Osa Peninsula Endemic and Iconic Birds Tour

Osa Peninsula Endemic and Iconic Birds Tour
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Your tour guide:

My name is Gerson. I am a naturalist guide, born in the Caribbean of Costa Rica and now residing in Puerto Jiménez. I visited the Osa Peninsula a long time ago, and I simply fell in love with the place. Since then, I have tried to do the things that fill me as a person: love nature and share it, learn from it, and grow.

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About this tour

Join us on a half-day birding adventure across the Osa Peninsula in search of some of the region’s most iconic and endemic bird species. We will visit carefully selected locations and different ecosystems with the goal of spotting specialties such as the Mangrove Hummingbird, Yellow-billed Cotinga, Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager, Orange-collared Manakin, Turquoise Cotinga, and the colorful Fiery-billed Aracari. Because we explore a variety of habitats — including mangroves, rainforest, riversides, and forest edges — there are also excellent opportunities to observe many other bird species, as well as mammals, reptiles, and amphibians along the way. To finish the experience, we will enjoy a traditional Costa Rican lunch at a local restaurant while reviewing the morning’s highlights and bird sightings.

Target Species

Yellow-billed Cotinga

Carpodectes antoniae

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

Slaty-tailed Trogon

Trogon massena

Red-eyed Vireo

Vireo olivaceus

Dot-winged Antwren

Microrhopias quixensis

White Hawk

Pseudastur albicollis

Crowned Woodnymph

Thalurania colombica

Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher

Myiobius sulphureipygius

Swainson's Thrush

Catharus ustulatus

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

Golden-winged Warbler

Vermivora chrysoptera

Pearl Kite

Gampsonyx swainsonii

Slaty Antwren

Myrmotherula schisticolor

Mealy Parrot

Amazona farinosa

Scarlet Macaw

Scarlet Macaw

Ara macao

Violet Sabrewing

Campylopterus hemileucurus

Three-wattled Bellbird

Three-wattled Bellbird

Procnias tricarunculatus

Yellow-throated Toucan

Ramphastos ambiguus

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Amazilia tzacatl

Crimson-fronted Parakeet

Psittacara finschi

Boat-billed Heron

Cochlearius cochlearius

Mangrove Hummingbird

Amazilia boucardi

Black-cheeked Ant-Tanager

Habia atrimaxillaris

Cinnamon Becard

Pachyramphus cinnamomeus

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Empidonax flaviventris

Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus ornatus

Blue-black Grosbeak

Cyanoloxia cyanoides

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

Tigrisoma mexicanum

White-throated Shrike-Tanager

Lanio leucothorax

Yellow-olive Flycatcher

Tolmomyias sulphurescens

Black-and-white Warbler

Mniotilta varia

Rufous Piha

Lipaugus unirufus

Red-lored Parrot

Amazona autumnalis

Amazon Kingfisher

Chloroceryle amazona

White-whiskered Puffbird

Malacoptila panamensis

Velvety Manakin

Lepidothrix velutina

Veraguan Mango

Anthracothorax veraguensis

Northern Bentbill

Oncostoma cinereigulare

White-tailed Kite

Elanus leucurus

Black-striped Sparrow

Arremonops conirostris

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

Riverside Wren

Cantorchilus semibadius

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Ramphocelus passerinii

Streaked Flycatcher

Myiodynastes maculatus

White-browed Gnatcather

Polioptila bilineata

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Orange-chinned Parakeet

Brotogeris jugularis

Lesser Greenlet

Pachysylvia decurtatus

Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Green Honeycreeper

Chlorophanes spiza

Rufous-winged Woodpecker

Piculus simplex

Red-rumped Woodpecker

Dryobates kirkii

Northern Barred-Woodcreeper

Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae

Great Curassow

Crax rubra

Variable Seedeater

