Birdwatching Tour Arenal

Green-breasted Mango

Anthracothorax prevostii

Hook-billed Kite

Chondrohierax uncinatus

Yellow-rumped Warbler

Setophaga coronata

Blue-and-white Swallow

Pygochelidon cyanoleuca

Southern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx ruficollis

Broad-billed Motmot

Electron platyrhynchum

Prothonotary Warbler

Protonotaria citrea

Slaty-tailed Trogon

Trogon massena

Red-eyed Vireo

Vireo olivaceus

Dot-winged Antwren

Microrhopias quixensis

White Hawk

Pseudastur albicollis

Plain-brown Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla fuliginosa

Giant Cowbird

Molothrus oryzivorus

Muscovy Duck

Cairina moschata

Crowned Woodnymph

Thalurania colombica

Uniform Crake

Amaurolimnas concolor

Sepia-capped Flycatcher

Leptopogon amaurocephalus

Gray Catbird

Dumetella carolinensis

Red-winged Blackbird

Agelaius phoeniceus

Sulphur-rumped Flycatcher

Myiobius sulphureipygius

Swainson's Thrush

Catharus ustulatus

Pacific Screech-Owl

Megascops cooperi

Snowy Egret

Egretta thula

Kentucky Warbler

Geothlypis formosa

Golden-winged Warbler

Vermivora chrysoptera

Great-tailed Grackle

Quiscalus mexicanus

Slaty Antwren

Myrmotherula schisticolor

Mealy Parrot

Amazona farinosa

Keel-billed Toucan

Ramphastos sulfuratus

Scarlet Macaw

Ara macao

Violet Sabrewing

Campylopterus hemileucurus

Collared Aracari

Pteroglossus torquatus

Yellow-throated Toucan

Ramphastos ambiguus

Rufous-tailed Hummingbird

Amazilia tzacatl

White-throated Magpie-Jay

Calocitta formosa

Crimson-fronted Parakeet

Psittacara finschi

Boat-billed Heron

Cochlearius cochlearius

Spectacled Owl

Pulsatrix perspicillata

Sunbittern

Eurypyga helias

Stripe-breasted Wren

Cantorchilus thoracicus

American Kestrel

Falco sparverius

Cinnamon Becard

Pachyramphus cinnamomeus

Yellow-bellied Flycatcher

Empidonax flaviventris

Slate-headed Tody-Flycatcher

Poecilotriccus sylvia

Ornate Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus ornatus

Eastern Meadowlark

Sturnella magna

Ovenbird

Seiurus aurocapilla

Blue-black Grosbeak

Cyanoloxia cyanoides

Bank Swallow

Riparia riparia

Bare-throated Tiger-Heron

Tigrisoma mexicanum

White-throated Shrike-Tanager

Lanio leucothorax

Yellow-olive Flycatcher

Tolmomyias sulphurescens

Black-and-white Warbler

Mniotilta varia

Speckled Tanager

Ixothraupis guttata

White-winged Dove

Zenaida asiatica

Red-lored Parrot

Amazona autumnalis

Zone-tailed Hawk

Buteo albonotatus

Groove-billed Ani

Crotophaga sulcirostris

Golden-browed Chlorophonia

Chlorophonia callophrys

Barred Antshrike

Thamnophilus doliatus

Band-tailed Pigeon

Patagioenas fasciata

Black-cheeked Woodpecker

Melanerpes pucherani

White-whiskered Puffbird

Malacoptila panamensis

Hoffmann's Woodpecker

Melanerpes hoffmannii

Northern Bentbill

Oncostoma cinereigulare

American Redstart

Setophaga ruticilla

Plumbeous Kite

Ictinia plumbea

Yellow-bellied Sapsucker

Sphyrapicus varius

Eastern Wood-Pewee

Contopus virens

White-tailed Kite

Elanus leucurus

Black-striped Sparrow

Arremonops conirostris

Southern Lapwing

Vanellus chilensis

Blue-vented Hummingbird

Saucerottia hoffmanni

