This South American song bird can be found from Mexico south to northeast Bolivia and northern Brazil. Length: 16-18 cm Lifespan: up to 12 years ...
Spectacle Owl – Costa Rica lifer#13
Although I had photographed this owl in captivity before, this is the first time I saw it in the wild. So, I count it as a lifer. It is a resident ...
Green Hermit – Costa Rica lifer#12
This large hummingbird is a resident breeder from southern Costa Rica and Panama south to north-eastern Venezuela, Trinidad, and the northern Andes of ...
Olive-backed Euphonia – Costa Rica lifer#11
It is a resident breeder in the Caribbean lowlands and foothills from southern Mexico to western Panama. Typically, it can be found from sea level to ...
Palm Tanager – Costa Rica lifer#10
This widespread tanager is a resident breeder from Nicaragua south to Bolivia, Paraguay and southern Brazil. Length: 19 cm ...
Collared Aracari – Costa Rica lifer#9
This toucan, a near-passerine bird. breeds from southern Mexico to Panama; also Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela and Costa Rica. Length: 39–41 cm ...
Common Chlorospingus – Costa Rica lifer#8
This small passerine bird is a resident breeder in the highlands from central Mexico south to Bolivia and northwest Argentina. Length: 13.5 cm ...
Great Curassow – Costa Rica lifer#7
It can be found from eastern Mexico, through Central America to western Colombia and northwestern Ecuador. This species is threatened by loss of ...
Red-headed Barbet – Costa Rica lifer#6
It is found in humid highland forest in Costa Rica, Panama, the Andes in western Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and far northern Peru. The diet of the ...
Clay-colored Thrush (National bird of Costa Rica) – Costa Rica lifer#5
This national bird of Costa Rica can be found in southernmost Texas USA through eastern Mexico and over much of Middle America to northwest South ...