Sporophila corvina

Orange-billed Sparrow

Arremon aurantiirostris

Tropical Mockingbird

Mimus gilvus

Brown-hooded Parrot

Pyrilia haematotis

Tawny-winged Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla anabatina

Chestnut-backed Antbird

Poliocrania exsul

Northern Schiffornis

Schiffornis veraepacis

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Clay-colored Thrush

Turdus grayi

Gray-chested Dove

Leptotila cassinii

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

Bananaquit

Coereba flaveola

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Glyphorynchus spirurus

Collared Forest-Falcon

Micrastur semitorquatus

Blue-gray Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

White-throated Thrush

Turdus assimilis

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

Mionectes oleagineus

Yellow-headed Caracara

Milvago chimachima

Roadside Hawk

Rupornis magnirostris

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Mistletoe Tyrannulet

Zimmerius parvus

Yellow Warbler

Setophaga petechia

Double-toothed Kite

Harpagus bidentatus

Long-tailed Woodcreeper

Deconychura longicauda

Great Tinamou

Tinamus major

Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher

Terenotriccus erythrurus

Social Flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

Scrub Greenlet

Hylophilus flavipes

Tawny-crowned Greenlet

Tunchiornis ochraceiceps

Morelet's Seedeater

Sporophila morelleti

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Black-bellied Wren

Pheugopedius fasciatoventris

Black-crowned Tityra

Tityra inquisitor

Laughing Falcon

Herpetotheres cachinnans

Masked Tityra

Tityra semifasciata

Black-throated Trogon

Trogon rufus

Pale-billed Woodpecker

Campephilus guatemalensis

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Geotrygon montana

Lineated Woodpecker

Dryocopus lineatus

Northern Waterthrush

Parkesia noveboracensis

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Gray-capped Flycatcher

Myiozetetes granadensis

Scarlet-thighed Dacnis

Dacnis venusta

Palm Tanager

Thraupis palmarum

Tennessee Warbler

Leiothlypis peregrina

Crane Hawk

Geranospiza caerulescens

Striped Cuckoo

Tapera naevia

Orange-collared Manakin

Manacus aurantiacus

Gray-cowled Wood-Rail

Aramides cajaneus

Plain Xenops

Xenops minutus

Great Antshrike

Taraba major

Mangrove Cuckoo

Coccyzus minor

Russet Antshrike

Thamnistes anabatinus

Scissor-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus forficatus

Thick-billed Seed-Finch

Sporophila funerea

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Lesson’s Motmot

Momotus lessonii

Black-hooded Antshrike

Thamnophilus bridgesi

Buff-rumped Warbler

Myiothlypis fulvicauda

Yellow-crowned Euphonia

Euphonia luteicapilla

Bay-headed Tanager

Tangara gyrola

White-crowned Parrot

Pionus senilis

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Myiarchus tuberculifer

Rufous Mourner

Rhytipterna holerythra

White-necked Jacobin

Florisuga mellivora

Cocoa Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus susurrans

Tricolored Heron

Egretta tricolor

Violet-headed Hummingbird

Klais guimeti

Common Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum cinereum

Shining Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes lucidus

Smooth-billed Ani

Crotophaga ani

Gray-headed Tanager

Eucometis penicillata

Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

Crested Owl

Lophostrix cristata

Fiery-billed Aracari

Pteroglossus frantzii

Ringed Kingfisher

Megaceryle torquata

White-winged Becard

Pachyramphus polychopterus

Bright-rumped Attila

Attila spadiceus

Gray-headed Kite

Leptodon cayanensis

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

Little Tinamou

Crypturellus soui

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua

Black-striped Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus

Red-crowned Woodpecker

Melanerpes rubricapillus

Ruddy-breasted Seedeater

Sporophila minuta

Band-tailed Barbthroat

Threnetes ruckeri