Black-headed Trogon

Trogon melanocephalus

Great Potoo

Nyctibius grandis

Scarlet-rumped Tanager

Ramphocelus passerinii

Northern Emerald-Toucanet

Aulacorhynchus prasinus

White-browed Gnatcather

Polioptila bilineata

Cinnamon Woodpecker

Celeus loricatus

Black Vulture

Coragyps atratus

Black-cowled Oriole

Icterus prosthemelas

Orange-chinned Parakeet

Brotogeris jugularis

Lesser Greenlet

Pachysylvia decurtatus

Magnificent Frigatebird

Fregata magnificens

Red-legged Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes cyaneus

Tree Swallow

Tachycineta bicolor

Green Honeycreeper

Chlorophanes spiza

Lesser Violetear

Colibri cyanotus

Band-backed Wren

Campylorhynchus zonatus

Green Thorntail

Discosura conversii

Rufous-winged Woodpecker

Piculus simplex

Swainson's Hawk

Buteo swainsoni

Northern Barred-Woodcreeper

Dendrocolaptes sanctithomae

Great Curassow

Crax rubra

Gray-rumped Swift

Chaetura cinereiventris

Blue-and-gold Tanager

Bangsia arcaei

Rufous-browed Peppershrike

Cyclarhis gujanensis

Variable Seedeater

Sporophila corvina

Red-billed Pigeon

Patagioenas flavirostris

Black-headed Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum nigriceps

Stripe-tailed Hummingbird

Eupherusa eximia

Green-crowned Brilliant

Heliodoxa jacula

White-fronted Parrot

Amazona albifrons

Canada Warbler

Cardellina canadensis

Orange-billed Sparrow

Arremon aurantiirostris

Plain-colored Tanager

Tangara inornata

Tropical Mockingbird

Mimus gilvus

Brown-hooded Parrot

Pyrilia haematotis

Chestnut-backed Antbird

Poliocrania exsul

Northern Schiffornis

Schiffornis veraepacis

Solitary Sandpiper

Tringa solitaria

Olive-streaked Flycatcher

Mionectes olivaceus

Eastern Kingbird

Tyrannus tyrannus

Slate-colored Grosbeak

Saltator grossus

Clay-colored Thrush

Turdus grayi

Olive-crowned Yellowthroat

Geothlypis semiflava

Gray-chested Dove

Leptotila cassinii

Great Kiskadee

Pitangus sulphuratus

Bananaquit

Coereba flaveola

Wedge-billed Woodcreeper

Glyphorynchus spirurus

Acadian Flycatcher

Empidonax virescens

Collared Forest-Falcon

Micrastur semitorquatus

Blue-gray Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

White-throated Thrush

Turdus assimilis

Ochre-bellied Flycatcher

Mionectes oleagineus

Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher

Myiodynastes luteiventris

Lesser Swallow-tailed Swift

Panyptila cayennensis

Roadside Hawk

Rupornis magnirostris

Northern Rough-winged Swallow

Stelgidopteryx serripennis

Northern Tropical Pewee

Contopus bogotensis

Yellow-bellied Elaenia

Elaenia flavogaster

Least Flycatcher

Empidonax minimus

Yellow-eared Toucanet

Selenidera spectabilis

American Pygmy Kingfisher

Chloroceryle aenea

Ruddy Ground Dove

Columbina talpacoti

Tawny-capped Euphonia

Euphonia anneae

White Ibis

Eudocimus albus

Yellow-bellied Tyrannulet

Ornithion semiflavum

Mistletoe Tyrannulet

Zimmerius parvus

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Greenish Elaenia

Myiopagis viridicata

Gray-breasted Wood-Wren

Henicorhina leucophrys

Crimson-collared Tanager

Ramphocelus sanguinolentus

Shiny Cowbird

Molothrus bonariensis

