Birds of Costa Rica

All photos copyright Martin Holladay and Karyn Patno.

American pygmy kingfisher – Chloroceryle aene
Baltimore oriole
Baltimore oriole
Bare-throated tiger heron – Tigrisoma mexicanum
Belted kingfisher – Ceryle alcyon
Black-cheeked woodpecker – Melanerpes pucherani
Black guan – Chamaepetes unicolor
Black-necked stilt – Himantopus mexicanus
Black-necked stilt – Himantopus mexicanus
Black-throated trogon – Trogon rufus
Black vulture – Coragyps atratus
Blue-gray tanager
Blue ground-dove – Claravis pretiosa
Broad-winged hawk
Brown pelican – Pelecanus occidentalis
Buff-throated saltator – Saltator maximus
Buff-throated saltator – Saltator maximus
Common black hawk – Butteogallus anthracinus
Common black hawk juvenile – Butteogallus anthracinus
Common black hawk juvenile – Butteogallus anthracinus
Crested caracara – Caracara plancus
Crested guan – Pava crestada
Fiery-billed aracari – Pteroglossus frantzii
Fiery-billed aracari – Pteroglossus frantzii
Fiery-billed aracari – Pteroglossus frantzii
Great blue heron – Ardea herodias
Great curassow – male – Crax rubra
Great curassow – male – Crax rubra
Great curassow – male – Crax rubra
Great curassow – female
Great egret – Ardea alba
Great egret – Ardea alba
Great kiskadee – Pitangus sulphuratus.jpg
Great kiskadee – Pitangus sulphuratus
Great-tailed grackle – Quiscalus mexicanus
Great-tailed grackle female – Quiscalus mexicanus
Green heron – Butorides striatus
Keel-billed toucan – Ramphastos sulfuratus
Keel-billed toucan – Ramphastos sulfuratus
Lesser violetear – Colibri cyanotus
Lesson’s motmot – Momotus lessonii
Lesson’s motmot – Momotus lessonii
Lesson’s motmot – Momotus lessonii
Little blue heron – Egretta caerulea
Mealy parrot – Amazona farinosa
Montezuma oropendola – Psarocolius montezuma
Neotropic cormorant – Nannopterum brasilianum
Northern emerald toucanet – Aulacorhynchus prasinus
Osprey
Owl
Purple-throated mountain gem female – Lampornis calolaemus
Resplendant quetzal – Pharomachrus mocinno
Roseate spoonbill – Ajaia ajaja
Royal tern – Thalasseus maximus
Rufous-tailed jacamar – Galbula ruficauda
Scarlet macaw – Ara macao
Scarlet macaw – Ara macao
Scarlet-rumped cacique -Cacicus uropygialis
Scarlet-rumped tanager – male and female – Ramphocelus passerinii
Scarlet-rumped tanager – female – Ramphocelus passerinii
Scarlet-rumped tanager – female – Ramphocelus passerinii
Snowy egret – Egretta thula
Streak-backed oriole – Icterus pustulatus
Stripe-headed sparrow – Peucaea ruficauda
Summer tanager – Piranga rubra
Sunbittern – Eurypyga helias
Tricolored heron – Egretta tricolor
Turkey vulture – Carthartes aura
Violet sabrewing – Campylopterus hemileucurus
Whimbrel – Numenius phaeopus
White ibis – Eudocimus albus
White-throated magpie jay – Calocitta formosa
Yellow-headed caracara – Milvago chimachima
Yellow-naped amazon parrot – Amazona auropalliata
Yellow-throated euphonia male – Euphonia gorgiamarilla
Yellow-throated toucan – Raphastos swainsonli
Yellow-throated toucan – Raphastos swainsonli