Marbled Wood-Quail

Odontophorus gujanensis

Belted Kingfisher

Megaceryle alcyon

Black-bellied Plover

Pluvialis squatarola

Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus

Brown-billed Scythebill

Campylorhamphus pusillus

Bronzy Hermit

Glaucis aeneus

Dusky Antbird

Cercomacroides tyrannina

White-crested Coquette

White-crested Coquette

Lophornis adorabilis

Spot-crowned Euphonia

Euphonia imitans

Blue Dacnis

Dacnis cayana

Charming Hummingbird

Polyerata decora

White-tipped Sicklebill

Eutoxeres aquila

Long-billed Gnatwren

Ramphocaenus melanurus

Scaly-breasted Hummingbird

Phaeochroa cuvierii

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Galbula ruficauda

Bicolored Antbird

Gymnopithys bicolor

Baird's Trogon

Trogon bairdii

Purple-crowned Fairy

Heliothryx barroti

Lesser Nighthawk

Chordeiles acutipennis

Summer Tanager

Piranga rubra

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Turquoise Cotinga

Cotinga ridgwayi

Gray-headed Chachalaca

Ortalis cinereiceps

Rose-throated Becard

Pachyramphus aglaiae

Gray-lined Hawk

Buteo nitidus

Great Crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus crinitus

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Setophaga pensylvanica

White-lined Tanager

Tachyphonus rufus

Isthmian Wren

Cantorchilus elutus

Gartered Trogon

Trogon caligatus

Long-billed Hermit

Phaethornis longirostris

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

Blue-throated Goldentail

Chlorestes eliciae

Green Shrike-Vireo

Vireolanius pulchellus

Streak-headed Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes souleyetii

Squirrel Cuckoo

Piaya cayana

Dickcissel

Spiza americana

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

King Vulture

King Vulture

Sarcoramphus papa

Costa Rican Swift

Chaetura fumosa

Common Yellowthroat

Geothlypis trichas

Eye-ringed Flatbill

Rhynchocyclus brevirostris

Black-tailed Flycatcher

Myiobius atricaudus

Fork-tailed Flycatcher

Tyrannus savana

White-necked Puffbird

Notharchus hyperrhynchus

Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina

Golden-crowned Spadebill

Platyrinchus coronatus

Pale-vented Pigeon

Patagioenas cayennensis

Short-billed Pigeon

Patagioenas nigrirostris

Scaly-throated Leaftosser

Sclerurus guatemalensis

Yellow-throated Vireo

Vireo flavifrons

Chiriqui Foliage-gleaner

Automolus exsertus

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

Golden-hooded Tanager

Stilpnia larvata

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Crested Guan

Penelope purpurascens

Short-tailed Hawk

Buteo brachyurus

Brown Jay

Psilorhinus morio

Green Kingfisher

Chloroceryle americana

Golden-naped Woodpecker

Melanerpes chrysauchen

Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant

Lophotriccus pileatus

Olivaceous Piculet

Picumnus olivaceus

White-collared Swift

Streptoprocne zonaris

American Oystercatcher

Haematopus palliatus

Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus

Blue Grosbeak

Passerina caerulea

Red-tailed Hawk

Buteo jamaicensis

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Pheucticus ludovicianus

Southern Beardless-Tyrannulet

Camptostoma obsoletum

Streak-chested Antpitta

Hylopezus perspicillatus

Common Pauraque

Nyctidromus albicollis

Philadelphia Vireo

Vireo philadelphicus

Yellow-billed Cuckoo

Coccyzus americanus

White-shouldered Tanager

Loriotus luctuosus

Long-billed Starthroat

Heliomaster longirostris

Bat Falcon

Falco rufigularis

What's Included

* Experienced Birding Guide * Spotting Scope * Traditional Costa Rican Lunch * Visits to Multiple Birding Locations

Not Included

* Snacks/Breakfast * Additional drinks * Transportation to birding site

Meeting Point

Meet me at Hellens Chill House

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$120.00

includes all fees

Target species:221 species
Locations:Puerto Jimenez area, Corcovado National Park
Size:2–20
Duration:7 hours
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