Anhinga

Anhinga anhinga

Osprey

Pandion haliaetus

Great Tinamou

Tinamus major

Black-crowned Antshrike

Thamnophilus atrinucha

Ruddy Pigeon

Patagioenas subvinacea

Silver-throated Tanager

Tangara icterocephala

Baltimore Oriole

Icterus galbula

Ruddy-tailed Flycatcher

Terenotriccus erythrurus

Social Flycatcher

Myiozetetes similis

Chestnut-collared Swift

Streptoprocne rutila

Southern House Wren

Troglodytes musculus

Morelet's Seedeater

Sporophila morelleti

Turkey Vulture

Cathartes aura

Black-crowned Tityra

Tityra inquisitor

Laughing Falcon

Herpetotheres cachinnans

Masked Tityra

Tityra semifasciata

Yellow Tyrannulet

Capsiempis flaveola

Pale-billed Woodpecker

Campephilus guatemalensis

White-tipped Dove

Leptotila verreauxi

Yellow-breasted Chat

Icteria virens

Ruddy Quail-Dove

Geotrygon montana

Lineated Woodpecker

Dryocopus lineatus

Northern Waterthrush

Parkesia noveboracensis

Peregrine Falcon

Falco peregrinus

Bronze-tailed Plumeleteer

Chalybura urochrysia

Gray-capped Flycatcher

Myiozetetes granadensis

Gray Hawk

Buteo plagiatus

Cabanis’s Wren

Cantorchilus modestus

Scarlet-thighed Dacnis

Dacnis venusta

Wood Thrush

Hylocichla mustelina

Tennessee Warbler

Leiothlypis peregrina

Striped Cuckoo

Tapera naevia

Golden-crowned Warbler

Basileuterus culicivorus

Black-bellied Whistling-Duck

Dendrocygna autumnalis

Northern Plain Xenops

Xenops mexicanus

Cliff Swallow

Petrochelidon pyrrhonota

Red-breasted Meadowlark

Leistes militaris

Great Antshrike

Taraba major

Striped Owl

Asio clamator

Carmiol's Tanager

Chlorothraupis carmioli

Mangrove Cuckoo

Coccyzus minor

Russet Antshrike

Thamnistes anabatinus

Hooded Warbler

Setophaga citrina

White-fronted Nunbird

Monasa morphoeus

Mourning Warbler

Geothlypis philadelphia

American Barn Owl

Tyto furcata

Thick-billed Seed-Finch

Sporophila funerea

Great Egret

Ardea alba

Melodious Blackbird

Dives dives

Tropical Parula

Setophaga pitiayumi

White-breasted Wood-Wren

Henicorhina leucosticta

Gray-headed Dove

Leptotila plumbeiceps

Lesson’s Motmot

Momotus lessonii

Bronzed Cowbird

Molothrus aeneus

Buff-rumped Warbler

Myiothlypis fulvicauda

Wilson's Warbler

Cardellina pusilla

Yellow-crowned Euphonia

Euphonia luteicapilla

Great Black Hawk

Buteogallus urubitinga

Ruddy Woodcreeper

Dendrocincla homochroa

Bay-headed Tanager

Tangara gyrola

Emerald Tanager

Tangara florida

White-crowned Parrot

Pionus senilis

Dusky-capped Flycatcher

Myiarchus tuberculifer

Rufous Mourner

Rhytipterna holerythra

Orchard Oriole

Icterus spurius

Brown Violetear

Colibri delphinae

White-necked Jacobin

Florisuga mellivora

Slate-throated Redstart

Myioborus miniatus

Slaty-capped Flycatcher

Leptopogon superciliaris

Cocoa Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus susurrans

Violet-headed Hummingbird

Klais guimeti

Green Hermit

Phaethornis guy

Common Tody-Flycatcher

Todirostrum cinereum

Blue-chested Hummingbird

Polyerata amabilis

Shining Honeycreeper

Cyanerpes lucidus

Black-headed Nightingale-Thrush

Catharus mexicanus

Buff-throated Saltator

Saltator maximus

Crested Owl

Lophostrix cristata

