  
 
 
  American Oystercatcher
(Haematopus palliatus)
3  
0.0508  
 
 
  Northern Jacana
(Jacana spinosa)
19  
0.322  
 
 
  Greater Yellowlegs
(Tringa melanoleuca)
4  
0.0678  
 
 
  Lesser Yellowlegs
(Tringa flavipes)
2  
0.0339  
 
 
  Solitary Sandpiper
(Tringa solitaria)
4  
0.0678  
 
 
  Willet
(Catoptrophorus semipalmatus)
58  
0.9831  
 
 
  Wandering Tattler
(Heteroscelus incanus)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  Spotted Sandpiper
(Actitis macularia)
80  
1.3559  
 
 
  Whimbrel
(Numenius phaeopus)
17  
0.2881  
 
 
  Ruddy Turnstone
(Arenaria interpres)
6  
0.1017  
 
 
  Surfbird
(Aphriza virgata)
0  
0  
 
 
  Sanderling
(Calidris alba)
0  
0  
 
 
  Semipalmated Sandpiper
(Calidris pusilla)
0  
0  
 
 
  Least Sandpiper
(Calidris minutilla)
16  
0.2712  
 
 
  Baird's Sandpiper
(Calidris bairdii)
4  
0.0678  
 
 
  Laughing Gull
(Larus atricilla)
23  
0.3898  
 
 
  Royal Tern
(Sterna maxima)
19  
0.322  
 
 
  Elegant Tern
(Sterna elegans)
0  
0  
 
 
  Sandwich Tern
(Sterna sandvicensis)
3  
0.0508  
 
 
  Least Tern
(Sterna antillarum)
0  
0  
 
 
  Pale-vented Pigeon
(Columba cayennensis)
19  
0.322  
 
 
  Scaled Pigeon
(Columba speciosa)
16  
0.2712  
 
 
  Band-tailed Pigeon
(Columba fasciata)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  Ruddy Pigeon
(Columba subvinacea)
13  
0.2203  
 
 
  Short-billed Pigeon
(Columba nigrirostris)
60  
1.0169  
 
 
  White-winged Dove
(Zenaida asiatica)
5  
0.0847  
 
 
  Inca Dove
(Columbina inca)
13  
0.2203  
 
 
  Plain-breasted Ground-Dove
(Columbina minuta)
4  
0.0678  
 
 
  Ruddy Ground-Dove
(Columbina talpacoti)
139  
2.3559  
 
 
  Blue Ground-Dove
(Claravis pretiosa)
39  
0.661  
 
 
  White-tipped Dove
(Leptotila verreauxi)
78  
1.322  
 
 
  Gray-chested Dove
(Leptotila cassini)
25  
0.4237  
 
 
  Ruddy Quail-Dove
(Geotrygon montana)
27  
0.4576  
 
 
  Sulphur-winged Parakeet
(Pyrrhura hoffmanni)
3  
0.0508  
 
 
  Crimson-fronted Parakeet
(Aratinga finschi)
87  
1.4746  
 
 
  Barred Parakeet
(Bolborhynchus lineola)
5  
0.0847  
 
 
  Orange-chinned Parakeet
(Brotogeris jugularis)
391  
6.6271  
 
 
  Brown-hooded Parrot
(Pionopsitta haematotis)
126  
2.1356  
 
 
  Blue-headed Parrot
(Pionus menstruus)
0  
0  
 
 
  White-crowned Parrot
(Pionus senilis)
207  
3.5085  
 
 
  Red-lored Parrot
(Amazona autumnalis)
23  
0.3898  
 
 
  Mealy Parrot
(Amazona farinosa)
69  
1.1695  
 
 
  Yellow-billed Cuckoo
(Coccyzus americanus)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  Mangrove Cuckoo
(Coccyzus minor)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  Squirrel Cuckoo
(Piaya cayana)
48  
0.8136  
 
 
  Striped Cuckoo
(Tapera naevia)
11  
0.1864  
 
 
  Smooth-billed Ani
(Crotophaga ani)
45  
0.7627  
 
 
  Groove-billed Ani
(Crotophaga sulcirostris)
30  
0.5085  
 
 
  Tropical Screech-Owl
(Otus choliba)
6  
0.1017  
 
 
  Vermiculated Screech-Owl
(Otus guatemalae)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  Crested Owl
(Lophostrix cristata)
2  
0.0339  
 
 
  Spectacled Owl
(Pulsatrix perspicillata)
5  
0.0847  
 
 
  Andean Pygmy-Owl
(Glaucidium jardinii)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl
(Glaucidium brasilianum)
0  
0  
CW  
 
