Birds of Costa Rica
-> Birding Escape I
Caribbean Foothills and Cloudforest Highlands of Talamanca  
-> Birding Escape II
Monteverde Area and Central Pacific Lowlands Carara.  
-> Birding Escape III
Central Valley Highlands and Caribbean Lowlands  
-> Birding Escape IV
Southern Pacific Highlands,Lowland Rainforest, and Seashore  
We offer information on birding in Costa Rica ,  and the complete bird list for Costa Rica, with 812 species with voucher.

The list of the birds of Costa Rica is presented with English common names, scientific names, and recommended Spanish common names :


Family    
   Common Name    Scientific Name  
 Cracidae
  Plain Chachalaca  Ortalis vetula
  Gray-headed Chachalaca  Ortalis cinereiceps
  Crested Guan  Penelope purpurascens
  Black Guan  Chamaepeters unicolor
  Great Curassow  Crax rubra
 Anatidae
  Black-bellied Whistling-Duck  Dendrocygna autumnalis
  Fulvous Whistling-Duck  Dendrocygna bicolor
  Muscovy Duck  Cairina moschata
  American Wigeon  Anas americana
  Mallard  Anas platyrhynchos
  Blue-Winged Teal  Anas discors
  Northern Shoveler  Anas Clypeata
  Northern Pintail  Anas acuta
  Green-winged Teal  Anas crecca
  Lesser Scaup  Aythya affinis
  Masked Duck  Nomonyx dominicus
 Tinamidae
  Great Tinamou  Tinamus major
  Highland Tinamou  Nothocercus bonapartei
  Little Tinamou  Crypturellus soui
  Thicket Tinamou  Crypturellus cinnamoneus
  Slaty-breasted Tinamou  Crypturellus boucardi
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Birding regions
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