Magenta-throated Woodstar

Philodice bryantae

Pale-vented Thrush

Turdus obsoletus

Mottled Owl

Ciccaba virgata

Yellow-green Vireo

Vireo flavoviridis

Tiny Hawk

Accipiter superciliosus

Tufted Flycatcher

Mitrephanes phaeocercus

Ringed Kingfisher

Megaceryle torquata

Slaty Spinetail

Synallaxis brachyura

White-winged Becard

Pachyramphus polychopterus

Fasciated Tiger-Heron

Tigrisoma fasciatum

Bright-rumped Attila

Attila spadiceus

Gray-headed Kite

Leptodon cayanensis

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Ruby-throated Hummingbird

Archilochus colubris

Song Wren

Cyphorhinus phaeocephalus

Stripe-throated Hermit

Phaethornis striigularis

Hepatic Tanager

Piranga flava

Blackburnian Warbler

Setophaga fusca

Blue-winged Warbler

Vermivora cyanoptera

Blue Ground Dove

Claravis pretiosa

Yellow-faced Grassquit

Tiaris olivaceus

Boat-billed Flycatcher

Megarynchus pitangua

Yellow-billed Cacique

Amblycercus holosericeus

Gray-crowned Yellowthroat

Geothlypis poliocephala

Olive-throated Parakeet

Eupsittula nana

Red-faced Spinetail

Cranioleuca erythrops

Black-striped Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus lachrymosus

Band-tailed Barbthroat

Threnetes ruckeri

Broad-winged Hawk

Buteo platypterus

Spotted Woodcreeper

Xiphorhynchus erythropygius

Bay Wren

Cantorchilus nigricapillus

Bronzy Hermit

Glaucis aeneus

Dusky Antbird

Cercomacroides tyrannina

Yellow-throated Euphonia

Euphonia hirundinacea

Olive-sided Flycatcher

Contopus cooperi

Blue Dacnis

Dacnis cayana

White-tipped Sicklebill

Eutoxeres aquila

Olive-backed Quail-Dove

Leptotrygon veraguensis

Harris's Hawk

Parabuteo unicinctus

Long-billed Gnatwren

Ramphocaenus melanurus

Scaly-breasted Hummingbird

Phaeochroa cuvierii

Rufous-tailed Jacamar

Galbula ruficauda

Dull-mantled Antbird

Sipia laemosticta

Rufous-collared Sparrow

Zonotrichia capensis

Smoky-brown Woodpecker

Dryobates fumigatus

Black-faced Grosbeak

Caryothraustes poliogaster

Yellow-crowned Night-Heron

Nyctanassa violacea

Purple-crowned Fairy

Heliothryx barroti

Common Chlorospingus

Chlorospingus flavopectus

Least Grebe

Tachybaptus dominicus

Summer Tanager

Piranga rubra

Green Heron

Butorides virescens

Lattice-tailed Trogon

Trogon clathratus

Gray-headed Chachalaca

Ortalis cinereiceps

Cinnamon-bellied Saltator

Saltator grandis

Black-throated Green Warbler

Setophaga virens

White-collared Manakin

Manacus candei

Russet-naped Wood-Rail

Aramides albiventris

Great Crested Flycatcher

Myiarchus crinitus

Chestnut-sided Warbler

Setophaga pensylvanica

White-lined Tanager

Tachyphonus rufus

Neotropic Cormorant

Nannopterum brasilianum

Bay-breasted Warbler

Setophaga castanea

Gartered Trogon

Trogon caligatus

Scaly-throated Foliage-gleaner

Anabacerthia variegaticeps

Mangrove Swallow

Tachycineta albilinea

Long-billed Hermit

Phaethornis longirostris

Prong-billed Barbet

Semnornis frantzii

Crested Caracara

Caracara plancus

Blue-throated Goldentail

Chlorestes eliciae

Thicket Antpitta

Hylopezus dives

Green Shrike-Vireo

Vireolanius pulchellus

Streak-headed Woodcreeper

Lepidocolaptes souleyetii