  Mottled Owl
(Ciccaba virgata)
6  
0.1017  
 
 
  Black-and-white Owl
(Ciccaba nigrolineata)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  Striped Owl
(Pseudoscops clamator)
3  
0.0508  
 
 
  Short-tailed Nighthawk
(Lurocalis semitorquatus)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  Lesser Nighthawk
(Chordeiles acutipennis)
3  
0.0508  
 
 
  Pauraque
(Nyctidromus albicollis)
97  
1.6441  
 
 
  Common Potoo
(Nyctibius griseus)
4  
0.0678  
 
 
  Black Swift
(Cypseloides niger)
48  
0.8136  
 
 
  Spot-fronted Swift
(Cypseloides cherriei)
0  
0  
 
 
  Chestnut-collared Swift
(Streptoprocne rutila)
28  
0.4746  
 
 
  White-collared Swift
(Streptoprocne zonaris)
192  
3.2542  
 
 
  Vaux's Swift
(Chaetura vauxi)
8  
0.1356  
 
 
  Band-rumped Swift
(Chaetura spinicauda)
333  
5.6441  
 
 
  Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift
(Panyptila cayennensis)
2  
0.0339  
 
 
  Bronzy Hermit
(Glaucis aenea)
4  
0.0678  
 
 
  Band-tailed Barbthroat
(Threnetes ruckeri)
3  
0.0508  
 
 
  Green Hermit
(Phaethornis guy)
19  
0.322  
 
 
  Long-tailed Hermit
(Phaethornis superciliosus)
22  
0.3729  
 
 
  Little Hermit
(Phaethornis longuemareus)
24  
0.4068  
 
 
  White-tipped Sicklebill
(Eutoxeres aquila)
2  
0.0339  
 
 
  Scaly-breasted Hummingbird
(Phaeochroa cuvierii)
17  
0.2881  
 
 
  Violet Sabrewing
(Campylopterus hemileucurus)
2  
0.0339  
 
 
  White-necked Jacobin
(Florisuga mellivora)
13  
0.2203  
 
 
  Brown Violet-ear
(Colibri delphinae)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  Green-breasted Mango
(Anthracothorax prevostii)
4  
0.0678  
 
 
  Violet-headed Hummingbird
(Klais guimeti)
23  
0.3898  
 
 
  White-crested Coquette
(Lophornis adorabilis)
1  
0.0169  
 
 
  Violet-crowned Woodnymph
(Thalurania colombica)
22  
0.3729  
 
 
  Blue-throated Goldentail
(Hylocharis eliciae)
86  
1.4576  
 
 
  Charming Hummingbird
(Amazilia decora)
25  
0.4237  
 
 
  Mangrove Hummingbird
(Amazilia boucardi)
11  
0.1864  
 
 
  Snowy-bellied Hummingbird
(Amazilia edward)
16  
0.2712  
 
 
  Rufous-tailed Hummingbird
(Amazilia tzacatl)
79  
1.339  
 
 
  Stripe-tailed Hummingbird
(Eupherusa eximia)
0  
0  
 
 
  White-tailed Emerald
(Elvira chionura)
5  
0.0847  
 
 
  Green-crowned Brilliant
(Heliodoxa jacula)
7  
0.1186  
 
 
  Purple-crowned Fairy
(Heliothryx barroti)
12  
0.2034  
 
 
  Long-billed Starthroat
(Heliomaster longirostris)
9  
0.1525  
 
 
  Ruby-throated Hummingbird
(Archilochus colubris)
8  
0.1356  
 
 
  Baird's Trogon
(Trogon bairdii)
8  
0.1356  
 
 
  Violaceous Trogon
(Trogon violaceus)
25  
0.4237  
 
 
  Collared Trogon
(Trogon collaris)
10  
0.1695  
 
 
  Orange-bellied Trogon
(Trogon aurantiiventris)
4  
0.0678  
 
 
  Black-throated Trogon
(Trogon rufus)
17  
0.2881  
 
 
  Slaty-tailed Trogon
(Trogon massena)
25  
0.4237  
 
 
  Blue-crowned Motmot
(Momotus momota)
31  
0.5254  
 
 
  Ringed Kingfisher
(Ceryle torquata)
17  
0.2881  
 
 
  Amazon Kingfisher
(Chloroceryle amazona)
12  
0.2034  
 
 
  Green Kingfisher
(Chloroceryle americana)
22  
0.3729  
 
 
  American Pygmy Kingfisher
(Chloroceryle aenea)
0  
0  
 
 
  White-necked Puffbird
(Notharchus macrorhynchos)
6