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List of birds of Costa Rica

Although Costa Rica is a small country, it is in the bird-rich neotropical region and has a huge number of species for its area. 894 bird species have been recorded in the country (including Cocos Island), more than in all of the United States and Canada combined. Of those species, seven are endemic and 19 are globally threatened. The Official List of the Asociación Ornitológica de Costa Rica contains 857 species.

About 600 species are resident, with most of the other regular visitors being winter migrants from North America.

Part of the diversity stems from the wide array of habitats, which include mangrove swamps along the Pacific coast, the wet Caribbean coastal plain in the northeast, dry northern Pacific lowlands, and multiple mountain chains that form the spine of the country and rise as high as 3,500m. These mountain chains, the largest of which is the Cordillera de Talamanca, form a geographical barrier that has enabled closely related but different species to develop on either side of the chain. A good example of this speciation is the White-collared Manakin of the Caribbean side, which is now distinct from the Orange-collared Manakin of the Pacific slope.

In the past, higher sea levels left the mountains as highlands, and isolation again led to distinct species developing, with over thirty now endemic to the mountains, especially the Talamanca range which extends from southern Costa Rica into Panama.

Costa Rica's national bird is the ubiquitous Clay-colored Robin.

Tinamidae

Podicipedidae

Diomedeidae

Procellariidae

Hydrobatidae

Phaethontidae

Pelecanidae

Sulidae

Phalacrocoracidae

Anhingidae

Fregatidae

Ardeidae

Ciconiidae

Threskiornithidae

Anatidae

Cathartidae

Pandionidae

Accipitridae

Falconidae

Cracidae

Odontophoridae

Aramidae

Sora , winter visitor
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Sora , winter visitor

Rallidae

Heliornithidae

Eurypygidae

  • Sunbittern Eurypyga helias

Jacanidae

Haematopodidae

Recurvirostridae

Burhinidae

Charadriidae

Spotted Sandpiper , winter visitor
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Spotted Sandpiper , winter visitor

Scolopacidae

Stercorariidae

Laridae

Sternidae

Rhynchopidae

Columbidae

Psittacidae

Cuculidae

Tytonidae

Strigidae

Steatornithidae

  • Oilbird Steatornis caripensis Rare/Accidental

Nyctibiidae

Caprimulgidae

Apodidae

Trochilidae

Male Coppery-headed Emerald, one of Costa Rica's endemics.
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Male Coppery-headed Emerald, one of Costa Rica's endemics.
Slaty-tailed Trogon

Trogonidae

Alcedinidae

Momotidae

Galbulidae

Bucconidae

Capitonidae

Ramphastidae

Picidae

Furnariidae

Dendrocolaptidae

Thamnophilidae

Formicariidae