Birds

 

INCIDENTAL BIRD LIST FOR

PLAYA DELFIN

PAVONES DE GOLFITO, COSTA RICA

Conducted by

OXFORD UNIVERSITY EXPEDITION (OUEC) COSTA RICA 2009

Scarlet Macaw  Ara macao

Neotropical Cormorant  Phalacrocorax brasilianus  n.b. sighted in ZMT beach

White Hawk  Leucopternis albicollis

Dot-winged Antwren  Microrhopias quixensis

Tropical Kingbird  Tyrannus melancholicus  n.b. sighted in ZMT

Bananaquit   Coereba flaveola  n.b. sighted in ZMT

Cherrie’s Tanager   Ramphocelus costaricensis

Palm Tanager  Thraupis palmarum  n.b. sighted in ZMT

White-collared seedeater  Sporophila torqueola

Southern Rough-winged Swallow  Stelgidopteryx ruficollis  n.b. sighted in ZMT

King vulture  Sarcoramphus papa  nb.  “Uncommon in lowlands and foothills to 1,200.m  Prefers areas where mature forest still exists.”  (Garrigues & Dean, 2007)

Common Pauraque  Nyctidromus albicollis  n.b. sighted in ZMT

Willet  Tringa semipalmata  n.b. sighted in ZMT

Black-bellied whistling duck  Dendrocygna autumnalis  n.b. sighted in ZMT  “fairly uncommon”  (Garrigues & Dean, 2007)

Scarlet-rumped Cacique  Cacicus uropygialis  [aud.]

Yellow-billed Cacique  Amblycerus holosericeus  [aud.]

Laughing Falcon  Herpetotheres cachinnans

Great Curassow  Crax rubra  n.b. Pair.  “Uncommon to rare in protected areas.” (Garrigues & Dean, 2007)

Chestnut-mandibled Toucan  Ramphastos swainsonii

Lineated Woodpecker  Dryocopus lineatus

Mealy Parrot  Amazona farinosa

Red-capped Manakin  Pipra mentalis

Yellow-headed Caracara  Milvago chimachima  n.b. sighted in ZMT

Clay coloured Robin  Turdis grayi
Pale-billed Woodpecker  Campephilus guatemalensis

Panama Flycatcher  Myiarchus panamensis  n.b. sighted in ZMT

Costa Rican Swift  Chaetura fumosa  n.b. Endemic from Costa Rica to N. Colombia

Gray-necked Wood-Rail  Aramides cajanea  n.b. pair sighted in cabina area ZMT

Tawny-winged Woodcreeper  Dendrocincla anabatina  n.b. sighted feeding young

Little Tinamou   Crypturellus soui  [aud.]

Great Blue Heron  Ardea herodias  n.b. sighed in ZMT

Semipalmated Plover  Charadrius semipalmatus  n.b. sighted in ZMT

Solitary Eagle  Harpyhaliaetus solitarius  n.b. presence inferred by recent (approx. 2-4 wk) sloth kill.  Very rare in Golfo Dulce region, top predator > good indicator of system health from the perspective of the top of the food chain.  PGRC.Great Kiskadee  Pitangus sulphuratus  n.b. nesting pair in cabina area, Zona Maritimo Terrestre

Black Vulture  Coragyps atratus

Turkey Vulture  Cathartes aura

Red-crowned woodpecker  Melanerpes rubricapillus n.b. sighted in cabina area ZMT

Barred Antshrike  Thamnophilus doliatus  n.b. sighted in cabina area ZMT “uncommon in wet lowlands” (Garrigues & Dean, 2007)

Ruddy Ground Dove  Columbina talpacoti  n.b. sighted in cabina area  ZMT

Magnificent Frigate bird  Fregata magnificens  n.b. sighted from ZMT]

Roadside Hawk  Buteo magnirostris  n.b. nesting pair in ZMT]

House Wren  Troglodytes aedon  n.b. nesting on cabina structure

Blue gray tanager  Thraupis episcopus  n.b. sighted in ZMT

Melodius Blackbird  Dives dives  [aud.]

Variable Seedeater  Sporophila americana, Pacific race  n.b. sighted in cabina area  ZMT

White-tipped Dove  Leptotila verreauxi

Orange-chinned Parakeet  Brotogeris jugularis  n.b. sighted in ZMT

Crimson-fronted Parakeet  Aratinga finschi  n.b. sighted in ZMT  “Endemic from southeastern Nicaragua to Western Panama”  (Garrigues and Dean, 2007)

Violacious Trogon  Trogon violaceus  [aud.]

Chestnut-backed Antbird  Myrmeciza exsul

Fiery billed Aracari  Pteroglossus frantzii  [aud.]

Brown Pelican  Pelecanus occidentalis  n.b. sighted in ZMT

Whimbrel  Numenius phaeopus  n.b. sighted in ZMT beach  “less commonly [found] along seashores.” (Garrigues & Dean, 2007)

Cattle Egret  Bubulcus ibis  n.b. sighted in ZMT

Least Sandpiper Calidris minutilla  n.b. sighted in ZMT

Blue crowned Motmot  Momotus momota  [aud.]

Stripe throated Hermit  Phaethornis striigularis

Rufous Piha  Lipaugus unirufus

Band-tailed Barbthroat  Threnetes ruckeri