Squirrel Cuckoo

Piaya cayana

Graceful Black-throated Trogon

Trogon tenellus

Little Blue Heron

Egretta caerulea

Spotted Antbird

Hylophylax naevioides

Olive-backed Euphonia

Euphonia gouldi

King Vulture

Sarcoramphus papa

Northern Yellow Warbler

Setophaga aestiva

Checker-throated Stipplethroat

Epinecrophylla fulviventris

Black-and-white Owl

Ciccaba nigrolineata

Purple Martin

Progne subis

Black-headed Saltator

Saltator atriceps

Bare-crowned Antbird

Gymnocichla nudiceps

Montezuma Oropendola

Psarocolius montezuma

Eye-ringed Flatbill

Rhynchocyclus brevirostris

Streak-crowned Antvireo

Dysithamnus striaticeps

Black Phoebe

Sayornis nigricans

Golden-olive Woodpecker

Colaptes rubiginosus

Wood Stork

Mycteria americana

Blue-black Grassquit

Volatinia jacarina

Scarlet-rumped Cacique

Cacicus uropygialis

White-ruffed Manakin

Corapipo altera

Keel-billed Motmot

Electron carinatum

Pale-vented Pigeon

Patagioenas cayennensis

Green Ibis

Mesembrinibis cayennensis

Short-billed Pigeon

Patagioenas nigrirostris

Scaly-throated Leaftosser

Sclerurus guatemalensis

Fasciated Antshrike

Cymbilaimus lineatus

Yellow-throated Vireo

Vireo flavifrons

Tawny-chested Flycatcher

Aphanotriccus capitalis

Scarlet Tanager

Piranga olivacea

Canebrake Wren

Cantorchilus zeledoni

Western Wood-Pewee

Contopus sordidulus

Western Cattle Egret

Ardea ibis

Black-faced Solitaire

Myadestes melanops

Golden-hooded Tanager

Stilpnia larvata

Yellowish Flycatcher

Empidonax flavescens

Collared Trogon

Trogon collaris

Tropical Kingbird

Tyrannus melancholicus

Crested Guan

Penelope purpurascens

Short-tailed Hawk

Buteo brachyurus

White-throated Crake

Laterallus albigularis

Red-throated Ant-Tanager

Habia fuscicauda

Chestnut-headed Oropendola

Psarocolius wagleri

Rufous Motmot

Baryphthengus martii

Green Kingfisher

Chloroceryle americana

Piratic Flycatcher

Legatus leucophaius

Great Blue Heron

Ardea herodias

Scale-crested Pygmy-Tyrant

Lophotriccus pileatus

Chuck-will's-widow

Antrostomus carolinensis

White-ringed Flycatcher

Conopias albovittatus

Barn Swallow

Hirundo rustica

Northern Jacana

Jacana spinosa

Olivaceous Piculet

Picumnus olivaceus

Magnolia Warbler

Setophaga magnolia

Gray-breasted Martin

Progne chalybea

White-collared Swift

Streptoprocne zonaris

Spotted Sandpiper

Actitis macularius

Black Hawk-Eagle

Spizaetus tyrannus

Long-tailed Tyrant

Colonia colonus

Vaux's Swift

Chaetura vauxi

Swallow-tailed Kite

Elanoides forficatus

Black-and-yellow Tanager

Chrysothlypis chrysomelas

Blue Grosbeak

Passerina caerulea

Purplish-backed Quail-Dove

Zentrygon lawrencii

Rose-breasted Grosbeak

Pheucticus ludovicianus

Tawny-faced Gnatwren

Microbates cinereiventris

Common Pauraque

Nyctidromus albicollis

Plain Antvireo

Dysithamnus mentalis

Black-crested Coquette

Lophornis helenae

Philadelphia Vireo

Vireo philadelphicus

Nightingale Wren

Microcerculus philomela

Worm-eating Warbler

Helmitheros vermivorum

White-shouldered Tanager

Loriotus luctuosus

Black-throated Wren

Pheugopedius atrogularis

Long-billed Starthroat

Heliomaster longirostris

Bat Falcon

Falco rufigularis